Arcane Lord

In the evening, Xia Duo came to Broto's blacksmith shop again with three bottles of spirits. After taking away three [Dragon Hunting Runes], he gave them to Keyan along with the previous one and asked him to distribute them to his men. Soldiers were brought to establish control around Savile Territory.

After doing this, Shado went to the temple again and made an appointment with Bishop Ambril to fight the enemy together when the dragon attacked. After that, he returned to the Daxia Territory, waiting for Broto's other runes and preparing for the next step. Be prepared for possible battles at any time.

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In Severton in the north, the scarlet flashing star has appeared in the northwest sky for several days, but the great arcanists did not seem to be anxious at all. In a secret conference room, the leaders of Netheril gathered together again, but there was still no Talking about the Scarlet Flashing Star.

What they were talking about was another more serious matter, at least in Princess Shia's view. She cleared her throat and issued a final inquiry:

"As for Cormanthor's request for help, what do you think? Are we going to respond or not? Apart from Badigal, do you have nothing to say? Or should I just reject the elf?"

"Don't!"

Harris, the great arcanist from Fenwick Tower, immediately stopped him, "It must be a very critical situation for the always arrogant Cormanthor elves to put down their faces and ask us for help. If we refuse at this time, who will Knowing that they gave up fighting the drow and turned to attack us!"

"How dare they! Do they want to face the attack from us and the Drow at the same time? Let me tell you, just get in touch with the Drow and destroy Cormanthor together to prevent it from causing trouble for us from time to time!"

The speaker was Badigal from Gustav's Tower. He had always been hostile to the elves. Now that he had such a good opportunity, he felt that even if he did not join forces with the drow to attack, at least he did not want to see Netheril go to help Kor. Manso.

And as soon as he said this, even Horn, who usually liked to quarrel with him, nodded repeatedly. Although he did not explicitly say that he would join forces with Zall to attack together, it was obvious that he did not support helping Cormanso.

"you--"

Harris was a little angry. He knew that if he didn't say anything, the decision on Cormanso might soon be led by Badigal. With Badigal's usual style, he could already imagine that The dangers that follow such a decision.

"Badigal, you and the dwarves just cleared the underground trade routes not long ago. You should have seen drow. Is there any deviation between that creature and the description of the Cormanthor elves that Her Royal Highness just conveyed?"

"There is no deviation. It is indeed an extremely cruel and cunning creature!" Badigal did not deny this. He even brought back a copy of the drow's images and corpses to others.

"Then how dare you propose cooperation with Drow? Rather than letting Drow become our neighbor, I would rather let Cormanso continue to be our neighbor!"

"I don't think that drow are naturally cruel and cunning creatures. Maybe they were just tricked by elves and became like this. Don't forget that drow were once elves. Do you want to say that there is something hidden in the nature of elves? Cruel and cunning? In this case, there is no need to save Cormanso, isn't it better to let them kill each other? "

Badigal's words were obviously filled with emotion. Harris objected without hesitation, "What you mentioned are all assumptions and possibilities. Judging from the current situation, I think it is better to let Zall Our neighbors are even scarier."

After saying that, Harris glanced at the others thoughtfully and decided to add more fire:

"I heard that the appearance of the 'King Killer' this time was not at the time when it was supposed to appear, but was triggered by the drow in advance in order to control the dragon to act as cannon fodder for them to break out of the underground."

"Who did you hear this news from?"

Randall, who was silent at first and was just waiting for the final vote, immediately became interested when he heard the name "King Killer". "You mean, drow can control [Dragon Madness Lock]?"

Compared with the survival of Cormanthor, Randall is more concerned about [Dragon Madness Lock]. This legendary existence is the object he has always wanted to study, but the past information is too scarce, let alone [Dragon Madness Lock]. Locked], even the information on ordinary mystery locks is very rare.

Randall stared at Harris intently, wanting him to answer this question immediately.

"This is what Ambassador Cormanzo said personally." Harris asked the question to Princess Xia, "He should have told Her Royal Highness the princess, right?"

"Yes, he told me too! But -"

"But what?" Harris asked hurriedly.

"This kind of thing is just what the Cormanso family said, and we can't confirm it. Maybe they said it deliberately to prompt us to help them."

Princess Shia's attitude is more rational, or in other words, her heart is the same as Badigal's, hiding her hostility towards the elves, but this hostility is not driven by emotions, but a rational choice.

"I used magic to confirm that he was telling the truth." Harris said again.

"Spells are not omnipotent, what if he himself was deceived!" Badigal immediately retorted.

Harris knew that there was no need for the elf to lie on this issue, but if he was asked to prove it, he really couldn't prove it, so he turned his attention to Princess Shia:

"What is your opinion, Your Highness the Princess?"

He knew that Her Royal Highness the Princess always took the overall situation into consideration and never engaged in arguments of temper. If she really objected to helping Cormanso, there was no need to repeatedly ask everyone for their opinions. When Badigal took the lead in objecting, she could just vote accordingly. .

In that case, his sudden opposition alone would not change anything at all.

And Her Highness the Princess gave everyone time to think, which diluted the dominant atmosphere caused by Badigal's first objection. Doesn't it mean that Her Highness the Princess also supports helping Cormanso!

Princess Shia did not directly respond to Harris's gaze. She did support helping Cormanthor for the same reason as Harris. She was also worried that Cormanthor would lure the drow over, or abandon the drow in a frenzy and directly confront the drow. Netheril attacks.

Moreover, what she said to Ambassador Cormanzo was also doubtful. The situation may be really urgent, but it is certainly not so urgent that the country will be destroyed immediately.

Rather than betting on the small chance that Cormanthor is doomed and the drow are good neighbors, it is better to choose to support Cormanthor, who is more familiar to the Netherese people.

After thinking for a moment, Princess Shia expressed her opinion——

"I also support supporting Cormanthor. Badigal, if you are sure that you want to unite with the drow to destroy Cormanthor, come up with a practical and feasible plan. If so, I believe others will seriously consider it. Yes, if not, then we can think about how to support Cormanso and what we can gain in the process!”

After a pause, seeing that Badigal did not speak, Princess Shia continued:

"I just received news from the Austrian and French Federation. Ambassador Cormanso has contacted them privately. Even if we don't agree to support, others will agree, even if it's just private! You'd better make sure what you want as soon as possible. What? Let’s check with the other members of the Austrian-French Federation tomorrow to make sure not to let Coman take any advantage.”