Arcane Lord

Back in the study, Niya was still reading, but Xia Duo didn't want to mention topics related to Severton anymore, lest Niya would have the idea of ​​going to Severington again.

So he said: "There was a little trouble in the territory, and it has been solved now!"

This is not a lie, it is indeed a small trouble in the territory, and the matter has already happened, and it can be regarded as solved.

Niya didn't have any doubts about Xia Duo's words. She knew Xia Duo's temperament relatively well after being together for so long. She knew that if there was anything she needed help from, Xia Duo would not fail to tell him.

"That's it! But now I want to go back to the Tower of Time. I just read some of the information and I have some ideas I want to try. I'm worried about messing up your study here."

Sha Duo thought about it and had no objection. At first, he brought Niya out because he was just worried that Niya would sneak away to Severton, but now Niya has given up this idea for the time being.

Forcing her to stay here would cause a lot of inconvenience. Furthermore, if Niya was determined to go to Severton, he couldn't stop her. This was just a way of expressing her thoughts.

"Since you want to go back, let's take Abel and Pamela back too. There are trolls in the Green Pearl Forest. I'm really worried that they will be caught and eaten by the trolls when they run around outside."

This is not impossible. After all, Pegasus can fly, but it cannot fly forever. As long as it falls to the ground, or even flies a little lower, it may be targeted by trolls.

This is Niya's baby bump. It was really eaten by a troll. The most Shado can do is regret it, but Niya will probably feel uncomfortable for a long time.

"Well, I'll call them!"

Niya also thought of this possibility and immediately sent a message to Pamela. Abel was playful. Unless Sha Duo ordered it, Niya's message might also be ignored by it.

But Pamela is quite obedient. As long as Pamela comes back, Abel will follow her obediently.

Although Pegasus has intelligence, it is not as complex as humans and is relatively simple. Niya has taken care of the two Pegasus for a long time and has long understood the tempers of these two big guys.

Sure enough, not long after the summons, the sound of wings flapping the air and the sound of Abel's naughty and dissatisfied neighing could be heard outside the study window.

…

Returning to the Tower of Time, Sha Duo finally felt a little more relaxed when he saw Niya walking into the laboratory.

The original plan was that after the celebration, he would go to the Leisen Territory to visit Lord Leisen and inquire about all the information involved in the experiment that caused the other party to lose his magic ability.

But obviously, the current situation is not suitable for travel.

At the same time, in order to deal with the various changes that may arise after the princess ascends to the gods, Sha Duo urgently needs to contact the eighth level of the magic network to become a senior arcanist.

This goal couldn't even be called a goal originally, because it was an effect that would be achieved naturally when he was conducting research related to the plane field.

Now that Xia Duo was asked to temporarily give up research related to the plane field and instead regard an achievement that was not a goal in the past as his main goal, he was really surprised.

Lamenting the fickleness of things in the world, lamenting that he was still too optimistic in the past.

Before becoming the Grand Arcanist, I still couldn't relax. This was still a relatively stable environment in Netheril. If it were the wizarding world in some novels.

Everyone is intrigued by each other, shouldn't it be possible to stop for a moment? We must regard upgrading as the only goal and achieve the highest level as quickly as possible before we can relax a little?

This is actually similar to the ideal-realistic debate between the pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of money on earth. Happiness does not necessarily require money, but it is definitely easier to get happiness with money than without money.

It all depends on everyone's choice.

Now Shado has chosen reality. He needs the increase in power brought by the senior arcanist, and more importantly, the improvement of his political status in the Seven Towers and even Netheril.

Not being a senior arcanist may not have any bad effects, but it is obvious that in the current situation where the future is full of variables, becoming a senior arcanist can have a higher risk resistance.

In the past, when the princess was around, he didn't need to think too much. As long as he had a certain ability to protect himself, interests other than his own were within the rules.

As long as the backing is stable, under normal circumstances, the interests will be relatively stable and there will be no mistakes.

And now that the princess has lost contact, and it is uncertain whether she can come back in the future, Xia Duo must consider the various impacts of this variable.

First of all, self-protection is definitely okay, but interests other than one's own safety are not necessarily a problem.

Too much consideration has been given to the situation in which the situation will worsen in the future, but in fact there are still good situations.

If the princess can really exert power and intervene in the mortal world at will, then becoming a senior arcanist will also help him obtain higher benefits.

In this case, Xia Duo really had no other better choice.

Of course, you can also join the Kiran Tower, as Archmage Brundes, the director of the Arcane Federation, who we had communicated with before, suggested.

This may also be a good choice, but its only advantage is stability and guarantee. Even if the princess comes back, it will not have much impact.

Anyway, he has no formal affiliation with Giles Tower. He is just a pioneer, not to mention the relationship with Niya. It is impossible for the princess to do anything to him because of this matter, but preferential treatment or something, I guess. It won't happen again.

If Xia Duo had just traveled through time, he might have agreed directly to Brundes, but now, he is only one step away from a senior arcanist, so he naturally has to be picky and considerate to gain the greatest benefit for himself. .

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In fact, the future is largely not decided by Xia Duo, but by the princess.

The best situation in the future is for the princess to come back and eliminate all internal instability factors;

The worst-case scenario is that the princess cannot come back (the influence cannot be reduced), and the Tower of Giles is controlled by someone who cannot deal with the princess.

But even in the worst case scenario, it is almost impossible to endanger his own personal safety, especially after Sha Duo became a senior arcanist.

That being the case, why not gamble on the best-case scenario?

In other words, this is the best situation, and it is also the situation that is most in line with Xia Duo's interests. If you dare not insist on this, then there will be no need to promote any changes or guide any trends from the beginning.

If you don't do anything and stay in the Tower of Time without going out, you can be stable for the rest of your life and have no worries about food and drink.

But obviously, the life that Xia Duo wants is not just about food and drink.

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As for becoming a senior arcanist and actively facing future variables, the only thing Sha Duo lacks is time, or in other words, in the case that the future may change at any time, the only thing he lacks is a projection plane.

Looking back now, Sha Duo found that when he and Niya left Severington, they were a little panicked and careless.

At that time, he could have gone to the Arcane Federation first and taken a trip to the projection plane. For the main plane of the world, time in the projection plane flows extremely fast.

The time consumed during this period was more of the time spent traveling to the Arcane Union and applying for astral projection. If he acted quickly, he could take Niya and leave Sevington calmly as a senior arcanist.

Of course, if he could turn back time and let Xia Duo go back to the past and experience it all over again, he would still choose to leave immediately.

If someone really blocked him in Severton, it would be no different than eating a fly.

In the eyes of interested people, not only Niya's identity is a prop that can be used, but even Xia Duo himself may not use it as a prop to take advantage of Niya.

Looking back on all these things, Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh.