Chapter 1052

"Lord Xia Duo, I am at the Arcane Union Headquarters right now. Which area are you in? I will come over to find you!"

This was Luodite's reply.

It was very fast; almost as soon as Xia Duo walked out of the Laboratory, Luodite's reply arrived. He had not expected that Luodite was at the Arcane Union Headquarters at this moment; he had originally planned to take a turn through the Library first!

Not long ago, he had just become a 5th-Level Member of the Arcane Union, and his reading Permission Level within the Library had increased significantly, allowing him to "scan" more books.

Although the Arcane Union was a loose organization, it still had its foundations, but ordinary people rarely had such Permission Level.

And as for him now, he happened to have a Permission Level that exceeded that of ordinary people.

However, since Luodite was also at the Arcane Union, Xia Duo did not intend to leave him hanging. As fellow Spellcasters, both knew the value of time, so he sent back the address of a Reception Room next to his private Laboratory.

……

In the Reception Room.

After both sides were seated, Xia Duo was still thinking about the Library, so he did not beat around the bush and asked directly: "Is Mage Luodite prepared to go explore the relic near Zhenisi this time?"

Hearing Xia Duo's inquiry, Luodite was stunned for a moment, but then a look of surprise appeared on his face. Previously, Xia Duo had said he would give him an answer after the New Year Festival, but now more than a month had passed since the festival.

He had originally thought that Xia Duo was expressing a refusal in this way, and the true purpose of his visit this time was not to invite Xia Duo to participate in the relic exploration plan, but he had not expected that the other party would take the initiative to mention this matter during this meeting. Did this not mean—

"Lord Xia Duo, are you agreeing to participate in my exploration plan?"

Xia Duo nodded and gave an affirmative answer, "Yes, I agree, if that relic is still there."

In fact, he had wanted to agree before the festival; anyway, it only required providing a 【Mind Link】, and did not require his main body to participate in person.

Even if the relic exploration was unfavorable, or the relic had no value at all, he would still get his share of the benefits. Why not do such a thing!

The reason he took the initiative to ask this time was, to a certain extent, because he was worried that a month had passed and perhaps the other party had already finished exploring the relic and no longer needed him.

However, such a situation had not occurred, otherwise Luodite would not have been so surprised. In fact, this Seventon had not been peaceful, and the exploration companions Luodite had originally arranged had all suggested delaying the exploration.

This delay lasted for a full month.

Having received a clear answer from Xia Duo, Luodite was in a great mood. For a moment, he even forgot the true purpose of his visit this time and hurriedly began to explain:

"Lord Xia Duo, because of the situation here in Seventon over the past month, we postponed the exploration plan, but I have kept people watching the relic, and it has absolutely not been discovered by other explorers."

"Mm."

Xia Duo nodded to show he understood, then asked: "Then, Mage Luodite, did you contact me this time to confirm that you are ready to start the exploration?"

"Yes! However—"

Luodite suddenly remembered the true purpose of this visit, and a wave of annoyance welled up in his heart, so he hurriedly began to remedy the situation, "Apologies, Lord Xia Duo, I get a bit too excited whenever I talk about relic exploration, and I forgot there was official business to discuss."

"Official business? Is relic exploration not official business?" Xia Duo teased.

*Cough*—

Under the guise of a fake cough, Luodite adjusted his emotions and said solemnly: "Respected Lord of Daxia, Senior Arcanist Lord Xia Duo, in the name of my father—Lord Collins, Thunder Mage Maien Kelinsi, I bring you greetings!"

"Lord Collins? Thunder Mage?"

Hearing these two keywords, the memories in Xia Duo's mind regarding "Collins" and "Thunder Mage" were instantly activated.

Thunder Mage Maien Kelinsi did not actually mean that Maien Kelinsi was skilled in thunder Spells.

The so-called Thunder Mage actually originated from the war in which Netheril wiped out the largest Orc tribe within its borders; the thunder referred to the Thunder Peak Battle, where the fighting was most intense during the war.

Those who were outstanding in that battle were later called "Thunder Mages," which was a kind of honorary title.

And Kelinsi Territory, in the memories Xia Duo could trace, was considered a relatively powerful territory. The current lord, who was Luodite's father Maien, was a Senior Arcanist.

However, the information Xia Duo had obtained was old and delayed; it was not the current latest status. Perhaps Maien had already become a Great Arcanist by now!

"Give my regards to your father as well. If there is an opportunity, I would like to visit him in person," Xia Duo said very formally.

Upon hearing this, Luodite's face beamed with joy. Up to this point, his mission for this visit had been more than half completed. It seemed that after he went back this time, his father would no longer say he was useless!

"Father will be very happy to hear such news. Kelinsi Territory welcomes Lord Xia Duo's visit at any time."

Xia Duo nodded, and then the two chatted about some details of the relic exploration plan.

In Luodite's plan, there were a total of five explorers who would actually enter the relic, while Xia Duo would remain outside to provide information analysis, on-site command, and other functions through 【Mind Link】.

As for the relic, Luodite could currently only confirm that it was indeed left behind by the pioneers of the Age of Discovery. He had previously organized ordinary people to explore it, but the ordinary people had limited abilities and could not determine the full extent of the relic.

This actually surprised Xia Duo quite a bit; what Luodite said was that they could not determine the extent of the relic, not that they could not determine all the details of the relic.

Regarding this, Luodite's explanation was—

"In the Age of Discovery, everyone could come into contact with the Nether Scroll. No one knew what those pioneers were actually researching. The relic we are going to explore this time looks like a dilapidated Mage Tower hidden in the Mist from the outside, but the internal environment is quite complex, and the area is extremely large."

"Have you mentioned the situation of this relic to Lord Collins?" Xia Duo asked.

He suspected that this relic might be the product of a failed Semi-plane experiment, but even if it wasn't, the transparent frame he had bought on Pulan Street earlier, which looked like Crystal but felt like metal, was also very worth studying.

Was Lord Collins not interested in this?

Xia Duo remembered that Luodite had once said his father specifically trained many Relic Hunters in the hope of being able to reproduce the stories of the Nether Scroll.

"My father is not interested in relics left by Netherese Mages. He says that what those pioneers of the past could do, he can do better now."

Luodite's tone was full of helplessness. If he could, he would also want his father to participate, but his father was unwilling, and there was nothing he could do about it.

In fact, he knew that even if his father had the opportunity to read the Nether Scroll, he might not necessarily reach the heights of the pioneers of the Age of Discovery.

"So that's how it is!"

Xia Duo understood immediately.