Chapter 700: Explanation, Steel Body

The distance from the East Barracks to the Portal where the old site of the Tower of Time is located is not short; walking on two legs can never compare to those who can fly. Even though Xia Duo set off later, he quickly caught up to and passed Sain and the others at the Central Plaza.

Arriving at the Portal first, Xia Duo communicated with the Tower Spirit to open the teleportation Permission Level for the 31 old Apprentices who already had their information on file at the Tower of Time, then gave a few instructions to the Guard Soldier before passing through the Portal alone.

The duty service task he had just mentioned to Keyaan at the Military Camp was not something Xia Duo had thought of on a whim, but something he had planned for a long time.

With the transformation of the Tower of Time, and even the widespread popularization of Magic, the number of Spellcasters will increase significantly, and not everyone likes to do research; those people must have an arrangement.

Becoming full-time Magic Soldiers, or Magic Technicians, or even Magic Farmers (Druids?), can now be gradually laid out.

The duty service task is merely a small attempt.

In Xia Duo's plan, Mage will become an academic qualification rather than a profession, similar to high school students or university students on Earth.

However, most of his plans are only known to himself; even Niya does not know them very clearly. It is not that Xia Duo is unwilling to explain, but that Niya is unwilling to listen to Xia Duo talk about principles at length.

This temporary drafting of key personnel from the Army pushed the duty service forward a little, although given that the number of Official Mages in the Tower of Time is about to explode, it cannot be considered too abrupt or bizarre.

But in order to increase mutual trust and avoid estrangement, he still had to explain it to Niya; after all, Niya had already given him her full trust first.

It is not necessarily that she believes in Xia Duo as a person, but at least she believes that Xia Duo will not easily destroy his own interests.

……

The process of meeting with Niya was entirely within Xia Duo's expectations. He briefly explained the reason for doing so, and Niya stopped asking, turning instead to discuss with Xia Duo the Transmutation spells recorded in the Fielder Spellbook.

But Xia Duo was somewhat unprepared:

"Sorry, I've been busy making Spellbooks lately and haven't had time to understand the contents of the Fielder Spellbook in detail."

"Oh, I almost forgot about this!"

Niya felt a bit embarrassed, but she still said, "The Tower of Time has most of the spells on here, but there are a few that even Giles Tower cannot find. Do you think this could be related to the 'Great Plan' mentioned in the Fielder Spellbook, or that mysteriously disappeared Great Arcanist Aoshi?"

"What kind of spells are they?"

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be a set of combat spells."

As she spoke, Niya took out the spells she had copied and handed them to Xia Duo. Xia Duo took them and looked; the Arcane Geometry conversion diagrams for these few spells were not complicated, but compared to their more intuitive names, they lacked a bit of appeal.

"【Steel Body】, 【Link Teleportation】, 【Magic-Breaking Blade】, 【Keen Tracking】, ……"

Xia Duo read out the names of these spells one by one. Except for 【Link Teleportation】, which is clearly a Creation School Teleportation Spell, the vast majority of the others are Transmutation spells, all of which Niya had marked one by one.

Among them, the one Niya highlighted was the first spell named 【Steel Body】. Just looking at the name, it seems to be transforming the body into steel; could there really be such a spell?

"Have you tried all of these?" Xia Duo asked.

These spells were all excerpted from the Inner Page of the Fielder Spellbook. The Inner Page was not encrypted, so for those with high proficiency in Spellcasting, after simple practice, merely using them was not a difficult task.

This is actually what most ordinary Mages do most often—finding new spells, practicing new spells, finding new spells again, and practicing again.

"I've tried them all."

Niya nodded gently, "I found that except for 【Steel Body】, the other spells are very much like the spells of Elf Sword Singers."

Hmm?

Xia Duo opened Niya's notes again. If Niya hadn't said it, he wouldn't have noticed!

This is indeed a set of "Magic Warrior" spells, and with that 【Steel Body】, it is even more so!

It is just unclear why this set of spells did not spread, but was instead locked in a Spellbook from over two hundred years ago.

Elves still retain the Sword Singer heritage to this day, which shows that "Magic Warriors" must have certain merits; otherwise, they would have been eliminated by history long ago.

"It really is very similar. Could the so-called 'Great Plan' be to create a spell system similar to Sword Singers? That's unlikely!"

Xia Duo did not even believe this himself. The Fielder Spellbook mentioned the so-called Great Plan, but these spells were recorded in the Spellbook, which just goes to show that these spells are not the Great Plan!

At least when Fielder left the Spellbook, the so-called Great Plan was still in progress!

"Do you think I should ask the teacher?"

"Better not!"

Xia Duo did not want to get involved in things like "you know too much." "Don't be too curious; these spells in the Spellbook are already enough for us to understand."

"But aren't you curious about why that Great Arcanist Aoshi mysteriously disappeared, and what that 'Great Plan' actually is?"

"Of course I'm curious, but one must act according to one's ability. Once you touch upon some taboo secrets, it's really hard to clean up. I think it's better to wait until Great Arcanist Saville returns!"

Seeing Xia Duo mention her great-grandfather, Niya could not help but put aside her eager thoughts, and then said, "Keep an eye on this 【Steel Body】; I have designed a Transmutation spell experiment that needs your help."

"Sure, but I have to wait until I finish making the Spellbooks."

"Alright then, anyway, I can only study this in my spare time; the tasks assigned by the teacher haven't been completed yet!"

Speaking of this, Niya showed a very troubled, cute expression.

Seeing this, Xia Duo felt very envious. Although he had already obtained the book list that the Princess had issued to Niya, just reading books always lacked something; one-on-one guidance was what Xia Duo valued most.

Fortunately, he could ask the Princess some questions through Niya, which made him feel slightly more balanced.

Otherwise, watching a Great Arcanist's student loitering in front of him every day, Xia Duo really felt uncomfortable.

……

Just as Xia Duo finished his conversation with Niya and was preparing to return to his residence to continue finishing the Spellbook production, Niya suddenly stopped him:

"By the way, I almost forgot to tell you. Before you came, I received a message from Rodney Lord. He said that in two days, he will invite Archmage Greta to the Tower of Time to witness the promise."

Speaking of this, Niya felt a bit embarrassed. Before, she almost couldn't help but question Rodney Lord, but fortunately, good news arrived after only a few days.

Now, just waiting two more days, the final true result will be known.

"In two days, you and I will receive them together!"

"Okay!"

Xia Duo agreed without hesitation. Having been familiar with them for these days, he had good control over the several newly awakened Bloodline Abilities. At least in terms of temperament, he would no longer let 【Dragon's Majesty】 steal the show.

As for the other abilities, as long as he didn't use them, others wouldn't be able to tell.