Arcane Lord

In a moment, Xia Duo met the Jinfeng family honor guard who came to greet him on the way up the mountain. After entering the manor, he was led to a lounge, where Oripus was waiting for him.

Seeing Xia Duo, Oripus quickly stood up and saluted, as if his subordinates were ineffective, "Lord, I didn't expect that you would be asked to come forward in the end."

"It doesn't matter, it's just idle time anyway."

Chateau wouldn't blame Oripus for this trivial matter. In fact, the relationship between him and Oripus was not a subordinate relationship in the general sense, but closer to cooperation.

But later on, the balance of status between the two sides began to tilt. Oripus brought his family to the Saville Territory to seek asylum. After that, as the gap between the two sides grew wider, Oripus became more and more humble.

"Tell me about Elder Larian's cooperation."

Of course, Lierles's invitation was just a pretense. The main reason was that Elder Larian wanted to meet with Shado. At this time, Shado also communicated with Oripus on this issue.

To this, Oripus’s answer was——

"Elder Larian didn't say it clearly, but I guess he may have listened to the street light advertisement I proposed before and wanted to ask the lord to work out a more comprehensive and specific urban development plan for Evereska."

"Is that so?"

Although he was a little confused, Shado felt that Oripus might have guessed it right, but he didn't want to interfere too deeply in Everriska's internal affairs, even just as a plan proposer.

A neutral ground should have its own rules. Individual suggestions don't matter, but if it is a complete set of plans, it would be suspected of over-intervention.

In this case, let alone Erland and other countries, it may not be easy for even Evriska to reach a consensus.

This kind of thing is purely thankless, and Xia Duo doesn't want to get involved.

But at this moment, the Tower of Time's Void Warehouse is testing the waters in the Elf World for the first time, not to mention that he also has the idea of ​​spreading the cloud pattern announcement on a large scale. At this time, it is impossible to completely reject Larian.

Otherwise, the other party may not be able to succeed, but bad things are certainly possible.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo decided to meet with the other party first. Since it was a cooperation, both parties must benefit from it.

For example, he asked Oripus to propose the city lamppost advertisement to Larian. Although it was convenient for him to spread the moiré announcement, Everesca's finances could indeed benefit from it.

And it is a very stable and long-lasting income.

If the cooperation proposed by Larian can bring long-term and stable benefits to the Tower of Time, as long as it is not a very broad alliance agreement, a clear and specific cooperation project is completely acceptable.

…

Continuing to communicate with Oripus for a while, Lairles asked to meet outside. Of course, Shado would not keep a high mage waiting outside for a long time.

After the two parties met, Lierles bluntly stated that his father wanted to meet with Sha Duo. Sha Duo had already anticipated this and agreed.

This was considered business. On the way to the living room, I don't know whether he wanted to deliberately close the relationship or whether he really felt that Xia Duo was a person who could be discussed. Lierles actually took the initiative to chat about his recent research.

Regarding some thoughts on the update of Everesca's Mystery Lock, after just listening to a few words, Shado understood Lyeres' purpose. This was partly a test to test his attainments in the Mystery Lock field.

On the other hand, there are hints that the upcoming talks may involve the Everriska Mystery Lock.

It's just that in today's Evereska, the topic of myth locks is definitely a relatively sensitive topic. On the day of the founding ceremony of the Northland Alliance, the crowned king of Ilisel fought with the challenger, which caused a lot of damage to Evereska's mystery locks. caused some damage.

After that, the countries in the Northland—mainly the five major countries—forcibly took control of part of the authority on the pretext of repairing the Mystery Lock.

Therefore, taking back the authority of the myth lock has become the direction of continuous efforts in all aspects of Evereska, but how can the authority obtained by the five major countries be easily returned?

On this matter, even Xia Duo, who agrees with the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, actually has reservations. Mystery authority is indeed a part of sovereignty in the magical world, but——

After all, Evereska is the location of the headquarters of the Northland Alliance. If the Northland Alliance does not have the slightest control over this place, I am afraid that all countries will not rest assured.

Of course, occupying Evereska's mysterious lock authority for a long time is not a good thing after all. In Shado's view, the only solution is to move the Northland Alliance headquarters out of Evereska.

But let’s not say whether the five major countries agree with this proposal. I am afraid that even Evereska himself will not agree.

Today, Evereska, relying on its special status as the location of the Northland Alliance headquarters, has formed a unique alliance of small countries within the alliance.

Although it will not immediately form a situation of competing with the big powers, this trend is very obvious and can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. The reason why Evereska can have the status of leader of the alliance of small countries is largely due to The Northland Alliance headquarters is in its home.

If there is no such factor, what is the difference between Evereska and other small countries?

Therefore, what Laerles is hinting at now seems a bit greedy in Shado's view. On the one hand, they want to take advantage of the Mystery Lock update to take back their authority, and on the other hand, they want to keep the Northland Alliance here. .

Shado absolutely did not want to get involved in this topic, so even though he was very interested in the topic of Mystery Lock Update mentioned by Lierles, he did not go into depth on this topic.

It was just a brief discussion, and the evaluation was from a layman's perspective. Of course, this was also due to the consideration of hiding one's specific attainments in the field of mythical locks.

…

Soon, accompanied by Lierles, Xia Duo walked through a garden courtyard that was still in full bloom in this early winter and arrived at the formal living room of the Jinfeng family, which has a higher standard.

When Xia Duo arrived, Elder Larian personally greeted him. On the one hand, this was a sign of respect for Xia Duo's status, but on the other hand, it would inevitably remind Xia Duo of the words "Everyone must ask for something if they are polite."

"Elder Larian, long time no see, you look more energetic."

"Lord Xia Duo, in my view of time, it seems like we just met yesterday. There is no need to say these polite words again. Please -"

With that said, Larian reached out to hold Shado's hand enthusiastically. Even after a long period of adapting to the incarnation of the elf in the projection plane, Shado was still not used to this overly intimate way of getting along.

In essence, he is not an elf. Although he does not always keep a distance from outsiders like most Nese mages, even as a modern person from the earth, he does not like such close contact.

Of course, if it were ordinary Nese mages, if an elf took the initiative to contact them, they might forget their usual principles of virginity and choose to cater to the etiquette of the elf.