Arcane Lord

Xia Duo looked at the mirror, and then checked all the connections between it and the Magic Network String. With his magical attainments, he didn't even find out what use this mirror had for a while!

So, he asked Tilak, "What effects are attached to this mirror?"

"Magic effect!" Tilak said with certainty.

"..." Xia Duo was speechless and asked again, "I'm asking what specific effects it has?"

"It's a magic item now!"

After reading it twice in succession, Xia Duo understood what Tilak meant. Emotion is just an ordinary mirror, but it can be recognized as a magic item by the caster!

Looking at the mithril patterns on the mirror, Sha Duo felt it was a waste. Once the mithril is fused with other substances, it can no longer be separated. At least Netheril has not mastered the technology of refining mithril.

But on the surface, he still wanted to praise Tilak. After all, in less than two months, they had created a real magic item, even though this magic item was of no use.

Even the basic function of a mirror - reflection, is blurred because of the mithril patterns on the mirror!

"Is there anything else?"

"Others have various flaws and cannot maintain lasting magical effects."

Xia Duo nodded and said nothing more. Afterwards, he looked through the experimental records in detail and had a more detailed understanding of the progress of this permanent magic project. At the same time, he also discovered the difficulties of this project.

Initially, he thought he would be able to get results quickly, but now it seems a bit unrealistic.

Magic constancy, or permanent magic, no matter how different the actual effects are, they are essentially the same principle, that is, the cycle of spell elements.

The initial starting point can be attributed to the 0-level spell [Arcane Mark], but [Arcane Mark] only involves the surface layer of the magic network, and it is only the operation cycle of the magic network string.

Permanent magic and constant magic not only involve the depth of the magic network, but also involve the circulation of energy in addition to the operation cycle of the magic network strings.

The operation cycle of the Magic Network String is related to whether the magic is permanent, and the energy cycle is related to the existence of magic. Without stable energy, it is naturally impossible for any magic effect to exist for a long time.

If you only achieve the operation cycle of the magic string, then you will only have the magic effect of "magic effect", similar to the [secret mark].

On it, there will be energy circulation and specific magic effects will appear.

It seems that Tilak is stuck at this step. The macroscopic understanding is indeed very simple, but the specific operating principle is actually not clear.

This can actually be attributed to the shortcomings of the current Nese magic system. For this, Sha Duo doesn't have much to do for the time being.

Because the best way is to let a large number of grassroots mages continue to develop, expand the breadth of existing theories and technologies, and then come up with a magic tree similar to a technology tree. This is the correct way to develop magic.

After encouraging Tilak again, Shado was ready to leave. He also made an appointment with Master Depak, the personnel director of the Tower of Time, to talk about the independence of the "study group"'s personnel relations.

This is the prelude to the transformation of the Tower of Time. Shado must communicate with relevant people in advance. In addition to Depak, he also needs to interview other supervisors of the Tower of Time.

In fact, as long as the personnel and materials are under control, it will be enough, but Xia Duo does not want the Tower of Time to be turbulent, so it is necessary to check the situation and ventilate it in advance.

Of course, the most important thing is Niya's opinion. Sha Duo is now the acting tower master, and he can make his own decisions on daily matters. But when it comes to the transformation of the Tower of Time, even if Niya releases her authority, he must inform her in advance.

However, he was sure to convince Niya.

…

Four o'clock in the afternoon, Depak's place.

Knowing that Xia Duo was coming, Depak made time in advance, and while waiting, his mind kept thinking about the previous reminder from the tower spirit - Sha Duo had created a new authority called "Study Group".

Depak didn't know the specific scope of authority, but he had heard of the name "Study Group" for a long time. It was just a small group formed by a group of apprentices. Why was it suddenly related to the new authority of the Tower of Time?

"Shado—" Depak murmured.

He had a good impression of this young man who was growing up extremely quickly, but because of his extremely rapid growth, he actually didn’t know much about Xia Duo. In other words, before he had time to understand it in detail, Xia Duo suddenly became and He is the same mid-level mage, and he has also become Niya's husband.

Just as he was thinking about the meaning of Sha Duo's actions this time, De Park suddenly became energetic. Someone triggered the magic alarm at the door, and he immediately reacted - Sha Duo had arrived.

After opening the door, it was indeed Sha Duo standing at the door. De Parker took the initiative to greet him, "Master Sha Duo, welcome, please come in!"

"Master Depak, good afternoon." Sha Duo replied casually and followed Depak into the reception room.

The two sat opposite each other, and De Parker took the initiative to ask, "Is Master Xia Duo here this time because of the 'study group'?"

"Yes!" Shado nodded. Since Depak was so proactive, there was no need for him to beat around the bush, so he directly ordered Talling to project between the two of them the price changes of magic items in Netheril in the past hundred years. , expressed in the form of a line chart.

"Mage Depak, please take a look at this chart first. This is the change curve of magic items in Netheril in the past hundred years. I only took the average price of low-level magic potions and low-level and mid-level magic scrolls in that year. These prices are relatively stable and easy to find.”

From the figure, we can very intuitively see that the price fluctuations in the past 100 years are generally in a downward trend, and the amplitude is not large. In addition, except for one of the very violent fluctuation points, the rest of the price fluctuations are relatively weak.

Xia Duo pointed to the very violent fluctuation point and explained: "This was the highest price in history one hundred and twenty years ago. What happened in those years? Master Depak must have been in an extraordinary situation."

Depak nodded and expressed his understanding. In fact, if you ask any Nese people, he will know that more than a hundred years ago, the Nese people wiped out some of the largest orc tribes in the territory.

Since then, there has been almost no threat from the orcs in the core area of ​​Nether.

War broke out frequently in those years, and the price of magic items reached the highest point in modern history. Of course, neither the Saville Territory nor the Tower of Time existed at that time.

It's not even certain whether Grand Arcanist Savile was born at that time!

That is to say, as a modern person, Xia Duo is more sensitive to data, so he can summarize it from various essays and biographies in the Tower of Time Library.

Next, Xia Duo explained the small fluctuations, which were all connected with various events in history. Of course, there were many far-fetched elements in it, but Xia Duo mainly wanted to illustrate the reliability of this chart.

There is no doubt about the overall downward trend in the price of magic items, and it can be inferred with normal thinking. However, no one has summarized and drawn such an unclear statistical analysis chart like Xia Duo.

De Parker was indeed a little frightened, but doubts also emerged, "So Master Shado, what is the connection between the decrease in the price of magic items and the 'study group'?"