Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1497
This morning, Xia Duo had just arrived at the laboratory, and Luo Wei and others were inspecting the device, and Brod and Iolum were not there.

Xia Duo was not surprised either. Since the defeat of the drow in the underground war, there have been more trivial matters for the Arcane Federation, and Iolum has also become busy.

Fortunately, the project has already been on the right track, and it is more about verification. The most time-consuming part is actually the construction process of the device. The rest of the discussions and improvements can only take up a small part of it. Iolum is occasionally absent. It does not affect the progress of the project.

As for Broad, after the Severton Council issued the development order, in addition to the newly opened areas on the border, a large number of pioneers also flooded into the Kangqi Plain. Go back and show your face and take a look.

Xia Duo also understands this very well. After all, in the past half a year, it is impossible for him to stay in the Austrian Law Federation all the time, and he often leaves.

In addition to returning to the Tower of Time to accompany Niya every month and inspecting the territory as promised, he also needs regular maintenance on the watchtower.

Sometimes it’s common to go for a day or two, or two or three days, as long as you don’t miss the seminar here.

……

Soon, Lowe and the others finished checking, Xia Duo, as usual, was going to ask Iolum and Brod if they would come, if not, he would start the experiment directly.

As the project has progressed so far, the demand for grand arcanists in the experimental stage is more to clean up the mess. The collection of arcane energy can be done by Luo Wei and others. After all, the power of the device is limited, and it is impossible to collect without limit.

If Iolum and Brod don't come, at most, the service life of the demiplane overlapping with the experimental area will be halved, and that's fine.

After all, this thing was originally prepared as a consumable, and it can be created by spells. The actual cost is probably a matter of requiring the Grand Arcanist to work overtime.

After Xia Duo sent the message, Brod's reaction was normal, saying that he would be there soon, after all, the construction period of the device is long, and it would be a pity to miss it once.

But Iolum's reaction was a bit strange, not to say whether to come or not, but to directly ask Xia Duo to suspend the experiment, which has never happened before.

"Teacher, what's going on? Why can't we continue the experiment?"

"This matter is a bit complicated, and I will explain it to you when I come back."

Afterwards, Xia Duo asked a few more questions, but Iolum responded to all of them, as if he was busy.

……

After a while, Brod came to the laboratory and saw that Iolum was not there, so he asked Xia Duo, "Isn't he coming again, teacher?"

"Well, but it's not just that the teacher didn't come, I'm afraid our experiment will also be suspended for a while."

"The experiment is suspended? What's wrong? What happened? Is there something wrong with the device?" Brod asked in surprise.

Looking at the faces of Luo Wei and others, there was also a look of surprise. They just checked the device, and there was obviously no problem. Why did they cancel today's experiment?

In this regard, Xia Duo told everyone the result of contacting Iolum just now, and everyone expressed their incomprehension.

But no matter what, since Iolum deliberately explained this matter, Xia Duo and others can only temporarily accept this reality, and only wait for Iolum to come back and ask for an explanation.

It's okay to wait a little longer, after all, the most time-consuming part of the project is the construction process of the device.

Here, Xia Duo and Brod stayed in the laboratory to discuss the details of subsequent improvements while waiting for Iolum to come over, and occasionally exchanged guesses about the accident.

Luo Wei and the others left temporarily. In other laboratories, there are at least six devices waiting for them to complete. It is impossible to delay all the time here.

……

Soon it was noon, but Iolum never showed up. Whether it was Xia Duo or Brod, they all had a consistent guess about this matter——

Perhaps the problem lies with the Seven Towers!

Iolum has not shown up for such a long time. According to past experience, the Seven Towers are basically looking for him. Otherwise, what else can hold him back for so long?

But what else will happen to the Seven Towers?
During the whole lunch time, Xia Duo and Brod were discussing this matter, and the directions of the discussion were also various, and they couldn't figure it out at all.

In the afternoon, work continued, and during the time when I devoted myself wholeheartedly, I temporarily forgot about it until I received a notice from Iolum - "Come to my study!"

Xia Duo and Brod looked at each other, and almost unanimously chose to teleport there directly. At this time, I don't care if I'm being rude.

……

Iolum's study.

When Xia Duo and Brod arrived, Iolum was playing with the [Fate Track] ornament on the bookshelf on the wall in the back, which was made up of a large number of mithril filaments and resembled an interlaced clock balance spring.

Of course, it's not just a decoration, it can reveal the future trajectory to a certain extent after being infused with the mysterious holy power of the goddess of magic.

Xia Duo also has this one in his hand, which was given to him by Iolum before, but Xia Duo does not have the mysterious holy power. In his hands, this thing is really a decoration, and it is just taken out to play with occasionally.

Seeing that Iolum was casting a spell, Xia Duo and Brod didn't say a word to interrupt, but stood aside and watched silently.

I don't know how long it took, Iolum finally finished the ceremony, turned around with a trace of fatigue, and waved to Xia Duo and Brod, "Sit first, let me sort out my thoughts."

After finishing speaking, he sat on the chair behind the desk and picked up the mithril pen at hand, but he did not write anything, but let the pen suspend and make irregular circular motions around his fingertips .

Fortunately, this process didn't last long. Xia Duo sat down and took out the notes he carried with him to flip through them. After only reading two pages, he heard Iolum's voice:
"You have probably guessed that I went to the Seven Towers in the morning, but the suspension of the experiment is not directly related to the Seven Towers. The cause of this incident is that Comanthor proposed to restrict large-scale magic activities at the Northland Alliance meeting. , and named Netheril, I think the elves may have sensed something when they suddenly said that."

Xia Duo raised his head, just in time to see Iolum looking at him: "When you contacted me in the morning, Badigal was talking to me about this matter, even if you don't contact me, I will inform you to suspend the experiment. "

Xia Duo was about to ask a question, but Brod had already spoken first:
"There's no reason! How could the elves know what we're doing? Besides, what's the point even if they knew? Could it be that he said restrictions, so we have to automatically accept them?"

"Brod, don't worry, of course it is impossible to let the elves have the final say on this matter."

Saying that, Iolum looked at Xia Duo again, "What do you think about this matter?"

Xia Duo was about to ask some details about the process of the elf's proposal, trying to find the possible relationship between it and the experiment, but suddenly realized that what Iolum had just said to Brod had already clearly indicated that the elf's proposal was related to the experiment.

(End of this chapter)