Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1060 Handover of Parliament Appropriation Authority
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Hearing the sound, Xia Duo immediately turned his gaze to the mage tower where the sound came from, and saw a door slowly opening on the gray outer wall of the mage tower.

Before the door was fully opened, a tall figure rushed out from the mage tower. He first glanced outside the tower, and after noticing Xia Duo's existence, he immediately bowed slightly and saluted solemnly:
"Respected Your Excellency Xia Duo, Mage Savile, Steven, the resident mage of Gilles Tower, has seen two of them."

Xia Duo can tell from the emblem on the other party's robe that the other party is undoubtedly the Tower of Gilles. It is basically unlikely that anyone would dare to fake it, not to mention that it was originally the territory of the princess family, and it is even less likely to be fake.

Judging from the magical aura on the other party, even the mid-level mages of the Seven Towers probably wouldn't be so rich. This Steven was probably a high-level mage.

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

But even so, Xia Duo gave the other party full respect: "Master Steven, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

"Your Excellency Xia Duo, you are welcome. You two are here to take over the watchtower. I have received the notice. Please follow me." Steven looked respectful.

After speaking, he extended a hand to the watch tower behind him, motioning for Xia Duo and Niya to follow. Xia Duo and Niya looked at each other, and they both saw the confirmed information from each other's eyes.

In fact, no matter how many bad assumptions one had before coming here, the possibility that the Watchtower is a trap is extremely low after all.

Not to mention, an ordinary high-ranking mage is so close to Xia Duo, so he really has to play tricks, Xia Duo's flying sword is not a vegetarian.

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

……

As soon as he entered the watchtower, Xia Duo was sure that compared with the Tower of Time, this mage tower was really inferior.

Although from the outside, this watchtower is taller than the Tower of Time, but the inside is too far behind. There are space folding effects almost everywhere inside the Tower of Time, and here——

It looks as big from the outside as it does from the inside, and there is no room for folding, at least Xia Duo didn't see it all the way.

"Your Excellency Xia Duo, Master Savile, this watchtower has been established for nearly 300 years, and it has always served as the lighthouse of Harbor Harbor for the past 300 years, and this duty needs to continue to be performed after the handover."

Speaking of this, Steven paused deliberately, but neither Xia Duo nor Niya showed any concern about it.

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

You must know that no matter whether it is a dwarf or an elf, the amount of mithril exported to Netheril is very tight. Apart from digging the ruins, most of the mithril currently in circulation on the market comes from the distribution of the Arcane Federation.

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

At present, the Tower of Time has realized the mass production of three kinds of magic items (communication magic weapon, vigilance amulet, missile wand), and in the foreseeable future, there will be more types of mass production.

Even now, the mithril reserves of the Tower of Time are a little tight. Before owning the mithril mine, apart from recycling this cost-saving method, the only way to buy it is to open source.

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.

At that time, the demand for resources, especially for Mithril, which is imported in a relatively fixed amount each year, will be increasing.

You can't build a mage tower just to get extra share from the Arcane Federation!
But what if there is a free mage tower?

That's different.

However, the real surprise is yet to come——

Seeing that the two were unmoved, Steven didn't know if the princess had explained in advance, or if the two really didn't care, but he couldn't deliberately mislead, so he quickly explained:

"However, you two don't have to worry. The maintenance cost of the watchtower as a route lighthouse will be borne by the Severton Council. Generally, it is 10 gold coins per year, delivered in the form of mithril and arcane crystals."

Hearing this, the corners of Xia Duo's mouth could not help but rise slightly, and he glanced at Niya, who was also very pleasantly surprised.

Then, Steven said: "In the beginning, the light technique on the top of the watchtower could be seen at night, and it could be easily seen from Sevington, but later, because the maintenance cost was too high, the brightness was reduced year by year until now.

"After the two take over, you can also choose the brightness by yourself. You only need to ensure the normal guiding function of the lighthouse. Specifically, it is to increase the brightness in foggy and rainy weather. It doesn't matter if it is slightly darker at ordinary times. In fact, the materials for 10 gold coins per year are completely It can cover the maintenance of the entire mage tower."

"..."

Maybe there is a balance left!
Xia Duo immediately realized that it was tricky. In fact, the form of the lighthouse could be improved, instead of using diffuse light spells, it would be irradiated in the form of rays, which would save even more.

However, he doesn't know whether the lighthouse in the form of rays can be accepted by the Severton Council. If the maintenance funding is to be reduced because of this, then further research is required.

……

Soon, under the leadership of Steven, Xia Duo and Niya circled up the spiral stairs close to the inner wall of the mage tower, and came to the main control floor of the watchtower.

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 scepter, and released the coherence between himself and the scepter on a round platform about two fingers above the ground with complex lines carved on it.

Then he stepped off the round platform, handed the scepter to Niya, and said, "Master Savile, please stand in the inheritance circle and coordinate with the watch scepter. This is an essential step for transferring authority."

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

After a while, Niya took the scepter and walked down the round platform, with some doubts in her eyes, she asked Steven: "Is this all right?"

"That's all right." Steven replied affirmatively, "There is no tower spirit in this mage tower, and all authority is concentrated on this scepter, and if you master the scepter, you will master this mage tower.

"But be careful, once the scepter leaves the mage tower, you can't operate the mage tower, and the mage tower will automatically enter the alert state."

(End of this chapter)