Chapter 3117: Righteousness Cannot Be Abandoned

"Shall we continue the investigation now, my lord?" Ailin asked.

Xia Duo did not answer this question directly, but instead looked at Jielinisi, who had come with him. How could Jielinisi not understand Xia Duo's meaning? He immediately stated his position:

"Consultant Xia Duo, you have already obtained permission to operate within Cormanthor. Of course, you are free to act, but if the operation involves Cormanthor Elves, you still need to inform us in advance, and we will provide the corresponding cooperation."

"Did you hear that? Then let's get moving!"

At Xia Duo's command, Ailin and Sha'er began to act with their team members. The first step was to communicate with the investigation team that had come from Alaijia to trace the clues uncovered by the Alaijia side.

This aspect was primarily handled by Sha'er's Gale Squad, while Ailin led her Arrow Rain Squad to continue tracking the location Xia Duo provided, which he had sensed through the Mind Network.

This location itself was fixed, but it could not be mapped to accurate coordinates in the real world, which is why Ailin, who was also in the Mind Network, was needed to investigate on the ground.

Based on the "near or far, ahead or behind" type of indications provided by Xia Duo, they gradually narrowed the scope until the precise location was found.

The Arrow Rain Squad and the Gale Squad were actually supposed to be two separate lines, but these two lines of investigation eventually converged at Saibohomu, and in this way, they mutually verified each other's correctness.

Currently, the main goal of the Arrow Rain Squad was to find the location of the attackers at that time, and the Gale Squad's ultimate goal was the same, but it focused more on the discoveries made during the process.

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For the time being, Xia Shao had no reason or excuse to make a move against Kalishi, and he could not make a move in private; even if discovered, mere suspicion would become a stain on him.

Under such circumstances, even if Kalishi had no contingency plans, once he went missing, someone would inevitably suspect Xia Shao.

Thinking of this, a highly tempting idea could not help but emerge in Xia Shao's mind: that was to immediately return to Alaijia and then control Kalishi to analyze the other party's consciousness.

Perhaps even at this moment, they might be thinking of ways to incite Naiseailin to take revenge for them!

The reason chosen was very absurd—an emotional dispute; even before this, that newly promoted High Mage had truly dated the Patriarch of the Star Dew Family for a period of time.

Now that he had come to Shipafenmu again, he found it hard not to recall that experience. At the same time, because of the Psionic Mage matter, he could not help but have a thought—

The Star Dew Family was also exiled to Naiseailin in this way; it was actually an indirect banishment. If their enemies really wanted to kill them all, they could never have escaped Alaijia.

Also, because the target of this attack was the Alliance Public Computing Pool, the Alaijia side attached great importance to the matter after learning of it, which led to the Saibohuoya City Council cooperating with the investigation.

The social rules of Elf society, which have operated for tens of thousands of years, always emphasize "having a legitimate reason for action." Even when killing someone, one must first strip the person to be killed of their social status before proceeding with the next step of disposal.

It is that winners also have enemies, or rather competitors. They do not want the winner to achieve a total victory, so they will all try to find ways to drag the winner's legs.

Feuds among high-ranking Elf families often come about this way. Like the Star Dew Family, if they prosper in the future, they will certainly not let go of the High Mage who once plundered them.

Looking at the boundless, calm lake surface in front of him, Xia Shao could not help but recall his previous experience coming to Shipafenmu.

With his subordinates off to work, Xia Shao and Niya found a place by the lake to stay temporarily, with his assistant Charles and Jiewainisi from Alaijia accompanying them on either side.

For example, through what channels the attackers entered Alaijia, which Elves they contacted, and what else they did besides attacking the Computing Pool, and so on.

At that time, Pafen knew nothing about him, and no one would think he would do anything to Pafen. But now, Kalishi had already met with him, and he had also expressed his dislike for the Kalishi Project.

It was also by Saibohu, in the lakeside manor of the Lieyang Community, that he raided and successfully captured Prophecy Cormanthor while posing as a visitor from the Sword Family.

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He always felt that Kalishi was the key to everything, but the other party dared to enter the game personally, so he must have made corresponding preparations. Furthermore, this was different from the raid to control Prophecy Cormanthor.

Or was it that Kalishi was actually a double agent, not only colluding with Zhamu Dasi but also colluding with the Darkness Society, and perhaps even having his own little thoughts and big plans?

Besides, for Xia Shao, he himself did not want to make a move against Kalishi. The biggest difference between Kalishi and Prophecy Cormanthor was that the Darkness Society could already be confirmed as terrorists who wanted to destroy the Main Plane.

But things were just so coincidental; just as he was uniting with Yierlan to prepare to develop Ailan, the Computing Pool was suddenly attacked by a Psionic Mage, and it even involved some Artifact Project.

Reason told him that the Darkness Society should not want to get involved with evil psionic humans, and accordingly, the Psionic Mages of Zhamu Dasi, if they learned about the Darkness Society's goals, would not want to get involved with the Darkness Society either.

Under such rules, no matter how intense the internal strife in Elf society is, there are rarely cases of exterminating a whole family. The most common practice is to kill a few key figures and then exile the rest.

No one likes peers who do not hide the law of the jungle, because no one can guarantee that they will always remain in a position of strength. When the status of strong and weak changes, the protection of rules is needed.

Could this matter be related to the Darkness Society?

Are there such coincidences in this world?

Of course, there were other inside stories about the Star Dew Family's exile to Naiseailin.

Other internal strife basically involved fleeing to other Elf nations, not to human lands. If it was not about exterminating them, besides the restrictions of unwritten rules, there was another very important reason—

Saibo Guard barracks.

After all, they fled to Naiseailin and paid a considerable price to obtain the protection of Naiseailin, and it was certainly lower than the cost of Naiseailin protecting them.

As for selfishness, developing psionics and strengthening the Northland were not contradictory; why couldn't one possess both?

And Kalishi, although there were many suspicious points about him, Xia Shao could not conclude that he was definitely a mole for Zhamu Dasi. Perhaps the man was truly concerned about his motherland, concerned about the Northland, and wanted to create an Artifact for the Northland!

Although it was now the era of the Northland Alliance, and the Alliance was not just Elf society, the influence of the Elves was everywhere; this was a fact that no one could deny.

A typical example was the exile of the Alaijia Star Dew Family. Although everyone knew that this was a newly promoted High Mage coveting the wealth of the Star Dew Family, he immediately set about plundering it after the last High Mage of the Star Dew Family died.

Although such protection might be minimal and could not truly prevent the plundering of the strong, it was, after all, a hope.