Arcane Lord

However, the reality is often unexpected. Just when Xia Duo was focusing all his brain on the Hawk Territory, Talling suddenly sent him an unexpected message——

Grand Arcanist Byron is visiting!

Byron is a Grand Arcanist whom Shado knows a lot about. He was born in the Gustav Tower, and later transferred to the Giles Tower. After that, he not only became a Grand Arcanist himself, but also trained the princess as a Grand Arcanist. .

The whole life experience is quite legendary.

Of course, Master Byron is most famous for his creation of a very universal life-extending magic. Of course, the threshold for casting the spell is also very high. It can extend the life span of normal humans by one to two times. It is called [Byron's Immortality Technique] 】.

He also gained great popularity among the arcanists.

The Tower of Time also has life-extending magic, but the effect is not ideal and can only extend life by ten to thirty years. Of course, this has no side effects.

Most life-extending magic in Netheril has various side effects, the most extreme of which is transforming the human body into an undead creature. This will cause the caster to lose normal human emotions, including desires, which is very scary to think about.

Sha Duo really couldn't figure out how Byron came to the Tower of Time. The two had no intersection at all. Even if the princess had something to give, it was the Archmage Greta who came here to run errands.

It’s not like they came here specifically to give him life-extending magic, right?

Sha Duo never thought that Master Byron was the mysterious mage who had just scared him away. It was not until he invited the other party into the reception room that Sha Duo suddenly realized the first words of Master Byron:

"Lord Xia Duo, you ran too fast just now. The old man didn't have time to say a complete sentence!"

The master's tone was both reproachful and joking, which made Xia Duo's heart pound. In response, he just smiled and did not dare to refute anything.

He really didn't believe that a great arcanist would come over to joke with him when he had nothing to do. There must be reasons behind this that he didn't understand. There was no need to beat around the bush between mages, especially between high and low classes. It was best to ask directly. chosen.

"Master Byron, what orders do you have from me?"

"Don't be so serious!" Byron waved his hand, but even though he said this, the expression on his face still turned serious unconsciously, "There is something I must tell you!"

"Master, please speak."

Byron took out a piece of paper debris that he had picked up behind Shado before, as well as the mithril block disguised as a stone, and placed them on the table at hand. He tapped his fingers on the light brown paper debris and said: “Don’t make this kind of paper again!”

"Why?" Xia Duo asked subconsciously, but he immediately realized that the person in front of him was a great arcanist who far exceeded him in terms of power and knowledge.

"No, Master, I mean, the cost of this kind of paper is very low. It will be very convenient if it can be used to replace parchment paper for daily records!"

Xia Duo spoke very vaguely and did not directly mention the popularization of knowledge. After all, he did not know the attitude of the great arcanist in front of him towards the popularization of knowledge.

But any normal person will understand what it means to reduce the cost of knowledge carriers, let alone a great arcanist who has lived for hundreds of years and is as wise as the abyss and the ocean!

This can be regarded as Xia Duo's test. If the opponent is an extreme conservative, then he will consider changing camps when the time is right.

"Lord Xia Duo, I am not one of those stubborn old men who only know how to suppress younger generations. I can see the future of this kind of paper, and I am happy to see it, but at least in the short term, please do not make it anymore. As for the reason-"

Having said this, Byron couldn't help but sigh, and his tone became gloomy, "In the past, there were people who invented papermaking or other things that were beneficial to the development of the times, but then these people died in mysterious circumstances. You Guess why?"

"Because of the elves?" Sha Duo subconsciously said what he thought was his biggest imaginary enemy.

"There are elves, but not entirely. There are always people who don't want others to be like them. You have to know that this world is not as beautiful as it seems."

Xia Duo understood instantly, so it seemed that Byron should be considered an enlightened person, but the next moment, Xia Duo felt ridiculous for his previous guess. It was obvious that Byron was in the same camp as the princess, and the princess opened up a new life for ordinary people. In this land, these are not considered liberal or popular groups, so who else counts?

Of course, Sha Duo also knew that there were probably more complicated reasons behind the pioneering movement, but objectively speaking, the princess did represent the interests of ordinary people, at least when it came to pioneering a place for survival.

People have set it up, gathered a lot of fans, and implicated a series of interests. Even the great arcanist would have difficulty repeating it!

"By the way, master, how did you know that I was making paper?" If he doesn't ask this question clearly, he will be suspicious of everything he does in the future.

In this regard, Byron did not hide it, "A little prophecy technique can provide early warning for certain specific behaviors that occur in the territory of Nese. However, under normal circumstances, prophecy is difficult to predict in advance and is usually discovered after the fact.

"You pioneers have attracted a lot of attention. I already discovered it when you were making wood pulp. After that, I tampered with the prophecy information for you and sent it to remind you. I didn't expect-"

Now that the words were clear, Xia Duo had less doubts in his heart.

Prophecy is actually a kind of detection spell. The [Detection and Detection] and [Avoidance of Detection] blessed by Xia Duo can effectively prevent it, but these are all for individuals.

He didn't expect that there were large-scale detection spells targeting specific behaviors and events.

But now that he knows the reason, he can also make special targeted spells. This time, Byron came to remind him with words. If next time it was an elf or someone else who came to use a spell to "remind", it would not be beautiful.

However, there is still a question, "Master, is it true that no one else will detect it?"

It's not that Xia Duo is timid, but if he is detected by others, many of his plans will change. At least he doesn't want to be the person Byron said disappeared without a trace.

"Even gods dare not say 'absolutely', but you pioneers have already been obscured by the information from Giles Tower. I handled it very quickly before. Unless you deliberately target it, it will be difficult for outsiders to find you. "

After hearing this, Sha Duo couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, but then he thought of Lord Hawke who was said to be very close to the Grand Arcanist. Wouldn't this guy keep staring at him?

"What? Do you have any more questions? I can answer them today."

Byron also knows Sha Duo quite well. Not to mention the basic investigation of the pioneers, Byron also attaches great importance to Sha Duo's current identity as the representative of the Tower of Time.

Savile's return is imminent. At that time, the Tower of Time will become a strong support for the princess, and Shado will also become an important role. Byron is still very optimistic about Shado.