Chapter 2655: Personally Heading to Evereska
However, after a long time, there was still no reply from the Seven Towers; it seemed that communication with the Northland Alliance was not going smoothly, and Xia Duo had a rough idea of the situation.
Although there was no evidence to suggest that Yierlan was behind all of this, such things as conviction do not require evidence.
"The Northland Alliance replied that due to the increasingly severe threat of the Demon Descendants, to avoid giving them an opportunity, all detailed investigation reports regarding the Demon Descendant incidents can only be viewed in person at the Northland Alliance Headquarters."
After a long time, the Seven Towers finally sent this message to Xia Duo; Xia Duo felt that even the Seven Towers probably could not accept such a result.
So he asked the Seven Towers again, "Does the Seven Towers intend to initiate a re-investigation into this incident? An investigation led by Netheril!"
Another long wait followed, and this time it was not a reply from the "operator" at the Councilor Secretariat, but a personal reply from Badijiaer:
"Yierlan has already requested to close the case, and after discussion, we have decided not to pursue it further, but there are indeed suspicious points in this matter. If Lord Xia Duo is interested, I can authorize you to go to Evereska to investigate this matter."
Xia Duo considered it for a moment and agreed; he had already shown special concern for this matter, so if he were to give up suddenly, wouldn't that be a loss!
Moreover, he did not care whether the Seven Towers noticed his concern for this matter; it was better if they did, as it would be much more effective for the Seven Towers to step forward than for him to do so.
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It is certain that the Dragon Madness Mythallar is not in a fully intact state at this time, and complete dismantling is actually impossible; it does not require that many high-level Mages, but if it were fully intact, why would one dismantle it?
Students of the Red Heart Alliance have already formed relatively mature magical literacy by the primary school stage and have relatively clear future development paths; at this time, using the Inheritance Ritual is more of an aid rather than a constraint that only appears to be helpful.
Since the decision had been made, Xia Duo immediately took action; of course, it was not his main body, but an avatar.
If the Evereska Alliance in the Projection Plane did not rely on the world-destroying threat of the Dragon Madness Mythallar, it would be impossible to compete with the Red Heart Alliance.
But after learning the true consequences, who is that kind of special genius?
There is at least a gap of several hundred years in there!
Who can say for sure about the future? The eighty years mentioned by the ancient Elf might be more, or it might be exceeded, but when he is preparing, he needs to consider as much as possible.
Let alone Xia Duo, even if the complete Dragon Madness Secret Scroll were handed over to the various Elven Nations, they might not have the ability to handle it properly.
In the Red Heart Alliance, the Inheritance Ritual is basically not applicable to ordinary students; only when they reach primary school, in order to quickly acquire Knowledge, is the Inheritance Ritual used.
Perhaps a slight tremor in the outside world would cause it to come to a complete standstill.
Of course, from another perspective, if there were no Tower of Time, these people might not even be able to come into contact with Magic, and furthermore, this so-called influence is more reflected in the potential for magical research.
Therefore, Xia Duo is still glad that the continent fragmentation happened very early; if it had happened within the last few hundred years, it would probably have been a world-ending catastrophe directly.
If one is not engaged in magical research, then this influence is actually not that great.
As for repairs, the plan is ready-made; in the process of inspecting the Feres Fortress Mythallar, Xia Duo also sorted through the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll. That ancient Elf was right: to completely repair the Dragon Madness Mythallar, at least several hundred high-level Mages must collaborate simultaneously, otherwise, one can only seek a dangerous dismantling.
Currently, Xia Duo can still determine the status of the Dragon Madness Mythallar through the Fortress Mythallar and can barely operate it, but if some time passes, that is not certain.
Just think about the Elves of the Main Plane also forming an alliance and using the Dragon Madness Mythallar's world-destroying threat to carry out various extortions—how disgusting that would be!
Sacrificing a little research potential in exchange for becoming a Great Arcanist ahead of schedule—if such a thing were announced outside, the people queuing at the door of the Tower of Time would probably stretch to the Licheng Weimian!
Cultivating several hundred high-level Mages within eighty years is unrealistic, but cultivating several hundred Great Arcanists is something that can be imagined; as long as a way is found for them to also create Saint Form Avatars, that would be equivalent to several hundred high-level Mages.
Currently, the inspection work of the avatar at the Arctic Feres Fortress has already reached its final stages; having inspected the entire Mythallar from beginning to end, after experiencing long years, it is indeed in a riddled state now.
So Xia Duo's idea is still to do it himself; this is not only his duty as the light of civilization in the Main Plane, but he also wants to keep the great weapon that is the Dragon Madness Mythallar under his own control.
Only a very small number of exceptionally talented people can ignore the influence of the Inheritance Ritual; not only will they not be subject to any constraints, but they will also use the Inheritance Ritual to make rapid progress.
Several hundred Great Arcanists in eighty years might be hard to imagine in the Netheril of the past, but if this were placed in the Red Heart Alliance, it is actually just a normal growth process for a high school student.
The biggest problem with the Dragon Madness Mythallar is not that it was damaged due to the continent fragmentation, but that its scale is too massive and it has fallen into disrepair, like a machine that has aged to the extreme and is still struggling to operate.
With the Red Heart Alliance's cultivation plan, one can cultivate a potential-filled quasi-Arcanist in eighty years, and if they go to primary school afterward, there is a high probability they can become a Great Arcanist in five years, although the Red Heart Alliance does not have such a title.
The Evereska Alliance in the Red Heart Alliance's Projection Plane can temporarily suppress the collapse trend of the Dragon Madness Mythallar, but the Elven Nations of the Main Plane may not necessarily be able to do so.
Still using the old machine analogy, an ordinary machine's threat is insufficient, but what if it is a nuclear device from an ancient civilization? Because the damage is too severe, whether maintaining or dismantling it, one must consider whether it will suddenly collapse during that process.
The Elven Nations in the Red Heart Alliance's Projection Plane are there because of the existence of the Red Heart Alliance and grew concurrently with the Red Heart Alliance; although their overall strength cannot compare to the Red Heart Alliance, they are not comparable to the various Elven Nations of the Main Plane either.
Therefore, the Red Heart Alliance did not widely promote this way of acquiring Knowledge that is almost like infusion, but Xia Duo used it, and he chose to use it on the more excellent individuals in the Tower of Time.
He could almost be certain that the futures of these people would be affected.
The current damage to the Dragon Madness Mythallar exceeds eighty percent; the remaining intact parts are mainly concentrated on the sealing of the King-Slaying Star, and in other aspects, there is only a little residual power that is almost impossible to destroy.
Of course, what is worse than that is the Dragon Madness Mythallar; the Dragon Madness Mythallar and the Fortress Mythallar are not the same, but they have a very deep connection.
If it were specifically for cultivating Great Arcanists and related courses could be skipped, it would not take eighty years at all.
But there is one point that is not quite the same as what Xia Duo guessed before: the impact of the continent fragmentation on the Dragon Madness Mythallar is not non-existent, but it is much smaller than he imagined.
However, if a period of time really passes and the collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar enters an irreversible state, whether it can be operated or not will no longer be important.
Not to mention that this is in the Main Plane; Xia Duo could not possibly send such a great weapon into the hands of the Elves and then let them threaten others in the future.
Therefore, although Xia Duo is under pressure, it is not that great; his pressure mainly stems from his worry about the eighty-year time frame mentioned by the ancient Elf.
He can try to carry out a Netheril Magic System transformation on the Dragon Madness Mythallar, or he can use the conventional repair plan provided by the ancient Elf.
End of Chapter
