Lord of Arcane

Chapter 193 Alien Mage
Recently, the mage tower seems to be a lot more busy. There are mages passing by from time to time in the aisles, corridors, and elevators.

If in the past an apprentice could only see a formal mage three times a day at most, now he can see at least ten times a day.

Because of Eberke's advanced celebration and the arcane competition, mages have received many tasks, even Xia Duo, who is going to participate in the arcane competition, is no exception.

The Mage Tower arranged for him to receive two mages from the core area of ​​the empire, take them to browse the public floor of the Mage Tower, introduce the situation of the territory, and then send them to the residence on the sixth floor.

The two pointed and pointed along the way. According to them, only this Mage Tower could be seen in the Savile Territory. As for the Mage, they have already lost touch with the core of the empire.

"Master Xia Duo, have you seen elves?" one of the tall mages suddenly asked.

Xia Duo really wanted to say that he had seen it with his own eyes, but the other party didn't give him a chance to speak, "The elf is very handsome, once you see it, you will never forget it. I think I once met the elf in the mage's club in Severton. Talking and laughing."

As he spoke, he licked his lips as if reminiscing, and his companion, a slightly shorter mage, pushed him. It seemed that his companion also felt that it was too exaggerated.

The tall mage quickly came to his senses, pretended to smile heartily, and said, "I won't talk about elves, low-key, low-key! Master Xia Duo, have you ever been to a different plane?"

Now, Xia Duo really hadn't been there, but the place he came from might be regarded as a different plane, so he didn't answer, and the tall mage began to talk about his experience of traveling to a different plane.

It’s just that in Xia Duo’s ears, it’s a bit like Long Aotian’s novels—meeting the great arcanist and getting appreciation, giving gifts, encountering dangers on a different plane, and then the gifts saved him from danger.

Is there anyone in Nether who writes novels?Or is it true that this novice sorcerer's mind-replenishing power is so powerful that he can actually influence a great arcanist?
To be honest, Xia Duo was a little disappointed with the performance of these two foreign mages. He thought they were all talents, but unexpectedly they were eloquent.

He became a little impatient, "You two, there will be opportunities to tell stories about the different planes in the future, so let me take you to the resting place first!"

"Master Xia Duo, don't you want to venture into the core area of ​​the empire?"

"..."

Xia Duo rolled his eyes. The task he received was clearly a reception, but in fact it was to attract foreign mages to join the territory and the Tower of Time. Unexpectedly, others would also want to kidnap people!
"You two, I am an official member of the Tower of Time. Let me take the two of you to a resting place first!" Xia Duo made a "please" gesture.

Since they are official members of the Tower of Time, it is naturally impossible for them to be wooed casually by them. The two foreign mages were also a little disgruntled, and they talked less along the way.

After arranging the residences of the two, Xia Duo immediately went to the task management office and reported how he received the two foreign mages.

Xia Duo felt that someone might be arranged behind the mage tower to contact him, but this had nothing to do with him. After handing over the task, Xia Duo was fine.

……

The Arcane Garden is as bright as day all year round.

After dinner, in the orchard of the Arcane Garden, under the apple tree where Xia Duo often stayed, dozens of apprentices gathered in a circle, waiting for the four who looked like leaders in the middle to speak.

But those four people obviously didn't want to speak, and turned a blind eye to the already agitated crowd. At this time, a blond fat man emerged from the crowd and came to the middle of the open space surrounded by everyone.

He leaned over to the four leaders and whispered, "It's almost 6 o'clock, it seems that Xia Duo won't be coming, why don't we start first?"

"No, wait any longer!" It was Dean who spoke.

Although in terms of influence in the mage tower, he is far behind Edric, and even Sami and Devine are not as good, but he has the highest voice in the organization.

The reason is naturally because of Xia Duo, and he is also very aware of this, insisting that if Xia Duo does not come, the apprenticeship competition will not start.

And Edric, Sammy and others also recognized Dean's words. Although the fat boy Donald was accepted as a member of the organization, he was obviously only at the bottom of the ranks.

As for the dozens of apprentices around, they are just potential members who agree with the organization's philosophy, and they are the contestants in this apprenticeship competition.

Dean, Edric and others were originally planned to participate together, but finally gave up. They no longer need to pass this apprenticeship competition to gain recognition.

After all, they already represent the organization, and it should be other talents who need to be recognized by the organization and join the organization.

……

On the other hand, Xia Duo didn't procrastinate on purpose, but was too busy recently, and the form of the apprentice competition had been changed several times, so he didn't think of the Arcane Garden at the first time.

The first stop he went to was actually the spell practice room on the library floor. It was only when he got there that he remembered that the first round of the apprentice competition was in the Arcane Garden, and the actual spell-casting competition was held in the second round.

Realizing that he might be late, Xia Duo rushed to the Arcane Garden without stopping. When he arrived, he happened to see Dean and others comforting a group of apprentices.

From a distance, Xia Duo shouted, "Dean, Edric, here I come!"

"Mage Xia Duo is here!"

The crowd became agitated and tended to surround Xia Duo. Edric immediately maintained the order of the scene. Fortunately, there were only twenty or thirty people. Under Edric's command, everyone immediately formed a welcoming formation.

Dean and others greeted him, "Xia Duo, you are finally here!"

"Well, there's been a lot of things lately, so it's been delayed. Why don't you start first? You don't have to wait for me."

"What if you don't come!" Dean pulled Xia Duo to the apple tree, and motioned for Eldridge to start.

Edric once opened a store in the library's transcription room and was a celebrity in the Mage Tower, and he is now considered the face of the organization. In the eyes of a certain kind of apprentice, he has more prestige than Dean.

Eldrich contributed a lot to organizing the apprenticeship competition.

"Everyone, everyone came here with the same idea. They are all companions and friends. Competition requires competition, but please remember that friendship comes first and competition comes second."

Then, Eldridge asked everyone to stand apart and conduct the first round of the apprenticeship competition—the paper test. Sammy, Devine, and Donald distributed the test papers prepared in advance to everyone.

Under the apple tree, Dean was flattering Xia Dao, "Xia Duo, how did you come up with the idea of ​​using this form of competition? And the phrase 'friendship first, competition second' is too good!"

Those who praised didn't feel anything, but those who were praised felt a little embarrassed. Xia Duo didn't remember when he mentioned that he could pass a paper test to select some people, and he could also see how everyone's foundation is. .

What else is "friendship first, competition second", it is really inappropriate to say it in the mage tower, if not for the young people who were sent to the mage tower as soon as they reached adulthood, they would probably be immune immediately.

Looking at the group of apprentices who were struggling to answer the questions, Xia Duo asked Dean, "Who do you think can be absorbed into the organization?"

Most of the apprentices here are Xia Duo's former workers in the Arcane Garden, but there are some unfamiliar faces, but he has been away from the Arcane Garden for a while, and he has been very busy during this time, so he does not know the specific progress.

"Most of these apprentices agree with the philosophy of the organization, I think—"

(End of this chapter)