Arcane Lord

Since the next day was Midsummer's Day, and he might have to receive the Everesca delegation who came in advance later, Badigal did not communicate with Shado for long before he left the study.

The remaining Xia Duo and Iolum did not have in-depth exchanges on the previous topics. Now that the situation has gradually become clear, the next step is to see the reaction of Cormanso.

"By the way, teacher, I wonder how your progress in war spells is going?"

"I just made some theoretical designs. During this time, I am building a new [Mithra] device. After it is completed, I can start related experiments. If you are interested, come to me after Midsummer Festival."

Iolum's invitation was expected by Shado, but he couldn't agree to it. The mess at home was so big that he hadn't cleaned up yet, so there was no time to stay in Severton for a long time.

"I'm sorry, teacher, I may not be able to spare the time this year. Let's see next year! Now that Evriska has been inspired to strive for self-improvement, the pressure on Netheril will be much less for quite some time in the future. Taking advantage of this period Time, I have to deal with various problems in the territory."

"Do you need my help with matters in the territory?" Iolum asked.

"No need for now. If necessary, I will definitely tell the teacher."

Sha Duo actually doesn't resist Iolum's help in his heart, but he really doesn't need help recently. He has already found a solution for the floating city materials.

As for the design, he is confident that he can complete it independently, but Iolum may not fully support his idea. Even in terms of mystery locks, Iolum may not be as good as him!

Furthermore, asking Iolum for help may also affect the progress of research on war spells.

Many things are connected one after another. Xia Duo would rather put more pressure on himself. After all, if he wants to realize his ideal, how can he let others do it all for him?

If that's the case, is this still his ideal?

"By the way, teacher, have you harvested new twisted phantom cores at the Ether Advance Base recently?"

"Why did you suddenly remember this?"

Iolum asked curiously: "I remember that you should have a lot of ectoplasm over there, right? Have they all been used up?"

"Well, it's all used up."

Now that he has spoken, Xia Duo is not embarrassed at all, "I want to study the effect of the tower spirit cluster, but I just lack a little spiritual quality."

"Tangling cluster?"

It seemed that this was the first time Iolum heard this description. He couldn't help but ponder for a few seconds. Then, as if he thought of something, he glanced at Shado in surprise and said with emotion:

"The seven towers of the Pagoda Spirit Cluster you mentioned have been tried in the past, but the final results were not ideal. I don't know how you came up with this idea, but I still want to remind you to stop losses in time.

"As for the ectoplasm, I happen to have some here. Savile told me some time ago that you gave him a mage tower. This time, please take his share back with you!"

With that said, Iolum took out a bulging money bag from the dimensional bag and handed it to Sha Duo. Sha Duo subconsciously grabbed the bag.

Although he didn't open it directly, he could roughly feel it in his hand. There were at least a dozen twisted phantom cores inside.

If calculated based on the price of 50,000 pieces of ectoplasm in the Seven Pagodas, this bag would be worth at least several hundred thousand gold coins. In fact, it is difficult to buy so much ectoplasm even if you have money.

Without saying a word, Iolum directly stuffed the ectoplasm into Sha Duo's hand, which made Sha Duo a little embarrassed to mention the matter of the Ether Advance Base.

Seemingly seeing Shado's hesitation, Iolum continued: "I will help you pay attention to the Ether Forward Base, but you know that the twisted phantom is not so easy to hunt. I will not know how much I can get in the end. I can’t give you a prepared answer, but again, be careful to stop losses in time.”

Xia Duo opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything. This spiritual essence was indeed what he needed, but he really couldn't afford so much money to buy it at the moment, so he could only accept it first and slowly wait for it later. Returned the favor.

…

Next, Shado and Iolum chatted for a while about the design ideas of war spells. When the [Magic Hour] reminded him, he hurriedly left Sevington.

When he returned to the Tower of Time, Niya had already gotten up, washed and dressed, and was about to go to Savile Town to participate in the rising ceremony. The two met in the teleportation room.

Midsummer Festival is the most important festival of the year, and the lord is undoubtedly the one who cannot miss it. The moment she saw Xia Duo, Niya was pleasantly surprised at first, but then she deliberately made a face and said angrily:

"I thought you weren't coming back!"

"How could it be? I was delayed a little bit in Severton, so I caught up!" Sha Duo took Niya's hand and comforted her.

"Go and change into your dress, I'll wait for you here!"

"No, I'll change it right here!"

They were all an old couple, and Xia Duo paid more attention to Niya's gaze. He generously untied his robe and put on a dress he took out from his personal space.

This dress can also be regarded as a set of robes, but its performance is slightly worse than what he wears daily. But for Xia Duo, any robe he currently owns is not more protective than the ability to control the law in his blood.

In other words, even if he is naked, his protective ability is higher than that of ordinary mages.

At present, Xia Duo does not have the ability to make or have the time to research high-quality or even better robes. The Tower of Time does not have related inheritance, so it can only be outsourced. Strictly speaking, it is customized by someone.

Customizing a high-quality robe will cost at least 100,000 gold coins. This is just for functionality. If you also pay attention to style and beauty, the price may reach sky-high.

It is not impossible to wear a mage tower on your body.

Xia Duo didn't want to spend this wasted money. After all, even a high-quality robe may not be stronger than his ability to control law, and the marginal benefit was too low.

It won’t be too late to consider it again when you have more money in the future.

…

Savile Town.

The rising sun ceremony was carried out as scheduled in the central square, and the surging crowd had already occupied their seats before Xia Duo and others arrived.

When Chateau and others arrived, bursts of cheers immediately echoed in the square, and then the priests of the temple, led by Bishop Ambril, began the first ceremony of the Midsummer celebration.

"When the sun rises in the east, all things grow; when the law is ruthless, order is born!"

As the priests faced the east and recited proverbs, the atmosphere in the square gradually became solemn. The people surrounding the priests hardly dared to make a sound, and all of them looked at the east with calm expressions.

At the same time, the free holy power spread out from the priests like water, rippling back and forth in the square.

The square, which was still slightly dark before dawn, was rendered as if it were a holy place, adding a solemnity to the atmosphere at this moment.

I don't know how much time passed, but the holy light in the square began to converge, but a faint light appeared in the east. The light penetrated the buildings on the edge of the square and reached the eyes of everyone in the square.