Arcane Lord

Originally, Shado wanted to talk to Rodit about matters related to the mage tower ruins from the era of Zenis' discovery after the celebration, but now he can only give up temporarily. It is estimated that Rodit has no intention to explore the ruins at the moment.

As for the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce, Xia Duo did not go there again. Fortunately, before the celebration, he sent over a batch of communication instruments he brought this time.

As for the subsequent negotiations on the new contract for the supply of raw materials, they can also be placed in Savile Town. The management authority of Sethos held by the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce in Savile may not be enough, but it is just a few more layers of transit.

Under the current circumstances, Xia Duo didn't expect anything more.

…

Due to the large number of territories in the core area of ​​northern Netheril, it would inevitably cause unnecessary problems. Shado and Niya had to use the Nese River as a clue to teleport along the river.

After so many twists and turns, I finally returned to the southern border and the Tower of Time at dusk when the setting sun was about to disappear.

Compared to ordinary people, this speed is considered to be very fast, but for an archmage or a senior arcanist, or even a great arcanist, it appears to be very slow.

Moreover, most of the teleportation along the way was carried out by Sha Duo. If it were completely led by Niya, it might be a little later.

Now Xia Duo has a teleportation spell of up to level 7, but even so, he cannot teleport from Severton to the South at once.

He speculated that the reason why Mage Nese used the 8th level, a node without iconic spells, as the dividing line between high-level mage and archmage, was that there was some kind of qualitative leap between 8th level spells and 7th level spells.

Maybe it's reflected in the efficiency of transmission, maybe it's something else.

After studying the consumption of spells of each level when they are separated from the external magic network and cast purely with their own arcane energy, Shado speculates that the energy level increase between 8th level spells and 7th level spells is between 2 and 4 times.

In fact, the 7th and 6th rings are also between 2 and 4 times. Just judging from the energy level gap, there is no qualitative leap.

Of course, it may also be a normal change after a quantitative change. It is only called a qualitative change because it reaches a certain artificially set limit.

But no matter what, Sha Duo's desire to become a senior arcanist has not diminished, but has become more urgent.

After all, in the current situation, becoming a senior arcanist is not only an improvement in personal strength, but also a great improvement in political status within Netheril and the Seven Towers.

Moreover, compared to the former, it is the improvement of the latter's political status that will allow Xia Duo to gain higher defensive power in the coming disturbances.

…

The day after the celebration, no news came from Severington, despite the old proverb that no news is the best news.

But Xia Duo felt a faint uneasiness in his heart. This situation was more like the last calm before the storm.

He tried to contact Belera and learned that Belera also left Severington on the day of the celebration and followed her father back to Shiboden Territory.

As for what happened in Sevington in the past two days, Belera knew nothing.

Chateau thought about it, and finally discovered that there were very few people he could contact in Severton, and only Greta and Pelokan had some friendship.

The former is because of Niya's relationship, while the latter is because of common interests.

Others may be able to get in touch, but after all, the conversation is shallow and deep, and there are some questions that are difficult to ask, and the other party may not be able to say them.

"It seems that the only option is to contact Peluokan!"

In fact, Niya has tried to contact Greta many times since she returned to the Tower of Time, but only half a day passed and there was no news from Greta at all.

I don’t know if I am too busy to return, or if something happened and I cannot return. It is precisely because of this unknown that people are particularly worried.

After sending the message of greetings and inquiries, Peluokan quickly received a reply, but his reply disappointed Xia Duo——

"Everything is calm in Sevington, nothing unusual!"

After that, Xia Duo didn't ask any more questions. Since the other party said there was nothing abnormal, if he asked again and again, wouldn't he be saying that there was something abnormal about him?

…

In this way, Shaduo and Niya waited in the Tower of Time until the third day. There was finally news from Severdon. It was not anything else, but the Austrian and French Federation sent this month's monthly magazine.

In fact, counting the time, it is now mid-January, and the monthly magazine of the Austrian Law Federation should also be here, but at this time point, it seems quite meaningful.

In fact, this is also the case. In addition to the regular notification of the Arcane Federation's open teleportation circle pass key, this monthly magazine only contains matters related to the sacredness of the princess.

There was no daily news about Severington, Netheril, or even the surrounding countries in the past, but this time there was no news at all.

Therefore, the content of this monthly magazine was also extremely sparse, and Xia Duo completely accepted all the information from the tower spirit almost instantly.

There are roughly two points that need to be noted -

First, the Arcane Federation announced to the public that the imperial princess Xia had successfully ascended to the gods and became a great god of development and protection, who would protect all the people of Nese.

This is very strange. Generally, news involving the whole country like this should be conveyed by envoys sent by the Severington Parliament to various places.

It is not unusual for the Severnton Council to use the Archmage as a messenger, and it may not be much later than the monthly magazine of the Offician Union.

From this point of view alone, Xia Duo speculated that there might be something wrong with the parliament. Of course, it might also be that he was overthinking it. He would rather think too much.

The second important point of this monthly publication is to inform all territories that those who perceive the new holy power after the princess ascends to the gods can go to Severton to receive more professional training as pioneer priests and guardian priests.

This is also very strange. Priests can indeed join the Austrian Law Federation, but the Austrian Law Federation does not have the authority to issue such an order, or in other words, \\bnotification is not enough.

From this point of view, there may be a problem not only with the Sevington Council, but also with the Austrian-French Federation!

In addition, the monthly magazine also included some introductions to the magical skills of two new priests. Among them, the pioneer priest's [regional detection] and the guardian priest's [immunity to fatal damage] made Sha Duo pay a little attention.

The former can detect resources and threats in an area on a large scale, while the latter is, in layman's terms, a life-threatening attack. As long as you accept this magic, you will not die even if you are seriously injured before the magic expires.

Quite practical, but compared to these two magical arts, Shado is more concerned about what is happening in Severton!

However, nothing useful can come from wishful thinking. Sha Duo planned to count the number of new priests appearing in the territory first, and then use this topic to inquire from the Austrian Law Federation.

No matter whether you ultimately want to send someone to Sevington for training or not, at least you have some data on your side first.