Chapter 1195: Impressions of Leisen Territory, Meeting and Conversing

Thinking this, Xia Duo had already walked slowly out of the Teleportation Room. Outside the Teleportation Room, Stern, the son of the Leisen Territory lord, had already been waiting for a long time.

"Lord Xia Duo, a pleasure to meet you!"

"Mage Stern, a pleasure to meet you!"

After a simple exchange of pleasantries, Stern reached out in an inviting gesture, pointing toward a corridor passage outside the Teleportation Room, and said to Xia Duo:

"Lord Xia Duo, I presume you know that my father lost his Spellcasting ability due to that experimental accident, so living in the Mage Tower is not convenient. Coupled with the blow brought by the accident itself, he has rarely come to the Mage Tower since then. He is waiting for you outside now, please come with me!"

Xia Duo nodded and followed behind Stern. Along the way, he occasionally examined everything inside the Mage Tower; the apprentices and Mages coming and going, just like the Sun Emblem that was very common on the side of the Teleportation Room.

At the same time, Xia Duo also discovered that this Mage Tower did not possess a Tower Spirit, but compared to an ordinary Mage Tower, it was quite advanced.

At least the performance of the energy system, roughly estimated by the number of apprentices and Formal Members he observed, was definitely far superior to the Watchtower!

As for other aspects, Xia Duo found it difficult to pry too much in front of the host, but overall, this Mage Tower of Leisen Territory was at least equivalent to three or four Watchtowers.

And according to Xia Duo's understanding, Leisen Territory did not have just this one Mage Tower, from which one could see the strength of Leisen Territory.

If one did not consider the part of the Tower of Time that was a Great Arcanist's legacy exceeding the norm, the comprehensive strength of Leisen Territory would absolutely far exceed Savile Territory!

However, knowing that Leisen Territory had a Mithril Mine, Xia Duo felt relieved!

How could a mine owner not be strong?

……

As the distance to the exit grew shorter, Xia Duo became increasingly expectant of this meeting. Besides looking forward to the so-called "downgrading method," he also had some interest in the Mithril Mine.

Thinking too much, he suddenly became a bit anxious about gains and losses, not knowing if this meeting would go smoothly!

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Walking out of the Mage Tower, Xia Duo saw the real scene of Leisen Territory for the first time. Excluding those Faith elements, other aspects did not differ much from the scene he had imagined.

Outside the Mage Tower was a town center similar to Savile Town, and not far away was a plaza similar to the Savile Town Central Square but slightly larger.

It was not a festival day at the moment, so there were not many people in the plaza; most were concentrated on the southern edge, mainly some small vendors and crowds of people coming to the market.

And on the north side of the plaza, besides the Mage Tower, was the manor where the lord lived and worked daily.

Unlike Savile Territory, which specifically set up a Town Hall, the officials of Leisen Territory all worked in the lord's manor. Who made Leisen Territory have a full-time lord!

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"Lord Xia Duo, please come this way, Father is in the Reception Room on the west side."

After entering this manor that clearly had an Elf style, Stern led Xia Duo all the way to a row of buildings on the west side of the main structure.

Here, besides serving as an office space for territory officials, it was also used by the Leisen lord to receive visitors.

Soon, Xia Duo met the long-awaited Leisen lord here.

Completely different from the image of a sickly old man he had imagined, the real Leisen lord had a robust physique, a vigorous voice, a firm face, and his eyes were also very sharp.

Plus he was wearing Enchanting armor and carrying a Magic longsword at his waist; if Stern hadn't introduced him, Xia Duo would have thought this was some guard general of Leisen Territory!

"Lord Leisen, a pleasure to meet you!" Xia Duo greeted with a smile.

As a Senior Arcanist, he didn't need to be so polite to an ordinary person, but for a territorial lord, Great Arcanist Apprentice, and the father of an apprentice who might be able to help him, that basic respect was also indispensable.

Furthermore, respecting others is respecting oneself; this stemmed from the social order of the future Magic civilization that Xia Duo hoped to shape.

If he didn't even approve of it himself, how could he expect others to approve of it too?

"Lord Xia Duo, a pleasure to meet you!"

The Leisen lord's voice was quite loud, giving Xia Duo a feeling of summer sunshine, positivity, and a spring breeze; it didn't show the slightest decadence, which couldn't help but make him feel favorable.

Followers of the Lord of Radiance, except for those who studied law, mostly held sunshine and universal love as their beliefs, in the name of the glorious Lord of Radiance, the sun.

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After both sides were seated, the Leisen lord, Telemen, took the lead in opening the topic, but he did not immediately ask about the purpose of Xia Duo's trip, instead chatting about the recent popular event in Netheril regarding the liberation of Gnome slaves:

"Two days ago, I read the bulletin of the Seventon Council, saying that the liberation of Gnome slaves was used for interest exchanges with the Northland countries. How does Lord Xia Duo view this matter?"

Asking how he viewed it?

Xia Duo thought for a moment, thinking of Laidun's attitude toward slaves in his own territory. Although it was much better now, at first, he was unwilling to give even the slightest chance.

Also as a follower of the Lord of Radiance, was the Leisen lord dissatisfied with this decision of the Seventon Council?

Maybe, maybe not.

Xia Duo did not answer directly, but took a roundabout way, "As long as the liberation of Gnome slaves conforms to the interests of Netheril and the interests of every Netheril Lord, then liberation is not necessarily a bad thing!"

"Haha!"

Telemen laughed twice, then said: "My view is very consistent with Lord Xia Duo's. You don't know that just yesterday, after I announced that all Gnome slaves in the territory could be promoted for merit and leave their slave status, the territory's crude Mithril production exceeded the total of the previous three days in just half a day!"

"Oh? Then I must congratulate Leisen Territory on being about to achieve Mithril freedom!"

"Mithril freedom?"

Telemen repeated this compound word he had heard for the first time, and the expression on his face became increasingly happy, "Not bad, I have already purchased Mithril Refining Technology from the Seventon Council. Perhaps in the near future, Leisen Territory will be able to truly achieve Mithril freedom!"

After finishing, Telemen's expression suddenly changed, and he cursed indignantly: "Knowing the Mithril Refining Technology, I finally understood how much Mithril Leisen Territory was cheated out of by that bunch of long-ears and short-dwarves in the past! It really makes me want to die of anger!"

Just at this moment, Stern, who had been listening in the Reception Room, stood up and came to Telemen's side, comforting him in a soft voice:

"Father, don't get angry. Now that the territory has mastered the Mithril Refining Technology, from now on, we will decide the price of this Mithril ourselves, and we don't have to suffer the anger of Elves and Dwarves anymore."

Hearing his son's persuasion, the anger on Telemen's face gradually subsided, and finally, he laughed again and said to Xia Duo: "Apologies, Lord Xia Duo, I lost my composure."

"No matter, I can understand your mood, Lord Leisen."

It was more than just understanding; in fact, in Netheril, the higher one went, the more one could feel the various tangible and intangible pressures brought by Elves. Now that the Elves had loosened the noose slightly on the Mithril issue.

Not just the Leisen lord, even Xia Duo felt a sense of relief.

But in the future, there were more challenges waiting for Netheril!

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After some casual conversation, the relationship between Xia Duo and the Leisen lord seemed to have been drawn much closer. Immediately after, Xia Duo mentioned the main purpose of this visit—