Arcane Lord

And just after the three Horns announced that they would give up their fixed quotas, Magna, who had just been the first to ask for more quotas, stopped talking at this moment.

As for the others, they were a little tense just now, but at this moment they didn’t say anything more——

Except Cross.

The gold-plated quota in the Northland Alliance is precious, but some people may not care. If it is not precious, ordinary spellcasters may not be able to get such a quota.

Qita's giving up of these three fixed quotas is nothing more than a gesture. Now that you have accepted your feelings, don't talk nonsense next.

Although it was just a small thing, for Cross, it allowed him to fully understand the reality and understand the determination of the Seven Towers. Naturally, he did not need to leave these few spots for the Seven Towers.

And maybe because he was aware of what happened next, at this moment, his face became much calmer, and there was even a weird smile on the corner of his mouth.

I saw him sweeping over the dozen or so great arcanists present, and finally stopped at Iolum. His tone was so calm that it almost made the air in the circular hall freeze:

"Master Iolum, I want these three places, is that okay?"

After saying that, he turned to look at the others, the smile on his lips became wider, and asked: "Do you have any opinions?"

After Cross asked, there was silence in the circular hall. Horn and the other three Grand Arcanists of the Seven Towers frowned deeply at this moment. Sanctioning Cross must be done, otherwise the Grand Arcanists will learn from each other one by one. In this way, Netheril is not far away from disintegration.

It was because Vader committed such a taboo before and attempted to control the southwest territories including Rodney Territory and even the Savile Territory in the south that he was sanctioned by the Seven Towers. He has not been able to recover until now.

But now Cross has gone even further than Vader, not even trying to cover it up, and has put mergers, expansions, and centralization on his face.

Even if there is no such thing as Xia Duo, Seven Towers will be ready to respond in the near future.

However, Horn knew very well that Seven Towers did want to maintain tradition, but causing unrest was not what Seven Towers wanted to see.

The best outcome would be for Cross to comply with the sanctions despite being unwilling to do so. The last thing Horn wants to see is for Cross to strongly resist the sanctions and even turn into a chaotic fight.

That's not a good thing for anyone.

In Horn's eyes, Cross is very dangerous at this time, and he may leave the field angrily at the next moment. After all, anyone who knows that it will be his turn to be sanctioned next will always feel unhappy.

If the dissatisfaction reaches a certain level, then there is no doubt that the only option is war.

…

The Grand Arcanist's combat power may be compared to an organization, but in terms of rationality, it is far inferior to a decision-making system under the checks and balances of an organization.

"Raising armies in anger" and "leading to war out of anger" are almost inevitable results for the Grand Arcanist.

After all, in reality, no one is absolutely rational. Sometimes, even if you know that the outcome of a war is 100% unfavorable to you, you still have to start a fight.

Almost subconsciously, Horn glanced at Harris next to him. The two exchanged glances, and both saw determination in each other's eyes.

There is no doubt that as long as Cross shows strong resistance to sanctions, the Seven Towers will definitely attack with thunder and do their best to obliterate Cross.

But at the moment, neither Horn nor Harris feel that there is no need to say anything more and just look at the next result.

On the other hand, Scoum showed dissatisfaction, but Horn and Harris did not speak. He also knew that it was not a good time for him to speak, so he could not help but feel a little dissatisfied with Horn and Harris.

Valley sound

The Seven Towers and the others didn't speak, and Braun and the others had no reason to speak. Just now they were just testing the Seven Towers' determination and sincerity. Now that they knew it, there was no need to interfere any more.

Especially now that Cross is behaving strangely, he might get burned and attract hatred for the Seven Towers for nothing.

…

As for Xia Duo, he is a little distracted now. The dawn of his brain makes him think about it almost all the time. In addition, he has already understood the dispute between him and Cross.

He had no interest in irritating the other party at this time, not to mention that Cross would have to accept the sanctions of the Seven Towers. For Shado, giving some compensation was in line with the tradition of the Netheril lords' ecological struggle.

After a period of silence, Cross spoke again: "Master Iolum, you see they don't have any objections, what do you say?"

"Okay, then these three places will go to Green Tower."

Since everyone else had no objections, Iolum was decisive and directly gave the three fixed quotas to Cross. Even in the future, if there are any mages in the Green Tower who sign up on their own, he will try his best to check and retain them.

Although Cross violated the principles of independence and non-interference in the territory of Netheril, compared to the Necromancer, this taboo does not require killing people at once, as long as they can be restored to their original state.

Vader, who was punished last time, is now sitting in this circular hall!

…

"The next topic comes from the Sevington Council. It is about the climate anomalies in the core area of ​​Nese from last year to the present. The Sevington Council issued a task in the Austrian Federation to solicit relevant clues."

After Iolum finished speaking, Horn added some more——

"Although there are no signs of human intervention in the Seven Towers, I am sure that there must be human intervention factors behind this climate anomaly. However, the other party's methods are too high and there is no trace of it. I hope everyone will pay attention to it. After all, this concerns all of us.”

Of course, what Horn did not say was that he suspected that some of the people who came today knew about this climate attack. Yes, this climate anomaly had been identified as an attack within the Seven Towers.

Although there is no evidence, this kind of thing does not require evidence at all, just suspicion is enough.

The inheritance of the Seven Towers is orderly, especially the Nese family, which has almost always dominated the construction and growth of the Giles Tower. After the princess ascended to the gods, she left a lot of valuable information to the Giles Tower.

Among them are records of Northland's climate over the past hundreds of years.

It is obvious that from last winter - or, more accurately, from the end of last autumn to now, the climate has been so abnormal that it makes no sense to say that there are no human factors involved.

Thinking of this, Horn glanced at Hawk opposite him without trace. Among the people present today, Hawk, who was particularly close to the elf, was the most suspicious.

Even if you are not actually involved, you are likely to be aware of it.

It's just that you can investigate this kind of thing secretly, but it would be too stupid to ask directly.

…

After Horn added, Shado also seemed to have thought of something, and continued: "As for the climate anomaly, I paid attention to it last year. I also don't think it is a natural change, but after inspection, I did not find any traces of related spells. , I suspect that the source of the spell may not be in Netheril, or even in the main plane.”

Xia Duo's words moved Horn's heart, and he quickly asked: "Lord Xia Duo, what did you find?"

"No, but I can provide an idea."