Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1723 Small Country Deters Compassion
Next, Xia Duo didn't plan to stay in the Zilan Tower for a long time, but Horn mentioned that Evereska sent the two elders to the Elven Court again, which surprised him a little, but it wasn't too much of a surprise.

Since Evereska is determined to provoke the Small Country Alliance, he will definitely be prepared for possible countermeasures against Cormanthor, but Xia Duo did not expect that Evereska's preparations would be so intense.

The Elven Court is in the territory of Comanso, and there are two real elders waiting to die there, which means it is self-evident, especially when the elders were just withdrawn last year, and now they are sent there, it really has a lot of deterrence.

"Then what actions are other small countries taking? Are they also sending elders to the Elven Court, or something else?" Xia Duo asked.

"No word has come out yet. But—"

Speaking of this, Horn looked at Xia Duo with a complicated expression, "But Evereska has already expressed his determination, and there must be a small country responding soon!"

"I hope so."

Seeing Horn's expression, Xia Duo could probably guess what the other party was thinking. Either he lamented that the current situation was changing too fast, or he felt that he was responsible for all this and felt jealous.

But no matter what it is, Xia Duo doesn't think that he can have much influence in it. Without him, other people would think of encouraging Evereska to form a small group to resist the pressure of Netheril.

The rapid changes in the current situation are simply because the world in the past was too dull and lacked change.

Xia Duo thinks that his real influence is not in Severton or Evereska, but in the southern border, where there is a new force with great potential, which is the real force to change the world.

"By the way, Your Excellency Horn, the Northland Alliance meeting will be held in three days. Are you sure that you will completely strip the evaluation and investigation rights of the magic restriction treaty from Comanthor?"

"If someone else asked, then I might say not sure, but for Lord Xiaduo, I can tell you very clearly that Cormanthor will definitely lose this time!"

"So confident?" Xia Duo was a little disbelieving.

Obviously, there is no news about the Small Country Alliance, so how can it suddenly ensure the stripping of Cormanthor's authority?Or did Horn conceal some details about the Alliance of Small Nations just now?

"It's not that I have confidence alone, but that Netheril, Ilfaron, Danzo, and Yeerlan have confidence together. They have clearly responded to our proposal and supported the stripping of Comanthor's authority at the alliance meeting three days later. , plus the possible alliance of small countries, how could Comanso return without a big loss?"

It turned out to be inside news!
Xia Duo suddenly understood. Thinking about it, not long ago, Netheril was "backstabbed" by Comanthor's ally Ilfaran, and now Coman is going to be "backstabbed" by Yeerlan in the same way. It's not yet time to report" Ah!

I am afraid that after this meeting, all the disputes and entanglements in the Northern Alliance will become clearer. With the rise of the Alliance of Small Nations, there will be no eternal enemies or eternal friends between countries, only eternal interests.

There is a high probability that the alliance between Netheril and Ilfaran will never return to the way it was before.

There is even the relationship between Netheril and Akoala, once the other party joins the Alliance of Small Nations, it may become delicate.

Of course, there should be no hostility, but it's almost impossible to get closer.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo felt a little inexplicably melancholy for some reason. Even though he was determined, he couldn't help feeling a little confused about such a future.

But he has no doubts about the path he insists on.

At least for now, he doesn't have that kind of heart, that kind of structure, but in the future, he will still encounter similar choices, how should he choose then?
Xia Duo can't answer this question for the time being. One is that his heart cannot be deceived, and the other is that the objective situation in the current world is not consistent with his hometown.

……

After leaving the Zilan Tower, Xia Duo quickly adjusted his thoughts, he didn't need to think about things that were too long-term for the time being, he just did what he should do now, step by step.

Only by laying a good foundation now and constantly growing ourselves can we have the power to make choices in the future, otherwise everything is empty talk.

Next, Xia Duo went to the Arcane Federation again, and it was only a few days later, he did not go to ask Iolum if he had received the new ectoplasm, but came directly to the Ether Advance Base.

Today's ether advance base is mainly divided into two parts: inside and outside. The outer part is actually the area where the core laboratory of the Austrian Law Federation was located, and now it has become a fortress-like existence.

Enveloping the entire ether overlap area, only two passages are opened to enter the ether overlap area. The inner ether advance base is built near the border of the overlap area, which is convenient for hunters to enter and exit the ether plane.

After all, the overlapping area of ​​ether is not small. If it is built in the middle, it will waste a lot of time just to hurry. Not everyone is like Xia Duo, and flying is only a passive ability.

In order to deal with unexpected situations after entering the etheric plane, most hunters will choose to walk forward.

In addition, if the advance base is built on the edge of the overlapping area, it will also be convenient for the hunters to retreat and the base to respond.

Hunting for ectoplasm, to put it nicely, is called "collecting materials", but to put it bluntly, it is simply to slaughter alien races, although that alien race seems to be naturally hostile to normal life.

But people have always lived in the etheric plane, and almost never go to the material plane. Now a group of people rushed to other people's homes to kill people. Isn't this the arrogance of the caster?
However, Xia Duo has nothing to criticize for this kind of thing. After all, he is on the side of the psychic trade, and the only thing he can do is probably not to kill himself.

"What a cheap and hypocritical sense of morality!"

But within a short period of time, Xia Duo couldn't find any spiritual material other than the core of the twisted phantom. In addition, the twisted phantom behaved almost inherently evil, so he didn't actually feel any guilt in his heart.

It's like human beings killing pigs and sheep, so what's wrong with pigs, cattle and sheep?

The sages said "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen", it really makes sense!
……

Ethereal Overlap, Base 3.

If there is No. 3, naturally there will be No. 2, No. 1, and even more. In fact, there are altogether eight advancing bases in the overlapping area of ​​ether.

Of course, this is not one of the Seven Towers and the Austrian Law Federation, but distributed in four directions, taking care of each other. All forward bases are managed by the Austrian Law Federation, at least in name.

This time, Xia Duo chose Base No. 3 mainly because he heard that someone in this base had recently obtained psychic matter when he was outside. The general affairs deacon outside did not know the specific situation.

Xia Duo had no choice but to come and see for himself, and by the way, see what other specialties the etheric plane has.

(End of this chapter)