Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1970 Rumor Protest
Arriving at the intelligence room, Xia Duo checked the archived intelligence while listening to Aiwa introduce the latest situation of Severton.

"Recently there have been rumors about the Ascension Ceremony mentioned by your lord, which is related to an elf named Yerevan. It is rumored that the Seven Towers made a deal with the elves, and they are going to let the elves ascend in Severton. Divine ritual."

"Fake, Master Yerevan is a human being, but he has elven blood and looks like an elf." Xia Duo commented casually.

Even those outrageous rumors came out, indicating that the negotiations between the Seventh Tower and other great arcanists were not smooth, but this highlighted his importance and made him more active in the next deal with the Seventh Tower.

Then, Xia Duo signaled Aiwa to continue.

"This should be somewhat related to the one just now. Recently, there are a lot more elves in Severton than in the past. I'm not talking about the Sluvand refugees who were resettled in the southern city, but the spies."

"Secret agent?" Xia Duo slowed down slightly as he flipped through the intelligence documents.

"Yes, my lord, it is an elf spy. This is no secret in Severton."

Speaking of this, Aiwa had a rare smile on his face, a little bit of it was really funny, but more of it was ridicule, "Those arrogant elves, who are obviously doing secret work, but they appear in such a high-profile Human territory, as if they are afraid that others will not know their existence."

"Oh? How did they do it?"

"There is an Anonymous Bar in a dark alley in the old city, which is considered the largest underground intelligence trading center in Severnton, but those elves went in to inquire about intelligence under the guise of special envoys, but turned around and the elves embassy did not recognize such special envoys. .”

"Where do those elves come from? What information are they looking for?" Xia Duo asked.

"It's mainly Ye'erlan, and Comanso also has them, but very few, and Comanso's spies have become very low-key recently. Apart from the attitude of the Seven Towers towards Sluvand, Yeerlan's most inquired is the ascension ceremony."

After finishing speaking, Aiwa added, "If it wasn't for your lord just saying that Ascendant Yerevan is a human being, I always thought that the Seven Towers had made a deal with Comanso!"

"How to say?"

"The attitudes of the Seven Towers and Comanthor are a bit ambiguous. Some time ago, you should be familiar with the matter of Prince Serre, but suddenly Prince Serre was put back, and then it was reported that the Seven Towers had a deal with the elves and let the elves come to plug them in." Wen Dun performed the Ascension Ceremony, and the Comanthor elves became very low-key when combined, it is hard not to make people suspect that the trading partner of the Seven Towers is Comanthor."

"This is-"

Xia Duo shook his head. If he hadn't met Master Yerevan a long time ago, and knew about Master Yerevan's origin and temperament, he might have been misled by such rumors.

As for the item "The Comanthor elves have become low-key in Severton", if there is no conspiracy brewing again, it is most likely related to the negotiations between the Seven Towers and Comanthor.

According to Xia Duo's understanding of the situation, the Seven Towers had the upper hand in the negotiations. At least Comanthor had sent back the Nether scroll, and it would not be a big problem to keep a low profile.

It was the Yeerlan elves who inquired about the Ascension Ceremony, which gave Xia Duo a sense of danger. In addition to Netheril's need to verify the feasibility of the Ascension Ceremony for the princess, the elves may also need to verify the Ascension Ceremony.

Now that the princess has successfully ascended to the gods, Netheril may need more verification, but the elves may have obtained enough information.

In other words, the elves probably wouldn't allow Netheril to have a second person who successfully ascended to the gods.

Xia Duo suspected that the elves used the ascension ceremony to harm Netheril, but the "elf" here largely refers to Comanthor, or the main god of the elves.

The elves who do not allow the appearance of a second ascendant in Netheril refer more to the elf countries other than Comanthor that are capable of stopping all this, such as Ilfaran and Yeerlan.

If Ye'erlan hadn't been restrained by Sluwende, perhaps they would have taken more direct actions to stop them.

As for Ilfaran, there is a saying in Xia Duo's hometown that "a dog that bites does not bark". Don't look at Ilfaran is now facing the wave of orcs that has been raised and detonated. You must know that the wave of orcs is not a major crisis for Ilfaran .

It's just a trouble like a chicken rib.

They have the ability to solve it completely, but they choose to let it go because they don't want to pay a potentially serious price. Even Netheril has the ability to solve all the large orc tribes in the territory. Why can't Ilfaran?

Just because there might be a price to pay, and because the orcs aren't in the territory, that's all.

As long as there is a sufficient reason, Ilfaran may not be unable to intervene, and Netheril's second ascension ceremony is a sufficient and sufficient reason.

At least that's how Xia Duo sees it.

Today's Netheril and Ilfaran are basically at odds with each other after experiencing the Northland Alliance's magic-limiting treaty.

Originally, the two sides had a common enemy - Comanthor, but with the establishment of the Northland Alliance, it was destined that it would be difficult for the three parties to have serious frontal conflicts, so the original alliance relationship needed to be reconsidered.

In particular, Netheril has shown a clear rising trend. If it is said that Ilfaran really has no idea, Xia Duo will not believe it!

If you really have no idea, why bother to support Cormanthor's magic restriction treaty!

Think about it, the once hostile two sides stood together, but the allies stabbed each other, and now Netheril is suspected of flirting with Cormanthor.

This just confirms the famous saying on the earth - between countries, there has never been an eternal enemy, nor an eternal friend, only eternal interests!
Of course, Xia Duo does not fully agree with this sentence, because this sentence is outright profit-only, ignoring the orientation of values.

The theory of profit only is just a mathematical problem on paper, and the reason why intelligent creatures are intelligent creatures is not only wisdom, but also morality, or values.

Therefore, Xia Duo also dislikes the so-called "pure rational mages". One second, that kind of person may be smiling and talking to you about benefits, and the next second may stab you a few times for profit.

Xia Duo believes that whether it is a human or an elf, there will be considerations in this regard. For example, the little tacit understanding between Ilfaran and Comanthor on the magic restriction treaty is definitely not enough to smooth out the huge concept between the two countries. difference.

But then again, Ilfaran and Cormanthor are both elf kingdoms after all. Although there are conflicts that are difficult to bridge now, as time goes by, they will gradually converge as they are in the Northern Alliance.

At that time, Netheril, as a human kingdom, will be caught in the middle of the two and look out of place.

Of course, Xia Duo is confident that before that, Netheril (basic disk) will be brought into another realm.

(End of this chapter)