Chapter 2004: Formal Resolution, Unable to Keep Cool

Next, the Envoy of Illefarn issued a notification to Yierlan, inviting them to send representatives to attend the official meeting of the Northland Alliance.

Perhaps having already anticipated the content of the meeting, Yierlan expressed strong opposition to this, claiming that there was still some time before the official Northland Alliance meeting.

However, there was no lack of precedent for an ad-hoc meeting being converted into an official one; as long as enough Alliance nations responded, Yierlan's unilateral opposition could not act as an obstacle.

In contrast, there was Siluwende; upon learning of such a meeting, the Ambassador of Siluwende rushed to the scene with almost no delay and began to bitterly recount the immense harm the barbaric invasion by Yierlan had caused to the people of Siluwende.

Quite different from the cold or even indifferent attitude of the envoys from various countries a few days ago, today everyone unanimously stated that the unilateral war initiated by Yierlan violated the Northland Alliance charter and needed to be corrected in a timely manner.

Regarding this, the Ambassador of Siluwende did not take the credit for himself; he knew that if it were not for the firm resistance within the country, which allowed the other nations to see the possibility of intervention, it would not have actually come to intervention.

If one must say who deserves the credit, it must be the comrades back home who fought heroically and resisted tenaciously!

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Since the various countries had already reached a consensus beforehand, this Northland Alliance meeting, despite the absence of the Yierlan Envoy, still quickly passed the official resolution targeting Yierlan's invasion of Siluwende.

The resolution pointed out that Yierlan's act of invading Siluwende was an unjust, immoral, and erroneous act that violated the Northland Alliance charter.

From the moment the resolution was passed, Yierlan must immediately cease any open or covert acts of war against Siluwende, withdraw from Siluwende territory, and restore the actual line of control to its pre-war state.

As for the matter of Siluwende being infiltrated by Demon Descendants, a joint investigation team composed of Northland Alliance nations would conduct an investigation after the ceasefire (Yierlan is also included).

Soon, Xia Duo, who was still hiding in the Floating City in the Ether Plane, received news of the latest Northland Alliance resolution from Aiwa via a relay through the Tower of Time.

He was not surprised by this, but he did not expect the intervention of the various countries to come so quickly; he guessed that some major power must have pushed for it vigorously, blindly guessing it was Cormanthor.

The matter of Prince Saier had caused quite a stir; although in the final outcome Netheril and Cormanthor did not fight, they even resolved many historical legacy issues that both sides had been avoiding in the past because of it.

However, Xia Duo knew that the Cormanthor Elves were not exactly broad-minded, especially the legendary "Sole True King"—bearing such a great title, yet being tricked by Yierlan, a usual underling, how could they be willing to swallow their pride!

Wouldn't they just seize an opportunity to strike back at Yierlan! Not to mention breaking their bones and tendons, at the very least they had to give them a heavy beating to let them understand who the boss of the Elf World is—uh—in the future.

And after receiving the news of the latest Northland Alliance resolution, almost simultaneously, he learned of Yierlan's latest situation from the feedback of the War Spell 【Wide-Area Detection】—

The offensive had become even more intense!

The intelligence from Seventon should be relatively fast; Xia Duo had already witnessed this last time. He could receive the intelligence, so Yierlan must have known long ago, and their preparations were also about at the point of "deathbed struggle" at this time.

It was not that they could not defeat Siluwende, but that they had to finish off Siluwende before the various countries, especially Cormanthor, actually intervened, or at the very least, take down Adofeier Fortress, which Siluwende had used to curry favor with the various countries.

As for the resolution's requirement to restore the actual line of control to the pre-war state, thinking about it, it was not very likely. Xia Duo estimated that there would be plenty of haggling in the future; this issue might become one of the fixed agenda items for future Northland Alliance meetings.

After all, on the surface, a considerable portion of the southern region of Siluwende currently occupied by Yierlan was voluntarily surrendered by the Siluwende Elves.

To use words from Earth, this is called a "popular referendum," which has considerable legitimate jurisprudence even in the current era!

The country of Siluwende was initially established spontaneously by a small group of Aryvandaar remnants, and later some non-Gold Elves "voluntarily" left to establish Shaerwen together with the remnants in the south.

Now that some people within Siluwende have "voluntarily" joined Yierlan, what is wrong with that! It can be considered a consistent tradition.

But things on the surface are not necessarily all reality, just like the non-Gold Elf groups of Siluwende who once voluntarily left, and many of their cities in the south now.

These are all points that can be haggled over.

However, for Xia Duo, if Siluwende could be dismantled, it might be more advantageous, but the benefits could not all be given to Yierlan.

Perhaps the southern region of Siluwende could be allowed to become an independent country, serving as a buffer zone between Siluwende and Yierlan.

Thinking this way, the War Spell feedback before Xia Duo's eyes changed again. Originally, he thought that Yierlan increasing its offensive might continue like this until the intervention of the various countries, or until an accident occurred.

He did not expect Yierlan to still be somewhat unable to keep their cool, or rather, not confident enough—

The main target of Xia Duo's observation, Adofeier Fortress, suddenly joined Yierlan's War Spell system, and the Magic Net in that area fluctuated and surged, making it almost impossible to observe.

At the same time, the resistance of Siluwende in the area where the fortress was located collapsed almost instantly.

However, Xia Duo knew that Siluwende dared to choose the area around Adofeier Fortress as the final decisive battle zone and could leave behind the explorers of Yierlan—that Mage Yan Xing and her team—they must have had something to rely on.

He felt that this move by Yierlan was a bit rash. If he were the decision-maker on the Yierlan side, he would rather pay a higher price to use War Spells to push through than choose a shortcut to a quick victory that had suspicious points.

War is fundamentally about the total potential of a country. If my scale is large, I should naturally use my scale to suppress others. Only those with small scale would think of some strange or odd moves, because they have no other possibility of turning the tables besides these.

But the dominant side, the major power, is different. Once you have an advantage, you must play it steady and sure; otherwise, if you bet wrong, the advantage established in the early stages might be lost in an instant!

Finally, there is "rooting out the evil," or "one should take advantage of the courage to pursue the fleeing enemy." Since the war has started, one must crush or even eliminate them in one go, and not leave the opponent a chance to rise again.

Like Yierlan, having clearly won more than a thousand years ago, they only obtained the title of "supervisor." Although the Permission Level seemed high and they could indeed do many things.

But if it were Xia Duo, even if he could not occupy it all immediately, he would find a way to dismantle it first, removing the original name of "Siluwende" to facilitate gradual acceptance in the future.

As the saying goes, "To destroy a country, first destroy its history." The country's name is the deepest history of a country, and it is also the first object for a conqueror to resolve.

Yierlan's biggest problem is that they still keep the name "Siluwende," allowing countless resistance organizations to miss the past glory and unify under this banner, leaving themselves with countless troubles.

But at the same time, for Xia Duo, this is not a bad thing. A powerful Yierlan that is good at destroying countries and exterminating races does not conform to the interests of the rise of human civilization.

Next, he began to activate the Floating City Jump System and set the relevant parameters; he knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time might arrive in the next moment.