Chapter 2679: Misjudgment, Requesting the Blueprint

And on the other side.

Badijiaer and the Yierlan party had already arrived outside the boundary of the Metelier Mythallar. This trip was led by the Crown King's Consultant Feilifa, while Badijiaer's presence was more for accompaniment and liaison between internal and external parties.

The Metelier Mythallar, which had already been completely sealed off, had by this moment transformed into a blue sky-curtain, rising from the ground, extending upward into the high sky, and extending downward into the depths, though it was unclear how far.

After arriving, Feilifa immediately dispatched subordinates and colleagues to inspect the current state of the Metelier Mythallar; only after confirming the status could they proceed with the next step of the operation.

"Yisita, how do you see the current situation?"

"It's hard to say. I have met Palisi before, and at the time, I didn't discover any signs of rebellion in him, nor could I see anything unusual at all. How did it suddenly turn into this current situation?"

"Are you suspicious of the investigation team?" Feilifa raised an eyebrow, mentioning a sensitive topic.

The investigation team itself was not considered sensitive, but the root cause that brought the investigation team was quite sensitive. Yisita was not prepared to discuss this topic in depth on such an occasion, but instead voiced his own speculation—

"No, the investigation team shouldn't have any problems. What I am worried about is the Council and the various major families behind the Council. Not all Elves are satisfied with the Crown King's compromises. There should be a deeper black hand behind Palisi!"

"Then how do you think this current situation should be handled?" Feilifa asked again.

Before seizing a small portion of the Silver Spire's Permission Level, I had already been attempting to contact Qinzhenzi. The reason I did so was both out of a thought to harass him and the hope that if it could truly communicate, that would be better than completely severing contact.

"An independent space?" Feilifa was also startled upon hearing this. Putting himself in their shoes, if he were Yisita, and if he wanted to hold the lives of the entire city hostage to negotiate with the Crown King and the Council, he wouldn't necessarily go to such absolute lengths.

The remaining non-core leaders were treated as cannon fodder.

"Apart from the initial information, has there been any information transmitted since?"

Meanwhile, Xia Shao inside Meteier City was feeling troubled because Qinzhenzi had bound the Secret Ritual Chamber to the Mythallar; for a moment, he didn't know what was best to do.

"It's impossible, absolutely impossible. How could he possibly be doing this for real!"

Even if Qinzhenzi had modified the Meteier Mythallar in the interim, the overall structure should remain largely unchanged. If there were an original blueprint, he could attempt to seize the Mythallar Permission.

As for sacrificing a Saint Form Avatar to attempt to control the Mythallar, the current situation did not yet warrant him paying such a price. After thinking it over, he felt the only method was to use the 【Thought Robe】.

So, I asked Badijia to personally inspect the state of the Mythallar, while I sought out Yierlaner, who was also attempting to inspect the Mythallar. I adjusted my expression slightly, squeezed out a trace of a smile, and said:

"Then could you please ask Yierlaner to continuously contact Lord Xia Shao, and ask him to help contact City Lord Yisita of Meteier? Regardless of what demands the other party has, we can agree to them first. Only by restoring communication can we have a basis for negotiation."

"I will try, but I cannot guarantee that I will definitely be able to make contact."

Just at that moment, the frequent Sending messages received by the main body finally caught his attention. After diverting a bit of his focus over, he discovered they were all Sending messages from Yierlaner.

Badijia speaking like this made Feilifa feel somewhat surprised—how could the usually strong-willed Badijia say such a thing—but the next moment he realized that this was nothing more than a delaying tactic.

Feilifa was not worried that Qinzhenzi would not fall for it, because Palisi had never had a precedent of executing high-level Mages; at most, it would be house arrest, and there would still be opportunities for a comeback in the future.

But realizing this possibility, Feilifa could no longer calmly stand there waiting for news. At this moment, he finally remembered that there was still a Qinzhenzi-er who could contact the interior of Meteier.

Yierlaner was concise and to the point, but not having heard the answer he wanted, a trace of dissatisfaction instantly surged in Feilifa's heart, yet he still pretended to be understanding and continued to say:

"Is it that Lord Xia Shao?" Feilifa asked again.

After understanding the message sent over by Yierlaner, Xia Shao couldn't help but feel somewhat troubled. The Palisi side hoped he would help contact Qinzhenzi inside the city, but that was simply unrealistic.

From this, it could also be seen that this so-called Sacrificial Ritual was likely not just for show, but was for real.

Could it be—

"Let's establish contact with Palisi first. The other party has made such a big commotion; it's impossible that they would really drag the entire city's population to their deaths. As long as he is willing to negotiate, everything can be discussed!"

Thinking of this, Feilifa began to urge his subordinates on their inspection progress. Very soon, he received some not-so-good news: "My Lord, the coverage area of the Meteier Mythallar has already become nearly an independent space!"

But the problem was that Yisita seemed to have completely cut off external communication; this could be seen from the fact that they had broken through the soldiers' defensive line and entered the Silver Spire without triggering any alarms inside the Silver Spire.

"It doesn't matter. Your Excellency being able to inform us of this news in time has already helped us a great deal. This time, regardless of whether it succeeds or not, Qinzhenzi will be grateful for the assistance of Netheril."

"Yes."

"None."

Thinking of this, Xia Shao informed Qinzhenzi-er of the latest situation inside Meteier City through a main-body Sending, and had Yierlaner request the Meteier Mythallar blueprint from the Qinzhenzi side.

If operated properly, it could even make Yisita defect from the Council faction to the Crown King's faction. With the Crown King having more say, those of us who are outsiders would naturally also have benefits to gain.

Winning through "mouth-cannon" is not entirely impossible.

It is inevitable that the Crown King would have issues with who gets more or less when dividing interests, but that is not a reason to flip the chessboard. Yisita has truly gone too far this time. If one were to really compromise with him, then the new order that has just shown some improvement would likely collapse in an instant.

Besides, if Yisita's attitude is relatively good, the Crown King might not necessarily do anything to him. The most likely outcome is that it will be raised high and lowered gently; what cannot be obtained from Yisita's side can simply be compensated for from the Council's side.

Clearly, by this point, even Yisita's leaders likely cannot contact him. Of course, it is more likely that Yisita's core leaders are already in the Secret Ritual Chamber.

……

Yet the Palisi side still thought that Yisita wanted to hold the populace hostage to threaten those above; this was entirely a misjudgment due to a lack of understanding of the situation inside the Mythallar.

"Your Excellency Yierlaner, may I ask if you can still contact the interior of the Mythallar now?"

He had originally thought that Yierlaner informing the Palisi side of this matter was the end of it; he hadn't expected Yierlaner to have come to Qinzhenzi in person, and that he was currently already outside Meteier City!

Invading the Mythallar to seize the Permission Level clearly wouldn't be fast enough in terms of time, but if they were to attack the Secret Ritual Chamber directly, they were worried it would be counterproductive and accelerate the progress of Yisita's ritual.

"I cannot contact the inside; I can only wait for the inside to contact me unilaterally."

Having finished speaking, Feilifa bowed with utmost solemnity. Yierlaner suppressed his dislike for the Elf and began to contact Xia Shao.