Arcane Lord

“Five thousand years ago, the remnants of all the countries gathered here and swore to be brothers, and thus Evereska was born.

“Today, a more inclusive and stronger Northland Alliance is about to be born here, and I feel truly honored to be a member of the Everrisk Council of Elders.

"Here, on behalf of all the members of the Evereska Council of Elders, I would like to pay tribute to you all and wish the Northland Alliance long-lasting prosperity."

With that said, the elder raised the wine glass in his hand and said to everyone present: "Kings, leaders, and supreme mages, please enjoy tonight's feast!"

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After the host finished his speech, the dinner party officially started. Of course, it could also be said to be over to a certain extent. Xia Duo glanced around and found that mist suddenly appeared in the already spacious Yunguan Palace.

And there is a tendency to get denser and denser. After a while, the surrounding scene is gradually shrouded in clouds and fog, but this fog comes and goes even faster.

Almost as soon as it completely covered the surrounding scene, it became light and transparent. When Xia Duo looked at it again, at this moment, he seemed to be on the clouds, as if he could bring up bursts of cloud energy with just a wave of his hand.

Not only him, but everyone else was also like this. The Yunguan Palace, which was originally indoors, seemed to suddenly be on top of the clouds.

Occasionally, the wind blows, and wisps of clouds and clouds pass around everyone, like a scene in a heavenly palace.

Xia Duo stretched out his hand and fished it out from the sea of ​​clouds that covered more than a foot above the ground. It seemed like mist and nothingness, and the touch was very strange.

"Is this Yunguan Palace?"

In addition to the mystery of the scene, the delivery of food and drinks is also very clever. Almost every guest has a vine with green leaves hanging from the void next to his seat. Various fruits, meats, and even wine bottles and tableware are grown. on top.

You can eat whatever you want. If you don't like it, you can summon new vines and replace it with new food.

Even in the projection plane, Xia Duo has never experienced such a dinner party. Of course, he has experienced many similar ones.

Generally, an elven dinner party is mainly divided into two parts, one is the atmosphere of the banquet, and the other is the drinks and food during the banquet.

The dinner prepared by Evereska Council of Elders for the kings, leaders, supreme mages, and even their entourages ranked first among all the elven dinners Shado had ever seen in terms of atmosphere.

But the drinks and food provided are relatively average.

Although it is not worthy of the level of a "state banquet", it at least does not match the atmosphere of the banquet.

"Not even music!"

Thinking like this, bursts of plucked string sounds suddenly appeared in Xia Duo's ears from nowhere, as if coming from the depths of the sea of ​​clouds, misty and distant.

In addition to the playing of several musical instruments, Xia Duo also seemed to hear an elf female voice singing. The song was melodious yet majestic, and penetrated people's hearts.

If you can keep listening to this kind of music until the end of the banquet, then the banquet will not seem so unbearable.

It's a pity that Xia Duo wanted to be calm, but some people just didn't give him a chance. Just when he was listening to the song, drinking a small drink and waiting for the banquet to end, a cloud of gas came to the crowd of Nese with a noisy voice. .

"Your Excellency Badigal, regarding the details of tomorrow's ceremony, King Mian would like to confirm with you again."

The visitor was the high mage Suveris who came with King Cormanso this time. Badigal was no stranger to him. After a few words with Iolum, Badigal readily agreed. down.

Then the clouds around the two sides continued to surge. From a visual point of view, the distance between the two sides seemed to be much closer. Among them, Badigal even entered the opponent's cloud range, and his figure became a little blurry.

But Sha Duo knew that Badigal's position had actually never changed, but the illusion in the clouds seemed to have the effect of folding and shifting space.

After Badigal, Ye Erlan also sent people to invite Iolum away, and at this moment, a golden elf mage with disheveled hair and sharp eyes suddenly appeared in front of Shado and others.

He first looked at everyone several times, seeming to examine and select. Finally, as if he had determined his target, he inserted a sword in front of Xia Duo and said loudly:

"I want to challenge you!"

As his voice came out, the surrounding clouds and clouds quickly dispersed, revealing an open space of about 10*10 between him and Xia Duo.

The ground is of course the wooden floor of the Cloud Crown Palace itself, and around this open space, clouds are rising, and the seats of the kings and leaders of the North are still sitting in the clouds, looking down at everything.

Xia Duo had already anticipated what kind of entertainment activities might be held at the elf banquet, but he didn't expect that someone would show up so soon.

Generally, more formal activities such as sword duels and spell duels will only start in the middle of the banquet. The early stage is usually filled with drinking, chatting, and even singing and dancing.

It's just that in this situation, as long as someone challenges him, no matter whether he can win or not, Xia Duo cannot refuse, unless he has an identity that is not inferior to that of kings and leaders.

A mere challenge would not expose Xia Duo's strength. In fact, even if he was willing to reveal his strength, the challenger might become a high mage.

It's better to leave it as it is now, and the minions can be dismissed casually.

Xia Duo stood up and came to the opponent's sword, and also asked loudly: "What do you want to challenge?"

"I know that what you humans are most proud of is your magic. I want to have a spell showdown with you! Elf magic vs. Nese magic. Do you agree?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Duo could hardly help but laugh. He looked at the other party's face carefully and once again confirmed that the other party was an adult, and then seriously considered the other party's purpose.

Netheril gave up elven magic. Of course, Erlan was the most unhappy about this, but would other elven kingdoms have no objections?

This mage Ye Erlan keeps saying "elf magic vs. Nese magic". How can Sha Duo win? How to lose?

You can't win at all, and you can't lose either.

He was happy to win, but under Yeerlan's instigation, the elven countries would definitely be dissatisfied, especially Ilfran, who was still an ally, and might reconsider the long-term relationship between the two countries.

If you lose, needless to say, not only will you feel unhappy, but it will also lower Netheril's reputation in the northern kingdoms. Even if others don't say it, they will definitely think that humans are not as good as elves in magic.

This is not because Shado thinks too much, but it is very likely to happen in reality, because his current identity is not only Lord Nese, a senior arcanist, but also a student of Iolum.

Being able to appear here speaks volumes in itself.

Even Belera, the most inconspicuous among the people who came this time, is also the first heir to Lord Shiboden and an arcanist herself.

Arcanist means that Nese magic has entered the house. If the level of Nese magic is not lower than that of elves, wouldn't it mean that Nese magic is inferior to elves?