Arcane Lord

It was a group of spellcasters who obviously bore many Yerlan marks, including moon elves and gold elves. In this temporary stronghold on the edge of the forest, there were soldiers wearing Srud standard armor guarding or supervising.

"Mage Naris, this"

"Observer Shado, this group of elf scholars came here not long after the emergence of Adolfel Fortress. At that time, they were under the banner of folk academic research, so they were not expelled."

When he arrived here, there was not much emotion on Naris's face. He paused and continued: "Not long ago, Srud had sent an invitation to the countries of the Northern Alliance to jointly develop the Adofel Fortress.

"So even though the two countries are at war at the moment, we still have not expelled them, but have allowed them to continue their exploration and research here."

"That's it!"

Naris's words were too high-sounding. Xia Duo instinctively felt that there was a problem here, but he couldn't tell what the problem was. This feeling was very unpleasant.

Just as he was thinking about it, a burst of magic network fluctuations suddenly broke out in the forest not far away. Xia Duo turned around and saw two months of elven warriors running out of it, supporting each other.

At the same time, at the temporary stronghold, a moon elf who looked like a scholar rushed out immediately. Although Xia Duo was some distance away, he could still clearly hear the other party's anxious questions.

"Did you find the shock node?"

The two-month elf warrior glanced cautiously in the direction of Xia Duo and shook his head inconspicuously. The scholar then turned back with some hindsight, glared at Xia Duo with fear, and then with that The two warriors returned to the camp where the Ellan elves were.

Seeing this scene, Sha Duo smiled mockingly to himself, and then asked Naris: "They are testing all kinds of things here, do you really not care at all?"

"It's definitely just polite to say you don't care, but it's true that you don't interfere. If Observer Shado is interested, you can give it a try. No matter what kind of harvest you get, Srud guarantees that he will never covet it."

After speaking, it seemed that Xia Duo might really have the intention to explore. Narris also added, "Of course, there are certain rules for us to invite all countries to jointly develop. Any items and materials found in the fortress must be recovered in Slu "De leaving a copy and agreeing to the joint development rules is equivalent to agreeing that Sai's ownership rights belong to Srud."

"I see!"

Xia Duo couldn't criticize Srud's choice. He changed places. Even if he encountered this situation, he couldn't find a better solution. This is the sorrow of the weak. There is no room for choice. It's really too small.

However, this still cannot explain why Srud kept Yeerlan scholars here during the war. Not to mention directly detaining them, they should at least be deported!

With so many unstable factors gathered here, we are not afraid of a severe blow at the critical moment of the battle. Or is there any means that Srud can ensure that these Yerlan scholars will never cause trouble.

At the temporary stronghold, a spell barrier was set up in the Ye'erlan camp. Shado could only roughly see that there were elves active in the camp, and there were quite a few spellcasters.

Among them, the scholar who had just returned from the camp to pick up the two suspected surveyors was, if nothing else, a senior mage. So Xia Duo had every reason to infer that there should be at least one senior mage in the Yerlan camp.

Otherwise, it would be outrageous for the camp boss to personally greet the two grassroots surveyors.

Judging from the fact that there are gold elves in the camp, unless the moon elf scholar is a high mage, there must be another person in charge above him.

Although Ye'erlan is a multi-ethnic country and the Golden Elves do not occupy an absolute dominant position in the country, judging from the long-term historical development trend, there have been more commanders and scholars among the Golden Elves.

Regardless of whether this is a racial advantage or a past class advantage, in short, the golden elves are superior to other elves, and it has almost become a curse engraved in the blood of the elves.

If there are Golden Elf members in the team, there will inevitably be a Golden Elf leader responsible for commanding them. This is almost a self-evident unspoken rule in Yeerlan.

In other words, there is a high probability that there will be a golden elf high mage in the Yeerlan camp in the temporary stronghold.

It is actually very simple to confirm this issue. Even if Srud claims not to care about the harvest of explorers from other countries, they should at least find out the identity of the explorers!

Even if there really is a secret hand that makes the final decision, the planning should be the job of the relevant personnel. On the other hand, if you don't even care about the identity of the explorer, it means that this must be a trap set by Srud.

And all kinds of countermeasures are already in place, waiting to be triggered at any time!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel a little scared. No one could remain as calm as standing on a safe place while standing on a bomb whose remote control was in someone else's hand.

Although this was just his guess so far, before coming to Srud, he had already initially judged that the ancient fortress would become an important node that affected the direction of the war.

Srud would not give up this place easily in any case, and this was also Ye Erlan's must-win place. As long as there were no big surprises, a decisive battle between the two sides was likely to break out here.

But this still doesn't explain why Srud wanted to keep these Yerlan scholars, or it could be said that keeping Yerlan scholars and this place being a trap are completely contradictory.

There is a high probability that there are high-ranking mages among the Yerlan scholars, so what ability does Srud have to lay a trap that will make no difference to the opponent?

If the bottom line is missed, I am afraid that the Yeerlan army will arrive faster and occupy this place. By then, Srud's so-called "acting according to the rules" will be a complete joke.

Xia Duo felt that he must have overlooked some key information, a key information that even Ye Erlan ignored or did not discover.

"what is it?"

Suddenly, Xia Duo had an idea, but whether the idea can be realized depends on whether Srud gives him a chance.

"Mage Naris, can I go over and talk to the Erlan Explorer?"

"Of course, Srud will not restrict the exchanges between explorers, and even encourages explorers from all over the world to communicate more. As long as Ye Erlan does not object, Shado observers can go there to communicate now."

Naris generously expressed his agreement and even support, but Sha Duo felt even weirder. Many times once the seeds of doubt were planted, he would actively look for various opportunities to take root and sprout.

He is now looking at things with suspicion, and feels abnormal everywhere.