Arcane Lord

With this in mind, Xia Duo had already ordered his servants to invite Tarafu, and he himself went off the terrace and went to the atrium on the first floor to greet him. After a while, he saw Tarafu, whom he had not seen for more than a year. .

This aspect alone made Sha Duo sigh, remembering the high-spirited demeanor that the other party involuntarily showed when he came to Northland to watch the ceremony in Everesca as an envoy from the southern power.

Looking now, the other party actually looked a bit old. When their eyes met, Xia Duo saw a hint of cowardice and humility in Fang's eyes.

Perhaps the changes during this period really dealt a huge blow to the other party.

They had obviously met, but Tarafu just moved his lips and could not utter a single syllable. Seeing this, Xia Duo sighed again, then took a few steps forward, grabbed the other person's arm, and led him to the terrace on the third floor. I didn’t forget to complain on the way:

"Tarafu, why are you here so late? Didn't you agree to wait for me at the border before? You must be my tour guide in the next few days and introduce this seaside city to me!"

Although Xia Duo said these words in a complaining and complaining tone, he had no intention of punishing the other party. It was just to lighten the atmosphere because he saw that the other party was pitiful.

In fact, since the two sides didn't have much friendship, he didn't need to do this at all.

As the other party involved, Tarafu could naturally feel Xia Duo's kindness, but the pride in his heart that had not yet been completely defeated prevented him from saying anything too affectionate.

They just expressed gratitude with their eyes, and then the two of them arrived at the terrace. Perhaps because of the sight of the vast sea outside, or perhaps because of Xia Duo's attitude, Tarafu's recent uneasy mood finally calmed down a lot.

"Lord Shado, I think you probably already know what happened in my family's territory. Although it is a bit presumptuous to say this, I really have no other choice. If possible, please ask Lord Shado to help the Mairead family! "

It's indeed a bit presumptuous! Although Xia Duo had already anticipated Tarafu's intention, he still felt a little unhappy when the other party actually made such a request.

"Prince Talaf, I have just come to Calimshan, and I have only heard a little bit about the Elf Prince. I know nothing about the inside story. Your request is really embarrassing for me."

Shado called the other party "prince", which was a very obvious reminder, and then he added one more sentence, "Besides, as an outsider, how can I change the decision of Calimshan, a big country! "

"Lord Shado, the assassination of the Elf Prince is definitely a conspiracy, not only against the Mairead family, but also against Calimshan!"

When this matter was mentioned, Tarafu immediately became excited and tried his best to explain to Sha Duo——

"Calimshan is currently at war with Sanata and Zhamdas. Under such circumstances, what reason do we have to assassinate the prince who came to Calimshan as a messenger from Katemir!

"I believe it's not just me, there must be more knowledgeable people in the country who can see this. It's just because of Katemir's tough attitude that the great Sir Pasha had to temporarily avoid the Mairead family. .

"Lord Shado helps the Mairead family, which is actually equivalent to helping Calimshan. As long as he can avoid the war with Katemir, Lord Shado will not only win the respect and friendship of the Mairead family, but also gain the friendship of Calimshan. !”

Taraf's reasons are very good, but as he said, behind all this is a huge conspiracy that drags Calimshan into a situation where everyone is the enemy of the world. Then the planner of this conspiracy will definitely not be able to let this conspiracy be easily Dissolve.

If Shado doesn't agree to the other party, at most he will lose an opportunity to gain Calimshan's friendship. Now he still has a choice; but if he agrees, he will inevitably be involved in this conspiracy, and then he will have no choice but to do so!

Even in the most extreme case, the assassinated Elf Prince may have been photographed by Katemir and sent to death in order to take the opportunity to eliminate Calimshan.

Of course, this possibility is very small. Although Shado has never been to Katemere, he knows something about the ancient country that survived the Crown War, whether in the main plane or the projection plane.

Similar to the elves in the northern countries who suffered from the scourge of Arivanda, Ketmere is also extremely averse to war.

As far as he knew, there had been a long time in the past when Ketmere and Shanata (the dwarf kingdom) were allies and fought against Calishan together.

Until the two princes died in a disaster caused by the dwarves, the two countries did not turn against each other, but only dissolved the alliance.

Around this time, Ketmere's foreign policy became more conservative, and Sanatar was falling behind in the conflict with Calishan.

Of course, the war between Calimshan and Sanata is not actually about territory. To be honest, even if Sanata has territory on the surface, most of it is mountainous and is not suitable for human habitation at all.

The real reason is very similar to today. Prince Sir Pasha of Calimshan was killed by the dwarves. This is different from ordinary pasha princes like Taraf. Prince Sir Pasha almost represents The face of the country Calimshan.

Being killed by a dwarf was naturally impossible to understand easily, which triggered a state of on-and-off war between the two countries that lasted for more than two thousand years.

Fadila told him this story on the way to Calimshan. Shado didn't think Fadila had to lie, or even if he lied, the lie should have come true in the past two thousand years.

So in a sense, Tarafu's judgment is well-founded and quite sufficient, because in the past few thousand years, almost all the wars in the southern land can be traced back to the killing of a prince of a certain country.

So what about now?

Does the killing of Prince Katemire mean an inevitable war?

In Shado's hometown, the ancient sages said that "the lord should not raise an army in anger, and the general should not fight in anger", but in reality, a heroic lord like Liu Bei could not help raising an army in anger.

Even if there are such warnings in later generations, there are still many people who take action because of a little quarrel. Once emotions dominate thinking, eight cows will pull back.

Even if the killing of Prince Katemire did not trigger the war between elves and dwarves in history, we can't always bully the elves for being easy to talk to. Maybe this time it has reached the psychological threshold for Katemire to start a war!

To be honest, if he hadn't known that Tarafu's request for help was most likely from the Grand Archon or the Great Emperor of Calimshan, Shado would have probably refused to meet him after weighing the pros and cons.

Although the two of them had some friendship, he wouldn't have taken such a big risk for the other party.

Only the Great Emperor or the Grand Archon of Calimshan would have such a face, so Shado wouldn't consider too many pros and cons for the time being, or in other words, after taking Calimshan into account, the pros and cons were already difficult to distinguish.