Chapter 1940: Northland Developments, The Final Step

For Xia Duo, although he was doing this in the Main Plane, he had long been extremely familiar with this task in the Evereska of the Projection Plane.

Therefore, while continuously collecting information on the Floating City, he could also spare some attention to ponder the latest developments in the Northland.

At present, Illefarn is busy dealing with the sudden Orc Tide, while Cormanthor and Netheril have begun their first round of negotiations regarding Prince Saier carrying the Nether Scroll.

Of the five major Northland nations, the remaining two—Yierlan and Danzo—the former, according to Iolum, seems to have already begun preparing war supplies, while the latter is involved in the Prince Saier affair and no news has emerged yet.

But because their territory is inside mountains and the Underdark, it is basically foreseeable that Danzo will not care much about the disputes of surface nations; in other words, it is also difficult to use the disputes of surface nations to influence their stance.

Evereska, however, has already entered a state of combat readiness due to the assassination of the Elder, and apart from diplomatic personnel, others are temporarily not permitted to enter Evereska.

At the same time, the "Small Nation Alliance" that Xia Duo designed for Evereska can now be considered half-collapsed; regardless of whether the assassination of Elder Ankalita is related to Siluwende, Siluwende cannot escape involvement.

Furthermore, other small nations will also consider whether this is a sharp countermeasure by the major nations against the "Small Nation Alliance." With the current situation unclear, for small nations, wait-and-see is already the best choice; the more one does, the more one errs.

As for the Demon Descendants, there is no news of any Demon Descendants appearing in the outside world yet.

This is actually because the secret base that Xia Duo and Xierdalanna raided back then was cleaned up too thoroughly by Divine Envoy Taide; without a trace of Demon Aura, how could one prove it was related to Demon Descendants?

But according to what Iolum revealed, the Seven Towers have already notified various nations about the reappearance of Demon Descendants, which should be able to arouse a certain level of vigilance among the Elven Nations.

Yet what Xia Duo is thinking about now is that Yierlan single-handedly stirring up disputes and internal chaos among the other four nations seems to be about more than just being determined to obtain the Ancient Fortress discovered by Siluwende.

It might even be an attempt to use this opportunity to completely resolve the issue of Siluwende's allegiance.

Currently, Siluwende's status is very sensitive; because of their defeat, they had to submit to Yierlan, but after so many years, there have always been restorationist forces.

More importantly, at the time of the Northland Alliance's founding, Yierlan advocated for Siluwende to also receive an independent vote. At that time, Yierlan believed they could completely control Siluwende, but now the discovery of the Ancient Fortress has become the center of escalating conflict.

Siluwende might be able to use this to obtain true independence, rather than just the so-called independent status within the Northland Alliance, but this is clearly not permitted by Yierlan.

Knowing that Yierlan is making war preparations and not just competing for the Northland fortress, Xia Duo understood that the timing of his Floating City's debut was even more delicate.

If it were too early, not only would it easily arouse the vigilance of various nations—though this was unavoidable—but it would more likely be seen by Yierlan as a supporter of Siluwende's independence, thereby dragging him into the war.

If it were too late, everything would be settled; whether Yierlan completely crushed Siluwende's hopes of restoration or Siluwende successfully restored their nation, there would be little meaning in him going over then.

What Xia Duo seeks is merely to weaken the overall strength of the Elf World as much as possible without damaging his own interests, rather than fighting the Elves to the death while he is not yet fully developed.

Furthermore, he must also consider the variable of the Demon Descendants; with such a group of troublemakers, no one can predict how the future will develop.

The only thing Xia Duo can do now is to complete the Mythallar construction as quickly as possible, then keep a low profile and wait for the right moment.

It was not until after 7 o'clock in the evening that Xia Duo finished collecting the geographical environment information for the Floating City and the Mythallar adjustments that incorporated the environmental factors.

It was also around this time that Niya delivered dinner to the Blue Crystal Plane; although Xia Duo was not very hungry, he could not bear to refuse Niya's kind intentions.

After finishing dinner, under Niya's gaze, Xia Duo began the Mythallar construction. With his main body personally handling it, he felt almost instantly that the Spellcasting experience was completely different from the Projection Plane.

Similar to the 【Saint Form of Xilin】 spell, Mythallar construction also requires the Spellcaster to have extremely high Magic Net Affinity; otherwise, it is not enough to control the complex and ever-changing combinations of Magic Net Strings.

In the end, Xia Duo only made a start and stopped in time; he could have continued a little more, but the risk of failure would also increase at an exponential rate.

If it were just a failure, that would be fine; it would be nothing more than trying a few more times, but if he accidentally damaged the Floating City, he would waste a lot of time repairing it for no reason.

Xia Duo never thought that Mythallar construction would get stuck on the Spellcasting issue, which was the least thing he needed to worry about. Now there are only two paths before him: one is to find a high-level Mage of the Elven Magic System whom he can trust to help him complete it.

The other is to find a way to complete it himself.

As for the first path, if he really insisted on finding someone, Xia Duo could still find them; he believes there are definitely those within the Seven Towers who study Elven Magic and have achieved outstanding results in it.

Even if there were no high-level Mages, finding some senior Mages to assist him in Spellcasting could also complete the Mythallar construction.

But the Main Plane is different from the Projection Plane; even toward Iolum, Xia Duo cannot be without reservations, let alone the Seven Towers.

As a key component of the planned future Floating City, the Adaptive Mythallar is a unique competitive advantage he needs to maintain for at least a considerable period of time.

In fact, in his heart, even without considering realistic factors, he is more inclined to find a way to complete it himself. A great person from his hometown once said, "Work for yourself, and you shall have plenty of food and clothing."

If he can ask others for help this time, what about next time? Even if he could next time, does he need to ask others for help every time he encounters such things in the future?

In fact, Xia Duo already has the solution in his hands at this moment, and that is the 【Saint Form of Xilin】. This spell is different from Mythallar construction; even if it fails, the damage caused is relatively controllable.

And if it is in a specialized Spell Laboratory, one can even minimize the negative impact of failure to the extreme.

But the benefits of success are too many.

The Saint Form means that Xia Duo immediately possesses the control over the Magic Net that an Elven high-level Mage has. Building the Mythallar is secondary; the key is that in the future, when facing Elven high-level Mages, he will no longer have any shortcomings.

Combined with the Micro Magic Net expanded by Arcane Fire, he can even manage to suppress the opponent in return.

How could Xia Duo not find a way to overcome such a spell with realistic strategic significance!

"Let's go, let's go back first! I have a way!"

Xia Duo called for Niya and quickly returned to the Tower of Time. When entering the Spell Laboratory, he also called Niya in and said, "You might encounter similar situations in the future; watch how I do it first."

"Mm."

Niya was actually very curious about how Xia Duo would make a qualitative improvement in his Spellcasting ability in a short time, and this is indeed one of the issues that a new-era Spellcaster like her, who is capable of rapid progress, needs to care about most.