Chapter 3118: Two Corpses

————I overestimated myself a bit, and didn't make it in time; it will still take about forty minutes~~

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"Then, my lord, shall we continue the investigation now?" 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 take action with their team members. The first step was to communicate with the investigation team from Alaijiaya to trace the clues uncovered by the Alaijiaya side.

This aspect was mainly being handled by Sha'er's Gale Squad, while Ailin led her Arrow Rain Squad to continue tracking the location Xia Duo provided 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 it required Ailin, who was also in the Mind Network, to conduct an on-site investigation.

Based on the "near or far, or in front or behind" type of Indication provided by Xia Duo, they gradually narrowed the scope until the exact location was found.

Most internal strife is basically fleeing to other Elf nations rather than heading to human realms. The victors do not exterminate them; besides the restrictions of unwritten rules, there is another very important reason——

Or could it be that Kalishi is actually a double agent, not only colluding with Zhamu Dasi but also colluding with the Darkness Society, and perhaps he even has his own hidden agenda and grand plan.

The social rules of Elf society, which have operated for tens of thousands of years, always like to emphasize "having a just cause." Even when killing, one must first strip the target of their social status before proceeding to the next step of disposal.

Although it is now the era of the Northland Alliance and the Alliance is not just Elf society, the influence of the Elves is omnipresent; that is a fact no one can deny.

Although such protection may be minimal and cannot truly prevent the plundering of the strong, it is, after all, a form of hope.

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

Under these circumstances, even if Kalishi had no backup plans, once he went missing, someone would inevitably pin it on Xia Duo.

Perhaps even at this very moment, they might be thinking of ways to incite Naiseailin to avenge them!

With the subordinates off to work, Xia Duo and Niya found a place by the lake to rest temporarily, accompanied by the assistant Charles and Jiewainisi from Alaijia.

For the time being, Xia Duo had no reason or excuse to make a move against Kalishi. If he acted privately, even if he weren't discovered, mere suspicion would become a stain on him.

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

Thinking of this, a highly tempting idea couldn't help but emerge in Xia Duo's mind: to immediately return to Saibohuomu and then control Kalishi to analyze the other party's consciousness.

Currently, the main goal of the Arrow Rain Squad is to find the location of the attackers at that time, and the final goal of the Gale Squad is the same, but it focuses more on discoveries made during the process.

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

As for selfishness, developing Psionic power and strengthening the Northland are not contradictory; why can't one possess both?

The Arrow Rain Squad and the Gale Squad should actually be two separate lines, but these two lines of investigation eventually converged at Saibohuomu, and through this method, they mutually proved each other's correctness.

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

The Star Dew Family was exiled to Naiseailin in this way; it was actually an indirect banishment. If their enemies really wanted to exterminate them, they would never have been able to escape Saibohuomu.

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

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

Can there be such a coincidence in this world?

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A typical example is the exile of the Saibohuomu Star Dew Family. Although everyone knows this was a newly promoted high-level Mage coveting the wealth of the Star Dew Family, he immediately set about plundering them after the last high-level Mage of the Star Dew Family died.

Reason told him that the Darkness Society should not want to get involved with evil Psionic humans, and similarly, if the Psionic Mages of Zhamu Dasi were to learn about the goals of the Darkness Society, they would not want to get involved with the Darkness Society either.

Now that he had come to Shipafenmu again, he really couldn't help but recall that previous experience. At the same time, because of the Psionic Mage incident, he couldn't help but have a thought——

It is that the conspirators also have enemies, or rather, competitors. They do not want the victors to achieve a total victory, so they will all find ways to drag the victors' feet.

Besides, for Xia Duo, he himself did not want to make a move against Kalishi. The biggest difference between Kalishi and Prophecy Cormanthor is that the Darkness Society has already been confirmed to be terrorists who want to destroy the Main Plane.

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

The reason chosen was very absurd—an emotional dispute. Even before this, that newly promoted high-level Mage had actually dated the Patriarch of the Star Dew Family for a period of time.

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

Saibo Guard station.

Could this matter be related to the Darkness Society?

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

But things were just that coincidental. Just as he was uniting with Yierlan to prepare to develop Ailan, the Computing Power Pool was suddenly attacked by Psionic Mages, and it even involved some kind of Artifact Project.

Looking at the calm, boundless lake in front of him, Xia Duo couldn't help but recall his previous experience coming to Saibohuomu.

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 him, and he had also expressed his dislike for the Kalishi Project.

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