Chapter 3023: Progress on Demon Descendant Detection

After obtaining the attitudes of Evereska and Netheril, Xia Duo did not contact the Thorn Society directly. Instead, he slightly modified the introductory manual on Netheril Magic that Kustuo had brought previously, and then had Lajieer send it over.

This was to imply his permission to the other party, without giving any formal commitment. If the situation turned sour in the future, it would be easy to cut ties; if the situation improved, cooperating further would not be a problem.

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After handling the small interlude with the Thorn Society, Xia Duo returned to the Alliance Headquarters. Although the current Public Computing Power Pool was in a stable state of operation, it would still require his presence for quite some time.

However, now that the initial high-pressure phase had passed, Xia Duo did not need to keep his eyes on it constantly while at the Alliance Headquarters; he only needed to be reachable and able to arrive immediately if a problem arose with the Computing Power Pool.

The rest of the time, he stayed in his office, either flipping through various materials collected by the Alliance Archives or transferring his consciousness back to his main body to busy himself with matters of the Territory and the Tower of Time.

After arriving at the Headquarters this day, Xia Duo first made a round of the Gateway control hall, and only after confirming there were no issues did he return to his office.

A moment later, Dumu from the Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab personally brought a Secret Box and knocked on the office door, "Consultant Xia Duo, I heard you were back, so I brought the materials to you immediately."

"Your news is so well-informed, you truly deserve to be in intelligence!"

"The Demon Descendant Intelligence Research Lab has special Permission Levels within the Alliance Headquarters and can access the movement information of a small number of personnel. Consultant Xia Shao, don't think I don't know you have planted eyes and ears in the Psionic Network Research Center."

As for Netheril, although some were detected to be infected with Abyssal Aura, it was mostly the lingering influence of the previous Drow attacks; some were not purified thoroughly at the time, and some were infected because they conducted related research in private.

Many Dwarves were infected by Abyssal Aura, even to the point of becoming First Generation Demon-born.

The so-called longevity of Demon Descendants refers to the later generations of Demon Descendants whose bloodlines have stabilized. Their existence itself can be viewed as a miracle; one hundred Demon Descendants cannot even give birth to one normal Demon Descendant. Most are just a mass of blood-flesh, and it is not rare for some to even give birth to demons.

"Did you bring the materials I wanted?"

In the materials brought by Dumu, this point was clearly recorded: many of the detected Magic Bloodline Families only treated the Transformation Ritual as a type of life extension spell, while the main body of the family remained normal Elves.

This is also the fundamental reason why it has been difficult to eradicate Demon Descendants in the past. The special bloodline of Demon Descendants, and even this special culture, has already been deeply rooted within the normal Elf population.

But the proportion of Demon Descendants detected in the Ailan Kingdom was even higher than in Siluwende, which is very puzzling.

As for Akaola, they conducted a major purge of Demon Descendants before closing their borders, and after reopening, it was mostly to Netheril, so even if Demon Descendants wanted to go there, it would be difficult to find a normal path.

Then there are those Demon Descendants transformed by spells, whose bloodlines are relatively stable and who can enjoy a lifespan far longer than normal Elves.

Otherwise, do you really think the high-level officials of every country are law-abiding good people?

Xia Duo certainly does not think that Ruier has the ability to arrange capable Elf Mages to come over as spies, but it is almost inevitable that some Mages, persuaded through various channels to join the Psionic Network Research Center, would provide information that is not so critical.

It is precisely because of this status quo that the various countries of the Alliance absolutely comply with the previous resolution, being lenient or even completely ignoring Demon Descendants who are not involved in malicious incidents.

Individual Demon Descendants who were detected were also Elf Merchants from abroad.

Even if all related spells were destroyed, re-researching them would not be difficult. As long as one finds some Commoners and lets them be infected with Abyssal Aura until they naturally transform into Demon Descendants, there are ready-made research materials.

Especially Yierlan, which this time actually detected over ten thousand Demon Descendants; Komanso is not far behind, also having nearly ten thousand!

"No problem, I can understand."

Of the Demon Descendants currently discovered on the Main Plane, only a very, very small number are born naturally; the vast majority are transformed through Ritual Spells.

Of course, the text format is not the focus of Xia Duo's attention; what he truly cares about is the content recorded in the text—the summary results of the comprehensive testing conducted by the countries of the Northland over the past month.

"Huh—"

Unless the ideology is eradicated, even if all the currently detected Demon Descendants were killed, if an Elf wants to extend their life in the future, they will still think of Demon Descendants.

The original Demon Descendants of the Main Plane were Elves infected by the Abyssal Aura of the battlefield. During the Crown War, Aryvandaar and Ilythiri, in order to become the final victor, stopped at nothing; summoning demons was just one of the means.

Although he had long expected that the number of Demon Descendants discovered in Elf countries would be quite high, he did not expect there to be so many! The hardest-hit areas are Yierlan and Komanso.

While reading, Xia Duo suddenly discovered a suspicious point. He noticed that the number of Demon Descendants in the Ailan Kingdom recorded in the data brought by Dumu was very small, and according to the population ratio, it was much lower than in Siluwende!

Of course, there are also Dwarves, but the Demon Descendants among the Dwarves were not transformed by Elf Demon Descendants; rather, they were on the front lines of the war and received the most pollution, and even the battlefields of that year have not been completely cleaned up to this day.

This type of Demon Descendant, directly infected by Abyssal Aura, is called a First Generation Demon-born, who suffers from all kinds of pain and receives almost no positive benefits.

Although the paper style was the same, after checking it slightly, he determined that this data did not come from one person, but from many. Some text was handwritten, while some was transcribed by spells, looking somewhat disharmonious.

After Xia Duo confirmed it, Dumu handed over the Secret Box and provided the unlocking key. Xia Duo opened the Secret Box, and inside lay a thick stack of Elven Paper, which is Wood Pulp Paper.

But this does not mean that the relationships between these Demon Descendants are all normal. In fact, those Magic Bloodline Families appear to be normal Elf families on the surface, and only when nearing the end of their lifespan or having children with no plans for more, will they transform into Demon Descendants to obtain the benefits of being a Demon Descendant.

"I brought it, but this part of the data has a very high security clearance. Consultant Xia Shao, you do not have the right to keep it, and you need me to be present to view it."

More "pure" than Netheril, it is probably Irusk and Akaola. The former doesn't even have many Spellcasters in the country, and Demon Descendants probably wouldn't even look at it.

After he took office, he carried out a large-scale purge of Demon Descendants. If it weren't for Siluwende opening up to its neighbors, it might have been even cleaner than Akaola.

"How could that be!"

But one must know that General Kelusi, who took office after Siluwende, was in reality a rebel who had smuggled in from ancient times, resisting the high-level officials of Siluwende who were heavily infiltrated by Demon Descendants at the time.

"It's shocking!" Looking at the items of data on the paper, Xia Duo could not help but sigh.