Arcane Lord

"Me? Together?"

Regarding Xia Duo's invitation, Niya was very happy at first, her eyebrows were full of joy, but soon, she seemed to have thought of something, and after hesitating, she finally refused.

Niya's refusal surprised Xia Duo, and his first reaction was, "What's wrong? Are you worried that you won't be able to bring family members to the dinner?"

"No, that's not it." Niya shook her head quickly, "Didn't you say that after Master Byron came back, the overall situation in Severton has been decided? There is no need to make a special trip now, the teacher also asked me to stay It’s from the south!”

"real?"

Sha Duo looked into Niya's eyes, as if he wanted to see something. In fact, just after he finished saying that Niya was worried about not being able to bring family members to the dinner, he had some reaction.

Now hearing Niya's lame excuse, Xia Duo couldn't help but curl his lips, and then said: "If you don't want to go to the dinner, don't go, but when conducting the magic network background fluctuation experiment, you must pay attention to the limits."

"Ah? Do you know?" Niya's face turned slightly red and she began to avoid her husband's sight.

Just yesterday, Xia Duo handed her a piece of information about communication arrays and Elf Mystery Locks. This information gave her a lot of inspiration, but what made her even more concerned was that Xia Duo's research on communication magic was so in-depth. .

Niya didn't want to fall too far behind Sha Duo, at least in the field she had chosen. She wanted to keep up with Sha Duo's progress as soon as possible.

Knowing that Master Byron had returned, her desire to go to Severton was no longer as strong as before.

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As a husband who sleeps with her every day, Xia Duo certainly has no feelings about Niya's thoughts. Not only does he have feelings, but he is also willing to respect such thoughts.

Next, the two did not discuss this topic too much. After patrolling the territory, they happened to pass through the Mystery Lock ruins and return to the Tower of Time.

After that, the two of them did their own thing. As dusk approached and the sun set, Xia Duocai set foot on the teleportation circle heading to the Arcane Federation.

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"Lord Shada, I am Tom, the general deacon of the Austrian Law Federation. Director Brundes ordered me to receive you here. The dinner has not started yet. You can go to the lounge next to the Hall of Light to rest for a while. I have already contacted the director. , he will arrive later."

As soon as Xia Duo walked out of the teleportation room, a young spell caster came up to him, briefly introduced his identity, and then wanted to lead the way for him.

He knew that the Hall of Light was the location of the dinner that had been informed by the Austrian-French Federation before, but he was not sure whether the receptionist was genuine.

However, if anyone really dares to be clever at the headquarters of the Austrian Law Federation, then Xia Duo will admire him.

From the teleportation room to the Hall of Light, passing through the magic items trading area, the library, and finally to the dining and accommodation area, Xia Duo had not been to the Arcane Federation for a long time. Although the memory of the past was still very clear, it was also quite novel.

The Hall of Light is in the dining and accommodation area. Tom took Xia Duo to a lounge and stood at the door and said to Xia Duo: "Master Xia Duo, I am right outside the door. If you have any instructions, you can call me at any time."

"Um."

Sha Duo nodded slightly. Although he believed that it was unlikely that someone would cause trouble at the headquarters of the Austrian Law Federation, he briefly checked the lounge and made sure that there was no problem before walking in.

After closing the door, he checked it carefully again. Not only was there no trap, but there was no listening or surveillance magic. It was quite clean.

A moment later, Brundes visited the lounge. Only then did Chateau completely believe the deacon Tom outside the door.

After the two parties sat down and exchanged some brief greetings, Brundes quickly got to the point: "Lord Shado, do you know why a welcome night dinner is held for new level 5 members?"

"I don't know, Director Brundes, please make it clear." Sha Duo probably had some guesses in his mind, but he still wanted to hear what Brundes had to say first.

"A spellcaster who can become a level 5 member of the Arcane Union, whether a senior arcanist or someone else, must have great influence in Netheril.

"The welcome night dinner, in addition to welcoming the newcomers, is also particularly important, that is, it gives the emerging big man an opportunity to express his concepts and ideas."

Brundes said it more tactfully, but Chateau understood it immediately.

Level 5 members of the Austrian Law Federation have huge influence and can influence the final direction of many issues. This means they have no choice but to remain silent. They must reveal their political intentions so that others can be prepared.

Or to put it more bluntly, it is to let the newcomers choose sides.

Of course, the newcomers here can actually be understood as players in the big chess game of Netheril and even the main plane, rather than chess pieces.

Now that you are qualified to play chess, hiding in the dark would be a scam.

Shado can even guess that if he refuses this welcome night dinner, he may encounter invisible resistance from the entire Netheril magic world.

At the same time, he also understood why Brundes specially arranged for someone to receive him. Maybe it was because he was initially responsible for the level 5 certification, but the bigger reason was probably because he wanted to recruit a new "chess player" for Kiran Gautara.

Although before becoming a senior arcanist, Shado had always been considered a member of the Giles Tower camp, and belonged to the Seven Towers camp together with the Kiran Tower, but who said he couldn't change his sect!

In particular, a senior arcanist has more choices than an average spellcaster.

Of course, if it changes repeatedly, it will be easy to break trust.

Or you can set up your own business, or even "live in Cao's camp and feel in Han".

But no matter what, those who are qualified to become chess players must express an attitude, even if it is disguised, so that at least other "chess players" can distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

In fact, if it were Xia Duo who made the rules of the game himself, he wouldn't want to have silent players, or the core of politics is to take a stand.

After thinking for a moment, Shado told Brundes: "I have a tolerant and open attitude towards magic, and I am happy to see more spellcasters appear. I am closely related to the interests of the Seven Towers and hope to get more cooperation opportunities. "

What Chateau said was quite satisfactory, but he also expressed a very clear attitude. However, after hearing this, Brundes couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Before he came, he had known that Lord Shado had brought Master Byron back, and he was not worried about the relationship between Lord Shado and the Seven Towers.

What he really wanted to hear was a positive statement related to Kiran Tower, but it was obvious that the young senior arcanist would not express such an attitude easily.

However, Brundes did not show any disappointment on his face. Instead, he said happily: "Lord Shado, you are very welcome to join the Seven Towers camp!"

"I am also very honored to be able to walk with all the great arcanists!"