Chapter 2136: Mage Aisite, Mutual Demands

At first, the negotiations between Jiabulile and the Elf knights did not go smoothly. It was only after Xia Duo arrived and threatened to find Yilati that the other party's attitude softened, but even so, that team of Elf knights did not let them enter the Mairide Family's oasis territory.

"Please wait a moment, I need to report to our commander!"

Although the word "please" was used, Elvish is not a simple written language; it also involves changes in tone, intonation, and various rhetorical states.

In short, to Xia Duo, who is proficient in Elvish, that Elf Captain's words were quite impolite, and among the other humans present, he was not the only one proficient in Elvish.

Or rather, while others might not have as deep an understanding as he did, they could at least be considered proficient, especially Jiabulile, who was sent by Grand Archon Fahede to communicate with the Elves; if he were not proficient in Elvish, wouldn't he be too incompetent?

However, the attitude of the Elves is very important right now. Jiabulile explained to Xia Duo on behalf of those Elves with a humiliated smile on his face, seemingly terrified that Xia Duo would make the Elves change someone else again like before.

These are Elves; if he really did that, the re-investigation plan would inevitably be affected.

Regarding this, what else could Xia Duo say? He could only complain to Saville, "These Elves treat Calimshan like Kaitemier!"

However, in such a classical era, for the lower classes, having hot blood and being obedient is often enough; rationality is something only the upper classes are qualified to possess.

The Yilatite Special Envoy that Xia Duo met at Yungong last night, no matter how dissatisfied he was, didn't he still agree to the re-investigation request proposed by the Calimshan side!

The reason the other party did this was, of course, not out of respect for him, but because they wanted to rule out doubts as much as possible and did not want to fight an unclear war.

Just as Xia Duo thought, before long, an Elf Mage teleported over directly. The Mage dismissed that team of knights immediately, then walked toward Xia Duo and said with a fairly friendly attitude:

"Lord Xia Duo, Lord Yilati has arranged for me to accompany you in investigating the assassination of Prince Xisi. You can just call me Mage Aisite."

"Mage Aisite, nice to meet you."

Xia Duo greeted him simply and then proposed: "I would like to go to the scene of the Prince's assassination to take a look. Is that convenient?"

"It is convenient, but there are a few requirements that I will mention to you one by one on the way. I hope you can understand."

"Understood."

Xia Duo nodded. Seeing this, Aisite opened a Portal right in front of him and then gestured for him to enter.

On the other side of the Portal was a road paved with white stone slabs, and some tall buildings could be vaguely seen in the distance. Xia Duo did not cast any Scrying spells, but Talafu secretly sent a message to remind him:

"The other side is a small path on the west side of Tianshui Plaza."

Xia Duo returned a look of understanding and then walked into the Portal with Saville. Both he and Saville had come as projections, so they were not afraid of an Elf ambush.

In fact, although Tianshui Plaza had been taken over by the Elves, Calimshan would never let the Elves occupy a piece of land out of thin air. There were also Calimshan Scholars there, among whom were many Bloodline Controllers.

If a fight really broke out, the Elves clearly wouldn't gain any advantage, not to mention Xia Duo's usual practice—the Floating City locking on in advance.

As long as the lock is not released within a specific time, no matter what is over there, he will fire a few shots of 【Annihilation Light】.

……

After passing through the Portal, Aisite immediately reminded Xia Duo: "Now that we are here, we will try our best to cooperate with your investigation, but there are two requirements that I hope Lord Xia Duo will try to comply with."

"Mage Aisite, please speak—"

"First, any spells targeting the Prince's assassination scene or related clues must be discussed with us in advance, and can only be cast after we agree."

"That is no problem." Xia Duo agreed readily. He could fully understand this; the Elves were worried that the scene, witnesses, or evidence would be contaminated, thereby causing potential clues to be lost.

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Starting from this requirement, Xia Duo could roughly guess what other requirements Aisite would propose next.

"Second, for any unique elements of the scene or other related clues, casting spells must be done with our consent, and I must also participate in the execution."

"For this, if it involves some of Lord Xia Duo's unique spells, the Kaitemier side will provide compensation. I hope Lord Xia Duo can understand."

This requirement was about what Xia Duo had expected, only he hadn't expected the other party to promise compensation, so he nodded and agreed, while also putting forward his own requirements:

"Since I am leading the investigation, I hope you will not hold anything back on issues related to this incident, and do not interfere with my investigation direction. Otherwise, if a misjudgment is made, it will be a tragedy involving countless people from two countries!"

Aisite clearly did not expect Xia Duo to also make demands, but after considering it for a few seconds, he agreed.

……

Soon, the path came to an end, and Tianshui Plaza, pure white like jade and emitting a shimmering glow under the sunlight, arrived.

As soon as he arrived, Xia Duo felt an atmosphere of swords drawn and bows bent. On the south side of the plaza was a camp surrounded by a light breeze, with Calimshan Warriors patrolling and monitoring from the sky and the ground.

On the north side of the plaza, it had become the Elves' territory. Only the middle area was shrouded in a Static Field; no one controlled it, but both sides maintained extreme vigilance toward it.

At this time, Talafu sent another secret message, "That is the scene of the Elf Prince's assassination. After the incident occurred, the Elves immediately controlled the scene and, under my grandfather's watch, applied Eternal Stasis to that area."

Xia Duo does not know Calimshani; both sides used Elvish to communicate, and the rich semantics of Elvish made him immediately understand what the so-called "scene" included—

Besides the area itself, anyone or anything that was in that area at the time was also put into Stasis!

"Then you—"

"I was a consciousness projection outside at the time. After my main body was imprisoned, my grandfather created this projection for me."

Xia Duo hadn't thought in this direction before, but now that Talafu said this, he realized that the other party's body didn't seem to be flesh and blood, but a product of elemental mimicry.

It should be a technique similar to ectoplasmic projection. Xia Duo kept this discovery in mind for now; the most important thing currently was to finish the investigation.

……

Perhaps because they had already been notified in advance, this time when Xia Duo headed to the center of the plaza, he was not blocked by either the north or south sides. After getting close, he saw the Static Field that had almost merged with the Surface at close range.

If viewed only with the naked eye, one could only see a field of near-pure white shimmering light; only by using special Scrying spells could one "see" the general situation inside the Static Field.