Arcane Lord

After briefly describing what happened, Shado did not directly ask about the whereabouts of Jenna or Said, but asked Iolum for his opinion on the changes in the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce.

After the summons, Shado waited patiently. Unlike Said and Jenna who had not received any reply so far, Iolum's reply was faster than Shado expected.

He originally thought that Iolum was busy preparing for the upcoming Grand Arcanist Joint Meeting and might not have time to pay attention to him, or that he and Jenna were delayed because of the same thing and could not reply.

But the fact is that Xia Duo only waited for less than a minute, just a few dozen seconds, before Iolum's reply arrived, and it was not a perfunctory reply, but full of information:

"Some time ago, there was news from Her Royal Highness the Princess that an unknown new god wanted to challenge the Lord of Glory. President Jenna of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce may have gone to the outer plane to observe the battle between gods. As for Said , I just went to Danzo not long ago. The environment of the underground world and the surface magic network are very different. There may be communication delays or obstructions. You can contact him again after a while. "

After this message, Iolum sent another message, saying that he could provide necessary material support in a private capacity for the Tower of Time to try a new development model.

"Except for mithril, which is temporarily unavailable due to my research needs, you can withdraw as many five-color gems as you need from my territory, and I will explain them to you."

This, this, this—

Sha Duo didn't expect that just a normal inquiry and contact would have such benefits. What made him even more unexpected was that Iolum was actually short of mithril. Could it be that the research on [Myser Energy Nucleus] had reached a critical moment and the secret was unknown. Silver demand surges?

However, he couldn't directly ask about this kind of thing, so he could only say: "Thank you Teacher Iolum for your generous assistance. The Tower of Time and the Southern Territory will definitely not let you down!"

"I hope so. If you have any difficulties, you can contact me at any time!"

Um? Sha Duo suddenly felt that this sentence was so familiar. He had just said the same thing to Siole, but he didn't expect it to be said again by someone else.

But the former has his own backer, while the latter has his own backer. No matter how you look at it, the latter is more pleasant.

…

After the communication with Iolum came to an end, Shado finally learned about Jenna's current situation. Fortunately, she was not the God of Slaughter, but he also became somewhat interested in the unidentified new god.

He dared to challenge the Lord of Glory just after he became a god. What gave him the courage?

Almost subconsciously, Xia Duo thought of the God of Chaos. Generally, the God of Order has his own specific field of order. If the new god can become a god, it is basically unlikely that he will conflict with the Lord of Glory in the field of order.

However, the God of Order he considered refers to a God with the power of order as its core like the princess.

If you follow the god-ascension ritual provided by the elves and use the divine fire core, it is actually not that orderly. Strictly speaking, it can also be regarded as a god of chaos.

In other words, the unidentified new god may also have been achieved through the elves' god-ascension rituals, or even become the "noble god" just like the ritual book that Sha Duo got!

Could the new god be some great arcanist in Netheril?

Or maybe the information given by the elf was leaked, was "picked up" by a lucky person, and then followed it and succeeded?

Being able to become a new god immediately after the princess should have been a sign before, but now Xia Duo has not heard any news, and maybe even Iolum does not know about it, otherwise he would not use his "identity" Unknown" to describe the new god.

For a moment, Xia Duo couldn't figure out the origin of the new god.

It was even difficult for him to judge what impact the emergence of another new god would have on the current environment of Netheril.

"I just hope that the Lord of Glory can slap that guy to death! Such sudden changes are really annoying!"

As for going to the outer plane to observe the battle of gods in person, Xia Duo's heart is not that big yet. He knows what he can participate in and what he must not touch unless absolutely necessary.

Looking at it this way, Jenna is really brave!

…

Early the next morning, while Sha Duo was having breakfast, he suddenly received a message from Said. In the message, Said first explained his failure to respond in time:

"I was ordered by the president to come to the Kingdom of Danzo to visit King Pasteur. The dwarf city is protected by rune magic, and the underground magic network environment is special. There may be delays or obstacles in communication. I hope Lord Chateau can forgive me."

He then gave a clear answer on the new purchase agreement:

"Five days later, that is, the last day of March, I will go to the southern border in person to negotiate a new purchase agreement with the Tower of Time, and settle the remaining balance after the sales of the past batch of communication instruments."

"The Tower of Time welcomes Advisor Said at any time!" Sha Duo replied formally.

After that, he notified Cecily of the news about the people coming from Mingshui Chamber of Commerce in five days, so that she could prepare well. Of course, Shado did not forget to remind her of the new project of Siole Research Laboratory and provide full support.

…

After breakfast, Shado left the Tower of Time. Now there is a group of bards from the north waiting for him to receive him in the territory!

He was really looking forward to what works this group of people could create on the ship to the south in the past month or so!

However, after arriving at the territory, Shado did not summon the bards immediately. Instead, he summoned Captain Bill first.

…

In the reception room on the first floor of the lord's villa.

Bill looked around anxiously. Although he could guess that the Lord might want to ask him about what happened on the way from Severton to the South, he was in an unfamiliar environment and had to face another person next. Lord Arcanist, he was still a little uncontrollably nervous.

Of course, it's not much to say that he was afraid. The "Yuanyuan" only arrived at Daxia Territory yesterday afternoon. Although it only lasted half a day, Daxia Territory left a very deep impression on him.

Smart and capable territorial officials, very strict territorial order, Bill was almost constantly in awe from the moment he got off the boat.

First, they were registered, and then they were taken to take a bath. After the bath, they were given new clothes. After that, they were assigned residences and read out the territorial regulations.

If these were his own experiences, Bill wouldn't be so amazed. Even the slaves he bought on the road enjoyed a similar process.

This made him very amazed. During the reading of the territorial regulations, Bill even knew that the Daxia Territory actually gave slaves universal promotion opportunities!

This alone was enough for him to think that Lord Shado was a benevolent lord.

In his hometown of Haran Territory, the lord recruits the people arbitrarily, as if he has worked for the lord for decades, and then quits if he says he doesn't want it, without any explanation or compensation, which is chilling.

But in Daxia Territory, every territory citizen who participates in the development will be allocated land, unlike other territories where only a few people close to the lord can be allocated land.

Even after the development ended, according to the laws of Daxia Territory, newly born territorial residents could be allocated fields, which was even more impossible in other places.

All these things made Bill sincerely admire Lord Xia Duo. He now regrets very much why he didn't agree on the spot when Lord Xia Duo invited him to join the Great Xia Territory.