"Isn't it bad to have outside attention?" Hildalanna asked.
This - is wrong!
Xia Duo was immediately alert: "You almost fooled me! You have no evidence to prove that the assassin who assassinated the great elder Ankalita is related to the mysterious organization. You don't even know where the mysterious organization is!"
If Hildalanna really has definite information, wouldn't it be better to just make it public? Then we need to raid some secret base on our own.
"Ms. Hildalanna, if there is no more sincerity, I think we can end this conversation!"
"Lord Xia Duo, since you have done such a thing as assassinating the head of a country, how can you leave evidence so easily? I really have no evidence, but I can be sure that the assassin is definitely related to the mysterious organization."
Sha Duo shook his head, "Obviously this reason does not convince me. Ms. Hildalanna, you should find someone else. I will keep it a secret for you."
After saying that, Xia Duo was about to end the communication. Hildarana finally panicked and said, "Lord Xia Duo, please wait a moment. Let me elaborate on the content."
Xia Duo didn't speak, just looked at the other party quietly to see what other reasons the other party could find. However, at this moment, Hildalanna's eager look made him somewhat trust the other party.
The so-called cost of silence means that after continuous efforts, you don’t want to give up and want to continue to use your efforts in exchange for the results you want. The price Hildalanna paid here is the previously mentioned information, either secret or public.
However, Hildalanna's true purpose is unknown. Even if she somewhat believes it, Sha Duo is not prepared to participate in the raid planned by the other party. The delay now is just to make the other party reveal more information.
Why does he look like a scumbag? Inexplicably, Xia Duo's mind is a little erratic.
At this time, Hildalanna had already begun to explain the so-called inside story of the assassination, "Not long ago, Sruvind discovered a secret military fortress from the Arivandar period. It may have been the small country that you instigated.
The alliance made Ankalita's ambitions a bit inflated, and he actually responded to Sruvinder's invitation and prepared to activate the fortress secretly. As a result, you also knew about it and was assassinated to death."
"A secret military fortress from the Arivandar era?"
Xia Duo was horrified. This was simply an alien version of the nuclear arsenal. If it was really obtained by the alliance of small countries headed by Evereska, it might really be able to change the situation in the Northland in one fell swoop.
It's no wonder that Hildalanna has been reluctant to tell the truth. Now Sluvende is considered a vassal state of Yeerlan. The ancient fortress found in Sruwende naturally belongs to Yeerlan.
Although Hildalanna and King Helion are not against each other, they still have a common topic in the face of the overall interests of Erlan.
Of course, if it is truly confirmed that the fortress belongs to Ye Erlan, then the conflicts that have not arisen in Ye Erlan before now may be immediately aroused.
Both the reformists who belong to Helion's side and the conservatives who Hildalanna belongs to do not want the fortress to fall into the hands of their opponents, but hope to gain it for themselves.
There will even be some disputes between various high-ranking families within the faction.
Xia Duo learned from the projection plane that the military fortresses of Arivanda generally have standard war weapons, which are extremely powerful and can be used as a trump card for a certain family during its decline.
Like Cormanthor, generally speaking, upper-class families either have a stable inheritance of high-ranking mages, or they always have powerful war weapons in their hands.
If there are neither of these two, then unfortunately, there is a high probability that it will quickly decline under the temptation of other high-ranking families. It will not completely fall into the quagmire, but it will definitely lose its former glory and glory.
What a pity, what a pity!
Gufa
If Hildalanna didn't lie, then it would be too late for Shado to know the news. If he could have known it earlier, he might have been able to find a few helpers to sneak over and steal the fortress.
"Ms. Hildalanna, please continue-"
"After confirming the existence of the fortress, Ye Erlan also sent an investigation team composed of ancient scholars and high mages. One of the scholars belongs to the Yuejiao family."
Hildalanna was extremely proud to have an ancient scholar in her family, even more proud than herself to be a high mage.
"Although I am not a member of the investigation team, in order to protect the family scholar and to obtain information as soon as possible, I quietly followed the investigation team.
"There are other high-ranking mages traveling with us. Their purpose is roughly the same as mine, but we are all hiding in the dark. We only know that we are followed by our peers, but we don't know our specific identities.
"The assassination occurred just one day before the investigation team arrived at the outskirts of the fortress. Although I did not witness the assassination in person, I saw with my own eyes a mage suspected to be from the Yueying family cleaning up the scene."
Speaking of this, Hildalanna suddenly raised her head and looked at Shado, "I know you may still doubt it, but I can swear in the name of the Lord of Glory that I am not lying."
Although the elves do not believe in the Lord of Glory, and there is no relevant social punishment mechanism in the country, not all elves are willing to be blacklisted by a god.
When Hildalanna said this, Shado almost believed most of it, although this still did not change his intention to refuse.
In addition to swearing in the name of the Lord of Glory, Hildalanna also took out a piece of light green paper with fine gold patterns that looked very delicate from the storage device, and showed it to Xia Duo from the front. A passage was scrawled in Elvish—
"It is suspected that the Yueying family mage is cleaning up the scene!"
"What does this mean?" Xia Duo asked doubtfully. In fact, he had already made a vague guess.
Sure enough, Hildalanna confirmed his guess immediately - "This piece of paper suddenly appeared on me, and I have no relevant memory.
"I traced the history of this piece of paper, and it was indeed written by me myself, but even further, I couldn't find any relevant memories, including what was recorded on the paper -
"I have the memory of seeing a suspected Yueying family mage cleaning up the scene!
"Do you know what this means?
"In order to cover up this matter, someone used some extraordinary means to erase the memories of all insiders, or even more horrifyingly, completely erased a certain period of time in the past."
When she said these words, Hildalanna had a clear look of panic on her face. Memory is about herself. If it could be erased or even modified arbitrarily, it would be a nightmare.
What Hildalanna has experienced, Xia Duo has also experienced. The green vine tribe he saw in the Langas Plain before had its traces completely wiped out!
Not only are there no traces of the scene, but even the traces in the memory are gone.
Only Xia Duo himself still remembers it, but others, including the Gray Eagle tribe who had conflicts with it, have lost their memory of the Green Vine tribe.
And not only did he lose those memories, he even created new memories to fill those memory gaps. This method made Xia Duo feel deeply wary even if he just wanted to be unaffected.