Chapter 2684: Sacrificial Ritual Book

————Not in the right state today, I'll make up for this chapter tomorrow~~

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Dakesi wants to lift the seal, which is of course impossible. Not to mention that he is currently only a Consciousness Copy, even if it were his true body, given that it has been confirmed he is colluding with Palisi, it would be impossible to lift the seal for him easily.

Of course, Xia Duo did not hide this from Dakesi, "Under the current circumstances, I cannot lift the seal for you. Let's wait until Consultant Feilifa arrives!"

"Alright then!" Dakesi seemed to resign himself to his fate, then asked: "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Whether or not Feilifa comes depends on whether the Sacrificial Ritual of Palisi can be stopped within the city. If it can be stopped, then he will have played a part in it, and surviving on that basis will not be a problem.

If it cannot be stopped, then whether Feilifa comes or not will not matter.

By comparison, he still hopes more that the Mages in the city can stop Palisi's ritual; otherwise, he would not have fallen out with Palisi.

"Sada is in cahoots with you lot, right?" Xia Duo asked again.

Sada is one of the five Advanced Mages in Meteier City, and also the only Advanced Mage other than Palisi that Xia Duo found while searching the Silver Spire.

After speaking, Palisi had another look of being worried about personal gains and losses, "He said, can you really escape from that Sacrificial Ritual?"

Thinking that if there hadn't been Xia Shao's interference, the Arrow Wind Squad should have been able to successfully return to Evereska and meet with me. Of course, if they could really meet, then the meeting itself would not be important.

"That's not the case. Dumu only joined forces with Dakesi because he was very dissatisfied with the Crown King's reforms. Dumu does not have much affection for Demon Descendants."

Regarding this question, Palisi answered quite candidly, "That reconnaissance squad tracked down the Temple Guardians subordinate to the Darkness Society not long ago. The Temple Guardians sought help from Dakesi, and Dakesi agreed, but before they could act, they discovered that the squad suddenly wanted to return to Evereska."

"They thought we hated and disliked Demon Descendants very much. Dakesi believed that it was impossible for us to cooperate, so those two councilors were killed immediately after being lured to the Silver Spire."

So Xia Shao asked again: "Then why did the Arrow Wind Squad that came yesterday go missing? What did they discover that caused you to silence them?"

Perhaps it was Xia Shao's indifferent attitude that caused Dakesi to loosen his tongue. After a long sigh, he told Xia Shao: "Regarding the Mist Event, I don't know much either, only that it is a certain plan of the Darkness Society."

Xia Shao finally asked that key question.

But this question obviously involves the deep secrets of the Demon Descendants. Thinking that if Palisi answered, he would inevitably be considered to have deep ties with the Demon Descendants, so after Xia Shao raised this question again, Palisi fell into silence once more.

Not to mention, the disappearance of the Arrow Wind Squad happened under the circumstances where Xia Shao had requested to meet with the Arrow Wind Squad, and Sada had already made the arrangements; silencing them directly was truly too Advanced.

"There should be no direct connection. They might have discovered the Mist Region generated by the Sacrificial Ritual, but that region had been discovered first by Yierlan and was regarded as a treasure, so that squad was destined not to survive."

Xia Shao did not answer Palisi's question, but continued to ask: "Did the disappearance of that reconnaissance squad earlier have anything to do with the Demon Descendants?"

When he used the Mist question to probe Palisi earlier, the other party clearly had a reaction, rather than being ignorant and confused. Now that they could finally communicate, he naturally had to ask properly.

After sighing, he continued to ask Palisi:

"So although I have some sympathy, if I were to choose, I would still choose to wipe out the Demon Descendants as much as possible, without giving them any chance."

"Me?"

Of course, Xia Shao also understood that Palisi being unwilling to tell him did not necessarily mean he was unwilling to tell Feilifa or Crown King Yierlan, but he still insisted on the other party answering, thinking that if he kept refusing, then he would be prepared to reset this Consciousness Copy.

Now asking Dakesi this question is nothing more than wanting to confirm it one last time, and Dakesi knows this well, not attempting to hide anything in this regard:

It was just unexpected that doing so caused Dakesi's misunderstanding, treating the sudden return of the Arrow Wind Squad as having discovered some secret, and thus dealing with them by silencing them.

The Taiweimansa side gave up on continuing to silence people, which is very likely because they are preparing to disclose the Mist Event to the Northland Alliance.

It turned out to be like this!

"Then what about you? What is your attitude toward Demon Descendants?"

"The current Sacrificial Ritual in Meteier City, I am also not sure if it is the cause of the Mist Event, but after the news of the Northland Alliance reconnaissance squad's disappearance spread, Dakesi once mentioned—a new world is about to descend, and everything in the old world will become a sacrifice."

This answer matches Xia Shao's previous guess, but it cannot explain the subsequent disappearance of the Arrow Wind Squad. The Northland Alliance reconnaissance squad disappearing once could be called an accident, but disappearing one after another cannot be explained by accidents.

Palisi hesitated for a moment and told Xia Shao, "I have more sympathy for Demon Descendants, but given the current relationship between Demon Descendants and the various countries of the Northland, living in peace is very difficult, and I also do not want to be transformed into a Demon Descendant."

"What about the other two Advanced Mage councilors? What is their situation? I didn't see them at the Silver Spire."

Hearing this explanation, Xia Shao could not help but fall silent. Thinking that if Palisi was not lying, then an important reason for the Arrow Wind Squad's death might be Sada's recall order.

"Then did Dumu join the Darkness Society?"

He did not ask whether the Arrow Wind Squad was silenced by Dakesi's group. Since it was not the Taiweimansa side, then it must have been done by the local power holders of Meteier.

And the reason Sada wanted to recall the Arrow Wind Squad was because he wanted to meet with the Arrow Wind Squad to ask about the return trajectory and the anomalies in the investigation report.

From the perspective of consciousness fluctuations, Palisi's words were actually not a lie. Of course, to say this is the whole truth, that is not necessarily the case; this guy must be hiding quite a few things!

"Dakesi learned of this news too late. That squad had already arrived in Meteier. In order to prevent that squad from discovering any secrets, he could only choose to kill them in the city."

"Yes, Sada is also in cahoots with them, and knowing clearly that the ritual is highly likely a Sacrificial Ritual, he still chose to stand with Palisi."

Xia Shao felt that those two councilors might have truly lived in comfort for too long, to be killed so easily; they really did not live up to their strength as Advanced Mages.

"Truly, things are unpredictable!" Xia Shao sighed in his heart.

"Now it seems that this so-called Sacrificial Ritual is highly likely the cause of the Mist Event."

"How much do you know about the Mist Event?"

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"Why not answer this question? It is me asking now, and I can still talk to you calmly. In the future, it might be Feilifa or even the Crown King asking in person; could you still not speak? You should be clear that you cannot escape this question no matter what!"

So that's how it is! Xia Shao nodded thoughtfully.