Arcane Lord

"Crunch——"

Hearing the sound, Xia Duo immediately turned his attention to the mage tower where the sound came from, and saw a portal slowly opening in the gray outer wall of the mage tower.

Before the door was fully opened, a tall figure rushed out of the mage tower. He first glanced outside the tower. After noticing Xia Duo's presence, he immediately bowed slightly and saluted solemnly:

"Dear Sir Shado, Master Savile, and Steven, the resident mage of Giles Tower, have met two of them."

Xia Duo could tell from the emblem on the opponent's robe that the opponent was indeed Giles Tower. It was basically impossible for anyone to fake it, not to mention that this place was originally the territory of the princess family, so it was even less likely to be fake.

Judging from the magic aura on the opponent's body, even a mid-level mage from the Seven Towers would probably not be so wealthy. This Steven is most likely a high-level mage.

And if the opponent is an arcanist, it is basically unlikely that he will be stationed here to guard the tower.

But even so, Xia Duo gave the other party full respect: "Master Steven, nice to meet you!"

"Your Majesty Xia Duo, you're welcome. You two are here to take over the Watchtower. I have received the notice. Please come with me." Steven looked respectful.

After saying that, he stretched out a hand towards the watchtower behind him, motioning for Shaduo and Niya to follow. Shaduo and Niya looked at each other, and both saw the confirmation message in each other's eyes.

In fact, no matter how many bad assumptions I had before coming here, the possibility of the Watchtower being a trap was extremely low.

Not to mention, if an ordinary high-level mage is so close to Xia Duo, what kind of tricks are there? Xia Duo's flying sword is not a vegetarian.

When someone came out of the watchtower, Xia Duo was basically sure that there would be no traps here.

…

As soon as he entered the Watchtower, Shado was sure that compared with the Tower of Time, this Mage Tower was indeed inferior.

Although the Watchtower looks taller than the Tower of Time from the outside, it is far behind inside. There is a space folding effect almost everywhere inside the Tower of Time, and here——

How big it looks from the outside is how big it is on the inside. There is no folding space, at least Xia Duo didn't see it during this walk.

"Your Excellency Shado, Master Savile, this watchtower has been established for nearly three hundred years. Over the past three hundred years, it has always served as the lighthouse for the Harbor Harbor route, and this responsibility needs to continue to be performed after the handover. ”

At this point, Steven paused deliberately, but neither Sha Duo nor Nia showed any concern.

Although Xia Duo also considered that it might cost a lot to maintain the super bright lighting spell outside, after all, this is the mage tower for nothing, not to mention the extra share of mithril that can be obtained from the Arcane Federation every year. , it is worth spending a lot of money to maintain it.

You must know that both dwarves and elves are very tight on the amount of mithril exported to Netheril. Except for digging ruins, most of the mithril currently circulating on the market comes from the distribution of the Arcane Federation.

Any registered mage tower can obtain a certain share. Of course, Mithril itself still needs to be bought with money. If you don’t use that much, you can also sell the share.

Currently, the Tower of Time has achieved mass production of three types of magic items (communication instruments, vigilance talismans, and missile wands). In the foreseeable future, there will be more types of mass production.

Even now, the Mithril reserves of the Tower of Time are a bit tight. Before having the Mithril Mine, in addition to the cost-saving method of recycling, the only way was to outsource the source of resources.

But you must know that the mass production design of magic items is not only completed by the Tower of Time. In fact, as long as the layer of window paper is broken, almost all mage towers are capable of such a design.

By that time, the demand for resources, especially mithril, which is imported in relatively fixed quantities each year, will be increasingly greater.

You can't just build a mage tower just to get extra shares from the Arcane Federation!

But what if there was a free mage tower?

That's different.

However, the real surprise is yet to come——

Steven saw the two people's unmoved look. He didn't know whether the princess had explained it in advance or whether the two people really didn't care, but he couldn't deliberately mislead, so he quickly explained:

"But you two don't have to worry. The maintenance cost of the watchtower as a route lighthouse will be borne by the Severnton Council. It is usually 100,000 gold coins per year, delivered in the form of mithril and arcane crystals."

Hearing this, Sha Duo couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and looked at Niya, who was also very surprised in her eyes.

Then, Steven added: "Initially, the light technology on the top of the watchtower could be seen at night and could be easily seen from Severington. However, because the maintenance cost was too high, the brightness was reduced year by year until now.

"After you two take over, you can also choose the brightness yourself. You just need to ensure that the lighthouse can guide navigation normally. Specifically, it is to increase the brightness in foggy and rainy weather. It doesn't matter if it is a little darker at ordinary times. In fact, the material of 100,000 gold coins per year is completely It can cover the maintenance of the entire mage tower.”

"..."

Maybe there is some leftover!

Xia Duo immediately realized the trick here. In fact, the form of the lighthouse can be improved. Instead of using diffuse light spells, it can be illuminated in the form of rays, which will save even more.

However, he didn't know whether a lighthouse in the form of rays could be accepted by the Severington Council. If maintenance funding was to be cut due to this, he would have to study it again.

…

Soon, Shado and Niya, led by Steven, spiraled up the spiral staircase close to the inner wall of the mage tower and arrived at the main control floor of the watch tower.

The four-element pool of the Watchtower is located on this floor, and the transfer of relevant authority is also limited to this floor.

When he arrived at the inheritance room, Steven summoned a simple-shaped scepter and released himself from the scepter on a round platform that was about two fingers above the ground and carved with complex lines.

Then he walked down the round platform, handed the scepter to Niya, and said: "Master Savile, please stand in the inheritance circle and synchronize with the watch scepter. This is an indispensable step for transferring authority."

Niya reached out and took the scepter, then glanced at Xia Duo, who nodded. Niya then walked to the round platform and began to connect the scepter to herself.

After a while, Niya walked off the round platform with the scepter in hand. With some doubts in her eyes, she asked Steven: "Is this okay?"

"That's enough." Steven replied affirmatively, "This mage tower does not have a tower spirit. All authority is concentrated on this scepter. If you master the scepter, you will control this mage tower.

"But please note that once the scepter leaves the mage tower, the mage tower cannot be operated, and the mage tower will automatically enter an alert state."