Of course, this does not mean that Cliff will definitely stand against Sha Duo, but there is such a possibility, and some people cannot even accept such a possibility!
The so-called "this kid is too scary to stay here for a long time" is probably what it is.
After Cliff left, Shado privately summoned Iolum to ask about Cliff's attitude towards the return of the Nese people from the alien plane. Iolum's answer was -
"As long as there is no conflict with the Seven Towers, he supports the return of the younger pioneers."
Chateau understood Cliff's choice as soon as he heard this. If he simply categorized it into three positions: in favor, against, and abstaining, under normal circumstances it would probably mean "abstaining."
Once the situation changes, it is very likely to turn into "objection", while "agreement" is less likely. After all, if you want to avoid conflict with the Seven Towers, unless this issue is abandoned, conflict is inevitable.
It's nothing more than the level of conflict. The conflict that Cliff refers to should not be an ordinary conflict. Otherwise, you can just directly express your opposition instead of saying that you support it in principle.
Then, Shado asked Byron the reason for his visit, and Iolum's answer was——
"Byron was visiting Teacher Congenio before and happened to meet him. He heard about this and came here to support him."
"Did Master Byron mention the princess's views on this matter?"
This issue is very critical. If you don't understand it now, if Byron comes to the meeting and talks nonsense, it will completely disrupt Sha Duo's plan.
In this regard, Iolum also gave a positive answer. He said: "The princess had made arrangements for the future of the Golden Plains before, but the situation faced by Netheril at that time was not good. The term of world interconnection is ten years.
"And this time, after Byron heard about this, he went to Nese Palace and asked the princess for her latest opinion. The princess supports the return of the golden plain plane now."
"Is there an oracle?" Xia Duo confirmed again.
“Not yet, but there could be any time.”
Iolum's words made Shado's heart sink. He had no doubts about the "oracle can be obtained at any time" mentioned by the other party. After all, Byron is also the princess's teacher, so it is very simple to get an oracle. .
But he really felt that it was best not to go so far as to use the princess's oracle, otherwise the matter would be too big and might not end well.
Shado asked Iolum to remind Byron, and then the two continued to exchange their views on the matter, including the results of Iolum's contact with other people in the past few days.
After roughly determining the meeting procedures for later, the two ended their short exchange.
"Teacher, I'm going to the venue first. I'll notify you when everyone arrives."
"Um."
…
After leaving Iolum's study, Shado stood in the corridor for a while before going to the venue. At this time, many people were already in the venue.
Including more than a dozen directors of the Arcane Federation, senior arcanist representatives, and a few "pure passers-by" who came to watch the excitement through connections.
As for the Grand Arcanist, three have arrived so far. One is Cliff, whom Shado just met, and the other two are Magna and Braun.
Sha Duo noticed that no one from the Seven Towers had come so far, not just the Grand Arcanist, but even their directors in the Arcane Federation were nowhere to be seen.
Normally, directors should arrive first upon notification if they don't have any special tasks. But now none of them showed up, which cast a shadow on Xia Duo about this meeting.
As soon as they sat down, the vibrations of the magic network were heard in the venue. The next moment, Magna's message arrived, "Is it true that there are several habitable planes hidden in the Seven Towers?"
"??"
Sha Duo glanced at Magna with some surprise. He had already come to a meeting and asked such a mindless question. But then he thought about it. After Puman was "cut off" by him, just because of Iole Mu's one-sided words cannot be 100% believed.
Of course, Chateau didn't think that Magna had no idea at all, but he still wanted to connect with each other before the official meeting started to confirm the opinions of all parties on this matter.
Thinking like this, Xia Duo also gave his own answer - "The Seven Towers have at least three livable planes that have been identified and mature for development, and the descendants of the pioneers in one of the planes will appear in today's world. In the venue, Mr. Magna, please wait and see."
In fact, this answer was not just for Magna. Just after Sha Duo summoned and explained, the magic network in the venue suddenly shook. Everyone was using the magic network background communication. Although the content of the summons could not be intercepted, the Shado had every reason to believe that it was Magna who was leaking the information to others present.
Others present were also communicating with each other and sending messages to the people behind them.
The Arcane Federation currently has a total of 26 directors, seven of which are represented by the Seven Towers. Each of the remaining ones represents a great arcanist or a powerful mage tower organization.
Of course, not every great arcanist has a representative director in the Arcane Federation. Shado does not. Like him, there are Jenna, Byron, and Congenio.
Among them, Congenio and Byron have long since faded out of the public eye and have basically stopped participating in general affairs. As a businessman, Jenna did not send a director mainly because she considered that sending a director might affect commercial neutrality.
Only Xia Duo wanted to send but no one gave him.
If you want to serve as a director of the Arcane Federation, you must at least be an archmage. Of course, an arcanist can also be used, but directors deal more with general affairs, so using an arcanist is too wasteful.
In addition, the most important thing is that the Tower of Time does not even have an archmage, and it will not be wealthy enough to leave an archmage in Severton for a long time for quite some time.
But the position of director of the Austrian Law Federation is actually very important. Many issues involving resource allocation and the management of Mage Tower members are discussed and decided by the directors.
If Shado had no relationship with Iolum, I'm afraid he would have tried every means to recruit an archmage to serve as a full-time director in Severton.
As for now, there is not much need. If there are matters involving the interests of the Tower of Time, Iolum's assistant Hechenis Council will notify him in advance.
…
Just when Xia Duo was thinking about when the people from the Seven Towers would come, the great arcanists had already arrived one by one, except of course, those from the Seven Towers.
Xia Duo felt a little uneasy. After all, if the protagonist was not here, how would this meeting start?
If the topic were changed and the Seven Towers were also so late, Shado would probably laugh with joy, because the Seven Towers' neglect largely proved the necessity of rebuilding the Seventon Covenant.
Although it is still the case now, when it comes to the descendants of the pioneers of the alien plane, the Seven Towers' resistance will bring the negotiations to a deadlock. Even if the authority of the Seven Towers is reduced afterwards, it will not help the situation now.
That's why Xia Duo felt uneasy.
"Only seven towers are left!"
Xia Duo heard someone whispering behind him. Although the voice was not loud, the content of what he said attracted special attention from people who were already dissatisfied with the Seven Towers being late. It could even be said that it directly ignited this dissatisfaction.
If no one arranged this, then there would be something wrong.
With one complaint, more people complained next. Shado realized that this trend might not be conducive to this negotiation, and was about to summon Iolum to stop it. This wise arbiter also realized that at this point.
A little buzzing sounded in the venue, followed by Iolum's quiet voice, "Everyone, be quiet. The Seven Towers have been delayed due to some things. Please wait patiently for a moment."
(End of chapter)
