Lord of Arcane

Leadership is not hegemony, nor can it be obtained through hegemony. It is shaped through practice and cooperation, embodies people's hearts and hopes, and is the true path of a king.

"Elder Larian does not have to doubt what I said. Ambassador Tirion will make a public statement soon, but Netheril supports joint development and fair distribution, which does not mean that it will definitely be able to get the support of all countries. Agreed, it’s too early to say what the final result will be. I can only say that Netheril will do its best.”

However, Shado came not to inform Elder Larian about Netheril's attitude towards this incident, but to inquire about the identity of the golden elf prophet he saw during the prophecy ceremony.

Larian also did not go further on this topic because Shado mentioned that Ambassador Tirion would make a public statement, and the two sides quickly got down to business.

"I actually came here this time to ask Elder Larian about something." Sha Duo was the first to speak.

In this regard, Elder Larian did not refuse at all, and agreed on the spot, "As long as I know something, I will definitely not hide anything."

However, Xia Duo did not immediately explain the specific reason. Instead, he made a small request, "It's not convenient to speak here. Can you move to a safer place?"

Of course, this so-called security is not personal security, but information security. Elder Larian immediately understood, and then said: "Let's talk in my private secret room. It is absolutely safe there."

Of course, it is impossible to be absolutely safe, but the secret chamber is enough to block most detection spells. As Larian, as the elder of Everesca, the specifications of the secret chamber have been raised to a higher level.

So Xia Duo nodded, agreed, and then went to the secret room located in the mountain underground of the manor with Elder Larian.

……

The secret room.

Larian activated the highest level of protective spells, and Shado also personally cast spells to avoid detection. After that, he carefully projected the golden elf prophet he saw during the prophecy ceremony.

Before he could ask, Elder Larian blurted out subconsciously after seeing the projected image: "Prophetist Puffin?"

"Elder knows him?" Xia Duo asked immediately.

"It doesn't count as acquaintance. I just met him once at a party. Puffin's prophet has an extraordinary status. How can I know him!"

There was bitterness in Larian's words. As a high mage, he was not treated as a distinguished guest when he walked there, except in front of the prophet.

Not to mention that most of the prophets themselves are high-level mages, and their ability to predict has given them a particularly high status in the country where they live.

Even if you don't need it at ordinary times, you will never go wrong if you are prepared. A prophecy at a critical moment may be able to determine the fate of a country.

"Elder Larian, can you briefly introduce the Puffin prophet?" Shado asked again.

"Of course, but I don't know much. Many of the news are just rumors and have not been confirmed by any party. If Lord Xia Duo wants to hear it, then I will simply tell you."

Speaking of this, Elder Larian paused for a moment, as if he was reminiscing, but soon Shado heard a series of true or false rumors about Paffin from him——

The first thing that can be determined is that Puffin is a seer and has lived in Comanso for a long time. He has few family members and few public activities.

It has been nearly 400 years since Paffin appeared in Cormanthor as a prophet. His most famous prediction was the love between the heir of the Setalin family of Cormanthor and the heir of the feuding Brayl family.

It was also predicted that these two feuding families would eventually eliminate their hatred because their respective heirs fell in love and committed suicide, and even formed an unbreakable blood alliance.

According to Larian, Puffin predicted that the Setalin family and the Brayer family would turn from feud to bloodline earlier than the two heirs had known each other for 70 years.It took a hundred years for the two heirs to meet and fall in love, and finally died in love because of the obstruction of their families. However, it only took more than ten years for the two families to form a blood alliance.

In other words, Paffen saw all this coming nearly 200 years in advance.

But also because it was 200 years in advance, this prophecy was only remembered by the Cormanthor elves after the two heirs of the Setalin family and the Brayer family committed suicide.

Of course, this is also because Puffin did not clearly name the two families at the beginning, but only mentioned the feuding family, and there were more than one pair of the feuding family Cormanso.

Also after the Setalin family and the Brayer family formed a blood alliance, the Puffin prophet immediately became famous and became a guest of many high-ranking families and even the crowned king.

In particular, the Setalin family and the Brayer family regard Paffin as the two families and the great benefactor who facilitated the conclusion of the blood alliance between the two parties. They even spread the word that they are enemies of Paffin's prophet, which means they are against Seta. Lin-Brail blood alliance is the enemy.

Compared with this prophecy, Puffin's other achievements in prophecy are not very eye-catching, and because he is a high mage himself, most people can't tell whether the news is obtained through detection spells or the information obtained through prophecy spells.

Even information obtained from other sources because of his identity as a prophet.

But in any case, Paffin's prophet is indeed very popular in Cormanthor. It is said that before the establishment of the Northland Alliance, Cormanthor's crown prince Elisir personally invited Paffin to the palace to consult on Cormanthor's future. Development Strategy.

It is said that Cormanthor once again held high the banner of equality and common prosperity among the five races, and among them was the influence of the Puffin Seer.

Of course, Elder Larian did not just tell these two rumors, there are many more, but these two are the most famous, and they are in the near future. The most important thing is that neither the crown prince nor his close officials have publicly or privately denied these two rumors. rumor.

The other rumors were either older or too outrageous, so Larian simply told them as a story and didn't take them seriously.

……

After listening to Larian's story, Shado lamented the prophet's profound background on the one hand, but on the other hand he couldn't help but worry more about them surrendering to the enemy.

"Elder Larian, tell me, is there such a possibility, I mean possibility - that the prophet Puffin is actually a demon elf, or has an affair with a demon."

After Shado finished speaking, the expression on Larian's face was dull for a moment, and then he subconsciously shook his head and retorted, "How is this possible? How can the prophet Puffin be a demon?"

"Why is it impossible? Doesn't Elder Larian know about the so-called "prophet's fate"?Even I, a human, have heard this for a long time. Why can't the Puffin Seer be a demon? "

The so-called "prophetist's fate" refers to the fact that a prophecy will eventually become obsessed with predictions and even do regrettable things in order to deliberately fulfill a certain prophecy.

Predictors can also be advanced. Xia Duo himself has experienced the process of "witnessing prophecies". The feeling of controlling destiny is really very tempting. If you experience it more, your prediction ability will indeed continue to improve, but on the other hand, You will fall deeper and deeper into the network of "destiny".

Most elf prophets have a bad ending. Even a human like Shado has heard of it. How could Larian, as an elf, not know the "fate of a prophet"!

If fate leads the Seer to the side of the demon, will the Seer resist?
Larian didn't think of this problem, but he didn't dare to think about it. This kind of thing involves the prophet, and if he is not careful, it will lead to disaster, not to mention the terrible impact that the betrayal of the prophet may have.

For a moment, Larian regretted rushing back to meet with Xia Duo. There were obviously so many official matters that needed to be dealt with, but he had to rush back to listen to such terrifying speculations.

In his heart, he felt that it was impossible for Lord Shado to joke about this kind of thing for no reason.

"Oh, something big has happened!" (End of chapter)