Thinking like this, Shado has arrived at Cliff Territory. If you only look at the size of the territory, Cliff Territory is relatively small in the entire Netheril.
But the six towering mage towers in the territory make it clear at first sight that they are not to be trifled with. This territory is not so much a territory as it is the residence of the mage towers.
Five of the six towers are on the periphery, and they are all in the classic cylindrical shape of the Netheril mage towers. Only the tallest Tower of Glory in the center has a rather different shape.
It is made up of three stacked oblate cuboids with square bases. The bottom is the largest and the top is the smallest. And above the smallest cuboid, there is an extremely tall, extremely pointed obelisk.
On the top of this obelisk, which is three times the height of the main body, is a huge holy symbol of the Lord of Radiance - a golden sun with a corona halo on the edge.
Under the sun, the huge golden holy emblem also emits a strong but not dazzling light, which can almost compete with the sun in the sky, or it is the projection of the sun on the top of the tower.
After entering the Tower of Glory, Shado did not see Cliff himself for the first time. The person who received him was Cliff's student Mars.
Cliff and Shado died unexpectedly when they went to the star realm before. Mars was the most outstanding among many students. Now Cliff, who is unmarried and has no children, has been established as the heir to the territory, the mage tower and all other resources.
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"The teacher is meditating, please do not disturb me. Please wait a moment, Lord Shado. The teacher will receive my message after he finishes his meditation."
"Well, I understand. If you have something to do, you don't need to stay with me here." Xia Duo said easily.
He didn't think Cliff would avoid it on purpose. If it were someone else, it would be possible, but for an almost pure person like Cliff, it would be almost impossible.
The "meditation" mentioned by Mars and Shado's daily meditation training both use the same etymology from the Elvish language, but Shado's meditation is more of the original meaning of the Elvish language, which is the conscious activity during rest.
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Mars, on the other hand, has an extended meaning. It is usually a specific word used by outsiders to describe the prayers of believers. The time that Shado came here was a little unlucky. It was almost noon, and usually the believers of the Lord of Glory would pray at this time.
It may be enough for a casual believer to recite a few words of Proverbs in the sunshine, but a devout believer will prepare a prayer ceremony very devoutly, which may not be grand but must be very serious.
In addition to the believer's attitude towards the "truth" itself, there is another situation that Shado had known about before. Cliff's divine grace was greatly depleted because he had to study resurrection spells and prophesy for the Seven Towers.
However, Shado had gotten rid of him before to help investigate the Illuminati and the Kingdom of Elam, and Cliff was not just a professional detective. This kind of investigation obviously required going to the Kingdom of Glory or questioning the Lord of Glory, which would consume divine grace.
And the prayer ceremony can also increase divine grace to a certain extent, so let alone waiting for a short while, Xia Duo is willing to wait even for a day.
However, being accompanied by Mars made him a little uncomfortable. This guy looked serious as if he had just been defrauded of hundreds of thousands. Cliff had not learned the essence and only learned these superficial skills.
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But young people can understand it.
After Chateau took the initiative to stir up the topic, Mars' attitude softened, but he still looked meticulous when he spoke. He was no longer like a young man, but like an old scholar.
Fortunately, this awkward chat scene did not last long. After a while, Cliff, who was dressed to abstain, walked in from outside the reception room:
"Lord Xia Duo, I have kept you waiting for a long time, but this is the reward you should pay."
Cliff made a modest joke, but Xia Duo was moved when he heard it, "Has the result of getting rid of your investigation been achieved?"
"There is a result, but the result may not satisfy you."
While Cliff was speaking, Mars had already found the opportunity to exit the reception room. Seeing this, Shado went straight to the point:
"What is the result? Does the Illuminati not exist? Or does the Kingdom of Elam have nothing to do with the demons?"
"neither."
Cliff shook his head, with an unnatural expression on his face, and then explained: "The Illuminati does exist, but it is probably not the demon organization you are looking for."
"what is that?"
"There is only one Illuminati I have found. They are a combat team of spellcasters from the Kingdom of Glory. They have been fighting on the front line against the Abyss since thousands of years ago."
"Thousands of years ago?" Xia Duo asked subconsciously.
After asking, he realized that the flow rate of time in the outer plane is almost different everywhere, and there is no absolute synchronization relationship with the material plane. Maybe one day in the sky is one year on the earth.
It is also possible that one day on the earth (material plane) and one year in the sky (celestial realm, outer plane) are uncertain, unless someone or some means deliberately anchors the time relationship between the two.
Otherwise, you may not even have the basic concept of time.
The Kingdom of God should be such an anchoring method. The mysterious space on the periphery of Xia Duo's soul, illuminated by the glow inspired by the collision of the power of faith with the soul, will be the outer plane he calls "Daxia Home".
The time of the place and the main plane are synchronized and locked.
And because the reincarnations in Daxia Homeland are all people who are inclined to Xia Duo's philosophy, or simply the reincarnations of the dead in his territory, it is also called the "prototype of the Kingdom of God" by him.
It is conceivable that the Kingdom of Glory should also have such a function. Perhaps before the Kingdom of Glory was formed, the time flow rate in that area was still uncertain, and then it might inherit souls from different material planes, making the flow rate different from the main one.
The planes are also not synchronized.
Xia Duo's personal experience told him that there is an obvious difference in time flow rate between the Kingdom of Glory and the main plane, and the difference is different in different regions.
Therefore, he did not doubt that the Illuminati mentioned by Cliff had been fighting for thousands of years, but couldn't it be possible that the Illuminati that had been fighting for thousands of years was the Illuminati of the main plane?
Perhaps it is precisely because of their thousands of years of combat experience that they are so difficult to deal with in the main plane.
In other words, it is precisely because they are a demon civilization with high-level wizards from another possible parallel time and space in the main plane that they can fight in the outer plane where the gods and demons exist for thousands of years!
Xia Duo never believed that parallel time and space could send people here without limit. This simply negated the basis of the existence of current time and space. Therefore, there must be only a few demons directly related to parallel time and space.
As long as those few demon descendants or those who do not show the existence of demon descendants in the current time and space are killed, then the current time and space will no longer be in danger of collapse, at least it will not collapse due to the Elam civilization in parallel time and space.