Chapter 2011

Xia Duo did not care about the attitude or state of these Eaerlann Elves; what he cared about was whether the other party had been in contact with their homeland, and what the reaction within Eaerlann was.

"Mage Kesita—er, I hear them call you that—the current situation is that Eaerlann is destined to be unable to continue this war. What you need to do most right now is not to complain or lament, but to accept reality as soon as possible and consider how to wrap things up."

After saying this, Xia Duo paid no further attention to these Eaerlann Elves, because Adofeier Fortress had arrived.

At this moment, the Floating City was hovering exactly above the Golden Spire in the center of the upper plaza of Adofeier Fortress, with a gap of less than a hundred meters. If someone were watching from afar, the main body of Adofeier Fortress would look like a pedestal.

And the Golden Spire looked like some kind of specialized landing gear, with a giant sphere, one size larger than the main body of the fortress, docked above it.

Through the feedback from the War Spell 【Wide-Area Detection】, Xia Duo knew that many Siluwende Elves in the fortress below were observing the Floating City, and he was actually observing Adofeier Fortress as well.

The main body of this fortress was actually the square terraced platform below and the Golden Spire in the center of the upper plaza. As for the other buildings on the upper plaza, they could generally be classified as "attachments"; their absence would not affect the basic functions of the fortress.

As for the interior of the fortress, Xia Duo still had to be somewhat wary of the impact. The Siluwende side had not opened the fortress, and unless he used 【Annihilation Light】 to force his way in, he did not have any particularly good methods.

However, Siluwende definitely could not keep this fortress. Even if the ownership still belonged to Siluwende, they had promised joint development, so they could not possibly renege on the debt afterward.

This was not reneging on a debt to Xia Duo alone, but to all member states of the Northland Alliance, including Eaerlann. Even if they were given hundreds of guts, they probably would not dare to do such a thing.

Xia Duo would have plenty of opportunities to study it slowly in the future; there was no need to rush. In fact, he was only interested in why the Fortress Mythallar could be perfectly preserved for thousands of years—whether it had some kind of automatic repair function—and had little interest in anything else.

……

After observing for a while, Xia Duo noticed a familiar figure appear on the upper plaza of the fortress. The figure tried to fly upward, but stopped when reaching the height of the Golden Spire and began waving upward.

That figure was none other than General Kelusi, whom Xia Duo had met not long ago in the Siluwende capital, Taier'annuo. It seemed that the message he had asked Naris to deliver had arrived.

However, Xia Duo did not immediately bring Kelusi into the Floating City. Instead, he activated the War Spell 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 again, performing a topological transformation on the space near and inside the Floating City to "flip" the space where the Public Level was located to the outside.

Thus, the Floating City looked like a giant disc-shaped floating platform. On the platform were streets, buildings, plazas, and a group of Eaerlann Elves who looked somewhat dejected.

Yes, Xia Duo did not choose to have the platform face upward, but downward, so that the people below only needed to look up to see the streets and buildings above, and it was also convenient for them to "fly" directly into the Floating City.

One only needed to adjust their flight direction when passing through the spatial distortion boundary to enter the Floating City's Public Level for a visit without any obstacles.

Of course, there was nothing fun or good to see right now, just a bunch of empty buildings, but this could serve as a standard operation for the Floating City to visit ground cities in the future.

After setting the visitor Permission Level, Xia Duo appeared on the Public Level again. He then looked up and waved at Adofeier Fortress above his position, signaling that Kelusi could come over.

……

A moment later, Kelusi arrived at Xia Duo's side with a face full of shock, exclaiming: "I didn't expect that after our hasty parting yesterday, our next meeting would be in such a scene!"

Xia Duo could tell there was more to Kelusi's words, but he did not care what the other party thought. He had his own principles in acting, and he directly stated his attitude:

"The war ends here. The Northland needs peace and stability. As for how to handle the aftermath, you and Eaerlann can sit down and talk it over slowly."

"But I need to remind you that even if Eaerlann's act of initiating this war is deemed illegal by the Northland Alliance, it will be very difficult for various countries to impose direct sanctions on them."

"Furthermore, the southern region of Siluwende that has already been occupied by the other party will likely be difficult to return to Siluwende's embrace. You should be mentally prepared for this."

These words were, of course, not absolute, but Xia Duo had his own interests. As long as Siluwende made concessions and Eaerlann made concessions, there would be a chance for the independence of the southern Siluwende region.

It was not difficult to get Siluwende to make concessions; the difficulty lay with Eaerlann. Xia Duo did not count on the few hostages he held to persuade Eaerlann; in fact, they were not hostages and could not really be used as such.

It mainly depended on personal favors and the pressure of the situation, with the latter being more critical.

Xia Duo had already hinted to the Seven Towers to promote his plan for the independence of the southern Siluwende region to various countries, but whether it could succeed depended on whether the countries were willing to put in the effort.

……

At this moment, when Kelusi heard Xia Duo's undisguised and explicit statement, even though he had long anticipated the fate of Siluwende, he could not help but change color in anger.

"Why! If it weren't for Observer Xia Duo's interference, we would have already severely damaged Eaerlann's War Mages!"

"And then?"

Xia Duo asked rhetorically: "Have you considered the consequences of severely damaging Eaerlann's War Mages? This is only a portion of Eaerlann's strength; it does not mean that Eaerlann would have no power to fight back if they lost them!"

"As long as we can severely damage them, the various countries will not let such a good opportunity slip by!"

"So? You are pinning all your hopes on the intervention of various countries?"

Xia Duo shook his head. In fact, he did not look down on Kelusi or Siluwende, but small nations naturally lacked room for maneuver when facing such situations.

The enemy had already come to the door; if you didn't kill them, were you supposed to keep them for the holidays?

But from an outsider's perspective, especially when Xia Duo was already able to influence the fate of Siluwende, he couldn't help but feel that the other party's thinking was a bit too naive.

There is no greater sorrow for the weak than this.

"There is one more thing: Siluwende needs to give the Northland Alliance an explanation."

"About the Demon Descendant?"

"Yes. Since you have already realized it, I won't say much more. General Kelusi can go back and discuss it first. I will notify you when the Envoy from Taiweimansa arrives."

"Hmm."

Kelusi nodded and wanted to say something else, but Xia Duo had already left first. He had just received news from Bulundesi saying that he had already arrived in Taier'annuo and had brought a piece of news that surprised Xia Duo somewhat.