Chapter 2244: Ownership of the Third Mythallar

————I'll make up for this chapter tomorrow; I wrote three chapters today and I'm a bit worn out~

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Of course, an Activator alone cannot possibly give ordinary people the power to resist a Spellcaster, but after the Activator appears, magic weapons powered by it will inevitably emerge. Even if Spellcasters deliberately impose Suppression, Xia Duo would create them himself.

They don't necessarily have to be sold, but those who need them will always have a chance to get them.

Of course, what Xia Duo hopes for even more is that the Spellcaster community in Netheril can realize the role and significance of ordinary people, thereby spontaneously raising the status of ordinary people.

Xia Duo has actually laid the groundwork for this long ago; mass-producing Magic Items will trigger follow-ups from other Spellcaster organizations, thereby starting the process of industrialization, and the appearance of the Activator gives ordinary people a chance to participate, rather than just existing as property used by those in power to demonstrate benevolence.

In the current Netheril, the relationship between the Spellcaster class and ordinary people is very fragmented; it can be said that apart from replenishing new blood, Spellcasters have almost no need for ordinary people!

Take the Tower of Time in the past, for example; it was completely self-sufficient internally and could even export a large amount of grain. In such a situation, how could Mages possibly treat ordinary people as real people?

Xia Duo knew when he was in Middle School that if you want to improve the political status of a group, you cannot just shout slogans or make mandatory regulations; you must incorporate this group into the social production system and give them the qualifications for equal pay for equal work as other groups.

The same applies to the world of Magic. The reason why ordinary people have no status is largely because they cannot influence the production of the magical society. Mages are all self-sufficient, and the production of Magic Items does not require the help of ordinary people.

Even if it is needed, it is not essential.

But once the Magic Industry begins, the number of Spellcasters will be far from enough to support socialized mass production, and a large number of ordinary people can just fill this gap.

And ordinary people who earn income by participating in the production of the magical society also have the opportunity to consume a large amount of produced magic products, though ordinary people are, after all, not as efficient as Spellcasters.

Then, targeted training for ordinary people to participate in the production of the magical society will also emerge as the times require. It is not necessary to train them into Spellcasters, but they will certainly be trained along the lines of Magic Technicians.

This process itself will also increase the probability of ordinary people becoming Mages, or in other words, this is another form of popularizing Magic Education.

Xia Duo also learned in Middle School, "Capitalists training workers is not really for the good of the workers, but to improve production efficiency and to deprive them of more surplus value."

Although Xia Duo does not stand on the side of the capitalists, in the process of the development of the times and society, ordinary people can indeed share more development dividends than in the old era.

Of course, compared to forcing the capitalists of the magical world to popularize education, what Xia Duo has done in Nan Jing is more proactive; after all, the level of consciousness is different.

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At this time, Yinaole, hearing Xia Duo's concern for the status of ordinary people again, could not help but be stunned for a few seconds, and then said: "Perhaps you are right; it is I who am too conservative."

"I will help you with the patent registration, but I still suggest that you wait a while before making it public, at least until the recent Mythallar turmoil has subsided."

"Turmoil? For the teacher to use the word 'turmoil' to describe recent events, has Seven Towers come up with some new tricks again?" Xia Duo asked curiously.

"It's not all Seven Towers; you have a share in it too. If you hadn't sold that Mythallar to Kelifu, it probably wouldn't be as noisy as it is now."

"Uh——"

Xia Duo couldn't continue this conversation, because he was planning to sell another one at the end of this month, so he hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, teacher, I also wanted to ask you about the situation in the Puppet Kingdom in the East this time."

"Why are you asking about this?"

"It's because my previous trip was unexpectedly interrupted in the South. This time I'm planning to continue it, go to the East to walk around and broaden my horizons. Because I'm worried about another accident, I came to ask the teacher about the situation first."

"You want to go to Yimaska? Are you not worried about the Mental Image World attacks from the Zhamu Dasi people anymore?"

"What is there to worry about? They are already caught in the vortex of war and cannot extricate themselves. At a time like this, would they dare to come and provoke me?"

What Xia Duo said was the situation he heard from the Calimshan Envoy in Evereska a while ago—Zhamu Dasi and Kaitemier are fighting fiercely, and they even provoked a war of conquest to the south. In such a situation, how could they have the leisure to come and find trouble for him?

"You still need to be careful." Although Yinaole also thought that the possibility of Zhamu Dasi attacking Xia Duo again was very low, he still habitually gave a reminder.

"Don't worry, teacher, I have a sense of it. The situation in that Puppet Kingdom—"

"Wait for me to organize it, and then let Haichenisi send it to Nan Jing. Being delayed by you like this, I have missed the time I agreed upon with Seven Towers. I won't talk to you anymore; I'm leaving first."

After speaking, Yinaole did not wait for Xia Duo to speak and teleported away directly, leaving Xia Duo alone in the empty Study, smiling bitterly to himself.

He waited for a while, but didn't see Yinaole return. He reckoned it might take a long time, and there were many things to do in Nan Jing, so he simply didn't wait and returned to Nan Jing directly.

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Two days later, Haichenisi arrived at the Floating City.

With him were the auction representatives sent by the Great Arcanists of the Inner Land who were not from Seven Towers; in fact, they were the people sent by these six: Zhenna, Braun, Weide, Magna, Huo Ke, and Keluosi.

Kelifu already had one, so he didn't send anyone.

Among them, Weide not only sent an auction representative, but he himself came to the scene. Xia Duo met the other party at Hengchun Square in the Public Zone of the Floating City.

As for the others, Haichenisi left after delivering the information on Yimaska, while those auction representatives were led to an auction house on a commercial street near Hengchun Square, preparing to participate in the auction.

"Long time no see, Lord Weide is still as elegant as ever!"

"I am not as young and vigorous as Lord Xia Duo; this old fellow doesn't have many days left to live!"

The expression on Weide's face was a bit lonely, and his words didn't sound like modest remarks, but Xia Duo didn't take it to heart and continued to exchange pleasantries with the other party. Soon, the two of them started talking about this auction.

"Lord Xia Duo, is there really only this one Mythallar device available for sale in the short term?"

"Of course, if Lord Weide wins the auction, you will know from the included technical manual exactly how long it takes to build a Mythallar!"

"Is that so? I have another question: why wasn't the first Mythallar put up for auction, but given directly to Kelifu? Wouldn't the benefits be greater if it were auctioned?"

"Lord Weide is joking. How can a strategic facility like a Mythallar be simply measured by benefits?"

The reason why Xia Duo sold the first Mythallar to Kelifu was mainly because he considered that Kelifu had relatively good relationships with all parties and had no enemies. Otherwise, if he had sold it to Weide first, Braun would probably have been unable to sleep or eat in peace.