Arcane Lord

This morning, Sha Duo had just arrived at the laboratory. Luo Wei and others were inspecting the device. Brod and Iolum were not there.

Shado was not surprised. Since the defeat of the drow in the underground war, there have been more trivial matters in the Austrian and French Federation, and Iolum has also become busy.

Fortunately, the project is already on track, and it is more about verification. The most time-consuming part of this is actually the construction process of the device. The rest of the discussions, improvements, etc. can only account for a small part of it. Iolum is occasionally absent. It will not affect the progress of the project.

As for Broad, after the Sevington Parliament issued the development order, in addition to the newly developed areas on the territorial border, a large number of pioneers also poured into the Conchi Plain. Broad was worried that his intended territory would be conquered first, so he would go there from time to time. Go back and show your face and take care of me.

Xia Duo also understood this very well. After all, in the past nearly half a year, he could not always stay in the Austrian Law Federation, and he often left.

In addition to his previous promise to return to the Tower of Time every month to accompany Niya and inspect the territory, he also needed regular maintenance at the Watchtower.

Sometimes it's common to go away for a day or two or three, as long as you don't miss the discussion here.

…

Soon, Luo Wei and others completed the inspection. As usual, Shado was ready to ask Iolum and Brod if they were coming. If not, he would start the experiment directly.

The project has progressed so far. The demand for the Grand Arcanist in the experimental stage is more to clean up the mess. The collection of arcane energy can be completely done by Luo Wei and others. After all, the power of the device is limited and it is impossible to collect without limit.

If Iolum and Brod don't come, at most the service life of the demiplane that overlaps with the experimental area will be halved, which is nothing.

After all, this thing is originally prepared as a consumable and can be created by spells. The actual cost is probably a matter of asking the Grand Arcanist to work more overtime.

After Chateau was summoned, Brod's reaction was normal, saying that he would be there in a moment. After all, the device construction cycle was long, and it would be a pity to miss it once.

But Iolum's reaction was a bit strange. He didn't say come or not come, but directly asked Shado to suspend the experiment, which had never happened before.

"Teacher, what's going on? Why can't you continue the experiment?"

"This matter is a bit complicated. I will explain it to you when I come back."

Afterwards, Shado asked a few more questions, but Iolum responded to them all and seemed to be busy.

…

After a while, Brod came to the laboratory and saw that Iolum was not there, so he asked Shado: "Teacher, isn't he coming?"

"Yes, but not only is the teacher not here, our experiment this time may also have to be suspended."

"The experiment is suspended? What's wrong? What happened? Is there something wrong with the device?" Brod suddenly asked in surprise.

Looking at the faces of Luo Wei and others, there was also a look of surprise. They had just checked the device and there was obviously no problem. Why did they cancel today's experiment?

In this regard, Shado told everyone the result of just contacting Iolum, and everyone said they could not understand.

But no matter what, since Iolum specifically confessed this matter, Sha Duo and others can only accept this reality for the time being, and only wait for Iolum to come back and ask for an explanation.

It’s okay to wait a little longer. After all, the most time-consuming part of the project is the construction process of the installation.

Here, Shado and Brod stayed in the laboratory to discuss the details of subsequent improvements, while waiting for Iolum to come over, and occasionally exchanged speculations about the accident.

Luo Wei and others left temporarily. There were at least six devices waiting for them to complete in other laboratories. It was impossible to delay all the time here.

…

Soon the time came to noon, but Iolum never showed up. Both Sha Duo and Brod had unanimous guesses about this matter——

Maybe the problem lies with the Seven Towers!

If Iolum didn't show up for such a long time, according to past experience, it was basically because the Seven Towers meeting was looking for him. Otherwise, what else could have held him back for so long?

But what else will happen over there at the Seven Towers?

During the entire lunch hour, Chateau and Brod discussed this matter, and the discussion went in various directions, with no clue at all.

In the afternoon, work continued, and while I was fully immersed in it, I temporarily forgot about it until I received a notice from Iolum - "Come to my study!"

Chateau and Brod looked at each other and almost unanimously chose to teleport directly. At this time, they didn't care whether it was rude or not.

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Iolum's study.

When Chateau and Brod arrived, Iolum was playing with the "Trajectory of Destiny" ornament on the bookshelf near the wall, which was made of a large number of mithril filaments and resembled an interlaced clock hairspring.

Of course, it is not just a decoration. After injecting the mysterious holy power of the goddess of magic, it can reveal the future trajectory to a certain extent.

Xia Duo also has such a thing in his hand. It was given to him by Iolum before. However, Xia Duo does not have the mysterious holy power. This thing in his hand is really just a decoration, and he only takes it out to play with occasionally.

Seeing Iolum casting a spell, Shado and Brod did not disturb him, but stood aside and watched silently.

After an unknown amount of time, Iolum finally ended the ceremony, turned around with a hint of exhaustion, and waved to Shado and Brod, "Sit down first, I'll sort out my thoughts."

After saying that, he sat on the chair behind the desk and picked up the mithril pen at hand. However, he did not write anything. Instead, he let the pen body float and make irregular circular motions around his fingertips. .

Fortunately, this process did not last long. Sha Duo sat down and took out the notes he carried with him to read through. After reading only two pages, he heard Iolum's voice:

"You may have guessed that I went to the Seven Towers in the morning, but the suspension of the experiment has nothing to do with the Seven Towers. The cause of this matter was Cormanso's proposal to restrict large-scale magic activities at the Northland Alliance meeting. , and named Netheril, I think the elf suddenly said this, maybe he noticed something. "

Sha Duo raised his head and saw Iolum looking at him: "When you contacted me in the morning, Badigal was telling me about this matter. Even if you don't contact me, I will inform you to suspend the experiment. "

Just as Sha Duo was about to ask a question, Brod had already spoken first:

"There is no reason! How could the elves know what we are doing? Furthermore, what would happen even if they knew? Do we have to automatically accept it when he says restrictions?"

"Brod, don't worry, of course we can't let the elves have the final say on this matter."

With that said, Iolum looked at Shado again, "What are your thoughts on this matter?"

Shado was about to ask about some details of the elf's proposal process, trying to find its possible relationship with the experiment, but suddenly realized that what Iolum just said to Brod had actually made it clear that the elf's proposal was related to the experiment.