Arcane Lord

"No matter what the elves think, this incident happened in Netheril. We have no other choice but to eliminate the impact as soon as possible!" Byron's message revealed helplessness and deep dissatisfaction.

"Okay, let's continue talking about the mystery lock. I have found the core node of the mystery lock on the material level. By destroying this node, the mystery lock can be destroyed."

"That's great!" Xia Duo suddenly felt the joy of seeing the sun through the clouds. As long as the mystery lock here can be solved, the source of the fishmen can be cut off, and the previous cleanup will be a matter of time.

However, compared to his optimism, Byron's performance was quite dull, and there was a hint of irritability in the dullness, "Do you know what the core of the mystery here is? It's the entire Lake Macht!"

"The entire Macht Lake?!" Sha Duo was very surprised.

From all the information he knew about the mystery lock, the core of the mystery lock was either a movable object, a fixed ancient tree, or a building, and there were very few pools.

There has never been a mystery like this one, with the entire lake as its core, and it is also a large lake with a diameter of four or five kilometers.

This was simply beyond his imagination.

What's even more troublesome is that if you want to make the mystery lock disappear here, unless someone is proficient in the knowledge and skills of the mystery lock and can technically remove it, the entire Macht Lake will have to be destroyed.

This is really a headache!

Sha Duo also knew why Byron's performance was so mediocre. It was easy to destroy the small core of the Mystic Lock, but how to destroy such a big lake!

Not to mention the impact after the destruction may be too great. In more serious cases, the Southern Territory may be lost because of it. Without water connections, it is difficult for the Southern Territory to get support from the core area.

It is difficult to sustain development by relying solely on portals or teleportation circles.

In a sense, the definition of Nese's territory relies on border towns like Savile Territory and Conifera City, which is equivalent to enclosing land in advance.

In the broad sense, the Nese territory actually refers to a large area of ​​land enclosed by border towns on all sides. As for the narrow sense, or what the elves think of it, it naturally only includes human settlements.

Many disputes between humans and elves come from this. It is only because Netheril has become stronger in recent decades that the elves seem to have acquiesced and have not spoken out.

But if the southern border naturally shrinks, then the elves may not make a fuss here again, and it is not impossible to even expand the border here.

The elves here mainly refer to Cormanso!

Could it be that the elves created the crowd of fish to cut off the non-magical communication between the southern border and the core area of ​​Nese, and then reduce the size of the Nese territory?

Xia Duo thought for a while and rejected this guess. Setting up the mystery lock was expensive, and with the scale of the mystery lock here, it was impossible for a high elf mage to preside over it.

It is necessary to have multiple senior mages and lead more senior mages together to make the arrangement successful.

Is it possible to spend so much effort just to reduce the size of the Nese territory?

In fact, even as far north as Lake Macht, all the way to the core area, there are still large areas of undeveloped areas, and the results of this kind of compression will not be seen for a long time.

Could it be that the elves were thinking so far ahead that they were hundreds or even thousands of years away?

It's possible, but not necessary.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel a little headache. In any case, his foundation was in the south. People in the mainland could give up, but he couldn't.

He looked at Byron expectantly and asked: "Master Byron, is it possible to lift the mystery without destroying Lake Macht?"

"Of course it's possible, but I may not be able to do it, and even no one in Netheril may be able to do it!"

In this regard, Byron was also very helpless. Mystery locks were not his area of ​​expertise, but he still said, "You can give it a try. I'll send you out of the mystery lock range first!"

"No, Master, I want to stay and help!" Xia Duo said quickly, "The south is my territory, and I can't ignore it either emotionally or rationally!"

He couldn't miss such a good opportunity to get in touch with the Mystic Lock. Since Master Byron was so easy to talk to, he would definitely seize it.

Hearing Sha Duo's answer, Byron couldn't help but be a little surprised. At first, he thought Sha Duo just asked casually, but now it seems that this young man really wants to try a way to remove it without destroying the core.

This is somewhat unrealistic.

But he brought Xia Duo here to investigate the mysterious lock, and his original intention was to let the young people learn something from him, not necessarily the mysterious lock, but it could be.

Especially after seeing Xia Duo's extraordinary insight and analysis ability, he was full of expectations for this young man's future.

So he did not refuse and reminded:

"Then you have to think clearly. Although there is no caster to preside over this mystery lock, the creator may not have set up corresponding countermeasures. Once it starts, it will be an unknown battle. Even I cannot guarantee your safety. "

"Master, don't worry, I have thought it through clearly, please give me whatever you want!"

With the portable space, the worst thing Xia Duo can do is to stay in it until Lake Macht is destroyed, and then he comes out again. The ruins of the Mystery Lock can't stop him now.

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Now that the decision had been made, Byron began to explain the basic principles of the mystery lock to Sha Duo, so that Sha Duo could really help instead of causing trouble.

Although Byron himself was not optimistic about such an attempt, there was still a glimmer of hope, just a small one.

At the same time, he did not want to deny such a potential young man's determination to give up and have the courage to try, even if such determination lacked the support of reality and seemed a bit illusory to him.

But it also reminded him of the teachings of his teacher when he was young. If it weren't for his teacher's encouragement, where would he be today?

It's a pity that the teacher's talent was limited and he failed to learn the life-extending magic in the end. He passed away shortly after introducing him to Master Congenio.

Thinking about the past, Byron couldn't help but feel a little sentimental. Such emotions were rarely seen in him, but he didn't expect it to be triggered during a trip to the south.

While silently experiencing this rare emotion, Byron explained the mystery of the lock to Chateau seriously:

"The reason why Mystique can become the highest skill of Elf magic is that it can change the macro structure of the magic network.

"What we usually change by casting spells is only part of the state of the strings that make up the magic network, and the impact on the macroscopic magic network is almost negligible!

"It's like, we can disturb a small amount of water at will underwater, but it is difficult to control the undercurrent of the river, or even the direction of the entire river. Mystic Lock is a technology that can manipulate the undercurrent and affect the direction of the river!"