Chapter 3021: Visit from the Thorn Society, and a Gift

After leaving the meeting room, Xia Duo did not return to the Psionic Network Research Center, but instead took a detour to the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab to pick up some materials, after which he left the Alliance Headquarters directly.

Yunfeng Manor.

It was June, the season of blooming flowers. Although the climate anomalies in the Northland caused by the collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar had not yet disappeared this year, Evereska, situated within the Hengchun Barrier, remained unaffected.

At this time, the maple forest on the outskirts of the manor had turned completely green, and the small garden near the main body of the manor was already filled with flowers. As Xia Duo passed by, he felt unusually surprised when he saw them.

Tracing his memory slightly, he realized that the flowers in this garden had actually bloomed at the beginning of the month, but he had been too busy with work lately, so he hadn't taken them to heart even though he had seen them.

But now, seeing the flowers in the garden in full bloom, Xia Duo realized that the new year was already nearly half over. Unknowingly, time had passed so quickly.

Yet, thinking of the things that had happened over the past year, he felt it was only natural.

Returning to the study, Xia Duo took out the materials he had brought back from the Alliance Headquarters, flipped through them roughly, then closed them and placed them on a bookshelf to the side of the study, before sending a message to the butler, Lajieer:

"Notify the other party to come over!"

This was because an Elf wanted to visit him, and after learning the other party's identity, he had asked Dumu to use the resources of the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab to conduct a brief investigation.

But from the perspective of potential, what predecessors have newly created is not necessarily as mature as the ancient ones. Compared to Elven Magic, Netheril Magic possesses one most important characteristic, and that is—

From a small perspective, this matter is merely a private decision by the Thorn Society; what those Apprentices will eventually grow into and what kind of treatment they will receive in the Elf World are their own private matters, and outsiders cannot interfere.

Just by relying on some scattered Netheril Magic knowledge passed to the Elf World to summarize such a relatively complete introductory textbook on Netheril Magic, the Thorn Society has likely expended no small amount of effort.

Progressing in such a spiral, until a technical inflection point appears, at which time it will be when the Ether Interlayer detection exerts its power.

"This is indeed a decent Apprentice textbook; even if placed in Netheril, it could be called precious. The Thorn Society gave it to me so easily, I feel somewhat uneasy! Speak, what is it you want from me?"

Looking further ahead, although Netheril Magic may be slightly inferior to Elven Magic in depth—after all, it is just a brand-new magic system created in the last few hundred years, and it references more primitive magic systems that have long been eliminated by history.

Or rather, before Xia Duo appeared, Netheril itself did not have a systematic introductory textbook on magic!

"Respected Lord Xia Duo, thank you for the audience, Lari is deeply grateful."

Xia Duo wanted to use the time while the other party was coming over to have his consciousness return to the main body at the Tower of Time to do some research, so he set the meeting place in the study. Over at the Tower of Time, Saville was leading people to work overtime to organize and analyze the relationship between the new Plane and the Main Plane's space-time state.

"I remember I shouldn't have any intersection with the Thorn Society! Why would Mage Lari suddenly think of coming to visit me?"

The latter is easier to explain; Evereska and Great Xia Territory conducting legal exchanges is actually not just about law, but merely using law as an introduction. They had long intended to relax the restrictions on recruiting Mage Apprentices.

The visitor took the lead in reporting his identity; he was none other than Lari, one of the seven Elders of the Evereska Mage organization, the Thorn Society.

Although it is not a comprehensive popularization of magic for all citizens, it can be considered opening a gap.

After a moment, Lajieer sent a reply, "Already notified, the other party is on the way to the manor, they will be here immediately."

Xia Duo accepted the book openly and honestly. He was not worried about the other party playing any tricks in the book; the current him is just an avatar, even if he gave it to the other party, what could they do? Instead, it would be the Thorn Society that would have to bear his wrath because of it.

"It is not sudden. Actually, I have heard the name of Lord Xia Duo for a long time. This year, because of the appearance of the Public Computing Power Pool, it has attracted the key attention of our society, which is why I have this visit."

Xia Duo had previously chatted with Elder Laruian many times about this topic, and he was not particularly surprised that the Thorn Society had obtained the qualification to recruit Mage Apprentices.

Speaking of this, Lari flipped his hand and took out a book he had tucked into his sleeve, then stood up and handed it to Xia Duo's desk, "This is a gift from our Thorn Society to Lord Xia Duo, please, my lord, offer your corrections."

There is a little bit of nothing more than the Thorn Society being in decline, yet they were still able to obtain qualifications from the Evereska Council of Elders; other more prosperous societies probably have even fewer restrictions.

Just seeing this first page, Xia Duo had a few more points of interest in this Thorn Society that had come to his door. Continuing to flip through it, he couldn't help but feel a sense of realization, as if he were flipping through the early Apprentice textbooks of the Tower of Time.

What really made him feel unexpected and surprised was that the other party actually wanted to teach Apprentices Netheril Magic within the Elven Magic Society. This matter could be big or small.

For a time, he was a bit unable to grasp the other party's intentions. Netheril Magic being passed to the Elf World is not fresh news, but a systematic introductory textbook had never existed before.

Xia Duo had also learned about the background of the Thorn Society and Lari beforehand, so he didn't need to ask repeatedly this time, but let the other party sit down first, and then asked about the other party's purpose:

"Your society has obtained the qualification to recruit Apprentices, and you are also preparing to teach Apprentices Netheril Magic?!" Hearing this news suddenly, Xia Duo couldn't help but be surprised.

And as the designer of the analysis algorithm, he naturally needs to follow up frequently in order to handle various problems at the first opportunity. Furthermore, these problems can also provide benefits for his subsequent algorithm optimization.

This was actually a concise introductory manual for Netheril Magic!

Now that he had looked at the materials, he felt he could meet the other party.

It can be learned quickly!

After a moment, Kustuo came to knock on the door outside the study. Xia Duo's consciousness returned to the avatar, and he said loudly towards the outside, "Come in!"

But from a big perspective, does the Evereska Council of Elders know about this matter? If they agree, will it cause a plan from the Elven Mages? If they don't agree, will it make the relationship between Xia Duo and Evereska worse?

"Oh? There is actually a gift?"

"It is like this, some time ago the Thorn Society obtained the Apprentice recruitment qualification approved by the Evereska Council of Elders. My visit this time is to implore Lord Xia Duo to agree to the Thorn Society teaching Apprentices Netheril Magic!"

"When he arrives, bring him to my study."

Opening the book, Xia Duo actually saw Arcane Geometry Diagrams. This is not a product of Elven Magic; Elven Magic has the symbol system of Elven Magic, and Arcane Geometry Diagrams are a symbol system that only Netheril Magic has.

Kustuo pushed open the door, but he himself did not enter, instead yielding his position to let a Moon Elf Mage who looked quite aged enter the study.