After the irrelevant people walked away, the expression on Brod's face became extremely exaggerated, "Do you know how surprised I was when I learned from the teacher that you are already a Grand Arcanist!
"You are too low-key. You must know that after I became the Grand Arcanist, I notified the Severnton Council and the Arcane Federation as soon as possible. It feels really great!"
"I'm not you~" Xia Duo replied calmly.
From the moment he agreed to accept Iolum's recommendation and go to Akora to crown the king of Akora and extend his life, it meant that he gave up hiding his identity.
Iolum may hide it from outsiders, but he probably won't hide it anymore from Brod and others who he is in contact with every day.
It's just that except for Brod, no one else is a Grand Arcanist, otherwise Brod wouldn't be the only one here.
"Okay, you've seen it. You can go and do your work. Also tell the teacher that I won't be going to the lunch meeting. You don't have to wait for me. I have to hurry up."
In fact, in addition to rushing to work, Xia Duo also didn't want to be the target of Luo Wei and others' onlookers. They were originally companions with similar status, but now their status has suddenly become different.
I really don’t know what Luo Wei and the others would think. Anyway, Xia Duo is not someone who likes to show off, so it would be a good choice to give him a few days as a buffer.
…
Brod left just as quickly as he came. After he left, Chateau continued to devote himself to the experiment of partial testing of the arcane fire device.
In this way, ten days later, the partial test experiment of the Austrian fire device was basically coming to an end, in which Xia Duo played an important role.
In addition to completing his own testing tasks ahead of schedule, he also shared a large number of tasks for Broad, Lowe and others.
That is, on this day, during the lunch meeting.
There was still normal dining and communication before, but at the end, Shado was left alone by Iolum, and he immediately realized that the Seven Towers probably had some confidence.
Sure enough, after the two came to the study, Iolum did not hide it, but directly told the final result of the Akora envoy's request for help——
"The Seven Towers decided to treat the crowned king of Akora. At the same time, they also agreed with my recommendation. You will go to Akora on behalf of Netheril in two days."
"Two days later? So soon?"
Xia Duo originally thought that this matter might drag on for more than half a year, but he didn't expect it to be so urgent. It seems that the time of the Akora Crown Prince is running out, but I don't know what kind of life extension plan he will choose?
"I also feel a little anxious, but Akora is pushing hard. In addition to the mutual defense agreement, they even signed a concerted action agreement that is closer to a unilateral one. For this reason, the Seven Towers also have to show their
More sincerity.”
After hearing Iolum's explanation, Sha Duo was very surprised. When did the elves become willing to become vassals of humans?!
The so-called unilateral will action agreement, in short, means that whatever Netheril does, Akora will follow behind it, including war.
This is almost a vassal treaty. Has Akora already declined to this point?
"Teacher, do you think there might be a scam on Akola's side?" Xia Duo asked again.
"Of course, an important agreement between the two countries cannot be signed hastily. The Seven Towers have already verified it."
Iolum still has a strong say in the authenticity of the agreement, and he personally participated in the verification process. In addition—
"This time you are going to Akola, you are not going there in person. Don't worry too much. Just treat it as a relaxing trip. You haven't had any rest during this time."
Xia Duo actually doesn't care whether he needs a relaxing trip or not. The tradition in his hometown is "hardship comes before pleasure." The independent arctic fire device is of great importance. It doesn't matter if he works harder.
At this moment, his focus was still on what Iolum mentioned about "not going with the real body", so he quickly asked: "If it is not the real body, can it cast such a complicated spell by just projecting or sensing the field?"
Xia Duo can already cast spells remotely by simply projecting a sensory field, but the sensory field cannot carry the caster's entire will, so he cannot cast overly complex spells.
The [Extremely Effective Immortality Spell] given by Iolum is even the simplest "Elf Heart Version", and its casting difficulty is not low. Shado is not confident in casting the spell remotely.
Furthermore, the entire territory of Akora is covered by the Mystery Lock. Whether the sensing field can penetrate normally is also a problem. Even if the elf opens the Mystery Lock authority to him, there will be a lot of actual interference.
Xia Duo was already prepared to go there in person, so he still dared to take this risk, but unexpectedly, Iolum said that he didn't need to go in person, which made him curious.
He even immediately thought of the special astral projection spell of Giles Tower, which can create an astral body in the star realm that is identical to the original body, and also has the original spell-casting ability.
If we could bring that astral body to the main plane, we might be able to achieve true long-range spellcasting.
Regarding Shado's question, Iolum's answer was——
"Giles Tower will provide ectoplasmic projection, which is consistent with the main body and is difficult to detect. It will not affect normal spell casting. As long as it is not killed by a few special spells, even if it dies, it will not affect the main body.
"In fact, in these years of snowmelting competition, all the contestants from Netheril have participated in astral bodies. Otherwise, a group of elite spellcasters would die every year, and no matter how much potential they had, they would be exhausted.
Already.
"This time, Giles Tower directly provides you with spells, not just an ectoplasmic body. Initially, Skum was a little reluctant, but it was Horn and Badigal who insisted that he relented."
It is indeed an ectoplasmic projection!
What Xia Duo didn't expect was that the previous participants in the snow melting competition all used astral bodies to participate. So, those who died on the field in public were not dead either?
No wonder most of the previous Snow Melting Competitions were only participated by members of the Seven Towers. The Seven Towers really had a good idea. Those who can participate in the Snow Melting Competition are at least arcanists, who can be considered elites.
If you are sent to participate in the competition, you will gain experience if you survive. If you die, it is not really death. Hiding behind the scenes may be more effective.
And if those contestants sent by other forces die on the field, they may also be absorbed by the Seven Towers!
It’s really a good and profitable business!
For a while, Xia Duo began to calculate who had died in previous snow melting competitions. Based on the talents of those people, they had a high chance of becoming a Grand Arcanist before the age of 40 or 50.
If we go forward a few dozen or twenty years, at least one great arcanist will definitely be born among the dead.
In other words, apart from the fact that each family of Seven Towers has one great arcanist on the surface, secretly every family hides at least one, or even more.
Sure enough, the Grand Arcanist is a college student. Even if he is completely self-study and does not have a systematic and complete education, there will definitely be more than a dozen college students for such a population.