Chapter 1390: Crisis Approaching, A Face-to-Face Refusal

Miyilian is a young Gold Elf female with a sweet appearance and an innocent nature, but as a High Mage, her true inner self is naturally not as innocent as she appears.

Not to mention that she was recommended by Yilisier Mianwang to participate in the Omniscience Ritual; Faluo choosing her first was, to a greater or lesser extent, based on these considerations.

However, after Miyilian smiled, she shook her head firmly, "Except for a dazzling light, I could see nothing at all."

Hearing such an answer, Faluo could not help but frown; "dazzling light" sounded more like an excuse. This was already the seventh Omniscience Ritual, why couldn't they discover more? They were still trying to fool the elves with information known since the first time!

Thinking of this, a trace of anger rose faintly in Faluo's heart, and he looked in succession at the other three High Mages recommended by Yilisier Mianwang, "What about you? Did you gain anything?"

"We also only saw a dazzling light, nothing else!"

This must be an answer they agreed upon beforehand!

Faluo suppressed his anger and looked at the true key participants of this ritual—Xierdalanna and Aomosi.

They had had close contact with the suspected Fate Messenger discovered previously; surely they would be able to bring back some new information this time!

But to Faluo's near-frenzy, Xierdalanna and Aomosi both shook their heads helplessly and said, "The information we obtained this time is the same as last time, or even less and more blurred!"

"How could this be?" Faluo muttered.

According to his original plan, this time should have at least confirmed who the true Fate Messenger was, and then he could continue to send people to contact the true Fate Messenger, so that the next ritual could yield more information.

This would cycle repeatedly until the truth of the fate shown by the Oracle was completely revealed.

"Could it be that the Netherese discovered the spell we are performing? And then took precautions, thereby interfering with the results?" An elf proposed a guess.

But Faluo flatly denied it, "Impossible, the Omniscience Ritual is not so easily discovered. If you don't believe it, you can experiment yourselves at the next ritual."

After finishing, Faluo took a deep breath, his eyes shining as he continued, "Just within this month, those two humans suddenly made some defensive moves. I think there is only one possibility: they are both Fate Messengers shown by the Oracle, and something they have been doing this month is precisely the change shown by the Oracle!

"Yes, it must be so! Now we must determine what exactly they have done this month! As long as we know what they have done, we can infer whether the impact of that event on the elves is positive or negative.

"If it is positive, then undoubtedly we will give them as much support as possible; if it is negative, then without me saying it, you all know what to do!"

At this moment, Faluo's impassioned expression seemed as if he had grasped a corner of fate. He took out the Main God's Oracle again and perceived it carefully. Although he could not obtain more information from it, the will of the Main God gave him great encouragement.

With the Oracle before them, some elves had already begun to provide the information they knew—

"I know that just a few days ago, those two Fate Messengers went to Aifuruisi, and Yilisier Mianwang was there at the time!"

"Aifuruisi, could the Oracle be related to the Northland Alliance? But why not directly reveal some more obvious characteristics of the Northland Alliance?"

"I don't think it's the Northland Alliance; it should be something they did in Aifuruisi! Of course, it could also be in Ailintar!"

"Ailintar? If it's there, then I have no way!"

At this moment, the elves present, one after another, actually managed to piece together the movement trajectory of Xia Duo and Iolum over the last month!

As for what more detailed things they did or who they met, further investigation would be needed.

Listening to these bizarre or ordinary guesses from their kin, Xierdalanna hesitated, not knowing whether to mention that Xia Duo was smuggling spices to Keman.

This matter was neither big nor small, but the most critical thing was that she played an inglorious role in it.

Originally, the identity of Tuofu of the Moon Crown Family was only provided by Faluo to facilitate her contact with the Fate Messenger, but she had conspired with humans to smuggle for a bit of High-Grade Mithril; once such a thing spread, it would simply be bringing shame to the Moonhorn Family.

(Note: Moon Crown belongs to Keman, Moonhorn belongs to Yierlan. Xierdalanna is the first heir of the Moonhorn Family and, of course, the culprit behind the ruins of Mage Yinuosen. Most of the High-Grade Mithril in Netheril comes from the Moonhorn Family.)

After hesitating for a long time, Xierdalanna ultimately did not say anything related to the smuggling, but she had already decided to pay more attention to that Lord Xia Duo later. Perhaps by using the pretext of smuggling, she could discover the other party's true secrets!

If she could find the truth of the change related to the fate of the Elf race shown by the Main God's Oracle, then the matter of conspiring with humans to smuggle would naturally be as small as could be.

From this moment on, for the first time, Xierdalanna had the thought of completing the mission well, rather than just treating it as an alternative way to obtain Ancient Spell Secret Scrolls.

After the small meeting of the Elf Court, the elves dispersed and began to act accordingly. Xia Duo, who was completely unaware of this, had already arrived in Seventon at this moment.

At the Arcane Union, he met the person who had asked to see him: the current head of Gustav Tower and the external spokesperson for the Seven Towers, the Great Arcanist Badijiaer.

"I didn't expect that we would meet again in such a situation just after parting a few days ago. Although I already know your choice from Master Iolum, I still have to ask one more time: are you willing to hand Yatewude over to the Seven Towers? The Seven Towers absolutely guarantees his safety, and once the situation stabilizes, he will be released immediately."

To this, Xia Duo's answer was—"Thank you for the kindness and tolerance of the Seven Towers, but I still stand by my own view."

After hearing this, Badijiaer's expression stiffened, but he did not say any harsh words, only saying that he could contact him whenever he changed his mind.

After saying this, he left the Reception Room.

Watching the other party's retreating figure, Xia Duo did not know whether his choice was right or wrong.

However, he was very clear about one thing: with the identity of a Senior Arcanist he had now displayed, having refused Badijiaer to his face, regardless of whether it was his original intention, the two would certainly not be as harmonious as before.

Originally, because the two had had some contact during the Snow Melting Competition the year before last, their relationship was quite good, but now, the previous bit of goodwill would probably be voided.

Xia Duo thought of the Mage Tower construction permit he was applying for at the Seven Cities Conference and could not help but sigh, "Alas, alas." If nothing unexpected happened, that application would likely be a lost cause!

That is fine too; investing heavily in building a Mage Tower in a ground city destined for decline is somewhat inappropriate. Hurrying to climb the Mythallar technology and building a Floating City is the right path!

Thinking of this, Xia Duo also got up and left the Reception Room.

Iolum was still waiting for him!