Chapter 2678: Dilemma

Under Xia Duo's intentional manipulation, the subsequent efficiency was actually higher than before, and soon the Silver Spire protection system reconstruction was completed, with Xia Duo obtaining all current Permission Level of the Silver Spire.

Thus, he immediately shut down the Avoidance Detection Array inside the High-level Secret Ritual Chamber on the tenth floor that had previously been shrouded in heavy Mist, and the next moment, the entire Secret Ritual Chamber was exposed to his Perception—

His previous prediction was correct; Palisi was indeed inside, and not just Palisi, but also Sada, a High Mage councilor whose image had been provided by Dakesi before; this guy had actually defected.

Of course, correspondingly, the other two High Mage councilors should not have defected; although they were not in the Secret Ritual Chamber, they might be imprisoned or had already been screened out.

And besides the two High Mages, Palisi and Sada, there were twenty-four Elf Mages standing in order inside the Secret Ritual Chamber, their identities also temporarily unknown.

But from their assistance to Palisi and Sada in performing the Ritual Spell, it could be seen that those twenty-four Mages were at least Elite Mages, equivalent to High Mages with a Spellcasting Level of 10 or above in the Netheril Magic System.

Of course, exactly how high they were could not be seen very intuitively; even Scrying spells were difficult to detect such indicators.

Fortunately, those twenty-four Elf Mages were all casting spells at the moment, and from the depth of the Magic Net reached by their Spellcasting, their spellcasting ability could also be roughly inferred.

At least eight were Senior Arcanists, equivalent to Archmages or Senior Arcanists of level 15 or above in Netheril; these eight alone were already a formidable force that Xia Duo could not ignore.

Once we are allowed to fight freely, we can even contend with War Spells to a certain extent, not to mention there are more than ten Mages of at least Elite rank, as well as two High Mage commanders.

What exactly should be done?

That is obviously not feasible either!

As for now, we must change our line of thinking!

Whether it is a sacrifice or not cannot be seen in a short time, but what is certain is that this will definitely be a big commotion, and given Yierlan's previous performance, could such a commotion that even Xia Duo considers big be anything good?

The current Elf kingdoms, such as the likes of Yierlan and Keman, are like a sleeping lion; it is fine to provoke them occasionally, but once they are awakened, Netheril, which is still a sheep, will definitely not be able to compete.

Of course, compared to total war, the result of total competition is at least more bearable, and humans may not necessarily lack the possibility of winning.

Yet in the many previous prophecies, words like Meteier City had never been seen, nor had the Palisi sacrifice event, or the Palisi rebellion event.

It was just that Xia Duo had some doubts; if Meteier City were destroyed or a city-wide sacrifice event occurred, then this news would inevitably spread to Netheril and to Xia Ling, and then Jieyi would definitely add this major event to the Cloud Pattern Announcement.

With the assistance of other High Mages, perhaps this event could be perfectly resolved.

And in the Spirit Thought Network, whether it was Tusen, Ouluola, or Kuitao and Tuleidi, they were all urging him; if Xia Duo could not come up with a practical and good plan, then they would attempt a direct attack.

There are actually methods; for example, Xia Duo could sacrifice this Saint Form Avatar to attempt to control or update the current Meteier Mythallar; perhaps it could not stop Yierlan's mysterious ritual, but it could destroy a large portion of it.

More than just clever, it is simply going to be terrible.

Therefore, Xia Duo would rather expose the Thought Robe, a Portable War Spell Platform that could not be replicated for a considerable period, than expose the Saint Form Avatar, because the latter would highly likely trigger a war between the Elves and Netheril.

This is actually also a difficult choice, because it would push the arms race between the countries within the Northland Alliance to an extreme degree.

Of course, if he were given a team like the Negative Energy Research Institute of the Red Heart Alliance or Class 2 of the Red Heart Primary School Mythallar, perhaps he could give it a try.

Xia Duo was incomparably glad at this moment that he had not listened to Tusen and the others earlier and chosen to charge directly into the Secret Ritual Chamber; in fact, the interior of the Secret Ritual Chamber, with the Mist cleared away, no longer held too many secrets for them.

Obviously, once the Elf World is fully mobilized, the energy that erupts will definitely exceed everyone's expectations, and Xia Duo does not want to start total competition with the Elves so early.

Although it was only a short contact and cooperation, Tuleidi and Kuitao had already regarded Xia Duo as their backbone, but Xia Duo appeared confident on the surface while actually not being that confident.

A simple distinction shows that Yierlan has not completely entrusted his life to the protection of the Secret Ritual Chamber itself, but has connected the Secret Ritual Chamber to the Meteier Mythallar, which is already unrecognizable at this moment.

The problem now is that once Yierlan is attacked, he will suffer a counterattack from the Mythallar, and it may even trigger a series of chain reactions, and in more serious cases, it might even accelerate the progress of Yierlan's ritual.

"This situation—it looks like what Dakesi said before was right; Yierlan really wants to destroy the entire city of Meteier!"

After all, no matter how much the Elves awaken or revive, there is always a process and it always requires a certain amount of time, and that is the opportunity for humans.

Once there is an external force attacking the Secret Ritual Chamber, it will inevitably trigger a strong counterattack from the Mythallar.

Erasing all traces might be the best choice, or at the very least, obtaining this spell from Xia Duo's side.

But for Xia Duo, and even for Netheril, the Saint Form Avatar is absolutely a "see-light-die" existence in the current era.

"What exactly should be done?" Xia Duo's mind raced.

"Do I have to seize the City Mythallar's Permission Level again?"

Thinking this way, he was even less willing to resolve this event by sacrificing the Saint Form Avatar to control the Mythallar, so could he only expose the Portable War Spell Platform?

Information is shared in the Spirit Thought Network, and Kuitao, who now knows the specific situation inside the Secret Ritual Chamber, finally could not help but sigh, "The situation looks a bit bad!"

Xia Duo's original plan was to start total competition with the Elves at least ten years later, or rather, he had ten years to shorten the gap between Netheril and countries like Palisi.

This is not a simple project; even if Xia Duo learned Mythallar technology that exceeded the current era from the Red Heart Alliance, it would be very difficult to seize the Permission Level of a City Mythallar in a short time.

But not attacking is also not an option; the Ritual Spell currently underway in the Secret Ritual Chamber is processing the Meteier Mythallar, not an update in the ordinary sense, but closer to using the Mythallar to do something, and it is a one-time exhaustion of the Mythallar.

It is very likely to lead to the destruction of the entire city of Meteier.

The Elves do not mind humans achieving High Mage status in the Elven Magic System, but they will absolutely not allow humans to master such avatar spells.

Thinking of war, Xia Duo suddenly thought of something, "Could this be the root of the total war in the prophecy?"

"Lord Xia Duo, what should we do now?"

But if we don't attack, are we just going to watch the other side complete the ritual and then wait to welcome the so-called "New World"?