Chapter 319: Agent's Permission Level

"Something up?"

Xia Duo's attitude was extremely cold.

"Xia Duo, could you talk to my mentor and ask him to leave me some private time? I really can't take it anymore. He will definitely listen to you."

"..."

As for Kaili's words, Xia Duo simply acted as if he hadn't heard them; it was already an accepted unspoken rule that mentors borrowed their Apprentices' mental energy through Synergistic Resonance to conduct experiments.

However, mentors would not completely drain their Apprentices; on the contrary, Apprentices would come into contact with all sorts of Knowledge due to the mentors' experiments, not to mention the matter of private time.

No one could cast spells continuously without interruption all day long; let alone Apprentices, even mentors couldn't stand it. The time mentors spent occupying their Apprentices for Resonance experiments was actually very limited.

It was mutually beneficial, though of course, there were certain risks involved.

Instead, it was those mentors who didn't need Apprentices to participate in experiments who would torment their Apprentices with a large number of bizarre, complex, and trivial tasks.

Even if Xia Duo became the true master of the Tower of Time, he could not arbitrarily interfere with a mentor's arrangements for their Apprentices, unless it went against the rules of the Tower of Time itself.

What's more, he was currently only the Acting Tower Master, so it was even less possible for him to stand up for Kaili.

"Anything else? If not, I have things to do, I'm leaving!"

"You—" Kaili's expression changed several times, but in the end, he squeezed out a smile, "Then you go ahead and get busy, Xia Duo! Let's chat again when you have time."

"Mm."

Xia Duo nodded and entered the Elevator. The door closed, he counted silently for a few seconds, and when the door opened again, he was already on the top floor of the Tower of Time.

Aiboke had asked him to take Niya's Scepter to the Study; perhaps Niya had made some arrangements there.

When he arrived outside the Reception Room, the main door opened automatically. Xia Duo walked all the way inside, and the door to the Study also opened. As he took his first step into the Study, the Tower Spirit's voice followed—

"Mage Xia Duo, congratulations on obtaining a Permission Level increase. Current Permission Level: Level 9."

"Level 9?!"

Xia Duo's spirit lifted. Perhaps this was the true authority of the so-called "Acting Tower Master." Before he could even ask what this Level 9 Authority entailed, Niya's voice came through.

However, the voice sounded as if it were being interfered with by something; there were overlapping echoes and high-and-low-pitched noise. It sounded both distant and near, very eerie.

Xia Duo immediately entered a state of focus, though this time it was not for Spellcasting, but to listen carefully to Niya's Sending. After listening, Xia Duo filled in the gaps in his mind. Niya's Sending mainly covered three things—

First, she had something to attend to and would not be returning for the time being, for reasons similar to what Aiboke had said;

Second, she told Xia Duo who he could trust and rely on. She mentioned four people in total, but Xia Duo only heard three clearly: Aiboke and Saixili of the Tower of Time, and the Town Mayor in town.

There was one more from the Tower of Time, but Xia Duo hadn't heard it clearly, which was a pity.

Third, and most importantly—Niya emphasized this several times, and it left a deep impression on Xia Duo—even if the Tower of Time encountered an energy crisis and needed to suspend some functions, the energy supply to the Stasis Chamber must never be stopped.

At present, the Tower of Time did not have an energy crisis; it was just that energy was insufficient. Routine consumption could still be maintained, and there was even a surplus every day.

The third matter was just a reminder from Niya, and the reason was also very sufficient: the Lord of Aipusi had been cursed by an Elf and there was no cure, so he had to enter the Stasis Chamber to wait for possible treatment in the future.

This was the first time Xia Duo knew that the Lord of Aipusi was not dead yet, and he felt an inexplicable sense of relief. Recalling Niya's Sending just now, besides these three things—

There were some minor matters, such as the Scepter currently in his hand being a symbol of authority for the Territory, not the Tower of Time. Also, Niya told him to go to the Material Department to collect a Dimensional Bag, as important items must never be kept in a Dimensional Bag of unknown origin.

Xia Duo now had a Personal Space, and in his Dimensional Bag, there were only a few Blank Notebooks, some ink, and some dry rations and water.

If this were back during the time he had just entered the Mage Tower, this might have been a great fortune, but for him now, these were almost not worth mentioning.

However, since Niya had spoken so seriously, Xia Duo was prepared to follow her advice. Getting a Dimensional Bag for free, why not?

"Tower Spirit, tell me what Level 9 Authority can do?"

"Agent Xia Duo, you can do anything except destroy the Tower of Time!"

Anything?

Xia Duo became interested as soon as he heard this and hurriedly asked: "If I want to take away all the supplies in the Material Department? Is that allowed?"

"Agent Xia Duo, you do not have the management Permission Level for the Material Department and cannot take away the supplies from the Material Department."

It wouldn't work?

"Then can I first grant myself the management Permission Level for the Material Department, and then take away the supplies?"

"..."

The Tower Spirit was silent for two seconds, then said: "Agent Xia Duo, this behavior constitutes a violation of the rules of the Tower of Time, equivalent to destroying the Tower of Time. You do not have the Permission Level to do so."

After testing it twice, Xia Duo stopped. He knew that the Tower Spirit was much smarter than he had imagined and was not comparable to the "artificial idiots" on Earth.

Next, Xia Duo quickly entered the role of Acting Tower Master. He first checked the energy reserves of the Tower of Time, and then when he wanted to pull up the Magic Array design blueprints to check the progress of repairs, the Tower Spirit reminded him that his Permission Level was insufficient.

However, he was not angry. If Niya had truly handed over the Mage Tower to him without reservation, he would have been worried instead.

"In that case, Tower Spirit, enable the Arcane Garden first. No need to maintain a one-week harvest cycle, a half-month cycle will do."

Xia Duo didn't care how many days the harvest cycle was; what he really wanted to do was to let the Tower of Time return to normal as soon as possible. If he felt there was a shortage of food later, it wouldn't be too late to change it back to a one-week cycle.

Actually, Xia Duo hadn't spent a short amount of time in the Arcane Garden, and he was very clear about the harvest situation there. Not to mention a one-week cycle, even a one-month cycle would be enough to feed everyone in the Tower of Time.

And from what he understood, the Savile Territory sold a large amount of grain to Konnifila City in the east every year and strictly prohibited grain from the north from passing through.

Even if there was any, the Savile Territory would buy it up first and then sell it to the east themselves.

The Savile Territory itself had limited population and land; self-sufficiency might not be a problem, but wanting to provide extra supply to a border trade city was not that easy.

It was conceivable what kind of role the Arcane Garden played in this.

There was nothing in the Tower of Time that needed Xia Duo's attention for the moment. Everyone was busy repairing the Tower of Time, and as for the Savile Territory side, Xia Duo didn't know much.

After a round of checks, Xia Duo prepared to go to town to take a look.

However, before he could set off, the Tower Spirit sent another message—the Material Supervisor of the Tower of Time was looking for him!

Mentioning the Material Supervisor, Xia Duo had just wanted to appoint himself as the Material Supervisor, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the real Material Supervisor had come.