Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1613 Provoking Greed
"Since this is the case, why are you still looking for me? Why do you think Netheril will agree to such a proposal?" Xia Duo asked in a deep voice.

"It's not my opinion, but the general trend. Further opening up to Netheril has various risks, but the benefits are also huge. It is impossible for the Seven Towers to miss this opportunity with their ambitions."

After finishing speaking, Hilda Lanna seemed to feel that it was not enough, and added, "I have received reliable news that the elf invaders who appeared in Severton not long ago were ordered by Ilfaran. In this case, what do you call Your allies are simply unreliable, once you open up further, maybe the one who will harvest first is Ilfaran, your good ally!"

"Not to mention those words of sowing discord, who sent the intruder is still unclear. Even if it is really Ilfaran, it may be just a misunderstanding. As long as Comanthor's hostility towards Netheril remains unchanged, Netheril Riel and Ilfaran's friendship is unbreakable."

That being said, Xia Duo is actually not very sure. At least in the recent magic restriction treaty, Ilfaran does not seem to show the attitude that an ally should have.

But there is one thing that Hilda Lanna may be right, that is, the Seven Towers are indeed ambitious, and even knowing that Ilfaran is unreliable, it is very likely that they will agree to further opening.

And if the [Mythra] that has not yet been released is included, the courage of the Seven Towers may be far greater than Hilda Lanna imagined!
Could it be that the floating city was built in response to the further opening up of trade by the countries of the Northern Alliance?
Xia Duo had no choice but to make such a guess.

On the one hand, the Floating Void City demonstrates its formidable power, on the other hand, it can also turn the originally long and undefensible border into mobile strategic fortresses.

At that time, even if the ground is completely occupied by elves, as long as the floating city does not fall, Netheril will always exist.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Duo feels that further opening up is necessary, but the specific opening time needs to be carefully planned, and it can't be like the magic restriction treaty, which took effect that year.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo felt that he could agree to Hilda Lanna's request. At present, even if further opening up would do more good than harm to Netheril, there is no need to agree so readily.

Especially after going through such an embarrassing thing about the magic restriction treaty, if the agreement is too straightforward, it will inevitably make the elves take an inch.

Want to open up?Okay, let's talk about the benefits first!
As far as the present is concerned, in fact, no matter whether you want to lobby the Seven Towers or not, you have to eat this wave of benefits before talking about it!

Thinking like this, Xiaduo showed more and more trust in Ilfaran. Seeing this, Hilda Lanna frowned, "I thought Lord Xiaduo was very wise, but I didn't expect to be so short-sighted."

The so-called "one's enemy is my hero", the elf's ridicule will not hurt Xia Duo at all, he directly ignored the other party's words, but also did not interrupt the communication.

He believed that Hilda Lanna could understand what he meant, didn't the elves play less tricks of refusal?

"Lord Xia Duo, you have to be clear. What I said is beneficial to both of you and me. As a collaborator, do you have to calculate this kind of thing?"

"No, Ms. Hilda Lanna, you are wrong!"

Shadou shook his head, "What you said is beneficial to Netheril, but not necessarily beneficial to me, or not directly beneficial to me. It is the Seven Towers that should think about this matter, not me. But you didn’t look for Qita, but you looked for me, and you must have thought about it, so shouldn’t I ask for some due reward for this?”

At this time, Xia Duo is like a greedy person. Of course, the image of human beings in the eyes of elves is almost always the same-greedy, cunning, impatient, and violent. Xia Duo doesn't care if he behaves a little worse.

He believes that no matter which human being Hilda Lanna finds who has the ability to lobby the Seven Towers, he will pay a certain price. Maybe he will be looked down upon by Hilda Lanna if he doesn't want it!

And at this time, he didn't mean to sternly refuse, so he didn't break the foundation of cooperation. The so-called "buying and selling can't be done with righteousness", although there is no such proverb in the wizarding world, there are words with similar meanings.

Hilda Lanna thought over and over again, and put forward her own conditions: "If you can guarantee that the people in the Seven Towers will definitely deny the relevant proposals, then I can give you all the magic scrolls, magic books, mithril, and gold." .”

"No, no, Ms. Hilda Lanna, a good mage will always leave a way out for himself. You should know that I can't give you such a guarantee."

Although Xia Duo was tempted for a moment, especially when he was in urgent need of a large amount of magic materials to build the floating city, he still gritted his teeth and refused.

This kind of guarantee that there is no way out, and it is still for an elf, he is really afraid that the other party will turn around and go to the Seven Towers to block his way out.

"Since this is the case, I can only exchange your chance to come forward with a piece of news that you are interested in!"

"What news?" Xia Duo asked.

"Are you interested in the news of the Moon Shadow Family?" Hilda Lanna suddenly smiled, a beautiful smile, but there was a bit of desolation and grief hidden in the smile.

It was because Xia Duo asked her about the Moon Shadow family last time that she asked Brin to investigate, which resulted in Brin's death.

Although she knew that Brin's death had little to do with Xia Duo, Hilda Lanna couldn't help being resentful whenever she thought about it.

Since you are interested in the Moon Shadow Clan, then be more interested, and go investigate for yourself!

At this moment, Hilda Lanna seemed to have deliberately forgotten the possibility that Xia Duo might be the son of destiny of the elves. If the other party was not in Netheril, she really had the urge to take action on the spot.

It is true to ask the other party to lobby, but it is also true to want to use the news of the Moon Shadow family to lure the other party to make a move. No matter what happens, Hilda Lanna will not lose.

In fact, just as Hilda Lanna expected, Xia Duo was indeed interested in news about the Moon Shadow family.

Whether it was the Mithril mine that was not allowed to be snooped in the agreement, or the other party's practice of completely erasing the existence of the Green Vine Tribe (including the traces in other people's memories), Xia Duo became very interested in that family.

I mentioned something casually when I communicated with Hilda Lanna before, but I didn't expect it to have a result now.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo decided to agree to the other party's conditions, "Tell me everything you know, and then I will go to Severton to meet the master of the Seven Towers and lobby in person."

"Everything is impossible. The information about the Moon Shadow family also contains Yeerlan's secrets. I can only tell you what I can tell you, but I can guarantee that you will never regret it after listening."

(End of this chapter)