Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2748 "Old Friends" Meeting Banquet

Taivi Mansa, Theslodia City Area - Middle - 2nd Floor.

The so-called Theslodia is actually the name of the giant oak tree where this city is located. Sha Duo is not unfamiliar with this because he has been here before when he came to Ye Erlan.

When he followed the guidance of Hildalanna's invitation, he finally came to an uninhabited alley. Just when he was wondering how Hildalanna placed the meeting place here, the main staff of Theslodia stood beside him. Suddenly there was a little bit of magic network fluctuation, and its spiritual light faintly reflected the shape of a vague portal.

"This--"

This situation was completely beyond Xia Duo's expectations, but he was just stunned for a moment before letting go of the invitation in his hand. The next moment, the invitation turned into a spiritual light and shot towards the vague doorway.

After the encounter between the two parties, all auras were hidden, but the vague portal suddenly became extremely clear, and at the same time, an elf female voice that sounded familiar came from inside -

"Lord Xia Duo, please come inside."

Xia Duo's incarnation was so far that he didn't even dare to enter a tree-body secret room. He smiled and replied, "I didn't expect the Yuejiao family to have such a foundation." Then he strode into the tree-body's door.

This existence that he called the secret room of the tree body, he had actually seen it when he was in the projection plane. It was in the body of his incarnation, the tree man elder Xilin. Salvin regarded Xilin as a natural treasure storehouse and caretaker.

Part of the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll that Sha Duo now owns was found in the treasure house that Xilin was responsible for guarding. It was only in the main plane. He had been to Taivi Mansa more than once or twice, but he had never seen such a secret room.

He had never heard of such a secret room in Ye Erlan. He was a little surprised to see it suddenly, but when he realized it, it was just that.

Compared with ordinary tree houses, there is no essential difference, except that the giant tree in Theslodia is larger.

However, based on this, Xia Duo can also speculate that Theslodia has most likely awakened his self-awareness, otherwise it would not make much sense to just be an ordinary tree-body secret room.

Only the secret chambers opened by powerful tree elders are meaningful. Although the tree elders may spy on the situation in the secret room, the tree people have a simple mind and basically don't care about worldly affairs. In fact, it is unlikely that the secret will be leaked.

But for people who have such a secret room, it means a naturally powerful guardian. After all, if you want to open up a space in someone's body, you must get the other party's permission. Permission is basically equivalent to a guardianship contract.

……

After entering the secret room of the tree, the indoor scene that originally looked blurry from the outside immediately became clear. A moon elf woman wearing the classic star robe of Erlan was looking at Shado with a smile:

"Lord Xia Duo, long time no see."

"Long time no see, Ms. Hildalanna."

Xia Duo also smiled in greeting. On Hildalanna's face, he not only saw a smile, but also a hint of anxiety and nervousness hidden in her eyes.

He guessed that Hildalanna wanted to meet him before the midwinter dinner even if she exposed the tree's secret room. I'm afraid it had something to do with the upcoming dinner. Maybe the dinner would be detrimental to the Yuejiao family?
Sha Duo speculated on Hildalanna's purpose while chatting with the other party. In fact, there was nothing to say. From the moment the two parties met and talked, the anxious look in Hildalanna's eyes became more and more intense.

"Lord Shado, I heard that the Tower of Time is promoting the Void Warehouse in Everesca? I don't know——"

But before Hildalanna could finish her words, Shado interrupted her categorically, "Ms. Hildalanna, it's not the first day we've met. To be honest, I don't want to say anything like this to an elf." I don’t like the way of communicating that gets to the point, so if you have anything to say, just tell me! Now that I’m here, I’m at least willing to listen.”

The status of both parties is equal, or at least Xia Duo is faintly on top at this moment. He will not spoil the other party. After all, the two parties are not even friends, and there have even been conflicts before.If it weren't for retaining a communication channel with Ye Erlan and possible cooperation opportunities, Sha Duo would not actually want to talk to him.

The reason why I agreed to the invitation this time was mainly because I wanted to get some inside information about the Midwinter Dinner from Hildalanna.

In this case, he definitely doesn't want to talk nonsense to the other party.

"Lord Xia Duo, you humans are still as direct as ever!"

A trace of embarrassment flashed in Hildalanna's eyes, but she suppressed it well. She adjusted her breathing slightly and said in a slightly unnatural tone:
"I wonder if Lord Xia Duo knows that this Midwinter Dinner is actually a grand banquet held only once every few years?"

"Big banquet?"

Xia Duo was not unfamiliar with this name. Not to mention the multiple incarnations of elves in the projection plane, even if he had never been to the projection plane, he would not know anything about it in the main plane alone.

The so-called "grand banquet" or "big banquet" refers to the large-scale banquet held by the elf country to commemorate or celebrate something or a certain elf.

As the name suggests, the standard of this kind of banquet is quite high, not to mention the food and drinks. There are internal banquets and external banquets in the grand banquet atmosphere. If you want to participate in the internal banquet, you must at least be a high-level mage, the lord of a big city, or the ambassador of a country. level.

Even if it is an external banquet, it is not simple. Those who can have formal qualifications must at least be the local small town city lord, big city councilor, quasi-high-ranking family representative, and the entourage of the internal banquet participants.

If you can't get any of the above status, you can only wait for the "Entertainment with the People" session after midnight and come over with the ordinary people in the city to eat and drink.

It can be said that if an enemy takes advantage of the banquet of an elf country to have a go at it, then the country will basically be ruined.

It is said that the demon war that caused heavy losses to the countries in the Listal Forest more than 1000 years ago started with the demon raiding the Elven Court's banquet. At least two Crown Kings died on the spot at that banquet.

Or a bloody banquet is not an exaggeration.

Of course, if there hadn't been that demon war, the Listal Forest would still be full of countries, and it would be impossible to unite to establish Cormanthor.

And even in that case, there was an Akora who chose to seclusion after the war rather than join forces with other countries to establish Cormanthor.

Without that demonic war, King Elisir, who was originally just a down-and-out and exiled heir to a high-ranking family, would never have been able to become the ruler of Listal Forest and continue to do so for nearly 1000 years.

But there are no ifs in history. That war did happen, and now there is another feast that looks a little weird.

"If I remember correctly, King Helion should have held a grand banquet last year, right?" Shado raised his doubts to Hildalanna.

Not only was it a matter of time, but the banquet was being held as a grand banquet. He, the invited participant, didn’t even know it. He had already arrived in Taivimansa, and the formal banquet was only two days away. time.

No news has been received at all, which is really abnormal.

(End of this chapter)