This gave Chateau Belluno a new assessment of his power. Of course, this was only limited to the underwater environment. If it were on land, the power of the tide would not have the advantage, and the Tide Queen would be no different from an ordinary high mage.
Even because of the deficiencies in the magic system, he may not be as good as the ordinary high mages from various countries on land!
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Soon, Xia Duo and his entourage entered the interior of the Shining Tower under the leadership of the sea elf guards. Unlike the exterior where the light and dark gradients were constantly emitting light, the interior of the Shining Tower looked dimmer.
Of course, no matter how dark it is, it is at least enough for Xia Duo and others to see the internal structure clearly.
Before entering the Radiant Tower, Xia Duo thought that the tower might be similar to a mage tower, with a large number of magic facilities inside, but in fact the main body of the tower was more like a scaffolding and an elevator.
Only the palace at the top, known as the Pearl of the Deep Sea, is the real magical building.
Xia Duo and others entered the interior of the Guangyao Tower from the middle, passed through the hollow walls made of white shells, bone, and gelatinous materials, and waited for a while in the hollow upper and lower passages inside.
Then, a water ball that was obviously lighter than the surrounding water rose up from the bottom of the tower, wrapped it up when it got close to Xia Duo and others, and then took them up at a very fast speed.
It only took a few seconds to reach the top of the tower from almost the middle - a bowl-shaped structure held up the pearl-shaped palace above through the invisible power of magic.
Here, Xia Duo saw more sea elf guards, all of whom were wearing hollow armor on their upper bodies and tight trousers that resembled fish skin on their lower bodies. Traces of fish scales being peeled off could still be seen on the surface.
The weapon they were holding was of course a trident, but it was more refined than the ones held by the sixteen guards who brought them here. From the surface, it seemed closer to a ritual weapon than a weapon.
But in fact, these tridents that he just saw gave Xia Duo a much stronger sense of threat than the previous sixteen.
Even without additional stimulation, the affected water flow naturally surrounds these guards holding tridents. Their defense capabilities against magic have yet to be further verified, but Shado estimates that they can at least withstand physical attacks.
A piece of armor.
"Friends on land, the Queen is waiting for you in the Palace of Stars, please come with me!"
The sixteen guards who originally led the way left, and the new one was the guard captain guarding the palace. The so-called Palace of Stars was actually at the highest point of the entire palace.
The sea elf mage used magic to project the stars that could be seen on the sea onto the transparent dome of the palace, and adjusted the contrast between sunlight and starlight through certain means.
Therefore, even if it is broad daylight just after noon on the sea surface at this moment, the stars twinkling on the dome can still be seen in the Hall of Stars. Of course, the sun can also be seen, but it is not as dazzling as it is on the surface, and seems to have become a
A soft chandelier illuminates the entire Hall of Stars like daylight.
Seeing such a scene, Xia Duo speculated that the Guangyao Tower might also use the natural lighting on the sea instead of purely creating light through magic, but this was not the time to consider this now.
The Queen of Tides has arrived.
This is a Sea Elf woman who is equally strong and even stronger than most of the Sea Elf men Xia Duo has seen. She wears a jeweled crown and a gauze. The lines of her muscles are intuitively depicted by the gauze as she moves.
come out.
In addition to the Queen of Tides, the meeting was accompanied by two advisors who were also wearing gauze and holding scepters. They stood on a seashell on the Queen's left and right hands and cast a majestic and wary look at Xia Duo and others.
"Meet Her Majesty the Queen, meet two advisers."
Xia Duo and other alliance mages did not say anything, but Meira stepped forward to greet her. The Tide Queen nodded slightly. Unlike the two advisors who continued to look directly at each other, she just glanced at it and then talked to Meira:
"Are they the Northland Alliance representatives you mentioned?"
"Yes, they are here on behalf of the Northland Alliance to discuss with Her Majesty the Queen a major matter concerning the fate of the world."
"A major event related to the fate of the world? Does this matter have anything to do with Belluno?" The Queen seemed to disagree with this statement, but the fact that she personally met with people on the ground was enough to illustrate her true thoughts.
In this regard, Meira said: "Cinaria has just learned about this matter. I asked Master Shado, the alliance consultant who knows more about this, to explain it to the queen."
With that said, Meira gave up her position, and other alliance mages also turned their attention to Sha Duo. Sha Duo then took a step forward and briefly introduced his identity, but then did not explain immediately, but looked at the two
Queen's Advisor:
"What I am going to talk about next is related to the fate of the world. Before it is decided, any disturbance may change the final result. I believe in Her Majesty the Queen, but these two advisers, could you please temporarily avoid it?"
The Queen of Tides has no reason to betray the world, but the Queen's advisors may collude with the Illuminati. Chateau's original intention was to meet with the Queen alone to clarify his position, but Belluno arranged a rather formal meeting instead.
But even so, he hopes that as few people as possible will know.
Since the sea elves have been separated from the surface for a long time, and they are in a water environment, their language has long been different from the surface. The first is the voice and intonation. The vocal organ is immersed in the water, which makes the sound duller but more penetrating.
Secondly, in terms of semantic expression, compared with the increasingly complex expressions of surface elves, many additional syllables representing emotions and details have been stripped away, making the sea elves language closer to the standard language most commonly used by non-elves on the surface.
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In the land of elves on the surface, although the elves can understand such language and can speak such standard language, they are mostly used in some specific occasions that need to be deliberately emphasizing their lack of emotion, such as talking to enemies, which is similar to what Xia Duo understands.
read.
In normal communication, especially when communicating with non-elves, they do not use such standard language, but use complex additional semantics that are difficult for non-elves to learn to show their superiority.
But such additional semantics can provide a more accurate description for those who truly understand Elvish.
Mera used this method when talking to the Queen of Tides, in which she gave a very clear reminder of the seriousness of the situation, not through tone of voice, but simply through words.
Chateau also used this method at this time, emphasizing the importance of the important matter discussed next, and hinting at suspicion towards the Queen's advisor without losing respect.
If the words expressed through standard language are not implicit enough, it will make his doubts about the Queen's advisors obvious and push the positions of both parties into a corner. After all, even if the Queen really does not believe these two advisors, she cannot do it in front of outsiders.
Say it out loud.
Now that I'm done, I've given the queen and the two advisors full respect. Since the queen has decided to meet the mainland visitors, she naturally has her own considerations. In this case, she will be more concerned about Xia Duo's hints.
"The two consultants should avoid it for the time being. There is no need to inform other consultants about this matter for the time being."
"yes."
The two advisors didn't say anything, just responded and temporarily left the Hall of Stars. ()