Arcane Lord

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For a moment, Xia Duo regretted getting involved in such troubles. He even wondered whether the assassination of the elf prince was an illusion created by the two countries in order to capture the North due to his involvement.

This is not an unfounded guess on his part, but the Northland Alliance has the potential to attract attention and even vigilance from the South. Especially after the Sluvende War, the alliance's reputation has been further strengthened and the alliance's order has been further consolidated.

Coupled with the centralization reforms that have begun in various countries, a new force is quietly rising in the North. If Xia Duo was the person in power in the South, he would also do something.

In international relations, it is normal for the strong to contain the weak. Even within the Northern Alliance, major countries are consciously curbing the development of small countries. Of course, small countries are also uniting to deal with such challenges.

In this case, the Northland Alliance is not only a tool for big powers to play games, but also a reliance for small countries to survive. Everyone needs this alliance, so how can this alliance not develop rapidly!

If the current situation is really as Xia Duo guessed, it is a conspiracy by the two southern countries or even the four countries to contain the North, it would be too troublesome.

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It's not that Xia Duo will be fine if he runs away now. As the saying goes, "A monk who can run away cannot run away from the temple." Unless he no longer hangs out in the main plane in the future, he is very likely to face the common hostility of the four southern countries and the Northland Alliance.

"Difficult! It's really too difficult!" Xia Duo sighed in his heart.

But the more this happens, the more he has to find the key to breaking the situation, which is the assassination of the Elf Prince. As long as the origin of the assassin can be found out, he can at least retain such a strong backing as the Northland Alliance.

Of course, the premise is that this assassin was not created by a country in the Northland Alliance.

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South of Sweetwater Square, Calimshan Camp.

Chateau closed the investigation report and returned it to Scholar Bolin, then turned to Esther and said: "Next, I want to talk to Scholar Bolin alone, and also ask Master Esther to wait outside the camp."

Logically speaking, the elves should not have followed him to the Calishan camp, but Esther still came in. Now the question Shado wants to ask may involve Calishan secrets.

Maybe General Hashem, who is currently in charge of the camp, doesn't care, but as an outsider, he still needs to try to avoid these sensitive points. Esther can be regarded as being brought into the camp by him, and now he lets Esther out again, so Carlin Shan can't trouble him on this issue.

In this regard, Esther hesitated for a moment, and there seemed to be a lot to say in his eyes, but in the end it turned invisible, turned around and left the camp without saying a word.

"Lord Shado, I wonder what you want to talk about?" Bolin asked.

"I would like to know what suspicions Calishan has about the identity of the assassin who assassinated Prince Katemere?"

Originally, Shado wanted to ask about the war situation between Calimshan and the surrounding areas, but considering that Calimshan might conceal something or even deliberately mislead him, he did not ask. He planned to find out more about Katemir through other channels. Too.

But if you ask about the origin of the assassin, there will be no problem.

Bolin did not hesitate at all. He directly answered Shado without even asking for the opinion of General Hashim who was still present:

“We mainly have two suspicions. One is that Kate Mill directed and acted on her own, intending to provoke a war to gain a greater say in the South;

"The other is Zhamdas, that evil psychic nation. Calimshan is currently fighting Zhamdas in the Steam Lake area to the east, and is gradually gaining the upper hand. If Katemir can be pulled into the water, if I am I will definitely do it without hesitation as the decision-maker of Zhamdas.”

Good one to do it without hesitation!

Shado not only lamented Bolin's frankness, but was also shocked by the attitude of Calimshan's upper echelons towards the war. Of course, it would be unrealistic to say that there was no fiction in Bolin's words.

At least he didn't think Calimshan had the upper hand in the war with Zhamdas. If this assassination was really planned by Zhamdas, there might be an idea to completely eliminate Calimshan once and for all!

"Hasn't Ketelmere always been quiet? I've heard about it even in the North. Why do you think they are going to suddenly make trouble and regain the right to speak in the South?" Shado asked again.

This should be an indirect way of obtaining information from Kate Mill. Of course, this was not the other channel he originally thought of. The other channels were actually obtained through the Northland Alliance.

Especially in Cormanthor, there is a permanent portal of Ketmere in the capital. If you say they don’t understand Ketmere, you won’t even believe it!

At this moment, in response to Shado's doubts, Bolin revealed another bombshell news, "The Sith prince actually does not like the contemporary Crown Prince Katemere. The Crown Prince Hygnath has long been old, but he has always lingered on the throne. If you are willing to abdicate in favor of someone more powerful, Lord Shado, guess which prince in Ketmere has the highest voice for ascending to the throne?"

This could no longer be regarded as a hint, but a completely explicit statement. Sha Duo naturally said: "Is it the dead Sith prince?"

"Yes, that's him!"

There was a strange glint in Bolin's eyes, and he seemed to be very interested in talking about the scandals of neighboring countries to outsiders, "The Sith Prince is considered to be the wisest renaissance master in Katemere in the past three thousand years, but the Sith Prince is getting more and more. The more he behaves wisely, the more he will embarrass King Hagnas who is still on the throne!

"It is said that the Sith prince had a quarrel with King Hygnath before he visited Calimshan. Although King Hygnath finally agreed to the prince's mission plan, he did not say that he would not give the prince a surprise!"

"That's it!"

Although the information provided by Bolin has not been verified, Shado does not think it is necessary for the other party to lie because it is easy to verify.

If it is true as Bolin said, Katemere's suspicion of crowning the king is very high, but does the other party really have the courage to bear the reputation of killing his son?

Elf society has always attached great importance to tradition. Fighting and killing each other among relatives is the situation that breaks the traditional bottom line. As long as Katemir dares to do so, Shado can guarantee that once the truth is exposed, the other party will definitely step down.

And this kind of vicious incident in which the prince was killed will definitely be investigated to the end, such as the third investigation that Sha Duo is currently conducting.

As long as it is found that Kate Mill is the envoy to crown the king, even if Kate Mill has completed the centralization reform, the meaning of centralization is the concentration of power, not the concentration of power on a certain master. That is not called centralization, that is called dictatorship.

In Katemere, the power of the crowned king is indeed great, but it is not without checks and balances. Once the bottom line is exceeded, it will be easy to step down. There may be some staunch traditional defenders who will impose physical sanctions on the fallen crowned king.

Similar to the "Chinese riots" that occurred in Xia Duo's hometown in ancient times.