Chapter 2692: Communication with Palisi

You must know, at this moment, the Silver Spire where Palisi is located has already had all its core Permission Levels seized by Xia Duo, and the Protection system here has even been reconstructed.

How Palisi killed those two local high Mage councilors before is exactly how Xia Duo could kill him now, but Xia Duo was in no hurry to act; instead, he intentionally slowed down the progress of the Termination Ritual.

This was not because he did not want to end matters here, but because Palisi should be considered the most significant Demon Descendant he has encountered so far, and he certainly must find a way to obtain more intelligence on Demon Descendants from the other party.

Indeed, Xia Duo could very easily kill Palisi, but a dead Palisi would be truly worthless, and he would even find it very difficult to stop the other party from committing suicide.

Under these circumstances, he even had to try his best to preserve Palisi's life.

Slowing down the progress of the Termination Ritual remained a delaying tactic, and Palisi still took the bait; in reality, this was an open conspiracy—as long as Palisi did not completely lose hope, he would always fall into Xia Duo's rhythm.

This is the benefit of being "prepared."

But since it is an open conspiracy, even if Palisi does not understand Xia Duo's intentions for the moment, as events develop, he will react very quickly, just like before.

Now is no exception.

However, this time Palisi seems to truly understand that this ritual has indeed failed! Consequently, he actually made a move that exceeded Xia Duo's expectations—

That is also something Palisi would find very hard to refute.

"Is he a human? Is he Lord Xia Shao, or Supervisor Dumu?" Palisi did not answer Xia Shao's question immediately, but instead inquired about Xia Shao's identity.

"If there is no oppression, there is naturally no resistance. Does Lord Xia Shao also believe that some Elves are naturally meant to be oppressed?"

Regarding Palisi's rebuttal, Xia Shao responded immediately, "He is looking at the problem from the perspective of an Elf; how does he know that humans are dissatisfied with Elves? Humans yearn for Elf culture so much!"

"I do not care about the evaluations of various countries; I only need to do my own work."

Because when Dwarves speak Elvish, it also has a different flair, such as misplaced syllables, shifted stresses, and so on.

"I am not a human, and indeed I do not know much about the situation of humans, but I am an Elf, and also a Demon Descendant; I know the racial discrimination and even exploitation within the Elves better than anyone.

"In Eastern Imaskar, the practice of slavery is rampant, and the people are terrified, fearing that if they are not careful, they will become slaves. Behind all this strife and chaos, there is only one source point: the difference in bloodline and race.

It is just that others might be less successful at imitating it, while Xia Shao, having reached his current status, is unwilling to imitate Elves, so he was very directly identified by Palisi as being of a different race, and in fact, a human.

Thus, just like Xia Shao changing the topic earlier, Palisi did the same; he stopped talking about humans and instead started talking about the racial discrimination within the Elves:

Xia Shao originally only thought that Palisi had been deceived by Demon Descendants, or had accidentally become tainted with a Demon Bloodline and was forced to join the Demon Descendant camp, but judging from the other party's current remarks, this guy seems to have truly developed some idealistic thoughts.

What Xia Shao fears most is Palisi committing suicide without a word, but since the other party has taken the initiative to speak, it is just right to exchange words first, and in the process, think about how to control the other party before they commit suicide.

"This world indeed contains different races and different bloodlines, and because of these different races and bloodlines, many disputes and even sins arise, but is the root of all this really race and bloodline?"

After thinking for a moment, Xia Shao continued the Termination Ritual while sending a message to the other party: "What you want to say is nothing more than transforming all intelligent beings into Demon Descendants, but don't you know that Demon Bloodlines have various flaws?"

"If an outstanding human like you can feel dissatisfied, then what about other humans? Isn't this still the source of strife?"

"Not to mention outside the Northland, it is even more chaotic. The southern countries have deep-seated hatred for one another, compounded by ideological conflicts; endless wars have caused them to lose their potential for development."

Without waiting for Xia Shao to refute, Palisi sent another message in succession: "Regarding the previous question, I know that Demon Bloodlines are not conducive to reproduction and are difficult to control, but this world is always developing. You only know it doesn't work now, but how do you know it won't work in the future?"

Therefore, he usually uses Standard Elvish when communicating with Elves, which is standard written language without adding too many non-essential features, which is also the conventional practice for other races when using Elvish.

"Well said! In this regard, we actually have a lot in common!"

Xia Shao finds this strange, because the semantics contained in Elvish are too rich; if used like an Elf, it would reveal too much information about oneself.

If he could interrogate consciousness, he wouldn't bother with verbal communication with the other party!

In the Secret Ritual Chamber, Xia Duo suddenly received a message. The Palisi in the message no longer possessed the arrogance he had when they met in front of the Silver Spire; his words revealed a trace of loneliness, as well as a final stubbornness:

"Look around; the disputes between countries are constant. Since the dawn of history, war has never ceased. Even after forming the seemingly cooperative Northland Alliance, there is still all manner of infighting within."

Regarding Palisi's inquiry, Xia Duo told the other party his identity directly. This was not a secret; on the contrary, if a lie were exposed, it would very likely cause Palisi to refuse communication or even commit suicide directly.

"If it's not race and bloodline, then what could it be?" Palisi argued loudly, "You are a human; have you never felt the discrimination of Elves? Have you never felt dissatisfied because of the discrimination of Elves?"

So Xia Shao chose to open a new topic, "I don't need to see how the future will be; I only know that your statement that the world's corruption is due to race and bloodline is completely wrong!"

Immediately following this, Palisi continued to send a message: "So it is Lord Xia Shao; I didn't expect it to be you who stopped me. I think after today, the various countries will have a new evaluation of you!"

"If there could be a way for all life to transcend race and bloodline, and truly merge into one, what a wonderful world that would be!"

Idealism is a neutral term; it does not mean good, nor does it mean bad; it merely emphasizes a state, a state of identification with one's own Faith.

This is indeed a very good angle; unless Xia Shao is willing to admit that the world is unchanging, it is very difficult to refute Palisi's remarks.

This is, of course, sophistry, but Palisi is not a human, and in the past, Netheril and Yierlan did indeed have a so-called honeymoon period; even now, there are still a large number of humans within Netheril who yearn for Elvish culture.

"I have failed, but you have not won either! Your actions have merely fueled the trend of corruption in this Time Line!"