Arcane Lord

Three days later, the weather gradually changed. Dark clouds filled the sky little by little, and even a little snowflakes fell.

Seeing this, Xia Duo decisively decided to return to the town. It was about to snow. He didn't know whether the orcs would continue to attack in the snow, but going out to perform missions in heavy snow was obviously not a good choice.

In addition, they had been outside for three days and their supplies were somewhat insufficient. It was the right time to return.

Chateau was a man of action. As soon as he had an idea, he immediately informed Gibb and asked him to prepare to pack his things. Later, Shado found Sami.

"It's going to snow. I'm going back to town. How about you?"

"Well -" Sami hesitated, "What if the orcs take the opportunity to come out of the forest?"

The tragedy in the village he passed three days ago still lingered in Sami's heart, making it difficult for him to make a decision. Xia Duo originally thought that Sami would be easy to persuade, but he didn't expect that he got stuck here.

Does he still want to fight in the snow?

"The orcs also need to eat, and they are also afraid of the cold. The snow will probably be heavy. If they don't run for their lives, will they come to die?" Xia Duo advised.

The fact that the orcs' lair was taken away is not a secret in the territory. Even if you don't deliberately inquire about it, you will hear it from other team members in the past few days.

Like Chateau, I just listened to what Gibb said.

There was a trace of struggle on Sammy's face. This was when Devine heard the two talking and came over. "Sammy, I also agree to go back now. Even if the orcs come, do we still have to fight in the snow?"

As a mage apprentice, Devine is much more rational than Sammy. Emotion is a good thing, but letting emotion overwhelm reason is not necessarily a good thing, especially for a mage.

"All right!"

Although he was still a little unhappy, Sami finally agreed to Shado's proposal. As for Dean, he now only followed Shado's lead. Basically, he would do whatever Shado said, and he was very obedient.

In this way, both teams packed up their things and returned before the snow became heavy.

When returning, Xia Duo deliberately took a few more detours and left a warning to some villages where there were still people - pay attention to the direction of the forest and hide if you find orcs.

With this move, Sha Duo immediately gained the respect of everyone, including Sami. It is true that the Master talks about rationality, but if you are too rational, you will lose your humanity and the road will become narrower and narrower.

Showing warmth appropriately is not another rational choice!

Shado not only learned some common sense in the field of magic, the customs and customs of Netheril, but also the wisdom of mages from "The Biography of Archmage Dathriel".

This wisdom is not only reflected in the insight and analysis of objective things, but also in the insight into human feelings and human hearts.

Of course, there are some absolutely rational beings among mages, but such situations are very rare, and such people are almost invisible to everyone.

As far as Xia Duo is concerned, he absolutely does not want to have anything to do with this kind of person. Maybe one second you are alive and useful to him, and the two of them are smiling. The next second he thinks your death is useful to him, so he may immediately decide The war started.

In essence, this is an extreme egoist. Maybe many mages are like this, but they will not show it.

…

After taking some detours, Sha Duo and others returned to Savile Town at nearly noon. This time, in addition to their original group of more than 40 people, there were also some residents from outside the town.

For various reasons, they voluntarily chose to join the territorial army, and Xia Duo brought them and their families back along the way.

However, when everyone returned to the military camp and prepared to end their mission and spend the winter well, they learned a piece of bad news. All the teams returning in the past two days were informed——

The heavy snow will not fall for at least a week. This is the news from the Mage Tower.

In other words, Xia Duo and the others will have to continue for at least another week, so the originally planned vacation has become a temporary repair, and they will continue to go on missions tomorrow.

…

In the guest room on the second floor of Old Neil's Hotel, Necromancer Kenny was holding a heavy book and flipping through it carefully. Old Neil respectfully reported the information he had learned to Necromancer Kenny.

"Sir, tomorrow morning the Eagle Chamber of Commerce will have a convoy leaving Savile Territory and heading to the north; in the afternoon the Nugent Chamber of Commerce will also have a convoy leave Savile Territory and go to Conifera City. Both convoys are recruiting mages."

Old Neil turned his expectant eyes to Master Kenny. He now hoped that this foreign mage could leave as soon as possible, so that he could put aside the relationship as soon as possible.

"I changed my mind." Master Kenny moved his eyes away from the book and looked at Old Neil. He could clearly see what the other man was thinking. "I plan to stay in Savileland until next year."

"What?!"

Old Neil was shocked. He didn't know what went wrong. The foreign mage suddenly changed his mind. Old Neil's lips moved, and he was about to say something.

"What? Do you have any objections?"

Facing those eyes that suddenly became cold, Old Neil swallowed back the words he originally wanted to say, "I don't dare, I don't dare."

"Go out, I want to read a book!"

"Yes Yes!"

Old Neil almost crawled out and ran out. This foreign mage actually wanted to stay in Savile Territory. This made Old Neil even more frightened, fearing that the lord's soldiers would come and knock on the door in the next second.

The only thing that is fortunate now is that Old Neil still doesn't know what Master Kenny has done in the Saville Territory. Otherwise, he will probably go to the temple to report it immediately.

And as long as he makes this move, Master Kenny can immediately take away his life and even his soul.

Old Neil, who didn't know that his life was already hanging by a thread, returned to the first floor. The war ahead ended and the recruited adventurers were released.

It's just about the number of people. It would be great if one out of ten people could come back, but this one must be carrying a lot of scars.

But even so, it made Old Neil's hotel a little more lively. A group of young men who came from nowhere were surrounding a middle-aged man on crutches, listening to him tell about his "great achievements" some time ago.

"You don't know that the orc's battle ax had already hit the top of my head. If I hesitated for a moment, I would be split in half!"

"What happened next?"

"Of course I fought back later. You don't know that the blood spurted from the orc's neck was poured on me. It was so fishy and smelly!" The middle-aged man on a cane said this and even made a gesture of slapping his nose.

It was as if the orc's blood was still on him.

The young men onlookers immediately looked at him with admiration, and he seemed to enjoy it very much.

At this moment, a harsh chuckle came from outside the door.