Chapter 2500: Shifting the Hatred

"Elder Xierdalanna has already headed to Netheril. She will do her best to mediate this matter, but there must be some explanation for this incident. I can confirm that I did not do this. What about you all?"

Crown King Helien's calm yet suppressed, angry voice echoed through the council hall. The Elders all had their brows tightly locked. This matter itself was not much; in the past, whether it was Yierlan or Keman, there had been assassination attempts targeting Netheril's Elite Mages.

But this time it was different. The target's status was that of a Great Arcanist. This was unprecedented, and he was also a student of Yinaole, making the influence even more extraordinary.

Secondly, the target possessed an extremely flexible and powerful War Spell Platform. Without the target's control, this power was highly likely to spiral out of control. Various factors made the consequences of this matter extremely serious.

After Crown King Helien clearly stated that this matter had nothing to do with him, the Elders also expressed their positions one after another, claiming it had nothing to do with them. Regarding the Elders' words, Helien generally believed them.

Although after the institutional reforms, these Elders and he often had disagreements or even conflicts regarding various affairs within Yierlan, the general direction of their interests was consistent.

No matter how they fought internally, they would not go so far as to smash their shared platform for profit—Yierlan!

"Respected Elders, who do you think might have done this?"

"Crown King, I feel the Demon Descendants are highly suspicious, because the number of high-level Mages in the various countries of the Northland is roughly determined. Even if there is some concealment, one can still find some traces."

"Not bad, I agree with Elder Darien's point of view. I fear that apart from the Demon Descendants, other countries cannot produce such high-level Mages who are practically suicide attackers. If I felt the pull of the A Fanduo Homeland and was willing to sacrifice for my family and for Yierlan, I would be willing, but I would not be willing to die so anonymously."

"Indeed, at present, the suspicion for this matter lies entirely with my Yierlan. Other countries dare not claim it, and it is impossible for there to be any compensation internally, otherwise, if caught with evidence, we would offend both ourselves and Netheril simultaneously."

"Even with the arrogance of that Crown King Yilisaier in the East, he would not go so far as to do such an unwise thing!"

"It must be the Demon Descendants. They are trying every possible way to make the Northland fall into the flames of war so that their evil plans might be realized."

"I suggest immediately convening a Northland Alliance meeting and conducting another purge of the Demon Descendants. I believe that as long as they did it, we will definitely be able to find clues!"

The Elders spoke one after another, quickly locking the mastermind of this incident onto the Demon Descendants. After all, the Saint Form of the high-level Mage in this incident was something everyone present had witnessed with their own eyes, and in the entire Northland, only the Demon Descendants were the easiest to scapegoat.

As for other countries, even if they really did it, as long as there was no evidence, once they fell into a war of words, the greatest suspicion would still have to be borne by Yierlan itself.

Rather than that, it would be better to go straight to the point: it was directly done by the Demon Descendants. They had the motive—to disrupt the Northland Alliance to execute their evil plans—and they had the ability—more than one high-level Mage had already been infiltrated, won over, and converted by the Demon Descendants.

As for the timing, it was even more perfect—the Demon Descendants were hiding in the shadows. Didn't Demon Descendants show up to cause trouble not long ago when Netheril held its Ascension Ritual? Wouldn't doing it again now just manifest the evil nature of the Demon Descendants!

Just as Yierlan was discussing a plan to shift the hatred internally, on the Netheril side, Xierdalanna, who had been entrusted by the Council and the Crown King to come and soothe the situation, had already arrived in Seventon.

Because the Tower of Time refused to attend any negotiation occasions, the group of Elves led by Xierdalanna was received by the Seven Towers for subsequent negotiations.

But when the two sides sat down, the first topic nearly caused the talks to collapse. Regarding the claim proposed by Badijiaer that Yierlan should participate in the negotiations as an involved party, Xierdalanna raised a stern protest:

"I have been entrusted by Crown King Helien and the High Tree Elder Council to come and provide aid and condolences to the terror-attacked Seventon and the families of the relevant personnel, not to negotiate and handle the aftermath as an involved party. Please, Lord Badijiaer, mind your words."

"I know you have your excuses, but the reality is that the assassin shouted Yierlan's fanatical slogans and assassinated our lord. I can clearly tell you that this matter must be given a satisfactory explanation."

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If he were a diplomat, Badijiaer's words would be somewhat lacking in standard, but he was not an ordinary diplomat; he was one of the involved parties whom Yinaole was staring at, demanding an explanation.

Although it was unlikely that the Seven Towers were the mastermind behind the attack, it was also impossible for the Seven Towers to completely distance themselves from this matter. Moreover, the Annihilation Light that descended from the Floating City of Xia Duo not long ago was very persuasive.

Badijiaer knew very well that if this matter was not handled well, let alone within Netheril, even the Northland Alliance would not be able to have peace.

But the problem was that Yierlan now completely refused to admit that this matter had anything to do with them, only putting on a posture of coming to support and offer condolences, which truly made him annoyed.

And out of caution, Badijiaer did not dare to let Yierlan's investigators participate in the investigation of this incident. Although in his view, it was impossible for Yierlan to be so unwise as to assassinate Xia Duo at such a critical moment, what if?

If by any chance Yierlan's investigators destroyed the evidence they found, a few slogans from the assassin would not be enough to arouse the sympathy of the various countries of the Northland Alliance.

Once a war started, Netheril might also suffer sanctions from other countries.

In fact, in Badijiaer's view, war, or at least intense conflict in the short term, was already inevitable. Let alone him, no one in Netheril had the right to stop the revenge of Xia Duo's followers.

The only question was whether they could find the true target for revenge.

Considering everything, Badijiaer hoped more that Yierlan would simply admit it and then provide enough compensation to Xia Duo in time, so that even if a conflict occurred, it could be quelled quickly. Currently, Netheril was at a critical moment, and it was truly not suitable for a war to occur.

Of course, the premise of all this was that Xia Duo had not suffered irreversible damage; otherwise, that would be troublesome.

If Yierlan did not admit that they did it, it would be good if they could help find the mastermind who could convince that group of people in the Southland.

The meeting between the two sides in Seventon did not make much progress, only reaching one consensus: that is, to first investigate the incident itself, and the investigators from Yierlan who came this time could not participate in the investigation.

Instead, they were to be newly hired from other countries of the Northland Alliance, with all expenses to be covered by Yierlan.

Because of the Tower of Time's declaration of revenge, regarding this assassination incident, the Yierlan side provided as much support as possible, apart from admitting it, in the hope of clarifying this matter as soon as possible.

And the Seven Towers, while seemingly unrelated to them, had the New Covenant about to be signed. Once this matter was not handled well, let alone continuing their executive status, the entire covenant system would likely be threatened.

Under such circumstances, only by insisting on an investigation and clarifying the truth as soon as possible could they potentially quell this matter quickly and potentially restore the prestige of the Seven Towers.