Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1759 Dangerous Doubt

And just after the three of Horn announced that they would give up their fixed quota, Magna, who was the first to ask for more quota just now, stopped talking at this moment.

As for the others, they were a little tense just now, but they didn't say anything more at the moment——

Except Cross.

If it is precious, some people may not care about the gold-plated quota of the Northern Alliance. If it is not precious, ordinary spellcasters may not be able to get such a quota.

Seven Towers giving up the three fixed places is nothing more than a gesture. Now that they have accepted their love, they should stop talking nonsense.

Although it was just a trivial matter, for Cross, it was enough to make him realize the reality completely. Knowing the determination of Seven Towers, he naturally didn't need to reserve these places for Seven Towers.

And it may be because he has realized what happened next, but at this moment, his face has become a lot calmer, and there is even a weird smile on the corner of his mouth.

He swept across the dozen or so great arcanists present, and finally stopped on Iolum. His tone was so calm that the air in the circular hall almost stagnated:
"Master Iolum, I want these three places, is that okay?"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and glanced at the others, with a wider smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Do you have any opinions?"

After Cross asked, there was silence in the circular hall. Horn and the three seven-tower arcanists had already frowned deeply at this moment. Sanctioning Cross must be done, otherwise the great arcanists will learn from each other. In this way, Netheril is not far from disintegration.

Vader was sanctioned by the Seven Towers because of committing such a taboo, trying to control the southwestern territories including the Rodney Territory, and even the southern Territory of Savile, and he has not been able to recover until now.

And now Cross has gone too far than Vader, and he doesn't even hide it, annexing, expanding, and centralizing power are all on his face.

Even without Xia Duo, the Seven Towers are ready to respond in the near future.

However, Horn knew very well that the Seven Towers really wanted to maintain the tradition, but it was not what the Seven Towers wanted to see causing turmoil.

The best result is that although Cross is unwilling, he still obeys the sanctions. The last thing Horn wants to see is that Cross strongly resists the sanctions, and even turns into a chaotic war.

That is not a good thing for anyone.

In Horn's eyes, Cross at this time is very dangerous, and he might leave the field angrily in the next moment. After all, anyone who knows that it will be his turn to be sanctioned will always feel unhappy.

Unhappy to a certain extent, there is no doubt that the only way out is war.

……

A grand arcanist's combat strength may be comparable to an organization, but in terms of rationality, it is far inferior to the decision-making system under the check and balance of the organization.

"Anger leads to war" and "Surprise leads to war" are almost inevitable results for great arcanists.

After all, in reality, no one is absolutely sane, and sometimes even if they know that the outcome of the war is 100% unfavorable to them, they still have to fight.

Almost subconsciously, Horn glanced at Harris next to him, and the two exchanged glances, both seeing determination in each other's eyes.

There is no doubt that as long as Cross shows a strong resistance to the sanctions, the Seven Towers will definitely attack with thunder and try their best to kill Cross.

But right now, both Horn and Harris felt that there was no need to say anything, and only looked at the next result.

On the contrary, Schom showed dissatisfaction on his face, but Horn and Harris didn't speak, and he also knew that it was not a good time for him to speak, so he couldn't help being a little dissatisfied with Horn and Harris.

The three of the Seven Towers did not speak, and Braun and the others had no reason to speak. Just now, they were just trying to test the determination and sincerity of the Seven Towers.

Especially now that Cross is behaving strangely, he might get burned, and attract hatred for Seven Towers for nothing.

……

As for Xia Duo, he is now a little deserted, and the dawn of his intellectual brain has made him think about this matter almost all the time, and the dispute between him and Cross is already understood.

He is not interested in stimulating the other party at this time, not to mention that Cross will accept the sanctions of the Seven Towers next. For Xia Duo, giving some compensation can be regarded as the tradition of the Netheril lord's ecological struggle without breaking.

After a while of silence, Cross spoke again: "Master Iolum, you see that they all agree, what do you say?"

"Okay, then these three places will belong to the Green Tower."

Since no one else had any objections, Iolum was also decisive and directly gave the three fixed places to Cross. Even in the future, if there are mages in the Verdant Tower who sign up by themselves, he will try to investigate and keep them.

Cross certainly violated the principle of independence and non-interference in Netheril territory, but compared to necromancers, this taboo is not worth beating people to death at once, as long as they return to their original state.

Wade, who was sanctioned last time, is also sitting in this circular hall now!

……

"The next topic comes from the Severton Council. It is about the abnormal climate in the core area of ​​Nether from last year to the present. The Severton Council issued a task in the Austrian Law Federation to solicit relevant clues."

After Iolum finished speaking, Horn added some more——

"Although there are no signs of human intervention in the Seven Towers, I am sure that there must be human intervention behind this climate anomaly. It's just that the other party's methods are too high and there is no trace of it. I hope everyone will pay attention. It's about all of us after all."

Of course, what Horn didn't say was that he suspected that some of the people who came today knew about this climate attack. Yes, this climate anomaly has been identified as an attack inside the Seven Towers.

Although there is no evidence, this kind of thing needs no evidence at all, only suspicion is enough.

The seven towers have been inherited in an orderly manner, especially the Nether family, who have almost always dominated the construction and growth of the Giles Tower. After the princess ascended to the gods, they left many valuable materials for the Giles Tower.

Among them is the record of the Northland climate over the past few hundred years.

Obviously, from last winter—or more precisely, from the end of last autumn to the present, the climate anomalies have been so obvious that it doesn’t make sense to say that there is no human factor involved.

Thinking of this, Horn glanced at Hawke opposite him indiscriminately. Among the people present today, Hawke, who was very close to the elf, was the most suspicious.

Even without actual participation, there is a good chance of knowing.

It's just that it's okay to investigate this kind of thing secretly, but it would be too stupid to ask directly.

……

After Horn added, Xia Duo also seemed to have thought of something, and then said: "As for the climate anomaly, I noticed it last year, and I don't think it's a natural change, but after inspection, I didn't find any traces of casting spells. , I suspect that the source of spells may not be in Netheril, or even in the main plane."

Xia Duo's words moved Horn's heart, and he asked quickly: "Lord Xia Duo, what have you found?"

"No, but I can offer an idea."

(End of this chapter)