Following Elise to the supply warehouse, Shado finally got a box of six arcane crystals and two standard cubic mithril ingots, which weighed about twenty pounds.
These many things were more than enough for any magic item, but Shado still felt that it was not enough and kept asking Elise for more.
Although the pool of mithril previously obtained in the ruins of Sevington was in sufficient quantity, it had undergone chaotic magic to change its state, and its purity had been severely contaminated. After re-refining, its weight had greatly shrunk.
After making the [Summoning-Sealing] magic circle, there is not much mithril left, about ten pounds. If you just make some magic items, even one pound is enough.
But it may not be enough to make a continuous space-covering evasive detection circle with a level higher than 9.
Shado has never made such a complex and difficult magic circle before, and we must also consider the redundant demand for mithril during the testing phase. Compared with this, six arcane crystals are really enough.
But this time, Elise directly refused, "There is no more. With my authority, I can only withdraw so much in advance. Don't forget, you also exchanged for a bottle of purification potion. If Lord Sith
If the investigation of the underground passages yields no results, aren't you afraid of shouldering a debt that you will never be able to pay off in your lifetime?"
Xia Duo wanted to say that he was not afraid, but this was definitely not in line with the character of "McCard". In fact, what he was doing now was already a bit too much. After hesitating, he finally did not persist.
The worst thing is to waste less during the testing phase!
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After returning to his room, Xia Duo pretended to rest, but in fact he was designing the avoidance detection array in his mind. Because he was anxious to see the [Sword of Dominance], he completed all the design work in just one night.
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Then came production and testing.
But nothing could be done in the base that could not be hidden from Elise. Just when Sha Duo was thinking about finding an excuse to leave the base, he suddenly received a summons from Elise——
"Your Excellency Sith has discovered the location of the underground passage. I have received a mission from above and need to leave for a while. You can choose to stay in the base or continue the previous mission."
Xia Duo was immediately happy when he heard this. What does "having a pillow when you feel sleepy" mean? This is it!
If Elise leaves, the alchemy circle in the base can be used by him, which is much more convenient than leaving the base to alchemy with his bare hands in the wild!
Thinking of this, Xia Duo immediately went out to the hall. There was no figure of Elise in the hall. Xia Duo went to several places where Elise might be, but did not see her.
"It looks like he's gone."
Xia Duo also considered that the other party might be testing him, but this possibility is too small now. So what if he is really a spy? He is the only one in the base. Even if the base is leaked to the elves,
It won't cause too much damage.
As for the whereabouts of the Sith, half a day and a whole night have passed, so the timeliness has been greatly reduced. It is simply unrealistic to use this bit of information to ambush a great arcanist.
Sha Duo really couldn't think of any other reason for Elise to test him. If nothing else happened, the Sith should have found the underground passage, or at least confirmed the existence of the underground passage in the Dragon's Back Mountains.
Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel a sense of urgency that was difficult to eliminate.
Once the remnants of the empire raid the underground passage, there will definitely be a lot of noise, and there may even be direct participation from the Elfaran elves. This will definitely involve a considerable amount of Cormanthor's attention, which will help him summon the [Sword of Dominion].
Of course, his summoning of the [Sword of Dominion] would also be beneficial, or even more beneficial, to the empire's remnants' raid on the underground passage.
After all, drow are the common enemy of the elves, and the Sword of Dominion is a key token that King Mian cannot lose.
Just like the saying when robbing a bank - "Money belongs to the government, but your life belongs to you!"
Xia Duo had no way of knowing the specific time when the Imperial remnants would raid the underground passage, but he believed that it would be within these few days, and he was not ready to summon the [Sword of Dominion].
"We must hurry up!"
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Two days later, Shado came to the border of the Cormanthor Mystery Lock again, using the opportunity to enter and exit the Mystery Lock to avoid the possible sight of the imperial remnants.
After that, he took the prepared components of the avoidance and detection magic circle to the cave where he had previously made the [Summoning-Sealing] magic circle.
The deep and lightless cave was very quiet. Xia Duo could even hear the sound of his own heartbeat. At this moment, his mood was extremely calm.
"Open a secret room first!"
The cave wall was not flat, which was not conducive to avoiding the deployment of detection circles. Xia Duo cast a spell and controlled the fine gold knife to dig out a small portal on a relatively flat cave wall.
After that, he further dug out a regular square space with a length, width and height of about three meters in the mountain, and then he began to set up the formation.
This process is actually similar to the construction of a magic chamber.
Chateau first punched a number of slender fixed holes in the wall, and then cast a spell to turn the gold into liquid, seep into the fixed holes, and extend to all walls, including the ground.
This makes this square space more regular, and at the same time, these golds can also be used as the base for the mithril components of the magic circle.
There is no doubt about the elemental stability of gold, which can also delay the frequency of elemental transmutation of mithril components to a certain extent.
Next, Xia Duo paid even more attention. While controlling the mithril component that had been prepared, he attached it to the gold surface while continuing to paint a layer of gold liquid on the wall.
The dense mithril threads that make the mithril components are completely covered with gold. This is also considered to be encapsulated with gold, and it is also pre-encapsulated with higher process requirements.
With a total of three layers of mithril components and gold encapsulation, Xia Duo has completed the main construction of the [long-lasting, space-covering type evasion detection array].
He still has a lot of gold, but mithril is only enough for him to fail once, so he needs to be extra careful.
As far as theory is concerned, after repeated calculations, it turns out that there is nothing wrong with Chateau's array design, but in the actual construction process, it may lay the root of failure.
This is also where the influence of "human factors" lies.
After the main body was completed, Xia Duo used a dozen reserved mithril components for testing and tested the overall state of the main body of the array with the help of resonance. The degree of completion was quite high, and there was no abnormality in the energy flow.
Immediately afterwards, he began to install the energy buffer core. Compared with the [Summoning-Sealing] magic circle that did not even have a testing process and could not have it, the [Avoidance and Detection Magic Circle] was undoubtedly more important.
To this end, Shado specially allocated four arcane crystals as the energy buffer core of the array, which were placed at the four corners of the oblique section of this cubic space.
After doing this, it’s time to reach the last step of making the magic circle - connecting the magic network!