Arcane Lord

"Hildalanna may have encountered the group that assassinated Elder Evereska!"

Shado did not use words such as "certain" or "certainly", but "possible". No matter how many reasons Hildalanna had not to lie, at least for now, everything came from the other party's dictation.

Shado didn't want Iolum to believe Hildalanna because of him, so he should at least keep some vigilance.

Of course, Iolum may have his own ideas, but that doesn't stop him from giving such a reminder.

Regarding this, Iolum didn't seem to hear Shado's "unique cleverness" and continued to ask: "Is the target she wants to raid related to the assassin's faction?"

"Yes."

Seeing that Iolum had understood the situation at hand, Shado told Hildalanna's complete conditions: "She said that if I cooperated with her in the raid, she would first provide a thief, and even cooperate First, seize the golden page of a scroll."

"Providing a thief? To be clear, are you providing information, or handing over the thief?"

"Hand over the thief!" Sha Duo once again recalled the previous meeting with Hildalanna, confirming that he was not mistaken.

It's just that for Iolum, such conditions almost certainly point to the fact that Hildalanna really knows the information about the thieves!

You can even tie up a participant, so you obviously know a lot!

"If I participate, she will provide all these conditions afterwards, right?"

"Yes."

"..."

Iolum was a little confused. Could it be that his credibility with the elves was not as good as that of his students? This made him a little suspicious, suspecting that there might be some conspiracy brewing on Hildalanna's side.

But this doesn't make sense. As long as Xia Duo agrees first, it will be immediately clear whether there is the so-called "thief". There is even a golden page, which is also easy to verify.

The most important thing is that the initiative lies with Xia Duo.

To take a step back, even if he cooperated with the raid, it was unlikely that it was a conspiracy. As long as he wanted to leave, it was not easy to keep a great arcanist.

The biggest weakness of the conspiracy is that once the parties involved have doubts, it is difficult to implement it.

After a moment of silence, Iolum looked at Shado again, "What do you think of this matter?"

Xia Duo didn't look into Iolum's eyes. He knew that his teacher was actually a person with a clear distinction between love and hate. He vaguely heard that Iolum actually wanted him to agree first and get that one first. The thief is even a golden page and nothing else.

But he also has his own principles. Currently, Hildalanna has not shown any obvious malice. At most, she is using various benefits (light of aura, scroll of resistance) to tempt him to start a fight with the mysterious organization.

But this is not harmful. Generally speaking, the two parties are still in a relatively equal relationship. At least Hildalanna did not threaten him with Cormanso's smuggling business, not even a hint.

Whether you agree or not is a matter of your own free will. If you don't want to get involved, just don't agree.

If you agree, you must find a way to do it.

Xia Duo was thinking very far, and if possible, he did not want to leave any stain on his resume, so even if it was Iolum's request, he did not want to violate his principles.

Valley xenon

The saying "I love my teacher, and I love the truth even more" is probably true.

After a slight hesitation, Xia Duo said tactfully:

"I think it's better to refuse. No matter how infighting the elves are, it has nothing to do with humans. What Netheril needs most now is time for stable development, not any additional benefits. Those who wait until their strength reaches a certain level, It’s natural.”

He was not sure whether these words would leave a shadow on the relationship between the two, but this was indeed his truest inner thought. If some people were destined to be unable to walk together, they would have no choice but to go their separate ways.

These people are without exception, and naturally they include Iolum. At least now, his weight in Sha Duo's heart is not important enough to deliberately accommodate him.

How could Iolum not hear the resistance implicit in Sha Duo's words? However, he had never thought of forcing his students to do anything, not to mention that his relationship with Sha Duo was more like a collaborator than a collaborator. teachers and students.

"Don't worry. Although the Nese Scroll is important, it won't make me lose my principles. It's just that you can refuse this matter, but I can't refuse it."

Iolum's face was extremely calm, as if what he just said did not come from his mouth, "In addition, whether you or I agree to this kind of thing, we must notify the Seven Towers and take corresponding precautions. If you want to come to Hildalanna When you mention me, you’ve already become aware of it.”

"..."

Shado forgot to say that Hildalanna didn't believe in the Seven Towers, but judging from Iolum's intentions, unless he promised Hildalanna in private, he would let the Seven Towers know anyway.

well--

Sha Duo sighed silently in his heart. In this case, Hildalana's expectations would most likely be disappointed.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Hildalanna was testing him and Iolum to test their relationship with the Seven Towers. In fact, she had prepared a plan to cooperate with the Seven Towers.

"By the way, teacher, regarding the assassination incident on the Elf side, is there any latest news from the Seven Towers?"

"The news is true or false, only one has been confirmed, that is, Great Elder Ankalita went to Sruvind because he discovered an ancient fortress there, which may contain some powerful war weapons, which caused various stirs. Fang pays attention.”

"Don't Seven Towers have some ideas about this?"

"Why not, but it's difficult, especially now that the Great Elder Everiska is dead and the situation in the Northern Alliance has suddenly changed. Netheril really shouldn't have too many sensitive actions."

"In this case, does the teacher still want to persuade Qita to participate in Hildalana's operation?"

"How is this different? The Netherese scroll originally belonged to Netheril. Isn't it natural for us to find the thief?"

"All right."

Xia Duo had already said some things that needed to be said. Thinking that there was still an unfinished smart brain project at home, he didn't stay any longer and quickly left.

After Shado left, Iolum thought alone for a while, and then went to Gustav Tower again.

…

Southland, Tower of Time.

It feels really good to put aside the trivial matters of the outside world, but there is still a shadow in Sha Duo's heart. Maybe Iolum will consider it for him, but the Seven Towers may not, especially when there is someone who is interested in him and Niya. The biased and even malicious Scomb is there.

Xia Duo had a vague hunch that this matter was not over yet, but before the change came, he needed to develop a brain that could be used for practical purposes (the Mystery Lock Project) as soon as possible.