Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1658 Reminder of the original site
This alone has at least doubled the construction (material) cost of this mage tower, and if the waste of materials due to integrated pouring is included, the cost will be even higher.

Fortunately, time itself is also a resource, and it is a very important non-renewable resource, but Mithril can be bought with gold coins.

Xia Duo's current construction method can save him a lot of time. In his opinion, exchanging gold coins for time couldn't be more cost-effective.

At the same time, for Xia Duo who has already mastered [Element Extraction], the cost of high-grade Mithril can no longer be simply doubled by the outside standard, but should be converted into the cost of standard Mithril.

Calculated in this way, the material cost is not too exaggerated, at least for now, it is within his acceptable range.

……

After the pouring of the Mithril components is completed, it is time to link the magic net.

Of course there are magic items that do not need to be connected to the magic net, but their structures are complex, requiring all mithril components to act as energy flow channels, and the efficiency is low, which can only guarantee the existence of functions, not the combination of functions.

The upgrade and upgrade function of the Tower of Time can only reach the level of linking the first level of the magic net at most. If the first level is not linked, the cost may be really unimaginable.

In order to prevent the magic net from being stripped by the enemy, Xia Duo's thinking is completely different from Savile's. In his opinion, Savile's thinking is still a bit too passive. What he uses is to control a large area of ​​the magic net environment through mythical locks.

It prevents the magic net from being interfered by outsiders from the root.

Therefore, apart from the main body of the Floating Void City, he did design a relegation plan to be more secure, while the subsidiary mage tower did not have it at all.

The magic network direct connection is simpler and the cost will be lower.

The so-called "subsidiary" means that it does not have or affect the main function. When it comes to the kind of crisis that even the main body of the floating city can hardly avoid, the subsidiary mage tower alone cannot turn the tide.

It might as well be simpler!

……

Before the establishment of the Mystic Lock in the Floating Void City, Xia Duo put the work of linking the magic net on the main plane. After all, he really didn't want to build an additional adapter device for a mere subsidiary mage tower.

Anyway, if it is to be used on the main plane, it is better to build it on the main plane.

As for large-scale magic activities, anyway, there are still a few days before the effective date of the magic restriction treaty. Xia Duo believes that, besides him, other people will definitely work on the full time before the effective date of the treaty.

If you don't do it now, it will be uncomfortable after the treaty takes effect.

I just don’t know how the Priest Komanthor, who is in charge of monitoring large-scale magical activities in the Northland, will feel when he finds out about this situation. Whether he is glad that Netheril was restrained in time, or regrets that the treaty did not appear and take effect in advance.

No matter what the elves think, Xia Duo is very upset now anyway, and he must go to Cormanthor for a friendly visit after the floating city is completed.

……

Savile collar.

The adventurer Charlie just finished a mission to clean up the goblins, and he and his companions were talking and laughing towards the town. It was getting late, and if he went late, there would be no seats.

Just as they were about to reach Zhenxi Stone Bridge, Charlie accidentally tripped over a stone under his feet, staggered and almost fell.

At this moment, he heard the surprised and excited voices of several companions, "Look! The Mage Tower has appeared again!"

When Charlie stood up straight, several companions around had already rushed forward, and Charlie hurriedly chased after him. At this time, he had also noticed that a taller spire had appeared at the original location of the Tower of Time.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the color of the tower body and the sky could be discerned vaguely. Charlie screamed "Wait for me", and then suddenly quickened his pace.

At the same time, like Charlie's companions, there were quite a few people who just happened to witness the subsidiary mage tower appearing out of thin air, and the mage tower didn't just appear for a moment, but existed all the time after it appeared.

As a result, the people who had nothing to do in the town began to gather in the central square, and some of them even wanted to sneak through the mage's path in the northwest corner of the square to take a closer look at the new mage's tower.

But at this time, the mage's path was already full of guards, and before those daring approached, they were warned to stay away.

However, the roads between the villa area in the north and the area where the mage tower is located were not blocked, and indeed many businessmen, officials, and their families living in the villa area came to watch.

In this case, Xia Duo was not in a hurry to link the magic net for the subsidiary mage tower, but was chatting with Orepus who had also heard the news.

With one person and one elf, it was easy to talk about the topic of spice smuggling. Orepus was deeply touched by this:

"Comanso's side is still too slow at the bottom, but the scale of our smuggling is difficult to expand. No matter how big it is, it may arouse the vigilance of the upper family."

"It's okay, just maintain the current scale, I believe Lord Collins will understand."

"Lord Xiaduo—"

Orepus hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "Is that Ms. Sif really from the Mooncrown family?"

"No."

Realizing that Orepus had noticed something, Xia Duo decided to reveal some information to the other party. Thinking of this, he immediately cast a sound-proof enchantment, and then said:

"The identity of Ms. Sif may be true or false, but she is definitely not the one from the Yueguan family. Just treat her as a very powerful secret existence. Don't ask too much. As for her name, I don't know." I'll tell you, so as not to alarm her."

Hearing that Xia Duo couldn't even say his name, Oreps was shocked, and probably guessed the identity of that lady Sif.

"I know, that kind of existence is really not something I can inquire about."

"As for the name 'Sif', it's best not to mention it in the future, if you don't want to be noticed by the Mooncrown family."

Considering the instability of cooperation with Hilda Lanna, Xia Duo also proposed, "While using the channels provided by the other party, we should also try our best to open up new sales channels that are not known by the other party."

"But isn't that—" Orepus deliberately lowered his voice at this point, "Isn't she a high-ranking mage? How could I hide such an existence from her?"

"Of course we can't hide it from her who is willing to investigate. It's just an extra layer of insurance. In fact, as long as she tells us our identities, Cormanthor will take the initiative to investigate. There is no need for her to investigate in person."

Speaking of this, Orepus almost understood that the "Sif" lady probably had some problems with the crowned king of Cormanthor, but the relationship with Lord Xiaduo was not as good as he imagined.

There is always nothing wrong with being careful about everything.

"Then I won't bother Lord Xiaduo."

After finishing speaking, Orepus gave a slight salute and did not stay at the scene. He could see that Lord Xiaduo was going to enchant this unfinished mage tower, and it was inappropriate for him to stay here, so he left directly.

(End of this chapter)