With a new direction of investigation, Xia Duo was immediately stumped at the beginning of this step. Demiplanes are not easier to discover than complete planes, although they may be closer to the "void" of the main plane.
Not to mention, the demiplane is usually smaller in size and easier to hide. Starting the investigation from the direction of the demiplane is indeed one direction, but in reality, it is no easier than catching the leader of the Illuminati directly.
Thinking of this, Xia Duo thought it would be better to wait until tomorrow to communicate with Ye Erlan to see if he could get some new information, and then make a decision.
…
Elam, temporary camp of the survey team.
Shado, whose consciousness returned to his incarnation, opened the camp, and an assistant from Kuras immediately came up to him and asked, "Does Congressman Shado have any orders?"
"Where are Kuras and my teacher?"
"They seem to have gone to the scene, and the elves are also there."
"I understand, you can go about your business."
After saying that, Sha Duo directly located Iolum. Such an undisguised action undoubtedly touched Iolum's personal protection mechanism. However, when he found out that it was Sha Duo, Iolum still gave Sha Duo a prescription.
back door.
However, the magic network situation at the attack site was chaotic. Even with Iolum's cooperation, Shado could only roughly determine a location and could not accurately lock it.
Fortunately, he had walked around the area several times during the day and was very familiar with it. With a general direction, he could probably guess where Iolum was.
…
Soon, Shado found Iolum and his party in the southwest of the deep pit at the scene of destruction. In addition to Iolum, there were also two observers from Kuras, Philifa, and Ilfaran and Cormanso.
Xia Duo said hello from a distance. Upon seeing this, Iolum immediately stopped what he was doing. When Xia Duo came closer, he immediately greeted Xia Duo:
"You're here just in time. I plan to test the blue flames in the pit. Come and help me be on guard."
"Teacher, don't the examination records I gave you include the test results during the day?"
"No, that's different." Iolum shook his head and said slowly, "I've read your records. It's just a routine test. It can't even detect the nature of the blue flame."
There was another sentence that he did not say in public, that is, the temptations during the day were all done by elves. It was not that he doubted the elves, but that he wanted to test them himself.
"Then what does the teacher want to do?"
"I want to get up close and personal with that blue flame."
"Isn't this too dangerous?"
"There is a certain risk, but you don't have to worry too much, I still have the protection of the mysterious lady!"
Iolum said it easily, but Xia Duo did not feel relaxed at all. The goddess of magic will not protect people who seek death, and divine grace is not a gold medal for avoiding death. Otherwise, in order to avoid death, countless mages would have bowed to the goddess of magic.
Underfoot.
But the actual situation is that those who believe in the Goddess of Magic are only a minority in Netheril, and most mages still follow the crowd and believe in the Lord of Radiance.
Of course, the belief in the Mysterious Lady was also popular in the past, but in the past hundred years, as Netheril has become more conservative as a whole, innovation is encouraged and the shared belief in the goddess of magic has shrunk. (After the signing of the New Covenant, the trend changed, and the belief in the goddess
may become popular again)
From this point of view, it is indeed not false for Iolum to receive a lot of divine favor from the goddess. It is because he has insisted on cultivating new mages over the years and has repeatedly made innovations.
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But again, if divine grace could prevent death, countless people would already believe in the goddess of magic.
The current situation in the deep pit is unknown, especially the blue flame, which has never been seen in any classics, volumes, documents or even personal notes in the past.
Xia Duo was worried about an accident caused by Iolum's rash contact, so he couldn't help but persuade again: "Teacher, you can wait a little longer. I already have some guesses about the existence of that blue flame, and others think so too. Wait until the situation becomes clearer."
It’s not too late to get in touch.”
"It's not too late, but things always need to be done by someone, and I know the risks of what I'm going to do next. Don't worry, I haven't lived for so long just to joke with my life today.
of!"
After saying that, Iolum raised a hand, revealing a blue-white glow like water waves. At this moment, the blue flame at the edge of the pit not far away seemed to sense something, and suddenly happened
There were some unexpected ups and downs.
These spellcasters present accompanied Iolum to investigate near the pit, how could they not always pay attention to the strangeness of the pit!
After all, experiments during the day have proven that that blue flame can swallow up almost everything, so no matter how cautious you are when near a deep pit, you can't be too cautious.
"Your Excellency Iolum, may I ask what this is -" Philifa immediately asked with concern.
Philipfa was far more shocked in his heart at this time than he showed. During the day, he had asked his subordinates to conduct various tests on the blue flames in the pit, but unless they were directly exposed to the flames with substances or magic,
No other means can affect the existence of that light flame.
Not to mention, what Iolum showed at this moment was that as his blue-white glowing hand slowly waved, the blue flames on the edge of the pit also slowly and regularly undulated!
This alone is enough to show that Iolum has a far better understanding of that blue flame than anyone else!
"teacher!"
Shado couldn't help but exclaimed, but unlike Philifar and other elves who knew nothing about the methods shown by Iolum, he knew that Iolum was "manipulating" the blue flames in the pit at this time.
The way is through Holy Power.
At this time, the blue-white glow on Iolum's hand is the embodiment of the Holy Power of the Mysterious Lady. It is similar to the Holy Light displayed by the Holy Power of the Lord of Radiance. It is also a symbol of the identity of the priest.
It's just that Iolum rarely reveals his identity as a priest in front of outsiders. In other words, Iolum doesn't actually think that he is a priest of the goddess. He just happened to sense the goddess's holy power, and he did not refuse. That's all.
That's all.
But in the eyes of outsiders, the method he is showing now is considered to be some kind of special magic.
Of course, even if he were the priest of the goddess of magic, if someone else came here, he might not be able to do better than Iolum. Shado was very sure of this.
It's just that he's not sure how much Iolum actually knows about the blue flames in the pit. Now he wants to end the investigation immediately and have a pleasant exchange with Iolum.
But Iolum has no intention of ending the investigation.
As for Shado, after seeing Iolum "controlling" the blue flames in the pit, he no longer tried to persuade the other party to give up close contact, but gave one final reminder:
"If something cannot be done, you must get out in time."