It should be natural for people to inquire about their mentors, and Garnal should have inquired about them too. However, in terms of channels, Garnal is obviously not as good as Edric.
Edrich's father was the lord's moneybag, and his brother was the lord's student. He himself had been hanging out in the Mage Tower for several years, so he had enough sources of information.
And Niya is so young and her spellcasting level has reached level 7, so it must not be difficult to find out.
However, Edrich's reaction was very strange, "Xia Duo, why are you asking about her? I only heard my brother mention it once by chance, saying that this Niya is a genius that he can never match, but this
She seems to be very mysterious, and there is very little information about her."
"oh?"
Is it because he is so talented that the lord deliberately protects him? Or is he so low-key that not even the slightest news can come out?
"She is my mentor now, and I want to know more about her," said Sha Duo.
"She is your mentor?" Edrich opened his mouth in surprise, and at the same time there was a hint of worry on his face, "I heard that the more talented the mage is, the crazier he is, and he will crazily exploit his apprentices for his own research, you -
"
"Can you tell me?" Xia Duo was also a little worried. It is definitely not that simple to become a level 7 mage at such a young age. Talent and resources are all indispensable.
In terms of talent, Xia Duo can understand, but in terms of resources, wouldn't apprentices be free labor? Now Niya doesn't want anything from him and Ganal, maybe it's just an internship and adaptation period?
Chateau looked at Edrich, hoping to get more information from him.
"I know a mage, but I won't name him." Edrich looked at Xia Duo apologetically, and Xia Duo expressed his understanding. After all, there are certain risks in the apprentice gossiping about the official mage.
Edrich continued, "As long as that mage accepts any apprentices, he will squeeze them crazily. I heard that there was once a talented mage who served as his apprentice, and then because of an experimental error, he lost his ability to cast spells.
Finally I had to leave the Mage Tower."
"Is there such a thing?" Xia Duo was very surprised. He had never heard of this before.
"Generally, there are very few accidents. Most instructors ask the apprentices to do some tedious preparations. The apprentices will not be allowed to participate in the actual experiment. After all, participating in the experiment itself is a rare kind of knowledge."
"What about teaching? How long does it usually take to teach in a week? Are there any questions?" Xia Duo asked again.
"Lectures depend entirely on your mood, usually once a week. If you answer questions, you have to work for the instructor in exchange."
Compared with what Edrich said, Nia does not seem to be an oppressive mentor, and she did not impose any conditions during the Tuesday Q&A.
This made him feel a little better, but this was just the beginning, and he didn’t know what would happen next!
"By the way!" Edrich suddenly remembered something, "I know someone who may know about Master Niya!"
Xia Duo quickly asked, "Who?"
"He is also a student of the lord, a mage named Cecily. The lord only has two female students. Mage Cecily must know more than my brother."
"..."
Xia Duo rolled his eyes. If this was really the case, then he might as well just go and ask Teacher Niya directly. He just wanted to inquire quietly through a further channel.
After not getting the information he wanted to know from Edrich, Chateau was no longer prepared to stay, and after a few pleasantries, he left.
After returning, Xia Duo was in the reception room, calculating the spell structure and elements of [Steam Ray] through arcane geometry, while waiting for lunch to be served.
Xia Duo was looking forward to enjoying the meal delivery service for the first time. When he made reservations for lunch and dinner in the morning, he didn't mention what he needed, nor did he know what would be delivered.
Soon, a crisp alarm woke him up from the world of Austrian law. He quickly opened the door and saw an apprentice holding a lunch box standing outside.
"Sir, your lunch."
Xia Duo hummed, took the lunch box, and closed the door without saying much. Returning to the inner room, Xia Duo couldn't wait to open the lunch box.
The inside is not much different from the apprentice lunch, a piece of meat, two pieces of bread, and a lettuce leaf. The only difference is that there is an extra bottle of wine in it.
“Genuine Elf Wine!”
Chateau immediately thought of what this might be, a transparent glass bottle, amber liquid, and a faint apple fragrance could be smelled before the cork was opened.
When the cork was removed, the fragrance disappeared, and Xia Duo didn't even bother to get the wine glass, so he just took a sip from the bottle.
One word - "cool"!
Two words - "very cool"!
The alcohol content of this wine is not even comparable to the inferior version drunk by apprentices. There is almost no alcoholic taste in the mouth, only a natural apple fragrance.
This fragrance not only affects the body, but with that sip just now, Xia Duo seemed to be in a quiet forest, surrounded by everything, singing his praises.
He felt that his spirit had also been baptized, and his whole person became much clearer!
But, how can one sip of such good wine be enough?
One bite, another bite!
When Xia Duo felt something was wrong, he had already finished the bottle of wine, "Damn it! Don't tell me this is not available every day!"
After asking the tower spirit, Xia Duo was completely exhausted. This bottle of wine was his share for a month. If he wanted more, he would naturally need more gold coins!
A bottle of wine costs 100 gold coins, and there is a limited edition! Xia Duo can guarantee that the cost of this bottle of wine will definitely not exceed 10 gold coins, and since it is brewed by the Mage Tower, the cost can be reduced a lot.
Xia Duo suddenly felt that if he stayed in the Mage Tower all the time, he might not be able to save much money.
But think about it, if he were a lord, he wouldn't let people make money in his mage tower. Instead, he would work hard to plunder it all!
"well--"
The wine was finished before the meal was finished, so Xia Duo had no choice but to go to the whirlpool pool and scoop out a glass of pure water to eat. This kind of pure water from the water elemental plane was extremely bland, but it also reminded Xia Duo of his life on earth.
, clean water comes out as soon as the faucet is turned on.
In Netheril, perhaps only spellcasters can enjoy such clean water. Ordinary people can drink river water with an earthy smell, and well water is pretty good.
In more cases, even river water and well water are not available for drinking, and rainwater is used.
The situation in Savile Township is pretty good, but those villages are too difficult, and those are the real lives of the vast majority of ordinary people.
Thinking of such a scene, Xia Duo was filled with fighting spirit. He finished his lunch in a few mouthfuls and resumed his previous research work.
The 1-level [Steam Ray] scroll is Sha Duo's first scroll research and development project. Once successful, not only can it be sold for money, but there is no need to buy other scroll production methods from the Mage Tower, which saves a lot of money.
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What Xia Duo values most is that completing this project is a rare accumulation for developing other spell scrolls and even creating new spells.
It's like writing a novel. The experience of finishing it in one go is a huge gain for the author.