The human mage looked at the place where Sha Duo disappeared with an annoyed look on his face, but when he saw the new book suspended in front of him, a happy smile broke out on his face.
At this moment, an elf companion next to him stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, "Pamir, who is he? You seem to particularly--especially admire him?"
"That's a legendary lord from our southern border in Netheril. Oh my god, you don't understand even if I tell you!"
"How can I understand if you don't tell me?"
Elves also like to listen to gossip, especially these portal guards. Apart from chatting with their companions all day long, or occasionally reading a book, they are actually quite boring.
At this moment, I finally heard some different news, so naturally I couldn't help but ask more questions.
Except for the elf guard who spoke first, the other elves really pricked up their ears and were ready to listen to Pamir's story.
"Lord Xia Duo, this starts from the snow melting competition two years ago. By the way, you know about the snow melting competition, right?"
"I know, I know."
"Remember that time-"
…
Just when Pamir, the Master of the Seven Towers, was introducing Sha Duo's "glorious deeds" to his two elf companions, Sha Duo himself had quietly arrived at Yunding Mountain.
This place is known as the "Uptown of Uptown Everesca". From the surface, it still retains a primitive forest scenery.
Only starting from the mountainside area and going down, there are private estates one after another, which become more and more dense as you go down, until the so-called "uptown area" is formed to the south at the foot of the mountain.
But in Shado's eyes, the most tightly sealed area of Everesca's Mystery Lock is here. Even if he obtained the authority of the higher-level Mystery Lock from Badigal, he was still restricted here.
Fortunately, although he had his own purpose and a mission when he came this time, he was not here to start a war at all. His teleportation had actually been notified in advance.
When he arrived at the mountainside trail, a graceful elf was already waiting for him.
"Lord Xia Duo, I haven't seen you for a long time. I never thought it would be like this when we meet again!"
Lunasis stretched out a hand with a complicated expression, making an inviting gesture: "Please come this way, grandpa is waiting for you at home!"
"Then please trouble Ms. Lunasis." Sha Duo nodded calmly.
For him, Lunasis was just a medium through which he came into contact with the Everriska Jinfeng family. Even if the person he met was not Lunasis, there would be other elves, and it would just be a different family.
Of course, there are some coincidences in this. For example, the elder Larian is actually from the Jinfeng family and is Lunasis's grandfather.
But even if there is no such coincidence, it is just a little extra effort for Sha Duo. He will definitely not meet only one Elder Evereska this time.
…
From Yunding Mountain's Shining Trail to the Jin Feng family's manor, Sha Duo noticed that Lunasis had calmly lifted the six alerts.
However, Shado's expression remained normal. Although the higher authority of the Mystery Lock given to him by Badigal could not allow him to do whatever he wanted in Everesca, there was still no problem in coming and going freely.
Entering the manor, Xia Duo noticed that the members of the Jin Feng family seemed a little unhappy. They didn't know whether it was because they were forced to make a bet by Ambassador Cormanzo not long ago, or because they met him, the Nese messenger.
A weak country has no diplomacy, Xia Duo secretly reminded himself.
Soon, he met the middle-aged Elder Larian in a garden. Shado immediately realized that there was a difference between Elder Everriska and Elder Elf Ting.
This Elder Larian is most likely already a high mage, but his life has definitely not come to an end, which means he can take action at will.
Shado was not worried about Larian taking action against him, but was shocked by the strength of a small country like Everriska.
There are only seven members of the Elders Council of Evereska, but this is not the point. The key is that in addition to an advisory group that is not limited to magical attainments, there is also a High Mage Council under the Elders Council.
Since the latter is called this name, it undoubtedly represents strong strength.
According to Sha Duo's understanding, the number of members of this High Mage Council is at least two digits, although it is unknown how many of them are true elders who have come to the end of their lives and are breathing their last breath.
But even if there are only ten, and these ten are true elders who have only one breath left, Evereska's apparent strength is not weaker than Netheril.
The final blow of the ten dying high mages would definitely be earth-shattering. In one-on-one combat, no great arcanist could beat them.
Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel jealous. The elves were truly blessed as a race. As long as they became a high mage, they didn't need any additional means of life extension. As long as they wanted to live, they could basically breathe their last breath.
And if you want to use life-extending spells, the effect on elves is much better than on humans.
Xia Duo thought about the result of extending the life of the crowned king of Akora before. The [Extremely Effective Immortality Technique] itself was researched for humans, but when used on humans, it could only extend the life span for more than ten years.
As for King Akaola, his life span was extended by nearly a hundred years at a time.
How unfair is God!
At least Xia Duo has not found any congenital shortcomings of elves compared to humans so far. The current seeming idleness and low fertility rate are more due to social factors.
The drow in the Underdark are of the same origin as the surface elves, and their fertility rate is much higher than that of humans. If the drow can do it, so can the elves.
Therefore, Xia Duocai has always regarded elves as the biggest competitors in the development of human civilization.
Without him, the racial advantage of the elves is simply too strong, to the point where humans simply cannot make up for it!
…
After calming down, Xia Duo stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said seriously: "Elder Larian, nice to meet you!"
"Nice to meet you, Lord Xia Duo!"
When they met for the first time, both sides looked at each other unabashedly. For Larian, he had just been humiliated by Ambassador Cormanthor, and now he saw the envoy of Nese again, and he felt very unhappy.
It was not difficult for him to think of the purpose of the sudden arrival of the Nese messenger. Although he was very depressed in his heart, neither his self-cultivation nor the city government made it possible for him to express these emotions.
After his granddaughter left, Larian felt a little more relaxed: "Lord Shado——"
"Elder Larian! Do you know that your previous actions almost brought Everesca to a dead end?"
Shado was not prepared to listen to Larian's explanation at all. Now his identity was the messenger of Nese. Even though Everesca was not weak, and the elder Larian in front of him was still similar to the leader of a country, but——
Netheril can become one of the five major countries in the Northern Alliance, so it must have hidden strength that can compete with major countries such as Cormanthor.