Chapter 1390: Small Benefits, Segregation
The Seven Towers or other organized mages are nothing, anyway, the blueprints of the demon slaying talisman are not a secret, Xia Duo just took out the spells in them separately and made them into learning scrolls and gave them to the wild mages.
And for those wild mages, as long as they go to the Azure Manor in person and chat with Ava casually, they can get a study scroll, which is undoubtedly pie in the sky.
However, Ava did not contact Shador until the moment before he returned to the South, suggesting that the wild mages of Severton were either unwilling to join the Tower of Time, or none of them were eligible.
Either way, it's not good news for Chado.
"Wild Pearls!"
This was Shado's last thought before teleporting.
……
Tower of Time.
As soon as Xia Duo returned, Nia received a reminder that she had received Ta Ling, and she almost did not hesitate at all, and immediately teleported to Xia Duo, and said with a resentful face:
"You know to come back, too! I thought you were going to settle in Severton! ”
"How so!"
Xia Duo stepped forward and took the still angry Nia in his arms, and whispered in her ear, "It's really that Teacher Iolum's task is too important, so I just finished some of the work and rushed back immediately." ”
Just as he was about to continue to say some soft words, Niya suddenly summoned the tower spirit to prepare for teleportation, Xia Duolen paused, did not resist, and followed the teleportation to the study on the top floor of the Tower of Time.
……
After teleporting, Nia had already broken free from Xia Duo's arms, and there seemed to be no angry expression on her face, she pointed to the image in the projection window next to the two of them and said to Xia Duo:
"That Tove investigator is so restless, as soon as she arrives in the Savile Territory, she has been in frequent contact with the members of the Tower of Time, and it's been days, and she's still like this, and I don't know what she's trying to do."
At this time, Xia Duo was not in the mood to flirt with Nia anymore, and he had already noticed that the real-time image displayed in the projection window was not the Great Xia Ling, or any other beautiful scenery.
Rather, in the town of Savile, in an alley near the central square, near the trade area, a female elf was talking and laughing with a human mage.
Judging by the route they traveled, it should be to the trade area.
Seeing this scene, Xia Duo couldn't help frowning, it's only been a few days since he had been talking and laughing, when did an elf be so kind to humans?
Just as he was about to ask Nia for more information, the female elf in the projection suddenly turned her head, her eyes staring directly into the void above, and a smile before continuing on.
From Xia Duo's point of view, Tove's gaze almost coincided with his gaze just now, although he knew that it was almost impossible for the other party to detect the person watching behind the spell through the detection spell cast by the mage tower, but the meaningful look in the other party's eyes, and the smile at the end, still made him feel very uncomfortable.
It's like being in your own territory, being flaunted by an outsider, how can you be calm!
"Didn't you recall the Tower of Time members?"
As soon as Xia Duo said this, he knew that he was not thoughtful, and sure enough, immediately after that, Nia replied:
"I've thought about recalling the members of the Tower of Time, but as the Midsummer Festival approaches, there are a lot of outsiders in the territory, including some important people from the big chambers of commerce, and the sudden recall of the members of the Tower of Time may make them misjudge the purpose of the Tower of Time, and if the members of the Tower of Time outside are recalled, it is hard to guarantee that Tove will not use this as an excuse to enter the Tower of Time."
The Tower of Time can't refuse an elven nobleman who is still an important partner, and Nia has had a headache these days.
"How many Time Tower members are there in Savile Town?" Xia Duo asked again.
"When I came back, I didn't let them go any further, and I also adjusted the portal permissions to avoid people who didn't know about it temporarily, there are still twelve people on the target side of Savile Town, two of them are permanent personnel, two have taken over the barracks mission, and the remaining eight are going back to visit their families, and they will come back after Midsummer."
"Did any of the people who came back have any contact with Tove?"
"Yes, I have temporarily arranged a refresher class for them, isolated from the rest of the people, and are ready to wait for you to come back and check it out."
"You're doing a great job!"
Shado couldn't help but praise that it was wise to temporarily isolate the people who had been in contact with Tove until he knew what his purpose was.
As for whether the members of the Tower of Time who came into contact with Tove leaked secrets, Xia Duo didn't really care, and the real secrets were safest only if they were kept in their own minds.
All secrets that can be known by a second person are not strictly a secret.
This, of course, also includes the Mithic core.
Peace and stability, and even respect, can never be achieved by showing goodwill or unilateral protest and deterrence.
Xia Duo does want to avoid conflicts with elves as much as possible when his side is weak, but if the conflict cannot be avoided, he will not hesitate to join the fight, and press the vast majority of hole cards, as well as the bottom line.
……
Xiang Nia asked for the locations of the members of the Tower of Time who had come into contact with Tove, and Xia Duo was going to learn from them about the purpose of Tove's visit this time.
Cooperation in the smuggling of fine spices is already progressing steadily, and Tove should not be here, but she still appears, and behaves unusually, which shows that the purpose of her trip is not simple.
Xia Duo even thought that it was possible that the other party had discovered the existence of a new natural concept, but if that was the case, the person who came to Savile should not be Tofu, but the main god of the elves, or at least a high-ranking priest.
There is no trace of faith on Tove's body, which Xia Duo knows very well, and he has determined this in the last dissolution with the other party, otherwise he really wouldn't dare to have any deeper cooperation with the other party.
If the new concept of nature is involved, it will be self-defeating.
"What the hell do you want to do?"
Shado muttered under his breath before having Taling teleport him outside Room 065 on the Common Level.
Pushing open the door, the four people in the room looked at them almost at the same time, and they all took the initiative to salute and say hello-
"Good afternoon, Shado."
"Good afternoon, President." *3
It was Colin who directly called Xia Duo by name, and he was also an old acquaintance with Xia Duo, and he was also the first batch of new mages after the transformation of the Tower of Time, only slightly later than Gibson and others.
The three new mages who called Xia Duo "President" were the new apprentices.
Although Colin is also a new mage, and he is the first batch of new mages after the transformation of the Tower of Time, he must enter the Tower of Time before Xia Duo is still early, so he is naturally not a new apprentice.
In the ranking of the Academy, and even his feelings for the Academy, he is not as good as the new apprentice, which can be seen from his name for Xia Duo.
It is true that Xia Duo asked the members of the Tower of Time to call him by his name directly, but it was the early members of the Academy such as Dean and Sami who were close to him who really did so, and most of the rest still affectionately called him the president, or called him Lord respectfully.
However, Xia Duo does not care much about the issue of titles, as long as there is no exaggerated derogation or praise, it can be called anything.