Chapter 1244: Mothership Instant Kill, An Accident Without a Doubt

Hearing Lord Duohuo's questioning, Sikumu's expression instantly turned somewhat gloomy; in his heart, he felt that this man who had advanced through favoritism truly did not care at all about the face of a Great Arcanist.

Since the Seven Towers dared to bring the investigation results to such an occasion, they must be able to withstand verification; compared to losing credibility, the Seven Towers would rather accept the consequences of admitting responsibility for Kelifu's death.

Sikumu glared fiercely at Huo Ke, then explained to everyone: "Everything that exists leaves a trace. This footage occurred in Leisen Territory. If you do not believe the Seven Towers' investigation results, you are welcome to go and verify it yourselves!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Duolaisen Hawk added, "I will!"

The others could not help but frown upon hearing this; this targeting was a bit too obvious and too impatient!

Among the few Great Arcanists like Magna who were not from the Seven Towers, there would certainly be some who would go to Leisen Territory to investigate and verify after the meeting ended. Raising questions during the meeting was normal, but acting like Duolaisen Hawk was not.

Perhaps for Duolaisen Hawk himself, this was normal under a different identity.

For a moment, hearts stirred within the meeting hall, and a more cautious attitude was adopted toward this temporarily convened informal meeting.

Sikumu continued to present the Seven Towers' investigation results. He pointed casually at the shifting light and shadow in the center of the hall, and immediately, the scene of the reception room inside the Leisen Territory Mage Tower within that light and shadow turned into a sheet of silver radiance.

"This is the Astral Plane footage provided by the Eternal Holy Spirit Suo En, one of the parties involved in this incident. Because the concept of time in the Astral Plane is completely different from the Main Plane, the Seven Towers only traced a small amount of mental information in the Astral Plane, but it is enough to reconstruct the scene at that time."

Following Sikumu's introduction, the projection in the center of the hall began to evolve continuously. If Xia Duo were here, he would be surprised that his figure was nowhere to be found in these images.

More accurately, the footage only began after the Astral Hunter Mothership appeared.

The subsequent footage was also very brief; only a cone-shaped beam of light shot out from a giant gemstone at the front of the mothership, sweeping across the void. Kelifu, who had been pinned down by the leader of the Astral Hunter Squad, instantly turned into fly ash.

Only the Eternal Holy Spirit Suo En, at the moment the beam descended, transformed himself into a special state and thus survived, though he was severely injured as a result.

After that, it was Suo En's solo escape. This part was fast-forwarded and skipped in the projection in the center of the hall. Finally, the image froze on Suo En turning into a statue, merging with the silver void, eternally motionless, until he was found by Lander, at which point he revived.

"The current Suo En has lost the Time Anchor for the current moment of the Main Plane, but Lander remains. Archbishop Benniditas has already proven that Lander's experiences and investigation in the Astral Plane are true and real. It is just that, involving the Astral Plane, it is difficult to repeat the verification; this is the only point of the incident that might be in doubt, and the Seven Towers does not deny it."

This time, after Sikumu finished speaking, Lord Hawk did not raise any further questions. First of all, there was Lander; although not known for fairness or integrity, his credibility ranked among the very best of all the Great Arcanists in Netheril.

More crucially, there was Archbishop Benniditas. Although he was a Priest, he held high prestige in Seventon and even the entire Netheril, and he was deeply favored by Divine Grace and mastered Prophecy. If even he were not worthy of trust, then there would be no one in all of Netheril worthy of trust.

In fact, Duolaisen Hawk had originally intended to raise questions. After all, the Astral Plane was special; if it could not be re-examined, wasn't that the Seven Towers faking the scene, faking the footage, and faking the evidence!

But upon hearing that there was proof from Benniditas, he immediately and resentfully abandoned this plan.

This was not the first time he had encountered someone using Benniditas to block him. Although he was displeased, he also knew that he alone was not qualified to question that Archbishop.

Fortunately, he had not intended to do anything about the Seven Towers' investigation results anyway. Upon learning that Sikumu was going to convene the Council of Great Arcanists, Duolaisen Hawk had guessed that it was unlikely to find any attack points in this investigation result.

The reason he raised questions was just to express dissatisfaction with the Seven Towers' high-and-mighty attitude and to cause some trouble for Sikumu. As for what he truly wanted to do, the Seven Towers could not stop it at all.

Next, Sikumu released the retrospective footage from the Projection Hall of the Plane Exploration Layer in Giles Tower. In this footage, Xia Duo's figure appeared for the first time; although very blurry, he did indeed appear.

As for Kelifu, he went from blurry at the beginning to clear in an instant, but then immediately turned into fly ash, with his Mage Robe, ornaments, and Scepter scattering all over the ground.

This was Kelifu's complete death process in the Main Plane!

And this footage, like the one from the Leisen Territory Mage Tower reception room, could also withstand re-examination.

Besides this, Sikumu also announced the comprehensive judgment result made by Archbishop Benniditas using Prophecy regarding this incident—

It was confirmed to be an accident, without a doubt!

At this point, the Seven Towers' investigation results came to an end. Sikumu took back the transparent crystal he had thrown out earlier and sat down.

The meeting hall suddenly fell silent. After a moment, Iolum spoke slowly: "Do you have any further questions regarding the Seven Towers' investigation results?"

No one answered.

This was also normal; after all, without re-examination, no one would easily state their position, even if Magna and the others were already relatively accepting of the Seven Towers' investigation results at this moment.

Furthermore, the subsequent fallout of this matter would not end with the conclusion of the investigation. The death of a Great Arcanist would inevitably have an impact on the current domestic and international situation of Netheril.

As for the scale of the impact, it would depend on the re-examination results and the thoughts of those with ulterior motives.

"Since that is the case, let's end this meeting here for now. I think many people have not rested for at least two days and two nights. You might as well go back and rest first; the Arcane Union will temporarily suppress the public announcement."

In reality, this was a pretext Iolum used because he saw that Magna and the others still had thoughts of re-examination. Of course, it was also true that they hadn't rested for two days and two nights.

Counting the daytime of the day Kelifu died, it was indeed two days and two nights until the morning of the third day after the incident.

Not counting the few Great Arcanists from the Seven Towers who personally participated in the investigation, even Iolum, the neutral arbitrator, had not rested for two days and two nights.

As for the others, they had also been waiting for the Seven Towers' investigation results.

Of course, for Great Arcanists, there were too many ways to eliminate fatigue and relieve drowsiness, but the psychological pressure brought about by this matter still needed to be released.

Just as Iolum was about to announce the end of the meeting, Duolaisen Hawk suddenly stood up to stop those who were already intending to leave:

"Everyone, please wait a moment. I have one more thing I would like to say!"