"Lord Hawke, everyone else has left, do you have anything else to do?"
Hearing this, Hawke's expression quickly became vivid. He was very embarrassed by the sudden departure of everyone in the Seven Towers just now, and the others seemed to be different from him, which made him even more angry.
For a moment, he was stunned on the spot. He waited until everyone left and Iolum asked, then he came back to his senses, stood up and saluted Iolum, and then said:
"Master, please forgive me for my disrespectful behavior at the meeting just now."
"It doesn't matter. When you live to my age, you won't care about this."
Although Iolum was dissatisfied with Hawke's behavior of disturbing the order of Netheril without authorization, he did not have much prejudice against Hawke himself, let alone the resentment like Badigal and Skum.
However, just as Hawke was about to leave, Iolum still reminded him meaningfully, "Netheril and the elven kingdoms are always two races. Only the stronger Netheril is, the better you will be."
The more room there is for development!”
Hawke paused after hearing this, but he didn't say anything and just left silently.
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And on the other side, in the watchtower.
Xia Duo, who had been busy for most of the night but never succeeded once, finally had to give up his plan to finish it overnight, simply tidied up and went to bed.
After breakfast in the early morning, he was going to go to Sevington to inquire about the news, and then go to the Alfa Federation to use the slightly better facilities in the Watchtower to continue making demon-slaying arrows.
As soon as he arrived at the Arcane Federation, he heard many people talking privately about the just-concluded temporary meeting of the Grand Arcanists.
In addition to mentioning the Seventon Mystery Lock, tower building permission, and Northland Alliance negotiations, the investigation results of Cliff's death, which Shado was most concerned about, the Seven Towers finally had an explanation——
Considered an accident!
Perhaps even Xia Duo himself didn't realize it. When he heard the news, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this matter was also related to him. It would be best if the case could be closed unexpectedly.
Feeling relaxed, he quickly thought about the permission to build the tower. In three days, he would hand over the Harlanside Manor to Lord Harlan. If a mage tower could be built there, even if it was not now, that would be great.
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That would be a safer haven for him in Sevington than in the Austrian and French Federation, and it would also be a possible military support.
But after many "listenings", Shado was disappointed to find that the content of what these Arcane Federation mages talked about was really limited, and was limited to knowing that "no one can build a mage tower in Severton without the permission of the Seven Towers."
However, he was quite surprised by the news that the Sevington Mystery Lock was completed just a few days ago. Unknowingly, there was also a Mystery Lock in Sevington!
Xia Duo determined that during this year's snow melting competition, that is, half a month ago, only the southern area of the new city and a few areas of the old city had mystery locks. He did not expect that they would be completed so soon.
And he didn't even notice when he came to Severton this time!
With this in mind, Xia Duo simply walked out of the Offa Union and came to the Offa Square outside.
There were very few pedestrians in Offa Square in the early morning. On the opposite side, at the door of Severton Parliament, a group of dwarves gathered at some unknown time and did not know what they were doing.
In this regard, Xia Duo did not intend to pry too much, especially now that he was disguised by illusion. He just strolled along the edge of the square for a while, and then sat down on a stone bench next to a statue of an arcanist.
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The sun has risen at this moment, but the area where Shado is located happens to be blocked by the tall stone buildings of the Austrian Law Federation.
The dividing line between light and shadow is not far from Xia Duo, and is slowly moving towards him.
After being slightly absent-minded, Sha Duo recalled the mistake in linking the magic network when he was trial-making the demon-slaying arrow last night. At the same time, based on the principle of the [Eye of Amasta Krinaz] spell taught by Master Byron, in a focused state
Slowly adjust the angle of view.
Soon, the macroscopic view of the Magic Network above Severnton appeared in his field of vision - majestic, spectacular, yet exquisitely beautiful.
The rhythm full of order makes it obvious at a glance that it is very significantly different from the macroscopic magic network in the normal environment.
Chateau looked from the sky above Offa Square to the east, and then turned to the north, west, and south one after another, confirming that the Mystery Chain had roughly covered the entire territory of Severton.
It’s just that this mythical lock is not finished like the rumors he heard in the Austrian and French Federation!
At least one thing, in Xia Duo's opinion, still has a lot of room for improvement, and that is the "senseless" optimization of Mystery Lock.
Generally speaking, even if the mystery lock cannot be completely hidden from a macro perspective, at least it will not be so obvious.
It is difficult for people who do not understand the Mystery Lock to discover the existence of the Mystery Lock, even if they have a macro perspective on the Magic Network.
But if it is like the current Seventon Mystery Lock, even a person who knows little about the Mystery Lock, or even the concept of the Mystery Lock, can easily detect the anomalies in the macroscopic magic network in this area!
Although he didn't know what the cause of the exception was, it was obvious that an exception was an exception.
This is like a whirlpool suddenly appearing on the normally turbulent sea surface. Even people who know nothing about this phenomenon can know that this whirlpool is abnormal based on the normal sea surface conditions they have learned in the past.
Is this a false completion? Or is the Seven Towers deficient in the construction of the mystery lock and treating unfinished work as completed?
In addition, although the puzzle is generally completed, the various areas are not "isotropic", but are different.
Xia Duo was not sure whether this was a deliberate arrangement by the Seven Towers or a technical limitation, but normal Elf Mystery Locks needed to be "isotropic".
It does not mean that there is no focus, but that any place can become a focus. You just need to adjust the relevant permissions.
This is somewhat similar to a computer screen, where the user can display whatever content he wants anywhere on the screen.
This is an external performance, but external performance is not the essence; its inner operation is the core.
Generally speaking, the "mystery lock" refers to its function, not its essence. The essence of the mystery lock is a set of complex rules that run on the magic network.
The functions projected by the rules can naturally be "isotropic" on the "display screen" of [reality].
Combined with the previous lack of "no sense" optimization, Xia Duo was more inclined to believe that the mystery lock technology of the Seven Towers was limited, and adopted some kind of compromise plan.
This can't help but remind him of the [Border Barrier] in [Projection Plane Arcane Empire]. Although it is called "Border", it actually covers the entire territory.
Border enchantment is a localized application of Mystery Lock technology. The existence of Arcane Empire is indispensable to [Border enchantment].
Without border barriers, demons—actually elves—can easily invade the territory and launch unlimited sneak attacks.
However, the Arcane Empire was ultimately destroyed due to the destruction of the border barrier.
Xia Duo still remembers the last scene he saw when he left that projection plane. It was a scene where the entire territory was ravaged by the chaotic magic network.
Could it be that Netheril on the main plane would also develop to that point?