It doesn't matter to the Seven Towers or other organized mages. Anyway, the blueprint of the Demon-Slaying Talisman is not a secret. Xia Duo just took out the spells and made a learning scroll for the wild mage.
For those wild mages, as long as they go to Azure Manor in person, chat with Ava for a few words, and get a learning scroll, this is undoubtedly pie in the sky.
But until the moment before Shado returned to the southern border, Ava did not contact him. This shows that the wild mages in Severton are either unwilling to join the Tower of Time, or they all do not meet the conditions.
Either way, it's not good news for Xia Duo.
"Ye Wuyi Pearl!"
This was Sha Duo's last thought before teleportation.
…
Tower of Time.
As soon as Xia Duo came back, Niya received the reminder that she had received the tower spirit. Without any hesitation, she immediately teleported to Xia Duo and said with a resentful face:
"You also knew you were coming back! I thought you were going to settle in Severton from now on!"
"how come!"
Sha Duo stepped forward and held Niya, who was still a little angry, in his arms, and whispered in her ear, "It's really that Teacher Iolum's task is too important. Why don't I rush back as soon as I finish part of the work?"
Already."
Just as he was about to continue talking softly, Niya suddenly summoned the tower spirit to prepare for teleportation. Xia Duo was stunned for a moment, but did not resist and followed the teleportation to the study room on the top floor of the Tower of Time.
…
After the transmission, Niya had broken away from Sha Duo's arms, and there seemed to be no angry expression on her face. She pointed to the image in the projection window next to them and said to Sha Duo:
"That Toph investigator is too restless. As soon as she arrived in Savile Territory, she frequently came into contact with members of the Tower of Time. Several days have passed and she is still like this. I don't know what she wants to do."
At this time, Xia Duo was no longer in the mood to flirt with Niya. He had already noticed that the real-time image displayed in the projection window was not Daxia Ling or any other beautiful scenery.
But in Savile Town, in an alley near the central square and close to the trade area, a female elf was walking with a human mage, talking and laughing.
Judging from their route, they should be heading to the trade area.
Seeing this scene, Xia Duo couldn't help but frowned. He had been talking and laughing in just a few days. When could an elf be so friendly to humans?
Just when he was about to ask Niya for more information, the female elf Toph in the projection suddenly turned back, looked directly into the void above, smiled, and then continued to move forward.
From Shado's perspective, Toph's line of sight almost coincided with his line of sight just now. Although he knew that the detection spell cast through the mage tower was almost impossible for the other party to detect the person observing behind the spell, the other party's meaningful eyes still
That last smile still made him feel very uncomfortable.
It's like being in your own territory and being shown off by an outsider. How can you be calm?
"Aren't the Tower of Time members recalled?"
As soon as Xia Duo asked this question, he knew that he was not thinking carefully. Sure enough, Niya answered immediately:
"I have thought about recalling the Tower of Time members, but as the Midsummer Celebration is approaching, there are many outsiders in the territory, including some important figures from the large chambers of commerce. The sudden recall of the Tower of Time members may make them question the purpose of the Tower of Time.
Misjudgment, and if the Tower of Time members from outside are recalled, there is no guarantee that Toph will not use this as an excuse to enter the Tower of Time."
The Tower of Time cannot refuse an elf noble who is currently an important partner. Regarding this, Niya has been having quite a headache these days.
"How many Tower of Time members are there in Savile Town?" Shado asked again.
"After they came back, I didn't let them pass through again. In addition, I also adjusted the portal permissions to prevent unsuspecting people from temporarily passing through. There are still twelve people in the target Savile Town, two of whom are permanent staff.
Two of them went there after taking up the mission of the military camp, and the remaining eight went back to visit their families and will not return until after Midsummer Festival."
"Have any of the people who come back had contact with Toph?"
"Yes, I have temporarily arranged a refresher course for them and isolated them from other people. I am ready to wait for you to come back for inspection."
"You did very well!"
Chateau couldn't help but admired that it was a wise idea to temporarily isolate those who had come into contact with Toph before she knew her purpose.
As for whether those members of the Tower of Time who were in contact with Toph leaked secrets, Shado actually didn't care very much. The real secrets were the safest only if they were kept in his own mind.
All secrets that can be known by a second person are not strictly secrets.
This, of course, also includes the Miser energy core.
The worst case scenario is to have a fight with the elves. Peace, stability, and even respect can never be obtained by showing kindness or unilateral protest or intimidation.
Shado really hopes to avoid conflicts with the elves as much as possible when his side is weak, but if a conflict cannot be avoided, he will not hesitate to join the battle and use most of his trump cards and bottom line.
…
After asking Niya for the locations of the Tower of Time members who had come into contact with Toph, Shado planned to learn from them the purpose of Toph's visit.
The smuggling cooperation on high-end spices is already progressing steadily. Tove should not appear here, but she still appears here, and she behaves abnormally. This all shows that the purpose of her trip is not simple.
Shado even thought that it was possible that the other party had discovered the existence of the new natural concept, but if that was the case, the person who came to Savile to receive it should not be Toph, but the main elf god, or at least a high-level priest.
There are no traces of faith on Toph's body. Shado knows this very well. He confirmed this during the last separation with the other party, otherwise he would really not dare to have any more in-depth cooperation with the other party.
If the new natural concept is involved, wouldn't it be like throwing yourself into a trap?
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Xia Duo muttered in a low voice, and then asked the tower spirit to teleport him outside Room 065 on the public floor.
After opening the door, the four people in the room looked over at almost the same time, and spontaneously took the initiative to salute and say hello——
"Good afternoon, Xia Duo."
"Good afternoon, President."*3
Colin was the one who directly called Sha Duo by name, and he was an old acquaintance with Sha Duo. He was also the first batch of new mages after the transformation of the Tower of Time, only slightly later than Gibson and others.
The ones who call Xia Duo "Guild President" are the three new mages among the new apprentices.
Although Colin is also a new mage, and he is the first batch of new mage after the transformation of the Tower of Time, he must have entered the Tower of Time too early, so naturally he cannot be regarded as a new apprentice.
His ranking in the academy, and even his feelings for the academy, are not as good as those of the new apprentices. A clue can be seen from the name he calls Xia Duo.
It is true that Chateau asked the Tower of Time members to call him by his first name, but those who really did so were Dean, Sammy and other early members of the society who were relatively close to him. Most of the others still affectionately called him the president, or maybe
Call me "Sir" with respect.
However, Xia Duo doesn't care much about the title issue. As long as it's not too exaggerated to derogatory or praise, he can be called anything.