Lord of Arcane

Chapter 651
The flustered, reluctant middle-aged man in front of him was completely lacking in the complacent look he had when he connected various caravans in the trade zone the night before. Xia Duo glanced at him coldly, and then cast his [Phantom Sound Technique], spread the sound throughout the audience:
"Quiet me all!"

Backed by the strong wind that descended from the sky before, Xia Duo's words were immediately responded to. Except for a few who were still whispering something, most of the others had already shut their mouths obediently and turned their eyes to Xia Duo. And the middle-aged man who went to the front inexplicably.

"Come on, tell everyone, what did you do in the various caravans the night before yesterday? Tell the truth!"

The psychic spell [Instigate] is a compulsive spell, and the person who receives the [Instigate] will involuntarily obey the order of the caster, including but not limited to telling the truth.

However, any order has loopholes. If the person [instructed] is smart enough, he will find a way to distort these orders. For example, telling the truth is not equal to the whole truth. Sometimes concealment may lead the listener to get the opposite in conclusion.

Therefore, it is best to use it in conjunction with [Shock and Deterrence], which will make the person who is [instructed] answer the question subconsciously, which is basically his first reaction.

Unless that person is a liar, otherwise, it is basically the closest to the truth.

But right now, Xia Duo considers that the person who was "shocked" is no longer agile, so what he said may not be accepted by everyone. Instead, he struggled and resisted, but he couldn't refuse, and there were some twists and turns in the answer. more convincing.

So the man who was [instigated] began to perform, "My lord, I just informed other people to ask the mayor to return the ship to the north, and I didn't do anything else!"

If besieging the town hall is considered a request, this person is quite right. Xia Duo glanced at him in surprise. As expected, he is indeed a businessman, and he has found out where the bottom line of the spell is so quickly.

However, if he passed the level so easily, Xia Duo didn't need to deal with it at all. The question just now was actually irrelevant. After all, most of the people present knew what he did the night before, so they asked again:

"What would you do if the request didn't go your way? Tell the truth!"

This question has already touched the core. The middle-aged man showed struggle, fear, and worry on his face. He was full of inner drama, but in the end he still couldn't resist the coercive effect of the spell. He reluctantly told the truth :
"If it doesn't go well, I will ask the mayor to come forward to coordinate and appease other people in exchange for the opportunity to board the ship back to the north."

As soon as this remark came out, the middle-aged man immediately subconsciously covered his mouth, but immediately let it go, looked at the crowd quickly, and loudly defended:
"It's not me, it's not what I said! It's magic! I'm controlled, I can't help myself!"

Xia Duo quietly watched his performance, but the more he defended, the weaker his words became, and the colder the eyes of others looked at him, don't say that the person involved said this kind of thing himself, even if someone else said it a little Clicking it will also make people suspicious.

And the middle-aged man talked about it, but he didn't give any convincing reasons. In the end, he looked at the cold eyes of other people, couldn't bear it anymore, and collapsed on the ground. Still muttering subconsciously in his mouth:

"It's not me, it's not me, I just want to go home early, woo woo woo—"

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo shook his head secretly in his heart, waved his hand, and asked the nearby guards to take this person down, and then said to the other people present in a serious tone:

"I know that the masters behind you are basically the various lords in the mainland, but in the Savile Land, you still have to abide by the rules of the Savile Land. If you think about it, your master will not be happy to see unruly subordinates!"

This is actually talking about the order of Netheril. In addition to being influenced by the belief of the Lord of Radiance, mages are also creatures of order. If they can do this, even if all of them return to the north, they will not There may not be any good fruit to eat.

In Netheril, this kind of "coercion" is very ridiculous in itself. If it weren't for the special circumstances this time, it would be impossible for such a thing to happen.

If Xia Duo was more ruthless and killed all these people, it would be completely reasonable on the level of rules. Of course, in reality, he would definitely be backlashed by the masters behind these people for this (losing some money can settle it).

After hearing Xia Duo's words, almost none of the people present dared to raise their heads again, and they all buried their heads low. When Xia Duo saw it, he felt bored, so he continued:

"On the recent fleet returning to the north, the Savile leader has reserved some places for you. If you want to board the ship, you must abide by the rules, go to the town hall to register, and then wait for the notice!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Duo told the nearby soldiers that if there was any siege, they would be arrested immediately, and if they dared to resist, they would be life or death.

Xia Duo said these words to the soldiers clearly in front of these people. In fact, if other factors are not considered, ordinary soldiers are really not necessarily the opponents of these people.

The guards of these caravans will more or less have magic items in their hands, and it is not uncommon to even have spellcaster guards, no food is so strange!

It's just that once the action is made, the nature changes completely, and there is no room for maneuver.

After Xia Duo left, the crowd around here also gradually dispersed, and then some caravan leaders began to enter the town hall to inquire about registration matters.

……

On the other side, in Mrs. Patty's manor villa, the patriarch Oripus of the Silver Leaf family just sent away a patriarch who came to inquire about the boarding list. Since the day before yesterday, other families have been trying to contact him.

Overtly and secretly inquiring about the situation on the boarding list, Orepus dismissed all the elves on the grounds that he could not make the decision and needed to deal with the humans. Of course, he also made some cryptic requests, but they didn't agree. That's it.

And even though two days had passed, there was a drow assassin art incident in the middle, and an elf died, but until now, not all of the nineteen elf families who came to Savile have come here.

The main reason for excluding a few people who think they have outstanding strength and will definitely be able to board the ship is the complicated and lengthy etiquette when the elves meet.

Since every family that comes into contact with has the potential to become a source of new foundations for his own family, Orepus sees this situation and is anxious in his heart.

But he had to maintain the dignity of the elves in front of other elves. In this case, he envied humans again. If they were humans, maybe it wouldn't be so troublesome!

If his thoughts are placed on Comanthor, it can be described as deviant. As long as there is any expression, it is tantamount to social death, but who can really know what the true thoughts of each elf are!

(End of this chapter)