After a while, Xia Duo suddenly noticed an abnormal distortion of the magic network near the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce ship, which was consistent with some characteristics of teleportation arrival. The distance was a bit far, and he could not identify any more information.
But there was no need for more information. The next moment, a figure wearing a black robe appeared next to Miles. Miles saluted quickly, and then informed Shado, "Arch Mage Timothy is here. I'll see you later."
Please ask Lord Xia Duo to help search."
At this time, the black-robed Archmage Timothy turned around and nodded towards Xia Duo. Xia Duo was stunned and quickly returned the greeting. Just looking at his face, the gloomy Archmage Timothy didn't look good.
Get along!
Although one cannot judge a person's character just by his appearance, Xia Duo still secretly increased his vigilance.
Mages have a lot to do, not to mention archmages. Even if they don't conduct spell research, as a high-ranking person, they will definitely have a lot of things to be busy with.
Archmage Timothy immediately took action as soon as he came over. From a distance, Sha Duo only saw him cast a very advanced spell, and then the "dead corpse" murlocs gathered in front of the Mingshui Merchant Guild's ship suddenly became active.
Two by two began to fight and devour, and the blood soon dyed the water red, and the fish-men's unique fishy smell continued to smudge and spread to the outside.
This quiet, mechanical killing lasted for less than half an hour. Of the murlocs that were originally densely packed around the bow, less than 20 were left alive.
"Lord Xia Duo, please come to our ship to continue the search."
"good!"
Xia Duo did not refuse, and after a few words with the fleet, he jumped off the "Lucky Owen". However, he did not sink into the water, but stepped steadily on the water and walked across the lake.
.
This is the ability given to him by his bloodline. He discovered this skill during his last bloodline awakening, but there was no chance to use it in the past. The display at this time is somewhat intimidating, at least it looks quite bluffing.
After stepping through the still red lake water and reaching the side of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce ship, Xia Duo grabbed a cable hanging from the ship, jumped up, and landed on the deck.
"Your Excellency, Archmage, just ask me for anything you need me to do!"
"I have heard the name of Lord Xia Duo for a long time. I like the [Arcane Puzzle] you created very much. If I were not on a mission and the creator was right in front of me, why would I ask for advice on a few games?"
Huh--
The Archmage's attitude was surprisingly polite, which surprised Xia Duo. Looking at the other party's face now, he didn't seem so gloomy anymore, but he still didn't relax his vigilance. After all, the blood from the mechanical killing just now had not spread yet.
It’s all gone.
People who don't understand such a dangerous person should always remain vigilant.
After a while of greetings, the big ship started to move. The ship's hull broke through the water stained red with the blood of the murlocs and headed forward. The dozen or so murlocs who had survived the previous killings also followed.
The big ship sailed for a while, and another murloc appeared on the bow. After walking around the entire Macht Lake, a group of murlocs gathered on the bow again, almost the same as before, densely packed, like "dead corpses"
Floating on the bow of the ship.
So, the killing continued again.
This time, Xia Duo recognized the spell cast by Archmage Timothy. Although he could only see some details involving the first five layers of the magic network at close range, he still recognized it with experience -
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This is a psychic spell of at least 6th level.
However, Xia Duo speculated that this spell was probably above level 8. Otherwise, there would be no need for the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce to send a great mage.
An ordinary mage needs to master at least one 8-level spell before he can be called an archmage, or he can have the title of archmage even if he has passed the qualifications.
As for the arcanist, a senior arcanist becomes a senior arcanist after reaching the eighth level of the Magic Network.
Sha Duo could probably guess some of the functions of this high-level spiritual spell. It should be to control the fishmen, and then kill and devour each other.
As for the last 20 murlocs left, they are probably still under control.
"Lord Shado, we have just circled around Lake Macht. All the murlocs that can be attracted by the [Murloc Statue] are probably the remaining 20. The ones that are not attracted should be the ones that have spawned.
Wisdom, please also ask Lord Xia Duo to help you cast a spell to search."
"good."
Sha Duo nodded, jumped off the boat again, and landed on the water. Archmage Timothy also controlled a fishman to approach him at the right time, looking at the fish that still had bite marks and claw marks on its body and was still bleeding.
Man, Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh.
Fortunately, I didn’t travel to a breeding farm of some inhuman race!
Of course, this does not mean that the intelligent fishmen here are time travellers. The fishmen themselves are intelligent, but they are suppressed by magic. There are some exceptions, and perhaps it is common sense. It is only now that we have discovered that there are some abnormalities.
After all, it is a breeding farm, not a laboratory.
To cast a detecting spell, it is not necessary to cast the spell on the fish-men. Fuzzy search is also possible, but there will be omissions. In addition, Xia Duo does not want to have an archmage staring at him while casting the spell.
It doesn't matter if the scrying spell is leaked. Judging from the fact that Archmage Timothy doesn't know how to detect spells now, he probably won't be able to learn it in the future.
The real reason is that Xia Duo does not trust the great mage of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce. It is easy to be disturbed at close range, so it is better to stay away.
Until the spell feedback was over, Xia Duo did not return to the ship immediately, but pretended to wait for a while, as if he was trying to distinguish. This was actually a little thought.
After all, no one wants their efforts to be underestimated.
After getting on the boat, Xia Duo reported the search situation, "There is a gathering point of fishmen in the east near the lake. There are about a dozen of them. They should be the remaining fishmen."
"good!"
Timothy nodded with satisfaction and ordered Miles to inform the ship to turn and provide position information in a timely manner.
At the same time, the twenty murlocs controlled by the Archmage also spread out in front of the ship, like an open fishing net, fishing forward.
"Sir Timothy, I heard Master Miles say before that the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce was entrusted by the Grand Arcanist to breed murlocs here and collect mucus. If all the murlocs here are killed, then the subsequent collection mission will be very difficult.
Isn’t it impossible to complete?”
"Haha, Lord Shado, don't worry. These murlocs reproduce very quickly. If it weren't for the fact that they were restricted to Lake Macht, I think the Netheril River Basin would have been overrun with murlocs long ago."
"Like goblins?" Xia Duo didn't believe it. He had seen the proliferation of goblins with his own eyes, but for now, fishmen seemed to be found only in Lake Macht.
For example, in the Savile Territory in the south, the murloc is still a legendary creature, and few people have actually seen a murloc. Shado thinks that more people in the Savile Territory may have seen elves than murlocs.
In response to Xia Duo's question, Archmage Timothy nodded first, but then shook his head, showing a complicated expression, and said:
"Probably more prevalent than goblins!"
"..."
In this regard, Archmage Timothy did not explain much, but turned his head and looked ahead, "I found them!"