Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1221 Destiny Trajectory Naxin
"I'm sure I didn't participate in any conspiracy against Cliff. In my opinion, all this was an accident. If Seven Towers intends to frame him, I will definitely rise up and resist!"

Xia Duo said categorically, and at the same time, this was also the truest thought in his heart. A senior arcanist determined to sabotage would cause even the Seven Towers a headache.

It is precisely because of this that in Netheril, senior arcanists have a status second only to grand arcanists, and senior arcanists will be widely consulted before any major decision is made.

Of course, senior arcanists generally respect the results of collective decision-making even when core interests are not involved, especially personal safety, and the minority obeys the majority.

A few extreme situations, whether it is a senior arcanist or a higher-ranking grand arcanist, will try their best to avoid it in advance, and if that happens, it will definitely end with a complete compromise or complete death of one party.

Xia Duo didn't want the most extreme situation to happen to him, but if it did happen, he would definitely let his opponent feel the crazy revenge from his hometown's Unrestricted Warfare ideology.

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Behind the desk, Iolum silently listened to Xia Duo's statement. He did not expect that his nominal student would have such a strong attitude.

Before that, he always thought that Xia Duo was young and mature, good at planning, and good at compromise, but now it reminded him of his youthful appearance, maybe this is the true appearance of young people.

"Don't worry, Seven Towers won't do that, and I won't allow this to happen!"

After thinking about it, Iolum took another book from the bookshelf behind him, brought it to Xia Duo, and said in a gentle tone:

"This is some details of the recent negotiations between the Severton Council and the Northland countries on the Northland Alliance. Take it back and have a look, and prepare early!"

"Negotiation details?"

Shadou didn't understand why Iolum suddenly mentioned this, but he still stretched out his hands and "picked" the book from the void in front of him.

Just as he was about to open it casually to have a look, he suddenly thought of something, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he asked with a little hesitation: "What does the teacher mean——I can leave Severton and return to the southern border now?"

"Yes."

Iolum nodded slightly, then pointed to the new ornament on the table, and explained:
"Even [Track of Destiny] can't find any possibility for you to be involved in this matter, and there will be nothing to say from the Seven Towers. If you want to go back to the southern border, you can leave now."

Following the direction of Iolum's finger, Xia Duo once again set his sights on the strange ornament in the corner of the desk. This thing that resembles a multi-layer hairspring structure is called "Fate Track"?
Is it really possible to test fate?
Xia Duo felt that it was more likely to be used for lie detection. Of course, it does not necessarily only have the function of lie detection. Otherwise, it would be enough to find a priest with a strong sense of devotion instead of using this exclusively.

Maybe there is some kind of function of verifying reality. If so, it may really be related to the legendary "fate".

While thinking, Xia Duo unknowingly kept his eyes on [Fate Track] for a while, as if noticing that Xia Duo had become interested in [Fate Track], Iolum said with a smile:

"What? Curious?"

"Yes." Xia Duo withdrew his gaze and said truthfully.

"Then this [Fate Track] is for you!"

"what?!"

Xia Duo almost doubted his ears, whether he heard something wrong, but Iolum's calm voice appeared in his ears again:

"I said, this [Fate Track] is for you!"

This time, Xia Duo heard it clearly, but he was even more puzzled. This [Fate Trajectory] is very high-ranking. Could it be that Iolum just gave it to himself just because he was curious about it?
Xia Duo was very puzzled.

Facing a wise old man like Iolum, who is well-versed in the world, Xia Duo did not hide his thoughts. To this, Iolum's answer was——

"For me, this is just a toy. As long as I want, I can make it again at any time. Its real function is to link the magic net and let the magic net reveal the fate. It is limited to what happened in the original magic net environment in the past .

"But don't expect to use it to predict the future or go back to the past. If there is no divine grace and holy power of Ms. Mystery, then it will have no effect."

After listening to Iolum's answer, Xia Duo realized that this [Trail of Destiny] is actually not some isolated magical item, but more like a mass product.

Theoretically, any magic item can be mass-produced. There are only a few materials that use a certain replacement element, and it is necessary to analyze the element replaced by that material, or find that material.

Except for a wooden base, this [Fate Track] is made of extremely fine mithril wire, which belongs to the category that can be fully mass-produced.

As for what Iolum said "without holy power, divine grace cannot be used", Xia Duo is not worried, the goddess of magic and the lord of light have big goals, all of his divine arts can be transformed into general arcane magic!

In layman's terms, even the [Fate Trajectory] effect obtained through divine grace and holy power can be transformed into arcane magic, and can be learned by an arcane spellcaster who is not a priestess of the goddess!
In addition, through Iolum's answer, Xia Duo seems to have discovered a secret, and of course this secret is not strictly a secret.

The most magnificent and spectacular mystery temple in Netheril is in Iolum Territory, and the place with the largest proportion and number of magic goddess priests is also in Iolum Territory.

Although Iolum has never explicitly expressed any belief inclinations, isn't it easy to infer that he possesses the holy power and divine grace of the goddess of magic?
What's more, Xia Duo suspected that Iolum sent him [Fate Track] this time, and it was possible that he was "receiving new people" for the group of priests of the goddess.

But for such a solicitation, Xia Duo was not tempted. Even though he personally participated in a new god's ascension ceremony, and he had already begun to perform some steps in the ascension ceremony, he still had a very good understanding of the gods. lack of.

Even if Ms. Faith Mystery didn't have any hidden dangers, he wouldn't do this. He still understood the truth of "Being the head of a chicken rather than the queen of a cow".

Once one accepts the holy power, it means joining a stricter order dominated by other existences, which will inevitably interfere with the order one creates.

He is more inclined to use his own order such as tolerance, absorption, and assimilation of other existing orders, or in the words of his hometown, "seek common ground while reserving differences".

Obviously, accepting the holy power means accepting the "difference" between other existences and oneself, which is regarded as actively accepting assimilation, which is unacceptable to Xia Duo.

As the saying goes, there are no two absolutely identical leaves in the world, nor are there absolutely two identical thoughts, and this also predestined that Xia Duo would not accept the holy power of any god.

Of course, Xia Duo can also accept it first, and then give up after using it. If it is some unavoidable or urgent situation, maybe there will be no problem doing so.

But if you do this frequently, you may have forgotten how the word "God's Punishment" was written.

(End of this chapter)