Chapter 1863: Contrast, Probing

"Lord Sailuo, please save my child! This brat had to go to the old house in the west of all places, and has been unconscious ever since he returned. Lord Sailuo, you must save him!"

Xia Duo arrived quite coincidentally, just in time to "see" a female Moon Elf clutching a child stumble into the herbalist's hut.

In his Perception, this female Moon Elf possessed only a faint glimmer of light resulting from the natural resonance between living beings and the Magic Net; she did not even have a single Magic Item, clearly placing her among the lowest-ranking Commoners.

As for the Sailuo she spoke of, if nothing went wrong, he should be that herbalist, who was also the Demon Descendant Elf of the Radical Faction that Gulite had mentioned.

Xia Duo did not immediately move his Perception Field into the hut to investigate Sailuo himself, but instead began to reconstruct the scene inside based on the sound and light signals passively collected by the field outside the hut—

It should be said that this was a very ordinary herbalist's hut, with many dried medicinal herbs strung together with thin ropes hanging on the walls inside.

Sailuo did not seem to be operating here alone; there was also an Apprentice who was busy running about, and it was he who took the Elf child from the hands of the pleading female Moon Elf at this moment.

"It's Lady Aisite, don't worry, let me see!"

Unlike the manic and radical Demon Descendant Elf image Xia Duo had anticipated, inside the hut, Sailuo appeared quite gentle; not only did he personally step forward to examine the unconscious child, but he also had the Apprentice help pour a cup of green potion for Lady Aisite.

And he himself was not a Gold Elf like Gulite, but a Wood Elf.

With such an attitude and such an image, at first glance, Xia Duo found it truly difficult to associate him with a radical Demon Descendant Elf.

"Is Gulite deliberately looking for trouble?"

Xia Duo did indeed have some doubts in his heart, but he did not believe that Gulite would lie to him under those circumstances, let alone go so far as to fabricate such an outrageous lie.

The only explanation was probably that the Sailuo before him was disguised too well.

Of course, it was also possible that the so-called "Radical Faction Demon Descendant Elf" was not at all what Xia Duo had originally imagined, and that this current appearance of Sailuo was their true face.

Next, Xia Duo carefully investigated around Sailuo's herbalist hut. During this process, several other community residents came to seek help, and it was not limited to treating illnesses; there was even a resident who came just to get a cup of the green potion that Sailuo had the Apprentice pour for Lady Aisite.

As for the unconscious child brought by Lady Aisite, after some operations by Sailuo, he actually woke up, and after drinking a cup of that green potion, his spirit also recovered quite a bit.

Regarding this, Sailuo's explanation was—

"The Magic Net environment near the old house in the west is complex. Xiaokai probably just encountered a relatively strong Magic Net oscillation and injured his spirit. It's not a serious problem; he will be able to wake up after resting normally for two days."

"And this is a good thing. Xiaokai's unconsciousness shows that he has an unusually keen perception of the Magic Net. I congratulate you, Lady Aisite, your family is about to produce a real Mage!"

The last scene Xia Duo saw was Lady Aisite leaving happily with her son Xiaokai. For this reason, before withdrawing his Perception, he specifically went to look at the old house that had caused Xiaokai's unconsciousness.

It was indeed as Sailuo had said, the Magic Net environment was complex, but what Sailuo did not say was that the area where this old house was located was actually a long-neglected, near-collapsing Offset Node!

Originally, Xia Duo was still troubled about how to probe Sailuo's background, after all, Demon Descendant Elves who controlled their bloodlines were very adept at hiding.

But after seeing this Offset Node, he immediately had an idea.

Early the next morning.

Saijisi sent a Sending to find Xia Duo to continue surveying the Mythallar Nodes. After talking, Xia Duo learned that Ougesi and the Eye of Fear side were already in a state of semi-abandonment; now, still holding onto yesterday's three-day agreement was merely a final effort to do their best and leave the rest to fate.

Once the three days were up, they would hand Gulite over to the Wuweilun side. Regardless, it was true that the forces behind Gulite were plotting to assassinate Crown King Yintewa; handing Gulite over early would also avoid any unclear explanations later.

"That's all we can do. We probably can't count on Wuweilun. However, Katunidede said that Jielunsita's attitude has softened recently; perhaps we can open a breakthrough from that side."

"Jielunsita?"

Xia Duo immediately thought of the news he heard from Xize in Shaerwen the day before yesterday regarding Jielunsita's prophecies about Siluwende.

The prophecy might be true or false, it was impossible to determine for the time being, but Siluwende's intention to infiltrate Jielunsita should be true.

And the prophecy might be Jielunsita's response; whether true or false, it could stir up a wave of opposition against Siluwende in the Northland.

If Evereska could make good use of this opportunity, perhaps they could really open a breakthrough for negotiations.

But as for Wuweilun, Xia Duo still did not want to give up, though there was no need to tell Saijisi about this.

XC District, Golden Dawn Hill.

This was the location of a key Main Node of the old Evereska Mythallar, originally controlled by an ancient Upper Family, but not long ago the Council of Elders reached an agreement with that family.

The Council of Elders gave that family a position in the independent Evereska, while that family handed over all the Old Mythallar Permission they held to the Council of Elders.

This naturally included the control of the Golden Dawn Hill Main Node.

Saijisi did not know the details of this, so Xia Duo did not ask blindly. Now, there were no longer any members of the Golden Morning Family here; they had all moved to the North District.

In the future, that would be the absolute political center of Evereska, and it was necessary to go there early to occupy a position.

"Saijisi, what is the plan?"

"Let's survey the surrounding Offset Nodes first. Although the Golden Morning Family has handed over the Mythallar Permission, no one knows if they might have held something back. It's better to be safe!"

"Mm."

Xia Duo nodded, considering it an approval of Saijisi's suggestion. In fact, this also facilitated his subsequent operations.

On the east side of Golden Dawn Hill, in fact, not far to the east from here was the Jinqiangwei Community that Xia Duo had just investigated last night.

The survey began. Xia Duo did not make any superfluous moves, but having already planned it, how could he really do nothing!

Just as he was surveying an Offset Node, the disturbance continuously accumulated by Xia Duo through Scrying spells finally reached a critical point.

The next moment, the Magic Net oscillated, and this oscillation spread rapidly in all directions. There were no problems in the other directions.

After all, it was just a weak, redundant fluctuation caused by multiple Spellcasting, which could normally be ignored.

But in the east, this oscillation, cleverly designed by Xia Duo, was amplified step by step along several Offset Nodes of the old Evereska Mythallar, and by the time it reached the Jinqiangwei Community, it was already an unstoppable, overwhelming force.