Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2657
After a while, Xia Duo met the guard of honor of the Jinfeng family who came to greet him on the way up the mountain. After entering the manor, he was led to a lounge, where Orepus was waiting for him.

Seeing Xia Duo, Orepus quickly got up and saluted, as if his subordinates were not doing well, "My lord, I didn't expect you to come forward in the end."

"It's okay, idle is idle anyway."

Xia Duo would not blame Orepus for this trivial matter. In fact, he and Orepus are not in a subordinate relationship in the general sense, but closer to cooperation.

It's just that the balance of status between the two sides began to tilt later, and Orepus dragged his family to Savile to seek asylum. Afterwards, as the gap between the two sides became wider and wider, Orepus became more humble.

"Tell me about Elder Larian's cooperation."

Laerles' invitation was of course just a cover, mainly because Elder Larian wanted to meet Xia Duo, and Xia Duo was also communicating with Orepus on this issue at this time.

In this regard, Orepus' answer is——

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

"Is that so?"

Although he was a bit puzzled, Xia Duo felt that Orepus might have guessed right, but he didn't want to intervene too deeply in Evereska's internal affairs, even if he was only a proposal proposer.

There should be rules for a neutral place in a neutral place, and individual suggestions don't matter, but if it is a set of plans, it will be suspected of excessive intervention.

In this case, not to mention other countries such as Ye Erlan, I am afraid that it is not easy to reach a consensus even within Evereska.

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

It's just that at this moment, the Void Warehouse of the Tower of Time is just testing the waters in the elf world, not to mention that he still 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 accomplish things, but bad things are definitely possible.

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

For example, he asked Orepus to propose the city lamppost advertisement to Larian. Although it is convenient for him to spread the cloud announcement, Evereska's finances can indeed benefit from it.

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

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

……

Continue to communicate with Orepus for a while, and Laerles will see you outside. Of course, Xia Duo will not let a high-ranking mage wait outside for a long time.

After the two sides met, Lairles bluntly said that his father wanted to meet Xia Duo, and Xia Duo had expected this, so he agreed.

This is business, right? On the way to the living room, he didn't know whether he wanted to get closer, or he really felt that Xia Duo was a person who could be discussed. Laerles actually took the initiative to chat about his recent research.

Regarding some thoughts on the update of Evereska Mysos, just after listening to a few words, Xia Duo understood the purpose of Laerles. On the one hand, it was a test, to test his attainments in the field of Mysos.

On the other hand, there are hints that the upcoming talks may involve Evereska Mystic.

It’s just that in today’s Evereska, the topic of mythos is definitely a relatively sensitive topic. On the day of the founding ceremony of the Northland Alliance, King Elisel fought with the challenger, which caused a great deal of damage to Evereska’s mythos. some damage.

Afterwards, the countries in the Northland—mainly the five major countries—forcibly controlled part of their authority on the grounds of repairing the mythos.

As a result, taking back the authority of the mythos has become the direction of Evereska's continuous efforts in all aspects, but how can the authority obtained by the five major countries be easily handed over?
On this matter, even Xia Duo, who agrees with the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, actually has reservations. Mystic authority is indeed a part of sovereignty in the magical world, but——

After all, Evereska is 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 be at ease.

Of course, long-term occupation of Evereska's Mystic authority is not a good thing after all. In Xia Duo's view, the only solution is to move the Northland Alliance headquarters out of Evereska.

It’s just this proposal, let’s not say whether the five major powers agree or not, I am afraid that even Evereska himself will not agree.

The current Evereska, taking advantage of the special status of the headquarters of the Northland Alliance, has swayed horizontally within the alliance and formed a unique alliance of small countries.

Although it will not immediately form a situation to compete with the big powers, this trend is obvious, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it, and the reason why Evereska can have the status of the leader of the small country alliance is largely due to The headquarters of the Northland Alliance 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, in Xia Duo's view, is somewhat greedy. On the one hand, they need to take advantage of the opportunity of the Myslock update to take back the authority, and on the other hand, they must let the Northland Alliance continue to stay here .

On this topic, Xia Duo absolutely didn't want to get involved, so although he was very interested in the topic of updating the mythos mentioned by Laerles, he didn't go deep into this topic.

It's just a few words, and I'm still evaluating it from the perspective of a layman. Of course, there is also the consideration of hiding my specific attainments in the field of mythos.

……

Soon, accompanied by Lairles, Xia Duo walked through a garden courtyard that was still in full bloom in this early winter, and came to the formal living room of the Jinfeng family with a higher standard.

When Xia Duo arrived, Elder Larian greeted him in person. On the one hand, it was a respect for Xia Duo's identity, but on the other hand, it was inevitable that Xia Duo would think of the saying that "people must ask for courtesy".

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

"Lord Xia Duo, in my concept of time, we seem to have just met yesterday, so there is no need to say these polite words, please—"

As he said that, Larian came up to Lashaduo's hand very enthusiastically. Even after experiencing the long-term adaptation of the projection plane incarnation elf, Xiaduo is 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 Nether mages, even as a modern person from the earth, he does not like such close contact very much.

Of course, if it was an ordinary Nether mage, if an elf took the initiative to contact them, then they might forget the usual principles of being around and choose to cater to the etiquette of the elves.

(End of this chapter)