Arcane Lord

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, "Aberk, Thain, I have decided that when the turmoil in the town calms down a little, I will go to Severton to meet with Mr. Auron. ”

Aiboike and Thane remained silent. They also knew that this was the most feasible method 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, "Aibo, you should start with the olive grove anomaly. I think there may be a connection between these two things. There is some kind of connection!”

"Olive grove?"

Aiboike took the document and flipped through it carefully. It said that the olive groves in the territory had been cast with mysterious magic, constantly attracting goblins to attack.

"Sain, what's going on? Why don't you contact the official mage to handle it?!"

Aberke knows the significance of the olive grove to the territory. In addition to bringing money, its output is 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 discovered it in time."

Thain looked apologetic. The lord was away at this time. He was indeed a little careless. The territory had been peaceful for so long, but he didn't expect all these things to happen all at once.

"Okay, Eberk, don't blame Thain. In the final analysis, someone is deliberately targeting us. 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 all Not here!”

Lord Epps comforted Thain 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!"

Afterwards, the three of them discussed again, and Epps and Aberke returned to the Mage Tower together.

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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?

Amber's eyes flickered and passed Epps' probing gaze. Instead of answering the question directly, he asked a rather strange question, "Eps, do you believe in fate?"

"Haha!" Epps suddenly laughed. "Ai Burke, when will you play such a trick? Do you believe that fate is really important to us mages? Or is it that your god has given you some revelation?"

Aibok has many titles. He is a mage, a new 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 gave a revelation for this, then this revelation would be too cheap!

Epps just thought it was Ai Burke joking with him and didn't take it to heart, but Ai Burke's expression suddenly became serious and his voice became solemn:

"Epps, I'm not joking. It may be God's revelation, or it may be some other reason, but I have to say that I saw my destiny when I advanced."

"Fate? Whose fate? 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. Epps still scorned the so-called destiny.

But he was also very curious about this so-called fate, "Ai Burke, tell me, what fate did you see?"

Aibok sighed in his heart. Although he himself was very disgusted with the theory of destiny, the revelation when he advanced was so profound, and he had even seen the clues now. He had to remind Epps to deal with it carefully.

"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 are you looking at? What's coming?"

Although he does not believe in fate, he can regard this revelation as a special 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 committed 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 Aiboke'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 he handles it carefully, it should not be difficult. avoid.

Still, this so-called revelation or prophecy left a thorn in Epps' heart.

Ai Boke also persuaded him 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 is 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 Silverleaf 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, nothing will be a problem."

Epps knew very well that Archmage Aulon was unlikely to win over him because he was a 12th-level mage. It was more likely because the Saville Territory had something worth exploiting.

Once he understands this and keeps the territory firmly in his hands, he will have some room for advancement and retreat.