Rody did not know what the distant monarch of the Royal Family was thinking. At that moment, he just looked at the scenery in front of the window in a daze. When the Feudal Lord's buff was automatically displayed, the [City Building Column], [Recruitment Column], [Diplomatic Reputation Column] and other frames were activated, he could not help but sigh in relief.
"Finally, I'm back."
After a long journey from the glacial plain, Roddy finally returned to Elsen City at noon on the 3rd of February. He was not interested in the changes in the city, so he rushed all the way back to the mayor's mansion, ate his first hot meal in days, and took his first hot bath.
No one was an iron man. After spending the night in the wild and fighting bloody battles all the way back to his own city, the feeling of exhaustion really made Rody want to completely empty his mind. At the same time, there was a different kind of excitement in his heart. He had brought back a lot of materials that could be used to build the city. He did not know how much this harvest could increase the level of Elsen City.
Arsenal, blacksmith shop, weapon research room, arcane research room, and so on could be opened one by one. The strength of his territory would definitely increase by leaps and bounds.
But these things needed to be sorted out slowly. Rody combed his wet hair. He wanted to get up to look for Camilla, but after glancing at the 'map', he sat back down with a smile.
The next moment, the silence in the study was broken by a series of footsteps. Naifei looked outside the door. After making sure Roddy was in the room, she strode in without knocking. She pouted and said, "Brother Roddy, you made me wait for a few days! You didn't come to see me after you came back. I'm angry! "
That little girl was just putting on an act. She looked angry but her eyes betrayed her thoughts. Rody was already familiar with Naifei's character. He wanted to tease her and cooperated with her by begging for mercy. He pinched his throat and said, "Oh, this lowly one deserves to die. What does Your Excellency Naifei want as compensation? This lowly one will do his best to fulfill it!"
"Humph, you know what's good for you!"
Naifei was amused when she saw that he was so cooperative. She raised her nostrils with great interest and pretended to be a big shot. She stretched out her hand and said, "Hurry up, you must have brought a lot of good stuff this time. Take them all out!"
"No problem, but …"
"But what? Cut the crap! "
Naifei purposely pretended to speak in a hoarse voice because in her impression, bad guys always spoke like that. However, she then realized that Roddy was looking at her with a mocking expression and did not move at all.
"Are you giving it to me or not? If you don't, I'll — ouch! "
Before Naifei could finish her sentence, she felt a pain in her ear. She looked back and immediately screamed, "Mom, why are you here? Oh, don't pull my ear! I wasn't … in pain just now! Ouch! It hurts! "
"How can you talk to the City Lord like that? Why don't you have any manners?! "
Camilla pulled her ear like a strict mother. This scene made Roddy a little absent-minded: there was a naughty kid next door who made a mistake and was taught a lesson by her parents. This seemed to be similar to his previous life …
However, looking at the wand on Naifei's waist and Camilla's exquisite robe, Roddy knew that he had to face the reality.
"Okay, okay, I was just joking with her. It's nothing. You don't have to be so serious …"
Roddy tried to persuade Camilla. Naifei felt wronged and immediately hid behind him. Camilla wanted to say something, but when she saw Naifei's appearance, her heart inexplicably softened …
Naifei did not have a father. She had only been taught by Camilla since she was a child. She could only endure when she was scolded. Even when she was praised, she could not find anyone to share her joy with. At this time, seeing her hiding behind Roddy and acting like a spoiled child, Camilla suddenly felt that this scene seemed to be what she had always hoped to see in her mind.
Bah bah bah! What was she thinking about?!
Camilla felt that her brain might be thinking too fast. In just a moment, a lot of possibilities came to her mind, and many of them made her feel ashamed and angry. So she forcibly cut off her thoughts and continued to say a few words to Naifei before she recovered.
"Naifei is a kid. I like her like this. It's good to be unrestrained."
Roddy stroked her long hair. After so many years, Naifei finally found a safe haven without being scolded by her mother. She smiled like a little fox and did not forget to pull the corner of Roddy's clothes.
"I came back in a hurry, mainly because of the difficult conditions along the way. I didn't even take a bath a few times. I didn't want to see you with disheveled hair and dirty face." Roddy made some small talk to lighten the atmosphere. After letting the mother and daughter sit down, he turned around and began to rummage through the luggage. "So, in order to express my apology, I will first give you the 'hush money'."
Hearing his joke, the mother and daughter understood that he was going to give them a gift, so they looked at him without saying a word.
Roddy did not have much luggage. At this time, all of it was piled up in a corner of the study. He rummaged for a long time and finally took out an exquisite wooden box.
The mageweath on the surface of the box was beautiful, but Camilla's eyes widened when she saw it clearly. The Executioners of the Holy Assembly were all descendants of the High Elves. Naturally, they had a deep understanding of the High Elves' civilization. She was sure that if this wooden box was protected by three permanent mageweaths — Constant Temperature, Desiccation, and Corrosion Protection — it was no less valuable than a high-level staff in this era.
Furthermore, this was just a box. Camilla could not imagine how precious the things inside were.
Roddy did not seem to realize what was in his hand. He raised his hand and said, "Naifei, come, this is a set of toys for you."
"Toys?"
Hearing this, not only Camilla, but even Naifei was a little stunned. This little Magician was a powerful existence who could see the Elemental Rhythm with her naked eyes. In her vision, the box in front of her was shining with a dazzling golden light. It was almost impossible to look at it directly!
"Come, open it and see if you like it. The activation spell is' ofsu-enne. '"
Roddy did not notice the shock in the two's hearts. He casually placed the wooden box in front of Naifei. The latter gulped, nervously chanted the spell, and opened the box.
"Brother Roddy, these … what are these?"
The things in the box were not as dazzling as the box itself. There was only a simple wrist guard, a 16-sided crystal, a ruler with strange markings that looked like a compass, and a black feather pen.
Camilla also came over curiously, but she could not figure out what they were.
Roddy could see the attributes of the equipment, so he briefly explained their functions, "This wrist guard is called 'Wheel of Appraisal'. Hmm … it's not a good name, but it can check your 'spellcasting efficiency' and correct your gestures. As long as you wear it, you'll soon know how to make the most efficient gestures. Forgive me for secretly using it a few times before I gave it to you. Without it, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to use 'Mage Hand' right now."
"What?!"
"Really?!"
Two people exclaimed at the same time, but the content of their exclamation was different. Naifei was surprised and excited because Roddy could cast spells, which meant that she and Roddy would have more common topics in the future. Camilla, on the other hand, could not believe what she was seeing.
As an arcanist, she knew the value of the wrist guard better than anyone else. Many sorcerers were troubled by the fact that their spellcasting movements were not standard. Even if they could successfully cast a spell, the effect of the spell would still be reduced due to the slight difference between the movements.
However, the existence of this wrist guard directly broke this bottleneck!
How could such a powerful item be just a toy? Even the High Elf Arcanists could not solve the bottleneck problem, so how could Roddy solve it so easily with a random item?
In fact, Roddy did not know that he had already exposed his weakness of not understanding the spellcasters.
After all, he only knew about the "game" in the past. Those players never worried about their progress on the path of spellcasting. They could level up when they had enough experience points, buy skills when they had enough money, and use them after they had learned them. This was what Roddy had always thought.
Therefore, in his eyes, this Wheel of Appraisal was just a "spellcasting correction device". In essence, it was no different from a "copybook" used to practice calligraphy. Moreover, it was a "white" equipment, so it was a normal quality item. Therefore, Roddy did not see it as a rare item at all.
This was probably a small invention of Solomon's when he was bored.
That was what Roddy thought to himself.
However, he had completely overlooked a problem. For a Mage who learned magic from scratch, no one could successfully cast the "Magician's Hand" on the first day they came into contact with magic. Even those amazing geniuses in history could not do it.
Therefore, when he finished explaining the use of the wrist guard, the study instantly fell silent. The mother and daughter stared at the wrist guard in a daze. For a moment, they did not even speak.
This made Roddy's thoughts go astray. He suddenly felt that the item he had taken was not very attractive, so he hurriedly raised the hexahedron crystal beside him and introduced it. "The wrist guard may be a little useless, but I think this thing might be more useful."
"This stone is called the 'Matrix Projection Stone'. Uh, the name is a little silly anyway. Its function is to project the 'magic formation blueprint' to other places in proportion."
As he spoke, he did not forget to demonstrate. After drawing a pig's head on the parchment, he directly placed the regular crystal on the surface of the parchment. After chanting the activation spell, a white light shone on the surface of the parchment. After that, he picked up the 'Matrix Projection Stone' and said to Camilla, "Try using the 'Levitation Spell' on it."
Camilla's expression was still a little dazed. Upon hearing this, she raised her hand and cast the spell. When the crystal floated above the heads of the three of them, the pig's head that Roddy had just drawn was clearly projected on the ground …
"How is it? Pretty interesting, right? "
Roddy smiled. Isn't this thing just a scanner and a projector? Speaking of which, the details of the projection are quite clear. When I go back to explaining things like battle formations, it seems that I can consider using this thing as a public lecture?
When Roddy came back to his senses, he found that the expressions of the mother and daughter beside him were getting more and more strange. The way they looked at him was completely as if they were looking at an alien.
Roddy's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that these things are already outdated?
"Erm, erm, there's also a pen. I think this thing might also be … useful?"
At this point, he was already feeling very guilty. However, he had dug a hole for himself, so he gritted his teeth and jumped into it. "This pen is called 'Dalusi's Hand'. Its function is similar to the wrist guard. When making scrolls, it can correct the mistakes of the pen tip and increase the success rate by about 30% and the casting effect of scrolls by 15%."
"Gulp."
This was the sound of Naifei and Camilla gulping at the same time.
From the perspective of a spellcaster, the few things in the box were like 'cheating devices'. However, Roddy still did not realize this and continued to talk nonsense.
"Erm … after all, it's a toy. I can't ask for too much. I thought that Naifei might be able to use it, so I took it …"
"Brother, brother Roddy, are you giving them to me?"
Naifei's sudden voice made Roddy feel as if he had been granted amnesty. He nodded vigorously. "Yes, I want to give them to you as a gift. But if you don't like them —"
"I like them! I like them! "
Naifei screamed. She originally wanted to jump onto Rody's body and hug him. However, when she saw her mother at the side, she did not have the guts to fool around. Instead, she started to study the 'toys' admiringly.
Camilla turned her gaze over as she felt her throat go dry for some baffling reason. She had too many questions on her mind, but the words that came to her mouth turned into, "Aren't you … spoiling her too much?"
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