"On behalf of King Helion (Talltree Council of Elders), I welcome the guests from Netheril!"
The four envoys saluted Xia Duo together, but they could not hide their discord in their words. Xia Duo felt that the elves were too arrogant to do anything to deliberately expose the internal discord.
It should be that the internal conflicts in Ye Erlan have intensified to a certain extent, and they took advantage of the opportunity of his coming here to explode.
However, Xia Duo was unwilling to be a bargaining chip in Ye Erlan's internal fight. After expressing his gratitude to Ye Erlan for allowing him to enter, he took advantage of the situation and asked to arrange the trip by himself.
In this regard, the four envoys of Yeerlan all expressed their understanding and recognition on behalf of King Helien Mian and the Council of Elders of Gaoshu, but at the same time, they also extended an invitation to Shado——
"The Crown Prince and the Council have prepared a welcome dinner for you in the Golden Autumn Courtyard of Taivi Mansa and look forward to your arrival."
There is no such thing as a good feast!
This was Sha Duo's first reaction. Not long ago, he disrupted Yeerlan's plan to annex Sluvende. Although this plan was unlikely to be realized, as a person directly related to it, Sha Duo did not think that the other party would sincerely Welcome him.
He wanted to refuse, but the words were on his lips, but he thought that his understanding of Ye Erlan, especially Ye Erlan's upper management, all came from third-party information. In order for both parties to avoid misjudgment in the future, maybe they really should meet.
Moreover, he has even met Kelani, so why should he be afraid of a mere dinner party from Ye Erlan!
Thinking of this, Xia Duo replied to the four envoys: "I have felt the sincerity of your country's crown prince and parliament. If nothing unexpected happens, I will definitely attend the appointment on time tonight."
After the two sides determined the more specific time, location and other details of the dinner, the four Yeerlan envoys took their leave.
…
Without some annoying presence, Shado controlled the floating city to move slowly near Tevimansa. Of course, in order to maintain consistency with Cormanthor, he also made a cloud disguise for the floating city in Erlan.
On a street bench near Hengchun Plaza.
Shado silently registered his itinerary information in the Northland Mystery Lock, announced that he had arrived in Yeerlantevi Mansa, and then synchronized this information to the Seven Towers.
The reason for doing this is, of course, the regulations of the Northland Alliance - when a high mage or great arcanist enters another country, he must obtain the consent of the target country and disclose his or her general itinerary.
When I was in Cormanthor before, because the entry permit provided by the other party was actually linked to the Northland Alliance Mystery Lock, obtained indirectly through the communication between the Northland Alliance Mystery Lock and the Cormanthor Mystery Lock.
In fact, it is equivalent to reporting the itinerary to the Northland Alliance.
Now, the mystery lock on the Yerlantevi Mansa side may have communicated with the Northland Alliance mystery lock, but Shado did not obtain the relevant authority and only announced the verbal consent in the Northland Alliance mystery lock.
After that, Xia Duo needs to do the itinerary "manually" by himself.
This set of mechanisms may seem a bit cumbersome, but it is actually a necessary process to increase mutual trust among the members of the Northland Alliance.
In other words, if a high mage or great arcanist breaks into another country's territory without permission, the country concerned can treat him as an enemy.
Of course, there is always a gap between reality and ideals. If the two countries have equal national power, they may still abide by such an agreement. If the national power is very different, for a small country, even if it knows that the other party has not declared an intrusion, it will most likely be regarded as nothing. See.
There is also a tacit understanding, that is - as long as the intrusion is not discovered, it is equivalent to the intrusion not existing. After all, you can't just "see the enemy in the void"!
Correspondingly, as long as they enter the country normally, the country concerned is also obliged to protect the safety of the entering mages.
In addition to respecting the regulations of the Northland Alliance, Xia Duo's report also had the idea of adding a layer of protection to himself. Although it was better than nothing, it was somewhat useful.
As for synchronizing the itinerary information to the Seven Towers, it was a tacit understanding between him and the Seven Towers. Although the two sides were already at odds, both parties were interested in enhancing understanding and mutual trust and working together to safeguard the overall interests of Netheril. .
Or to put it another way, the differences and conflicts between him and Qita are far from irreconcilable. If that day comes, neither he nor Qita will hesitate at all when they fall out.
…
Just as he was thinking about the various situations he might encounter when going to Taivi Mansa for a banquet in the evening, Sha Duo felt that there was an extra person beside him.
"Niya is here!"
When he realized this, he had already grabbed one of Niya's hands and held it in his, and then said with a smile: "Aren't you in the research area? Why did you suddenly come here?"
"I was worried about a conflict between you and the Ellan elves, so I came over to have a look."
"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid to deliberately find trouble in other people's territory, and the Yeerlan elves are not that stupid to start a war rashly when they don't know the details of the floating city."
Of course, what Sha Duo said was the worst case scenario. In fact, without direct conflict, both he and Ye Erlan had enough means to disgust each other.
That might be the case at tonight's dinner.
So when Shado talked about going to Taivi Mansa for a banquet in the evening, he deliberately downplayed the possible conflict and emphasized that this was just a routine meeting.
Same as meeting Corani in Cormanso.
…
Just as Sha Duo and Niya were sitting on the empty street near Hengchun Square chatting, he suddenly felt that the "gold finger" he had just placed in the city of Sluvende Terminos was touched.
So he immediately called Niya back to the central control area of the floating city to watch the show.
…
The city of Terminos.
Back to five o'clock in the morning, Person Urkaras had just finished today's restoration work.
Although he had the intention to work overtime, the senior mage responsible for leading them had no intention of continuing, and soon abandoned Person Urkaras and his companions and disappeared.
The process of repairing the Mystery Lock is complicated and involves countless advanced knowledge and a lot of superb skills that may never be known without guidance.
Without the leadership of a senior mage, Person Urkaras and his companions alone would not be able to take over the rest of the repair work independently.
Then you can only rest.
Declining the invitation to drink from his companions, Personoukaras set out on his way back to his residence alone, thinking about his future development plans as he walked.
The route he chose was not the first time he walked today, but as he walked, Posenokalas had an inexplicable premonition in his heart, and as he got closer to somewhere, the premonition became stronger and stronger. .
As a spell caster, Persona Karas almost immediately felt extremely uneasy about the inexplicable premonition that seemed to be material and almost materialized from the soul.
But after a quick and detailed inspection, he found nothing unusual, so he could only turn his gaze in the direction that gave him the inexplicable premonition.
As the distance got closer and closer, the premonition became stronger and clearer, almost as if there was a mysterious and extremely real existence whispering softly in his ear——
"Come here~ I'm here~"
