A bright light suddenly appeared in a conference room in Giles Tower, followed by several projections that were no different from normal people, and then the real person arrived.
After a while, except for Randall who was far away in Cormanso, all the contemporary tower owners of the other six towers arrived.
Today is not the time for the regular meeting of the Seven Towers, but an unexpected incident that may affect the future fate of Netheril is enough to bring everyone together.
"Your Highness, what happened? We need to call all of us here!" Badigal from Gustav Tower was the first to ask.
Shia glanced at the other four people who were also full of doubts. She didn't say anything. She just stretched out her hand and a beam of light flew out from her fingers, instantly connecting everyone and bringing everyone's perception to a secret room that had been sealed.
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This secret room has no door, and the furnishings inside are extremely simple. Apart from an elf-style armchair placed on the edge, there is only the altar standing in the center.
There are countless mysterious symbols carved around the altar, and there is a faint flow of energy in the carvings. But above the altar, there is a statue of a heroic and majestic female.
"Your Royal Highness, is this the God Ascension Altar described in that document?" It was Badigal again.
This time, Shia spoke, "Yes, this is the God Ascension Altar built based on the information given by the elves!"
Although everyone else had read the information, this was the first time they had seen the real altar with their own eyes, so someone else asked:
"Your Highness, did you bring us here just to show off this altar?"
"no!"
Shia suddenly sighed, pointed to her statue on the altar in front, and said, "Didn't you notice something unusual about that statue?"
Although no one's body or even the projection entered this secret room, under Princess Shia's spell, the complete perception was brought over and a new carrier was created for it.
Perhaps it was because of the presence of Princess Xia that everyone did not pay attention to the distinctive female statue before, but now after Princess Xia's reminder, everyone started to observe it carefully.
Not long after, Horn suddenly let out a sigh and said with some disbelief: "This statue seems to be consecrating at an accelerated pace?"
In the god-ascension information given by the elves, the consecration of the statue is a measure of special significance in the process of god-ascension. Once all the consecrations are completed, the god-ascension will reach a critical step.
But the problem is, according to the elves, the speed of sanctification is very stable, and it is impossible to speed up or slow down, unless -
"Your Highness Princess, what have you done? How can the carrier of faith accelerate sanctification?"
Others quickly noticed something strange and looked at Princess Shia together.
Being watched by everyone, and seemingly doubtful, Xia's expression remained unchanged, and she just said: "I didn't do anything, and it suddenly happened like this!"
"This is impossible!" Harris subconsciously said what was in his heart.
Badigal snorted coldly, "What's impossible? Do you really think that the elves will give the method of ascending to the gods to humans? Maybe there is some conspiracy hidden there!"
After saying that, he looked at Shia again, "Your Highness Princess, I suggest that you destroy the altar now, and be clear about all the guidance, so as to eliminate the impact as soon as possible!"
"Badigal, you are too sensitive!"
Although Horn also thought that the elves might be playing tricks, when he saw Badigal, he just wanted to refute, "Maybe there is something that Her Royal Highness the Princess has neglected, and this happened!"
Unexpectedly, Princess Shia did not object to this statement, and also said, "The elves did hide something during the ascension ceremony. I have already felt it, but the general direction is still correct. The ceremony can be carried out.
This is clear evidence now.”
In fact, what Shia didn't say was that she even improved the ascension ceremony based on her own understanding. Perhaps this is why the statue of faith is being sanctified faster?
However, she finally chose to hide this behavior of not operating in accordance with the agreement of the Seven Towers and making adjustments in private. After all, she still had some selfish motives.
"Then what does Her Highness Princess want us to do when she summons us?"
"Sanctification requires the power of faith. Accelerating sanctification requires more power of faith. I need your support!"
After Shia finished speaking, others fell silent. Collecting faith is not a trivial matter. The key is to shape faith, and shaping faith is to distort people's hearts to a certain extent.
In the past, collecting beliefs was only passive and subtle. If collected actively, it may cause unexpected consequences.
How could the Grand Arcanists, the rulers of Netheril, not consider the risks involved, especially when there were faith disasters that had occurred in history as a reference.
Even for the so-called god-ascension experiment, there is no need to bet the entire Netheril. Compared with the god-ascension ceremony provided by the elves for free, they are actually more willing to believe in the method they have developed.
And they are extremely confident that they can research it in the future.
Therefore, when the risk of this god-ascension experiment was too great, they hesitated.
However, Princess Shia's face cannot be dismissed easily. Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and finally they all looked at Badigal.
"I--"
Even though he had just suggested that Shia destroy the altar, Badigal's original intention was not that. He just wanted to remind Shia to always be wary of the elves.
Until now, both Netheril and Cormanthor have paid a huge price for the ascension ceremony. Cormanthor, in particular, has given in countless times during the dialogue between the two countries because of this ascension plan.
Even some core interests are occasionally compromised.
If the god-ascension plan was suddenly abandoned and Cormanso called directly, Badigal wouldn't be surprised.
On the Netheril side, do the great arcanists really not want to know what the final outcome of the ascension ceremony will be?
Even Badigal, who has always disliked elves, is looking forward to it, let alone others.
But the risks must be considered. Now that Princess Shia wants more power of faith, Badigal doesn't know how to dissuade her.
"I think we can slow down and observe for a while. Maybe the accelerated consecration of this statue of faith will stop soon!"
"No! I have been observing for some time. The sanctification process is accelerating. Once the power of faith is lost, it will cause the statue to collapse. It will not be possible to start over in a short time. In addition, there are ritual orders.
The problem is, once the statue collapses, maybe the entire ceremony will fail."
Xia narrated with a calm face, and then asked again, "I need your support!"
The scene fell into silence again, and finally Harris said tentatively, "How about we ask the elves?"