In Thain's office, Lord Epps, the new arcanist Aiboike, and the town mayor Thain, the three of them discussed and discussed, but they could not come up with any better solution.
Epps sighed, deeply aware of the difficulty of running the territory.
"Aiboike, Thain, I have decided. When the turmoil in the town calms down a little, I will go to Severton to meet with Mr. Auron." Aiboike and Thain were silent, and they also I know this is the most feasible way at present.
"Sain, you need to be comforted in the territory. I don't want to hear anyone in the territory associate the statue of Her Royal Highness with the summoning of demons."
"yes."
"Aibok, before I go to Severton, you should secretly investigate in the territory to find out who is framing us!"
"OK."
"Wait!" Lord Epps, who was looking through the documents on his desk, suddenly saw a special record.
"Ai Burke, you should start with the olive grove anomaly. I think there may be some connection between these two things!"
"Olive grove?" Aiboike took the document and flipped through it carefully. The olive grove in the territory above was cast with mysterious magic, constantly attracting goblins to attack.
"Sean, what's going on? Why don't you contact the official mage to handle it?!" Aibok knew the significance of the olive grove to the territory. In addition to bringing money, its output was also a medium for maintaining good relations with the elves.
If there is any loss, the elves will not understand your difficulties. They will only think that you have broken your promise. Someone is trying to trick them here. It is no different from using the princess to frame them.
"I just learned about that. I had been preparing for the spring development and had neglected it. Fortunately, I found it in time." Thain apologized. The lord was not here at this time. He was indeed a little careless. The territory was peaceful. After such a long time, I didn’t expect all these things to appear at once.
"Okay, Eberk, don't blame Thain. Someone is deliberately targeting us for this matter. Even if it's not the olive grove, it will be somewhere else. There will always be omissions in passive prevention, not to mention that we are not here yet. !" Lord Epps comforted Thane and continued,
"Next, we need to thoroughly sort out the territory to see what hidden dangers there are and clear them out in advance to avoid causing big trouble again!"
"Yes!" After the three of them discussed again, Epps and Aberke returned to the Mage Tower together. ...On the top floor of the Tower of Time, Lord Epps's study.
After the two teleported back, they each found a place to sit down. Lord Epps summoned the tower spirit to ask about the recent situation inside the mage tower, while chatting with Aiboike.
"Ai Burke, I feel like you are a little impatient. Are you worried about offending Her Highness the Princess?"
"No, I'm not too worried about Her Royal Highness. Over the years, Her Royal Highness's reputation has been very positive. As long as we can successfully get in touch with them, this crisis should be resolved."
"Why is that?" Epps was very puzzled. If he wasn't worried about Her Royal Highness being blamed, then what else would make a new arcanist feel embarrassed and act very impatient?
Aberke's eyes flickered and passed Epps' probing gaze. Instead of answering the question directly, he asked a rather strange question.
"Epps, do you believe in fate?"
"Haha!" Epps suddenly laughed,
"Ai Boqi, when will you play this kind of trick? Do you believe in fate? Is it really important for us mages? Or has your god given you some inspiration?" Ai Boqi has many identities and titles. He is a mage and also a wizard. A newly minted arcanist, a bard, and a believer in the goddess of magic.
But if it really has something to do with fate, then it may be the goddess believer. Of course, the faith of the mage can be imagined. If the goddess really sends a revelation for this, then this revelation would be too cheap!
Epps just thought it was Aberke joking with him and didn't take it to heart, but Aberker's expression suddenly became serious and his voice became solemn: "Epps, I'm not joking, maybe it's a revelation from God. , maybe it was for other reasons, but I had to, I saw my destiny when I advanced."
"Destiny? Whose destiny? Mine?" Aberke's heavy tone made Epps believe his words, but he only believed in the fact that he had seen some kind of revelation. Regarding the so-called destiny, Epps Still scoffing.
But he was also very curious about this so-called fate,
"Ai Burke, look, what fate did you see?" Ai Burke sighed in his heart. Although he himself was very disgusted with the fate, the revelation when he advanced was so profound, and now he has even seen the clues. Epps had to be reminded to deal with it.
"At the moment when the arcane fire was born, I saw you being hit by a piece of elf magic."
"Elven magic?" Epps frowned, obviously he was also considering this possibility,
"Is it because of the olive oil trade? No, it's impossible. The Silver Leaf family has no reason to do this! Aibo, what else did you see?" Although he didn't believe in fate, he could regard this revelation as a special kind of Prophecy, and as long as it is a prophecy, it can be changed. Epps believes that the fate of the mage is always in his own hands. If he commits suicide now, wouldn't this so-called fate be a joke!
"I also saw ice and snow."
"Ice and snow?" Epps muttered softly, his frown deepening. It is now early spring, and the ice and snow outside have begun to melt. If Ai Bo Ke's revelation is not now, it will be winter at the earliest.
But recently, he will always stay in the territory. Even if elves come, he has nothing to worry about with the support of the mage tower. If it is winter, it may have nothing to do with the current affairs of the territory. As long as you deal with it calmly, it shouldn't be difficult. avoid.
Still, this so-called revelation or prophecy left a thorn in Epps' heart. Ai Boke also persuaded again and proposed a possibility——
"Epps, I feel that when it comes to elves, whether it's fate or prophecy, this matter needs to be treated with caution. In addition, Fairbuss of the Lyadon Chamber of Commerce died in the territory, and maybe the elves will start to attack from this."
"Fairbus? Probably not." Epps was quite confident about this.
"By his generation, the blood of elves has long been so thin that it is no different from ordinary humans. How could the Silver Leaf family get into trouble because of this!
"Let's put the elves' things aside for now. The most important thing at the moment is to sort out the territory first and be careful of anyone causing trouble. As long as the territory is stable, everything will not be a problem." Epps knew very well that Archmage Auron was unlikely to Winning him over because he is a 12th-level mage is more likely because Savile has something worth exploiting.
If he understands this and keeps the territory firmly in his hands, he will have some room for advancement.
