Chapter 2023: Ailan'Tai'Quise

After ending the communication with Xierdalanna, Xia Duo synchronized the content of their exchange to Badijiaer, and after that, he did not intend to pay any more attention to this matter.

Compared to how Yierlan was doing, he was more interested in the group of mysterious Spellcasters suspected to be Demon Descendants captured by Siluwende. Since the talks had not yet made breakthrough progress, the group of mysterious Spellcasters, after obtaining permission from the representatives of various countries, were brought by Xia Duo to the Floating City.

He did not need to do anything to the physical bodies of those mysterious Spellcasters; he only needed to obtain a Consciousness Copy of one or several of them.

With the help of the 【Consciousness Cage】, he could quietly complete the consciousness analysis of those mysterious Spellcasters without alerting anyone.

……

Just as Xia Duo was busy secretly analyzing the consciousness of the mysterious Spellcasters, inside a brilliant palace where the sky could not be seen, twelve Elves dressed in gorgeous golden Mage Robes gathered together to have a conversation related to him.

"The operation failed. That Floating Fortress is far from as simple as it looks on the surface!"

"Does it look simple on the surface? Then why was it able to suppress Adofeier Fortress until it had no power to resist!"

A Gold Elf with a stern face retorted without hesitation to the companion beside him, "I have said it long ago, that Netherese Mage, and even the Netheril behind him, or countries like Yierlan and Keman, are not our enemies. Our true enemy does not have a specific form; it is the invisible order that is gradually taking shape in the Northland!"

"Is order not shaped by the member states of the so-called Northland Alliance? Or is it that you, Enlixi, are still unable to shake off the influence brought by this avatar?"

"No, Dadaer, I do not know which era you come from, but I can tell you very firmly that the influence brought by the invisible order is something we can never bypass. If you think power can solve everything, then there would not be the current us!"

Enlixi seemed to want to say some inside information that Dadaer did not know, but the Wood Elf at the head of the great hall, whose face could not be seen clearly, gently raised his right hand, and Enlixi immediately shut his mouth and stopped talking.

That the Gold Elf was obedient to the Wood Elf seemed to violate common sense, but no Elf in this great hall felt it was inappropriate, including Dadaer, who was at odds with Enlixi.

"Dadaer, I know that everything you do is for the rebirth of our race. Enlixi, you too. But I want to remind you that—fate is fickle; do not be too obsessed with any one point."

"Yes, Wise One of Light!" Dadaer, Enlixi, and even the other gold-robed Elves in the great hall said in unison immediately.

The Wise One of Light, who looked like a Wood Elf, was not moved in the slightest by this, as if everything were very normal. After a moment of silence, tiny specks of light shone out from between his eyebrows.

At the same time, a voice devoid of any emotional color came from his throat—

"I see the axis of fate shifting again; the Chushizhiyin of Ailan'Tai'Quise is about to be born. Dadaer, you immediately head to Yierlan and kill Waliandesi; Enlixi, you set off immediately and place it in the treasury of the Fourth Secret Hall."

"Yes, Wise One of Light."

Hearing the order, Dadaer stood up and left without hesitation, but Enlixi hesitated for a moment. Looking at the red Gemstone that had quietly appeared in the Wise One's hand, he asked subconsciously:

"Is the Fourth Secret Hall not—"

"Yes, the Fourth Secret Hall has already been abandoned and listed for clearance, but fate is often just this unpredictable. Go. If you go late, then you go and kill Kelusi!"

"Yes."

Enlixi ultimately chose to believe the Wise One. After he left, the remaining gold-robed Elves in the great hall were also given tasks by the Wise One of Light one by one.

In the end, only the Wise One of Light, who looked like a Wood Elf, remained in the great hall. After a light sigh, more and more light shone from between his eyebrows, eventually dissolving his form and turning into a piece of shimmering radiance that filled the great hall.

The radiance contracted and expanded from time to time, rippling gently like water waves, just like the deep thoughts of the Wise One.

Not long after, Dadaer, who had just received the task to go to Yierlan, returned to this brilliant hall with a trace of killing intent that had not yet dissipated on his face.

The next moment, the shimmering radiance in the great hall instantly condensed, turning back into the tangible body of the Wise One in the form of a Wood Elf, and said to Dadaer:

"You should go to the Midian to correct the Fate Trajectory after executing the mission, not come here to me."

"Wise One, you have always taught us not to be obsessed with any one point, but I have always had a question: why must you complete that so-called Chushizhiyin? Is our own existence not enough to support the execution of the Spell? If it doesn't work now, we can continue to wait; if the Northland doesn't work, we can still go elsewhere!"

"Things are not as simple as you think. The river of fate rolls forward; to make it deflect, power and timing are both indispensable. We don't even have enough power now; if we miss the most critical timing again, then everything will come to nothing."

"But—"

Dadaer wanted to say something more, but the Wise One of Light shook his head with unusual firmness, "Do not ask anymore. There are some questions I cannot answer either. You call me the Wise One, but I know that I have only received a little more of fate's gift than you have."

"But—"

Dadaer said "but" several times in a row, but by the last time, there was no longer any killing intent, urgency, doubt, or any other emotion of a normal intelligent creature on his face, as if he were a living corpse.

Seeing this scene, the Wise One of Light could not help but sigh again. He reached out and tapped Dadaer between the eyebrows, and a cluster of imperceptible light points projected from his fingertips and sank deep into Dadaer's brow.

The next moment, a look of confusion flashed in Dadaer's eyes, but he finally recognized the Wise One of Light before him: "Wise One, how did I get here?"

"You just returned from executing a mission outside; it might be the influence of the avatar, and your thinking is a bit chaotic. Now go to the Midian to correct the Fate Trajectory, and then have a good night's rest. There are even greater challenges waiting for us next!"

"Yes."

Reminded by the Wise One of Light, Dadaer seemed to recall what happened before, but he had no impression of why he had to come to the holy hall first after the mission ended. With a trace of confusion, he left again very quickly.

……

Not long after, Enlixi also returned to the holy hall. The Wise One manifested his form again and gave Enlixi a new task: "Dadaer's self-consciousness is becoming weaker and weaker; a Rebirth Ritual needs to be performed as soon as possible. The relevant preparations are left to you."

"Yes, Wise One."

Enlixi accepted the task and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped his steps and said to the Wise One, who had already turned back into a piece of radiance behind him—

"Ailan shall never perish!"

"Ailan shall never perish!"

The radiance rippled, as if it were the Wise One's response.