Chapter 2624: The Arrival of Talafu, the Wind Lord's Mount

Continuously using 【Annihilation Light】, the wear and tear on the equipment itself is actually nothing; even if it were necessary to temporarily manufacture a new core artifact, it would not be a difficult task.

The key is that using 【Annihilation Light】 could potentially trigger the Northland Alliance's Magic Monitoring, which is somewhat hard to handle; perhaps in half a month, the entire year's worth of super-magic quota for Netheril would be completely used up by him!

In the past, Xia Duo might not have cared much about the 【Magic Restriction Treaty】, but now, whether within Netheril or the Northland Alliance, order is on the rise; as long as he does not wish to isolate himself from others, some rules must be followed.

For instance, within Netheril, once his super-magic quota usage exceeds the limit, it will inevitably affect his voting rights on various matters in the Council, similar to the breach-of-contract clauses when cooperating with the Seven Towers.

It is much the same within the Northland Alliance, not to mention that Xia Duo still wishes to participate deeply in the construction of the Northland Alliance's order; in such a situation, it is naturally impossible to take the lead in breaking order.

If one feels the Magic Restriction Treaty is unreasonable, one can first propose a renegotiation rather than directly ignoring it; in fact, Xia Duo has already prepared to bring this matter up in the Northland Alliance.

With the development of magic levels, the super-magic quotas established in the past are no longer applicable; this is a point that the various Elf nations, who were the original leaders of the treaty, can likely feel the pressure of as well.

This is somewhat similar to the carbon neutrality plans on Earth, which were led by early industrialized nations; under normal circumstances, this is just restricting post-industrialized nations in the name of environmental protection.

But once those early industrialized nations face a crisis or discover new opportunities, they will prioritize development rather than continuing to play some environmental protection game.

But the rules haven't been set yet, and slapping one's own face is quite painful.

"Let that matter be for now! Later I will personally make a trip to Seventon, discuss it with the teacher first, and then decide how to notify the Council and how to inform the various territories."

This is clearly not a natural creation, and with Xia Duo's extraordinary vision, he can even see the figure standing and looking into the distance in front of that building.

……

Even if someone blames the losses from snowfall and cold winters on him, that can be argued and refuted, unlike exceeding the super-magic quota, which is a matter of data indicators, and that is very difficult to refute.

However, the upper body of this huge wind elemental is relatively clean; one can only discern a vague form through the refraction of weak light produced by the different air flow speeds.

Just such a big guy, even if it does nothing and just walks around the Territory, is an irresistible doomsday for ordinary people.

Xia Duo feels that the Magic Restriction Treaty is still open for discussion in the future, but that is not a reason for him to constantly break the bottom line now; after comprehensive consideration, he decided to give up on continuously intervening in the weather.

Although Xia Duo does not study elemental creatures much, he can make a preliminary judgment that such a large wind elemental is likely another lord-level elemental!

"What? You came over to Seventon yourself?"

As for himself, he returned to the ground to observe for a while, preparing to head to Saville from the portal at Code Plaza, when an unexpected communication made him stop his steps.

Of course, if one can accurately locate where the essence is, then it is possible to kill it in one blow.

However, since they have come, it is impossible not to meet, especially since they are bringing the Elemental Essence he urgently needs; even if only for the sake of the Elemental Essence, he must meet them.

Of course, rationally, I also know that Xia Duo's approach might be the best, but emotionally, I simply cannot accept Xia Duo receiving groundless accusations, even though those accusations have not yet truly arrived.

But it is still very fast, far exceeding the flight speed of an ordinary Mage.

……

Next, Xia Duo had Niya stay in the Floating City to monitor the status of the War Spell Core Artifact, and had Talafu monitor the flow of Cloud Qi in the outside world, telling them to contact him whenever there was an anomaly.

Xia Duo himself is already feeling a bit overwhelmed, so how could he have the energy to go toss about in the south!

Xia Duo told Niya and the others about his considerations; Talafu, Aipusi, and Aiboke were able to understand, but Niya was still unable to accept it.

And in this final stretch, that behemoth finally rushed out of the clouds; it was a huge cyclone, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom like a trumpet. Just as it drilled out of the clouds, the lower half of its body was dyed pitch-black, and it was entwined with streaks of lightning.

Thus, he and Talafu synchronized the locations of the Cloud Qi flow anomalies, then contacted Seventon to ask for the other party's location; the result was no surprise, the two locations were very close.

Even a Spellcaster like Xia Duo would find it no easy task to target an elemental creature of this level.

Through the Floating City's war spell 【Wide-Area Detection】, Xia Duo already knew what the approaching behemoth was, but he still wanted to see it with his own eyes!

This is not a flesh-and-blood creature that can be killed just by bleeding; the wind elemental is entirely gas, and with such a large volume, unless it is annihilated in an extremely short time, it is just like a mosquito biting an elephant, causing no significant damage at all.

Upon receiving this news, Xia Duo was both happy and somewhat burdened; happy, of course, because he would soon have Elemental Essence to use. In fact, his departure from the Laboratory this time was not entirely because of Laidun's report.

But for Seventon to be giving gifts and delivering goods personally, it is hard not to think of an old saying from his hometown—"If a gift is bestowed upon someone, there must be a request."

To a large extent, it was also because the Laboratory's Elemental Essence was insufficient, mainly because the wind and water attributes were used up; before being able to strip away bloodline-related elements, there was not much use for essences of other attributes.

Xia Duo randomly drove the Floating City to meet them, while he himself returned to the Floating City through the portal at Code Plaza, and performed a spatial shift with the Floating City using Hengchun Square as the surface.

Before long, he saw with his naked eye a very obvious linear trace appearing in the clouds extending to the far south below.

Besides, Xia Duo is actively seeking a solution to the Dragon Madness Mythallar crisis, which will also bring him immense prestige; once successful, it will undoubtedly outweigh all accusations.

The movement speed of that behemoth is extremely fast; it was just in the far distance, and in a short while, it had almost arrived above Wolf God Mountain.

It was as if some behemoth was charging all the way, smashing through the clouds and speeding toward the north.

Very soon, not long after Seventon contacted him, Xia Duo received a Sending from Talafu, saying that an anomaly in the Cloud Qi flow in the south had been monitored. At that time, Xia Duo hadn't gone to Saville yet, and he immediately realized that Seventon might have arrived.

And Wolf God Mountain is only a few dozen new miles away from Xia Ling; this distance is even less of a problem, only that the behemoth slowed down somewhat after approaching Xia Ling.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't see it; resting on top of that wind elemental's head is a high-domed building supported by more than ten pillars.

It seems that must be Seventon!

After all, the climate anomaly itself was not caused by him; the early snowfall was merely early snowfall. As long as the advance notice was in place, there was nothing to criticize.