Arriving at the reception room, Shado did not see the so-called guests, only Nia and Cecily, another female apprentice of Lord Epps, were present.
The two of them were talking in a low voice, but immediately stopped when they saw Xia Duo coming over. Cecily even gave him a slight salute, which actually made Xia Duo feel much better.
"Cecily, please go back first. I will find you later."
"yes!"
Cecily responded and left quickly, giving a slight salute to Chateau before leaving. After Cecily left, Niya said nothing and just stared at Chateau with a complicated look in her eyes.
cough--
"That - Niya? Mentor?" Sha Duo coughed dryly and took the lead to break the deadlock. Without Lord Epps, he felt that Niya was even more difficult to predict.
Hearing Xia Duo call her mentor, Niya narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "You don't need to call me mentor from now on, call me Niya."
"okay!"
"There are two main reasons why I came to you." However, Niya changed her voice and asked: "Do you know where the Tower of Time is now?"
"Are you in the Mysterious Ruins?"
Because of Lord Epps' matter, Niya might be very sensitive here. Shado could only say cautiously, but what connection does Niya have with him and the Mystic Relics?
Niya added: "The development of Daxia Territory cannot stop. I will ask Mayor Thain to provide you with sufficient personnel and materials."
Huh?
Xia Duo glanced at Niya in surprise, but there was nothing strange about the expression on her face.
Is it because of his identity as a pioneer, or something else? Xia Duo kept speculating in his heart, but he quickly agreed, "No problem, I understand!"
"One more thing, there are some troublesome guests coming over soon." Niya pointed to the seat next to her, "Sit next to me. You don't have to say anything, just listen."
After saying that, she seemed to have remembered something and spoke faster: "By the way, take out the pioneer scepter awarded by Her Royal Highness the Princess! Hurry! People are here!"
Xia Duo was a little confused, but he quickly took out the pioneer scepter and sat next to Niya. With his dark red robe and silver scepter, and Xia Duo's deliberately stern face, he looked quite dignified.
thing.
A few seconds after he sat down, he heard vague conversations coming from outside the living room. There were about four people, and Sha Duo could only tell that one of them was Ai Burke.
The other three should be the visitors that Niya said, but I don’t know where they came from. From what they talked about, it seemed like they were talking about some interesting things about Severton?
Is he from Severington? Is he from the Austrian-French Federation? Or someone else?
Just when Xia Duo was secretly guessing, people had already come in. In addition to Ai Burke, there was an old man and two middle-aged men.
Huh--
If he hadn't known in advance that these people were guests, and they were also troublesome guests as Niya said, Sha Duo would have thought that these people were friends of Ai Burke.
These few people, like Ai Bok, all wore blue robes, with blue and white star holy symbols hanging on their chests, and had one-foot-long hair.
The only difference is probably that each of the three guests has a gorgeous cloak and a short staff, while Aberke is just a longer staff.
"Sir, Lord Shado, these three are arcanists from [Hidden Hand]——"
Aibo pointed at one of the middle-aged men with a slightly serious face and introduced: "Master Orlins!"
Among the other two, the old man is called Jelep, and the other middle-aged man is Egbod.
Afterwards, Aiboike introduced the three arcanists to Niya, the tower master of the Tower of Time, the lord of Savile, and Xia Duo, the pioneer and the lord of Great Xia.
Of course, there is the most important thing - the ruins outside belong to the Daxia Territory, and Shado is Niya's husband, and the Tower of Time happens to be in the ruins.
After some introductions and pleasantries, the topic finally came to the subject. As the representative of the three people, Arcanist Egbod said:
"Lord Niya Tower, Lord Shado, [Hidden Hand] discovered that the magic network here was damaged not long ago. If it is not stopped and repaired in time, it may cause greater harm."
After hearing what Aigbod said, Niya immediately understood, "Three of you, the Mystery Lock is located in the Bactria Territory, and the Tower of Time and the Bactria Territory are one body. I have arranged for Aibok to repair it.
, I won’t bother you three.”
"It's not troublesome, why bother! [Hidden Hand] has always been committed to maintaining the stability of the Magic Network. Wherever there is damage, we will be there!" Eggberd looked upright, as if he felt that enthusiasm was not enough, so he added
:
"Besides, Mage Aibo has just advanced to the level of Arcanist. How can he compare with the experience of the three of us? If the magic network here is not repaired during the riot, once it becomes silent, it will be consumed many times.
energy."
After saying that, Egbod looked at Aiboike, as if he wanted to get his confirmation.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Aibok could only nod his head, "That's true. Your Excellency Aibode is right. The magic network that locks the ruins is still in the riot stage. It is the best time to repair it. Wait until
If it gets quiet, it might really cause trouble."
"That's it!"
Niya glanced at Xia Duo, and seeing his expressionless expression, she nodded secretly, "I understand, the Tower of Time will not cause any hindrance to the actions of the three of them. But -"
"But what?" Eggbod asked quickly.
"I heard that [Hidden Hand] will hire local people to guard and guard when repairing the magic network in other territories. Daxia Council will provide 300 soldiers as guards for the three of them."
"No, you can't do this!" Before Niya could finish speaking, Egbod shouted out with a look of horror. This was not a matter of simple employment. Hiring locals required arcane crystals to pay for it.
The so-called arcane crystal is actually crystallized arcane energy. Arcane energy is born from the arcane fire of the arcanist. Each piece of arcane crystal requires time for the arcanist to accumulate.
If we really follow the usual practice, hiring 300 people will probably bankrupt the three of them. This is absolutely unacceptable!
"Master Niya Tower, we are all arcanists. We really don't need so many guards. I think 30 are enough!"
On the other side, Aibo almost broke out in a cold sweat. He just mentioned that he could make these three people bleed, but he didn't expect Niya to be ready to swallow them all in one go, including their skin and bones.
Fortunately, these three people are not surly people, otherwise they might have turned against each other on the spot. Aibo quickly summoned Niya, "Their willingness to hire 30 people is far beyond my expectation. I will accept it as soon as possible!"
After being reminded like this, Niya also knew that she was wrong, but she had already said her words before and could not take them back. She could only say:
"Just 30 people! If you three need anything else, just ask, everything will be easy to discuss."
"No, no need." Eggbod waved his hand quickly.
"Your Excellency Egbod, this is a bonus service for hiring 30 people!"
"This -" Egbod certainly knew that the price to pay for hiring 30 people was too high. He just wanted to obtain divine favor, but he had to grit his teeth and accept it, especially when the opponent's mage tower was already buried in the ruins.
Now that he knew there were additional services, Egbod's mind became active again. He couldn't help but look at Master Orlins, and he was relieved when he saw that the other party nodded imperceptibly.
He knew that the Lord of Daxia could not actually be the master, so he directly said to Niya:
"Lord Niyata, we hope to dig a channel from the ruins to the Wolfburg River in the west!"
