Arcane Lord

He briefly explained the deal with the Harlan Chamber of Commerce to Derrick, and asked him to be responsible for the subsequent handover of Harlanside Manor.

Of course, the more important thing is to teach Ava some routines, techniques or methods in business and interpersonal communication.

In the future, Ava will become the director of Chateau and the Tower of Time's office in Severton. Although he may not necessarily be personally responsible for various specific matters, he must at least have an understanding of the various matters he handles.

In the past, Ava was just a wanderer. Although he was good at fighting, in Severton, Shado did not need to use him to fight.

Abilities other than combat were what Xia Duo valued most.

Even for the Tower of Time mages, Sha Duo does not value their combat abilities, but rather their abilities in learning, research, innovation, production, etc.

As for fighting, more professional people will do it.

Xia Duo has decided to wait for the first batch of new apprentices to "graduate" and then select mages who are willing to specialize in fighting to form a specialized army of mages.

As for the territorial guards, they will still be transformed into "lawbreakers" as originally planned, which will be used as second-line combat troops or auxiliary troops in the future.

The first line is undoubtedly the dedicated battle mage. (Controlling floating battleships or magic machines does not necessarily mean casting spells with bare hands)

…

After asking Tom, the general deacon, to place Derrick and Ava in place, Sha Duo casually ate two steamed buns and walked into the laboratory again.

After half a day and a night of trial production, the production process of demon slaying is no longer unfamiliar to Sha Duo. The only problem now is the fit of the elves' magic.

Generally, an elf mage will have a long apprenticeship period before becoming a formal mage. During this period, he will form a view of magic based on the elf magic system and gradually integrate his consciousness with the magic network.

Xia Duo did not expect that a human like him would be able to catch up with the elves in a short time.

In fact, the human mages recorded in Netheril who learned elven magic were at the highest level of elite mages, roughly equivalent to high-level human mages.

No higher.

It really takes too long for elven magic to fit into the magic network. Such magic is naturally extremely elegant for elves, but for short-lived species like humans, the development period is too long.

No wonder Master Nese decisively gave up on elf magic after discovering the [Scroll of Nese].

Now Xia Duo is just trying his luck over and over again. The spell casting process lasts for more than four minutes, which makes his compatibility with the magic network extremely low.

The success rate is not even 10%!

Unfortunately, until the evening, Xia Duo failed to succeed even once. This is not a probability in the game. For every ten failures, there is a guaranteed success. The reality is that the success rate of each spell cast is less than 10%.

If you are unlucky, you may not succeed even once in ten thousand times!

If you can really try it every five minutes, then it doesn't matter. However, Xia Duo is a human and is more inclined to Nese magic.

Before each spell, he would spend at least ten minutes adjusting his mental state, similar to the synchronization process of resonance casting, in order to obtain a higher degree of compatibility with the magic network.

If you don't, your chances of success are even slimmer.

In addition, it is the energy consumed by casting a spell. It does not mean that if the spell fails, it will not be consumed. In fact, the consumption of failure is higher than that of success.

Because considering one's own safety, it is necessary to actively suppress the magic network riot after the failure to a certain extent. It is impossible to place all hope on the magic suppression field in the laboratory.

Not to mention in the Arcane Federation, even in the Tower of Time, Shado has never completely relied on spells to calm the field. He has this ability, so why not add an extra layer of insurance!

Let’s not talk about the distance, but what I saw with my own eyes in Tashado of Time was that Siole turned himself into a dog.

Xia Duo didn't want this kind of thing to happen to him.

Just like on earth, some dangerous chemical experiments, even if they are done in full compliance with safe operating procedures, the experimenters themselves will be extra vigilant.

Safe operating procedures are one thing, and experimental accidents are another. No one can guarantee that accidents will not occur (undetected material contamination may lead to serious accidents).

…

Throughout the whole day, and the full eighteen hours the night before, Xia Duo tried and recovered nearly thirty times in total. The one that came closest to success was the one the night before.

Later, I don’t know whether it was because my mentality changed or my mental state was poor. The speed of progress was very limited.

"well!"

Looking at the pile of unprocessed mithril component remains on the experimental table, Xia Duo frowned deeply. He felt very frustrated by such an aimless and fruitless attempt.

And there is a more realistic problem here. He has used up one-third of the first-class mithril he refined the day before yesterday.

The remaining two-thirds, if it were still like today, probably wouldn't be able to stay.

From this point of view, his agreement to exchange ten demon-slaying arrows for the Harlanside Manor was a huge loss!

Even though Sha Duo bought these mithrils from the Arcane Federation at the price of standard mithrils, he still felt very painful.

What can't be done with so much mithril? I have to make demon-slaying arrows!

While using a lot of materials, the finished product rate is almost invisible!

Xia Duo knew that he could not go on like this and had to think of other ways. Trying one's luck was not the right way, it was just the compatibility of the elf magic——

"It's difficult!"

…

With the demon-slaying arrow in his mind, Xia Duo even thought less about eating dinner, and still ate a few steamed buns as he did at noon.

"Teacher, I would like to ask, is there any way to temporarily improve the compatibility with the magic network?"

After Shado searched his own memory to no avail, he finally chose to seek help from Iolum. Isn't this where the role of a teacher should be reflected?

In addition to Iolum, Shado also asked President Jenna of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce. As for Byron, he had already received news from Niya that Byron was busy with life extension magic, so he did not bother him.

In the laboratory, Shado continued to process the tube-mesh mithril components used for demon-slaying arrows while waiting for replies from the two great arcanists.

Soon, President Jenna's reply came first, "I heard that elves will undergo an initiation ceremony when they are initiated into magic. That ceremony can permanently improve the fit between the caster and the magic network, but it is said that the ceremony has long been completed. It’s been lost.”

Um? Initiation ceremony?

Sha Duo immediately searched his memory, and sure enough he found a similar existence in the knowledge of the high mage in the [Sword of Dominance], but it was not an initiation ceremony, but a ritual performed by the teacher when the elves officially became apprentices, and was used to establish the master-disciple relationship. A ceremonial sexual ritual spell.

However, in the understanding of the senior mage who is infused with knowledge, that kind of ritual cannot increase the compatibility of the magic network, it is just a tradition.

But no matter what, at least this is a clue that can be tried!

Shado immediately expressed his gratitude to Jenna, and then Iolum's reply arrived——