Chapter 2944: Cormanthor's Determination, Recognizing the Enemy

Yierlan also holds a similar view to Ilfaran; of course, Yierlan does not approve of completely eradicating the Demon Descendants, not out of sympathy, but because there are simply too many Demon Descendants discovered within Yierlan.

Once they are all eradicated, just as Tili'ao said, the scope of the strike would be too broad and involve too many people; no one can make such a decision.

On the contrary, Cormanthor has insisted on eradicating Demon Descendants in the past, and the number of Demon Descendants discovered this time is actually fewer than in Yierlan; plus, given its large scale, even if they were all eradicated, and even if non-Demon Descendants involved were also eradicated along with them, it would not damage the foundation.

Most importantly, Cormanthor has a reason why it must eradicate the Demon Descendants—

The Demon Descendants that the various countries in the Northland speak of now are actually Elves who possess a Demon Bloodline (no Demon Descendants of other races have been discovered yet); the sensitive points in this are, firstly, bloodline contamination, and secondly, demons.

These are two topics that cannot be touched upon in Cormanthor; of course, strictly speaking, eradicating Demon Descendants is not Cormanthor's consistent attitude—pure bloodlines are!

It is just that other mixed-bloods will not be directly killed, but will be exiled or have their reproduction restricted, even if it is a mixed-blood between different Elf groups, it is not allowed.

As for demons, it is because the Drow summoned a large number of demons during the previous Drow War; although this has no direct relationship with Demon Descendants, if there are many Demon Descendants, they will inevitably be utilized by the Drow.

One must know that the Underdark beneath Cormanthor was originally the Drow's sphere of influence, and the reason Cormanthor was able to be born was, to a certain extent, because the Drow rushed out from the underground and caused huge damage to the various countries in the Listar Forest on the surface.

And now, the Northland Alliance luckily won the Drow War six years ago, but the Drow were not exterminated; instead, they fled to the deeper underground. Even if there is Danzo as a front line in the Underdark, Cormanthor on the surface is also a front line.

Six years ago, the Drow who rushed out from the Dragon Mountains ravaged a small half of Cormanthor; if there had been no support from other countries, I fear there would be no Cormanthor today.

It was also that Drow War that facilitated the establishment of the Northland Alliance; of course, that is a digression.

In short, in order to guard against the Drow, Cormanthor will not let go of any hidden danger; even if it is just a Demon Descendant who possesses a Demon Bloodline and actually has no direct connection to the Drow, it must be resolutely eliminated.

Even if eradicating the Demon Descendants would cause turmoil within Cormanthor, or even hurt its foundation, it must be resolutely eradicated; from Cormanthor's perspective, the greater the consequences, the more it shows the necessity of the eradication.

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Inside the Alliance conference room, the discussions and even disputes among the representatives of the Five Kingdoms ultimately had no results; on one hand, how to deal with the Demon Descendants is a very complex problem in itself, and on the other hand, the representatives of the Five Kingdoms are actually just the mouths of the Five Kingdoms, not the brains, and what they say does not count.

At most, it is just exchanging attitudes on this issue with various countries to facilitate further decision-making at home.

As for the results of this closed-door meeting, outsiders have no way of knowing, but the true decision-makers of the Five Kingdoms are naturally not included among the outsiders, and this includes Xia Duo.

When Xia Duo received the news, it was already the 27th meeting of the Seventon Council this month; the date had not yet reached the end of the month, and they had already held 27 meetings, from which one can see how many things there were this month.

Fortunately, there is the Remote Conference System; otherwise, running to Seventon every time, averaging more than once a day, would be unbearable for anyone.

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The theme of this meeting was not actually related to Demon Descendants at the beginning, but about the development of the Grey Peak Mountains; integrating Nether Mining had received the support of all councilors, and what was to be decided this time was actually whether to accept the investment from the Diya Merchant Group.

Before the meeting, Xia Duo had already packaged the information he obtained about the Diya Merchant Group and sent it to the Seven Towers; in addition, the intelligence that the Seven Towers obtained through its own channels was also provided to all councilors by the Seven Towers in advance.

Regarding this cooperation, there was no problem in itself, nor would there be any twists and turns, so this meeting was more of a formality; although it counts as a meeting, the time was actually very short.

Even adding the details of the emergency conscription system that had not been settled before, it would not take much time; after all, this topic had been discussed many times, and more of it was "offline" private chats rather than open discussions at the meeting.

But the temporarily added Demon Descendant issue, because most councilors were not prepared in advance, required more time to discuss.

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"According to the news sent back by Tili'ao, there are signs that Demon Descendants are spreading to other races, so on the issue of how to deal with Demon Descendants, we are no longer bystanders and must consider it carefully."

After Badijiaer finished speaking, a councilor raised an objection: "Haven't Demon Descendants always been developing within the Elf race? Why are they suddenly spreading to other races? Is this intelligence accurate?"

"It should be accurate; this intelligence was obtained from the interrogation of a Demon Descendant Mage captured not long ago by the Northland Alliance. We also sent people to participate in the entire interrogation process, and it was not fabricated by the various Elf countries to force us to conduct a comprehensive inspection."

Hearing such an answer, the councilors in the conference hall immediately began to discuss, seemingly still harboring doubts about this situation. At this time, Xia Duo stood up and told everyone:

"Before today, I actually already knew about this situation; I am certain that the Demon Descendants—no, more accurately, it should be the Illuminati—intend to spread the Demon Bloodline among humans!"

What he said was actually the memory of the diviner Pafen; before this, there were actually no signs indicating that Demon Descendants had signs of spreading to humans.

Xia Duo had previously participated in raids and the capture of Demon Descendants many times, and had even personally participated in the interrogation of Demon Descendants; his words greatly corroborated the authenticity of Badijiaer's intelligence.

But with this, the councilors could not help but worry about what to do if Demon Descendants really spread to Netheril in the future, and even whether there were already humans who had become Demon Descendants now!

For a time, the conference hall became incomparably quiet; it was a virtual scene created by a spell, and once no one was speaking, it was simply quieter than a Silent Barrier.

And this kind of artificially spontaneous quietness, or silence, made people feel even more depressed.

"We must conduct a comprehensive inspection!"

Soon, a councilor made a decision, "How to deal with Demon Descendants is a matter for later; at least we must first determine their existence or non-existence, otherwise any discussion about Demon Descendants is meaningless."

Netherese Mages do not have special fondness or aversion to special bloodlines; it is nothing more than allowing people to skip the threshold of Spellcasting and raising the lower limit, but when it comes to the upper limit of a Spellcaster, it still depends on the accumulation of Knowledge and one's own intelligence.

Even if one could achieve Longevity by transplanting a Demon Bloodline, Netherese Mages would actually not mind turning themselves into Demon Descendants; after all, among Netherese Mages, there are even those who have transformed into Undead, so they do not care about one more way to achieve Longevity.

It is just that the current mainstream in the Northland is anti-Demon Descendant, so on the surface, they will not go against the mainstream.

But voluntarily transforming one's own bloodline and someone else causing trouble on one's own territory are two completely different things.