Arcane Lord

Atwood told Shado about his doubts, to which Shado responded -

"Don't worry about not having Druid seeds in the future. In fact, I am also planning to open courses corresponding to the 'New Natural Concept' in the Tower of Time.

"Actually, the third thing I want you to do is related to this. I will select a group of official mages who have registered as teachers from the Tower of Time and give them to you to help you enlighten the children in the territory with magic.

“But at the same time, you also need to teach them the content of the ‘New Natural Concept’, and then you will work together to write a brand new ‘Book of Enlightenment’!”

In fact, there is considerable overlap between the new nature concept and the magical enlightenment of the Tower of Time.

Magic Enlightenment does not teach how to use magic, but introduces the world view from the perspective of a mage, including simple concepts such as magic networks, elements, and planes, as well as the life stories of famous mages, and even the history and geography of Netheril.

After the enlightenment is over, the formal stage of magic learning will begin.

Combining magical enlightenment with new natural concepts, in addition to completing a world view that is more in line with Sha Duo's cognition, the most important thing is to increase the positive cultivation of the outlook on life and values ​​based on this world view.

If Xia Duo's previous preparations for magical civilization can be seen as the construction of material civilization, then now, he is working on the construction of spiritual civilization.

We must pay close attention to the construction of material civilization, and we cannot relax the construction of spiritual civilization. We must grasp it with both hands, and both hands must be strong!

…

After talking about the three things closely related to Atwood, it was Shado’s turn next——

"In order to prevent your existence from being exposed to the eyes of the elves, I will make a magic item for you later that can avoid detection, and let someone give it to you tomorrow. As for now, please ask Elder Atwood to share the information with me. The perception of natural will."

It's not that urgent to avoid detection. If the elves had already discovered it, they would have probably killed them long ago. If they hadn't, they probably hadn't discovered it, so it wouldn't hurt to wait a little later.

Then, Shado used [Psychic Link], and at his signal, Atwood quickly entered a state of sensing nature.

At the moment Atwood sensed the will of nature, Shado also simultaneously sensed the vastness of nature from Atwood's perspective.

Different from the past, this time his feelings were more real. Just this moment of perception made him shed tears of excitement uncontrollably.

Even from the sidelines and indirect angle, the impact on Xia Duo's soul is no less effective than a 5-ring mind shock spell.

At the same time, a large amount of subconscious information based on Atwood's cognition poured into Sha Duo's consciousness through the [Psychic Link], and Sha Duo woke up instantly.

He realized that he might have been affected by the so-called "natural will" just now. Fortunately, he still had the [Psychic Link], otherwise he might have had to undergo an emergency retrospective to back up his personality.

Of course, nature itself is difficult to affect his personality, but shared perception will give Atwood the opportunity to pollute his personality with the help of natural feedback.

It's just like the immersive experience of projected body memory in the projection plane before.

Although this situation was not under Atwood's control, it had a real impact on Shado.

After secretly saying something bad, he immediately severed the spiritual link with Atwood.

Although Atwood could sense the Holy Power before, the feedback from "Natural Will" was incomplete. Not only was the Holy Power incomplete, but the feedback information during the perception process was also incomplete.

Shado and Atwood have shared perceptions many times, but this time, the natural feedback was the most intense. At that moment, Shado almost thought he had embraced the universe.

But in fact, it is still an illusion.

In addition to the large amount of natural feedback information this time, the improvement factor of Sha Duo's own soul state cannot be ignored.

If it were anyone else, since they couldn't decipher the subconscious information at all, they wouldn't be affected by any more meditative impact at all.

It was precisely because Xia Duo had this ability to interpret, but his conscious mind could not fully control the subconscious function, that he felt an unprecedented spiritual impact at that moment.

…

After calming down his thoughts for a while, Shado woke up Atwood. Of course, he did not tell Atwood about his recent experience, but asked him to go back and prepare to accept the mage assistant from the Tower of Time.

"By the way, the mage assistants assigned to you are all the best among their peers. Maybe they don't need your guidance in terms of magic, but they need your wisdom in dealing with worldly affairs.

"Don't just let them teach children. If you have anything to do, arrange for them to do it. For example, you can let them go to the villagers' mutual aid meeting in the north!

"I will specially select a few people from the Savile Territory for you to facilitate your contact with the Savile Territory. The Mutual Aid Association will not only help the disadvantaged villagers avoid malicious exploitation by petty officials, but also organize the pioneers there. Get up, improve work efficiency, and advance the construction progress of the [Daxia-Saville Channel] faster.”

Atwood is an old man. In the past, he just couldn't open his mind. Now, he understands what Xia Duo almost said clearly.

In addition to improving work efficiency on the surface, it is also necessary for him to increase the influence of the Daxia Order in the Saville Territory.

Just like the legal popularization work he has been doing before, it will enable the two places to be more smoothly integrated in the future.

…

After Atwood left, Shado stayed in the study for a while and read through all the unread territorial documents that he had accumulated.

Then he returned to the Tower of Time to prepare magic items for Atwood to avoid detection.

Meanwhile, far away in Comanso.

Farrow and other high-ranking mages from different elven kingdoms gathered at the Elf Court again and began a less formal temporary exchange.

"Hildalanna, Omos hasn't arrived yet, please tell everyone present what you know about the situation!"

As soon as the other elves heard that Hildalanna might have made a new discovery, they immediately gathered around and watched Hildalanna's every move.

Hildalanna seemed to have been used to such scenes for a long time, she smiled seductively, and then said softly: "Just yesterday, I met the Lord Shado in the southern border of Netheril.

"He is from the East. He suddenly appeared in the Saville Territory four years ago. At that time, he was just an ordinary person. Only four years later, he has become a senior arcanist whose power is close to mine.

“Although he is just a young man who is not even a fraction of our age, he has a deep mind and does not reveal his inner thoughts easily.

"After several tests, I can only confirm that he has no ill intentions towards the elves, but he also has no extra goodwill. If he becomes a high-level leader of Nese in the future, I believe he will become a troublesome existence for us."

Obviously, Hildalanna is Tove, the Cormanso investigator who appeared in Savile Territory not long ago. She provided a lot of information about Shado, which was not limited to the original conversation between one person and one elf.

But for some unknown reason, she didn't even mention a word about the spice smuggling issue that she already knew about.