Arcane Lord

"In that case, why are you still looking for me? Why do you think Netheril will agree to such a proposal?" Shado asked in a deep voice.

"It's not that I think it is, but it is the general trend. Although there are various risks in further opening up to Netheril, the benefits are also huge. The Seven Towers are too ambitious to let this opportunity pass."

After saying that, Hildalanna seemed to feel that it was not enough, and added, "I have received reliable information that the elf invaders who appeared in Severton not long ago were ordered by Ilfarang. In this case, what do you call Our allies are simply unreliable. Once it is further opened up, Ilfaran may be the first to harvest, your good ally!”

"Needless to say those words to sow discord, it has not yet been determined who sent the invader. Even if it is really Ilfarang, it may be just a misunderstanding. As long as Cormanthor's hostility to Netheril remains unchanged, Netheril Riel and Cormanso's friendship is unbreakable."

That being said, Shado is actually not very sure. At least in the recent magic restriction treaty, Ilfarang did not seem to show the attitude that an ally should have.

But one thing Hildalanna may have been right about is that the Seven Towers are indeed ambitious, and even if they know that Ilfarang is unreliable, they are likely to agree to further opening up.

And if you include the currently undisclosed Mythra, the Seven Towers may be far more courageous than Hildalanna imagined!

Could it be that the floating city was built in response to the further opening up of trade among the countries of the Northern Alliance?

Xia Duo had no choice but to make such a guess.

On the one hand, the floating city demonstrates its powerful power, and on the other hand, it can also turn the originally long and undefendable border into mobile strategic fortresses.

Even if all the ground is occupied by elves, Netheril will always exist as long as the floating city does not fall.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Duo felt that further opening up was necessary, but the specific opening time needed to be carefully planned, and it could not take effect that year like the magic restriction treaty.

After thinking about it, Shado felt that he could agree to Hildalanna's request. For now, even if further opening up would do more good than harm to Netheril, he didn't have to agree so readily.

Especially after just experiencing such an aggrieved experience as the Demon Restriction Treaty, if you agree too readily, it will inevitably make the elves take advantage of it.

Want to open up? Okay, give me some benefits first and then we can talk!

Specific to the present, in fact, no matter whether you want to lobby the Seven Towers or not, you must first enjoy the benefits!

Thinking like this, Shado showed more and more trust in Ilfarang. Seeing this, Hildalanna frowned, "I thought Lord Shado was very intelligent, but I didn't expect him to be so short-sighted."

As the saying goes, "The enemy is my hero", the elf's ridicule did not hurt Xia Duo in the slightest. He directly ignored the other party's words, but he also did not interrupt the communication.

He believed that Hildalanna could understand what he meant. Didn't the elf play the trick of refusing to welcome?

"Lord Xia Duo, you have to understand that what I'm talking about is beneficial to both you and me. As a collaborator, do we have to calculate this kind of thing?"

"No, Ms. Hildalanna, you are wrong!"

Shado shook his head, "The thing you mentioned is good for Netheril, but it is not necessarily good for me, or it is not directly good for me. It is the Seven Towers who should think about this matter, not me. But you didn’t find the Seven Towers, but you found me. You must have considered it, so shouldn’t I demand some due reward for this?”

At this time, Xia Duo seemed to be a greedy person. Of course, the image of human beings in the eyes of elves was almost always like this - greedy, cunning, impatient, and violent. Xia Duo didn't care how bad he behaved.

He believed that no matter which other human beings Hildalanna found who had the ability to lobby the Seven Towers, he would pay a certain price. Maybe if he didn't want it, he would be looked down upon by Hildalanna!

And at this time, he did not mean to refuse harshly, so he did not break the basis of cooperation. The so-called "business cannot be done without kindness", although there is no such proverb in the magic world, there are words with similar meanings.

Hildalanna thought about it again and again, and put forward her own conditions: "If you can guarantee that the people in the Seven Towers will definitely deny the relevant proposals, then I can give it to you whether it is a secret spell scroll, a magic book, mithril, or gold. "

"No, no, Ms. Hildalanna, a good mage will always leave a way out for himself. You should know that I can't give you such a guarantee."

Although Xia Duo was moved for a moment, especially when he was in urgent need of a large amount of magic materials to build a floating city, he still gritted his teeth and refused.

With this kind of guarantee that there would be no escape route, and it was given to an elf, he was really afraid that the elf would turn around and find the Seven Towers to block his escape route.

"In this case, I can only use a piece of news that interests you in exchange for the opportunity for you to come forward!"

"What news?" Xia Duo asked.

"Are you interested in the news about the Yueying family?" Hildalanna suddenly smiled, a beautiful smile, but there was a bit of sadness and sadness hidden in her smile.

It was because Xia Duo asked her about the Yueying family last time that she asked Brin to investigate, which led to Brin's death.

Although she knew that Bryn's death had little to do with Shado, Hildalanna still couldn't help but feel resentful when she thought about it.

Since you are interested in the Moon Shadow family, be more interested and then go investigate on your own!

At this moment, Hildalanna seemed to have deliberately forgotten the possibility that Shado might be the elf's son of destiny. If the other party hadn't been in Netheril, she would have had the urge to take action on the spot.

It is true to ask the other party to lobby, but it is also true to want to use the information about the Yueying family to lure the other party into taking action. No matter what happens, Hildalanna will not lose.

As Hildalanna expected, Shado was indeed interested in news about the Yueying family.

Whether it was the mithril mine that was not allowed to be spied on in the agreement, or the other party's method of completely erasing the traces of the Green Vine Tribe's existence (including the traces in other people's memories), Sha Duo had a strong interest in that family.

I mentioned it casually when communicating with Hildalana before, but I didn’t expect that it would come to fruition now.

After thinking about it, Shado decided to agree to the other party's conditions, "Tell me everything you know, and then I will go to Severton to meet with the controller of the Seven Towers and lobby in person."

"Everything is impossible. The information about the Yueying family also contains Ye Erlan's secrets. I can only tell you the part that I can tell you, but I can guarantee that you will never regret it after listening to it."