Arcane Lord

For a while, Xia Duo had some doubts about the origin of this mysterious lock. Even if it was researched by the Seven Towers on its own, it might not contain a trap set by the elves in advance.

Not only did such a mystery lock fail to bring him a sense of security, it actually made him panic. However, the establishment of the Seventon Mystery Lock must have cost a lot of manpower and material resources. Just a guess was not enough to make the Seven Towers give up the mystery lock. plan.

If it were Xia Duo himself, when a long-term plan was coming to an end and was about to be completed, if someone said there were hidden dangers in the plan, he wouldn't believe it, and would even think it was an obstacle to the plan.

Under such circumstances, Shado once again brought up the idea of ​​building a mage tower in Severington. Without the mage tower, Severington like this would really not be reassuring at all!

As for the possibility of the Mystery Lock expanding and evolving into a border enchantment, there is no need to think about it in the long term for the time being. After all, there are differences between Netheril in the main plane and the Arcane Empire in the projection plane.

The lords of Netheril are very independent and are unlikely to be willing to join the centralized myth lock system covering the entire territory of Netheril. This is equivalent to being one step shorter than the Seven Towers.

Although in reality they are one head shorter, legally speaking, they are equal to each other.

In addition, there is another biggest difference between the main plane and the projection plane——

Shado knew that Iolum in the main plane was likely to invent the Myser Energy Core, but there was no such person as Iolum in the projection plane, let alone the shadow of super energy sources such as the Myser Energy Core.

Netheril on the main plane is likely to take the floating city route in the future. The importance of the ground territory will be greatly reduced, and the protection of border barriers will not necessarily be needed.

In other words, with the floating city, even if there is no protection on the ground, the enemy will not invade easily until they can solve the floating city.

The most precious resource in war is people, not land, but Xia Duo doubts how many ordinary people will be able to move into the floating city after it is built in the future.

The fewer ordinary people there are, the smaller the potential for war and therefore development.

"I hope Master Nese won't be so unwise!"

…

After thinking about it for an unknown amount of time, Xia Duo's body has been covered with a layer of golden light. The spring sunshine is not very hot, and it is even more gentle after being filtered by the elemental balance field of the robe.

Xia Duo enjoyed this kind of leisure time very much, but it was not real leisure time at this moment. He had to complete a demon-slaying arrow and hand it to Lord Haran within three days.

After that, he will also prepare a mass production plan for the Demon-Slaying Amulet for the magic technicians of the Tower of Time. If the mass production design is handed over to others, then Lord Harlan's OEM order may not be completed within a month. Completed within.

Returning to the Austrian Law Federation, Sha Duo found that there were many more people here than when he first arrived in the morning. Most of them came to inquire about news, but this had nothing to do with him anymore.

The investigation results of the Seven Towers have been announced. Although it is not completely settled yet, it is almost unlikely to be overturned. Xia Duo can continue to trial-produce the demon-slaying arrow with peace of mind.

…

And on the other side.

After Badigal returned to the Gustav Tower, he immediately received a notice from the tower's foreign affairs department, saying that Prince Pasteur had been waiting in the reception room for a long time.

It had already been two days and two nights without rest, but Badigal still suppressed his physical and mental irritability and sleepiness, and quickly arrived at the reception room without any delay.

Here, he met Prince Pasteur, who also looked tired. In terms of physical fitness alone, the dwarf was better than the human being.

But now Prince Pasteur was showing signs of fatigue, and even the beard on his chest that would be neatly combed on any occasion became a little messy.

There may be an element of misfortune in this, but it's more likely that Danzo's situation is already very bad.

Thinking like this, Badigal pretended not to notice at all and asked with concern as usual: "Your Highness, are you here so early? Is there any new situation underground?"

Prince Pasteur has a special status, and he is a Holy Hammer warrior comparable to the Grand Arcanist. From the day he arrived in Severton, he has continuously brought the latest information about the underground war to the Seven Towers.

It was not wrong for Badigal to ask this, but it clearly avoided Prince Pasteur's true intention.

However, Prince Pasteur did not seem to realize that Badigal could be evaded, but answered the question seriously:

"The number of drow priests is increasing day by day, but they have temporarily slowed down their offensive and focused on hoarding demons. In the future, Danzo will surely receive a thunderous blow, and perhaps Danzo will no longer exist by then!"

When Badigal heard this, his expression suddenly changed. After more than half a month of contact with Prince Pasteur, he knew a lot about the underground war situation.

Although drow could summon demons to fight in the past, they could only summon them in battle. Those demons were so crazy that sometimes they even killed the summoner, and more often the demons would fight each other.

If not, Danzo would have fallen long ago, but now that the drow have found a more effective way to control demons, a demon army with a unified will may indeed appear in the future.

In that case, hitting the surface is really not an empty talk.

Badigal immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly asked: "Prince Pasteur, this question is very important. You must answer it seriously. Are drow really able to hoard demons?"

"Yes, I'm sure!" At the end, Prince Pasteur added, "In the name of the Pasteur family!"

Hearing such an answer, Badigal frowned deeply and sighed in his heart. He knew that the Northland Alliance negotiations would not last long.

"Prince Pasteur came to me not just to tell me this news, right? If there is anything else, please explain it as well."

"It's about the Northland Alliance negotiations!" Prince Pasteur said solemnly with a serious expression.

Badigal thought as expected, and heard Prince Pasteur continue: "The negotiations for the Northland Alliance have come to an end, and only the final signing is left. I hope that Netheril can put the safety of the Northland first, and ignore some insignificant matters. If you give in a little bit on the issue, Danzo will definitely be rewarded.”

"Irrelevant question?"

"Yes."

But Badigal shook his head and asked, "Prince Pasteur, have you been to Lucian's place?"

"I've been there." Prince Pasteur's voice suddenly weakened, and he knew what Badigal wanted to say.

It was precisely because he had been there that he knew how difficult this seemingly insignificant problem would be when it was actually solved!

The establishment of the Northland Alliance is a good thing that will help the countries in the Northland jointly cope with the crisis and even achieve win-win cooperation. Negotiations on this are more focused on the transfer and distribution of benefits.

When it comes to specific interests, although all parties have their own demands, this is not impossible to discuss.

Under the threat of drow, the Northland Alliance negotiations advanced very quickly, but they got stuck on some seemingly insignificant issues!