Chapter 1065: Mage Tower Plan, Parting

Watchtower.

In the only Alchemy Laboratory, Xia Duo skillfully operated the Alchemy Array, shaping a silver ingot into the appearance of a small mirror, smooth on the front, with the emblem of the Tower of Time on the back.

Afterward, he embedded Mithril Components and Five-Colored Gems, sealed it, and finally created an open-style Magic Net String Linker.

This type of lower-level permission carrier is considered a Magic Item itself and possesses a Magic Aura, but other than being able to interact with the Watchtower at specific locations inside the tower to determine permission levels, it has no other functions.

Xia Duo handed the finished small mirror to Niya and instructed, "This is the highest permission for the Watchtower besides the Control Scepter; it can access any location in the Watchtower and has full operational permissions. Keep it on you at all times, and do not put it in your Dimensional Bag, otherwise, you might actually be attacked by the Watchtower."

Niya took the small mirror, played with it in her hands repeatedly, and curiously asked Xia Duo, "Is this all?"

"This is all! Aside from this small mirror, I have already canceled all other lower-level permissions. As for the original Operating Manual, you can just take a quick look at it; I will compile a new one after some time."

In fact, Xia Duo's plan goes far beyond this; resetting the operating commands is merely scratching the surface. To truly control this inherited Mage Tower, he still needs to sort out the internal structure of the Mage Tower, especially regarding the Magic Arrays.

In the past, the Princess was in Seventon for a long time and may not have had much understanding of the actual situation here. A Mage Tower given away just like that—would those who were able to rely on the Watchtower to intercept Council subsidies be dissatisfied because of this?

Don't look at how enthusiastic and compliant Steven appears; he might be the one who planted the hidden dangers!

Since he has already accepted this Mage Tower, Xia Duo is prepared to inspect it thoroughly. Furthermore, what Spellcaster wouldn't want to own their own Mage Tower!

Although this Mage Tower is relatively inferior, it is still a genuine Mage Tower.

Xia Duo wants to design and build a Mage Tower that truly suits his wishes, and he can start preparing from now on.

Generally speaking, an Advanced Rank Mage already possesses the basic ability to control a Mage Tower, but under normal circumstances, apart from inheritance, wanting to design and build a Mage Tower oneself is only possible at the Archmage or Senior Arcanist stage.

This is not only a requirement in terms of Knowledge reserves but also a requirement in terms of wealth.

A Mage Tower like the Watchtower, which is relatively inferior in Xia Duo's eyes, is actually the most common type of Mage Tower in Netheril.

Only those like the Tower of Time, which has a large amount of Folded Space inside, uses a Semi-plane as an Arcane Garden, possesses multiple sets of backup Magic Arrays, has a tower spirit, and has a Plane Exploration Array, are truly rare.

Not to mention anything else, even the Plane Exploration Array has not been fully popularized even among Great Arcanists; ordinary Spellcasters shouldn't even think about it.

But even for the most common Mage Tower like the Watchtower, the construction cost is extremely high. Xia Duo had learned before that it starts at one million Gold Coins.

If you want something better, there is basically no upper limit.

Xia Duo has the intention to build a Mage Tower that surpasses the Tower of Time, or rather, a strategic fortress suitable for Spellcasters; if he cannot, he would rather not build it.

A Floating City is a good choice, but the 【Mythallar】 has not yet been invented. Without a powerful energy source, let alone a city, even for a tower, wanting to keep it floating for a long time is a very difficult thing.

The Magic Net does indeed have infinite energy and does not restrict anyone from using it, but the threshold for continuous, stable, high-power output is much higher than Xia Duo imagined.

If one only uses Spells to extract energy, the Spell itself constantly faces the tendency of the Magic Net String to return to its original state and cannot be sustained.

And if one uses some form of Magic Item or device to extract energy, under high-power output conditions, a large amount of elements and energy will pass through the Mithril Components in a short time, and the speed at which Elemental Transmutation occurs will be unimaginably fast.

This method is even less sustainable than extracting energy through pure Spells.

As a transmigrator, how could Xia Duo pin all his hopes on someone, or rather, Iolum, inventing the 【Mythallar】? He himself has also conducted theoretical hypotheses.

The so-called 【Mythallar】, the Principles are not hard to imagine and are actually very simple—it is nothing more than reaching deep into the Elemental Plane to obtain energy, but he has never had a clue as to how to specifically implement it.

Pure Spells are not sustainable, and material carriers are prone to Elemental Transmutation. Without solving these two problems, it is impossible to have any super energy source.

Therefore, Xia Duo has always been very curious about what form this 【Mythallar】 will eventually take, but unfortunately, he cannot ask Iolum himself yet.

……

After making the lower-level permission carrier for Niya, Xia Duo suddenly thought of a problem and said to Niya, "Steven has already left. To avoid any variables, you should return to Seventon now and complete the transfer of ownership of Shouwang Dao."

Since the Princess urged Niya to complete the handover quickly, it means that either there are variables involved, or the Princess's avatar is about to disappear; in any case, they are all variables.

"What about you? Are you staying here, or are you going back with me?"

Niya had no resistance to returning to Seventon; after all, the two had agreed before coming that they would return after receiving Shouwang Dao, but she didn't expect the Mage Tower to be so complicated.

Xia Duo stated his own plan: "I plan to stay here for a while to reset the permissions and commands of the Watchtower. Besides, you know that Mage Luodite of Jilan Tower invited me to explore some ruins near Zhenisi, and I plan to wait for him here."

"I see!"

Niya was present regarding the matter of the Zhenisi ruins. She knew that Xia Duo did not need to go in person for this exploration, so she was not too worried.

And Xia Duo choosing to set the meeting point at the Watchtower also made her breathe a sigh of relief. Currently, the Tower of Time is training Apprentices and new Mages in batches in an academic style, which is still somewhat sensitive in the current environment.

Although this matter will be known to others sooner or later, if it can be delayed by one day, the Tower of Time can accumulate one more day of advantage.

Niya felt that Xia Duo might also have this consideration. Originally, she was prepared to remind Xia Duo, but now, that is no longer necessary.

"Then I'm leaving. After finishing the procedures, I will return to Nan Jing and wait for you at the Tower of Time."

"Mm."

Xia Duo responded, hugged Niya gently, then sent her to the Teleportation Array, and watched her teleport away.

……

"Right, it seems like I've overlooked something!"

After sending Niya off, Xia Duo returned to the main control level, just as he was about to continue researching this Watchtower, he suddenly remembered that the "Yuanfang" had not been arranged properly.

So, after learning the location of Captain Bill, he hurried over.