Lord of Arcane

Chapter 3232 Person's Doubts
After chatting with Iolum for a while, Shado began to check the various data recorded by Iolum and his men during the previous exploration. Although he had also paid attention to it during the experiment just now, the significance of the data lies more in the fact that the truth hidden beneath the surface can be obtained through analysis, rather than the data itself.

Data without analysis has limited value. Xia Duo certainly would not just look at the surface data, but would like to know what properties of the decay area these data reflect.

While Shado was checking the detection data, Iorum called back the people who had just been squeezed out by Shado. Almost all of the Naishe mages who came to Elan to support the investigation had their own areas of expertise.

Analyzing together can not only reduce workload, but also improve analysis efficiency. After all, individual wisdom is limited, and there are always blind spots of inspiration that cannot be reached.

……

Just when Shado and others were busy analyzing the data related to the self-healing of the decay field, Person, who was far away in Terminus, once again received an order from the Illuminati, asking him to go to the secret temple for inquiries.

When he received such an order, his first reaction was - has his idea of ​​leaving the Illuminati been exposed?
But then he denied such speculation. He didn't believe that Isildur had no idea of ​​his true thoughts. He knew that he was resistant but still pulled him into the Illuminati. What did this mean?
Either the Illuminati didn't care what he thought, or the Illuminati had some kind of indispensable need for him.

In either case, he had no need to worry about his desire to leave the Illuminati being exposed, but being summoned again within a day or two of his mission still left Person with great confusion and unspoken resentment.

"Did something go wrong with the previous mission? Or is there a new mission?"

Thinking of this, Person felt a little uneasy. Before going to the secret hall, he contacted Isloda and asked him what he wanted to know, but Isloda's answer was -

"I don't know either. I just received an order to go to the secret hall to accept questioning from above."

"You don't know either?"

To be honest, Person didn't quite believe what Isiloda said. On the one hand, Isiloda had a history of lying too many times in the past. On the other hand, Isiloda had a close relationship with the Guardian of Morning Light, so how could he be as confused as him?

As if he had heard Person's thoughts, Isloda quickly explained, "I really don't know what they are going to ask. I just asked the Morning Guardian. He might know something, but he didn't tell me. He just asked me to hurry to the secret hall."

"Is that so?" Person still didn't quite believe it, but since Isroda had said so, he couldn't question it anymore, otherwise he would be suspected of questioning the Guardian of Morning Light.

While he felt that he might be somewhat special to the Illuminati, he was not so arrogant as to think that he was more important than a high mage.

So, before Isloda urged him, Person packed up and went out, and came to the secret temple through the portal of the safe house in the city of Terminus.

When he arrived at the secret hall, he found that he was not the only one who was called here. There were also "Yang Yan" and "Bing Hen", who had set out with him on the last mission but were not the same mission targets, as well as other Illuminati members who were completely unfamiliar to him.

Seeing this scene, Person had a vague answer in his mind, "Maybe something went wrong in the previous mission! But why did they call everyone back?"

It can't be that something went wrong with everyone's mission, right?
Considering that he had not heard any news from Elam in Terminus in the past two days, as the fortress city closest to Elam in Sluvend, Terminus' news about Elam has always been very timely.

But this time there was no news at all. Person had previously thought that Elan was busy investigating the attacker and had delayed announcing the progress of the investigation, but now he had realized that perhaps something had really happened there.

But he couldn’t understand, wasn’t it just a factory that was destroyed, what other unexpected events could there be?
……

After waiting for a while in the lounge of the secret hall, Person soon received a message from Isloda, asking him to go to a secret room for questioning, and also reminded him:
"This is just a routine inquiry. Don't try to hide anything. Just answer whatever is asked. But don't be too smart and only say what you know. Don't make up an answer that you don't know just for the sake of answering."

"I see."

It is undeniable that Isloda's words still brought some pressure to Person. He quickly stood up, left the lounge, and walked through the quiet stone passage.

The dull sound of footsteps hit his heart, making him even more nervous. By the time he realized this, he had already arrived outside the secret ritual room that Isloda mentioned.

"Come in!"

A voice without much emotion came from the secret room. Person calmed down a little, then pushed the door and walked in. When the stone door behind him was reset, he could see the person asking the question clearly.

It was not a real inquirer, but a mask with empty eye sockets but emitting wisps of white flame. The mask looked like it was made of stone and almost merged with the stone walls surrounding the mystery room. The magical aura it emitted was also obscured by the mystery room.

When Person first came in, he didn't recognize it at first. Only now did he realize that he was being questioned through this mask, so he quickly saluted.

The mask said nothing and went straight into the questioning process: "Sam?"

Hearing this somewhat unfamiliar name, a trace of confusion flashed across Person's eyes, but then he realized that the name called was the code name he had only mentioned to Isroda before, so he quickly responded.

"Regarding the mission two days ago, I have some questions to ask you. Please answer truthfully." The flames flowing in the mask's eye sockets explained the purpose of this inquiry.

After hearing this, Person's confusion grew even more. He really didn't know what was so good about the previous mission, but since the higher-ups wanted to ask, he just answered.

"Excuse me, sir!"

"First, briefly describe the mission, starting from entering Elan territory."

"Yes."

As it had only been two days since the incident, Person was still very impressed. After all, it was his first time carrying out a mission for the Illuminati, and the nature of the mission itself meant that he could still see various scenes from two days ago whenever he closed his eyes.

After explaining the mission, the mask asked, "Did you check the surrounding magic network environment when activating the magic staff? What is the activation process like?"

"Due to the tight time schedule, I simply checked the magic network environment and found that it was sufficient to support my spellcasting. As for the activation process, I followed the method I was taught in the secret hall before."

(End of this chapter)