In this way, Sha Duo temporarily lived in Severton, but he did not live at the headquarters of the Offensive Federation, but at his own Azure Manor.
If he didn't own a house, he would definitely be more willing to live in the Austrian and French Federation, but now that he has a house, it is definitely more convenient to live in his own home.
It's a pity that with the spread of Mythra and the example of Chang'an City, floating cities will become popular in Netheril in the future. The Azure Manor here in Severton may not be able to wait for the day when the price increases.
During this period, Shado also visited New Severington, which was staying above Severington. It was simply the perfect embodiment of the will of the Seven Towers——
In the middle is a square, with seven tall mage towers that have not yet been fully completed forming a circle around the square, and then there is the new city that continues to spread outward.
Of course, it is still just a building built with shaping spells. Only the large arena in the south has been magically transformed and can be called a magical building.
It is also the only magical building currently completed in New Severington.
After only one look at the urban design of New Severington, Shado discovered the disadvantage of intercepting the peak as the base of the floating city. That is, if the city wants to expand in the future, it will basically have to replace it with a larger peak.
It is really better to use artificially synthesized or transformed materials, so that later expansion is not a problem. Even a sphere like Chang'an City that seems to have a limited volume still leaves room for future physical expansion.
The simplest way is to add a new spherical shell outside the sphere.
And because everything is designed from scratch, all entities are brought into the same system for unified management, and subsequent expansion can also be perfectly integrated.
There are many disadvantages to intercepting mountain peaks. Apart from the superficial magnificence that can be understood by ordinary people, it has no meaning.
Shado had been to New Sevington once and never again. Whether it was internal deliberations in the Seven Towers or Jenna's collection of plane crystals, it would take time, so he stayed completely at Azure Manor.
Because he was here, Niya would come over occasionally, but soon returned to the south.
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Time flies, half a month has passed.
That day, Shado received news from Niya - Aiboike was back and brought back twelve high-level mages and their families.
In addition, many high-level mages, although they have not yet agreed to officially join the Tower of Time, have also followed them to the southern territory, preparing to conduct an on-site inspection before deciding whether to join.
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It can be said that Aiboike's trip has wiped out almost all the "free" high-level mages in Yin Olum's territory and surrounding areas.
Not long after Sha Duo received the summons from Niya, Yin Olem also sent him a summons, not about the latest news about the Seven Towers, but about Aiboike:
"Good guy, that guy took away so many people from me without saying a word. If he comes here a few more times, he will wipe out all the money I have."
Although Yin Olem complained, he was not angry. After all, without his approval, Aiboike couldn't take so many people away. According to Niya's description, some of the high-level mages who officially joined the Tower of Time were still There was a contract with Yin Olem's mage tower, but Yin Olem still let him go.
The others are probably not much different. No matter how nice Aibo's words are, or how attractive the Great Xia Order is, it can't change the fact that those high-level mages are eating Yin Orum's rice bowl.
It's not that easy to change your job.
It was said that they were recruiting in the Yin Orem territory, but in fact they were recruiting in other people's mage towers. Let's not talk about others, let's talk about Xia Duo himself. Even before the Tower of Time was restructured, someone came to recruit members of the Tower of Time with no fixed contracts. He won't let people go easily either.
As for after the restructuring, it will no longer be possible. After paying so much money to train, is it just for other Mage Tower organizations?
This can actually be compared to modern companies on earth. Occasional talent exchanges are possible, but it is almost impossible for one party to recruit internally from the other party.
From this, we can also see Yin Orem's tolerance and attention to Xia Duo.
After expressing his gratitude to Yin Oulem many times, Xia Duocai interrupted the communication. He was going to go back to the southern border to see the people brought back by Aibok. It was not an inspection, but just to understand the situation.
But before he could walk out of the study, an unexpected person suddenly summoned him and asked for a meeting, and that person had already arrived in the woods outside the manor.
The identity of the other party gave Xia Duo a lot of associations. For a moment, he was not sure whether he should see the other party. If he didn't, he might miss the truth. If he did, he would be worried that the act itself would cause changes.
But soon, he made a decision, because the existence of magic might change the future from the moment the other party decided to come to him.
Having personally experienced the complex future scenes in the prophecy ceremony, Xia Duo always thinks more about various decisions at the moment, which makes him seem a little constrained.
But he actually knew very well in his heart that prophecy was only a possibility. What would happen in the future largely depended on the current decision. If he was troubled by some possibility in the future, he would actually lose the meaning of the prophecy itself. .
So Xia Duo decided to follow his heart's decision - whether he saw her or not was up to me, and now I decided to meet him.
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After making the decision, Xia Duo immediately released the restrictions on the protection system in the manor, allowing the other party to truly enter the manor, and he himself walked out of the villa in the middle of the manor.
After a while, a shirtless salesman pushing a cart carrying goods appeared in front of Sha Duo, which surprised him, "Are you——Puman?"
Xia Duo and Pu Man once raided the demon base together, and they had some friendship. However, in his impression, Pu Man looked like a taciturn, rigid middle-aged man. Anyway, he definitely would not look like the carefree salesman in front of him. .
This made him realize that his previous predictions might actually have some basis in reality!
"It's me. I'm sorry to appear in this image, but now the Seven Towers are more defensive against me than against demons, so I have to make this disguise."
Puman smiled bitterly and told a fact that he might have found unimaginable. At this moment, his expression was much richer. Xia Duo also noticed something strange. He noticed that Puman mentioned guarding against demons.
Because of the previous terrorist attack by demons during Master Yerevan's God Ascension Ceremony, the Seven Towers' defense against demons could be said to be the best in all aspects, and Xia Duo knew this.
To describe Seven Towers' attitude towards him as more important than guarding against demon descendants, Puman must have had an experience that outsiders could hardly imagine.
Taking into account Puman's identity, it is self-evident what his experience was. If nothing unexpected happens, signs of internal strife or even a conflagration in the Seven Towers have already appeared!
However, it remains to be seen whether the other party is really Puman. Xia Duo invited the other party to the study room of the villa, which is the place with the strongest ability to avoid detection in the entire manor. During this time, he made a special upgrade in Azure Manor.
"You don't have to worry about the search and prying eyes of the Seven Towers here. You can rest assured to restore your true appearance."
