Chapter 1221 Destiny Trajectory, Adoption of Newcomers

"I am sure that I have not participated in any conspiracy against Cliff. In my opinion, all this is a complete accident. If the Seven Towers deliberately frame it, I will definitely rise up to resist!"

Xia Duo said categorically, and this was also the truest thought in his heart. A senior arcanist who was determined to cause destruction would give even the Seven Towers a headache.

It is precisely because of this that in Netheril, senior arcanists have a status second only to the great arcanists. The opinions of senior arcanists will be widely solicited before any major decisions are made.

Of course, senior arcanists generally respect the results of collective decision-making, and the minority obeys the majority, even when core interests are not involved, especially personal safety.

A few extreme situations, whether it is a senior arcanist or a higher-ranking great arcanist, will try their best to avoid them in advance, and if that time comes, it will definitely end with one party completely compromising or all of them being destroyed.

Xia Duo doesn't want the most extreme situation to happen to him, but if it does happen, he will definitely let his opponents feel the crazy revenge guided by the unrestricted warfare ideas of his hometown.

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Behind the desk, Iolum silently listened to Shado's statement. He did not expect that his nominal student would have such a strong attitude.

Before, he had always thought that Xia Duo was mature, good at planning, and good at compromise. Now this situation reminded him of his youthful appearance. Perhaps this was what a young man really looked like.

"Don't worry, Seven Towers won't do that, and I won't allow this to happen!"

After thinking about it, Iolum took another book from the bookshelf behind him, brought it to Sha Duo, and said in a gentle tone:

"These are some details of the recent negotiations between the Sevington Parliament and the Northland countries regarding the Northland Alliance. Take it back and take a look at it, and prepare early!"

"Negotiation details?"

Shado didn't understand why Iolum suddenly mentioned this, but he still stretched out his hands to "pick" the book from the void in front of him.

Just as he was about to open it and take a look, he suddenly thought of something, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he asked with a slight hesitation: "What does the teacher mean - I can leave Severington and return to the south now?"

"Yes."

Iolum nodded slightly, pointed to the new ornament on the table, and explained:

"Even [Destiny Locus] can't find any possibility of you being involved in this matter, and there won't be anything to say from the Seven Towers. If you want to go back to the South, you can leave now."

Following the direction of Iolum's finger, Shado once again turned his attention to the strange ornament on the corner of the desk. This thing similar to a multi-layer hairspring structure is called the "Trajectory of Destiny"?

Is it really possible to detect fate?

Xia Duo feels that this is more likely to be used for lie detection. Of course, it does not necessarily have only lie detection function. Otherwise, just find a priest who is deeply connected with the gods, rather than specifically using this.

Maybe it also has some function of verifying reality. In that case, it may really be related to the legendary "destiny".

While thinking about it, Sha Duo unknowingly kept his eyes on the [Destiny Track] for a while longer. It seemed that he noticed that Sha Duo was interested in the [Destiny Track]. Iolum said with a smile:

"What? Are you curious?"

"It's a little bit." Xia Duo looked away and said truthfully.

"Then this [Fate Track] will be given to you!"

"What?!"

Shado almost doubted whether his ears had heard something wrong, but Iolum's calm voice appeared in his ears again:

"I said, this [Fate Track] is given to you!"

This time Xia Duo heard it clearly, but he was also more confused. This [Destiny Track] sounded very high-end at first glance. Could it be that Iolum gave it to him so casually just because he was curious about it?

Xia Duo felt very puzzled.

Faced with a wise old man like Iolum who understood the world, Shado did not hide his thoughts. To this, Iolum's answer was——

"For me, this is just a toy. I can make it again whenever I want. Its real function is to connect the magic network and let the magic network reveal the fate. It is limited to what happened in the original magic network environment in the past. .

"But don't expect to use it to predict the future or look back into the past. Without Ms. Mystery's divine grace and holy power, it will have no effect."

After listening to Iolum's answer, Sha Duo realized that this [Destiny Track] was not actually some orphan magic item, but more like some kind of mass product.

Theoretically, any magic item can be mass-produced. There are only a few materials that use certain substitute elements, so it is necessary to analyze the elements that the material replaces, or to find that material.

Except for a wooden base, this [Destiny Track] is entirely made of extremely fine mithril wire, which is a category that can be fully mass-produced.

As for what Iolum said "cannot be used without holy power and divine grace", Shado is not worried. The goddess of magic and the Lord of Glory have great goals, and all of her divine spells can be transformed into general arcana. Magical!

In layman's terms, even the [Destiny Track] effect obtained through divine grace and holy power can be converted into arcane magic, and can be learned by an arcane spell caster who is not a goddess priest!

In addition, through Iolum's answer, Shado seemed to have discovered a secret. Of course, this secret was not strictly a secret.

The most magnificent and spectacular mystery temple in Netheril is in the Iolum Territory, and the largest proportion and number of magic goddess priests is also in the Iolum Territory.

Although Iolum has never explicitly expressed any religious tendencies, isn't it easy to infer that he possesses the holy power and grace of the goddess of magic?

In fact, Xia Duo suspected that Iolum might be "recruiting new members" to the goddess's priest group by sending him the [Trajectory of Destiny] this time.

But Xia Duo was not tempted by such solicitation. Even though he personally participated in the ascension ceremony of a new god and had already begun to perform certain steps in the ascension ceremony, his understanding of gods was still very good. lack of.

Even if there is no hidden danger in believing in Ms. Mystery, he will not do this. He still understands the principle of "I would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen of a cow".

Once you accept the Holy Power, it means joining a more rigorous order led by other beings, which will inevitably cause interference to the order you created.

He prefers to use his own order, such as tolerating, absorbing, and assimilating other existing orders, or in the words of his hometown, "seeking common ground while reserving differences."

Obviously, accepting the Holy Power means accepting the "difference" between other beings and oneself, which is considered as actively accepting assimilation, which Sha Duo cannot accept.

As the saying goes, there are no two absolutely identical leaves in the world, and there are no two absolutely identical thoughts. This also destined that Xia Duo would not accept the holy power of any god.

Of course, Xia Duo can also accept it first, and then give up after using it. If it is some forced or emergency situation, maybe there will be no problem in doing so.

But if you do this frequently, you may forget how to write the word "divine punishment".