However, Xia Duo is not without any clues now. The memories of the demons captured by Sluvende contain a location of the secret palace that they themselves speculated.
The main reason why Sha Duo came to Badigal was because of this.
The Secret Palace, as the name suggests, is a secret palace. Even the demon who accepts the mission does not know its specific location, but because he has been there so many times, it is inevitable that he will make some guesses.
However, Xia Duo didn't want to pursue this matter alone. It was just the right time to hand it over to the Northland Alliance. After telling Badigal the locations that might be the secret palace, he took the initiative to remind:
"Now that the Northland Alliance has reached an agreement on establishing a demon intelligence sharing platform, we might as well take this secret palace investigation as an opportunity to explore and improve the relevant mechanisms, so that we will not be caught off guard if we encounter such a situation in the future."
"Then this source of information——" Badigal hesitated.
Xia Duo understood what he meant and asked if he wanted to cover it up for himself. Xia Duo originally wanted Badigal to decide on his own, which was actually to hide the source of the information, but on second thought, these demon mages would eventually be handed over to the Northland Alliance.
Go over there.
He can more or less guess what methods the elves will use, and he may not be able to ask for similar information. You have to know that the [Consciousness Cage] he is using now is still Evereska from the projection plane!
Evereska or other elven countries on the main plane may not have such interrogation artifacts.
Rather than being singled out in the future, it is better to tell them openly now. After all, these demons are temporarily imprisoned in the floating city, and Xia Duo has enough opportunities to obtain information from them.
And with the floating city in hand, he doesn't have to worry too much about the pressure from the outside world.
Thinking of this, Shado told Badigal directly, "If the Northland Alliance asks, just say that I have conducted preliminary interrogations on these mysterious spellcasters, so that I can understand their approximate origins and identities."
"Okay, if they ask, I will say this. If they don't ask, then I won't say anything."
Xia Duo nodded, "Then I'll be waiting to hear your good news!"
…
After Badigal left, Shado suddenly became a little idle. From the outside world, he had done almost everything he needed to do, and the rest was just waiting for time to brew.
As for himself, in terms of work, he is planning to establish a plane research laboratory in the Floating City and the [Red Plane] respectively.
The former is mainly based on experiments, using [Light of Annihilation]'s ability to deeply disrupt matter and even planes to explore the nature of matter and planes.
"The Indestructible King of the Great Village"
The latter is mainly based on observation. The [Red Plane] cannot withstand too much trouble, but because there is a plane crack that goes deep into the root of the plane, its observation data can be used as a precursor or supplement to experiments on the main plane.
In terms of life, Xia Duo is preparing to embark on an overseas trip that has been planned for a long time. The specific route has not yet been planned. With the convenience of the floating city, it can basically be regarded as taking one place at a time.
There were a few that he thought he must go to. One was Calishan in the south. When the Northland Alliance was established before, the Calishan envoy from the Mairead family had extended an invitation to him.
Shado decided at that time to go to Calimshan as the first stop after the floating city was completed. In addition to being invited to visit, there was also Calimshan's unique blood magic system, which might be used as a reference for the bloodline sequencing plan of Kiran Tower.
The other is Yinmaskar, the puppet country in the East. Shado has only seen this name in a few elven books collected by the Tower of Time. It is said that there is trade between Cormanso and Yinmaskar, but it is just a rumor.
Whether this is a fact or not is yet to be determined.
The main reason why Sha Duo thought of that place was because the game he played before time traveling also had Yin Masca. Of course, it only existed as a background. In the era where the player lived, whether it was Yin Masca or Netheril
Or Comansoyerland, they all belong to the dust of history.
As another magical empire that is as famous as Netheril (only in terms of reputation, but not in terms of strength), even though Shado knows that there is a big gap between some of the information on Earth and the actual country in this real magical world.
But he still couldn't help but want to take a look.
It's just that there has never been news about that place in the past, especially the lack of exclusion there, the influence of elves, etc., which made Xia Duo unable to make the trip even if he had the ability.
It wasn't until the floating city was built that he had another idea.
In addition, when going to Yimaska, you can also take a look at the east over there. Is it the end of the plane, or is there some highly secretive barrier, and see if the eastern world in the elven legend is over there.
Whether it is the main plane or the legendary Eastern world, Xia Duo has too much curiosity. It is only now that he really has the time, energy, and ability to explore.
Of course, the premise of all this is to stabilize the basic market. The territory is basically on the right track and can develop slowly. He does not need to worry too much about the international situation.
Only demons and crises that may involve the survival of the entire plane, such as the Dragon Madness Mystery Lock, need him to consider, and he must consider it.
At least until another large habitable location is discovered.
As for now, he just needs to wait for Yeerlan and Sluvende to end the war and have a temporary solution to the demon problem, and then he can set off on his journey.
…
afternoon.
Xia Duo explained the test papers to Jie Yin in the Floating City. Badigal, who had just left not long ago, returned to the Floating City with three or four elves:
"Lord Shado, these four are the Northland Alliance envoys from Ye Erlan, Yin Erfarang, Cormanso and Everesca. We are here to take away those demon mages."
"No problem, you can handle it yourself!"
Sha Duo only set up a temporary prison area, and there were no restrictions on the demon mages themselves. They were all imprisoned and sent here by Sluvend.
However, Badigal said he was here on business, but after the elves went over to check the status of the demon, they quietly winked at Xia Duo, their expressions seemed a little embarrassed and helpless.
Xia Duo frowned slightly, but still nodded, and then some changes quietly occurred in the floating city's mysterious locks, and an invisible barrier separated the two from the outside world.
"What's wrong? Does Mr. Badigal have anything to say?" Sha Duo asked.
"cough--"
It seemed that this was the first time Badigal had done such a thing in person, and he still couldn't let it go. "The thing is like this, I informed the countries of the four envoys who just came over about some situations about the Demonic Secret Palace. They
They also agreed to investigate the Demonic Secret Palace, but they also made a request——"
"Request? What request?"
Xia Duo reacted immediately and said with some dissatisfaction: "They want me to participate in the investigation?"
"Yes, they are worried about the dark raid of the demon descendants, and want you, Lord Xia Duo, to bring the floating city as a backup at the critical moment."
Sha Duo did not give an answer immediately, but asked a seemingly irrelevant question: "So Ye Erlan and Sluvende both agreed to end the war?"
"Yes."
Badigal was a little surprised by Shado's sensitivity, and then explained: "Just now they both reached a compromise and agreed to make the area south of Terminos independent."
"Why so fast? In addition to the variable of the secret palace, there must be other reasons!"
"You may not be able to guess the reason. There have been some changes in Yeerlan. The Mianwang family was counterattacked by the ancient family, and the Mianwang of Helian was asked to take responsibility for this battle. I haven't received any news about the specific process, but the result
That is, the Erland side has agreed to allow the area south of Sluvendeterminos to become independent."