At least in Chateau's view, noble goals cannot be achieved through improper behavior.
Even if some people in the alliance think it is possible, it is difficult to explain the contradiction in human qualities reflected in the two behaviors of stealing treasure and voluntary sacrifice.
Stopping Kalish's plan is Shado's ultimate goal, and destroying Kalish's positive image can also be regarded as a way to achieve the goal.
Just like Kalish spread rumors and questioned his professionalism, professionalism is the fundamental reason why Shado can control the computing power pool. No one is better than him at issues related to the computing power pool.
For Kalish's plan to be realized, the countries in the alliance must be convinced to believe in the plan, and the act of "believing" itself carries a relatively obvious credibility attribute.
As long as Kalish's credibility and image are destroyed, no matter what he says, the league will hesitate more than normal.
It is hard to imagine that a person who had just stolen important treasures from the school that cultivated him would suddenly say that he was willing to sacrifice himself and use the stolen treasures to create artifacts and give them to others.
Xia Duo was almost 100% sure that even if he confronted Kalish with a focusing weapon, the other party would not admit to stealing the treasure, but would find a reason.
No matter how outrageous, what the league's top leaders need most is such a reason. When the interests are so great that it is difficult to make a choice, they can use this reason to convince themselves.
As for what Zhamdas said, it doesn't matter. Talking about Kalish stealing the treasure further proves the feasibility of Kalish's plan! Otherwise, why is there such a rush?
Therefore, Chateau is also a drunkard who does not care about drinking. He does not care what Kalish says, as long as he can confirm the existence of the remains of the first generation mentor.
If things develop into an irreversible state, then he will consider taking away the key psychic material.
Of course, when he took the materials, he did not intend to keep them for himself, but would choose to return them to Zhamdas. If Kalish was dissatisfied, he would go to Zhamdas himself and negotiate the ownership of the materials first.
Let’s talk about other things.
As for the Alliance, Zhamdas has taken back the remains of the first generation mentor, so there is no reason to send people to the North. And without the psionic mage attack computing power pool, the alliance has no need to cultivate psionic mages.
If there are still psychic mages attacking the computing power pool, let Zhamdas take the blame directly.
And if you don't cultivate psionic mages, artifacts are not a necessity. As for arcane psychic fusion, Sha Duo estimates that few people believe in it.
Even if Kallish shows the so-called fusion advantage, wouldn't it be possible to obtain such an advantage by recruiting a psionic mage or turning an arcane mage into psionic?
If one Kalish can appear, can't more appear?
It's just used as a tool, and it's not like those high-ranking people personally take the risk to awaken spiritual energy, so what if it's a one-time tool.
Therefore, Xia Duo is not worried about the alliance coming to trouble him afterwards. There may be some trouble, but it is within the scope of what he can handle. If a potentially harmful event like creating an artifact can be properly solved, he will accept it even if it is a little troublesome.
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Soon, Xia Duo arrived at the top of Yunding Mountain. The Yunding Tower was built on a platform that could be shaped on the top of the mountain. Before he could enter the tower, a nearby sword-wielding guard came over. After bowing,
Self-reported identity——
"Sir, I was arranged here by Director Doom to listen to your instructions. Just call me Asta."
"Um."
Xia Duo nodded, without looking at the other party too much, but directly ordered: "Take me to Kalish's side."
Although the elder sword-wielding guard who calls himself Asta looks like an elf, he is actually from Netherese, or a half-elf, and is of majority human blood.
Perhaps in the eyes of many humans, having an elf face is something to be proud of, but the ancestors of people with elf blood in Netheril almost all have a sad history of being abandoned by their elf parents.
Therefore, from the perspective of these people, having an elf appearance is not only not something to be proud of, but a shame. However, it is difficult for humans to move in elf society, and many intelligence work often has to rely on these humans with elf appearances.
Think about a person who hates elves. He has to imitate elves and even deal with elves for the task. It is really a big sacrifice.
In fact, Xia Duo was still very curious about the existence of these people, but out of respect for these people, he tried not to pay attention to their appearance.
Even though he may act a little colder now, in the eyes of these people who look like an elf but are actually a human, he may still be more acceptable!
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The location of Doom in the Genting Tower is not a secret. At least most of the guards in the Genting Tower know it. Although Asta was arranged by Doom to enter the Genting Tower, he followed a formal procedure and did not just find a guard privately.
Spellcasting replaced.
Therefore, Asta also has the normal guard authority in the Genting Tower. He took Xia Duo to an outer room on the fourth floor and stopped:
"Sir, Kalish has been living here during this time. I have also shown him the way for two of his visitors who came to visit before. Do you want to call the door?"
"etc."
Shado was not in a hurry to meet with Kalish, but turned part of his consciousness to operate Rodas' focusing instrument on the main body, using his incarnation as the medium to conduct a detection.
The result was the same as the previous times, the target he wanted could not be detected at all.
While waiting for the detection, Shado was also looking at the environment near Kalish's temporary residence. As he looked at it, he suddenly asked Asta:
"Is the upper floor a restricted area?"
"The upper floor is mainly showrooms. It is not a restricted area. At least with my authority, I can take you to visit. You can even go there by yourself. Just tell the guard there."
"Are all places open?" Sha Duo continued to ask.
"No, there is a secret treasure storage room that requires permission from the Evereska Council of Elders to enter, but it is said that not many people have been able to visit it since the Yunding Tower was built." Asta replied.
"I see!"
Xia Duo immediately understood that the so-called secret treasure storage room was probably a key node of Yunding Tower.
Although part of Evereska's city mystery is controlled by the Alliance in the name of helping to repair it, important locations such as Genting Tower still have independent mystery locks.
Even if it was previously associated with the City Mystery Lock, after the Northland Alliance obtains the City Mystery Lock authority, Evereska will probably make it independent.
Similar to the practice of transferring assets to hollow out companies on Earth, since it is impossible to take back control of City Mystery Locks, we must first ensure that the control rights of other related Mystery Locks are not lost.
The "transfer" of disconnection in this case is actually an act of self-protection.
Since there is a Mystery Lock, there is a high probability that it also has nodes, and the Mystery Lock nodes are undoubtedly high-energy existences. Even if they appear light and breezy, they are actually enough to have a strong impact on the surrounding area.
Kalish chose to stay temporarily under the mysterious lock node of Yunding Tower. If you want to say that this is a complete coincidence, Shado doesn't believe it at all!