Arcane Lord

The next development was far less than Xia Duo expected.

Soon, an atmosphere of tension spread throughout the Trial Department. Osk's official position was that of an internal affairs clerk, responsible for handling cases within the Trial Department transferred from the Supervision Department.

It is mainly about review and trial. The Judgment Department is merciless to outsiders, and naturally it is not polite to its own people. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is such a department that links up and down, internal and external.

Of course, in actual terms, Osk doesn't have much work. Usually, many of his tasks are handled by Sha Duo.

Because of this, Xia Duo can learn more about the inside story.

But lately, there have been too many things going on.

Since the Arcane Empire achieved a turning point victory on the front battlefield some time ago, the number of "demons" breaking through the border barriers has increased many times more recently than in the past.

Of course, "demons" do not come here just for tourism, to attract corruption, attack and destroy, or even reveal their true identities to develop their faith at the bottom. Although such incidents often happened in the past, they are far less frequent than recently.

The Great Sage has already made a speech, saying that we have reached a critical moment in history, and we can achieve final victory if we survive this battle.

Therefore, both the Trial Department and other departments are working hard to activate the organizational machinery at full capacity to calm the domestic unrest so that the front line can achieve more victories without any worries.

In the office of the Internal Affairs Department of the Judgment Department, Xia Duo threw the paperwork on the table as if frustrated, then leaned back and closed his eyes.

Although he was only doing some paperwork, he had almost no leisure time throughout the whole day. If it weren't for the appearance of several documents with magical aura from time to time, he would have thought that he was still on Earth 996.

Although the documents sent over are categorized, some of the outside world's movements can also be glimpsed from the few words inside.

The biggest news is probably that the border fortress city of Sarando was attacked by many "higher demons". Although it was finally driven away by the garrison stationed here, the Sarando wizard, as an important node in the border enchantment, was The other party succeeded in destroying it.

The chain reaction caused by this was not only the emergency retreat of the frontline troops, but also an unknown number of scattered "demons" sneaking in.

Now, in addition to emergency repairs, we also need to guard against further damage by "devils".

Even scribes like Xia Duo have received a special mission - anyone who can make even the smallest suggestion for improving the border barrier can join the institute immediately and receive full support from the empire.

Along with the mission, there was information about the first-generation enchantment. To be honest, Xia Duo couldn't quite understand it, but it clearly had an elf style in it, and it should have been researched from the elf mystery.

The Arcane Empire does not know how it obtained the technology of Mystic Locks, but in the field of Mystic Locks, elves are the experts, and the magic of both parties is not in the same system at all. It is not easy to fully absorb and apply it.

The main plane has not blocked the knowledge of elves. Sha Duo also knows that one of the characteristics of the Mystic Lock is the permanent change of the magic network. Even if the carrier disappears, the Mystic Lock will still exist, even if it exists in the form of ruins, and it still exists. You can continue to use it, but the border barrier here in the Arcane Empire cannot do this.

This is probably the so-called core technology.

For some reason, Xia Duo suddenly had a bad premonition. On the surface, the Arcane Empire had the upper hand in the war, but the border barrier was a big problem.

The so-called border enchantment actually does not have any direct protective effect, but more of a monitoring and restriction function. Nowadays, the arcane empire's border enchantment uses a large number of mage towers as nodes, which can monitor the traces of any unauthorized persons, and restrict flight, Teleportation, invisibility.

It's called a border boundary, but in fact, it covers the entire territory. It's just named because most of the nodes are located on the border.

Once the barrier fails, the "higher demon" can drive straight in without any obstruction.

In the past, "higher demons" have also attacked, but every time such an incident occurs, the Arcane Empire must destroy them at all costs. In addition, whenever a great arcanist is about to expire, he will also enter the demon enchantment to launch an attack. suicide attack.

Only after joining the Judgment Division did Sha Duo learn such an inside story. Every time he saw such records, he had to sigh that the Arcane Empire was really strong!

In addition, the number of great arcanists in the empire is not more than 20 on the surface, but more than 40. Most of them are in the academy, and they will only go outside to become arcanists on the surface when their life span is about to end. Deterrence.

In other words, the more than twenty great arcane masters currently on the surface will eventually die in battles with "devils".

At the same time, Xia Duo also understood why the Arcane Empire no longer had life-extending spells. If it could extend life, how could it be so strong? It would definitely make peace, but after a thousand years of peace, could the Arcane Empire still develop like this?

He even speculated that the Arcane Empire probably did not have life-extending spells, but was artificially destroyed. Anyone who dared to study it was a public enemy, and it became taboo from generation to generation.

At this moment, Xia Duo couldn't help but become extremely curious about the great sages of the past. Who could make a group of great arcanists willing to become supporters, even at the cost of their lives.

Shado knew most of all the memories of "Eddie", but he was still unable to immerse himself in the imperial emotions, nor could he understand what these imperial mages were pursuing.

But the longer he stayed here and the more he learned, Xia Duo no longer held the same prejudice against the empire as he did at the beginning. Even the almost perverted fertility policy was probably just to cope with the consumption of the war.

…

The Trial Department was busy with affairs. During this period, Xia Duo almost lived and ate here. As time went by, he felt exhausted from body to mind, but everyone else seemed to have been given blood, and it was hard for him to behave differently. .

On this day, Osk called Sha Duo out alone, "Eddie, I have seen your performance during this period, but the war between humans and demons is long-term and lasting, and the higher-ups have also found that the recent atmosphere is not right. , I have begun to stop this state, go back and have a good rest for two days, there will be a more cruel war ahead!"

When he said this, Osk turned his gaze to the distance, as if a war was taking place there.

Xia Duo followed the other person's line of sight and looked over. There was nothing there, but he still liked the holiday, but he needed a good rest.

Back in the office, Xia Duo saw several clerks like him starting to pack their things, while others still looked busy. It seemed that they came in batches even if they were on holiday.

Returning to his residence, Xia Duo first applied for access to the college library the next day, and then fell asleep.

…

The next day, when Xia Duo came to the library, he found that there were many more people inside than the last time he came here. Most of them were gathered in a corner of the magic area, and there were even a few people reading the same book together.

Among the crowd, he saw a familiar figure - his colleague in the Trial Division, Galin, who was also a clerk.

At this time, Jia was holding a book and staring at one of the pages with his brows furrowed. Sha Duo walked over and shouted softly, "Jia Lin!"

"Ah, it's Eddie! Are you also here to check the information on the border barrier?"

"So be it."

Xia Duo didn't expect that the other party came to see this. It was true that the other party was a high-level mage, but Xia Duo was also a high-level mage. He couldn't understand at least half of the information sent by the above. Understand, Xia Duo is not optimistic about what constructive suggestions the other party can put forward.

After chatting for a few words, Xia Duo randomly picked up a book related to enchantment and went around to the meditation method. Compared to border wards or even the survival of the Arcane Empire, he was still more interested in the so-called meditation method.