Chapter 1248: Variables of the Main Plane, the Demon Army

For a moment, Xia Duo already felt some suspicion regarding the origin of this Mythallar; even if it had been researched by the Seven Towers themselves, it might not be devoid of traps set in advance by the Elves.

Such a Mythallar not only failed to bring him a sense of security, but instead caused him a bout of panic; yet, the establishment of the Seville Mythallar must have cost a great deal of manpower and resources, and a mere guess was not enough to make the Seven Towers abandon the Mythallar project.

If it were Xia Duo himself, having walked a long-term project to the end, when it was about to be completed, if someone said this project had hidden dangers, he would not believe it, and might even consider them an obstacle to the project.

Under these circumstances, the thought of building a Mage Tower in Seventon rose in Xia Duo's heart once again; if there were no Mage Tower, such a Seventon really was not reassuring at all!

As for the possibility of the Mythallar expanding and evolving into a Border Barrier, there was no need to consider such a long-term prospect for now; after all, the Netheril of the Main Plane and the Arcane Empire of the Projection Plane were still somewhat different.

The independence of lords across Netheril was very strong, and it was unlikely they would be willing to join a centralized Mythallar system covering the entire territory of Netheril, as that would be equivalent to being a head shorter than the Seven Towers.

Although in reality they were already a head shorter, in legal terms, they were mutually equal.

Additionally, there was one more point that was the biggest difference between the Main Plane and the Projection Plane—

Xia Duo knew that the Iolum of the Main Plane was very likely to invent the Mythallar Core, while the Projection Plane did not have this person named Iolum, let alone any shadow of such super-energy sources like the Mythallar Core.

The Netheril of the Main Plane would very likely follow the path of Floating Cities in the future, and the importance of ground territory would be greatly reduced, not necessarily requiring the protection of a Border Barrier.

Or rather, with a Floating City, even if the ground territory had no protection at all, it would not be easily invaded before the enemy could deal with the Floating City.

The most precious resource in war is people, not land; however, Xia Duo did wonder how many ordinary citizens would be able to move up once the Floating City was built in the future.

The fewer the ordinary citizens, the smaller the potential for war and development would be.

"I hope the Netherese Mages are not so unwise!"

Not knowing how long he had been pondering, a layer of golden radiance had already draped over Xia Duo; the spring sunlight was not very hot, and after being filtered by the Element Balance Domain of his Mage Robe, it appeared even more gentle.

Xia Duo enjoyed such leisure time, but this was not true leisure; within three days, he had to complete one Demon-Slaying Arrow to hand over to the Halan Territory lord.

And after that, he still had to prepare a mass-production plan for Demon-Slaying Amulets for the Magic Technicians of the Tower of Time; if the mass-production design were also handed to others to do, then the subcontracting order for the Halan Territory lord would likely not be completed within a month.

Returning to the Arcane Union, Xia Duo discovered that there were quite a few more people here than when he had first arrived in the morning, most of whom had come to inquire about news, but that no longer had much to do with him.

The investigation results of the Seven Towers had already been announced; although it was not yet completely settled, it was almost impossible to be overturned, and Xia Duo could also rest assured to continue the trial production of the Demon-Slaying Arrow.

And on the other side.

After returning to Gustav Tower, Badijiaer immediately received a notification from the tower's foreign affairs department, saying that Prince Baside had already been waiting in the Reception Room for a long time.

Although he had not rested for two days and two nights, Badijiaer still suppressed his physical and mental agitation and exhaustion, and without delay, soon arrived at the Reception Room.

Here, he met Prince Baside, who also wore a look of fatigue; in terms of physical fitness alone, a Dwarf is more than a notch above a human.

And now, Prince Baside's fatigue was fully apparent, and even the large beard on his chest, which would be combed neatly on any occasion, had become somewhat disheveled.

There might be an element of playing the victim in this, but it was more likely that the situation in Danzo was already very dire.

Thinking this, Badijiaer pretended not to notice at all, and asked with concern as usual: "Your Highness, coming so early, is there some new situation in the underground again?"

Prince Baside had a special status, and he himself was a Holy Hammer Warrior equivalent to a Great Arcanist; from the day he arrived in Seventon, he had continuously brought the latest intelligence regarding the underground war to the Seven Towers.

Badijiaer asking this was not wrong, but it clearly avoided Prince Baside's true intent.

However, Prince Baside did not seem to realize Badijiaer's deliberate evasion, but instead answered this question earnestly:

"The number of Drow Priests is increasing day by day, but they have temporarily slowed their offensive, turning instead to hoarding demons; in the future, Danzo will surely face a thunderous blow, and by then, perhaps Danzo will also cease to exist!"

Hearing this, Badijiaer's expression changed instantly; after more than half a month of contact with Prince Baside, he understood quite a bit about the underground war situation.

Previously, although the Drow could summon demons to fight, they could only summon them in the heat of battle; those demons were extremely insane, sometimes even killing their summoners, and more often they would slaughter each other.

If it were not for this, Danzo would have fallen long ago, but now that the Drow had found a more effective means to control demons, a unified army of demons might indeed appear in the future.

In that case, attacking the Surface was truly not just empty talk.

Badijiaer immediately realized the severity of the matter and hurriedly asked again: "Prince Baside, this question is extremely important, you must answer it seriously: have the Drow really become capable of hoarding demons?"

"Yes, I am certain!" Finally, Prince Baside added another sentence, "In the name of the Baside family!"

Hearing such an answer, Badijiaer frowned deeply and sighed in his heart; he knew that the Northland Alliance negotiations could not be dragged out much longer.

"Prince Baside coming to me, it shouldn't just be to tell me this news, right? Is there anything else? Please state it all together."

"It is about the Northland Alliance negotiations!" Prince Baside said with a solemn expression.

Badijiaer thought to himself, *as expected*, and heard Prince Baside continue: "The Northland Alliance negotiations have reached the final stage, with only the final signing remaining; I hope Netheril can prioritize the safety of the Northland and make some concessions on some trivial issues; Danzo will surely reciprocate."

"Trivial issues?"

"Yes."

Badijiaer shook his head and asked: "Prince Baside, have you been to see Lucien?"

"I have." Prince Baside's voice suddenly lowered; he knew what Badijiaer wanted to say.

Precisely because he had been there, he knew how troublesome these seemingly trivial issues could be when it came to actual resolution!

Establishing the Northland Alliance was a good thing that would benefit the countries of the Northland in jointly responding to crises, and even in cooperating for mutual benefit; the negotiations regarding this were mostly concentrated on the yielding and distribution of interests.

Involving specific interests, although all parties had demands that leaned toward their own side, this was not impossible to negotiate.

Under the threat of the Drow, the Northland Alliance negotiations had progressed very quickly, but it was precisely on some seemingly trivial issues that they had become stuck!