Xia Duo, who originally thought that he could stay in the blue crystal plane until the floating city was completed, had to temporarily leave the blue crystal plane and return to the Tower of Time.
Just now, Depak touched the magic mark he left on the Tower of Time, indicating that something happened in the Tower of Time that was difficult for the opponent to handle.
Although Depak's judgment was highly likely to be correct, Sha Duo was still a little annoyed. In the past few days, Niya had expressed her dissatisfaction many times because he had remained in the avatar state.
What is the reason why he has been staying in the blue crystal plane? Is it not to complete the floating city as soon as possible and then return to the original body!
And now, it's been delayed again!
Why do you say again?
Because the Seven Towers notified Shado a few days ago that the recruitment of new citizens was almost completed. This was the population he had previously cooperated with Hildalanna to raid the demon secret base. The Seven Towers had promised a population of fifty thousand in total.
Shado attached great importance to this, and immediately left the azure plane and went to Severton to set up a portal directly leading to Codex Square.
Speaking of which, this is considered a special event. Ordinary people cannot build a new portal in Severton. In fact, the portal he built needs to be dismantled on the spot after use.
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After coming out of the blue crystal plane, Sha Duo contacted Depak while wondering why the other party called him out for something important, and wondering if there was something wrong with the portal.
But he immediately rejected this speculation. The core material he used to build the portal was David's string, and when tens of thousands of people in the Gray Eagle tribe were teleported before, its stability had long been verified.
Or maybe the Seven Towers sent the Nese Scroll that they found on Prince Ser earlier?
Thinking of this, Shado felt that it was unrealistic. Now those Netherese scrolls were being used as key evidence in the negotiations between Netheril and Cormanthor.
If the evidence is no longer needed, it either means that the negotiations have completely broken down, or that the negotiations are progressing smoothly, and the advantage is biased towards Netheril.
But obviously, these two possibilities are not very realistic in Xia Duo's view.
"What's going on?"
As for why we don’t guess that something happened internally, it’s actually very simple. Whether it’s the Great Xia Territory or the Tower of Time, the internal structure has been adjusted many times, and the rights and responsibilities of all aspects have long been clear.
Everyone acted according to the rules, and there was never anything that had to be handled by Xia Duo himself.
The only weak point is the Savile Territory, but Savile himself is staying in the new mage tower in Savile Town. If something really happens there, and even Savile can't solve it, then there is no need to go to Shado.
use.
Soon, De Park's summons came, and he only said one sentence-"Brendes is here again!"
"Brendes is here again?"
It was Brundes who came to inform Shado before that the recruitment of new citizens was almost completed. This time it was his words again. Shado's first reaction was the Nese Scroll.
But this shouldn’t be the case!
Did the negotiations between Seven Towers and Cormanso break down?
Xia Duo didn't dare to think about the smoothness of the negotiation for a while. He quickly asked De Park, "Did he say why?"
"Director Brundes is mysterious and won't reveal anything to me, but judging from his appearance it should be a good thing."
When De Park was summoned again, Shado had already found out the location of Brundes through Taling, which was not far from him and was also on the public floor.
But Depak's reply still made him a little unbelievable. If it was a good thing, wouldn't it mean that the negotiation went smoothly?
For a moment, Xia Duo couldn't think of anything else for which Brundes could come to him. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look forward to it.
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Tower of Time public floor, reception room.
Xia Duo walked in from the outside with a hearty laugh, "Director Brundes, De Park told me that you have brought another good news?"
"I have disturbed Lord Shado again. Yes, this time I have brought good news again."
"Is it related to the Nese Scroll, or is it related to your negotiations with Cormanthor?"
"All of them!"
In front of Xia Duo, Brundes naturally no longer had to hide anything. He immediately put an inconspicuous thought that was originally placed at his feet on the tea table at hand, and opened it with a wave of his hand, revealing the inside.
A neatly arranged set of Nese scrolls.
"This is the set of Nese scrolls that the Seven Towers promised Lord Shado to keep. If nothing else happens, some of them should be sent over."
"Did the negotiation really go so smoothly? It hasn't been that long!" Xia Duo couldn't help but wonder.
"I don't know if it goes smoothly or not. I did not participate in the negotiations, but it is obvious that Prince Ser is much more important in the eyes of the Cormanthor elves than we expected!"
"Do you know what the reason is?" Shado actually had a vague guess, but still wanted to get a more official explanation from Brundes.
It's just that even if Seven Towers knows such secret things, they may not reveal it to Brenders, and even if Brenders knows it, they may not tell him.
In the end, Chateau only gained disappointment, and Brundes replied in a very official manner, saying he didn't know either.
Of course, for Xia Duo, it is enough to know that the negotiations will go smoothly.
Perhaps Prince Ser is really involved in some secret, or perhaps Cormanthor wants to deal with some external dangers as soon as possible, and then devote more power to compete for the newly discovered ancient fortress over Sluvend.
No matter what the situation is, the impact is actually not big. When Shado pulls the floating city to the main plane, is Cormanthor still preparing to have a real war with Sluvende on his land?
Obviously this is impossible. Even Ye Erlan and Yin Erfa Lang, who are closest to Sluwende, are unlikely to dispatch strategic forces equipped with war weapons just for the sake of an ancient fortress that they don't know exactly what is inside.
Once the strategic power is lost and the status of the five major powers is lowered, the gain outweighs the loss.
Xia Duo believes that the Seven Towers may be interested in getting involved, but they will never invest key strategic forces.
But there was one thing he was curious about: why could the Seven Towers compete with the elves' war weapons?
Xia Duo, who knew the ins and outs of war instruments, knew that under the leadership of a high-level mage, or even personally presided over, war instruments were far more terrifying than those described in some classics.
Xia Duo guessed that either they were using the numerical advantage of the Grand Arcanist (who was hidden) to carry out a "switching" type of deterrence, or that the Seven Towers had also developed some unconventional war weapons.
The latter is actually not as difficult as imagined. Elves can do it, and humans can do it as well. In fact, there is a group in the Nese scrolls that is dedicated to the manufacture of artifacts.
Of course, the word "artifact" here needs to be put in quotation marks, because it is not the weapons or equipment used by the gods, but refers to some special creations whose effects far exceed those of conventional magic items. In essence, they should still be among the "mundane objects".
Yin Orem once mentioned that when developing war spells, he also referred to part of the content in the "Artifact Making" set of Nese scrolls.