Arcane Lord

Alfa Federation Headquarters, Public Teleportation Room No. 2.

Along with a ray of white light, a young mage wearing a dark red robe and holding a silver-white scepter appeared on the teleportation circle. The person who came was none other than Xia Duo, who was summoned here from Linshui Village by Niya's "phone call".

To be honest, Sha Duo felt a little unhappy when he came to Severton again. The new project plan he proposed for the arcane competition was adopted, but the reward was not given and he was called to give training to a group of novices. .

He was now at the critical moment of sensing his soul. How could he dare to meditate in front of other people's eyes when he arrived at Giles Tower? But he didn't dare to disobey the Grand Arcanist's call, especially since the Princess, the Grand Arcanist, could be regarded as his superior and backer.

You have to make a living by relying on others, so you have to give some face. Furthermore, although there are no rewards yet, when the dust of the Snowmelt Competition is settled, as long as Netheril achieves good results in [Arcane Puzzle], the rewards will definitely be indispensable.

Whether he can achieve good results has something to do with his training, at least in the eyes of the people above.

After leaving the Austrian Law Union, Niya came to "pick him up" and took him into the old city. If there was no one to lead him, he might have to take a long detour.

Of course, you can also go directly to Giles Tower through the teleportation circle of the Arcane Federation, but Shado does not have the access key to the teleportation circle of Giles Tower, even if it is only temporary.

"Xia Duo, you know, you are famous now. Since the new project of the Snow Melting Competition was announced, many people have been asking for news about you, and even the elves have stopped finding fault."

"Yeah?"

Xia Duo's expression remained unchanged and his tone was a little dull, but in fact, he was not as calm inside as he looked on the outside. It was certainly a good thing to gain fame. After all, he speculated that the awakening of his bloodline might be related to the power of those beliefs aimed at him. .

But fame can also bring some bad effects, such as making people jealous and so on. If he had a choice, he would rather take all the benefits quietly.

Of course, Xia Duo is not afraid of challenges. Now he has enough confidence to deal with everything.

However, trouble is what he wants to avoid. Apart from wasting time, what is the use?

Seemingly sensing that Sha Duo was not very interested, Niya turned to introduce Sha Duo to the situation of Giles Tower. Although Niya had been in Giles Tower for less than a year, and during this period she was mostly doing make-up classes. , but at least you know better than Xia Duo, right?

After a while, the carriage carrying two people entered the old city. The old city was far less prosperous than the new city, and it was not an exaggeration to say it was deserted. However, Xia Duo felt an atmosphere similar to that of a university on earth.

In addition to the tallest Tower of Giles, there are many other low mage towers. According to Niya, these mage towers were all built by archmages. Although they are not as perfect as the Tower of Time, they are still inherited in an orderly manner and are of little value. Fei.

The advancement route for an archmage is very narrow. Apart from the illusory possibility of becoming a legendary mage, it is basically impossible to directly advance to the arcanist level.

Most archmages will find ways to build a mage tower when their life span is about to be passed down to future generations, and the rich ones will build it early.

Of course, the land in the old city is limited, and the mage towers that can be left in the old city were all long ago. The most recent mage tower built in the old city was more than a hundred years ago.

Most of the subsequent archmages tried to find a piece of land close to Severton and built a mage tower to pass on the legacy.

In the beginning, when the land in the core area of ​​Nese was relatively abundant, it was not difficult to obtain a piece of land. You could even occupy it as long as it was an unowned land. After all, the Archmage himself had the right to open up new lands.

Many very small territories were born in this way.

But now, the Borderlands in the core area of ​​Nese are extremely rare. Even if there are, many people are watching. Most of the current archmages choose to enter the Seven Towers directly, or the mage towers of other great arcanists.

Although it is not as comfortable as having your own mage tower, it does not need to be as hard and troublesome as going to the wilderness to open up new lands.

After listening to Niya's introduction, Shado thought of more. In today's era, if there is no fundamental breakthrough in productivity in Netheril, then the population saturation in the core area has become a foregone conclusion.

Then the pioneering movement led by the princess is extremely in line with the current trend of the times.

If we don't open up new land, the hinterland may have to consume the population through war. And opening up, in addition to acquiring new land, will also reduce the population.

Even if the princess does not take the initiative to propose it, other lords will come forward to do it. After all, the current Nese territory was developed from scratch.

They are now simply following the path of their ancestors again.

The pioneers have become the advanced elements of Netheril. Thinking of this, Shado couldn't help but chuckle.

Hearing laughter, Niya turned her head and asked curiously: "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, I just thought of a name for my hometown."

When she mentioned her hometown, Niya became even more curious, "Xia Duo, you are not from Nese, right? Why have I never heard you mention your hometown?"

Xia Duo had no intention of concealing the fact that he was not a Nese person, but the existence of his hometown still required some technical modifications. After all, he did not want others to know that he was an existence from an alien plane or even an alien universe.

He has always claimed that his hometown is in the east further than Cormanso. As for where it is, only God knows.

Because of the existence of Mu Yan, Sha Duo felt that this world should have the so-called Karatu continent, but it was hard to say whether it was on the same plane as Netheril.

Anyway, Mu Yan claimed to be from the East, and he also claimed to be from the East. Mu Yan claimed to have encountered a time and space rift, so it would be good for him to experience it once. Anyway, there are not a few people who have had this experience.

As far as Sha Duo knows, a mistake in the [Teleportation Technique] may not only cause the caster to get lost in a foreign land, but may also involve other people nearby.

Teleportation accidents have long been common in Netheril, especially teleportation scrolls, which greatly increase the probability of such accidents. This is why Shado prioritizes stability when researching teleportation spells.

Really afraid of death.

Seeing that Niya was interested in his hometown, Xia Duo was not disgusted by it, but when he saw the tall tower not far ahead, he smiled and said: "My hometown is in a very remote and beautiful place, but this The story will be long. If you want to hear it, I will tell you slowly when I have time. Now, take me into Giles Tower first."

"Oh, by the way, Archmage Greta is still waiting for you in the Mage Tower." Thinking of the business, Niya suddenly became anxious again, pulling Sha Duo and ran towards the foot of the tower.