Lord of Arcane

Chapter 998 The Best Choice for Future Variables
Back in the study, Nya was still reading, but Xia Duo didn't want to bring up the topic related to Severton, lest Nya have the idea of ​​going to Severton again.

So he said: "There was a little trouble in the territory, and it has been resolved now!"

This is not a lie, it is indeed a small trouble in the territory, and the matter has already happened, so it can be regarded as a solution.

Regarding Xia Duo's words, Niya didn't doubt anything. She knew Xia Duo's temperament better after getting along with her for so long.

"It's fine if it's resolved! But I want to go back to the Tower of Time now. I just finished reading a part of the information, and I happen to have some ideas that I want to try. I'm worried about messing up your study here."

Xia Duo thought about it for a while, but he didn't object. At first, he brought Nya out because he was only worried that Nya would sneak off to Sevington, but now Niya has given up this idea for the time being.

It would be inconvenient to force her to stay here again. Moreover, if Niya was determined to go to Severton, he would not be able to stop her. This was just a way of expressing her thoughts.

"Since you want to go back, let's take Abel and Pamela back too. There are trolls in the Green Pearl Forest. I'm really worried that they will be caught and eaten by trolls if they run around outside."

This is not impossible. After all, Pegasus can fly, but it can't fly all the time. As long as it falls to the ground, or even flies a little lower, it may be targeted by trolls.

This is Niya's baby pimple. It was really eaten by the troll. Xia Duo would regret it at most, but Niya would probably feel uncomfortable for a long time.

"Well, I'll call them!"

Nya also thought of this possibility, and immediately sent a message to Pamela. Abel was playful, and unless Xia Duo ordered it, Nya's message might also be ignored by it.

But Pamela is quite obedient, as long as Pamela comes back, Abel will obediently follow her back.

Although Pegasus has wisdom, it is not as complicated as human beings. It is relatively simple. Niya has been taking care of the two Pegasus for a long time, and she has already figured out the tempers of these two big guys.

Sure enough, not long after the arraignment, the sound of wings flapping the air and Abel's naughty and dissatisfied hiss came from outside the study window.

……

Returning to the Tower of Time, seeing Niya walk into the laboratory, Xia Duo finally felt a little relieved.

It was originally planned that after the celebration, he would go to Leisen Territory, visit Lord Leisen, and inquire about all kinds of information involved in the experiment that caused the opponent to lose his magical ability.

But obviously, the current situation is not suitable for travel.

At the same time, in order to cope with the various variables that may arise after the princess ascends to the gods, Xia Duo urgently needs to get in touch with the eighth layer of the magic net, so as to become a senior arcanist.

This goal couldn't even be called a goal originally, because it was an effect that would naturally be achieved when he was conducting research on the plane field.

Now that Xia Duo is asked to temporarily abandon the research related to the field of planes, and instead regard an achievement that was not a goal in the past as the main goal, he really sighs.

Lamented that the world is changing, and lamented that he was still too optimistic in the past.

Before becoming a Grand Arcanist, I still couldn't relax. This is still a relatively stable environment in Netheril, if it is the world of wizards in some novels.

Everyone is intriguing, doesn't it mean that you can't stop for a moment, and you have to take upgrading as the only goal, and achieve the highest as quickly as possible, so that you can relax a little?
This is actually similar to the ideal-realistic debate between the pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of money on earth. Happiness does not necessarily require money, but it is definitely easier to be happy with money than without money.

It all depends on the choice of each person.

Now Xiaduo has chosen reality. He needs the power improvement brought by the senior arcanist, and more importantly, the improvement of the political status in the Seven Towers and even the entire Netheril.

Not being a senior arcanist may not have any bad effects, but obviously, in the current situation where the future is full of variables, becoming a senior arcanist can have a higher risk resistance.

In the past, with the princess around, he didn't need to think too much, as long as he had a certain ability to protect himself, other interests other than his own were within the rules.

As long as the backing is stable, under normal circumstances, the interests will be relatively stable, and there will be no mistakes easily.

But now that the princess has lost contact, and it is uncertain whether she will be able to return in the future, Xia Duo must consider the various impacts of this variable.

First of all, self-protection is definitely no problem, and other interests other than self-safety are not necessarily.

The future situation has deteriorated too much, but there are still good situations.

If the princess is really able to drop power and intervene in the mortal world at will, then becoming a senior arcanist will also help him obtain higher benefits.

In this case, Xia Duo really had no other better choice.

Of course, it is also possible to join the Zilan Tower, as suggested by the director of the Arcane Federation, Archmage Blunders, who had communicated with him before.

This may also be a good choice, but its only advantages are stability and guaranteed bottom line. Even if the princess comes back, it will not have much impact.

Anyway, he has no formal affiliation with Giles Tower, they are just pioneers, let alone Niya. It is impossible for the princess to do anything to him because of this, but preferential treatment or something There will be no more.

If Xia Duo had just crossed over, he might have agreed directly to Blunders, but now, he is only one step away from a senior arcanist, so he naturally has to pick and choose, think carefully, and gain the best interests for himself. .

……

In fact, what will happen to the future is largely up to Xia Duo to choose, but the princess to decide.

The best situation in the future is that the princess will come back, and then all the unstable factors inside will be wiped out;

In the worst case, the princess can't come back (the influence can't be lowered), and Gilles Tower is also controlled by people who don't deal with the princess.

But even in the worst case, it is almost impossible to endanger his personal safety, especially after Xia Duo became a senior arcanist.

That being the case, why not gamble on the best-case scenario?
In other words, this is the best situation, and it is also the situation that is most in line with Xia Duo's interests. If you dare not insist on this, then from the beginning, there is no need to promote any changes or guide any trends.

Doing nothing, staying in the Tower of Time and not going out, can be completely stable for a lifetime, without worrying about eating and drinking.

But obviously, the life Xia Duo wants is not just about eating and drinking.

……

As for becoming a senior arcanist and actively facing future variables, the only thing Xia Duo lacks is time, or in other words, under the circumstances that may change at any time in the future, the only thing he lacks is a projection plane.

Looking back now, Xia Duo found that when he and Niya left Severton, they were a little flustered and thoughtless.

At that time, he could go to the Arcane Federation first and take a trip to the projection plane. For the main plane of the present world, the time flow of the projection plane is extremely fast.

The time spent during this period was mostly spent on going to the Arcane Union and applying for astral projection. If he acted quickly, he could take Nya and leave Sevington calmly as a senior arcanist.

Of course, if time could be turned back and Xia Duo went back to experience it again, he would still choose to leave immediately.

If someone really blocked him in Sevington, it would be no different from eating a fly.

In the eyes of interested people, not only Niya's identity is a tool that can be used, even Xia Duo himself may not be able to use it as a tool to use Niya.

Xia Duo couldn't help sighing when he recalled all these things.

　The next step is to project the plane

　
(End of this chapter)