Chapter 1131: Consensus of the Contract, Magic in the Sleeve

"There is no need to meet. He committed a fault; if he refuses to accept the penalty, then let Depake handle it according to the contract." This was Xia Duo's reply to Saixili at the time.

In reality, now that the number of Official Mages in the Tower of Time is about to explode, he no longer cares much about one or two Intermediate Mages.

If one can actively integrate into the new system, he naturally welcomes it; if not, then it shall be handled according to the contract.

The so-called handling according to the contract mainly refers to declaring the contract breaker to the Lord of Radiance, then having the Lord of Radiance add them to a blacklist.

A person listed on the blacklist by the Lord of Radiance will not immediately suffer Divine Punishment, but it is as if an "X" has been marked on their head; as long as the Lord of Radiance does not die, it is a lifelong record.

The next time they want to sign a Sacred Contract, others will know that this fellow has broken a contract, which almost cuts off their path to joining other Mage Towers.

After all, even a villain does not wish for others to be villains as well.

Without the constraints of magical power like the Elf Contract Spell, the Sacred Contract of the Lord of Radiance relies more on a consensus.

That is, the contract breaker must pay the price of being abandoned by mainstream society.

And the difficulty of getting off the Lord of Radiance's blacklist is not just a little bit higher than complying with the contract!

Furthermore, if the contract breaker is even unluckier and encounters some stubborn Paladins, and is discovered by their Inspection Divine Art, then it might just be a journey to their doom.

As for compensation for breach of contract, that is secondary; for someone desperate to leave, it is nothing more than working off-the-books for a few years.

Of course, the premise is that the Mage Tower being breached is benevolent enough to tolerate the contract breaker leaving alive; otherwise, at the very beginning of the breach, they would be dealt with.

Therefore, most Mages, when signing contracts, do not choose Sacred Contracts witnessed by the Lord of Radiance, just to prevent the off-chance that they accidentally break the contract, for then they would truly be unable to recover no matter how much they cried or wailed.

The maintenance of organizational relationships in Mage Towers, aside from the Mage Tower itself, relies to a large extent on this kind of easily identifiable Sacred Contract.

Maintaining Sacred Contracts is almost an instinct for every Mage Tower organization.

Take the Tower of Time, for example: if someone on the blacklist wants to join, unless that person can bring immense benefits and the risk is extremely low, Xia Duo will not consider it.

And if it is someone with a record of two contract breaches, then joining the Tower of Time is almost impossible; one could even say there are no living people who have breached a contract twice.

Daiwei is just an Intermediate Mage; once he has the stain of not keeping a contract, his life, if not entirely ruined, will at least be half-ruined.

No one dares to easily test such consequences.

After giving the opinion to "handle it according to regulations," Xia Duo had thought this matter would end there, and he would continue on to the 【Yellow Sand Semi-Plane】.

But unexpectedly, Saixili contacted him again: "Daiwei says he has a major discovery to tell you, and if you still want to punish him after seeing him, then he accepts it."

Heh! So confident?

Xia Duo thought of the research topic Daiwei used to apply for material subsidies, "Materialization of Magic Web Strings," and felt even more dissatisfied with this fellow.

What "Materialization of Magic Web Strings," it is truly nonsense!

Currently, any theory Xia Duo has come into contact with, as well as his own personal research, including the knowledge of high-level Elf Mages obtained from the 【Sword of Ruling】, does not support the so-called "Materialization of Magic Web Strings."

Materialization implies that Magic Net Strings can come into contact with matter in reality; if feasible, it would certainly be possible to convert the entire Magic Net into a physical form through some method, thereby destroying the whole world.

The "whole world" here does not refer to just this one Material Plane, but to any world where the Magic Net exists!

As one of the foundations of the world, how could the Magic Net be so easily changed in nature!

Even Arcane Fire, which tears the Magic Net, does not change the nature of the Magic Net Strings themselves, but rather re-weaves them into a private Micro Magic Net; when it converges and curls up, it becomes Arcane Fire.

Xia Duo had previously considered that his own cognition might be insufficient, and coupled with a desire to try his luck, he allowed these topics to pass and even allowed them to apply for subsidies.

But now, he has also read Daiwei's application Document; it is clearly full of loopholes, and he cannot even design a decent verification experiment. Does he really think the Tower of Time is a charity!

However, Xia Duo is not a stubborn and absolutely self-confident person. Since Daiwei is so adamant about having a major discovery, and somehow managed to persuade Saixili to relay the message several times, then going over to take a look is no big deal.

It won't waste much time anyway.

What if it really is a major discovery regarding the Materialization of Magic Web Strings?

"How is that possible!"

Xia Duo subconsciously denied this possibility again. After walking out of the Preparation Teleportation Hall, he immediately called the Tower Spirit to teleport him to the Material Department.

Although he was somewhat unwilling to admit it, in his Subconscious, he was still somewhat looking forward to this upcoming meeting.

Material Department, Saixili's office.

Perhaps to facilitate the conversation between Xia Duo and Daiwei, Saixili had already cleared out irrelevant personnel. When Xia Duo arrived, the only people in the office were Saixili, who was reviewing documents, and Daiwei, who was standing by her desk with an anxious look on his face.

"Saixili, Daiwei."

"Lord Xia Duo!"

Hearing the voice, Saixili hurriedly put down the pen in her hand, stood up to salute, and then reminded Daiwei, "Mage Daiwei, Lord Xia Duo is here; if you have anything to say, hurry up and say it!"

Daiwei's face lit up with joy and he was about to speak, but Xia Duo took a step forward and questioned him: "What are you hiding in your sleeve?!"

While questioning him, he also ordered the Tower Spirit to teleport Saixili away, while simultaneously casting a Protective Spell within this office.

At this moment, in Daiwei's sleeve, a strange Magic Aura was shifting and surging. If it were an ordinary Spellcaster, they might only mistake it for a trigger-type Magic Item.

But in Xia Duo's eyes, that light penetrated multiple layers of the Magic Net structure and was extremely unstable, appearing as if it would erupt at any moment; it was far from comparable to the aura of an ordinary trigger-type Magic Item.

After Saixili left, Xia Duo breathed a sigh of relief. Saixili and Niya grew up together and were very close; if she were to encounter any misfortune in front of him, even if Niya didn't say anything, he himself would feel guilty.

After taking a few steps back, Xia Duo repeated what he had said before:

"Speak, what are you hiding in your sleeve?"

Although he was confident in his own strength and the protection of the Tower of Time, faced with this kind of Magic Aura he had never seen before and could not identify, Xia Duo was still quite cautious.

As for why he didn't teleport Daiwei away, it was mainly out of concern that the aura might explode before the teleportation. The Magic Aura itself did not necessarily contain any harm, but the unknown Magic it represented might not be harmless.

An aura eruption is, in fact, a Magic eruption.