Arcane Lord

"Shado! Shado!"

"Shado! Shado!"

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Offa Square is not small. Even if a small half is used as a ceremony site and viewing seats, the remaining area can accommodate at least tens of thousands of people.

Hearing the continuous shouts coming from behind, Xia Duozhen was lost for a moment, even in front of the princess, he was in a trance.

How do you describe this feeling? Different from the shouts of his own subjects, these voices made by strangers can cause Xia Duo's mood to shake even more.

"Lord Xia Duo, I hope you will continue to work hard and never forget your original intention!"

Hearing the princess's voice, Xia Duo came back to his senses, hurriedly saluted, and then returned to the queue. He knew that the highlight was next.

…

In normal celebrations, there is either a long interval between different ceremonies, such as the sun-rising ceremony and blessing ceremony of the Midsummer Festival, one in the early morning and the other at noon.

Or there will be some performances interspersed, such as magic performances, dramas, songs, or even various juggling, but this New Year's celebration is obviously extraordinary.

Immediately after the awarding ceremony, the commendation ceremony for the pioneers began, which was to commend the pioneering achievements achieved in Netheril after the restoration of the pioneering tradition in the past two years.

But in fact--

As the master of ceremonies announced the start of the commendation ceremony, Shado noticed that the princess had once again started the special magic she had cast in the previous rehearsal.

"Todd Wesley performed outstandingly in the Arcane Competition in Savile Land in the Southern Territory in 834 years of the Nese calendar, and was awarded the title of [Pioneer], and then opened up new lands in the Conchi Plain. In the process of pioneering, he - —”

With the introduction of a clear female voice, the air above the ceremony site also "played" bits and pieces of Todd's territory expansion.

There are successes and failures, positives and negatives, but no matter what, the main theme remains on the theme of development.

Such a movie-like expression may be novel to ordinary Nese people, but for the pioneers who have rehearsed and watched it many times in the demiplane, especially Xia Duo, there is not much novelty.

Therefore, when the crowd at the venue calmed down a little and their eyes no longer chased him, he was able to free up his mind to observe the princess and the other great arcanists.

This is not a rehearsal, just like the "Kill the Elf" sound before, anything can happen at this time.

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Starting with Todd, whom Chateau was familiar with, the pioneers began to welcome the attention and discussion of the crowd in the square one after another.

Of course, this does not include Divog and Elpav, who were screened out in the previous preview. However, these two people survived and participated in the award ceremony. After all, they also participated in the Green Field War.

However, after the award ceremony, they followed other non-pioneer participants and voluntarily left the battlefield.

Xia Duo didn't know the specific situation of these two people. He had not heard of any pioneers being deprived of their status in the past few days, but it was indeed strange that as a pioneer he could not participate in the commendation ceremony.

And this further proves that this New Year celebration and the so-called pioneer recognition ceremony are not as simple as they appear on the surface.

…

Time passed little by little, and soon the introduction and commendation of the pioneers were in the middle.

In fact, by now, more than two hours have passed since the awarding ceremony began. During these two hours, Xia Duo was still unable to detect any abnormalities.

Everything went according to the preview, and the background fluctuations of the magic network spreading from the princess were beyond the range of his perception.

Without the help of detection spells, there is only so much that Xia Duo can see.

However, unexpectedly, he saw Master Byron among the crowd of spectators outside the auditorium, but the figure almost disappeared in a flash. As soon as he turned his eyes and looked again, he disappeared.

If he were an ordinary person, he might suspect that he had seen it wrong, but Xia Duo had the ability to trace back memories. By tracing past memories, he knew very well that he had seen it correctly.

If they just have the same appearance, they could be different people, but their faces and clothes are almost exactly the same. How could it be such a coincidence?

Apart from the fact that it is him, Xia Duo makes no other judgment.

Combined with this celebration, there are only nine public great arcanists in Netheril (seven from the Seven Towers + Congenio and Iolum).

He had reason to suspect that other great arcanists might be among the crowd of onlookers outside the auditorium at this moment.

With such speculation, Chateau became even more vigilant, almost staring at the expression on Ambassador Cormanso's face.

If there is any accident, it is most likely the elves of Cormanthor.

But Chateau has been paying attention to Ambassador Cormanzo ever since he appeared on the stage. Except for the first time when the crowd collectively shouted "Kill the Elf", the guy's face suddenly changed, and then he kept a calm face.

If Comanso had any decision and would hide it from the ambassador alone, then Chateau wouldn't believe it.

After all, the status of an ambassador is not trivial, and the authority he possesses is also important. If he is not informed in advance, it will be easy to make misjudgments, thus affecting the overall situation.

On the other hand, if any action is really to be taken in Comanso, the ambassador's opinions will also be a very important reference.

Chateau believed that Ambassador Cormanso must know something, but it was a pity that he could guess the superpower in his mind without looking at other people's faces.

Otherwise, he might cause a big incident in minutes!

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Since there were only a few dozen pioneers, Xia Duo would have been stared at by many pairs of eyes even if he hadn't had the previous achievement of one person holding three badges.

If you occasionally move your eyes, others may not be able to see anything, but if you squint and look up and then look down, it can be called an accident scene.

Therefore, cloud vision cannot be used, and Xia Duo can only pay attention to possible abnormalities in the field from the perspective of magic as much as possible.

And as time passed bit by bit, the abnormality finally showed some clues——

As the ceremony progressed to the later stages, the miniature magic network that the princess had originally deployed to blend into the surrounding normal magic network environment gradually emitted a strange light.

This situation had never happened in several previous rehearsals. Xia Duo noticed this almost immediately. The light gave him a very familiar feeling, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

He was really embarrassed for a moment because he wanted to trace the memory in his subconscious, but he was worried about missing the next movement.

But soon, Chateau no longer needed to make his own decision. In the auditorium, Ambassador Cormanzo suddenly stood up with an angry look on his face. He wanted to say something, but couldn't.

But Chateau noticed that the Grand Arcanist Congenio next to Ambassador Cormanzo was explaining something to Ambassador Ilfaran with a calm face, and Ambassador Danzo on the side also interjected a few words from time to time.

As for Ambassador Erlan, like other envoys from neighboring small countries, he was bowing his head and remaining silent.

At this moment, Chateau hated himself for not learning to read lips, but judging from the situation, it seemed that Ambassador Cormanzo wanted to cause trouble, but he didn't know who suppressed him.

Even his expression when he sat down was so painful and unnatural.