Chapter 1238: New Plan, Detailed Discussion at the Watchtower

After all, no one can guarantee that Danzo will definitely survive. Even if the Seventon Council pays for the war expenses on their behalf, there is only an initial payment based on cost estimation; the final payment will only be settled with Danzo after the war ends or the situation becomes relatively stable.

If Danzo is gone in the end, then there will be no one to settle with. Even if the Seventon Council scavenges Danzo's legacy, that will have nothing to do with Lord Halan.

In fact, even if one were to scavenge Danzo's legacy, it would not be in the name of the Seventon Council, but rather collected privately by capable individuals or organizations, which would have even less to do with Lord Halan.

Of course, Xia Duo has no need to consider the risks involved for Lord Halan. As of now, the two have no intersection; initially, he only wanted the Halansaide.

As for now, the new idea and plan he suddenly conceived regarding how to treat Lord Halan also leaves room for maneuver.

Thinking this way, Xia Duo extended an invitation to Lord Halan, "With multiple Great Arcanists present at the moment, it is somewhat inconvenient. Why not go to the Watchtower to discuss in detail?"

"The Watchtower?" Lord Halan frowned slightly.

He was not unfamiliar with this name, but he did not understand what this Watchtower had to do with Lord Xia Duo. However, he suddenly thought that Lord Xia Duo's wife was a student of the Princess; could it be because of this?

He could not figure it out, but that did not mean he would refuse such an invitation. After a moment of thought, he decided to agree.

The bill at the tavern had already been settled, so the two did not delay any further and headed straight out. Of course, when passing by the several Great Arcanists, they could not avoid nodding in greeting.

Fireside Rest was in a small alley outside Jilan Tower, but as it was also in the Old City District, it was only separated by two or three blocks from Netheril Square, where one could teleport at will.

Taking this opportunity, Xia Duo briefly explained the current ownership of the Watchtower on the way. Besides dispelling any potential doubts Lord Halan might have, it was more importantly to showcase the strength of the Tower of Time, as the cooperation to be discussed next was related to this.

Soon, the two arrived at Netheril Square.

To the north of the square, the Nether Palace in the night seemed even busier than it was when the Princess was still there, with people entering or leaving from time to time.

Xia Duo only took a rough glance and recognized that most of those people were out-of-town tourists who had come to visit and pray. This was perhaps a brand-new landscape after the Nether Palace was converted into a Temple.

There were not many people on the square. Those tourists would not stay long in the Old City District after visiting and would leave quickly. There were only some people like Xia Duo and his companion who wanted to teleport here or teleport from here.

There were not many areas in the Old City District where one could teleport at will, and Netheril Square was considered the largest such area.

From Seventon to the Watchtower, it was not necessarily required to teleport from a Mage Tower. The current Xia Duo was fully capable of teleporting there directly, or even to Nan Jing.

Furthermore, the risk level of teleporting directly to a Teleportation Array with a specific Access Key was not much higher than teleporting between Teleportation Arrays.

Of course, if teleporting to a non-Teleportation Array target, it was still safer to use a Teleportation Array.

To summarize, any teleportation involving a Teleportation Array was safer, with a lower risk of teleportation errors, and array-to-array was the safest.

Another option was the Portal; this type of instantaneous Spell was even safer than a Teleportation Array.

However, the interior of the Watchtower was restricted from opening Portals, and the Watchtower had no Tower Spirit, so Xia Duo could not control it from the outside to lift the restriction.

The only way to reach the Watchtower directly was to teleport to the Teleportation Array inside the Watchtower.

Other than that, even if one teleported to the island, there was no way to open the door from the outside, unless one broke through the Protection like an enemy attack.

This was the only path set up when Xia Duo last maintained the Blazing Sun Array. Even as the one with the highest Permission Level, he could only act according to the settings.

It was like using a key to open a lock; there was only one keyhole. Could one conjure an extra keyhole? Wouldn't that be destroying the lock itself?

As for technical cracking, that was a matter on another level. If the technique was brilliant, even having a Tower Spirit might not be enough to defend against it, let alone a Watchtower that did not even have a Tower Spirit!

"Lord Halan, get ready, I am going to teleport."

Xia Duo gave a reminder and immediately cast a Teleportation Spell.

In an instant, the Magic Net around the two began to vibrate violently, and even the naked eye's perspective blurred for a split second, as if a burst of Void Mist had enveloped the two.

When the Mist dissipated, the two had already appeared on the Teleportation Array of the Watchtower, and the surrounding spiritual light quickly faded under the array's own stabilizing effect.

Although the actual teleportation process required a certain amount of time, this bit of time was not within the range perceptible to the teleporter!

Even for Xia Duo, there was no perception of the teleportation process; he had no idea how much time had passed.

This was also the power of the Delayed Teleportation Spell.

In the past, Xia Duo had often thought about performing a small upgrade to the Tower of Time's Teleportation Array by embedding Delayed Teleportation into it. This way, when others teleported over, there would be time to conduct a more detailed inspection of the teleporter to avoid situations like a Trojan horse.

This time, bringing an outsider to the Watchtower, this idea in Xia Duo's mind became clear again. What if he were a hidden villain, bringing along a Lord Halan who could cause damage or interference to the Mage Tower from the inside?

Wouldn't this Mage Tower be easily breached from within?

However, the Tower of Time's Teleportation Array was closely linked to the whole, even involving the Tower Spirit, making it quite complex to modify. Xia Duo did not have absolute certainty, but the Watchtower had a simple structure and could be used for practice.

"Lord Halan, please this way!"

After adding temporary Permission Level for Lord Halan, Xia Duo led him to a Reception Room downstairs from the Teleportation Room.

On his own turf, Xia Duo was obviously much more relaxed than when he was in Seventon. Plus, the matters discussed did not involve overly secret content, only that it might be earlier in time than others.

Of course, this was not certain. Lord Halan could obtain Demon-Slaying Arrow design blueprints similar to "military industrial orders" in advance through some channel, so others could certainly obtain them too.

Even Xia Duo himself, if he asked Iolum, might not be unable to obtain them.

After all, when Iolum handed him the minutes of the Northland Alliance negotiation meeting, he had told him to go back and prepare in advance!

Although Xia Duo understood that Iolum's original intention was for him to make certain adjustments to the development of the Territory in response to the relevant policies after the establishment of the Northland Alliance to avoid falling into a passive position.

But if one insisted on saying it was related to military industrial orders, that was also fine.

If a student wants to make money, would a teacher stop them?