Lord of Arcane

Chapter 179 Puppet

At this moment, Epps even wondered if the person in front of him might be a puppet. He heard that there is a puppet country in the far east, which can produce puppets that are comparable to real humans.

But only the elves of Cormanthor know how to contact them, but as the great arcanist Brod, it must not be difficult to obtain a puppet from the elves.

With this in mind, Epps deliberately observed the expression and behavior of Butler Miller, hoping to find out any doubts.

"Lord Epps, do you have any other questions?" Butler Miller asked again, as if Epps would leave if he didn't answer.

Epps hurriedly said, "Are the other students of Lord Broad free now?"

"I can't disclose it without authorization, but if you don't mind, Lord Savile can wait here for a while. They will attend the regular meeting of the Mage Tower in four days."

This time, Butler Miller said more, and Epps did not see any sign that the other party was not a real person, but he absolutely couldn't wait for four days, so he asked again:
"Can I issue tasks in the Mage Tower?"

"Sorry, you don't have the relevant authority." Butler Miller refused with a smile as always.

Epps's expectant expression began to become distorted. No matter how good his attitude was, he couldn't maintain it now. He was extremely disappointed.

He originally wanted to find a few high-ranking mages to go back to support the scene by issuing tasks, but he didn't expect to be rejected again!
Epps tried his best to restrain his emotions and offered to leave, "In this case, I will leave first."

"Lord Savile, please follow me."

Without any retention, Epps was very aggrieved by Miller's straightforward attitude.

Epps is not worried about the need to borrow the space door of the Mage Tower to leave. The Mage Tower of Grand Arcanist Brod hardly restricts anyone from visiting and leaving, as long as they pay.

Epps was very dissatisfied with this trip. He couldn't help but wonder if his grandfather was still alive, would he still be treated like this?
No one could answer his question, so Epps could only go to the teleportation room full of disappointment.

When he arrived at the teleportation room, Butler Miller waited quietly at the door. At this moment, Epps finally realized that no matter whether Butler Miller was a puppet or not, he was always a high-level mage on the surface.

Letting a high-ranking mage come to receive him is a kind of importance in itself. If only an ordinary person is used to receive him, he has no room for objection at all.

Thinking of this, Epps temporarily stopped leaving, turned around and said, "Thank you, Butler Miller, for your hospitality."

After finishing speaking, he stepped into the teleportation room, activated the teleportation circle and left the white tower.

Outside the teleportation room, Butler Miller, who watched Epps leave, suddenly had a very programmed expression on his face, "Epps Savile? What a lucky guy!"

As soon as the words fell, the expression returned to the usual expression before, and the whole body disappeared under the envelope of a white light.

……

Savile Collar, Town Hall.

The return of the lord was not a small event. After receiving the news, all leaders in the territory rushed to the town hall to wait for the lord's instructions.

The newly-promoted arcanist Eberke even teleported here immediately. The mayor, Sean, was already waiting in the conference room. After seeing Eberke, he asked:
"Cecily came back and told me that Niya doesn't even have time to rest recently. What do you think is going on?"

Eberke, who was asked, hadn't reacted yet, and was dazed for a moment, before Thain complained again, "I said to take my time, why are you pushing Niya out too early?"

It turned out to be this matter, and Eberke almost understood, "Brother Thain, don't be angry, because of the arcane competition recently, Niya also wanted to help! As for the matter of letting Nya take over the territory, this is Epps. decided, I don't know."

Eberke, Lord Epps, and Mayor Sain grew up together. Although their later developments are different, they have always had a good relationship and know each other quite well.

If he told Seenia that Epps had made a decision because he had some kind of revelation when he advanced, even though Thain would eventually agree to this decision, Thain would definitely blame him again.

Therefore, he simply pushed it to Epps, and Eberke knew that it was impossible for Thain to be angry with Epps.

Sure enough, as soon as Eberke mentioned Epps, most of Thain's anger disappeared, and the rest was directed at himself and Eberke.

The two chatted for a while, and then talked about the upcoming celebration. Eberke originally didn't want to be so high-profile, but Lord Epps had decided that he could only continue.

As for the arcane competition, Eberke is even less interested. Restricting the newly recruited mages and the range of spells that can be cast, the originally romantic and free arcane competition has become a stereotyped performance of a crappy bard.

What a disappointment!
But he also understands that the current influence of the territory alone is not enough to hold a real arcane competition. He only hopes that the lord's side will go smoothly, otherwise this arcane competition may end in a farce .

Not long after, Ke Yaen, the military director of Savile Land, came, and Eberke stopped chatting with Thain. After that, everyone who was qualified to participate in the meeting came one by one.

Abeck looked at it, and the people from the temple hadn't arrived yet, and of course Lord Epps did too.

……

The Tower of Time, Lord's study.

Lord Epps, who was planning to go to the town hall for a meeting, was blocked by his daughter in the study. Niya put a few pieces of parchment with writing in front of Epps.

"Father, I received these from the communication room during your absence!"

Epps took the parchment, flipped it over, and the expression on his face was surprisingly exciting, but Nya, who noticed this scene, immediately asked, "Father, is this true?"

The information on these parchments came from Severton, the notice received by Archmage Auron to Savile. At the beginning of next month, he will take his apprentices to participate in Eberke's advancement ceremony, and after that, Auron art competition.

Along with this notification, there are also information about the few participating apprentices. The quality of these apprentices can be said to be far superior to the mages in the territory.

This is also the main reason why Niya strictly trains Xia Duo and Ganal.

Seeing his daughter's searching eyes with hidden worry, Lord Epps showed a warm smile on his face, "It's true, but don't worry, I visited Archmage Oron in the Arcane Federation before, he is here for We support it!"

Although the real situation is that Epps did not mention any arcane competition to Archmage Auron, this notice shows that the princess must be safe.

Maybe other than the people brought by Archmage Auron, there will be other people participating!

The only pity is that he didn't see His Excellency the Grand Arcanist Brod this time, otherwise, even if he just talked about it at the ceremony, it would have added some influence to the Savile collar.

"Okay, Niya, I'm going to a meeting." Epps stood up and left the desk, before he was about to transmit, he said again, "Don't forget to eat lunch, I'll let Taling supervise you! "

After speaking, he disappeared.

"Father—" Niya only had time to call out halfway before being interrupted by Ta Ling's urging—

"Inheritor Nya, the master ordered - don't forget to eat lunch!"

The second half of the sentence was clearly the voice of Lord Epps. When Niya heard it, she kicked her father's desk, copied the message from Archmage Auron, and ran out covering her ears.

　The so-called puppet country is Imasca, the country of artificers. Puppets are almost like robots. The difference between artificers and mages is that they do not pursue their own spellcasting ability, but create magic tools to achieve spell effects.

If a mage pursues making magical implements, he can become an artificer, but he is also a mage.

The classification rules are different. A mage is similar to a degree, such as a college student or an elementary school student, while an artificer is similar to a specific occupation, such as a driver or a teacher.

As for Imasca, it is similar to ancient Egypt. The king is called the Lord of Artificers. This one is far away from Nether, and I can’t meet it for the time being, so I won’t make a map.

Afterwards a rough map of the sprite will be made.

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