Chapter 2876: Yilisaier

Besides information related to the Illuminati and Demon Descendants, Pafen's consciousness also mentioned a matter concerning Xia Duo himself; this matter was no secret among the upper echelons of the Elf World, it was just that no one had ever revealed it to Xia Duo before.

Many years ago, the Elf Main Deity once sent down an Oracle, the content of which was simple: "The former site of the Alabaster Tower will undergo changes, which may have a tremendous impact on the future destiny of the Elf race," and it demanded an investigation by the Mortal Plane.

Afterward, the Faro Organization, led by Faluo and connected by faith in the Main Deity, was established; its initial purpose was to investigate the changes mentioned in the Oracle.

The so-called "former site of the Alabaster Tower" refers to the historical Alabaster Tower Kingdom, the original site of which is in the Nether Territory, so what this Oracle actually spoke of was that Netheril would undergo changes, which might have an impact on the Elf World.

To further interpret the Oracle, a group of high-level Mages within the Faro Organization conducted multiple Omniscience Rituals, ultimately identifying the Fate Messengers—that is, the key figures related to the changes pointed to by the Oracle—as Iolum and Xia Duo.

The Omniscience Ritual is similar to the Prophecy Ritual, but the Spellcaster does not need to be a prophet; ordinary high-level Mages suffice, and the more participants there are, the higher the accuracy.

The Prophecy Ritual, however, focuses more on individual prophecy and is heavily influenced by the prophet's personal style; two prophets might make completely opposite interpretations of the same event.

A prophet who cheats like Xia Duo almost does not exist; they basically all make their own interpretations based on the prophetic visions they see, which is why there is the saying "a prophet's destiny," meaning that a prophet is too easily influenced by their own desire to make a good prophecy, and instead cannot make a truly objective and correct prophecy.

Pafen had not participated in the Faro Organization's Omniscience Prophecy, but he had participated in the Oracle and the subsequent interpretations of the Oracle, or rather, almost every high-level Mage who did not dislike the Main Deity had participated.

Ultimately, regarding the interpretation of the Oracle, a conclusion was reached by the Ilisiriel King before the establishment of the Northland Alliance: the change predicted by the Main Deity might merely refer to the establishment of the Northland Alliance. The reason is complex; the Northland Alliance was able to be established because Netheril contributed greatly.

From that perspective, Xia Duo and Yilisaier could be considered to have common interests; both wanted to expand the platform of the Northland Alliance, but in the struggle for control of the platform, both sides were uncompromising competitors.

But with the establishment of the Northland Alliance, the possibility of a full-scale war between the two countries was reduced to a minimum; although the Mythallar was not born in Netheril, it was also considered to be in the Northland Alliance, and in the future, it might not necessarily be used by the various Elf nations.

After Xia Duo learned of these inside stories of the Elf World from the information in Pafen's consciousness, he had to say—what a good guy!

The initiative to transform the temporary alliance for dealing with the Drow War into a formal alliance was originally issued from Netheril, and it was rumored to be related to Iolum and Xia Duo.

Unknowingly, he had actually walked through such a dangerous situation; thinking about it now, his back felt cold.

Now, the only advantage of Netheril is that the Snow Melting Competition has developed to this day, benefiting from the establishment of the Northland Alliance, enjoying the dividends of the era, and becoming the Arcane Competition with the most participating countries in the Northland.

If there were 【such a view】 and it also became the mainstream view, Xia Duo still doubted that he and Iolum would become targets that high-level Mages of the various Elf nations would vie to assassinate one after another, and it was even possible they would directly launch a full-scale war to destroy Netheril.

The Oracle did not mention the time when the changes would occur; although it was not very precise, it was a fairly small range. Outsiders might not know, but Xia Duo himself was clear, wasn't he! That was clearly the time when the Mythallar was born!

As long as he could control the Northland Alliance, Yilisaier could indeed be considered to have unified the Elf World (in the future, adding Kaitemier in the south), which just happened to fulfill the past Cormanthor Prophecy and achieved a perfect closed loop for Yilisaier's existence.

Because of this, Xia Duo also decided that unless there was no other choice, he would absolutely not go near the Temple of the Elf Main Deity or even its Priests; as for meeting them, that was even more impossible!

Besides this, the establishment of the Northland Alliance was actually uniting the Northland and even the entire Elf World together, which would inevitably have a tremendous impact on the destiny of the Elf race.

Last year's Snow Melting Competition basically had representatives from all Northland countries participating; with such a foundation, going a step further was not unimaginable.

Because the various Elf nations also had well-known Arcane Competitions, or rather, the various Arcane Competitions of Netheril originated from the imitation of the Elf Arcane Competition.

For a moment, Xia Duo actually had a feeling of mutual appreciation; besides Yilisaier, he had never discovered any other head of state in the Northland with such a vision. They basically all still thought about getting benefits from the Alliance and had no long-term planning at all.

Thinking about such things really made him feel lingering fear.

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Now it seemed that he had actually underestimated Yilisaier in the past; perhaps the other party had indeed thought about letting the Sword of Ruling be passed down only within one family, but outside of Yilisaier, he also had greater ambitions.

That is to say, what the Elf Main Deity predicted was actually the birth of the Mythallar, which would have a tremendous impact on the Elf race; it was not necessarily good or bad.

As for the Ilisiriel King, that could be ignored; it was a basic operation for a politician to interpret all external conditions as a situation favorable to himself. Xia Duo was not surprised by this point.

The most brilliant part was even weaving in the legal basis for Yilisaier's founding of the nation, further perfecting the legitimacy of Yilisaier's existence. After all, judging by the current situation, if it were not through occupation, Yilisaier could not even unify the Listar Forest, let alone unify the entire Elf World.

Then he simply took the opportunity of interpreting the Oracle to redefine unification. Who said that unification must be completed through the occupation of land? Leadership is also unification.

If the Northland Alliance had not been established, that might have been a bad thing; Netheril would likely have become a warmonger, and there would inevitably be a war with Yilisaier in the future, which might have been the root cause of Yilisaier's complete decline or even extinction.

But unification does not necessarily require force; as long as the Northland Alliance is controlled, the entire Elf World is substantially controlled.

He had even met with an avatar of the Elf Main Deity; if the other party had thought at the time that he might cause a bad impact on the Elf race, would they have directly killed him?

What truly surprised him was the Elf Main Deity's Oracle.

If nothing unexpected happened, Yilisaier should support the new idea proposed by Netheril to resolve disputes through competitive matches, it was just that they might not necessarily support the Snow Melting Competition.

From that perspective, the Ilisiriel King's interpretation of the Oracle was not wrong, and it could even be said that he possessed an excellent vision that transcended the era.

Therefore, in the Ilisiriel King's plan, he would also incorporate the southern Elven Kingdom, Kaitemier, into the Northland Alliance in the future. As for whether it was necessary to exclude non-Elf races from the Alliance, Yilisaier had not revealed that to the outside world.

Compared to Yilisaier and the Arcane Competition, what Xia Duo cared about most was actually the Oracle, and it was just that at the time, no one directly interpreted "impact on the Elf race" as a bad impact.

The Ilisiriel King even went a step further and re-interpreted the legal basis for Yilisaier's founding—the Cormanthor Prophecy. The Cormanthor Prophecy stated that Yilisaier would inevitably unify the Listar Forest and unify the entire Elf World.

However, Xia Duo did not care about such ambition from Yilisaier; the greater the ambition, the more one would actually consider the overall situation. He was even afraid that Yilisaier would only have the inheritance of one family and one surname in his eyes!