Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 197 The Eve of the Duel
The carriage slowly stopped in front of a two-story building with an ancient style. Through the curtains of the carriage, one could see two people wearing the Federation's standard wizard robes waiting there by the stairs leading to the building's main door.

The puppet narrowed his eyes and looked sideways at Harvey, nodded slightly at him, pushed open the carriage door and walked out first. Harvey straightened the felt hat on his head and followed closely behind.

"Haha, Mr. Kel'Thuzad, welcome to the magical city of Alayeh!" The older man among them was obviously responsible for receiving them. When he saw the puppet and Harvey get off the car, he hurried forward to greet them and performed the ancient wizard's etiquette to distinguish the ranks among spellcasters.

A young gray-haired spellcaster standing behind the middle-aged man simply greeted Harvey and the others with the daily etiquette of aristocrats, with one hand on his chest.

"Sir, as previously agreed, you and your... uh, mage attendants and magic assistants can rest briefly at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' reception hotel. I will personally take you to the Sky Region later..."

The middle-aged man glanced sideways at Harvey and the two Bloodline Warriors standing behind the puppet, and softly reminded them, "Mage attendants are not allowed to go to the Sky Region. They can stay here and wait for your return. It won't take too long."

Although his tone was polite, there was still a hint of arrogance and contempt in his words. This was normal. The spellcasters of Alayeh had never looked down on foreign spellcasters. Not to mention wizards from secular kingdoms like Harvey, even those from the aristocratic families of the seven wizard kingdoms were considered by them to be lacking in knowledge and old-fashioned.

For example, the tradition of keeping low-level bloodline warriors as personal attendants is regarded by them as a historical relic. The spellcasters of the new era prefer to use rare magical materials to refine powerful magical instruments for themselves as personal protection, which can not only demonstrate their own magical strength, but also highlight their wealthy family background.

After a few brief greetings, the middle-aged man hurried away to inform Harvey of his arrival, while the young man who stayed behind was responsible for guiding them to the room to rest for a while.

The gray-haired spellcaster led Harvey and others into the rest room, then suddenly reached out and gently closed the door, then took out a communication magic stone from his arms and handed it to the puppet.

"Falder and Mr. Man in the Mirror, let me give you their regards..."

After saying this, he raised his hand to his chest and bowed slightly to the puppet, then turned around and left the room gracefully.

The puppet gently tossed the communication magic stone in its hand, turned its head and looked at Harvey teasingly, "It seems that we have more than just the head of the Federation as our supporter in Alaye..."

The communication magic stone sent by Mr. Shield and the Man in the Mirror described to Harvey in detail the information of his opponent in this duel. He also kindly stated that the three of them had already arrived in the Sky Domain and would watch the magic duel as witnesses.

The high-level battle mage who challenged Harvey to a duel was named Lucard. The reason he had no surname was because he came from an ancient wizard family but for some reason converted to the Church of Light. As a result, his ancient and noble surname was snatched away by the family's superiors, making him an independent spellcaster who was kicked out.

Spellcasters like this are not uncommon in the Federation. After forming an alliance with the Church, the Federation does not prohibit spellcasters from having church beliefs, as long as they still abide by basic laws and regularly go to Blackrock City in the Evil Moon Mountains to serve.

This battle mage named Lucard, who majored in arcane magic, was now forty-nine years old and had been promoted to a high-level level for ten years. However, he had no talent in the study of magic, and the offensive spells he was good at were basically some modified spells inherited from his family.

But he had been stationed in the Evil Moon Mountains for years, possessing exceptionally rich combat experience. His internal magical energy was among the highest in the mage group, allowing him to cast spells with incredible speed, mastering the art of overwhelming foes with a barrage of spells. In battles between spellcasters, the outcome often came in the split second after a spell was unleashed. Between casters of the same rank, casting speed was the key, with no further fanfare or trickery involved.

Of course, if a powerful defensive magic weapon is activated in advance, or if the opponent's magic is successfully countered, then it will naturally fall into a stage of competing for the degree of magic energy, and at this time, it will often end up in a lose-lose situation.

This is also the main reason why spellcasters of the same level will not easily initiate unnecessary fights unless it is absolutely necessary. The consequences of overdrawing magic power leading to the exhaustion of magic energy and the disorder of magic patterns in the body can be lifelong. In severe cases, it can even lead to a drop in rank or the inability to be promoted again.

Therefore, Harvey prepared three insurance measures for this duel.

The first thing he had to do was to practice his own original technique - Freud's magnetic storm field. This electromagnetic technique was separated from the basic element system and had a great chance of making it impossible for the opponent to predict the countermeasures and effective defense in advance.

The true power of an original technique can only be tested by hitting it on the enemy's head.

Secondly, there was a modified version of the "Dawson Soul-sucking Technique" that had long been condensed and was now deeply parasitic in the puppet's body - the super-level technique "Information Frenzy", which stuffed the huge distorted and alienated memory fragments brought by the time traveler into the wizard's brain, causing him to mentally crash.

If the opponent is still not defeated after two spells, there will naturally be Mr. Inner Demon, who has been agreed in advance, following Harvey's magic pattern positioning and hiding in the magic network plane to attack him with an energy beam. Before Harvey set off, he had already handed over the single link permission of the spellcaster forum and the energy gathering array to the Inner Demon in advance, and the other party also expressed his willingness to complete this interesting attempt.

The price Harvey needs to pay is also very simple - next time, invite Mr. Inner Demon to the Pioneer Territory to watch a thrilling rugby match in person, and absorb and savor the rich philosophical power.

I rested in the room for half an hour while looking at my pocket watch, and then there was a gentle knock on the door.

"Mr. Kel'Thuzad, are you ready? If you have no other requests or questions, we will set off immediately for the Sky Region..."

The puppet stood up, walked to the dressing mirror and slowly adjusted his brand new black wizard robe. This was a new robe that the Federation had rushed to make and handed over to Harvey through the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce. The collar and cuffs were embroidered with silver emblems and patterns representing high-level spellcasters.

He turned to Harvey, winked, and chuckled, "Next, I will go to the Sky Region alone. You guys stay in the hotel and rest. I will be back before sunset at the earliest. No matter what the result is, we will set off from Alayeh tonight..."

Although Wayne and Tommy knew in advance that the Lord was now one person with two bodies, they still subconsciously turned their heads to look at Harvey's real body and asked in a daze, "Sir, are you...are you going alone? No! It seems that he was originally alone. I mean...are you only going halfway?"

Harvey's original form was provoked into a low chuckle. "What do you mean by one person, half a person? Just keep an eye on me and let him go. It makes no difference. It's all mine."

(End of this chapter)