Arcane Lord

In the neat olive grove, Xia Duo followed Hank on horseback and looked at these evergreen olive trees.

Perhaps because of the early wind and snow last year, many olive trees had their branches broken. Some of the broken branches even had blackened olive fruits left on them before they could be cleaned.

I think last year's harvest was not satisfactory, and now we encountered the inexplicable attack of goblins, who refused to give up despite fighting back many times. This inevitably made Xia Duo think of conspiracy theories.

What a coincidence. The goblin didn't come last year, but came this year, and it happened to be just when the lord couldn't be contacted. If it were spread out, the news that the lord couldn't be contacted should be small-scale.

If Xia Duo hadn't happened to want to upgrade the authority of the Mage Tower, then he would have known nothing about it.

If there is really a conspiracy here, maybe it is related to the mage, and he is also a mage with high authority.

With this thought in mind, Shado entered a state of concentration on spellcasting. He felt that maybe it was because of the influence of magic that these goblins were so desperate to attack the olive grove.

The people who came before were all apprentices, so they might not be able to find it, but Xia Duo is already an official mage, so maybe he can find something from it.

With this in mind, Xia Duo was no longer in a hurry to go north to see the goblins. He stopped Hank, who was leading the way, and said, "Go to the village chief. I'll check in the woods first."

"Sir--" Hank was about to speak, but Shado had already driven his mount back, but Hank had no choice but to follow.

After Xia Duo rushed out of the olive grove, he saw the somewhat confused village chief. He did not explain, but ran along the woods, from east to west, line by line.

Since the duration of the mount is limited, Shado can only use it as much as possible, hoping to find clues without activating another scroll.

…

Sitting on horseback, flying past the olive trees, Xia Duo had no intention of paying attention to the opinions of others, and focused all his attention on "observing" the anomalies in the magic network.

If these goblins are really affected by magic, if there is such a magic, then it will definitely leave traces in the background of the magic network.

Soon, the first line was checked, and then Xia Duo skipped the second line and started directly from the third line. In order to detect the abnormalities of the magic network more accurately, Xia Duo set the main perception range to 5 meters. within.

This distance is almost the best range he can perceive. Beyond this range, it may not be accurate.

On one, three, and five, Xia Duo and his team patrolled quickly from row to row. This olive grove covers an extremely large area, at least one kilometer from east to west. It would take almost a minute for Xia Duo to go there on horseback.

In this way, after repeating it countless times, Xia Duo felt someone calling his name, but at this time, he focused almost all his attention on observing the state of the magic network, but subconsciously felt that the voice was not hostile to him.

So he ignored it.

Until, Xia Duo felt the magic aura of the mount beneath him flashing inexplicably, and the speed was slightly slower than before. He immediately knew that the mount's duration was almost up.

Not wanting to fall off the horse, Xia Duo immediately ordered his mount to slow down. When Xia Duo got off the horse, before he could move his hands and feet, in the dim light, the forest horse that saw it suddenly disappeared.

It was as sudden as it appeared.

"Master Xia Duo!"

It's Uk! Sha Duo looked back, and sure enough, Uk was trotting towards him, "Captain Uk, you're here!"

"Master Xia Duo, what were you doing just now? I called you several times!"

"I thought of a situation that may be related to the strange movement of the goblins this time." Sha Duo did not hide it, and expressed his speculation that there might be mysterious magic in the olive grove.

Of course, he did not disclose the news that the lord could not be contacted.

"Has anyone ever suspected that goblins were attracted by magic before?"

"Of course there is, but when we let some goblins in, we found that they would only destroy the olive trees nearby and not look for anything. If it is really magic, wouldn't it mean that the entire olive grove has been enchanted?"

Uk obviously also had a certain understanding of magic. He didn't think anyone could cast a spell on such a large olive grove.

In this regard, Sha Duo did not refute. Wu Ke inferred from the existing results, but Sha Duo directly assumed that there was a mastermind behind the scenes. If there was a mastermind behind the scenes who really wanted to achieve this effect, there would definitely be other ways.

Magic is so magical, how can we be sure that there is no such magic?

Xia Duo is still more inclined to his own speculation, which means that there may really be a mastermind behind the scenes.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo also became suspicious of the people in the village. Although the lord ordered them to take care of the olive grove, if someone threatened them or used inducements to lure them, there was no guarantee that they would not betray them.

Of course, the most likely person to betray was the village chief. For a time, Xia Duo's imagination was wide open and he doubted everyone, but in the end, it was just suspicion that stayed in his mind.

Seeing Sha Duo's sudden silence, Wu Ke reminded him softly: "Master Sha Duo, the goblins are almost gathered now. If we don't clean them up as soon as possible, it will become more and more difficult to clean up later, and they will also hit the olive grove. We It’s difficult to fully protect it without enough manpower.”

"Oh, yes, let's clean out the goblins first."

Xia Duo temporarily put aside his suspicion and prepared to observe the villagers who came over carefully. Xia Duo had full malice towards the goblins. When he first crossed over, he was almost scared by the goblins.

Later, during the Orc War, although he led the team to clear many goblin nests, he did not kill them personally. Now that his bloodline has awakened and his strength has increased greatly, his desire to fight has greatly increased.

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On the north side of the olive grove, there was originally a shrubbery. In the previous few times of clearing the goblins, all of them had been cut down. However, the goblins seemed to have identified that piece of land. Even if there was no cover, they still gathered there.

Xia Duo looked over from a distance. There was a black mass of them. It was impossible to count how many there were. At least there were dozens of them. I really didn't know where these goblins came from.

"Captain Wu Ke, there are too many goblins, there are only ten of you——"

"Master Xia Duo, don't worry, those goblins don't belong to the same tribe, sometimes they fight each other, and don't we have them anyway?"

As he said that, Wu Ke pointed to the villagers following behind him, and Xia Duo felt a little funny when he mentioned the villagers. These villagers were dressed neatly, all in linen.

But the weapons were varied, such as pitchforks, sickles, sticks, hoes, machetes, and almost anything they could get. Xia Duo seriously doubted their fighting ability.

But since Wu Ke was confident and had cleaned up several times before, Xia Duo reluctantly believed them.