Lord of Arcane

Xia Duo thought about it and decided to participate in this council meeting. There was a difference between hearing from others and witnessing it in person. Moreover, he also wanted to know the specific situation as soon as possible and might make different decisions accordingly.

So he quickly tidied up the laboratory, and then found Niya. The two sat in front of the projection window in the study, chatting while waiting for the meeting to start.

"How is the progress of the Mystery Lock project recently? Do you need to add more manpower?"

"The progress is slow, but there is no need to add more manpower for the time being." Niya flipped her hair casually, then put her hand on Sha Duo's leg and said in a relaxed tone.

Her current research is basically still in the theoretical stage. Based on the now completed 1.0 communication mystery lock, she is trying to develop a new and further version. Even if experimental verification is needed in the future, additional experimental personnel will not be needed.

Of course, if there is someone who can actually participate in the research, she will still be happy to accept it, but the current backbone of the Tower of Time is very lacking, let alone the truly powerful ones who can participate in the research of the Mystery Lock.

So what Niya said was actually a helpless move. Who doesn’t want to have a powerful team?
"Manpower is still needed. The last three phases of inheritance are already being arranged. This time I plan to train a group of people to specialize in the field of myth locks."

Considering the importance of myth locks, this is almost an inevitable choice for Shado, but his original plan was to train myth lock researchers in later generations of inheritance ceremonies.

The reason for moving forward now is mainly for Niya, and of course because other projects have already been laid. A lot of preliminary work can already be carried out. The problem of insufficient personnel can be supplemented slowly, and it does not necessarily have to be completed all at once.

Many projects cannot see results in a short period of time. For example, the lunar exploration project requires long-term investment to achieve results. Xia Duo is now more inclined to launch more projects and then slowly fill in the personnel.

He was planning to use some of the original three-phase inheritance personnel to start new projects. Now if Niya needs it, then it doesn't matter if he has a little bit of it in the future.

Once the Mystic talents are trained, they can also use it themselves. There is no situation where one person uses it and the other person cannot use it. He also has Mystic-related projects.

For example, the dynamic update of My Lock is a huge problem that no one in the future will be able to circumvent if it wants to become bigger and stronger.

The Red Heart Alliance had not been able to solve it until Xia Duo left, so as long as there was a chance, Xia Duo had to consider planning in advance, otherwise it would be too late to wait until the day when it was needed to consider research.

The inheritance ceremony can basically be regarded as a crude version of higher education. Although it may reduce the growth limit of the inheritor, it is indeed difficult for Sha Duo to refuse to use such a method.

This is probably the so-called "generational sacrifice" in the development of civilization.

……

After chatting with Niya about his future development plans for the Tower of Time Mystery Lock field, the faint sense of urgency in Sha Duo's heart was finally released.

After a while, a notification came from Severington, saying that the remote conference could be connected, so Sha Duo activated the magic weapon and joined the remote conference.

When he saw Niya's figure next to him in the projection conference hall, Sha Duo couldn't help but ask: "Didn't you agree to come later? Why are you here now?" "I'm a little bored outside alone. Just followed in."

"All right!"

The projected illusion provided by the remote meeting was not a different space. Xia Duo's body was actually sitting in the study room. However, he could completely understand Niya's words and came in as soon as he came in. He was going to have a meeting anyway.

He let Niya take a look around, while he observed the connected members. Apart from him and Niya, only a few people from the Seventh Tower came, and the rest were probably waiting to come in at the moment before the meeting started.

This system was originally provided by the Tower of Time. The fantasy created by the scene seemed real, but in fact, if you look carefully, there are still many flaws. Sha Duo did not mind this scene, but directly sent a communication request to Badigal.

In the current scene in the conference hall, the two of them seemed to be in the same room. In fact, they were just backgrounds for each other. Of course, with Badigal's authority, he could unilaterally contact him.

Soon, Xia Duo's communication request was granted, and the distance between the two quickly shortened. At the same time, the surrounding scene became blurred. Xia Duo knew that this was the private communication scene that came with the remote conference system.

Because it was his own product, Xia Duo was very relieved about it. He observed Badigal and found that there was a trace of fatigue in the other person's seemingly relaxed expression. It seemed that the other person must be quite busy recently.

Since the meeting was about to start, Shado did not beat around the bush, but went straight to the point and asked: "Speaker Badigal, what happened to Irusk mentioned in the previous notice? Is there any inside information about the Seven Towers? "

"As for Senator Shado, I won't say anything about those scenes. Irusk does intend to move closer to Netheril, and the Seven Towers also intend to accept them after discussion. This matter itself is very beneficial to Netheril. Because this will increase our voice in the Northland Alliance, the only thing we can worry about is Ilfaran’s attitude.”

Acceptance is not annexation, but acceptance of the other party as a member of Netheril's circle of interests, similar to Akora, who is called a "partner", but is actually a vassal, but it sounds nicer to the outside world.

As for what Badigal said about increasing Netheril's voice in the Northern Alliance, this is actually easy to understand. All decisions of the Northern Alliance require votes from all countries, and the big countries have a veto power.

Although Irusk is only a small country that has just established a national system, its voting rights are real. In the past, Irusk relied on Irfalan, and voting basically followed Irfalan.

Currently, Elfaran and Netheril are still allies, and there are no obvious differences between the two sides on various matters in the North, but this may not necessarily be the case in the future.

After all, they are two different countries, and even have different races. Their interest demands cannot be completely consistent. If there are differences between the two parties in the future, the party with more say will naturally have an advantage.

It can be said that as long as Netheril has the slightest vision, it will not ignore a country like Irusk that is also dominated by humans.

Shado probably understood what Badigal was thinking. He neither wanted to refuse Irusk's approach nor wanted to arouse Ilfran's dissatisfaction. It was a typical "want and want at the same time".

Therefore, this requires him, a person who has a good understanding of elven society and has had many interactions with elves, to take action. (End of chapter)