Arcane Lord

Inside the captain's cabin of the Lucky Owen.

Sha Duo had just finished drawing a map, when there was a knock on the door behind him. He put the map away, Sha Duo stood up, stretched, and said: "Come in!"

The visitor was Captain Owen, who seemed a little surprised to see Sha Duo getting up, "Sir, the fleet is about to dock for rest. Sir, do you need to get off the ship for some exercise? We will leave the mainland next, and we will not reach Savile Territory. Will encounter other territories again.”

"Eh! So fast?!" Xia Duo had already taken a general look at the mainland two days ago. He had been drawing and organizing maps for the past two days. He did not use any more detection spells and had somewhat neglected the fleet's voyage.

If there is no other territory from here to the south to Savile Territory, then isn’t this—

Rodney collar? !

Almost at the same time, a lot of information about Rodney Territory popped out of Sha Duo's mind——

The first generation of lords came from the Jilan Tower and went out independently a long time ago to open up the Rodney Territory. At that time, the Rodney Territory was also like the Savile Territory, far away from the core area of ​​​​Nese. It was only later that people continued to open up the territory and expanded it. Rodney collar is connected with the core area of ​​Nese.

The contemporary Lord Rodney is called "Ozkar", and his reputation in the Saville Territory is even better than that of the Grand Arcanist. He is said to be the "Ram in Heat of the North", who risks his life to have children.

Priest Cole, who once went to the Great Xia Territory and wanted to become the chief advisor of Shado, came from the Rodney Territory. Later, Archmage Newman, under the instruction of Lord Rodney, forcibly opened up the Green Bead Forest.

Xia Duo, who had already regarded the Green Pearl Forest as his own, was unable to openly oppose or destroy the princess's pioneering movement, so Liang Zi was finally settled.

In addition, according to the information provided by Lord Hawke, Rodney Territory is also connected with a mysterious organization that is wreaking havoc in Savile Territory.

It's just that Xia Duo himself knows these things, but the presidents of the several chambers of commerce don't know, nor does Captain Owen. Resting in Rodney is really not in line with Xia Duo's wishes.

After thinking about it, he ordered: "After docking, replenish some food and set off immediately. Don't rest here."

The so-called rest, in addition to people going ashore to rest and replenish food, in fact the most important thing is to check the status of the ship. It may need repairs or maintenance. It will be more convenient to have a port.

But if not, you can actually check and maintain it wherever you park, especially if there is an arcanist named Xia Duo on the ship. It doesn't matter where you park, the tools, materials, etc. will be on the ship.

The entire six ships, if not for carrying materials, tools, and food, could transport hundreds more people.

…

After Captain Owen left, Shado continued to draw the map. He first projected an aerial view, then cut out the complex and simplified it, then performed some abstract processing, and finally communicated with the projection and used the [Transcription Technique] on the ink.

During the maintenance period, Xia Duo prepared multiple pieces of parchment and laid them flat on the table, scanning and printing from top to bottom like laser engraving.

Soon, an identical simplified map appeared on every parchment.

That's it, two bottles of ink are gone, and if you want to "print" more, you need to add more ink when casting the spell, but Chateau doesn't need much backup.

Mainly because he felt that it was somewhat wasteful to "print" only one copy of a spell, so he printed a few more copies, and this was only a map of a part of the area.

It can be used alone, but Shado's purpose is not just that. He wants to create a relatively complete map of the Nese interior that covers many areas.

…

After a while, the ship stopped, and Xia Duo stopped drawing. Instead, he sent a message to other ships, asking them to be alert, replenish as soon as possible, and then leave.

After that, Xia Duo cast a detection spell to check the situation outside, always keeping an eye on Rodney Leader.

At this time, he finally realized the feeling that Archmage Newman had in Savileland. He didn't want to think about anything but leaving as soon as possible.

Rodney Territory also has a mage tower erected by the river, similar to Savile Territory, and the most important thing is that Rodney Territory has more than one mage tower, and there is also a mage tower that is somewhat similar to the one by the river. not far away.

It felt to Xia Duo as if someone was holding a dagger against his back. This feeling was very unpleasant.

However, due to his understanding of most of the functions of the Tower of Time, Shado was more wary than afraid of the two mage towers led by Rodney.

As long as you don't get close to them, it's okay to run away.

After observing for a while, Xia Duo found nothing unusual for the time being. He was about to check the warning magic on the ship again when he noticed that Captain Owen's nephew, the first mate Ruth on the "Irwin", suddenly ran towards the dock.

"There are no pursuers behind?"

Confused, Russ had already run back to the ship. Judging from his posture, he was heading straight to the captain's cabin. Shado temporarily stopped the detection spell. As soon as he opened the door, he heard Russ shouting at the top of his voice:

"Sir, it's not good!"

Xia Duo first calmly checked whether there were any traces of magic on Ruth, and then calmly asked: "What is the situation? Tell me slowly!"

"Sir, all the shops under Rodney's command won't sell food to us!"

"Um?"

Xia Duo frowned, that's it? It's too low-level. Even if they can't buy supplies, can't they still go back to the previous territory to buy them?

Subconsciously, he felt that there was a conspiracy, so he asked: "How much food is left on the ship? Is it enough to return to Savile?"

"We will have to sail for at least another month. In addition, as you said before, we will stay at Lake Macht for a while. Even if we fish on the road, the food on the ship will probably not be enough to support our return to Savile Territory." Russ replied.

"Then why were there no supplies in the previous territory?"

"Rodney Territory is the southernmost territory in the mainland. Most of the ships heading to the southern territory are resupplied here. They resupply once when they leave and again when they return."

"..."

Xia Duo was speechless. It seemed that Owen and the others really didn't know the subtle relationship between the Rodney Territory and the Saville Territory. "Go and notify the people who came ashore to come back, and then notify other ships. We will go back to the previous territory for supplies. Don't stay in Luo in the future." Denis stopped."

Ruth responded, turned around and left.

But Xia Duo was still standing at the door, thinking constantly in his mind. Although the Rodney Territory was only providing supplies now, would it intercept the ships of the Great Xia Territory in the future?

What is Lord Rodney's psychology behind making such a decision? Isn't he afraid that he will do the same in Savile Port? Archmage Newman has not yet developed a self-sufficient territory in the Green Bead Forest!

Even if the development is successful, it will not be difficult to cause trouble.

Why?

Until the fleet turned around and started heading north, Xia Duo was still thinking about this problem. He really couldn't figure out what else this painless little trick could do besides disgusting people.

Or, is this some kind of precursor?

Is the mysterious organization taking action again?