Chapter 2200: Seeing Weide Again

After returning from Evereska, Xia Duo also received confirmation from Yinaole, that the Seven Towers indeed had plans to build a Floating City equipped with war spells, and it was highly likely they were already in the process of implementing them.

Upon receiving such news, Xia Duo felt a complex mix of emotions; while the signing of the treaty limiting war was indeed beneficial for the stability of the Northland, human ambition and desire were always boundless.

If used for development, it would undoubtedly be a good thing, but if used for external conquest, it would be hard to call it anything other than a regrettable disaster.

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Furthermore, the Seven Towers building a Floating City might not necessarily be for deterring the outside world; it could also be for resolving internal disputes within Netheril, such as whether or not to agree with the Ascension Order.

This made it even more worrying.

Therefore, when returning from Evereska, Xia Duo did not return to his Territory immediately, but instead visited Kelifu, Magna, and Weide, who was the most opposed to the Ascension Order, one after another.

The reason he did not go to see Yinaole was partly because he already had enough understanding of Yinaole; the things that needed to be said had already been discussed between the two, and they could contact each other at any time.

On the other hand, it was due to Yinaole's own stance; while this cheap teacher of his certainly opposed the Ascension Order—which could easily lead to the stagnation or even death of magical civilization—he did not oppose the rule of the Seven Towers.

Or rather, Yinaole himself was a Maintainer of the Seven Towers' ruling system.

Yet, the content of the discussions between Xia Duo and Weide and the others did not exclude the possibility of breaking away from Netheril to go it alone; this point alone could provoke Yinaole's dissatisfaction, or even cause him to change his attitude toward the Ascension Order.

Of course, there could be other possibilities, but Yinaole was too close to the Seven Towers, and for the sake of ensuring their next meeting as teacher and student would not be too awkward, Xia Duo naturally felt it necessary to proactively avoid some potential risks.

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Tower of Wisdom.

Regarding Xia Duo's sudden visit, Weide appeared quite enthusiastic, but Xia Duo still harbored certain negative emotions toward Weide, though these emotions would not affect his judgment and choices.

Therefore, regarding Weide's enthusiastic reception, Xia Duo did not give an equally enthusiastic response, nor did he engage in any small talk, simply sticking to the matter at hand:

"There is some bad news. I don't know if you are already aware, but I feel it is necessary to tell you."

Seeing that Xia Duo spoke with gravity, Weide could not help but put away his smile and said seriously: "I have indeed received a lot of news recently, some good and some bad. I wonder which one Lord Xia Duo is referring to?"

"The Seven Towers have already obtained a key technology from my teacher—Yinaole—and have begun using it to build a Floating City equipped with war spells, similar to mine. After all, they couldn't possibly not refer to such a vivid real-world example."

"A Floating City?!"

Weide's expression changed instantly. Recently, he had received too much news about Floating Cities, the most eye-catching of which was naturally Xia Duo destroying a city of Zhamu Dasi in the south, destroying everything—people, objects, and even the Artifact stored within—all at once.

For Weide personally, this was certainly not good news, but for the future of "Arcane Supreme" that he insisted on and looked forward to, it was undoubtedly an excellent signal.

So, during this period, Weide had always been very optimistic. He believed that what followed would be simple: as long as the Floating City was continuously replicated, creating an Arcane Supreme magical civilization would be easy.

Just a moment ago, he was chatting with a student, saying he wanted to find an opportunity to ask Xia Duo if it were possible to pay a certain price to introduce the relevant technology for Floating Cities, to add another force to realizing his future vision.

But he didn't wait for the opportunity, yet the opportunity came knocking on his door, only along with it came a piece of terrible news he didn't want to hear at all—

The Seven Towers had actually obtained the technology related to Floating Cities a step ahead of him!

"Lord Xia Duo, is the technology related to your Floating Fortress also from Master Yinaole?" Weide asked.

"Not entirely, but the core technology for integrating war spells does indeed come from my teacher, and even the war spells I have are from my teacher's hand."

Although the main concept for the 【Spherical Radiation Configuration Independent Arcane Fire Device 1.0】 came from Xia Duo, he had only been able to propose the improvement plan after seeing Yinaole's prototype, and the perfection of this plan also condensed the Wisdom of other researchers; it would have been impossible for Xia Duo to complete it alone in such a short time.

The reason he said this technology came from Yinaole was more to indicate that this technology had completed its design verification under Yinaole's leadership.

The situation with the war spells was similar; he had handed the relevant Elf War Magic Artifacts to Yinaole, and Yinaole then led the team to complete the localization. Saying it came from Yinaole's hand was not an exaggeration at all.

However, Xia Duo's statement made Weide's expression change again: "Are you saying that the kind of war spell you used in the south also came from Master Yinaole's hand?"

"Yes, but you don't need to worry about the war spells. My teacher will not give that war spell to the Seven Towers. In fact, the Seven Towers might not necessarily be lacking such a war spell."

War spells were different from Mythallar; although Xia Duo had contributed a verified and feasible improvement idea for the former and provided the very critical David String material, he did not own the ownership of this project.

Likewise, the localization of the war spells could also be seen as Xia Duo commissioning Yinaole to carry it out. Although Yinaole shared the usage rights of those war spells just as he shared the usage rights of the Mythallar with Xia Duo, it did not mean they could be transferred to the Seven Towers.

And the Seven Towers should have collected quite a few war spells over the past few hundred years; as Xia Duo said, they might not be lacking a weapon of mass destruction like 【Annihilation Light】.

It was just that this reality would make some people harder to accept.

Weide was such a person. He preferred that the pure Arcane faction possess more original and exclusive technologies or weapons. Once he learned that the Seven Towers also possessed them, he felt terrible.

He smiled bitterly at Xia Duo and said: "You really have brought news that couldn't be worse!"

"In my hometown, there is a saying—misfortune, that is where happiness depends; happiness, that is where misfortune underlies. The Seven Towers have obtained the key technology for the Floating City, but it has also made visionaries like yourself more worried and more united."

What Xia Duo said was another fact, which was—a considerable number of those who agreed with the Ascension Order agreed with the order itself, and agreed that they also had the opportunity to participate in the establishment of this order, rather than the Seven Towers directly controlling the order while they could only passively accept it.

This was an obvious problem; the Ascension Order wanted to establish the pattern of the future "God Realm."

If they could only let the Seven Towers arrange it, let alone their future status, even whether they could ascend to godhood would be in the hands of others. This was something most Great Arcanists with strong self-awareness could not accept.

Simply put, the Seven Towers could occupy a certain advantage, but they could not occupy an absolute advantage that would make others become vassals.