Chapter 1793: Mental Mentor

Xia Duo gave a reminder and didn't pay it much mind; after leaving Gustav Tower, he went to find Iolum to understand the research progress on the War Spells supporting the Mythallar, then returned to the Tower of Time.

Before the matter came to a temporary end, he was not prepared to go out again.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side, at Gustav Tower, about half an hour later, Badijiaer summoned the several Controllers of the Seven Towers.

The group gathered outside the highest-specification secret chamber of the Seven Towers, looking at the two motionless figures inside, as well as a pile of scattered items that had lost their luster; a strange atmosphere began to brew among them.

"I knew it had something to do with the East!"

Even Haruisi, who was more inclined to maintain friendly relations with the Elves, had to admit at this moment that the theft of the Nether Scroll back then had been orchestrated by the Prince of Cormanthor himself!

Just looking at the imprisoned Prince of Cormanthor in the secret chamber, Haruisi still felt a faint sense of unease in his heart, and upon seeing the small cell next to the Prince, he couldn't help but ask:

"What exactly happened with that matter back then? Could it be that this Gnome was also a participant?"

"Yes, and there's more than that!" Badijiaer gave a cold snort, "You probably can't imagine what else this Gnome has done!"

At the thought of the results of the interrogation just now, the anger in Badijiaer's heart flared up, and he even felt some regret for certain decisions made in the past.

Although he also knew that the true masterminds behind these matters were the Elves, he still couldn't help but feel a surge of rage when he saw that these little things dared to participate in the disputes between the two countries.

"What else has this Gnome done?" Huo En asked.

He knew that Badijiaer must be implying something by saying this, but he still couldn't fathom what a mere Gnome could possibly do, and he even remained skeptical about whether the Gnome before them was truly a participant in that incident from years ago.

"At least three hundred years ago, this Gnome had already begun operating within Netheril, attempting to rescue Gnome Slaves and trying to establish an independent nation!" Badijiaer said calmly.

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Huo En's face was immediately filled with astonishment, "Cormanthor was already—at that time?"

One must know that three hundred years ago, Netheril had only just made contact with Cormanthor; if Cormanthor had begun plotting all of this back then, then their intentions were far too sinister.

Regarding this, not only Haruisi, but even the others expressed doubt.

"Intelligent races always produce some heroic figures throughout their long history; could it be that this Gnome is one?"

"This Gnome being a hero of their race and him accepting Cormanthor's funding and orders are not contradictory!"

Looking at the various expressions on everyone's faces, Badijiaer shook his head to himself, "Since I am telling you all this, I naturally have absolute certainty! I will just say one name, and you might understand."

"What name?"

"Limox!"

"Limox? The legendary Gnome mentor? Didn't he die long ago? Badijiaer, what do you mean by this? Could it be that this Gnome is Limox?"

Huo En expressed his skepticism once again; in the records of the Seven Towers, the Gnome Limox did indeed exist and was quite famous, but he had been found and killed by the Seven Towers several hundred years ago.

In the hundreds of years since, although Gnome Slaves often organized resistance in the name of Limox, investigations proved that they were merely using Limox's name, rather than Limox having been resurrected.

Even the Gnome resistance fighters in various places, despite launching resistance actions simultaneously, had almost no connection with each other.

Now that Badijiaer claimed this Gnome was Limox, Huo En's first reaction was that it was fake; it was likely that the Eaerlann Elf had learned some legends about Limox and deliberately created this to intensify the conflict between Netheril and Cormanthor!

After all, the worse the relationship between Netheril and Cormanthor, the more beneficial it was for Eaerlann; the other party had the motive to do such a thing.

Huo En's doubts were also the doubts of the other Controllers, especially Sikumu, as the killing of Limox back then had been completed by Giles Tower, and the process was recorded in Giles Tower more detailedly than anywhere else.

After taking his position, in order to better control the Giles Tower—which could be called a massive interest group—Sikumu had spent almost every moment reviewing numerous past records, and he hadn't even finished reading them all yet!

But coincidentally, just a short while ago, he had just read some materials related to Limox.

At this moment, he could grasp the key points when refuting, "The Scrying records of the Seven Towers from the past cannot be fake; 【Limox】 died long ago. The later 【Limox】 was just an image of resistance deliberately shaped by that bunch of little things. Lord Badijiaer, do not be blinded by that Eaerlann Elf."

"If I am blinded, can I still find the Nether Scroll that was stolen back then? Why don't you go try it yourself!" Badijiaer immediately retorted.

He found Sikumu more and more displeasing to the eye; he should have supported Kaousi's succession back then.

Although Kaousi had to bear a certain amount of responsibility in the Nether Scroll theft incident back then, compared to these young people today, the older generation understood the big picture and cooperation better, and even if there were occasional disputes, they knew the principle of fighting without breaking.

"Alright, everyone, say less. Sikumu, you have experienced too little; at the very least, you should show some respect to your seniors. And Badijiaer, everyone can see what that Eaerlann Elf is thinking; it is better to be more vigilant."

Haruisi might not have had much prestige usually, but to put it another way, it was precisely because he was usually too easygoing and had decent relationships with all sides that he was the most capable of speaking on the internal conflicts of the Seven Towers.

However, such opportunities were not common in the past; when the Princess was still around, it was not so easy for everyone to have conflicts, and even Huo En and Badijiaer, when they occasionally argued, did so mostly to gain some verbal advantage and never let it affect official business.

But now, the appearance of Sikumu clearly had a trend of making the interior of the Seven Towers emotional, which would greatly affect the unity of the Seven Towers, as the seven parties of the Seven Towers were essentially in a competitive relationship.

If they could not find a win-win situation from the competition and continuously create common interests, then the collapse of the Seven Towers Group was only a matter of time.

With Haruisi's mediation, neither Badijiaer nor Sikumu continued to argue, and after such a commotion, everyone lost interest in Limox himself and instead asked about the role Cormanthor played in this.

Regarding this, Badijiaer explained: "According to Limox's memory, he began accepting Cormanthor's funding and even leadership from about three hundred years ago, during which he orchestrated a total of nearly ten thousand resistance actions, many of which caused irreparable and massive losses to Netheril."