Arcane Lord

Back at the camp, Leiden sent Sha Duo today's personnel evaluation status. Sha Duo flipped through the pages page by page, with ordinary citizens in the front and slaves in the back.

Perhaps because of the order just announced today, everyone's performance today was quite good. Leiden gave everyone an "excellent" rating.

At the end of the page, there was another booklet, which was a roster of all personnel, including soldiers. Leiden compiled everyone's past experiences and skills. This was something Sha Duo specifically asked him to do.

When he saw the book at this time, it turned out to be exactly what he wanted to see. This roster was probably the first household registration information in the territory.

"Leiden, aren't there craftsmen here? This slave named 'Stone', a stonemason? Did he make the stone bowl on the altar?"

"Sir, I chiseled out that bowl with my own hands." Leighton immediately explained, "And this slave named Stone is indeed a stonemason. I chiseled out that bowl with my own hands under his guidance."

Although Leiden didn't like these slaves, it was simply because they escaped from the recruitment of the original lord. He would not hide the abilities of the slaves.

The doctrine does not allow him to lie to the lord, and he himself is unwilling to lie.

"Well, and this Carpenter, the carpenter?"

"right."

There are so many talents among these slaves! Among the more than twenty people, there were two craftsmen, and among the fifty or sixty official citizens he recruited in Savile Territory, there was only one cobbler.

That’s quite a difference!

"These two people are temporarily allowed to work together with other slaves, but you have to keep an eye on them. When the time comes, I will release them from their slave status."

"yes!"

"That's it." Xia Duo handed back the personnel roster and evaluation records. For the time being, Leiden needs to take care of these tasks first.

There are still too few people!

He now hopes that the Slavin Chamber of Commerce can get him more slaves from the mainland. As for recruiting from the Saville Territory, he no longer has much hope.

It's good to have this group of fifty or sixty people as a base, but the follow-up may be to send them one or two, which really can't satisfy his appetite.

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After Leiden left, Shado came to the river bank and walked into the river step by step. He had written down a set of elements from the magic arrow in the mystery lock, but there was no magic laboratory here, so he thought of a method that was not method of method——

Spread consciousness into the water body and use this section of the river to conduct magic experiments. Even if it fails, the Wolfburg River will bear the responsibility.

Of course, this is just an idea. He wants to conduct an experiment anyway, so why not just try it once.

If he succeeds, it will not only be more convenient for magic experiments, but more importantly - once the water area he can control becomes wider, wouldn't it be possible to extend the magic to extremely far distances!

This is like, from his current position, he casts a spell through the water, but the spell appears in Savile Town, which means that he may attack the enemy while sitting at home, but the enemy does not know about him.

And this is just [Control of Water]. There is also a part about wind, rain and thunder in the bloodline inheritance information. Can we also use wind, rain and thunder to cast spells?

But all this is just Xia Duo's imagination. Whether it is feasible or not depends on this attempt to cast spells through water!

At the bottom of the Wolfburg River, Shado lay quietly on the river bed, his consciousness slowly spreading from his body, as if the surrounding river water had become his limbs and blood.

Xia Duo did not extend his consciousness to the limit that he could control. At the limit, although he could still think normally, it was like instinct. It was impossible to cast spells in such a state.

He just extended his consciousness to both sides of Wolfsburg, spreading about 20 meters upstream and downstream. He felt that once it exceeded this range, he would not be able to cast spells.

This feeling is very wonderful and simple. It's like a person can only lift 100 pounds, so he is very sensitive to the concept of 100 pounds.

I have a rough standard in mind for what can be lifted and what cannot be lifted.

The state of concentration is a state in which the spirit and will are very concentrated. It is equivalent to a person using all his strength. Whether a person has used all his strength and whether he is in a state of concentration can be easily judged.

A simpler way to judge is through the magic net. You can "see" the magic net when you are focused. If you have distracting thoughts or your consciousness is not concentrated enough, you will naturally not be able to see it.

Staying focused, like using all your strength, requires stamina or energy. In short, it cannot be without consumption. If you consume too much, you will not be able to maintain it.

Casting a spell is a more consuming act than maintaining concentration, so resting is required only after casting.

Xia Duo maintains concentration while controlling the water, and can only affect a section of the river of about 50 meters at most. For a strategic target that wants to hit the enemy from home, this is a starting point.

Whether it is possible to cast spells through water, the first step to try is to pull the magic net. As long as it can interact with the magic net, it will be a zero breakthrough.

What follows is just an accumulation of complexity.

In the first step, Xia Duo did not do anything difficult, just like a mage apprentice practicing spell casting. He just pulled a string of magic net, twisted and entangled...

Any element he masters can be easily realized, that is to say——

You can cast spells through water!

Xia Duo was excited. What this meant could be understood by just thinking about it with his toes. Putting aside the expansion of the casting range, after all, he didn't need it now.

Just being able to use the water to bear the backlash of failed spellcasting on his behalf is enough to make him cheer for joy.

The magic net calming effect of the spell laboratory is related to the intensity of the spell experiment. Level 1 is 10 gold coins per hour, level 2 is 20, and so on.

As a mage, I don't know how much time I will spend on spellcasting training and experimenting with spells in the future. The money saved here is not a small amount.

Of course, some very dangerous spells with a huge range of influence also require careful experimentation. After all, the waters he can control are always limited.

But this is just a shortcoming that is not considered a shortcoming. Even in the magic laboratory, there are many accidents. For example, in the last arcane competition, Palos was absent because of his mentor's experimental accident.

Caution is required at all times.

After trying a single-element spell that was simpler than [Magic Trick], Xia Duo restrained his ecstasy and continued to try [Light Technique]. This spell has only twelve elements and is a relatively easy introductory spell.

Almost at the moment he thought about it, a hazy ball of light appeared at the bottom of the river 20 meters away.

The flow of the river itself, coupled with the ripples caused by the breeze, if someone stands in the distance and looks here, they can see tiny sparks flickering on the river, like stars entering the water, or like the eyes of an underwater monster. .