When Shado expelled the Priest of Cole from the Rodney Domain, he had speculated that the Rodney Lord's series of actions might be at the behest of a Grand Arcanist.

If the occult organization is really the mastermind behind the Rodney Lord, then according to Lord Hawke, there are Grand Arcanists behind the Occult Order, and the Rodney Leader does not.

At first glance, it seems that all the information is strung together, but Xia Duo knows that in many cases, even 100% true information can be misleading.

Not to mention that this is just one side of Lord Hawke's words.

"Lord Hawke, I'm shocked by what you're saying." Xia Duo pretended to be thinking hard, and said:

"I need some time to be sure, maybe the Rodney Collar and even the Occult Organization are our common enemies, and the enemy of our enemies is our friends, and for friends, of course, I won't trap Aguiline anymore, and of course, I can't let him go until then."

"What a 'enemy of my enemy is a friend'! With this saying, I fully believe that in the future we will become friends! Dolaison was very generous, and his words were full of kindness.

Combined with his good temperament and appearance, if Xia Duo hadn't been aware of the relationship and position between the two parties earlier, he might have a good impression of him, an elder and a senior arcanist, behaving so approachably in front of him.

Now, the preconceived Xia Duo takes it for granted that there is a conspiracy in this.

Of course, it doesn't really matter if it's a conspiracy or not, all Xia Duo wants is to delay some time and wait for the follow-up effects of the communication plan, and besides, he will carefully consider the cause and effect of any decision he makes, and will not act hastily.

There is a saying in his hometown called "plan and then act", if the other party expects that only these one-sided information can make him release Aguiline, or even directly scold Rodney Collar or a mysterious organization or something, then Xia Duo can only say that the other party underestimates him too much.

After that, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, like a senior taking care of the junior.

It was not until near evening that Chardo left the Acanthus de l'Arcandes.

……

Back at the Gilles Tower, Xia Duo was still thinking about the scene of the meeting with Lord Hawke just now, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was amiable without the expected tension and confrontation.

This is probably what Archmage Greta called "obeying the rules", and it seems that Lord Hawke's current situation is really not good.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo contacted the Savile Collar and asked him to do some investigation first, and then felt that it was not too early, so he did not contact Nia again and "identify" the spell book with her.

Instead, he continued to measure and count the energy consumption of spells, as an arcane master, as long as he wanted to do it, there were many things, and he didn't have to worry about having nothing to do, and this was because Xia Duo was away from home, and a lot of research could not be carried out.

……

The next day, the snowmelt race, which had been postponed for three days, finally continued.

The next thing to do is the second project [Arcane Maze], to be honest, Xia Duo is looking forward to this project more than any other project, not because [Arcane Maze] is from him, but the project he understands best, probably this is it.

[Spell Duel] is imaginative, if Xia Duo can contact the seventh layer of the magic net, it will of course be an extremely wonderful performance, but he is not, the duel he can see only involves the fifth layer of the magic net, I have to say that it is a pity.

As for the [Magnificent Illusion], it can even be said that there is no direct fight, the competition is an illusion, this is purely the imagination and art of the comparison, if Xia Duo participates, create some scenes on the earth, although it may not be able to become the most beautiful boy on the field, but it will definitely make everyone refreshed.

In his mind, [Magnificent Vision] is the least worth looking forward to.

Aside from satisfying some curiosity, it doesn't really do much for real magical research.

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There is only [Arcane Puzzle], in addition to commanding the chess game, the contestants are actually more of an assistant to the chess pieces, and the ability of the chess pieces has been determined in advance, and most of them still retain Xia Duo's original design.

This made the scope of the spell duel a lot narrower all of a sudden, making it more convenient for Xia Duo to watch.

Therefore, Xia Duo called Nia early and came to the arena together, and in their free time waiting for the game to start, the two deduced the trend of the chess game with each other.

Of course, compared to the ability of the chess pieces in the official competition, most of them are around 8 rings, and the casting ability of the contestants is limited to less than 5 rings, and the deduction of Xia Duo and Nia is several notches lower.

Probably through the 1-ring level spell casting ability, to facilitate or prevent a 3-ring spell that far exceeds the contact spell hit.

It's just that not long after the two started a game, Niya gave up and stopped playing, "The first attack advantage of the chess pieces is too great, I think the attacked chess pieces must also be able to counterattack, otherwise it is too difficult to influence the high ring spell through the low ring spell, it is better to play a pure chess game!" ”

"If the chess pieces can fight back, then the chess game itself is meaningless, it is better to directly engage in a spell duel!"

When Xia Duo originally designed the [Arcane Puzzle], his main consideration was to minimize the impact of the contestants' spell casting, so that the influence of chess power would prevail.

In this way, the color resistance party can occupy a certain advantage in the case of Xia Duo's training routines in advance.

"Since we don't deduce the arcane puzzle, there will still be a while before the game starts, so let's play a pure chess game."

"Hmm."

Pure chess, or rather "projection game", although Nia is not as good as Shado, is more receptive to this format, and she has realized that this form of play can have the effect of focusing on training.

……

Xia Duo and Nia, who were in a projection game, easily ignored the outside situation, and when they finished the game and were ready to see how long the game would start, the two were surprised to find a large number of chess game projections in the arena.

"Xia Duo, it seems that everyone likes chess very much!" Nia smiled and looked at Xia Duo, a hint of playfulness in her tone.

Xia Duo is also very happy that the wisdom crystallization from his hometown can be recognized by the Chroma mages, and as the spread of chess becomes more and more widespread, it is inevitable that he will bring a lot of "power of faith".

Although he said that he didn't care if the bloodline could awaken again, if he really woke up again, he would still shout "really fragrant".

Even, if the bloodline awakening had a progress bar that could allow him to clearly see how much "power of faith" was needed for the next awakening, he felt that he was likely to take the initiative to become famous.

Of course, compared to the traces and justifications of magic, the bloodline awakening is still too ethereal.