Arcane Lord

On the other side, after Xia Duo returned to the Mage Tower, he immediately went to the task management office, handed over the task, and successfully obtained 400 gold coins.

At this point, the mission indicator is: 420/1000, which is almost completed. It is just a pity that Mrs. Patty has arrived at the Mage Tower, and it is estimated that it is unlikely to give him any further mission rewards.

Of course, Xia Duo didn't actually find much out of his investigation, but it only took him less than half a day to complete a 400 gold coin task, and he had already made a lot of money.

He has nothing to complain about. Life will go on. If he can complete the task indicators before elevating his authority, then he can concentrate on doing what a formal mage should do.

While complaining about the mission promotion system of the Mage Tower, I continue to select missions. It feels really uncomfortable to force the real fragrance!

It's just that it's getting late today, the tasks will not be updated, and the only tasks are basically those he has picked. Xia Duo just scanned them once and gave up, preparing to come back the next day.

If we could ever encounter such a cost-effective task like today again, it would be just a matter of seconds!

After dinner, Xia Duo was about to go to the library to stay for a while. Unexpectedly, he suddenly received a notification from Ta Ling on the way -

"Apprentice Xia Duo, the authority enhancement process has been started. Please go to the assessment room as soon as possible to wait for the assessment."

Xia Duo was shocked, it was finally here! The lord finally appears!

If he had chosen management permissions, or had completed the promotion task indicators for apprentice permissions, he would have been able to upgrade his permissions long ago.

It is precisely because the target has not been completed and the authority needs to be upgraded, which requires the intervention of the lord, that it is stuck here. Under normal circumstances, apprentices will not encounter this situation after becoming an official mage.

And Xia Duo is also looking forward to it. Will he see the lord? Will he show his sharpness or hide his weakness?

First of all, one thing is that the last similar case was Adrian, and in the end he became the lord's student, which made Sha Duo look forward to it.

And if he could become the lord's student, his future would be very secure. At least until now, he had never heard of anything happening to the lord's students.

Thinking like this, Xia Duo walked to the public-level assessment room much more briskly. As he walked, he looked forward to the days of becoming a lord's student, and at the same time, he was distracted by the issue of [Steam Ray].

If there is an assessment later, it must be this [Steam Ray]. When he created this magic, Xia Duo only considered breaking through the first level of the magic network, and did not think much about the practicality of the magic.

Of course, this does not mean that [Steam Ray] is useless at all, but Xia Duo thinks it can be improved to make it more practical.

He already has some ideas, but this idea may be considered deviant in the Mage Tower, and Sha Duo is not ready to demonstrate it in front of outsiders for the time being.

…

The mage on duty in the assessment room today is still Mage Depak from last time. The magic book he lent to Sha Duo last time has not yet been read by Sha Duo. Unexpectedly, the two met again in a few days.

"Lord De Parker, I just received a notice from Talling, saying that he wants me to come over for assessment——"

Xia Duo scanned the room without leaving a trace. The room was not big and could not hide anyone. He was a little disappointed that the lord did not come.

He did not doubt that the lord had used magic to become invisible. After all, he was not a special person, so what qualifications did he have for the lord to become invisible and observe!

And what Master Depak said next made him even more certain of this.

"Xia Duo, the assessment is just a formality. The Lord has agreed to upgrade your authority. The main reason for calling you here is to arrange a mentor for you."

As soon as he heard the "arrangement", Xia Duo knew that he could no longer be a lord student!

Xia Duo was very furious. He missed such a great opportunity. He thought that whether it was upgrading speed or understanding of magic, he was better than Adrian. How could the lord let him go?

But on the surface, you still have to maintain a polite attitude and say respectfully: "Yes!"

Depak was very satisfied with Shado's attitude, "You are here to perform the magic you mentioned last time. Is it called [Steam Ray]?"

"Yes, but here?" Xia Duo asked doubtfully, but he did not doubt the strength of Master Depak in front of him, but was it a bit hasty to just assess him like this?

"Yes, it's right here, hurry up! I will take you to see your mentor later!"

As he spoke, Master Depak cast a protective magic, which appeared like a translucent red shield. At the same time, he motioned to Xia Duo, "Come on this!"

Xia Duo nodded and instantly entered a state of concentration on spell casting. The shield in his field of vision emitted a bright magical aura, and Xia Duo could vaguely discern the general structure of the spell.

But for its specific magical elements, only the most superficial part can be seen.

Although Sha Duo was very curious about the other party's spell, the other party's spell was not for him to study, and of course it was not to test Sha Duo's [Steam Ray].

But to prevent Xia Duo's spell from damaging other places.

Sure enough, after Xia Duo fired the [Steam Ray], the ray that was not originally pointed at the center of the shield actually turned around and flew towards the center.

Once it came into contact with the center of Master Depak's spell shield, the steam ray was instantly extinguished without even a trace leaking out, which surprised Xia Duo.

Even Xia Duo himself couldn't do this kind of "eating" magic without any fireworks. He could counter his own [steam ray], but he couldn't do it without any ripples.

After all, the key point of counterattack is to completely reverse the opponent's spellcasting details. Even if it is done by the same person, the details will be different due to the different state when casting the spell.

In essence, any spell cast by a person will be different. The difference lies in the fact that some mages can control the variables extremely accurately.

Of course, Xia Duo felt that Master Depak had taken advantage of the unknown magic. This kind of magic that specifically controlled rays was the key to completely eliminating Sha Duo's spell.

Although Xia Duo sighed, was surprised, and even awed, he was not discouraged at all. He knew that one day, he would be able to do all this, and he would do it better than the other person.

After only casting [Steam Ray] once, Shado stopped and waited for Master Depak's judgment.

"Yes, it is indeed a level 1 spell, and it is also a brand-new spell that has not been recorded, and its power is also very impressive."

After saying that, Master Depak cast a spell to leave a mark on a piece of parchment on the table and teleported it out. Immediately afterwards, Shado once again heard the familiar tower spirit prompt sound——

"Mage Xia Duo, congratulations on your promotion to the official apprentice mage authority. Current authority: Level 1."

Level 1 authority sounds like the lowest level. There is a big gap between this and Xia Duo’s original expectation of becoming a lord student!

No matter how good his mentality was, he still couldn't bear it. He subconsciously asked, "How many levels of authority does the mage tower have?!"

"Haha, don't worry, Xia Duo. After I take you to meet your mentor, your mentor will upgrade your authority for you."

It was okay not to say this, but as soon as he said it, Xia Duo felt very cold in his heart. From now on, the channels for increasing his authority will be in the hands of his mentor. This is too sad!

Is it another kind of bonded work?

Depak then handed Shado a Tower of Time badge and said, "This badge allows you to contact the tower spirit outside the mage tower. Keep it!"

Xia Duo numbly took the badge. Isn't this thing essentially the one he received at the award ceremony before? The only difference is that the badge he has now has no inscription on the back.

"well--"

With a deep sigh in my heart, I followed Master Depak to see the so-called "mentor"!