Chapter 1267: Brain-Supplementation, Purification Potion

At present, Xia Duo knew he could not refuse Yilisi's order, unless he was willing to give up this projection.

But outside in the Dream Ruins, the point of light representing this Projection Plane was already extremely dim; while there was still plenty of time within the Projection Plane, and even a Time Loop to utilize, outside, it might not be able to hold on for much longer.

As for killing Commoners, Xia Duo did not have many qualms; not to mention that the essence of this Projection Plane was merely a strand of strange consciousness in the Astral Plane, some of the Commoners within it did not even count as living beings.

Even if they were Elf Commoners of the Main Plane, Xia Duo would not hesitate to kill them if it were necessary.

Total war itself was a life-or-death business; clearing out the enemy's vital forces was something any party in a war would do, and must do.

However, just as Xia Duo was about to act, Yilisi suddenly stopped him, "That is enough. That village is actually under our control; they count as auxiliary members of the Vengeance Tribunal."

Xia Duo suddenly broke out in a cold sweat; if "Maikade" was the traitor, then whether he killed or did not kill, he would not end up in a good position.

And if this traitor was brain-damaged enough to want to warn those Elves, then it would be even more interesting; he would discover that they were also people from the Tribunal.

Of course, Yilisi's words might not necessarily be true; perhaps it was another layer of testing, wanting to see if "Maikade," the suspected traitor, would pass information to the Cormanthor side.

But regardless, Xia Duo had passed this hurdle for now; since Yilisi was willing to reveal this information, there would inevitably be a next instruction.

"Return to the branch first. In your team, apart from you, not a single one survived."

"What about Pide?" Xia Duo asked subconsciously.

Regarding this question, Yilisi was clearly not interested in answering, only saying meaningfully, "What do you think?"

Xia Duo was instantly bewildered; what could he think? Perhaps Pide was still alive and well, and they were preparing to use the traitor "Maikade" to fish, or perhaps Yilisi had already confirmed Pide was the traitor and killed him.

The water here was too deep; Xia Duo felt he could not quite grasp it.

It seemed that this Vengeance Tribunal was not easy to get by in!

Xia Duo was somewhat worried about whether he could find the resurrection Spell through this organization.

……

When returning to the branch, Xia Duo was brought back by Yilisi via teleportation; if not for Yilisi leading or providing the teleportation coordinates, he would never have found the location of the (branch) base.

And after returning to the base, Xia Duo finally saw living people other than Yilisi; it was another task team under Yilisi. Upon seeing Xia Duo, those five people had no gloating expressions on their faces, but were instead full of sorrow.

Regarding this, Xia Duo was thoughtful; there was no conflict of interest between task teams, as points were determined by the completion of tasks, and for different teams, the tasks were also different, decided only by their superior, Yilisi.

If one had to say there was any, it would at most be a dispute of spirit.

But the situation of the Empire had reached such a point, how much personal spirit could there be left to dispute?

Just thinking about it made those traitors seem even more detestable!

……

After entering the Study, Yilisi called out to Xia Duo, "Maikade?"

"My Lord, what are your instructions?"

"The Negative Energy Erosion on your body can only be removed by a Purification Potion. I will apply for one from Headquarters for you, but you must remember, the points you have are far from enough to exchange for a Purification Potion. If you cannot bring your points back to positive, then you will never be able to apply for the Arcane Fire Secret Scroll. Do you remember?"

By the time she finished, the expression on Yilisi's face was very serious, even more so than when she was in that unknown forest earlier.

But Xia Duo understood this was the other party's good intention; not to mention the Purification Potion that could cure his Negative Energy Erosion, just the fact that she reminded him to pay attention to the Arcane Fire Secret Scroll was enough for "Maikade" to feel grateful.

Let alone "Maikade," even Xia Duo felt grateful; after all, for the Negative Energy Erosion currently on his body, he himself had no way to solve it.

If Yilisi did not provide the Purification Potion, he would be forced to leave the Projection Plane in at most seven or eight days, and wanting to find information related to the resurrection Spell within seven or eight days was almost impossible.

So he hurriedly thanked Yilisi, "I have remembered, thank you for your guidance, My Lord! Maikade will surely kill all Cormanthor Demons for the Empire."

The Vengeance Tribunal did not use its own name to win people over, but retained the name of the Empire; as for the Vengeance Tribunal, it was inherited from the Tribunal of the Empire era.

With "Maikade's" current Permission Level, it was not enough to know more information related to the Empire, and this would also be content that Xia Duo would need to focus on investigating in the future.

If he could find members of the Resurrection Department who survived after the disaster occurred back then, that would be best; if he could not find them, he would need to go to the actual site of the Empire's ruined Resurrection Department to search.

Compared to the former, the possibility of finding the resurrection Spell in the latter was relatively lower.

But even if he could find members of the Resurrection Department, wanting to obtain the resurrection Spell from them would not be an easy matter.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo could not help but have a headache; he still did not know when the Time Loop would occur. If it occurred too early, he would not be able to raise his Permission Level through normal channels that fit "Maikade's" normal persona.

He had to do something unorthodox; even if it meant resorting to some brutal means, he had to obtain the relevant information as soon as possible.

While he was thinking, Yilisi spoke up again over there:

"I have already sent the application to Headquarters, and the Purification Potion will be delivered soon. Wait here for a while. Also, there is one more thing I need to remind you—"

"Please speak, My Lord!"

"The higher-ups have decided to form an alliance with Illefarn. From now on, do not mention the term 'Demon' again; they are all Elves!"

"Illefarn? Elves?"

Hearing this familiar name that had clearly been simply transferred from Elvish, Xia Duo was somewhat surprised. In the eyes of the Empire, Elves were synonymous with Demons and had to be killed quickly.

Now, they had to abandon this term, and the corresponding attitude would also change. Should he lament that the world changed too fast, or that people's hearts changed too fast?

"Illefarn is a nation among the Elves, hostile to Cormanthor. Now that the Empire's situation is poor, we are in urgent need of help from outside allies. The higher-ups also made this decision with great determination. What we need to do is to understand and accept it!"

Yilisi explained in a deep voice.

Although she herself did not fully agree with this decision from the higher-ups, since the higher-ups had already made the decision, she had to comply. Not only did she have to comply, her subordinates also had to comply.

"Yes." Xia Duo agreed after a slight hesitation.

Maikade cared a lot about the term "Demon," but since the policy from the higher-ups had changed, according to Maikade's behavioral pattern, he would likely not object, at least not openly.

Actually, Xia Duo could also see that Yilisi's words were somewhat insincere; she herself did not agree with it much, yet she had to make her subordinates agree, which was truly somewhat ridiculous.

However, Xia Duo did not dare to laugh out loud; if the other party got angry out of shame and caused the already-settled Purification Potion to fall through, that would be too tragic.