In front of Elder Anti's wooden house, Sha Duo met Sulis again. In addition to Elder Anti, there were two other elders present. Sha Duo had visited before, both of whom were from Jelensta.
"Master Lyle, in addition to Elder Anti and the others, I also invited Elder Heng and Elder Kamal. Those two are now preparing for the ceremony. If you have more trustworthy elders, you can also bring them up and I will invite them to participate.
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"No need, I have great trust in all the elders of the Elf Court."
This is not because Xia Duo has lost his mind, but because the cost of bribing elders from the Elf Court is extremely high. If they are from their own country, there may be a chance, but it is basically impossible for foreign elders to be bribed by Jelenstad.
In addition, Xia Duo's current identity is completely fictitious and cannot withstand scrutiny. He can only choose to believe in these Elf Court elders.
If the elder of the Elf Court is involved, then this transaction will become a unilateral transaction between him and Jelenstad. If the other party tries to do something, he may not be able to solve it.
Even if you can escape unscathed, not being able to complete the deal is the biggest failure in itself.
Next, Xia Duo stayed in front of Elder Anti's wooden house to discuss the final terms of the deal with Sulis. It was very simple and fair. One original was exchanged for another, and no one took advantage of anyone else. At least on the surface, it was
so.
The contract is more about ensuring that the transaction process is not disturbed. It does not stipulate the authenticity of the original, and it is not easy to stipulate. Unless King Jelenstad comes to sign a contract with Xia Duo, it will be easy to introduce a scapegoat.
but.
It is not even possible to determine whether the crowned King Jelenstad who came over is real or fake. In the end, the investigation will be like a matryoshka doll.
Therefore, both parties did not make much fuss about the authenticity of the original secret scroll. There was a contract ceremony to ensure that they could check it with confidence. If there was a hole in it, they could only blame their own eyesight and not others.
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Soon, a young golden elf mage came over and sent a message: "Elder Heng is ready and can start the ceremony at any time."
This golden elf mage is the attendant of Elder Heng who was born in Uvelun, or as Sha Duo puts it, a "closed disciple".
He had met Elder Heng before when he visited him. The other person was asking the elder for magic questions, and the elder took the trouble to answer him. Xia Duo also took the opportunity to miss half of the class.
At this moment, Xia Duo was quite happy to see the golden elf mage again. Of course, he was even more happy that the contract ceremony had been prepared.
This is somewhat unexpected. Normally, although these elders of the Elf Court who have only one last blow left can cast spells, they will artificially set many restrictions on themselves in order to avoid losing control of their power.
Now that he was ready so quickly, Xia Duocai didn't believe that Jelenstad could convince these elders to "fight hard"! Something must have happened unexpectedly.
As expected, Sulis, as the representative of Jelenstad for this transaction, was particularly sensitive to such accidents. He didn't need Xia Duo to remind him before he took the initiative to ask:
"Meta, Elder Heng has prepared it so quickly, can anyone help?"
"Yes, a high mage who traveled from Settle Forest heard about this transaction and volunteered to host the ceremony for both parties."
"From Settle Forest?" Sulis frowned, as if to confirm the news.
Elder Heng's apprentice gave a positive reply, "Elder Heng and Elder Kamal confirmed each other's identities and agreed to each other's request."
"Since Elder Heng and Elder Kamal have agreed, then I have no objection. What about you, Master Lyle?"
"Me? I have no objection either."
In fact, Xia Duo was more worried that the real Southern Master, whose identity had been confirmed by the two elders, would expose his false identity on the spot, which would be too embarrassing.
Since the other party is willing to host the ceremony, there is no need to search for it from the north. A real southern mage may not be easily bribed by Jelenstad.
Not to mention that as both parties to the transaction, Chateau and Sulis will also be participants in the ceremony. If there is a problem with the southern mage, the deal will be canceled at worst.
Under normal circumstances, as long as the other party has not lost his mind, he will not think of causing trouble in the Elf Court. You can be disrespectful in your heart, but until the Elf Court elder system completely collapses, causing trouble here is a slap in the face of all elf spellcasters.
Not even Kate Mill dares to bear such consequences, otherwise she might be the next Arivanda.
In the history of the main plane, even though the Elven Court had ceased to exist in name only in Shado's time, Katemir still maintained a certain respect for it, and this respect even extended to Cormanthor.
In the current projection plane, it has only been less than two hundred years since Katemir announced the abandonment of the Elven Elder System (within it), so what courage does it have to cause trouble here!
Not to mention that the southern mage claims to be from Settle Forest, which is further south than Catmere. It was also devastated during the Crown War. The current situation may not even be as good as that of the North. How dare he cause trouble at will!
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Soon, Xia Duo and his party followed Elder Heng's apprentice to the foot of the elder's oak tree in the Elf Court.
This was the place where the elders of the Elf Court held discussions in the past, but now it is more often used by various countries to carry out some important rituals.
Looking at the tall and prosperous elder oak tree in front of him, which was very similar to the one in [Projection Plane: Birth of Cormanthor], Sha Duo couldn't help but think of the Excalibur Trial, which was also at the foot of this elder oak tree.
Now that he came here again, he felt as if he was revisiting his old place, and his mood became a little complicated.
At this time, Xia Duo finally saw the southern mage mentioned by Elder Heng's apprentice. It was a little different from what he expected, or it was different from the image of most high-level mage.
With Xia Duo's sharp eyesight, he could notice the wear and tear on the cuffs of the opponent's robe almost at a glance. If this happened to an ordinary elf, it would be understandable. After all, not all elves are wealthy.
But such a situation actually happened to a high-level mage, which can't help but make people think about it.
Are they an alternative among elves, or are they really down to this point?
Sha Duo suddenly became interested in this high-ranking mage who claimed to be from the south. If we could communicate with him, it would be an additional gain from this trip to the projection plane.
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"Master Lyle, Master Sulis, let me introduce to you, Master Dali from Settle Forest in the south. He will preside over this ceremony."
After Elder Heng introduced Xia Duo and Sulis, he began to explain the ritual process. Now Xia Duo was no stranger to contract magic, but he still listened carefully with his ears pricked up.
If some key information is missed, that's not what he wants.