Arcane Lord

Next, Shado did not plan to stay in Kiran Tower for long, but Horn mentioned that Everesca sent the two elders to the Elf Court again, which surprised him a little, but it was not too surprising.

Since Everesca was determined to provoke an alliance of small countries, he would definitely be prepared for Comanso's possible counterattack, but what Shado didn't expect was that Everesca's preparations would be so intense.

The Elf Court is within the territory of Cormanthor, and the meaning of placing two true elders there to die is self-evident. Especially since the elders were just withdrawn last year and now they are sent there, it really has a lot of deterrence.

"Then what actions did other small countries take? Did they also send elders to the Elf Court, or something else?" Sha Duo asked.

"There is no news yet. But——"

Having said this, Horn looked at Xia Duo with a somewhat complicated expression, "But Everesca has already expressed her determination. Presumably there will be a response from a small country in the near future!"

"I hope so."

Seeing Horn's expression, Sha Duo could probably guess what the other person was thinking. Either he was lamenting that the situation had changed too quickly, or he felt that it was all caused by him and felt afraid.

But no matter what it was, Shado didn't think his influence would be great. Without him, there would be other people who would think of instigating Everriska to form a small group to resist the pressure of Netheril.

The rapid changes in the current situation are simply because the world in the past was too dull and lacked changes.

Shado believed that his real influence was not in Severton or Everesca, but in the South, where an emerging force with great potential was gestating, and that was the force that could truly change the world.

"By the way, Sir Horn, the Northland Alliance meeting will be held in three days. Are you sure that the evaluation and investigation rights of the Demon Restriction Treaty will be completely stripped away from Cormanthor?"

"If someone else asked, I might say not necessarily, but for Lord Shado, I can tell you clearly that this time Comanso will definitely lose big!"

"So confident?" Xia Duo didn't believe it.

There is obviously no news about the alliance of small countries, so how can it suddenly ensure that Cormanso's authority is stripped away? Or is it that Horn just concealed some details about the alliance of small countries?

"I am not confident alone, but Netheril, Elfaran, Denzo, and Erlan are confident together. They have clearly responded to our proposal and supported the stripping of Cormanthor's authority at the alliance meeting three days later. , plus the possible alliance of small countries, how can Comanso return without a big loss? "

It turned out to be inside information!

Shado suddenly understood. Thinking about it, not long ago, Netheril was "backstabbed" by Cormanthor's ally Ilfaran, and now Corman was about to be "backstabbed" by Erlan in the same way. It was really "not impossible" It’s not time to report yet!” Ah!

I am afraid that after this meeting, all the disputes and entanglements within the Northland Alliance will become clearer. With the rise of small country alliances, there are no eternal enemies or eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests.

The alliance between Netheril and Elfaran will most likely never return to what it was before.

There is even a relationship between Netheril and Akora, which may become more delicate once the other party joins the Small Nations Alliance.

Of course, hostility should not exist, but no matter how close you want to be, it is almost impossible.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo felt a little inexplicably melancholy for some reason. Even though he was determined, he couldn't help but feel a little confused about such a future.

However, he has no doubts about the path he adheres to, but he increasingly admires the leaders of his hometown for their choice of a "community with a shared future."

Grains

At least at the moment, he doesn't have that kind of mind or structure, but in the future, he will still encounter similar choices. How will he choose then?

Xia Duo cannot answer this question for the time being. One reason is that he is hard to deceive, and the other reason is that the objective situation of the current world is not consistent with that of his hometown.

…

After leaving Jilan Tower, Sha Duo quickly adjusted his thoughts. He didn't need to think about long-term matters for the time being. He just did what he needed to do now, step by step.

Only by laying a solid foundation now and continuously strengthening yourself can you have the power to make choices in the future, otherwise everything will be empty talk.

Next, Shado went to the Arcane Federation again. Only a few days had passed. He did not ask Iolum whether he had received new ectoplasm, but went directly to the Ether Advance Base.

Today's Ether Advance Base is mainly divided into two parts: internal and external. The outer area is actually the area where the core laboratory of the Arcane Federation was located before, and now it has become a fortress-like existence.

The entire ether overlap area is included, and only two channels are opened to enter the ether overlap area. The inner ether forward base is built near the boundary of the overlap area to facilitate hunters to enter and exit the ether plane.

After all, the area of ​​​​the overlapping area of ​​​​ether is really not small. If it is built in the middle, it will waste a lot of time just rushing. Not everyone is like Xia Duo, flying is only a passive ability.

In order to deal with unexpected situations after entering the etheric plane, most hunters will choose to move forward on foot.

In addition, if the forward base is built on the edge of the overlapping area, it will also facilitate the retreat of hunters and the base's response.

Hunting for ectoplasm, to put it nicely, is called "collecting materials", but to put it worse, it is simply to kill alien races, even though those alien races seem to be naturally hostile to normal life.

But people have always lived in the etheric plane and rarely go to the material plane. Now a group of people rush to people's homes to kill people. Isn't this the arrogance of the spell caster?

However, Xia Duo has nothing to criticize for this kind of thing. After all, he is one of the parties involved in the ectoplasm trade. The only thing he can do is probably not to kill himself.

"What a cheap and hypocritical sense of morality!"

However, in a short period of time, Xia Duo could not find any spiritual material other than the core of the twisted phantom. In addition, the twisted phantom appeared to be almost inherently evil, so he actually did not feel any guilt in his heart.

Just like humans killing pigs and sheep, what is the evil in pigs, cattle and sheep?

The sage’s saying that “a gentleman stays far away from the kitchen” really makes sense!

…

Aether overlapping area, Base 3.

If there is No. 3, there will naturally be No. 2, No. 1, and even more. In fact, there are a total of eight forward bases in the ether overlap area.

Of course, this is not one for each of the Seven Towers and the Austrian Law Federation, but is distributed in all directions, taking care of each other in pairs. All forward bases are managed by the Austrian Law Federation, at least in name.

This time Xia Duo chose Base No. 3, mainly because he heard that someone in this base had recently captured ectoplasm when he was outside. The general affairs deacon outside did not know the specific situation.

Xia Duo had no choice but to come and see it himself, and also take a look at what other specialties there were in the etheric plane.