As soon as Scoum said these words, he attracted everyone's attention.
Especially Iolum, he pays more attention and even care to Xia Duo than anyone else present.
He knew that Giles Towers had been constantly attacking the princess's old tribe since Skoum came to power. This could be seen from the fact that great arcanists like his old friend Byron were being ostracized, which showed the intensity of their internal struggles.
As Chateau's wife is the princess's only student, she has more potential influence than the princess's other former subordinates. Of course, Skoum cannot let her go.
It's just that Niya has been staying in the south since the princess ascended to the gods. Skoum couldn't attack her even if she wanted to. So what about Shado?
Iolum simply did not believe that Skomb, who could even exclude Byron, would sincerely support Shado's suggestion. You must know that it was Byron who supported him to take office in the first place!
"Scum, tell me your reasons!" Badigal said calmly.
These words made Skoum's heart tremble. Could it be that Badigal didn't actually support Shado? He called them here just to use their power to reject Iolum?
For a moment, Skum was in a state of confusion, and when he saw other people showing expressions of watching a show, it made him even more suspicious of Badigal's true intentions.
It's just that what I just said has already been said, and changing it on the spur of the moment will make people laugh. Skum has no choice but to stick to his opinion:
"I will only give you two reasons. First, Lord Shado, as the Grand Arcanist, is naturally bound to Netheril, as is President Jenna of the Brightwater Chamber of Commerce. Faced with Cormanthor's provocation, we
It is impossible to endure it again and again, otherwise their temptations will never end until they destroy us bit by bit.
"Second, there is the Northland Alliance meeting not long after. The territorial boundary issues of the countries in the Northland have been discussed for more than a year. If we can effectively counteract Comanso this time, we may be able to force Comanso to accept the meeting.
Make concessions at the next meeting.”
As he talked, Skum began to believe these two reasons, which gave him a bad feeling, so he quickly made amends:
"Of course, the key to changing the current situation in Netheril is to ensure that Cormanthor can be effectively counterattacked this time. Lord Shado's suggestion is good, but whether he should implement it, I think it is necessary to discuss it further.
discuss."
At the end of the sentence, Skoum barely concealed his thoughts, and even Iolum couldn't help but frown.
cough--
"In that case, let's vote first on whether to launch a counterattack against Cormanthor based on the evaluation and investigation powers of the Demon Restriction Treaty!"
Badigal was very decisive. If Skoum continued to talk, he might make some kind of joke. In fact, as long as everyone was determined to counteract Cormanso, he could completely decide on the identity of the Seven Towers Messenger that Shado wanted.
The focus of the discussion just now was not at all on Sha Duo himself, it was just on whether to take this opportunity to counterattack Cormanzo.
"I agree!"
"I agree too!"
"I abstain!"
…
Soon, the results of the seven-person vote came out. Except for Harris, who abstained, everyone else, including Scoum, voted in favor.
Then this proposal is passed!
What happened next was much simpler. Badigal did not ask for a continued vote on whether Chateau should implement the relevant plan, but directly dissolved the meeting.
Skum was still dazed until the end, and walked out of Gustav's Tower in a daze.
…
In the old city, in front of a small stall selling imitation elven magic weapons.
Sha Duo was about to pick out a few gadgets that he found interesting to take back for study, when a notification from Iolum suddenly came from the communication device——
"Come to Gustav's Tower!"
"coming!"
After a hasty reply, Shado didn't care whether this place was a teleportable area or not, and directly cast a teleportation spell to arrive in front of Gustav's Tower.
After a slight pause for a few seconds, Xia Duo smiled and walked into the mage tower without waiting for the law enforcer to arrive.
…
"Teacher, Lord Badigal."
"Lord Shado, Master Iolum has told me about your matter. It's getting late now. This is the authority of Evereska's higher-level authority. From now on, you are the envoy of the Seven Towers."
Looking at the short-handled scepter handed over by Badigal, Shado glanced at Iolum subconsciously. When Iolum nodded, he took the scepter and solemnly said:
"Thank you, Mr. Badigal, for your consideration, Shado will live up to your expectations!"
"You don't need to thank me. You can think of a strategy to unite small countries to counter Cormanthor and solve a big problem for the Seven Towers. I should thank you."
After saying that, Badigal signaled to Xia Duo that he could leave.
Knowing that time was running out, Shado gave a slight salute to Iolum and Badigal, and then teleported away directly.
…
Everriska.
Walking through the permanent portal on the side of the Arcane Law Federation, it was still an environment familiar to Xia Duo, but this time, Xia Duo did not wait for the guards to come forward to ask, and took the initiative to connect to the mystery lock and register himself as
"The Messenger of Nese".
At this time, one of the elf guards had just reached half the distance from Xia Duo.
"Sith, come back! That's the Nether Messenger!"
The person who spoke was the human mage who guarded the portal with the elves, and obviously belonged to the Seven Towers. After confirming the secret lock information again, he rushed out and trotted up to Sha Duo:
"Lord Xia Duo, I didn't expect to meet you in this foreign country!"
"Do you know me?" Xia Duo asked curiously.
Naturally, he did not need to conceal his identity as an envoy this time, but he did not register specific identity information. What he didn't expect was that the Seven Towers Master who worked here actually knew him.
"I saw the magical image of Lord Shado before from a friend in the Seven Towers. It was an exchange meeting at the Mystic Temple."
The mage seemed to be very excited, and even hurriedly took out two books from the dimensional bag. One of them was the "Book of Agriculture" that Sha Duo distributed at the last exchange meeting.
The other one turned out to be the "Principles" book that Chateau sent out early, but this book was not the original version, but a handwritten version.
Speaking of which, Shado actually valued the "Book of Agriculture" more. When the "Book of Principles" was written, his understanding of magic was still very shallow, and he basically just briefly sorted out the Nese magic system.
It's not really a book of principles.
But for the Master of the Seven Pagodas in front of him, the "Book of Principles" is probably more important. This can be seen from the hand-copied and deep traces of reading.
And the "Agricultural Book" over there looks very new, and it seems that I haven't read it much.
Looking at the Seven Towers Mage who was like a fanatical fan in front of him, it was impossible for Xia Duo to feel dissatisfied at all, but he came here for business and had no time to say anything more to him.
He remembered that there were still a few "Principles Books" in his personal space that had not been sent out, so he took out one and sent it to the other party, and then said: "I wish you will always move forward on the road of arcana!"
After saying that, Xia Duo teleported away again, leaving only a plainly bound paper book floating quietly in front of the Seven Towers Master.