Lord of Arcane

Chapter 712 Awakening and being assassinated
"Lord Xia Duo, I have prepared a banquet for you, please—"

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Ozkar opened a portal for Xiaduo. Xiaduo made some calculations and found that the opposite of the portal was between the South Tower and the West Tower, near the Netheril River.

The most important thing is that this location is just outside the monitoring range of Rodney's two mage towers.

Xia Duo knew that this was definitely intentional, and was about to step into the portal when a man who looked like a butler ran over not far away, but his voice came earlier than others, sharp and mean, making people feel ashamed when they heard it. Frown straight:

"Master, who is he! You can't just forget about trespassing on the territory!"

Xia Duo stopped and looked at Ozkar. He was so enthusiastic just now, and now he is doing this again. What is this?

At this moment, Ozkar's face darkened in an instant, and he almost forgot about this old thing. When Butler Larry came to him, he stepped forward and slapped him.

He seemed to feel that just one slap was not enough, so he took another slap with his backhand. This slap used all his strength, and he directly slapped the opponent to the ground. At the same time, he angrily said:
"Blind your dog's eyes, this is my friend, Lord Xia Duo of the Southern Great Xia, don't hurry up and get out of the way!"

After finishing speaking, Ozkar, like a chameleon, said to Xia Duo in a friendly manner: "Lord Xia Duo, leave him alone, he is old and his brain is not working well, please come with me!"

Xia Duo dubiously looked at the middle-aged butler on the ground who seemed to be younger than Ozkar, sighed slightly in his heart, and followed Ozkar into the portal.

As for Larry, who was left behind, after the two left, the portal disappeared. Before he recovered, he still fell to the ground, covering his face and muttering:

"I was beaten! I was beaten!"

He kept repeating this sentence, and he was full of unwillingness to accept it. When he was first sent to Rodney four years ago, he was just a low-level mage. Facing the very strange Lord Rodney, he could only be cautious. , trembling.

It wasn't until he thought he was familiar with Lord Rodney's character and mastered his weaknesses that he gradually let go of his restraint.

After probing again and again, he got Lord Rodney's concession again and again, which made Larry extremely proud, and even had the illusion that he was Lord Rodney.

It's just that he never thought that reality would slap him so hard and quickly, and he was stunned.

"Why? Why! There is that one behind me! How dare you! How dare you!"

Larry subconsciously smashed his fist to the ground, as if venting his inner anger. Of course, fear might be more appropriate.

"tear--"

It seemed that a small stone had hit the ground. The pure physical pain made Larry wake up quickly. He quickly stood up and looked around subconsciously.

The mages who were shocked by the sudden alarm in the distance hadn't returned to the mage tower, and seemed to be pointing at him, which made Larry even more annoyed.

While checking the wound on his fist, he walked slowly towards the South Tower. Unlike the anxiety when he came chasing after Lord Rodney, he now wanted to know the reason for all this.

Recalling what Ozkar said just now about "Lord Shadow of the Great Southern Territory", a thought that he had never had before suddenly flashed in Larry's mind, and perhaps that was the reason.

……

And on the other side, in Ozkar's Linshui Manor.

The grand banquet that Xia Duo had imagined did not appear, and of course it was not a grand feast, but some simple food that Ozkar took out from the dimension bag.

Xia Duo is not unfamiliar with this kind of food, he has it himself, and it is always kept in his personal space and dimensional bag, which is used for various special situations.

"Lord Rodney, this is—"

No matter how low-key he needed to be, Xia Duo couldn't ignore this obvious disrespectful behavior, and he pointed it out on the spot.

In the face of Xia Duo's accusation, Ozkar neither became angry, nor was he as pleasant as before, but appeared quite plain, as if this was his true color.

"Lord Xia Duo, please forgive me, this is already the best treat I can offer, even the ones I use every day!"

Xia Duo didn't believe even a single punctuation mark if this was obviously an excuse, but since he came, he didn't intend to make any more detours, so he immediately asked:
"I don't know why Lord Rodney invited me here, but we both—"

Xia Duo didn't say the following words, he knew that Lord Rodney could understand, and it was more appropriate for them to say that they were hostile.

Even if Lord Rodney joins the Seven Towers Group, it doesn't have much to do with Xiaduo. At most, the relationship between the two parties has changed from hostility to indifference. It should be a little short of the invitation!

"Lord Xiaduo, you—"

Ozkar stared at the young man with firm eyes in front of him, and sighed slightly in his heart. When it comes to this kind of thing, it is naturally impossible for him to perfunctory with words such as welcome to visit, although he really wants to ease the relationship.

But if he doesn't tell the truth now, the situation may be even worse. It is not impossible for the same Seven Towers camp to have a hostile situation. Besides, there is still that mission!

Thinking of the task assigned to him by that person, Ozkar felt restless. If he had known it would be such a trouble, he—

He will still make such a choice!

"Lord Xia Duo, please come here this time, because there is actually one thing that needs your help!"

That's right!

Xia Duo breathed a sigh of relief, and came here for a while without doing anything, is the princess really so free?At the same time, he also saw that this so-called help was probably not a small favor, otherwise, why wait until he arrived to say it!

Wouldn't it be better to say before coming!
In this way, he also has an excuse to refuse!

At this moment, what Xia Duo wants to say most in his heart is the collective name of some plants with soft stems in his hometown dialect. This so-called busyness is definitely related to safety.

There is no need to think about the reason.

In Netheril, the lord is already considered the ruling class, even if he is a pioneer lord, without a good reason, even a grand arcanist will not assign tasks that will endanger the lord's life.

After all, if one lord can be assigned and a task can be assigned once, there will be more people and more times, and all lords will be in danger.

Even Grand Arcanists, without vassals, would have greatly reduced influence, not to mention that Grand Arcanists are not a family, and some are Grand Arcanists who are willing to accept vassals.

And the price is only to provide some basic protection, which is not too cost-effective.

Xia Duo couldn't help thinking, whether it's the pioneer lord who has no human rights, or the arcanist who has no human rights, the princess really did a bad job this time!

If she had informed all the information in advance, Xia Duo would probably still agree under the balance. It is almost impossible to say that she has no grudges in her heart, as she is almost cheated.

"What's the matter, Lord Rodney, please clarify!" Xia Duo asked in a deep voice.

Ozkar was amazed by Xia Duo's courage, he dared to question a senior arcanist, but their fates were already linked, there was no need to conceal it, let alone get angry.

After casting a spell to hide all the information in the hall where the two were, Ozkar spoke slowly:
"The higher-ups hope that Lord Shadow will be assassinated once in Rodney Territory!"

"..."

Xia Duo had almost nothing to say, it turned out to be this kind of task, this kind of busyness!Does this mean that he has a long life?

No wonder you have to lie to him first!

If he had known in advance, Xia Duo would definitely not agree, and Niya would not agree either!
No wonder Niya has been unable to contact the teacher recently, the relationship is waiting here!
Ugh--

(End of this chapter)