Lord of Arcane

"The devil's temptation?"

When Tirion heard this, he frowned deeply. The Northland Alliance obtained the demon's time-related ritual book, but the demon also knew about this situation, and the Northland Alliance established a time-related magic research laboratory. The thing itself is no secret.

Therefore, it is not surprising that demons are tempted, so now there is a problem before all countries, whether to check the monitored timeline fluctuation signals.

"Ambassador Septalis, Ambassador Engier, I think we need to hold a meeting now to seriously study how to deal with the timeline fluctuation signal detected this time."

Septalis is the permanent representative of Elfaran to the Northland Alliance, Engir is the representative of Danzo, and together with Netheril representative Tirion, the three parties can decide to call a meeting.

Representatives Ye Erlan and Comanso also realized the seriousness of the problem and did not deliberately oppose it. Instead, they took the initiative to show their goodwill and expressed their agreement.

Perhaps it was because the countries had just reached an agreement on the mithril mine in the Gray Peak Mountains not long ago, and now the relationship between the representatives of the countries is obviously much more harmonious than before.

"Okay, I will ask someone to arrange a conference room. Director McGlor, please sort out the relevant information about the monitoring center and attend the meeting. Director Brad, please inform Grand Elder Devin and invite him to attend the meeting if it is convenient. "

Erlan made arrangements on behalf of Osmantus and deliberately left Doom behind. This was a special respect given to Netheril. Of course, Tirion would not fail to express it and immediately issued an order to Doom:
"You go to the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory to invite a researcher to our closed-door meeting. We need him to answer some questions about the timeline fluctuation signal."

"Yes, I'll go right now."

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The permanent ambassadors of the five major countries to the Northland Alliance can almost be said to be the highest-level leaders at the Northland Alliance headquarters. If other countries are not involved, they can naturally convene non-public closed-door meetings without any scruples.

After a while, all the relevant personnel were in place, including representatives of the five major countries, three managers of the Demon Intelligence Room, a researcher from the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory, and the Devon Elder of Everesca.

The reason why Devin was called was not only that one of the three directors of the Demon Intelligence Room was from Evereska, which made it difficult to hide this matter from Devin, but also because Evereska was becoming more and more involved in Northland Alliance affairs. Important position.

Although it was a non-public closed-door meeting, there were many required procedures. First, the three directors of the Demon Intelligence Research Laboratory introduced some basic background of the meeting to the participants.

Then there will be a discussion on this matter between representatives of the five major countries and Elder Devin. During the discussion, each representative will also ask the three directors of the Demon Intelligence Room or time-related magic researchers about relevant issues.

Just in the middle of the meeting, the expressions of the three intelligence managers suddenly changed. Then the representatives from the five countries also expressed their opinions. Only Elder Dewen, who did not know the inside story, was still asking:

"What happened?"

"News came from the monitoring center that the timeline fluctuation signal was detected again!"

"Where is this time? How long will it last?"

After the discussion and consultation just now, Elder Devin didn’t know anything about the monitoring center. Regarding this, Brad, the intelligence director from Evereska, stepped forward to answer Elder Devin:
"This time the signal appeared in the south of Salvin, which is beyond the scope of the Northland Alliance. The signal lasted for ten seconds, but because of the distance, the error range is also larger. It is estimated that it may be close to a thousand miles!" In the discussion just now! , Elder Devin already knew that the time line fluctuation signal must last for more than 1 minute to locate the signal position more accurately. It only lasted ten seconds, which was obviously another test.

So the meeting continued, but during the next stage of the meeting, the Timeline Fluctuation Monitoring Center detected two signals again, each lasting longer than the last, but neither exceeded the critical point of 1 minute.

The locations initially determined based on the signals are also outside the scope of the Northland Alliance, either south or north, east or west, there is no definite number.

"The timeline has fluctuated four times in a row. Is it possible that the demon has changed the way the ritual is performed, and distributed the ritual that was performed in one place to multiple different locations, and the timeline has also been split? Researcher Questolim, Can this question be answered?”

"It's impossible, at least in my opinion, it's impossible. Time-related rituals essentially create a fulcrum, and our monitoring of the timeline fluctuation signals is essentially monitoring this fulcrum. A signal must correspond to a ritual."

"Then how do you explain the short duration of the signal?"

"It may be that they terminated the ceremony in time, or it may be just a simulated signal. The specific details require on-site investigation to know."

When it came to on-site investigation, several representatives shook their heads in unison. Although the duration of the signal being monitored is shorter and the error in the judgment range is larger, it is not difficult to find the corresponding location if it is really investigated.

It's just that the demon descendant did this either to improve the ritual or to test it deliberately. If it is the former, it will require further technical support from the Time-Related Magic Research Laboratory.

And if it is the latter, the current investigation will only expose the fact that the Northland Alliance has the ability to monitor the fluctuations of the timeline. This should be one of the most sensitive issues for the demons after the Metriel City ritual was blocked last time.

After that time, the Northland Alliance obtained the ritual book. The demons are also aware of this. Otherwise, there is no way to explain that the ritual was safely blocked. However, how far the Northland Alliance has gone in the research of the ritual book, then Only those within the Northland Alliance know.

Or to be more precise, only the relevant personnel of the time-related magic research laboratory who have undergone the most stringent scrutiny know.

Once the progress of the Northland Alliance's research on the time-related ritual book is known to the devil, there is a high probability that the devil will change the ritual plan and plan. Although there must be changes now, it may not be beyond the Northland Alliance's research on the ritual book. It may not be possible to circumvent the surveillance of the Northland Alliance.

"How likely is it for the demons to improve the time-related rituals? Can Researcher Questolim answer this question?"

"In my opinion, it's almost zero. Of course, if you don't believe it, you can ask other researchers, or mages in your country who have the authority to know about time-related magic research."

It is true that the representatives of the five countries are spellcasters, and it is also true that Elder Devin is a high mage. However, they have specializations in the arts. None of these people have studied time-related magic. Of course, Questolimu is more professional in this aspect.

"We will confirm this again. Now there is another question, which is about the critical time for the end of the ceremony. How long after the ceremony starts can it be safely ended?"

"The ritual can be stopped within half an hour after it starts, but the longer it lasts, the less likely it is to end safely, but it is certain that it can be stopped. Once it exceeds half an hour, it will be difficult."

After hearing Questolimu's answer, a representative asked with some confusion: "Only half an hour? But I have read the report of the last Metril incident. It was the first time a time-related ritual was discovered, lasting It takes more than half an hour, how do you do this?" (End of Chapter)