Arcane Lord

Of course, even if he had to stay to see the outcome, Xia Duo still had to take into account unexpected situations, whether it was an accident from the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce or an accident from the person behind the fish-man incident.

While the senior arcanist named Said was inspecting the water plants, Shado returned to the "Lucky Owen". He called Old Owen and First Mate Russ and ordered:

"The situation has changed now. Captain Owen, let me ask you, how many more days will it take to get from Lake Macht to Saville Territory?"

"Sir, it takes about 15 days to return to the Saville Territory under normal sailing. Considering that it is downstream after entering the Wolfburg River section, according to the current speed of this season, it can probably be reduced by one or two days."

"Then if the citizens on the Owen are transferred to other ships, will there be room on those ships to carry enough food for all the citizens for 15 days?"

Old Irving did not answer immediately, but thought carefully for a while before expressing his judgment, "Sir, if it had been before, it might not have been possible, but this day we only took over 400 people with us, and the voyage was already halfway through. , it should be no problem for other ships to support it for 15 days.”

"Okay!" Xia Duo breathed a sigh of relief. Although he planned to stay and see the result, if all the fleet left, the subsequent travel and mapping plans would almost be ruined.

He is not willing to wander alone in the wild, even if it is a very friendly water environment for him.

"Now transfer the people and food immediately, leaving only the basic crew on the Owen and food for the next few days. If everything goes well, we can still catch up with the fleet in front."

"Yes, Lord Lord."

After receiving the order, Chief Officer Ruth immediately left to send messages to other ships, while Old Owen stayed.

Shado asked, "Captain Owen, I know you just retired the year before last year. So before that, when you were sailing through Lake Macht, did you encounter any fish-man bandits?"

"Never, but I once met a lone fishman in the river near Savile Territory. I sold it to an adventurer for 20 gold coins. Later I heard that he sold it for 100 gold coins. Gold coins, I still regret it now when I think about it.”

Looking at the old Owen's nostalgic look, it is estimated that this incident must have left a deep mark on his heart. Xia Duo did not interrupt him, but Owen quickly realized that he was in front of the lord and apologized quickly:

"Sir, when we get older, it's easy to think blindly."

"Captain Owen, you are not old. Sometimes I really doubt your age. You don't look like someone in their 60s at all." Sha Duo said with a smile.

Old Owen had a strong build. After he retired and was hired by Chateau as the captain of the Owen, he still insisted on steering the ship himself and was very energetic. Of course, it was precisely because of this that he became the captain of the Owen.

After chatting and laughing, we still have to continue asking about serious matters. Xia Duo doesn't mind showing his people-friendly side in front of his people, but the premise is that they obey the order of Daxia Territory, or Xia Duo's order.

Looking at Old Owen's somewhat reserved look, Xia Duo sighed silently in his heart. After all, he had not yet become a Daxia person that he was satisfied with. It seemed that he still had to look to the next generation, so he continued to ask:

"You also saw the scene on the bow of the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce before. There were so many fishmen in Lake Macht! Captain Owen, did you know about this before?"

"I don't know. If I had known that there were so many fish-men in Lake Macht, I would have chosen to retire a long time ago." Owen looked frightened. He was indeed frightened by the densely packed fish-men.

After that, Xia Duo asked some detailed questions and determined that the fish-men who normally slipped out of Lake Macht were like wild beasts and did not develop intelligence or grow water plants on their bodies.

It seems that the aquatic fish-people should have appeared recently.

…

After a while, all the residents on the "Irving" were transferred to other ships in the fleet, and those ships quickly set sail. Only the "Irving" remained.

After leaving a warning spell, Xia Duo continued to walk on the water to the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce's ship. At this time, he suddenly thought that although walking on the water was a bit bluffing, he still had to walk on his own after all.

But using [Flying] is a bit wasteful. It would be much more convenient if you could have a flying mount at this time! And not only now, when [Flying Technique] is needed, flying mounts can also be used instead.

Xia Duo thought of what Niya had mentioned to him a few days ago. After he left, Archmage Greta gave him a pair of Pegasus as an extra reward for the princess. Of course, those two Pegasus had already been given to him by now. Sent back to the Tower of Time by Niya.

If he had left a few days later, he might have been able to take the Pegasus on board.

Even in the [Projection Plane], Xia Duo has never ridden a Pegasus. He is still very interested in the flying mounts of elves. Of course, he is more interested in unicorns.

In Xia Duo's view, Pegasus is nothing more than a flying horse, which is indeed rare, but compared to unicorns that can talk, have wisdom, and can cast spells, Pegasus is nothing.

…

Arriving on the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce ship, Seid had disappeared, and Miles was not there either. Only Timothy was talking to a strange mage on the bow of the ship. It seemed that the investigation team Timothy mentioned before had arrived.

Sha Duo stepped forward to say hello, and then asked: "Sir Timothy, how is the situation now?"

"So far, the position is going smoothly. As for the further situation, we have to wait for the investigation results of Chris's team. I forgot to introduce you. This is Chris, the senior arcanist of the Arcane Federation."

Xia Duo saluted, but he didn't expect to meet a senior arcanist again, and he was also from the Arcane Federation, which made him a little curious about this so-called investigation team.

Is this an outsourcing team that the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce found in the Austrian Law Federation, or did people from the Austrian Law Federation join the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce?

Also, is this investigation team just going through the motions like Archmage Auron who went to Hawk Territory to investigate the assassination of a mage?

"Lord Xia Duo, I have heard my nephew mention you more than once. He is also a pioneer and is now exploring new lands in the Conchi Plain. He highly admires the "Daxia Territory Standard Development Manual" you wrote. He told me that if Without this book, he would have given up on pioneering.”

Chris looked at Chateau curiously, as if he could clearly see what was so special about Chateau that he could write a book that his arrogant nephew praised highly.

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Xia Duo felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by Chris. He covered his mouth and coughed, and quickly changed the subject, "What did Mr. Chris find here? Who is behind those aquatic plants and fish-men? What is the purpose of those aquatic plants?"

Chris was stunned by a series of questions. He glanced at Timothy and saw that he had no objection, so he replied: "What our team is good at is tracking down clues. We have found several traces of human interference so far, but the aquatic fish We still need to continue to look for clues as to who is behind the man. My people are doing it. We will keep the clues and bring them back to Sevington for further investigation. However, based on experience, I speculate that this matter has something to do with the elves;

"As for the role of aquatic plants, this is not what our team is good at. Maybe it would be better to wait for the Arcanist Seid to come back and ask him."

Elf?

Xia Duo was silent. Why were there elves everywhere? It really felt like they were haunted. So would there be elves behind the mysterious organization involved with Rodney Territory?

No, Shado quickly denied this speculation. Lord Hawke said that there was a great arcanist behind the mysterious organization and was involved with Rodney Territory. He still believed this.

If there are elves behind the mysterious organization, then what does Lord Hawke's operation mean? Is it a dog-eat-dog battle between different elven forces?

If the elven forces are really dog-eat-dog, shouldn't their identities be exposed directly?

If it was the same elf force, there would be no need to say that.

It seems that the mysterious organization No. 2 is behind the aquatic and fish-man incident here. One mysterious organization is not enough, but another mysterious organization has appeared. It is really troublesome!

Looking at the calm lake, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel a little irritable.