Chapter 1977: Manifestation, Precursor to War

"Of course it doesn't count. The scope of the covenant between the Seven Towers is actually very broad; if we are willing, it can theoretically cover the entirety of Netheril."

When saying this, Bulundesi wore a look of pride. The covenant between the Seven Towers can be traced back to the Seven Cities Alliance before the birth of Netheril, only now the Seven Cities Council focuses more on the Lord Alliance, while the Seven Towers focuses more on the Spellcaster Alliance.

If there weren't so many spellcasters, making it difficult to unify opinions, an organization like the Arcane Union would never have appeared.

In reality, every few years now, some Mage Lords withdraw from the Seven Towers Covenant to become independent Mage Tower organizations, or some Mage Tower organizations choose to join the Seven Towers Covenant.

And because the leaders of Mage Tower organizations are generally local lords, this is reflected in the Seven Cities Council as changes in the Lord Alliance.

Bulundesi saying this now is no longer a hint, but a naked, explicit invitation for Xia Duo to join the Seven Towers Covenant, or more specifically—the Jilan Tower covenant.

If there are still struggles, conflicts, and interest entanglements within the Seven Towers, then within a specific high tower's covenant, they are allies whose interests are mostly aligned.

Among them, the most direct one for Jilan Tower is undoubtedly the common interest of condensing the interests of all Bloodline Users in Netheril. If Jilan Tower falls, the Bloodline Users of Netheril will inevitably become targets coveted by other mages.

Instead of being like it is now, where as long as one can prove they possess a special bloodline, they can be accepted by Jilan Tower; the threshold is so low that it is unique among the Seven Towers.

And that Lord Xia Duo possesses a special bloodline is no longer a secret known only to a few, but a widely known fact.

Previously, Huo En had hinted and implied this many times. This time, Bulundesi bringing it up again, besides wanting to take advantage of the matter of the No. 9 Plane, was mainly to ensure that Xia Duo stands on the side of the Seven Towers in the upcoming Ascension War.

Xia Duo was well aware of this. He hadn't agreed when Huo En invited him; if he agreed to Bulundesi, wouldn't that make Huo En lose a lot of face?

So he hurriedly changed the subject, "Councilor Bulundesi, have you heard? Siluwende has already lodged a strong protest within the Northland Alliance regarding the Yierlan invasion, and claimed that if Yierlan does not immediately withdraw from Siluwende territory, they will take all necessary measures to retaliate."

This was actually intelligence on a sudden event that Xia Duo had just heard through Aiwa. After Evereska reopened, Seventon, as a city directly connected to it by a Permanent Teleportation Portal, could naturally obtain relevant intelligence at the first opportunity.

Of course, the prerequisite was still to deploy intelligence personnel in advance.

Xia Duo originally thought that an underground intelligence station like the Nameless Bar daring to open under the noses of the Seven Towers must have a background in the Seven Towers, so Bulundesi, as a member of the Seven Towers, should have received the news even earlier, or even more specific details.

But to his surprise, after Bulundesi heard him finish, he actually showed an expression of "surprise + shock," and then immediately asked: "Lord Xia Duo, where did you get this news? Is it confirmed to be true?"

Regarding this, Xia Duo naturally stated the name of the Nameless Bar without any psychological burden, and upon hearing this source of information, Bulundesi could not help but breathe a sigh of relief:

"The news from the Nameless Bar should be true, but that is not a force of Jilan Tower. I need to go back and report to Lord Huo En immediately."

Before leaving, Bulundesi still did not forget to tempt Xia Duo with new technologies and new theories of the Plane Domain. Xia Duo was quite interested in this, but still diverted the topic, only stating again that he would support Master Eriwen's Ascension to Godhood.

After Bulundesi left, Xia Duo continued to sit at "Fireside Rest" for a while, pondering the possible changes ahead, before taking the identification materials of a Northern Alliance Observer and walking into the Portal leading to Evereska.

He planned to transit there to head to Siluwende.

Arriving in Evereska again, Xia Duo felt quite complicated. In the Projection Plane, he had also contributed his own hard work to the independence of Evereska and had known a group of idealistic companions.

But looking at the street scene, which was completely different from his memories, he had to admit that the more familiar Evereska from the Projection Plane could never be returned to.

This Evereska before his eyes might be more real, but from a psychological perspective, Xia Duo still felt it was very strange.

Leaving the Teleportation Hall, Xia Duo headed to the Northland Alliance Headquarters immediately, but just halfway there, he saw seven or eight Elves wearing Magic Prohibition Rings being escorted by an Evereska Patrol, flying toward the Cloudtop Tower.

With Xia Duo's Bloodline Awakening at its current level, his senses were naturally incomparably sharp. He could hear Elves on the nearby Xuan Kong Budao whispering to each other—

"This is already the third batch of Siluwende Elves caught today!"

"It's all because Yierlan is too aggressive. Siluwende is already their vassal state, yet they still think about completely annexing it."

"Isn't it said that Siluwende has already been infiltrated and corrupted by Demon Descendants?"

"You believe that? Oh, I forgot you are from Evereska. Perhaps in your view, the assassination of Elder Ankalita might have been the work of Demon Descendants, but in my view, this could entirely be a conspiracy by Yierlan."

However, before the voices could fade to the point where Xia Duo could not hear them, those few whispering Elves had already stopped talking and left at the reminder of their companions.

However, Xia Duo had also obtained two very important pieces of information. One was that the existence of Demon Descendants had already been exposed; both Yierlan and Siluwende did not deny it, but neither provided evidence, and both sides were still arguing over this issue for the time being.

The other was that not long ago, perhaps in response to Siluwende's protest against Yierlan's invasion, Yierlan unilaterally announced that Siluwende had been highly infiltrated by Demon Descendants, issued a war notice, and even warned the various countries of the Alliance that Siluwende was under Yierlan's protection and that personnel from other countries were not allowed to enter at will during the war.

Xia Duo understood that this should be the precursor to a head-on battle. As for the Demon Descendants, who would care about those excuses of unknown truth at this time!

Perhaps both sides of the war were also aware of the existence of Demon Descendants, but in their view, the Demon Descendants were just a minor matter, and resolving the other side was the major matter.

But Xia Duo was different. First, he was very certain of the existence of Demon Descendants; second, he learned from the Projection Plane that the Demon Descendants had a super plan to change history.

And the Main Plane had also seen black technology from Demon Descendants (a suddenly matured Spellcasting system, Inspiration Light Potion). Xia Duo had reason to suspect that the Demon Descendants of the Main Plane might also have such a plan.

As for whether the true source of this plan was an invasion from a parallel space-time or a replica inspired by the Projection Plane, it actually didn't matter.

What mattered was how to crush such a plan.

As far as the current situation was concerned, Xia Duo was only speculating. As long as he could anchor some facts that were difficult to change, he could cause the Demon Descendants' plan to suffer a major setback. This was also one of the important reasons why he had to go to Siluwende in person.

He didn't want to become a part of the overwritten history one day, confused and unaware.

As for the appearance of the Floating City, it probably only accounted for thirty percent of the reason, while the Demon Descendants accounted for more than fifty percent.