Arcane Lord

Inupras, Red Square.

Shado took Nia and Percher to sit on the bow deck of the magic ship, chatting without saying a word, but mostly communicating privately with Nia to exchange views on this foreign city.

"Have you noticed? The Imaskans seem to be very bad at spells! There are not even a few traces of spells in this huge city!"

"Don't underestimate them! They use completely different tools to explore the world than we do. Just think about the fact that half of this city is built on the ethereal layer, and you will understand that the Imaskans are not good at magic, but they are not good at us. The magic and the laws of the world are expressed in a completely different way from Netheril and even the elven world."

"Is it a secret weapon?"

"right!"

Although Shado still insists that Nese magic is the best tool to explore the world, this does not mean that he cannot tolerate other tools in his eyes.

Especially the Imasca Creation Magic System, a system that is closer to the technology he was familiar with before crossing over, if he had just traveled here at the beginning and come into contact with this system earlier.

Maybe he will even think that this magic system is the best tool for exploring the world!

Now he has been working in the Nese magic system for too long. Even if he encounters a more useful magic system, as long as the other party does not have an absolute superiority over the Nese magic system, he is not prepared to change to a new system.

Instead, he will find ways to absorb the advantages of other systems and integrate them into his own system.

Speaking of which, Imaskar's creation magic system has many similarities with the dwarves' magic system. For example, both have creation as the core, and they also respect various creations within the system.

It's just that dwarf mages can cast spells with the help of their creations. Can the Imaskans cast spells with the help of secret weapons?

The Jam that Sha Duo has seen so far does not seem to be able to. He can only use the function of the secret weapon itself. Instead, the projection of the emperor when he entered the country before was a bit like casting a spell with the help of a secret weapon, or even casting a spell independently.

However, Shado believed that a magic system that could exist for thousands of years should not have too obvious shortcomings. Spells, the most direct tool for manipulating reality, should be mastered by Imasca craftsmen.

It's just that the method and form may be different from Master Nese.

…

Just as Sha Duo was chatting with Niya and Percher, Jam, who had disappeared as soon as he landed, suddenly came back. He also changed his previous stingy attitude and began to take the initiative to introduce the specialties of Inupras to Sha Duo. Come.

Upon seeing this, Percher no longer delayed, immediately summoned an Imasca messenger, and then left the magic ship with two subordinates.

"Master Athos, do you need to take a stroll in the commercial street of Inupras? I believe that the many specialties there will definitely help you learn more about this great country."

Regarding Jam's sudden enthusiasm, Sha Duo did not give a direct answer, but looked at Niya first, "Want to go shopping?"

"It's okay to go shopping, just——"

Niya also noticed Jam's sudden change in attitude and couldn't help but feel a little worried. Sha Duo, on the other hand, although also felt strange, did not feel worried about it.

However, for the sake of Aniya's heart, he transferred the "bubble" that was originally placed in the floating city on the bow of the ship to the top of the pioneer's scepter, then handed the scepter to Niya's hand, comforting:

"As long as you have the idea of ​​going out, don't worry about anything else. I'll take care of everything."

Seeing Xia Duo say this, Niya's hanging heart gradually calmed down, but she did not pick up Xia Duo's scepter, but stuffed it back into Xia Duo's scepter.

Xia Duo doesn't insist on this. Anyway, the floating city is the same there. In fact, even if it is placed on the magic ship and not taken with you, it will not affect its due function.

"Then let's go! Then I'll ask the Jam tax collector to take us on a tour of this purple city!"

Just now Jam was talking about the commercial street, but Shado deliberately expanded the scope of the tour that Jam was talking about. On the one hand, he really wanted to take a good look at this magical city that straddles the ethereal layer and the main plane. This aspect is also a test for Jam.

The sudden change in the opponent's attitude made him a little strange, but if he could use it, he might be able to easily obtain the creation magic system here.

"Here you two, please! Our first stop is Mars Commercial Street to the west of Crimson Square."

As Jam introduced it, he took out a small box that seemed to be a communication tool and pressed it a few times quickly. After a while, when Sha Duo and others were approaching the commercial street, two Mulan people with obvious features appeared on the side of the road.

When he saw Jam, he immediately stepped forward to salute. After chattering for a while, he also joined the team. Jam's explanation for this was——

"Bring two Mulans with you to help you bargain!"

This is a treatment that Xia Duo has never enjoyed before. Before, Xia Duo, let alone wandering around the local city, needed to be handed over by Jam and repriced anything he wanted to buy, let alone being able to do it on his own like now. For shopping, there is even a dedicated “haggler”!

Although Xia Duo didn't think these two Mulan hagglers could play much role, at least they had an attitude. This made him feel for the first time what it was like to be a guest, not just a victim to be slaughtered. Foreign fat sheep.

…

Mars Commercial Street, named Commercial Street, is actually a commercial district, consisting of three north-south pedestrian streets, with an east-west avenue in the middle connecting the three pedestrian streets.

Xia Duo and his party came from the Red Square in the east and took the east-west avenue. Then, on Jam's recommendation, they chose the pedestrian street in the middle and turned to the south.

"Master Athos, although this street is not the most prosperous street in Inupras, it is the street with the largest variety of goods. If you can't buy it on this street, it's not difficult to go elsewhere. May be purchased.”

"Um."

Xia Duo has actually noticed that the products in the shops on both sides of the road are almost all-inclusive, just like when he went shopping on earth. The only problem is that there are too few people here.

There are very few Imaskans wandering around here. Most of the people who appear here are Mulan people. Even the people in charge of business in the store are mainly Mulan people.

As for the Mulan people's behavior, although Xia Duo could not understand what they were saying, it was not difficult to find from their demeanor and tone that these people were very purposeful and not at all like his current leisurely state.

"Are there so many Mulan people in Imaska?" Sha Duo asked curiously.

"There are many. The Mulan people can be said to be the most populous race in Imasca, followed by the Dupa people, but the total number of Mulan people is at least a hundred times that of the Dupa people!"

Speaking of this, Jam also sighed, "It's a pity that the Mulan people's hometown is all desert. They are not good at planting at all, and they don't have much talent in the field of craftsmanship."

"Is it true that there has never been a Mulan craftsman?" Sha Duo asked again.

"It really never happened!"

Jam said in a very confident tone, "The empire is not the nomadic period of the past. The great master craftsmen have long been clearly aware of the role of the number of craftsmen in the empire. With the population of the Mulan people, if craftsmen could be born, it would definitely not be the case now." This kind of treatment.

“Whether it is a Kadi, a Dupa, a Urgas, or even a Zekes or Tukan, as long as they can become craftsmen, they are irrefutably Imaskans!

"The Mulan people have such a large population, but they can't even give birth to a single craftsman. We can only say that they are born slaves!"