In Rhode's impression, he had arrived at a redwood watchtower in Eli.
Rhodes recalled that the interior space of the mahogany watchtower at that time was extremely small, and there was no decoration at all except for the spiral staircase and the windows on the tower wall to transmit light.
Even the top area of the watchtower only has a small platform on which Rhodes can stand and observe the things around him. However, in this environment, Rhodes experienced a... A fierce battle.
When he is at the top of the watchtower, Rhodes' special skill Eagle Eye can be greatly enhanced in this special environment and can be used to observe the surrounding terrain and other special creatures.
If Rhodes mastered special skills related to cartographers, such as pathfinding and logistics, he could even draw a map of the surrounding terrain from the top of the watchtower. This special map has a certain value whether it is used within the Freelance Chamber of Commerce's business group or used in battles.
Before spells became popular and even the perspective of the earth was not developed by mages, maps of certain areas drawn by senior cartographers could be said to be priceless, and their strategic value far exceeded anything else.
When the mage country Brakada became stronger, this situation began to change. Spells also began to be used by mages for a variety of things, not just limited to combat. Among these spells, the most special one, and also the one with the most strategic value, is the third-level clairvoyant earth.
Relying on the existence of the spell of seeing through the earth, mages can easily obtain all the terrain in an area from a bird's eye view, as well as the special things existing on the surface.
In the hands of a legendary mage who specializes in this spell, seeing through the earth naturally has a more powerful effect. All creatures on the surface of an area will be sensed by the legendary mage and cannot be hidden in any way.
Under such circumstances, the value and effects of maps drawn by cartographers are undoubtedly greatly weakened. Especially in some special circumstances, using the magic of seeing through the earth, in addition to knowing the surrounding terrain, you can also get a lot of other information.
No matter how detailed the map in the hands of the cartographer is, it is not as fast as the perspective of the earth cast by the official mage. The manpower and material resources spent to obtain a detailed map are also greatly reduced. The emergence of the magic of seeing through the earth seriously hindered the development of cartographers.
In Rhode's impression, there are not many truly famous cartographers in the surface world. Even the few remaining ones also have the official rank of mage and have mastered the magic of seeing through the earth.
It can be said that the emergence of the perspective earth spell has completely changed the profession of draftsman. After the popularity of perspective, previous draftsmen either chose to switch to other types of professions, or they had no choice but to change their previous drawing methods.
Based on this, cartographers can only give up on drawing the vast terrain and focus on other things, such as the mines, the complex and ever-changing mine tunnels, or the underground world, where the layers are layered and unknown. The deep passage leading to where.
It is precisely because of this that in Rhode's impression, those truly famous draftsmen all exist in the underground world where magicians live. Among these draftsmen, there are also legendary level existences. In the underground world, everyone has enough say.
As a see-through earth with great strategic use in the surface world, Rhodes has already mastered this spell. However, Rhodes did not completely rely on the convenience brought by this spell. When confirming the surrounding environment, Rhodes Perspective geodes are often used in conjunction with maps.
In Rhode's impression, any well-known undead city in Diya will be covered with extremely dense and opaque black clouds. This kind of black cloud is what the undead mage calls the dark sky.
The shroud of darkness brought an extremely gloomy atmosphere to the City of the Undead. The necromancers present in it naturally didn't mind this and even enjoyed this unique environment.
Even the City of Death where Rhodes is currently located is also shrouded in darkness. According to the information Rhodes knew, the reason why the Dark Sky Curtain was researched by the Necromancers and recognized by many Necromancers in Dia was not for this unique environment at the beginning, but to resist the perspective of the Earth. Tao magic.
Under the cover of the dark sky, even the clairvoyant atmosphere used by the legendary mage cannot penetrate the black clouds in the sky and obtain the true situation under the black clouds. The clairvoyant earth used by the legendary mage can only obtain a large area of the sky. An area shrouded in darkness.
Relying on the unique function of the dark sky, no useful information can be obtained from any major area in Diya by relying on the magic of seeing through the earth.
In Diya, this is even more true for the areas where lichs exist. In those special areas, there are even stricter defense measures than the dark sky.
The effect of the dark sky was naturally recognized by other necromancers. All the main undead cities in Diya were shrouded in black clouds.
As a dark canopy with such an effect, over countless years, many necromancers have naturally tried to improve it in order to obtain more powerful effects.
In Rhode's impression, a treasure he once obtained had such an effect that it could create black clouds very similar to the dark sky according to his needs.
Compared with the dark sky that exists in the City of the Undead, Rhodes with this treasure is naturally more convenient in creating black clouds, and can use the effect of this treasure at any time according to his own needs.
The system's prompt for this treasure also mentioned that it was the improvement of the Dark Sky Curtain by the alchemist master that led to this special treasure. However, in front of the opponent Rhodes is currently facing, this treasure is very difficult. Hard to achieve any effect.
In Rhode's impression, there may not be many things that can achieve the effect of a dark sky and avoid the exploration of the see-through earth.
The only thing Rhodes could confirm that had this effect was the magic-forbidden ball in Tanan's hand. As an independent artifact, the magic-forbidden ball has a powerful effect that is enough to evade any detection spells, including the ability to see through the earth.
