Chapter 3366: Xia Duo's Determination

Although both are called "Wide-Area," the effective range of a 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 is only a spherical region with a radius of about one hundred New Li around the Floating City.

If it were a standard-level 【Forbidden Spell】, the actual effective range might only be a spherical region with a radius of about 50 meters, and the area of effect can be shaped differently; it does not necessarily have to be spherical.

The reason 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 is called "Wide-Area" is not by comparing it to the scope of a Plane, but by comparing it to the standard version of this spell; compared to a radius of 50 meters, a radius of 100 New Li increases the coverage area by 8 billion times.

If this cannot be called "Wide-Area," then what else could be termed "Wide-Area"?

However, to avoid protection loopholes appearing in the Floating City, the coverage area of 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 cannot be shaped, which means the maximum effective distance is 100 New Li.

And right now, the straight-line distance from Yongle City to the Surface is just about one hundred New Li.

If Yongle City were currently positioned directly above Tanzan Peak, then Xia Duo might agree to Kandela's request, but right now, Yongle City's position is above the original site of Evereska.

Moreover, due to the previous surprise attack, suspicions arose among various nations regarding Evereska's neutral status, and more than one nation, including Netheril, demanded that Xia Duo return Evereska to its original location.

Yet, Evereska stood firm against the pressure from all sides, and even after Xia Duo had clearly informed them of the possibility of encountering an Illuminati attack, they still insisted on asking Xia Duo to keep Evereska by Yongle City's side.

The purpose of doing this was only one: to take advantage of the process of retrofitting the Floating City to reclaim as much of the City Mythallar Permission as possible, or at the very least, to separate the portion of permission that the various nations were forcibly demanding.

But for now, Xia Duo still does not need to worry about "defying" the Seven Towers on individual issues; even if there are more disagreements in the future, as long as he holds the moral high ground, he does not need to worry about the Seven Towers at all.

Even if it were to capture members of the Moonshadow Family more conveniently and quickly, the various nations of the Alliance would likely not agree to let him take Yongle City to the Northland!

If Evereska were to leave the range of Yongle City's influence now, the various nations would likely not allow them to proceed with the Floating City retrofit at all, but would instead immediately use the excuse of helping with repairs to continue encroaching upon the Evereska Mythallar Permission.

In the Elf World, whether in the past, present, or even the future, Mythallar Permission is equivalent to a nation's sovereignty; the reason why the various Elf nations want to build a Unified Mythallar is actually to reunite their scattered sovereignty.

It is a symbol of a nation and a centralized system.

Of course, his disagreement with Badijiaer on this matter does not affect his cooperation with the Seven Towers in other areas; it is just a matter of judging each case on its merits.

The Seven Towers could certainly learn from Xia Duo, but human selfishness is not so easy to overcome; if the Seven Towers could truly be selfless, then Xia Duo would naturally be willing to run errands for them.

Kandela knows that too many expectations from the Evereska Council of Elders are pinned on him, and even if the situation is more unfavorable to him, he actually hopes to have more opportunities to perform.

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But by comparison, Xia Duo's plan is more cost-effective; in fact, Kandela is not the first Alliance Mage to use Yongle City for remote support; the Alliance field personnel under Dumu were.

However, regarding remote support for War Spells, now that Kandela has personally practiced and verified it, he has a new idea, though he does not know if the various nations are willing to agree.

As long as the representatives of the various nations do not bring it up, Xia Duo himself will not proactively mention it.

It is to ask the various nations to open up remote strike permissions within their borders, so that Alliance field personnel active within those nations can call for War Spell support at any time.

The Moonshadow Family can attract the Darkness Society to expose themselves, and the operation to capture them is very critical; if there were no high degree of certainty, Xia Duo would certainly not use a tactical plan that had never been verified before in such an important operation.

On the issue of Evereska's temporary docking location, Xia Duo and Badijiaer have had private communications more than once; standing from the perspective of the Seven Towers or even the Nether Region, it is of course more beneficial to occupy more Evereska Mythallar Permission.

Front line, Tanzan Peak.

At present, the various nations of the Alliance only occupy a portion of the permission; once they occupy too much, Evereska might still hang onto the title of a sovereign nation, but in reality, it would have become a puppet controlled by the various nations.

If that cannot be avoided, then sooner or later, the two sides will one day move toward opposition.

Xia Duo considers himself to be on the side of justice; right now, Evereska is in a weak position and its sovereignty has been infringed upon, so he chooses to help Evereska.

The position of Executive is not so easy to hold; ignoring the big picture means losing the moral high ground, and looking after the big picture is fulfilling Xia Duo; if one were to ask who in the entire Nether Region has more of a big-picture view and who cares more about collective interests, it would have to be Xia Duo.

Of course, the current Northland Alliance is not Xia Duo's personal fiefdom; regardless of whether it is him or Evereska, it is impossible to truly ignore the opinions of other nations, so in the end, Yongle City still carried Evereska and stopped above the original site of Evereska.

If everything has support from the rear, then where is his own value reflected? Could any Elite Mage carrying a Guidance Artifact achieve the same effect?

Xia Duo really had no reason to refuse such a convenient matter, and the aftermath proved the effect was excellent; otherwise, there would not have been this instance of letting Kandela head to Tanzan Peak with a Guidance Artifact.

If the various nations of the Alliance are willing to support Xia Duo and use his tactical plan in more operations, then the subsequent confrontation between the Alliance and the Darkness Society will definitely be much easier.

The issue of Evereska's temporary docking site is just a concrete manifestation of the conflict of ideas and divergence of paths between the two sides; if there were no conflicts or divergences, then naturally this problem would not exist.

Or, the various nations could organize their own War Mages to provide support.

Whatever joint government or win-win cooperation, in the face of visible shortages of benefits, everything is empty; it is just that on this matter, Xia Duo has enough say (Yongle City's home-field advantage + authorization from the Evereska side), and in the end, the two could only part on unhappy terms.

Unless one day the divergence between the two sides becomes so great that even cooperation cannot suppress it, then the two sides will completely go their separate ways, or even become mutually hostile.

If he were allowed to take Yongle City and leave, then would the next step be running around everywhere, and would the step after that be wanting to control the Alliance Headquarters? Such matters are very sensitive.

Of course, the root of all this is because Evereska is not strong enough; if it were strong enough, it could even treat the Northland Alliance, which built its headquarters on its territory, as a puppet.

In the future, if Evereska becomes strong and even starts to harbor the idea of using the Alliance as a puppet tool, then he will also stand on the side of the Alliance without hesitation.

Kandela, who was refused prohibition-type spell support, did not feel too much disappointment; although such a result was more unfavorable to him, deep down he actually felt a sense of inexplicable relief.

Previously, the Alliance had an important operation on the Langas Plain, and Dumu was worried that the operation would not go smoothly, so he requested Xia Duo's help, because at that time, Yongle City happened to be wandering above the Langas Plain to provide support near the Grey Peak Mountains.

And not to act as a tool mage in the rear used to trigger the Guidance Artifact.