Arcane Lord

The temple area of ​​Severington, more accurately, the temple area of ​​the new city. It is said to be a district, but in fact there is only one large temple of the Lord of Glory, and the others are ancillary buildings related to the temple.

Such as clergy's residences, training places, relief stations, courts, etc.

There is another area in the old city that can also be called the temple area, but the Lord of Death is worshiped there. Generally speaking, people are more accustomed to calling it the "mausoleum area".

After judging that the exchange meeting was under the Grand Temple, Sha Duo felt incredible and immediately contacted Niya. Niya was not sleeping at this time, so she immediately responded.

"I didn't calculate the specific location. If it is really under the Great Temple, it would be a bit strange. I'll ask Belera."

It's not a conspiracy, but if this issue is not clear, Sha Duo is still uneasy. Belera is from Giles Tower, and Niya is the princess's student. Naturally, he can easily contact each other. While waiting for Niya, Ya replied while casting a spell to create arcane crystals.

Still less than the size of a grain of rice, the flesh on a mosquito’s leg is better than nothing.

Throwing the arcane crystal into the portable space, Niya has not yet replied. Shado started to check the status of the arcane fire again. Four or five days after completing the advancement, his arcane fire is still stable. The only shortcoming is probably the magic network. The complexity of the string.

This determines whether Shado can unfold the extra strings of the magic web and perform spellcasting similar to the magic web. Casting purely with arcane energy is still a bit too cumbersome.

However, he also asked Niya about the String of the Magic Network, and Niya's answer was that there is currently no way to actively change the String of the Magic Network, and they can only wait for it to increase, lengthen, and become more complicated on its own.

The String of the Magic Network is both a runner and a storage device of energy. It is almost an arcanist's most precious asset.

Compared with it, the arcane crystal is not worth mentioning.

After these few days of exploration, Xia Duo has a general understanding of the state of his arcane fire, and also has a general concept of the chord of the magic network, the upper limit of arcane energy, and the cost of casting spells.

However, the current number of experiments is small and the specific quantitative attributes have not been measured. However, Xia Duo believes that it will not take long before he can come up with an arcane fire upgrade system.

Of course, this upgrade system can only be used for information display and does not really allow him to upgrade.

Just when she was considering whether to stop "feeding" the portable space and use all the arcane energy for experiments, Niya's reply came -

"Belera told me that there is a small temple of the goddess of magic below the big temple. The exchange meeting is held there. It is said that it is possible to gain the goddess's grace by conducting magic exchanges there."

"Really?" Xia Duo couldn't help but have some thoughts.

In the past, he felt that divine grace was useless. He just thought that he could definitely upgrade and did not need to rely on divine grace. But after truly understanding the situation of arcane fire, he felt that having divine grace was not bad. At least he had a glimpse of the next level of magic network that could instantly improve arcane fire. complexity.

This is equivalent to increasing the complexity of the Magic Network String and the upper limit of the arcane energy it can accommodate.

Of course, for an arcanist like Xia Duo who has the potential to continue to upgrade, it is not worthwhile to deliberately pursue divine favor, but this way of trying your luck at the exchange meeting is still good.

Maybe one day if I accumulate enough, I can level up directly.

"I just asked other people, and they all know this information." Niya's voice suddenly became a little deeper here, "Only those of us from small places don't know, and we don't know information like this. There’s no telling how many there are!”

"..."

Indeed, this kind of information that is similar to common sense is usually not recorded specifically by anyone. Unless you happen to encounter it, you will not know it if you miss it. Hearing that Niya was in a low mood, Xia Duo also felt a sense of urgency in his heart. Maybe he should also keep it. In Sevington.

But after a second thought, he rejected this idea. What is his identity here? The husband of the Grand Arcanist's Apprentice? Chateau was unwilling to stay in Severington in this capacity.

Besides, there is also the responsibility of the pioneer. He has not been invited to join the Severington Council yet, which also shows that the pioneering cause has not been recognized by the princess and needs to continue to work hard.

Giving up rashly may directly offend the princess, which cannot be compensated by several student husbands.

"Don't underestimate yourself. How many arcanists are in Netheril who are in their early 20s, and how many have become students of great arcanists? If you think so, how are you going to let other people live?"

"I'm not looking down on myself! I just feel that the mages in this small place are so pitiful."

After saying that, Niya left another arrogant short "Humph".

Xia Duo tentatively sent another "rest early", but there was no response. Xia Duo shook his head and started to wash up. It was not until he lay on the bed that Niya's reply came.

It’s also a saying, “Go to bed early.”

…

Even late at night when most people had already gone to bed, Nise Palace was still brightly lit.

In the reception hall, Princess Shia, Archmage Greta, as well as many clerks, staff, representatives of the Seven Towers, and even representatives of the Austrian Law Federation, sat on one side of the negotiation table, looking straight ahead.

The other side of the negotiation table is not a real existence, it is just the projection of a group of elves, including the representative of Cormanthor and the high mage Suveris who appeared in the arena during the day.

It's just that now, the elves seem to be in worse condition than Netheril. The leading elves keep frowning. This time Netheril doesn't know why it suddenly became so strong.

Coinciding with the expiration of the once-in-a-decade trade agreement, Netheril's demands this time mainly include two aspects. One is to increase the trading volume of high-grade mithril, and the other is to increase the art transaction tax.

The former doesn't matter. Anyway, I don't know how many high-grade mithrils are imported into Netheril in the form of works of art every year. Increasing the official transaction volume only makes this form clear.

But the latter directly hit Cormanthor's income in an all-round way. The art of art is not only mithril products. On the contrary, the trading volume of wooden, stone or other metal art is larger and the profit is higher, because most of the elves' output is It is classified as a work of art, and the premium is extremely high.

What's more important is that this kind of tax deliberately levied on Cormanthor's art will inevitably hurt the influence of Cormanthus. Those humans can't tell what is Cormanthor art and what is Erlan art. As long as it is Elf's, it's easy to replace in the long run.

Influence, something invisible and intangible, is sometimes the most deadly thing.

…

After much deliberation, the negotiator Comanso could not accept the increase in transaction tax. In addition, he knew that the country was definitely unwilling to classify goods in detail and classify non-art objects that did not require an increase in transaction tax. It would be best if even finished Mithril ingots were classified as art. The quality is good.

But Netheril insisted on raising taxes. Even if he threatened to reduce the volume of mithril trading, Netheril would not back down at all, which made it very difficult for him.

Even as a high mage, when encountering such a negotiation, it is impossible to do something that will harm all elves unless he is willing to take responsibility himself.

It is impossible to think about being responsible for trade losses in the next ten years based on the past ten years.

The situation could not remain stalemate forever, and the representative of Comanso, who was temporarily at a disadvantage, had to take the initiative to speak:

"Your Highness, I suggest that the negotiation be postponed. The conditions you proposed are not within my scope of authority. I must discuss it with the country."

In fact, what he wants to do more is to find the reason why Netheril is so strong, defeat it, and the negotiations can naturally follow his wishes.

On the other side of the negotiation table, Princess Shia smiled and said, "Since you request so, based on the principle of friendship, of course we will not refuse. We hope that the next negotiation can proceed smoothly."

The Komansovo side requested to postpone the negotiations, which she expected. Every trade agreement was completed smoothly, and there were even secret wars.

It's just that this time, Comanso's side is going to make a mistake. She already knows that Comanso is at war with the drow, and she can't be separated to deal with this side.

In addition, Irfalan has agreed to conduct mithril transactions, the amount is quite large, and even the mithril refining method can be discussed.

The only thing she regrets now is not having contact with Irfaran a few years ago. Of course, the situation in the early years may be different from now.

The world is so complex.