Arcane Lord

"Lord Xia Duo, I have prepared a banquet for you, please——"

After a brief exchange of greetings, Ozkar opened a portal for Shado. After some calculations, Shado found that the opposite side of the portal was between the South Tower and the West Tower, close to the Netheril River.

The most critical thing is that this location is just outside the monitoring range of Rodney's two mage towers.

Xia Duo knew that this was definitely done with care. Just as he was about to step into the portal, a man who looked like a butler ran over not far away, but his voice came earlier than others. It was sharp and mean, which made people laugh when they heard it. His brows furrowed:

"Master, who is he? You can't just let it go if you trespass on the territory!"

Shado stopped and looked at Ozkar. He was so enthusiastic just now, and now he is doing this again. What is this?

At this time, Ozkar's face instantly darkened, and he almost forgot about this old guy. When Butler Larry came up to him, he stepped forward and slapped him.

As if one slap was not enough, he received another slap with his backhand. This slap was so powerful that he knocked the opponent to the ground directly, and at the same time he yelled angrily:

"I've blinded you. This is my friend, Lord Xia Duo from the Southern Great Xia Territory. If you don't want to get out of the way quickly, get away!"

After saying that, Ozkar was like a chameleon, and said to Shado in a friendly manner: "Lord Shado, leave him alone. He is old and his brain is not working well. Please come with me!"

Xia Duo looked dubiously at the middle-aged housekeeper on the ground who seemed to be younger than Ozkar. He sighed slightly in his heart and followed Ozkar into the portal.

As for Larry, who was left behind, after the two left, the portal disappeared. Before he could recover, he still fell sideways on the ground, covered his face and murmured:

"I was actually beaten! I was actually beaten!"

He kept repeating this sentence, full of unwillingness to accept it. When he was first sent to Rodney Territory four years ago, he was just a low-level mage. Facing the very unfamiliar Lord Rodney, he could only be cautious. , trembling with fear.

It wasn't until he thought he was familiar with Lord Rodney's character and mastered his weaknesses that he gradually let go of his restraints.

After testing again and again, he got concessions from Lord Rodney again and again, which made Larry extremely proud, and he even had the illusion that he was Lord Rodney.

But he never thought that reality would slap him so hard in the face so quickly, and this time he was stunned.

"Why? Why! That's the person behind me! How dare you! How dare you!"

Larry subconsciously hit the ground with his fist, as if venting his inner anger. Of course, fear might be more appropriate.

"tear--"

It seemed that a small stone had hit the ground, and the simple sting on his body made Larry wake up quickly. He quickly stood up and looked around subconsciously.

The few mages who were startled by the sudden alarm in the distance had not yet returned to the wizard tower, and seemed to be pointing at him, which made Larry even more annoyed.

While checking the wound on his fist, he walked slowly towards the south tower. Different from the anxiety when he came to chase Lord Rodney, he now wanted to know the reason for all this.

Recalling what Ozkar had just said about "Lord Shado of the Southern Great Xia Territory", a thought that he had never had before suddenly flashed through Larry's mind, and maybe that was the reason.

…

On the other side, in Ozkar's Linshui Manor.

The grand banquet that Sha Duo imagined did not appear, and of course it was not a Hongmen Banquet. There were just some simple foods that Ozkar took out from the dimensional bag.

Xia Duo is not unfamiliar with this kind of food. He also has it himself. He always keeps it in his portable space and dimensional bag to use it for various special situations.

"Lord Rodney, this is-"

Even if he needed to keep a low profile, Xia Duo couldn't ignore this obvious disrespectful behavior, so he pointed it out on the spot.

Facing Shado's accusation, Ozkar neither became angry nor as amiable as before. Instead, he looked quite calm, as if this was his true character at this time.

"Lord Xia Duo, please forgive me, this is the best hospitality I can give, even these are the ones I use daily!"

If this was obviously an excuse, Xia Duo didn't believe a single punctuation mark, but now that he was here, he wasn't going to make any more circles and asked immediately:

"I don't know why Lord Rodney invited me here. You must know that both of us have before-"

Xia Duo did not say the next words. He knew that Lord Rodney could understand. It was more appropriate to say that they were hostile before.

Even if Lord Rodney joins the Seven Towers Group, it doesn't have much to do with Sha Duo. At most, the relationship between the two parties has changed from hostility to indifference, which should be a little short of an invitation!

"Lord Xia Duo, you——"

Ozkar stared at the young man with firm eyes in front of him and sighed slightly in his heart. For this reason, he naturally could not use words like welcome to visit to deal with it, although he did want to ease the relationship.

But if he doesn't tell the truth now, the situation may get worse. It is not impossible for the same Seven Towers camp to be hostile. Besides, there is still that mission!

When he thought of the mission that was specially assigned to him, Ozkar felt agitated. If he had known that it would be such a troublesome thing, he——

He will still make such a choice!

"Lord Xia Duo, I invite you here this time. Actually, I need your help with something!"

This is right!

Xia Duo felt a little relieved and came over for a run without doing anything. Is the princess really that free? At the same time, he also saw that this so-called help was probably not a small favor, otherwise, why wait until he arrived?

Wouldn't it be better to say it before coming?

Then he would have an excuse to refuse!

What Xia Duo wants to say most at this moment is the collective name for some soft-stemmed plants in his hometown dialect. This so-called busyness is definitely related to safety.

No need to think about the reason at all.

In Netheril, the lord is already considered the ruling class, even if he is a pioneer lord. Without a good reason, even the Grand Arcanist will not assign tasks that will endanger the life of the lord.

After all, if you can assign one lord and one task, there will be more people and more times, and all the lords will be in danger.

Even the Grand Arcanist's influence will be greatly reduced without vassals, not to mention that the Grand Arcanists are not one family, and there are many Grand Arcanists who are willing to accept vassals.

The price is only to provide some basic protection, which is not very cost-effective.

Xia Duo couldn't help but wonder whether the pioneer lords had no human rights or the arcanists had no human rights. The princess really did something wrong this time!

If she had informed her of all the information in advance, Xia Duo would most likely agree after weighing it. It was almost as if she had been deceived now. It was impossible to say that she had no grudges in her heart.

"What exactly is the business? Lord Rodney please explain clearly!" Sha Duo asked in a deep voice.

Ozkar was surprised by Shado's courage and dared to question a senior arcanist. However, their fates had already been linked. There was no need to hide it, and there was no need to be angry.

After casting a spell to hide all the information about the hall where the two of them were, Ozkar slowly spoke:

"The higher-ups hope that Lord Shado will be assassinated once in Rodney Territory!"

"..."

Xia Duo had almost nothing to say. It turned out to be this kind of task and this kind of busyness! Is this because he thinks he has a long life?

No wonder we had to trick him first before telling him!

If he had known it in advance, Xia Duo would definitely not agree, and neither would Niya!

No wonder Niya has been unable to contact the teacher recently, her feelings are waiting here!

well--