Lord of Arcane

Chapter 810 Small Mystery Shadow Assassin
In the dark night on the surface, from Drow's perspective, although there is still a lot of interference from the background glare, it is much more convenient than the daytime action.

Moreover, without the complex topographical environment of the Underdark region on the surface, the body temperature of the living elves is like a bright light in the night in Drow's field of vision, and they can't ignore it even if they want to ignore it.

Perhaps due to over-trusting the guards in the inner city, Gurnett's library did not set up a special guardian magic, only a magic barrier similar to a doorbell.

Xia Duo easily penetrated the barrier, and the library under the excuse of wood and stone was divided into two entrances. The front is the library that is open to the public, and the back is Gunet's residence.

Passing through the rows of bookshelves, Xia Duo didn't put away the books immediately. Compared with the loose protection of the gate, the bookshelves and the books on the shelves here are shrouded in a systematic barrier.

The magic net here is neatly woven and highly organized, and it seems to have some special purpose. At this time, Xia Duo is no longer the low-level mage who first explored the mythical ruins.

With his current vision, it is not difficult to see that this place is most likely a miniaturized mystic, which is specially used to protect the books, volumes, and even ancient secret volumes, documents, magic tools, etc. here.

Genit is a well-known secret script master in Domgas City. Although his own strength is not strong, he has collected a lot of treasures.

Carefully avoiding the influence of the mystical lock, Xia Duo came all the way to the back of the library, passed through a courtyard with simple tables and chairs, and inside was Gunet's residence.

Xia Duo in the shadow state has almost no restrictions on his normal shape, as long as it is not absolutely airtight, it cannot stop him from passing through, just like the current him, who is squeezing into Gunet's study through the crack of the door.

It's actually not appropriate to say "squeeze". The overlapping state of the planes his body is in is not limited to the shape. Even if he feels normal, from an outside perspective, it seems to be squeezed in.

This reminded Xia Duo of the concept of topological equivalence on the earth. If a figure can be turned into another figure through twisting, bending, elongation, and contraction, then no matter how different the two figures look at first, they can be Say they are topologically equivalent.

And now, the overlapping state of the planes that Xia Duo is currently in is similar. As long as the target's location is open and continuous on the main plane, whether it is a room with only a small hole or a room with a completely open door, His current state is equivalent.

……

Such a special ability also reminded Xia Duo of the shadow assassin in the legend of the main plane.

According to Eberke, some powerful arcanist lords, and even the great arcanist himself, may raise such shadow assassins for doing some shady things.

At present, the only territory that Xia Duo can be sure of that may have shadow assassins is [August Territory]. The Mage Wilder from the August family once visited the Tower of Outdated and wanted to "buy" the enemy's family. Quillian Hawke.

At that time, Xia Duo personally received him. At that time, he found that Wilder had a cold aura mixed with blood.

The special atmosphere that almost exists in the concept is unforgettable to Xia Duo.

In addition, Aiwa also received rogue training there, and he also mentioned that there might be a way for high-level rogues to go further in August Territory.

That is a shadow ability that can only be awakened by a very small number of assassins, and those who master the shadow ability are shadow assassins.

Last year, Lord Hawke was assassinated by August to kill many spellcasters, including an arcanist. In addition to this matter being brought up at the meeting of the lords of the Severton Council in the next year, at that time, the Austrian and French Union Will intervene in the investigation.

Archmage Aolong led an investigation team to personally investigate Hawke's collar. Although Archmage Aolong belonged to the Seven Towers faction and did not have a good impression of Hawke's collar, the investigation took so long without even a single clue, which made people think It's time for Shadow Assassin.

When Xia Duo transferred the background communication of the magic net to Gilles High Tower, the assassination cases of Hawke led to nothing.

Except that Hawkland has fallen into a disadvantage and has fallen into a trough, the involvement of shadow assassins may be the real reason why the investigation cannot continue.

Those high-ranking people may have raised shadow assassins themselves. Although assassinating spellcasters is very annoying and challenges unspoken rules, as long as they don't involve themselves, there is nothing to say.

And if the shadow assassin is exposed, the result may be difficult for many people to accept.

As far as Xia Duo knows, Netheril on the main plane currently has no way to guard against shadow assassins. It is hard to say whether it is unknown and no one has studied it, or someone deliberately suppressed it.

Anyway, on the main plane, the shadow plane is almost becoming a taboo, a taboo that is not mentioned.

Whether in the Tower of Time, the Tower of Gilles, or the library of the Arcane Federation, Xia Duo has never seen any records about the Shadow Assassin.

Although there is no clear regulation, everyone defaults to not understanding or contacting.

The deep meaning of this is really frightening to think carefully!

Therefore, when he learned the true purpose of the Cloak of Concealment, Xia Duo decided to bring it to the main plane, but he didn't know if the current portable space of nearly 60 cubic meters could manifest it.

The body of the cloak is woven with a kind of cold and warm spider silk, which is mixed with extremely thin mithril threads, but it is only used for decoration and stability. The magic on the cloak is attached through the permanence technique.

Compared with the previous [Blade of Negation], the material itself is much less. As for magic, [Blade of Negation] has both spell resistance and spell breaking, and it is more complicated than the single concealment of this cloak.

If there is no accident, it should be possible to realize it, but the portable space that has been worked so hard to restore to 60 cubic meters will shrink again, which really makes Xia Duo a little sad.

Fortunately, it's just some energy. In the future, we only need to make more money and buy more arcane energy crystals. Besides, the ruins of the Sarukh witch in the territory have not been dug yet!

Originally, Xia Duo only planned to dig out the two small relics in the shallow layer, and the deep layer was too laborious and costly, but now it can be expected that the portable space will be greatly reduced, and he is ready to develop the deep layer of the relics.

At least find a statue to expand his carrying space enough to accommodate his body. Not to mention that this retreat is not a retreat, at least it is right to prepare.

As for how to complete the development of the ruins before he and Niya went to Sevington, he already had some ideas. He just waited for the preparations on the projection plane to be completed, and then he could implement it when he returned to the main plane.

And it's almost once and for all, so you don't have to be troubled by this trouble in the future.

……

Tightening the concealment cloak on his body, Xia Duo swept away all the distracting thoughts in his heart, and looked at Gernet who was sitting on the rocking chair three or four steps ahead, thinking hard about a palm-sized leaf.

A bloodthirsty smile appeared on Xia Duo's face, he licked his lips, as if he was expecting something, then his eyes fixed, he drew the scimitar from his waist, and gestured to launch a surprise attack.

(End of this chapter)