Chapter 2034

He slightly relaxed the restraint on Aleikesa's body, allowing his face to move freely; more importantly, he relaxed the restrictions on his Perception.

To a certain extent, this also relaxed the restrictions on Spellcasting, but since the Floating City was right outside, Xia Duo could increase the intensity of the restraint at any time.

Compared to Aleikesa, who was already largely restricted, Suweilisi posed a greater threat, but Xia Duo did not care; in fact, he was somewhat looking forward to Suweilisi making a move!

After transferring the space separating Aleikesa to a position above the hall, level with them, Xia Duo signaled that Suweilisi could begin questioning.

Suweilisi cast a grateful look at Xia Duo, then looked back at Aleikesa with eyes full of anger and disappointment, his tone very deep as he asked only one question:

"Why?"

Why turn into a Demon Descendant? Why betray Keman, betray the Crown King? Why appear here? Why summon the Abyss to descend?

Suweilisi had too many questions, but in the end, there was only that one deep "Why."

Perhaps realizing that his situation was difficult to change, or perhaps truly having some unspeakable hardship, Aleikesa's expression was much calmer now compared to his earlier arrogance, shock, and terror.

He could even look Suweilisi in the eye without changing his expression; hearing that complex "Why," Aleikesa first let out a silent sneer, then put away his mockery and said sternly:

"Uncle Suweilisi, don't you think the Taiquese Yizu has already fallen? From every perspective, the current nations are nothing more than copies and repetitions of the ancient kingdoms from countless years ago, whether it is the recent war between Yierlan and Siluwende, or Keman's plans for the Ristar Forest—"

"Aleikesa!"

Before Aleikesa could continue, Suweilisi hurriedly interrupted, "Don't forget, you are also a member of Keman. If you have any dissatisfaction with Keman, why not propose it to the Crown King? You should know that as a follower of the Crown King, you have a duty to offer counsel, not to harbor resentment and collude with Demon Descendants."

"A follower of the Crown King? If my calculations are correct, my generation is already his third generation of followers! When I read the notes of my predecessors, I saw a reality no different from the present."

Speaking of this, Aleikesa sneered again, "Our great Majesty Yilisaier has been on the throne for a thousand years; besides consolidating his own power, what has he done? Even the recent change in attitude toward the Five-Race Prosperity is merely forced by the current situation of the Northland Alliance."

Speaking of the Northland Alliance, Aleikesa actually praised his opponent, sighing: "If the Northland Alliance could have come about earlier, perhaps they could have truly walked a path different from the past, but now—"

Although Aleikesa did not explicitly state the rest, everyone present knew what he wanted to say—is it too late?

Is it because he has already transformed into a Demon Descendant, or do the Demon Descendants have some unknown, powerful trump card?

Everyone's mood was inevitably heavy, especially Suweilisi's; after all, Aleikesa came from their Keman, and if there were any huge variables, Keman would likely bear the brunt of it, followed by its influence in the Northland.

If Suweilisi's mood had been half anger and half disappointment just a moment ago, now anger clearly had the upper hand, and he even asked back somewhat uncharacteristically:

"Do you think everything you are doing now is beneficial to the Taiquese Yizu and beneficial to Keman?"

"Yes," Aleikesa replied expressionlessly.

"Does that also include the Shenyuan Zhidi below?" Suweilisi asked again.

Hearing this, Aleikesa was silent for a moment; no matter what, summoning the Abyss to descend could not be called a good thing, but he still insisted: "This is the unavoidable birth pain of reform."

Suweilisi wanted to continue speaking, but Xia Duo interrupted what he was about to say.

Hearing this, Xia Duo's biggest doubt was not how Aleikesa felt about Keman, his attitude, or how he had changed; he was more concerned about what Aleikesa meant by "a path different from the present"!

Judging from the other party's words, it seemed related to "Five-Race Prosperity," but it could also be influenced by Demon Descendants from a parallel timeline.

But either way, it meant that the Demon Descendants seemed to have developed a set of rhetoric or even theories that could be used to persuade Elf Mages, rather than just using dark hands to threaten and manipulate.

If this were the case, the threat of the Demon Descendants would not just be a powerful enemy capable of overturning the entire reality, but also another set of thoughts and another discourse system competing with the current mainstream ideology of the Northland.

A powerful enemy only needs to be eliminated once to end it, but a self-consistent ideology that might be superior to the current one is very difficult to eradicate; one could even say that the more it is suppressed, the more it will grow.

Combining this with the interrogation of that captured Long-lived Family Mage from the Projection Plane, Xia Duo basically concluded that if such an ideology truly existed, it would be one that is more inclusive and whose development is closer to scientific development.

In other words, the best approach for the Demon Descendants is not to engage in conspiracies, but to spread their ideology; of course, doing so might also provoke a frantic backlash from the old world.

To some extent, Xia Duo and the Demon Descendants (or the existence behind them) were more like each other, but unfortunately, their innate positions were already determined: one wanted to reshape reality, the other wanted to maintain it; even if they were similar, they were destined to be enemies.

Many thoughts flashed through Xia Duo's mind; looking at Aleikesa in the restraint again, his mood changed once more, "Aleikesa, may I know what the path of development you hope for, one that is not fallen, is?"

"An Easterner?"

Seeing that Xia Duo was a human, and an Easterner, Aleikesa seemed to think of something and frowned, but he did not refuse to answer:

"Our predecessors have already planned our development path for us, and that is Five-Race Prosperity, true equality, not just word games that remain on paper or in speech!"

"Then on what basis do you think the Demon Descendants can achieve Five-Race Prosperity?"

"By all transforming into Demon Descendants, the Demon Descendant attributes become more prominent, naturally smoothing out the slight differences between the five races. It is true that Demon Descendants are currently discriminated against and persecuted, but when everyone has transformed into Demon Descendants, discrimination and persecution will naturally cease to exist."

"Do you really think so?"

"Yes."

"Then what is your view on Yierfalan? According to your logic, isn't Yierfalan the ideal kingdom in your heart?" Xia Duo asked back.

Aleikesa was a Gold Elf, and Yierfalan was an almost purely Gold Elf kingdom; if smoothing out racial differences could eliminate discrimination and persecution, then Yierfalan should be considered an ideal kingdom.

Xia Duo himself understood, of course, that class oppression was even worse than racial oppression; he asked this deliberately to probe the existence behind Aleikesa.