Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1757
Although Xia Duo kept his expression on the face, he still cared about who came, especially Cross. If the other party didn't come, he could only be judged in absentia.

The effect will be worse than the other party's presence in person, and there will be excuses for wrangling in the future.

Therefore, when Xia Duo saw Cross teleporting in with a gloomy face, he was not to mention how happy he was. After Cross came in, there was no one else.

Among them, only three from the Seven Towers came, namely Schom, Horn, and Harris, but not the great arcanists from the Seven Towers, all of them were present.

Of course, it also includes Byron—although this is the princess' teacher, his relationship with Gilles High Tower is hard to describe, especially in the current situation of being squeezed out by Schombe, it is almost the same as leaving.

……

After everyone arrived, Iolum temporarily closed the circular hall, and then announced the start of the meeting.

"The first issue was brought up by Xia Duo, the convener of the meeting, to sue the Green Tower for embezzling the unique design of the Tower of Time's stop magic weapon. Do you have anything to say about this matter, Cross?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the circular hall turned their attention to Cross. Some were surprised, some were shocked, and some secretly poked and looked at him with malicious intent.

Except for Kabor, the director of the Austrian Law Federation in the auditorium, as the younger brother of Cross, the person involved, his two identities allow him to know more about this matter than anyone present.

It was because of understanding that he became more and more uneasy. He was strong and calm, but he still cast an anxious look at his brother.

At this time, at the center of everyone's attention, although Cross looked gloomy, he didn't lose his composure. Facing Iolum's question, he just replied in a deep voice:

"It is true that my subordinates did something wrong in this matter, I admit it."

"Shadow?" Iolum once again directed everyone's attention to Xiaduo.

Although Xia Duo was surprised that Cross admitted to piracy in public, everyone looked at him at this time. He looked as usual, stood up calmly and said:

"I hope that the Verdant Tower will stop using that design and give the Tower of Time the compensation it deserves for its previous offense."

If it was just this piracy incident, and Cross was so good at admitting his mistakes, then at least Xia Duo shouldn't be chasing after him, maybe it's just "meeting and laughing away all grievances".

But this matter is not just this matter, it is related to a series of similar time ruling standards in the future. If a rule cannot be formed, no matter how harmonious the scene is, it will be meaningless.

In fact, Xia Duo was already mentally prepared for Cross's refusal to admit it.

Long before he was about to convene the joint meeting of the Grand Arcanists, he had already got rid of Iolum to fix the evidence. Although there may be no traces now, who would have thought that he would be so serious at the time?

And just after Xiaduo made his request, Cross just frowned slightly, and then agreed, and asked: "I wonder how much compensation Lord Xiaduo needs?"

Xia Duo had already prepared for this question, and said directly: "Every time the Green Tower sells a communication magic weapon designed by the Tower of Time, it needs to compensate the Tower of Time with 200 gold coins."

This is actually the cost of the communication magic weapon, which is not much, but if it is sold too much, it will hurt very much.

Cross frowned again, "Based on the number of communication artifacts sold? Isn't Lord Xiaduo afraid that I will take back the sold communication artifacts?"

"Let me interject."

As soon as Iolum opened his mouth, he attracted everyone's attention, and then he stretched out his hand to the center of the round conference table, and the swimming blue glow suddenly evolved into a map of the south, and some of the bright blue dots were very is attention-grabbing.

"After requesting a meeting, Xia Duo entrusted the Arcane Federation to investigate the number of communication artifacts within the scope of the Southern Verdant Tower Alliance, and a total of 247 of them conformed to the design of the Tower of Time."

In fact, this number is still reserved. After all, detection spells are not omnipotent. As long as they leave the mage tower, they can't be detected. In addition, high-level mages also have special avoidance detection spells.

247 is already a very conservative number if the sales to the Verdant Tower Alliance are included.

Of course, even if it is possible to find out how many imitation communication artifacts were sold in the Verdant Tower, Xia Duo still needs to consider the possibility that the amount is too large, and Cross will simply sell it badly.

The first patent infringement case——Although the term "patent infringement" cannot be formally raised yet, it is the fact that both Xia Duo and Iolum must ensure smooth implementation, so that a definite rule can be formed.

Cannot be executed approximately equal to empty.

……

This time, perhaps the pressure from the Seven Towers was too great, and Cross hardly resisted Xia Duo's accusations and demands.

"I see. When the meeting is over, I will have someone send the compensation to the Austrian Law Federation."

Cross's words echoed in the circular hall. Kaboer in the auditorium listened to his brother's humiliating answer, and subconsciously clenched his right hand into a fist. His unsharp nails were deeply embedded in his palm, and traces of blood flowed from it. Qin came out.

Although he was very aggrieved, Kaboer knew that this was already an ideal result. Before today, he had vaguely heard about the ultimatum from the Seven Towers. When he asked his brother, Cross refused to mention it.

Therefore, the main purpose of Kaboer's participation in this meeting today is to persuade his brother not to be too impulsive at the critical moment.

Looking at it now, my brother is much more mature than I imagined.

……

After the first topic was discussed, the atmosphere in the circular hall became more solemn, and the people in the auditorium around the hall almost even breathed carefully, for fear of offending someone or some people.

Iolum also noticed that the atmosphere was not right, but today's meeting was used to publicly criticize Cross from the very beginning.

Now that the atmosphere is so high, it will inevitably make Magna, Cliff and other non-seven-tower great arcanist heart creatures hurt their feelings.

Looking at the agenda list again, Iolum immediately understood the thoughts of the people in the Seven Towers. Once they decided to suppress them, they would be merciless. issue.

Iolum thought about it, and decided to temporarily adjust the order of the topics, and put those controlled by the Seven Towers at the back.

On the one hand, it is to give other people time to ease their emotions. The Seven Towers did not act casually against Cross, but Cross did violate an important unspoken rule that can be called "the cornerstone of Netheril's existence"-territorial independence.

On the other hand, it is also not to overly stimulate Cross. Of course, this is mainly because the meeting was called by Xia Duo, who was worried about causing hatred for Xia Duo.

Although Iolum must uphold the principle of neutrality, it is only natural for him to favor those close to him when he does not act according to the principle.

(End of this chapter)