Arcane Lord

However, the sudden appearance of Xia Duo made the two people in the small workshop suddenly quiet. Before Xia Duo could speak, the old man pulled the middle-aged man to his knees and kept begging for mercy:

"My lord is forgiving my life, this kid was dizzy and deceived the lord for a while, I would like to dedicate all my property, and only ask the lord to spare his life!"

As he said, he tore off the necklace from his neck and held it in front of Xia Duo with both hands, "My lord, this is a treasure I obtained in the ruins when I was young, please let us go!"

"..."

Xia Duo was a little confused. He hadn't even spoken yet. He was offering family properties and treasures again. Doesn't he look so unkind?

After all, the buyer and seller are pleased with me. He still bought it when he knew that the thing was fake. He had some thoughts about fishing law enforcement, but he also cleared the mine for this family. If you change to another mage, Maybe it really needs money and death.

Of course, other mages may not be able to find each other as easily as Xia Duo, [Probing] is a 4th-level spell, just for the fake that only spent 10 gold coins, wasting a 4th-level spell is simply not worth it.

But since Xia Duo is here, she will definitely not leave for nothing.

He first picked up the necklace and carefully observed the bead-shaped pendant on it. He found that it was exactly the same as he had guessed before. It was a magic item capable of detecting and detecting spells.

Although Xia Duo didn't use [Appraisal Technique], the magic on this pendant was not encrypted at all, and it was added through [Magic Persistence Technique].

This discovery greatly reduced the value of this pendant in Chateau. Although [Magic Persistence Art] seems to be much more flexible in making magic items, it can even add magic effects to the human body, but its stability is worse than that of using Mithril components. a lot of.

Moreover, the threshold for casting spells is very high. Basically, no matter how many levels of magic effects need to be added, it requires at least one level of difficulty. This involves element cycle, just because this [Magic Invariance] is not a specific spell. It is a technology.

This is inconsistent with the research direction Xia Duo chose. What he needs is a manufacturing method with a lower threshold, so as to expand the range of casters who can participate in the manufacturing, and also promote the iterative update of various spells.

After checking carefully, Xia Duo threw the necklace back into the palm of the old man's still holding, and said calmly, "Get up first!"

When throwing this necklace, Xia Duo really felt a little bit reluctant. He could get this magic item worth over ten thousand without paying any price, and it fully met the standards of the color-resistant mage. Anyone accused him of this.

but--

Almost not needed, which does not mean not completely unnecessary. What he needs to pay is actually a little belief and a little principle in his heart, and he does not fully agree with Netheril's current environment.

The three views of him and Master Nishite are still different. Although he has been affected more or less for so long here, there are some principles that cannot be changed.

Fishing law enforcement, and then come over to kill people and get money, and ask yourself how Xia Duo can't do it. Even if she doesn't kill people but only steals money, Xia Duo feels a bit disgraceful.

If it's an enemy, it doesn't matter, just like that Arcanist Aguilain of Hawke, Chadeau had done a sneak attack for granted, and even if there were more "odd" methods, he wouldn't mind trying one or two.

But the two sides are not enemies, so there is no need for such a trick.

Although Nishite does not respect justice, he also rejects evil. Even the evil ones don't necessarily like to associate with the evil ones.

If it is the protagonist of a novel written by Xia Duo before crossing, perhaps the first sentence he has to say is-"A trivial thing, dare to use it to mess my mind!", then kill or chop, and finally touch the body .

This seems more pretending or secondary, but on Xia Duo himself, he is still unwilling to accept this magical item regardless of practical considerations or personal considerations.

However, not wanting magical objects does not mean not wanting people.

Of course, some questions need to be asked clearly before then.

Seeing that the two were still kneeling on the ground tremblingly, Xia Duo said again, "Stand up! I don't want to say it a third time!"

In fact, Xia Duo felt very disgusted with this form of kneeling at every turn. Although it looks a little cool and high, but from another angle, will he also encounter an existence that needs him to kneel down?

Of course it doesn't matter if others kneel to oneself, and it's uncomfortable when it's their turn to kneel to others.

This kind of bad habit must be resolutely banned. You and I are the seeds of great arcanists and even Gao Miao gods. Why should I kneel on you? If everyone has such beliefs, perhaps this is a world suitable for the development of civilization.

So far, Xia Duo has not been asked to kneel down, but he knows that if a great arcanist asks him to kneel down, he has no room to refuse.

Although the spellcaster can be regarded as his own power, he does not need to use all kinds of complicated forms of etiquette to highlight his authority like ordinary people in power, but there is no guarantee that someone will like this.

Whenever thought of this possibility, Xia Duo was agitated.

If you are not as powerful as a person, you will only call for help.

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The old man and middle-aged adventurer in the small workshop finally stood up under Xia Duo's two orders, but they were still trembling and cautious, for fear that the Master Mage in front of them would come over with a spell.

"Tell me, how many people have you deceived like this?" When asking, Xia Duo used the judgment spell and inquiry he learned from [Projection Plane·Arcane Empire] without a trace.

In fact, it is a psychic spell.

[Inquiry] Similar to the [Honest Realm] used by Leiden, it can judge whether the target in the magic field is lying, but without the participation of holy power, it is pure arcane magic~www.ltnovel.com~ quite good use.

"My lord, we came to Seventon from Hiboden only yesterday, and only one item was shipped, and it was bought by an adult." The middle-aged man seemed aggrieved in his tone.

It is true, but not lying does not mean not hiding. Xia Duo continued to ask: "Then have you lied to other people before coming to Seventon?"

"..." The expression on the middle-aged man's face began to struggle. In the end, his face collapsed and he was about to speak. The old man said first: "Sir, we only sold a few before, and we all stated in advance that it was just ordinary silver jewelry. They themselves think it is Mithril."

"Oh? Why did you get bolder when you got to Seventon?"

When Xia Duo bought it, the middle-aged man had said that it was Mithril jewelry. He didn't dare to say that when he was in Sevinton. He said that when he arrived in Sevinton. Does he think the wizard of Sevinton is more stupid than the other place? Or do you plan to stop coming to Seventon with just one vote?

He glanced at the silver-white metal wire that had fallen to the ground. The appearance of silver and mithril was still very obvious, and the metal wire was no different from the mithril wire in appearance.

If it hadn't been for Xia Duo's frequent contact with Mithril, they would have been deceived by them. The craftsmanship of these two men was really good.

"Where did you know the style of this jewelry?" After two common questions, Xia Duo finally asked the topic.

The middle-aged man was at a loss, just looking at the old man, and the old man did not hide it, "My lord, when I was young, I found a broken ancient magical artifact in the ruins with many complicated mithril structures. I took it apart and sold it. , Later, later—"

"Later, I felt that just selling one piece was not enough, so I started to fake it?" Xia Duo helped him to say the rest.

"Yes."

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