In the evening, Xia Duo came to Broto's blacksmith shop again with three bottles of spirits. After taking away three [Dragon Hunting Runes], he gave them to Keyan along with the previous one, asking him to share them with others.
The soldiers under his command were taken to establish control around Savile Territory.
After doing this, Shado went to the temple again and made an appointment with Bishop Ambril to fight the enemy together when the dragon attacked. After that, he returned to the Bactria Territory, waiting for Broto's other runes and preparing for the next step.
Be prepared for any battle that may occur at any time.
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In Severton in the north, the scarlet flashing star has appeared in the northwest sky for several days, but the great arcanists did not seem to be anxious at all. In a secret conference room, the leaders of Netheril gathered together again, but there was still no
Talking about the Scarlet Flashing Star.
What they were talking about was another more serious matter, at least in Princess Shia's view. She cleared her throat and issued a final inquiry:
"Concerning Cormanthor's request for help, what do you think? Are we going to respond or not? Apart from Badigal, do you have nothing to say? Or should I just reject the elf?"
"Don't!"
Harris, the great arcanist from Fenwick Tower, immediately stopped him, "For the always arrogant Cormanthor elves to put down their faces and ask us for help, the situation must be very critical. If we refuse at this time, who will
Knowing that they gave up fighting the drow and turned to attack us!"
"How dare they! Do they want to face the attack from us and the drow at the same time? Let me tell you, just get in touch with the drow and destroy Cormanthor together, so as not to cause trouble for us from time to time!"
The speaker was Badigal from Gustav's Tower. He had always been hostile to the elves. Now that he had such a good opportunity, he felt that even if he did not join forces with the drow to attack, at least he did not want to see Netheril go to help Kor.
Manso.
And as soon as he said this, even Horn, who usually liked to quarrel with him, nodded repeatedly. Although he did not explicitly say that he would join forces with the Zall to attack together, it was obvious that he did not support helping Cormanso.
"you--"
Harris was a little angry. He knew that if he didn't say anything, the decision on Cormanso might soon be led by Badigal. And with Badigal's consistent style, he could already imagine
All kinds of dangers after making such a decision.
"Badigal, you and the dwarves just cleared the underground trade routes not long ago. You should have seen drow. Is there any deviation between that creature and the description of the Cormanthor elves that Her Royal Highness just conveyed?"
"There is no deviation. It is indeed an extremely cruel and cunning creature!" Badigal did not deny this. He even brought back a copy of the drow's images and corpses to others.
"Then how dare you propose cooperation with Drow? Rather than letting Drow become our neighbor, I would rather let Cormanso continue to be our neighbor!"
"I don't think that drow are naturally cruel and cunning creatures. Maybe they were just tricked by elves and became like this. Don't forget that drow were also elves. Do you want to say that there is something hidden in the nature of elves?
Cruel and cunning? In this case, there is no need to save Cormanso, wouldn't it be better to let them kill each other?"
Badigal's words were obviously filled with emotion. Harris objected without hesitation, "What you said are all assumptions. Maybe, judging from the current situation, I think it is better to let Zall
Being our neighbors is even scarier."
After saying that, Harris glanced at the others thoughtfully and decided to add more fire:
"I heard that the appearance of the 'King Killer' this time was not at the time it was supposed to appear, but was triggered by the drow in advance in order to control the giant dragon and act as cannon fodder for them to break out of the underground."
"Who did you hear this news from?"
Randall, who was silent at first and was just waiting for the final vote, immediately became interested when he heard the name "King Slayer", "You mean, drow can control [Dragon Madness Lock]?"
Compared to the survival of Cormanthor, Randall is more concerned about [Dragon Mad Lock]. This legendary existence is what he has always wanted to study, but the past information is too scarce, let alone [Dragon Mad Lock]
Locked], even the information on ordinary mystery locks is very rare.
Randall stared at Harris intently, wanting him to answer this question immediately.
"This is what Ambassador Cormanzo said personally." Harris asked the question to Princess Shia, "He should have told Her Royal Highness the princess, right?"
"Yes, he told me too! But -"
"But what?" Harris asked hurriedly.
"This kind of thing is just what the Cormanso family said, and we can't confirm it. Maybe they said it deliberately to prompt us to help them."
Princess Shia's attitude is more rational, or in other words, her heart is the same as Badigal's, hiding her hostility towards the elves, but this hostility is not driven by emotions, but a rational choice.
"I used magic to confirm that he was telling the truth." Harris said again.
"Spells are not omnipotent, what if he himself was deceived!" Badigal immediately retorted.
Harris knew that there was no need for the elf to lie on this issue, but if he was asked to prove it, he really couldn't prove it, so he turned his attention to Princess Shia:
"What is your opinion, Your Highness the Princess?"
He knew that Her Royal Highness the Princess always took the overall situation into consideration and never engaged in disputes of temper. If she really objected to helping Cormanso, there was no need to repeatedly ask everyone for their opinions. When Badigal took the lead in objecting, she could just take advantage of the situation and vote.
.
In that case, his sudden opposition alone would not change anything at all.
And Her Royal Highness gave everyone time to think, which diluted the dominant atmosphere caused by Badigal's first objection. Doesn't it mean that Her Royal Highness also supports helping Cormanso!
Princess Shia did not directly respond to Harris's gaze. She did support helping Cormanthor for the same reason as Harris. She was also worried that Cormanthor would lure the drow over, or abandon the drow in a frenzy and directly confront the drow.
Netheril attacks.
Moreover, what she said to Ambassador Cormanzo is also doubtful. The situation may be really urgent, but it is certainly not so urgent that the country will be destroyed immediately.
Rather than betting on the small chance that Cormanthor is doomed and the drow are good neighbors, it is better to choose to support Cormanthor, who is more familiar to the Netherese people.
After thinking for a moment, Princess Xia expressed her opinion——
"I also support supporting Cormanthor. Badigal, if you are sure that you want to unite with the drow to destroy Cormanthor, come up with a practical plan. If you have one, I believe others will seriously consider it.
If not, then we can think about how to support Cormanso and what we can gain in the process!"
After a pause, seeing that Badigal did not speak, Princess Shia continued:
"I just received news from the Austrian-French Federation. Ambassador Cormanso has contacted them privately. Even if we don't agree to support, others will agree, even if it's just private! You'd better confirm what you want as soon as possible.
What? Let’s check with other members of the Austrian-French Federation tomorrow to make sure that we don’t let Coman take any advantage.”