Chapter 3370: Critical Winning Move

————Working through the night to catch up, striving to make up for everything.

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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; the area of effect can be shaped differently and does not necessarily have to be a sphere.

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 called "Wide-Area"?

However, to avoid protection loopholes appearing in the Floating City, the coverage of 【Wide-Area Prohibition】 cannot be shaped, meaning 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 happened to be directly above Tanzan Peak at this moment, Xia Duo might have agreed to Kandela's request, but currently, Yongle City's position is above the original site of Evereska.

Moreover, due to the previous surprise attack, the various countries have developed suspicions regarding Evereska's neutral status, and more than one country, including Netheril, has demanded that Xia Duo return Evereska to its original location.

The position of Executive is not easy to hold; if one does not consider the big picture, one loses the greater righteousness. Considering the big picture is fulfilling Xia Shao. If the entire Netheril were to ask who has a better grasp of the big picture and who cares more about collective interests, it would undoubtedly be Xia Shao.

But by comparison, Xia Shao'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.

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

If everything has rear-guard support, then where is the value of one's own self? Could any Elite Mage carrying a Guidance Artifact achieve the same effect?

They only requested that various countries open up remote strike permissions within their borders, allowing Alliance field personnel operating within those countries to call for War Spell support at any time.

Unless one day the differences between the two sides become so great that cooperation can no longer suppress them, then the two sides will completely part ways, or even become mutually hostile.

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

But for now, Xia Shao 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 greater righteousness in his hands, he has absolutely no need to worry about the Seven Towers.

Whatever a joint government or win-win cooperation may be, in the face of short-term, visible interests, everything is hollow. It is just that in this matter, Xia Shao has sufficient say (the home-field advantage of Yongle City + authorization from the Evereska side), and in the end, the two could only part on unhappy terms.

The purpose of doing this is only one: to take advantage of the process of modifying the Floating City to reclaim as much City Mythallar Permission as possible, or at the very least, to separate out the portion of permissions that the various countries forcibly demanded.

It was the Evereska side that stood firm against 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 Shao to keep Evereska by Yongle City's side.

Front line, Tanzan Peak.

Even if it were to catch members of the Moonshadow Family more conveniently and quickly now, the various countries of the Alliance would likely not agree to let him take Yongle City to the North, would they!

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

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 discussing the facts.

On the issue of Evereska's temporary docking location, Xia Shao and Badijiaer have had more than one private communication. Standing from the perspective of the Seven Towers or even the Nether Region, it is of course more advantageous to occupy more Evereska Mythallar Permission.

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

Rather than acting as a tool-mage in the rear used to trigger the Guidance Artifact.

If Evereska were to leave the range of influence of Yongle City now, the various countries would likely not allow them to carry out Floating City modifications at all, but would instead immediately use the excuse of helping with repairs to continue encroaching on the Evereska Mythallar Permission.

Xia Shao 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 incident of letting Kandela head to Tanzan Peak with a Guidance Artifact.

At present, the various countries of the Alliance only occupy a portion of the permissions. Once they occupy too much, Evereska might still hang on to the title of a sovereign country, but in reality, it would have become a puppet controlled by the various countries.

On the contrary, regarding remote support for War Spells, with Kandela having already personally practiced and verified it, he has a new idea, but he does not know if the various countries are willing to agree.

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 has its Headquarters built on its territory, as a puppet.

In the Elf World, whether in the past, present, or even the future, Mythallar Permission is equivalent to a country's sovereignty. Why the various Elf countries want to build a Unified Mythallar is actually to reunite the scattered sovereignty.

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

The issue of Evereska's temporary docking site is nothing more than 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.

If the various countries of the Alliance are willing to support Xia Shao and use his tactical plan in more operations, then the subsequent confrontation between the Alliance and the Darkness Society could definitely be reduced.

As long as the representatives of the various countries do not bring it up, Xia Shao himself certainly will not take the initiative to bring it up.

Xia Shao considers himself to be standing on the side of justice. Now that Evereska is in a weak position and its sovereignty has been violated, he chooses to help Evereska.

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

If he were allowed to leave with Yongle City, then would the next step be running around everywhere, and would the step after that be controlling the Alliance Headquarters? This kind of thing is very sensitive.

Kandela knows that he carries too many expectations from the Evereska Council of Elders on his shoulders. Even if the situation is more unfavorable to him, he actually hopes to have more opportunities to perform.

The Seven Towers could of course learn from Xia Shao, but human selfishness is not so easy to overcome. If the Seven Towers could truly be selfless, then Xia Shao would naturally be willing to run errands for them.

If they cannot, then sooner or later the two sides will head toward opposition.

Kandela, who was refused support from prohibition-type spells, did not feel too much disappointment. Although such a result was more unfavorable to him, deep in his heart, he actually felt an inexplicable sense of relief.