Arcane Lord

Three days later.

Shado, who was obsessed with the magical world, suddenly received a notice from Niya, asking him to receive two guests from Seventon.

This time it was not in Niya's reception room, but in a reception room on the public floor. When Xia Duo arrived, Ai Burke and two guests had already arrived.

"Sorry, I'm late!"

Faced with three arcane masters who were at least high-level mages, Xia Duo did not dare to take advantage. Fortunately, the other party did not care about this.

Aiboike first introduced the identities of the two guests. They were both arcanists from the Arcane Federation. They wanted to gain divine favor and improve themselves by repairing the magic network.

After a few pleasantries, we got down to business. The only dispute between the two parties was the issue of cost. Xia Duo, who had received Niya's instructions in advance, bit the bottom line and paid 50 arcane crystals per person.

For an arcanist, taking out so many arcane crystals at once is not a small sum. It was only for the sake of their membership in the Arcane Federation that they collected so much.

If it's an unorganized arcanist, double that.

It's just that when Xia Duo was discussing the price with them, he kept beating the drum in his heart. The current situation of the Tower of Time was not ideal, and the energy gap was a big problem.

Perhaps it was because of this that Niya insisted on charging every arcanist who came over. The mere presence of the Tower of Time was a deterrent that could not be ignored.

Fights rarely occur between mages. After all, no one has their own level or trump cards written on their foreheads. Basically, whenever there is a fight, it is a surprise attack that has been planned for a long time and is well prepared.

Therefore, "harmony is the most precious" is not an empty statement.

But there is another factor that must be considered, and that is to take action in anger. There is no way to do this. Xia Duo must also be careful when negotiating the price with the other party.

You can neither show your cowardice and make the other party feel that you are easy to bully, nor can you anger the other party and use your own life to verify the effect of the [Protective Robe].

After some discussion, both parties agreed on a final price, which was still 50 arcana crystals per person.

Afterwards, the two of them followed Ai Boike and left. Only Xia Duo remained in the reception room. It wasn't that there were guests he needed to receive later, but he thought of a question -

What if someone doesn’t want to pay? Not everyone is so easy to talk to, there will always be some who don’t want to pay any price.

Once allowed, those who paid the "money" before will definitely be dissatisfied, but is the current Tower of Time capable of implementing the charges to the end?

Somehow, Xia Duo suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"I hope there won't be such a person!"

…

On the other side, there is the town hall and reception room.

Niya is here to receive an official envoy from the Northern Hawk Territory - the arcanist Aquilaine.

"Lord Niya, I strongly protest your inaction in handling the murder of Axel!"

Aquilaine waved his arms, without any grace as a spell caster. He looked down on the little girl in front of him from the bottom of his heart. It seemed that as long as his voice was louder, he would scare her into tears. He loudly Shouted:

"Lord Niya, if you cannot catch the murderer as soon as possible, Lord Hawke will handle it on his own!"

"Your Excellency Aquilaine, please watch your words! This is Savile Territory, not Hawke Territory!"

The expression on Niya's face was very serious. She tightly held the scepter passed down to her by her father, suppressed the anger in her heart, and said in a calm tone as much as possible:

"After our investigation, the murderer has died from Axel's curse. Regarding this, you have seen Axel's curse amulet, so it should not be difficult to confirm."

"No, no, no!" Aquilaine waved his hands repeatedly in an exaggerated manner, but he didn't care. "What we need is the murderer himself, dead or alive, not just news about the murderer. Lord Niya, please be clear. at this point!"

In fact, the first thing Aquilaine did when he came to Savile Town was to search for the murderer through magic. What he was able to confirm was that the murderer was dead and the body was moving south along the Wolfburg River.

If you give him some time, it won't be that difficult to find the body.

But the problem is - dead people are not worth what he does, neither Axel nor the person who killed him!

He even personally interfered with the prophecy about the direction of the body to ensure that no one could find the body while he was in the south.

His real purpose was to mysteriously lock the ruins. Anyway, the people who died were the lord's people, not his. If he could use this to avoid the conventional arcane crystallization, then why not do it!

No matter how Niya explained it, Aquilaine just needed the body. In the end, when the atmosphere became tense, Aquilaine was not an unwise person. She left the words "I will wait here for the results in the near future" and left directly.

After Aquilaine left, Niya's angry mood gradually calmed down and she began to think seriously. Although the scene just now was indeed angry, it was actually what she expected.

It's just that the other party insisted on seeing the body, which was a bit beyond her expectation.

She can mislead, but it is absolutely impossible to create a fake corpse. It is too difficult to fake it in front of an arcanist.

The real murderer has become a follower of Xia Duo. Even if he is not, she is not willing to hand it over.

Is it because of the Mysterious Ruins? Or does the Eagle Chamber of Commerce want to intervene in more areas of the territory?

The identity of the other party's arcanist made Niya think of it, but she knew too little about the Hawk Territory.

She only knew that the lord of the Hawk Territory was a powerful arcanist, and that the Eagle Chamber of Commerce even had a certain influence in the Elf Kingdom.

After thinking for a long time, Niya finally stood up and murmured: "It's time to go to Severton!"

Before Lord Epps entered the stasis chamber, he repeatedly told Nia that after the Midsummer Festival celebrations, she must go to Severton to meet the Archmage Greta and the Archmage Auron.

This shows that the new generation of Savile Lords still faces Her Royal Highness the Princess and will not change their alignment due to the replacement of Lords.

Of course, the other party may not care, but Savileland has to do it.

I couldn't spare the time because of the complicated chores before, but now, both the territory and the Tower of Time have smoothly transitioned to the Niya era.

It’s time to head to Severington!

…

Now that the Tower of Time is in the ruins of the Mystery Lock, the energy required to go to Severton is dozens of times higher than in the past.

In addition, although Niya has become a high-level mage, she has not yet learned [Teleportation]. If she wants to return as soon as possible, it is best to bring Aiboike with her.

But as a result, the only two high-level mages in the Tower of Time are not here. It would be more troublesome if an arcanist visits during this period.

"Xia Duo——"

Niya whispered Sha Duo's name. She didn't know if he could do it alone, but for now, that was all she could do.