Lord of Arcane

Chapter 297 The Secret Hand
When he came to the reception room, Xia Duo didn't see the so-called guests, only Niya and Cecily, another female apprentice of Lord Epps, were present.

The two whispered something, and when they saw Xia Duo approaching, they stopped immediately, and Cecily gave him a slight salute, which made Xia Duo feel much more refreshed.

"Cecily, you go back first, I'll find you later."

"Yes!"

Cecily responded, and left quickly. Before leaving, she gave Xia Duo a slight salute. After Cecily left, Niya didn't say a word, but just stared at Xia Duo with complicated eyes.

cough--

"That——Niya? Mentor?" Xia Duo coughed dryly and took the lead to break the deadlock. Without Lord Epps, he felt that Nya was even more unpredictable.

When Xia Duo called her a mentor, Niya narrowed her gaze a little and said, "Don't call me a mentor from now on, call me Niya."

"okay!"

"There are two main reasons for looking for you." But Niya changed her voice and asked, "Do you know where the Tower of Time is now?"

"Are you lost in the ruins?"

Because of Lord Epps' matter, Nya might be very sensitive to this place, so Xia Duo could only say cautiously, but what connection does Nya have with him and the Mystic Ruins?

Niya added: "The development of the Great Xia Territory cannot be stopped. I will ask the mayor of Thain to provide you with sufficient personnel and supplies."

Huh?
Xia Duo glanced at Niya in surprise, but nothing unusual could be seen from the expression on her face.

Is it because of his status as a pioneer, or something else?Xia Duo kept speculating in his heart, but he quickly agreed, "No problem, I understand!"

"One more thing, some troublesome guests will come over soon." Niya pointed to the seat beside her, "You sit next to me, you don't need to say anything, just listen."

After finishing speaking, she seemed to think of something again, and said quickly: "By the way, take out the pioneer scepter bestowed by Her Highness the Princess! Hurry up! People are coming!"

Xia Duo was a little puzzled, but quickly took out the pioneer scepter, and sat next to Niya. The crimson robe and silver-white scepter, plus Xia Duo's deliberately stern face, seemed quite thing.

Just a few seconds after sitting down, I heard a vague conversation coming from outside the reception room. There were about four people, and Xia Duo could only recognize that one of them was Abeck.

The other three should be the visitors that Niya mentioned, but I don't know where they came from. Listening to their conversation, it seems that they are talking about some interesting things about Severton?
From Sevington?Is it from the Austrian Law Federation?Or someone else?

Just when Xia Duo was secretly guessing, people had already entered, besides Eberke, there was also an old man and two middle-aged men.

what--

If he hadn't known in advance that the guest was a guest, and he was the troublesome guest that Nya said, Xia Duo would have thought that these people were friends of Abeke.

Like Eboke, these people are all dressed in blue robes, with blue and white star holy emblems hanging on their chests, and have one-foot-long hair.

The only difference is that each of the three guests has an extra gorgeous cloak and a short staff, while Eboke is just a longer staff.

"My lord, Lord Xiaduo, these three are arcanists from [Hidden Hand]—"

Abeck pointed to one of the middle-aged men with a slightly serious face, and introduced: "Master Olins!"

The other two, the one who looked like an old man was called Jelup, and the other middle-aged man was Egbold.

Afterwards, Eberke introduced Niya to the three arcanists—the Tata Lord of Time, Lord Saville Lord, and Xia Duo—the pioneer and Lord Great Xia.

Of course, there is the most important thing - the ruins outside belong to the Great Xia Territory, and Xia Duo is Niya's husband, and the Tower of Time happens to be in the ruins.

After some introductions and pleasantries, we finally got to the point. As the representative of the three, the Arcanist Egbold said:
"Lord Niyata, Lord Xiaduo, the [Hidden Hand] discovered that the magic net here was damaged not long ago. If it is not stopped and repaired in time, it may cause even greater harm."

After hearing Egbode's words, Niya immediately knew what she was saying, "Three, the Mystic Lock is located in the Great Xia Territory, and the Tower of Time and the Great Xia Territory are one. I have arranged for Eberke to repair it , don’t bother the three of you.”

"No trouble, why bother! [Hidden Hand] has always been committed to maintaining the stability of the magic net. Where there is damage, there will be us!" Egbold looked upright, as if he felt that enthusiasm was not enough, so he said again :

"Besides, Mage Eberke has just advanced to the rank of Arcanist. How can he be as experienced as the three of us? If the magic net here is not repaired during the riot, once it is quiet, it will consume many times. energy."

After finishing speaking, Eggbold looked at Abeke, as if he wanted to get his confirmation.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Eberke could only nod his head, "That's true, Your Excellency Egbode said it well, the magic net of the Myslock Ruins is still in the stage of rioting, and it is the best time to repair it. It might be really troublesome if you get quiet."

"That's it!"

Niya glanced at Xia Duo, saw his expressionless face, and nodded secretly in her heart, "I understand, the Tower of Time will not hinder the actions of the three of you. But—"

"But what?" Eggbold asked quickly.

"I heard that when [Hidden Hand] repairs the magic net in other territories, it will hire local people to be in charge of vigilance and guarding. The Great Xia Congregation will provide the three with 300 soldiers as guards."

"No, you can't do this!" Before Niya could finish speaking, Egbold yelled out in horror. This is not a simple matter of hiring. Hiring locals needs to be paid with Arcane Crystals.

The so-called crystal of arcane energy is actually crystallized arcane energy. Arcane energy is born from the arcanist's arcane fire, and each arcane energy crystal requires time for the arcanist to accumulate.

If it really followed the usual practice, hiring 300 people might not make the three of them bankrupt, which is absolutely unacceptable!

"Master Niyata, we are all arcanists, we really don't need so many guards, I think 30 are enough!"

On the other side, Eboke almost broke out in a cold sweat. He just mentioned that the three of them could bleed a little, but he didn't expect that Niya was going to swallow them all in one go.

Fortunately, none of these three were surly people, otherwise they might have turned their faces on the spot, so Abeck quickly summoned Niya, "Their willingness to hire 30 people has far exceeded my expectations, so let's accept it!"

After being reminded like this, Niya also knew that she was thinking badly, but she had already said what she said before, and she couldn't take it back, so she could only say:

"Only 30 people! If the three of you still need anything, feel free to ask, everything is easy to talk about."

"No, no need." Egbord waved his hand quickly.

"Your Excellency Egbord, this is a bonus service for hiring 30 people!"

"This—" Egbord certainly knew that the price to be paid for hiring 30 people was too great, just to gain the favor of God, and he couldn't help but gritted his teeth to accept it, especially when the opponent's mage tower was already stuck in the ruins.

Now knowing that there are additional services, Egbold's mind became active again. He couldn't help but look at Master Olins, and he was relieved when he saw that the other party nodded subtly.

He knew that the lord of Daxia could not actually be the lord, so he said directly to Niya:

"Master Niyata, we hope to dig a channel from the ruins to the Wolfburg River in the west!"

(End of this chapter)