Arcane Lord

Arriving near the Mystery Lock, he first checked the surrounding physical "traps" and found nothing abnormal before Sha Duo entered the Mystery Lock.

The magic arrow is still in place, but the area where it was originally located has been almost hollowed out by Sha Duo, and it is completely fixed in place by dozens of thin supports cut from tree branches.

It was originally inserted diagonally into the ground and then covered with humus and floating soil. Now it is suspended and fixed by brackets. The aura on the magic arrow is still there. Although it is weak, it is still strong and does not want to be completely extinguished.

Xia Duo grabbed a handful of leaves from yesterday's cutting of the bracket and placed them beside Tanfang. He spread his notes on his knees and started recording.

This magic arrow is quite precise, far more complicated than the [Ring of Concentration] on Sha Duo's hand, and it involves different levels of the magic net. It is impossible for Sha Duo, who only came into contact with the second layer of magic net, to completely record it. .

What he can record now is only part of it, but even this part is a big project.

And this is also the first time that Shado uses secret text to record notes. This magic arrow is worthy of his doing. Even with the [Confinement Sphere] before, he only drew an arcane geometric analysis diagram of the spell, and even Not even encryption is done.

In fact, everything he has learned and known now comes from the Tower of Time. A 2-level spell is nothing to the Mage Tower.

Encryption not only embarrasses others, but actually embarrasses himself, unless the Chinese characters he is familiar with are used, but Xia Duo is not yet ready to use Chinese characters on a large scale.

There is a saying that the more a text appears in the world, the easier it is to be cracked. The cracking here is not just through linguistic analysis, but through magical brute force.

Therefore, there is a saying that all mages need personal secret texts.

Furthermore, Chinese characters have very unique meanings, and Chinese is a mature language that is more complex than Netherese and more concise than Elvish. If it appears rashly, there may be trouble.

Only occasionally did Xia Duo record in Chinese when it was difficult to express in Nese language, and even then he used Pinyin.

In the next few days, Xia Duo was like clocking in to work in a mysterious lock. From early morning to dusk, he was on time every day. If he went further, he would probably forget to eat and sleep.

Until all the elements that can be recorded are recorded, the "Owen" is coming soon, probably in the next few days.

The last time he returned to the Tower of Time, he made an appointment to go to Sevington with Niya. In addition to letting Niya read the [Scroll of Nether], Shado was also looking forward to what the true core of Netheril was like!

The descriptions in the book are often one-sided and indirect. Sha Duo has been fascinated by the "City of Seven Towers" and the Arcane Federation for a long time, but he has never had the opportunity to travel.

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On this day, Xia Duo was inspecting the work of the citizens at the "construction site". Norman, a soldier from the Qiaoqi team responsible for guarding the river bank, came to report:

"Sir, the 'Lucky Owen' has arrived."

"Um."

Xia Duo nodded and did not go to the landing point to wait immediately. He knew that there was not much to look forward to on this ship, probably just food!

After a while, Leiden seemed to have received the news. He first came to see Shado, and then the two of them came to the landing point together. The "Owen" had already put down the springboard.

Old Owen was directing the crew to move supplies to the shore. When he saw Xia Duo arriving, he quickly saluted and reported the situation of the trip, "Sir, this ship transported a total of 20,000 pounds of semolina, as well as a cook and a helper, but Asia Manager Mann said that these two people were hired with money, not recruited. "

Xia Duo was happy at first when he heard that there was a cook. Now the staple food in the camp is ready-made bread. As the number of people increases, buying ready-made food will become more and more troublesome and expensive.

It's just a pity that the cook is not one of his subjects.

But if he really becomes his subject, Xia Duo probably won't give up such precious manpower to be a cook. The only real thing is to chop down trees for me.

Now all the shrubs near the camp that are easier to clean have been cleared, and the ground has been burned, but the next step is hard stubble.

In this primeval forest with no traces of human activity, there are almost one or two armfuls of trees everywhere. It’s almost laughable to encounter a tree as thick as a thigh.

At this point, it is very difficult to expand the soil outside. Such a big tree is not just a matter of knocking it down, it also needs to be cleaned up. Whether it is made into wood or burned directly, it is not a small project.

In addition, the ground is not completely flat. It would be fine if it were just uneven terrain. The key is that some places are covered with rocks.

Cleaning these stones is no small project.

It would take three months to clear a forest with a radius of five miles on the earth, let alone three years.

In the absence of advanced tools, the so-called productivity is people! Xia Duo needs a large number of people, a large number of subjects who can be controlled at will.

After looking around, Sha Duo asked in a low voice: "Did Arman talk about the special channels?"

The so-called special channels are slaves, but the reputation of being engaged in the slave trade is not good after all. Generally speaking, few chambers of commerce are willing to admit it publicly, and they only do it but don't talk about it.

"Sir, you can't buy any slaves in the Saville Territory now. When I came here, Steward Arman specifically asked me to tell you that the Liaton Chamber of Commerce has gone to Conifera City to search, but this will take time."

"Time, yes, it takes time." Xia Duo said silently, not only the Liaton Chamber of Commerce needs time, but the Slavin Chamber of Commerce also needs time.

And it may take longer, after all, going to the mainland is much farther than going to Conifera in the east!

If he had talents in training slaves, he would be ready to capture the orcs, or if he had known that he would get a territory, he would have prepared in advance.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but have a strong interest in prophecy spells. Even if he could only get some specious fragments, he could gain a lot of advantages.

It's just that Sha Duo has never heard of any mage who is proficient in prophecy, not even those famous mage who have personal biographies.

Only certain clergy will make predictions, but most of the time they are inaccurate. It is hard to tell whether the future has been changed or whether it is really inaccurate.

For Xia Duo, predicting magic or something might just be a luxury hope.

Soon, all the supplies were sorted and put into storage, and Xia Duo also took the time to chat with the cook named "Cook".

When he learned that the cook was willing to take unknown risks and come to a start-up pioneering territory just to save a monthly salary of 20 gold coins for his son to learn magic, Sha Duo didn't know what to say.

There is no way to talk about recruitment (residents are not given cash), and of course, it is impossible to increase wages. 20 gold coins per month is twice as much as a normal cook.

He is not a famous chef, he is just an ordinary cook, and his skills may not even be as good as Xia Duo's!