Chapter 501: Class Leap, Farewell

On the other side, after Xia Duo left Archmage Greta, he continued to the Library to read; before waiting for the Princess's reply, he had to make use of his time however he could.

To his surprise, not long after he arrived at the Library, he received a summons from Archmage Greta. Xia Duo guessed in his heart that there was likely a result, he just didn't know if the Princess would let him return.

"Your Excellency Archmage, what is the Princess's reply?"

"Her Highness has agreed, but she has a message for me to pass on to you."

"Please speak, Your Excellency—"

"Her Highness told me to tell you: use the Projection Plane wisely. Human life is limited; do not consume a large amount of your lifespan for the sake of rapid advancement in the Main Plane—it is not worth it. Even if you possess a special bloodline, there is no need to squander it this way."

Xia Duo nodded quickly to acknowledge this, but in his heart, he did not agree. Although the passage of time in the Main Plane or the Projection Plane is consistent for an individual, and the learning and research conditions of the Main Plane seem better, however—

Spending future time to obtain power in advance is, for the vast majority of people, not unacceptable.

This is just like a loan on Earth; its emergence must have a certain positive significance. Even if one has to pay a certain amount of interest, it allows those who currently lack capital to obtain future money, to acquire capital now, and thereby achieve their goals.

Xia Duo believed that if the Plane Exploration Array could be opened for free, then it is estimated that all Netherese Mages would choose his current method—

Contacting a deeper layer of the Magic Net in the Main Plane, while accumulating experience and knowledge in the Projection Plane.

This is the most idealized growth path. What it manifests as is a Mage obtaining power at the fastest speed in the Main Plane. If it were a stable environment like his hometown, then of course one could take it slow, but the problem is that this magical world is not peaceful.

Not to mention the possible conflicts between Netheril and the Elven Nations, just the lives of ordinary people are not so satisfactory; without power, everything is vanity.

Regarding the Princess's advice, Xia Duo could only take it as the result of her looking down from the clouds, failing to understand the struggles of the bottom-tier Mages.

Conditions for someone like Xia Duo are already very, very good; the entire Tower of Time can almost be used for him, which is very rare in all of Netheril.

If even Xia Duo feels such urgency, then how deep must the thirst for power be among other Mages or ordinary people!

Take Projection Plane exploration as an example; Xia Duo can use the Tower of Time's for free, while ordinary Mages, unless they have a very deep background, must spend at least one Arcane Crystal for a single projection journey.

Let alone ordinary Mages, even Arcanists who can produce their own Arcane Crystals cannot afford the expense of frequent Astral Projection.

For ordinary Mages, there are various obstacles from all other aspects on their growth path. To describe it with a phrase Xia Duo often heard on Earth: "Just being able to survive is already not easy," how could they still consider what the optimal advancement route is?

For ordinary people, or ordinary Mages, only by advancing to Arcanist or becoming an Archmage can they complete a class leap; otherwise, they are actually no better off than ordinary people.

And only by becoming a Great Arcanist can one basically master their own destiny.

Having an open perspective from Earth makes Xia Duo very clear about his goals. The most terrifying thing is that countless Netherese Mages simply do not know what they want, just drifting with the tide and muddling along, eventually becoming indistinguishable from the masses.

……

Returning to his temporary residence, Xia Duo packed up some odds and ends and then prepared to leave. However, before leaving, there were two more things he needed to do.

One was to say goodbye to Niya, which could be left for last, and the other was something he needed to go do now.

Arriving at the previous Arcane Maze training room, it was now the afternoon. Those ten Arcanists were of course not here, but Xia Duo knew they had other training in the afternoon in a training room not far away, only Xia Duo had never been there before.

Taking a handwritten notebook from his dimensional band, this was something he had recorded regarding some techniques, strategies, and some combat philosophies related to Chess. This was Xia Duo's last stock; actually, most of it had been mentioned in previous training, and this notebook was just a summary.

He certainly hoped that Netheril could win in the upcoming Snow Melting Competition. If he could contribute a little, he would; this was really all he could do.

The door opened. At this time, the two people battling inside the training room were two Arcanists Xia Duo did not know, but the Arcanists who had participated in the 【Arcane Maze】 training were all there.

Xia Duo did not go in, but contacted the Arcanist Stuart, whom he was more familiar with, and explained the reason. Then he saw him say a few words to the people around him, and then, *whoosh*, all ten Arcanists who had participated in the Arcane Maze training came out.

At this time, their attitude was somewhat different from before. Upon learning that Xia Duo was about to advance to Arcanist, these Arcanists, who had originally been a bit cold, suddenly became enthusiastic.

Xia Duo exchanged pleasantries with them and finally took out the handwritten notebook and handed it to Stuart, "This is some experience and techniques I have summarized. I hope it will be of help to you all. I wish you a complete victory in the Snow Melting Competition!"

"Thank you for your blessing, we will definitely win!"

Before finally leaving, Xia Duo couldn't help but glance into the training room again. Just now, he had spotted a familiar figure, but he didn't dare to confirm it.

It was an Elf, inexplicably a bit like the Elven Mage the Princess had sent people to take away from the Tower of Time earlier.

"That is Master Feinuoweita, sent by Her Highness the Princess to help us familiarize ourselves with the Mages of Keman." Seeming to see Xia Duo's small movement, Stuart explained.

Xia Duo smiled slightly and did not delve any deeper. Xia Duo did not know the name of the Elven Mage that the Tower of Time had imprisoned before, but even if it were the same person, it would not change anything for Xia Duo.

"You all continue your training; I am leaving now."

……

After saying goodbye to Niya, Xia Duo returned to the Tower of Time through the Teleportation Array of Giles Tower. Returning did not require as much trouble as coming over; he knew the Access Key for the Tower of Time's Teleportation Array and could teleport directly.

After returning to the Tower of Time, Xia Duo returned to Linshui Village at the first opportunity. This should have been the longest time he had left his Territory. Previously, there were a few times he entered the Projection Plane where a long time had passed, but that was relative to Xia Duo.

For the Territory, the time he was away was very short, but this time it was truly, in the Main Plane, half a month.

Although Xia Duo was away, the external expansion of Linshui Village had not stopped, and the progress was much faster than he had expected!

Because the ships that had gone to Seventon to transport the residents had returned!