Lord of Arcane

Chapter 243 Cook
When he came near the Mysuo, he first checked the physical "traps" around him, and after finding nothing abnormal, Xia Duo entered the Mysuo.

The magic arrow is still in place, but the area where it was originally was almost hollowed out by Xia Duo, and dozens of thin brackets cut from branches completely fixed it in place.

It was originally inserted obliquely on the ground, and then covered with humus and floating soil, but now it is suspended and fixed by brackets.The aura on the magic arrow is still there, weak but still strong, and does not want to be completely extinguished.

Xia Duo grabbed a handful of leaves from yesterday's cutting of the brackets and placed them on the edge of Tanfang, spread the notes on his knees, and just started to record.

This magic arrow is quite precise, far more complicated than the [Concentration Ring] in Xia Duo's hand, and it involves different levels of the magic net. It is impossible for Xia Duo, who only touched the second layer of magic net, to record it completely .

What he can record now is only part of it, but even this part is not a small project.

And this is also the first time Xia Duo used secret scripts to record notes. This magic arrow is worthy of him. Not even encrypted.

In fact, what he has learned and known now comes from the Tower of Time, and a 2-level spell is nothing to the Mage Tower.

Encryption not only embarrasses others, but actually embarrasses himself, unless he uses Chinese characters he is familiar with, but Xia Duo is not yet ready to use Chinese characters on a large scale.

There is a saying that as long as a text appears more in this world, the easier it is to be deciphered. The deciphering here is not only through linguistic analysis, but through magical violence.

That's why there is a saying that all mages need personal secret texts.

Furthermore, Chinese characters are very unique in expressing meaning, and Chinese is also a mature language that is more complex than Nether language and simpler than Elvish language, so it may cause trouble if it appears rashly.

Xia Duo only occasionally records in Chinese when Naise language is difficult to express, and even then uses pinyin.

In the next few days, Xia Duo was like clocking in and going to work in the fan lock. From early morning to dusk, he was on time every day.

Until all the elements that can be recorded are recorded, the "Owen" is coming soon, probably in the next few days.

The last time he went back to the Tower of Time, he made an appointment to go to Severton with Niya. In addition to letting Nya read the [Natherian Scroll], Xia Duo was also looking forward to it. What is the real core of Netheril like?
The descriptions in the book are often one-sided and indirect. Xia Duo has been fascinated by the "City of Seven Towers" and the Arcane Union for a long time, but he has never had the opportunity to travel.

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On this day, Xia Duo was on the "construction site" inspecting the work of a group of citizens. Norman, a soldier from the Qiaoqi team who was in charge of guarding the river bank, came to report:

"My lord, the 'Lucky Owen' has arrived."

"Ah."

Xia Duo nodded, and did not go to the landing point to wait for the first time. He knew that there was not much to look forward to on this boat, probably food!
After a while, Layton also seemed to have received the news. He first came to see Xia Duo, and then the two came to the landing point together, and the "Owen" had already put down the springboard.

Old Owen was instructing the crew to move the supplies to the shore. When he saw Xia Duo coming, he quickly saluted and reported the situation of the trip, "My lord, this ship has transported 20000 pounds of semolina in total, and there is a cook and a servant. Manager Erman said that these two people were hired with money, not recruited citizens."

Hearing that there was a cook, Xia Duo was a little happy at first. Now the staple food in the camp is ready-made bread. With more and more people, buying ready-made food will become more and more troublesome and costly.

It's just that this cook is not his leader, which is a bit of a pity.

But if he really became his leader, Xia Duo probably wouldn't be willing to give up such precious manpower to be some kind of cook. It would be true to cut down trees for me.

Now the easy-to-clear shrubs near the camp have all been cleared, and the ground has been completely burned, but the next step is hard stubble.

In this primeval forest with no traces of human activities, one or two arms of trees are almost everywhere, and it is already a snicker to meet a tree as thick as a thigh.

At this point, it will be very difficult to expand the soil. Such a big tree is not only to be brought down, but also to be cleaned up. Whether it is made into timber or burned directly, it is not a small project.

In addition, the ground is not completely flat. If it is just uneven terrain, it is fine. The key is that some places are rocks.

Cleaning up these stones is no small project.

It will take three months to clear a forest with a radius of five miles on the earth, let alone three years.

In the absence of advanced tools, the so-called productivity is people!Xia Duo needs a large number of people, a large number of people who can be controlled by him at will.

Looking around, Xia Duo asked again in a low voice: "Did Arman tell you about the special channel?"

The so-called special channels are slaves, but the reputation of engaging in the slave trade is not good after all. Generally speaking, few chambers of commerce are willing to admit it openly, just doing it without talking about it.

"My lord, the current Saville leader can't buy any slaves. When I came here, Manager Arman specially asked me to tell my lord that the Liadon Chamber of Commerce has gone to Conifera City to search, but it will take time."

"Time, yes, it takes time." Xia Duo was silent, not only the Liadon Chamber of Commerce needed time, but the Slavin Chamber of Commerce also needed time.

And it may take longer, after all, going to the mainland is much farther than going to Conifera in the east!
If he has talents in training slaves, he is ready to catch the orcs, or if he knows that he will get a territory, he can prepare in advance.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help becoming very interested in prophecy spells. Even if he could only get some specious fragments, he could still gain a lot of advantages.

It's just that Xia Duo has never heard of any mage who is proficient in divination, not even those famous mages with personal biographies.

Only certain clergy make predictions, but most of the time they are inaccurate, and it's hard to tell if the future has been changed or if it's really inaccurate.

For Xia Duo, predicting spells and so on may just be a luxury.

Soon, all the supplies were put into storage, and Xia Duo took the time to chat with the cook named "Cook".

When he learned that the cook would rather take unknown risks to come to a start-up pioneering territory, just to save a monthly salary of 20 gold coins to teach his son magic, Xia Duo didn't know what to say.

I can’t say anything about recruitment (the leaders don’t give cash), of course, it’s impossible to raise wages, and 20 gold coins per month is double that of a normal cook.

He's not a peerless chef, he's just an ordinary cook, maybe even worse than Xia Duo!

(End of this chapter)