After learning that another elf had gone to the southern border, Shado, who felt the danger, immediately decided not to wait until night. When Iolum returned from Evereska in the afternoon, he would go over to see him.
After giving himself a sleeping spell, Shado fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, it was already afternoon, and Iolum was probably back by now.
Xia Duo immediately sent a message and asked: "Teacher, are you back? I have something very important to tell you!"
At first, Iolum did not reply. Just when Sha Duo thought that the other party had not come back yet, the other party suddenly replied: "He has come back and is in the study now. Come find me here!"
When Xia Duo heard this, he didn't hesitate at all. He didn't even go there on foot, but just teleported over.
…
In the study room.
Iolum looked at the door in surprise, and the next moment Xia Duo's figure appeared there.
"What's so urgent? Will we meet soon?" Iolum asked curiously while dealing with the paperwork accumulated on the desk, and at the same time motioned for Shado to sit down before talking.
However, Xia Duo had no intention of sitting down and talking slowly at the moment. He just wanted to find a few tall men to help him withstand the pressure of the elves.
He walked to the opposite side of Iolum's desk, looked at the figure who was still giving instructions on the paperwork, and said solemnly: "Teacher, two druids have appeared in my territory!"
"Druid?"
Iolum immediately stopped writing and looked up at Shado, "Are you sure you are a druid? How come those betrayers suddenly appeared in the south?"
"Teacher, maybe I made a mistake in my statement. It should be said that two druids were born among my subjects!"
Shado did not directly talk about the new natural concept. The reason why he was so roundabout was to a certain extent to test Iolum's attitude towards Druid.
Now it seems that the attitude of Netheril's senior leaders towards the druids is very clear - the word "betrayer" is enough to explain everything.
"Is it the Order of the Golden Oak? Or the Oath of the Forest?"
Iolum casually mentioned the two human druid organizations in Netheril, but then told Shado very firmly:
"If members of two organizations appear in your territory, find any reason to kill them. Don't give them the opportunity to spread extremist ideas! In a territory like yours that is located on the edge of the forest, once druid ideas spread,
It’s almost difficult to eliminate.”
Shado understood what Iolum meant, and now he knew what Iolum said about the spread of Druid thought.
Since the magical productivity of Netheril has not spread to the common people, the living standards of the common people are actually very low, and sometimes they even don't have enough to eat.
So the group of human druids will spread druidic ideas in the territory near the forest and guide nearby civilians to become druids, so that they can obtain sufficient food and even clothing from the forest.
As for the price, of course it is to protect the forest from being cut down. For this reason, those civilians who have just gained strength even dare to rush straight to the mage tower.
However, due to Cormanthor's arrogant intervention, Netheril could not do anything to the druids on the surface, unless it was indeed a violation of local laws.
But those who violate the law are not hardcore young men like the Golden Oak Order or the Forest Oath, but ordinary citizens who have been brainwashed.
What Netheril officials can do is to limit the Order of the Golden Oak and the Oath of the Forest to as close to Sevington as possible. Sevington is a relatively mature territory with less forests, and the druids are there.
They can't even eat it well.
As long as they are not allowed to run around, the harm is relatively controllable.
However, the druids in Shado's territory are different from those young men. "Teacher, if I say that the two druids in my territory have nothing to do with the elven god, they were completely inspired by nature and were born.
Do you believe it?"
"How is this possible?" Iolum retorted instinctively, "If they don't have the consent of the elven god, why do they have the natural holy power? And if they don't even have the natural holy power, how can they become druids?"
"Teacher, you are right. If we strictly follow the standards of the elves, the two people in my territory are indeed not druids, but their perception of the natural holy power is real. One of them is even the main god of the elves.
I’ve never heard of the concept!”
"Elven standards?"
Just by intuition, Iolum caught the key words in Shado's words, and immediately realized the possible danger of this matter, so he quickly asked:
"What have you done?"
Xia Duo coughed lightly and said rather proudly:
"Teacher, I just extended the elves' narrow concept of forest nature to external objects in the universe, thereby creating a 'new natural concept theory', and guided a former druid who had lost his holy power to accept and practice this theory.
"Not long ago, he has re-perceived the Holy Power, a brand-new Holy Power. In addition to him, there is also a child in my territory. He also perceives the existence of natural will, but he has not yet been able to obtain the Holy Power."
Hearing this, Iolum almost lost control of his expression management, his face was gloomy and uncertain, and it was so wonderful. It took him a long time to recover, and looking at Xia Duo's young appearance, he sighed in a complicated tone:
"Young people are really brave!"
Xia Duo chuckled, wishing he didn't fall out on the spot. Speaking of which, this was the first time he saw Iolum lose his temper like this!
Usually, this cheap teacher of his has either a serious face or an enigmatic face. Apart from the occasional kindness, he has almost no obvious expression.
"Teacher, what do you think I should do now?"
"what to do?"
Iolum pondered for a moment, and then said: "Take me to see that different Druid first!"
"now?"
"Right now!"
Before coming, Shado had expected this moment, and he had no doubts at the moment. After asking Iolum, he immediately summoned a portal in the study and linked it to the portal base inside the Tower of Time.
superior.
"I forgot to tell the teacher. An elf mage recently came to the Saville Territory. In order to avoid running into him, I would like to ask the teacher to meet Atwood at the Tower of Time. By the way, Atwood is the one who regained the new holy power.
Former Druid."
In addition to avoiding encounters with the elf mages of the Moon Crown family, Shado was also worried that Iolum would directly kill Atwood in the past, and he might not be able to stop him.
If we were in the Tower of Time, at least we would be safe.
…
Tower of Time.
While Shado greeted Iolum to wait in the reception room, he contacted Nia to come over for a visit. Of course, he did not forget to inform Atwood of the Tower of Time.
In the reception room, the three of them drank tea and chatted while waiting for Atwood's arrival. During this period, Shado also asked Iolum whether he understood the conceptual entities generated by theories, thoughts, and doctrines, and how they related to each other.