Arcane Lord

Currently, Shado's personal combat spell system focuses on protection and mobility, followed by spell breaking and damage. When upgrading the spell level, protection and mobility are also given priority.

Therefore, when choosing the first spell to upgrade the level, Xia Duo had two choices. One was to upgrade [Mage Armor] to level 5, and the other was [Short-distance teleportation].

However, in terms of time consumption, Sha Duo finally chose [Mage Armor] and upgraded it from level 1 to level 4. Sha Duo knew this spell very well.

But teleportation, Xia Duo had just learned it not long ago, and he was not confident that he would be able to access the fifth level of the magic network in a short period of time by raising the level of the 4th level spell [Short Distance Teleportation].

Ultimately, any choice has a set of motivations behind it.

On the other side, Leiden also came to the residential area south of Altar Square. Since he deliberately paid attention to Atwood when arranging his residence yesterday, he directly found Atwood's residence.

The Langas people have not yet been notified to eat in the canteen, but a lot of steamed buns are distributed as food.

When he arrived here, Layton saw Atwood squatting next to the fire pit in the house, roasting steamed buns. The pot hanging above was still boiling water, making a gurgling sound, and the steaming water vapor rushed straight to the roof of the room. Liang.

"Atwood!" Layton showed the holy light in his hand and said hello.

Atwood quickly put down the branch in his hand, stood up, bowed, looking cautious, "Sir, what are your orders?"

"Don't hide it anymore?"

"Don't dare to hide."

"Tell me, who are you? Where do you come from?" Leiden summoned the [Realm of Honesty] and stared at Atwood with a burning gaze, "Don't try to deceive my Lord's impartial gaze!"

A faint divine radiance spread out, which contained a mechanical and ruthless will that was lofty and lofty enough for mortals to perceive.

Atwood's originally respectful expression gradually became calmer, and his bowed body straightened up, "I come from the [Golden Oak Branch Order] in Sevington, and I am the secret elder of the Golden Oak Branch Order."

The Order of the Golden Oak? Secret Elder?

These two names were completely unfamiliar to Leiden, but from the word oak branch, he could also guess that Atwood was probably a druid before. Leiden kept a calm expression on his face and continued to ask:

"Then how did you lose your holy power? How did you end up falling into the Netheril River? What is the purpose of coming to Daxia Territory?"

Compared with the previous question, this question is very critical, and [Realm of Honesty] does not have the function of forcing interrogation. If Atwood wants to refuse, he does not have to answer it.

But he had to bear the consequences of his refusal. Without any hesitation, he immediately replied: "I was exiled by the sect because of the conflict of ideas within the sect. After I left the sect, Shengli It started to lose irreversibly until it completely disappeared. I was robbed by bandits and thrown into the river. I was later rescued on a boat and came to Daxia Territory just by chance. I had no ill intentions. "

The reason was explained clearly in a few sentences, but more details were not revealed, such as what conflict of ideas led to the exile, the real reason for the loss of holy power, and why the robbers were not killed directly during the robbery.

For a former druid, Leiden still gave him a certain amount of respect and did not inquire further.

However, he was certain that Atwood was not lying. In other words, the Great Xia Territory might have one more citizen, but this must be decided by the lord himself, and he himself had no right to give any guarantee.

He just said, "I will report your situation to Lord Xia Duo. One thing you can rest assured is that no matter you go or stay, there will be no problem with your safety."

After saying that, he asked Atwood not to leave the residence for the time being, and then left alone to report.

…

Inside Xia Duo's small tent.

The arrival of Leiden made Xia Duo, who was devoting himself wholeheartedly to upgrading his spells, a little unhappy. It was a bit like waking up. He took two deep breaths, gathered his thoughts, and recorded the key information of the progress node of the current research in his notes to prevent further research. I can't find the idea.

After doing this, he looked at Layton and asked, "Tell me, who is Atwood?"

"Sir, he is a druid, but now he has lost his holy power and has become an ordinary person."

Druid? Shado was immediately interested. He had only heard of Druid before, but had not seen it with his own eyes. Now Atwood should be the first living Druid he had ever seen.

No, he must be a former druid.

"What else did he say?" Xia Duo asked quickly:

Layton repeated what Lightwood had said before, including the Order of the Golden Branch, the Elders of the Secret Text, conflict of ideas, exile, robbery by bandits, being rescued, etc.

Xia Duo had never heard of the Golden Branch Order before, and it didn't sound like a serious organization. Are there any secret elders who master secret texts? Or someone who masters secret magic?

"Do you know about the Order of the Golden Branch?"

"Sorry, sir, I haven't heard of it. The records about druids in the temple library are limited to a few names and abilities."

If there was no temple library, it would have been impossible for the tower to exist at that time. While Sha Duo conveyed information to Niya through the tower spirit, asking her to help inquire about the Druid information and the situation of the Golden Branch Order, Said to Layton:

"Let Atwood stay in the territory first. For those Langas, you can arrange for them to learn the common language of Nese. The children will be taught separately. One of the translators from the Slavin Chamber of Commerce will be left for you. You are responsible for teaching the children.”

It has now entered winter, and heavy snow is about to come. Not even half of the people participating in labor in the territory, plus the leaders of various working groups, Leiden is not actually busy.

"By the way, this is for you." Sha Duo took out the simple dictionary he made by himself from his portable space and handed it to Leiden. "When the children in the territory learn to write, use this They learn, those Langasi children first tell them to speak Nese Common."

Leiden took "Proverbs" and a thick dictionary, flipped through a few pages, and immediately realized the importance of this "thick book". He thought that when he was learning words by himself, he could only force the entire book. Memory has no system at all.

But the book in front of you is obviously systematic. If you know this book thoroughly, you will know all the other books. Especially for Nese people, the most difficult thing is actually the one-to-one correspondence between pronunciation and text. , rather than the meaning of the words.

"Sir, this book -" Leiden looked at Xia Duo with a little fanaticism in his eyes.

"This is what I used when I was learning writing. Let them learn it first. I will rearrange it when I have time." Sha Duo noticed Leiden's eyes.

This simple dictionary is essentially a word list based on the Naise alphabet. The annotations and phonetic notation are all pinyin and phonetic symbols written in English letters. Only Xia Duo himself knows the specific meaning.

Leiden didn't know that he was so shocked by this. Wouldn't he be even more shocked if these were compiled into the common language of Nese?

In the future, it may even be necessary to teach the illiterate Nese phonetic notation, and then they can learn the writing on their own. This is probably the advantage of phonetic writing.