Chapter 2116 Guidance Bureau

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After hearing what the young spirit said, the atmosphere in the Golden Autumn Courtyard suddenly became stagnant. Not only King Helian Mian's face was ashen, but most of the guests became sober in an instant.

As one of the parties involved, Xia Duo was even more angry. This Tal Ash tradition or Tal Ash ritual is not a good thing!

In today's elven world, Tal Ash is also known as "honor duel", which is a duel ritual in which spirits with a certain status can "persuade" each other if they are not suitable.

But this kind of honorary duel is often not honorable at all. First of all, it is a duel to the death. This is nothing in itself, but if you associate it with "disagreement", doesn't it mean that I can't convince you in theory, so I will destroy you physically!

Secondly, and most importantly, the main reason why Shado believes it deserves to be called an "honor duel" is because it can be replaced by followers.

So basically in the elven history he had read, the spirits who died in duels of honor were either those at a lower level in power, or the unlucky pursuers. Real superiors rarely died in duels of honor.

In the end, Er Ash couldn't refuse. After all, it was a matter of life and death, and the other party's opinion didn't really matter. Of course, the premise was that both parties were elves and had the same status, so the gap couldn't be too big.

Because the original meaning of Ta'ash was "a fair debate among the people of Taquise", which later gradually evolved into a duel.

Shado had personally witnessed more than one Tal Aish ceremony when he was in [Projection Plane Maiyelita Sukanwisa]. There were oral debates and duels. Both sides were very restrained and Not much hostility.

But by the time of [Projection Plane·Everiska], Tal Ash had become the so-called "honor duel", and the same was true for the main plane of reality.

Of course Shado cannot answer such a duel, not only because he is not an elf and is not within the scope of application of Tal Aish, but also because the ritual process of Tal Aish is cumbersome and has many restrictions on the methods used. At least he cannot Use the law of war to directly attack the opponent.

The fact that he is not an elf can be circumvented. After all, Tal Ash is a dueling ritual that has been conceptually extended, extending the elves to all intelligent creatures. This is not unexpected.

The process is cumbersome and there are many restrictions, so it's not a question. If you just want to relax, compared to the current erotic dinner party, which is about to go awry, Xia Duo actually wants to play it real.

But this is a duel, a duel of life and death. No matter he wins or loses, it is not a good thing for him.

Needless to say, losing is a death sentence. Even if you win, the opponent probably has a different identity and background. Killing the opponent is simply inviting a source of trouble that cannot be shaken off.

If you don't kill him, it will be even more troublesome, because it means that the opponent can kill him at any time when he is at a disadvantage to complete the decision, which is legal.

At least in the North, where elven rules are almost dominant, it's completely legal.

Xia Duo couldn't guarantee that he would always have the upper hand and that the day would never come to an end. There was no way he would leave such a big hidden danger for himself.

And the reason for today's duel is too childish. Just because he defeated Foss before, an elf jumped out and wanted to fight him to the death. If he agreed to this, then if there were enemies next time, wouldn't it be There is no need to find a reason anymore.

No matter what, it was impossible for Xia Duo to agree to this duel, but he did not refuse directly. Instead, he remained silent and looked at the other party with interest.

Of course, this also depends on the attitude of King Helion.

A guest came, but his own subjects launched a life-or-death duel against the guest at the welcome dinner. No matter what the outcome was or whether the guest agreed, Helion was equivalent to a slap in the face.

And he was slapped by his nominal subordinates. This was unbearable for a king who had lost his ambition to gain true centralization of power. Even at this dinner, which was always an occasion of indulgence, he got up angrily.

Just as he was about to rebuke, Xia Duo spoke first and said to the young elf standing in front of him: "You want to start a fight with your allies. Is this appropriate?"

Netheril and Er

Lan Tong belongs to the Northland Alliance, so it's not a big problem to call them allies, but it's just too cheap to call them allies.

As expected, when the young elf heard Sha Duo talking about allies, he immediately retorted: "Allies will not break into their homes with fortresses."

"Then you are questioning the decision of Mianhe Council?"

"You're talking nonsense, I just doubt your victory over Master Frese)"

Seeing the slightly evasive look in his eyes, Xia Duo knew what he was doing, and said that his victory over Fury was witnessed by senior officials from various countries in the North. Why did this nice welcome dinner suddenly turn into a Hongmen Banquet? No one was instructing him!

So he said abruptly, "Did you ask me to come?"

"I--"

The young elf subconsciously looked behind him, but before he realized that he had been deceived and became angry, another calm voice sounded from the opposite side:

"Forgive me, Your Excellency Xia Duo. At first, I only mentioned your heroic deeds to the boy. I didn't expect that he would challenge you to a duel in Tal Ash without any thought of life and death. However, tradition is irreversible. I hope that you will fulfill his desire to pursue martial arts." "

Good fellow, please call me good fellow. If this were left to the human world, people who didn’t know would think that the elf making the noise had a grudge against the young elf in front of me!

But the more Fang behaves like this, the more he doesn't want the other party to get what he wants, and it can't be the kind of dissatisfaction that King Helion Mian intervenes in.

In fact, if Li En comes forward, maybe the other party will be satisfied!

And Helian also realized the trap at this moment. The traditional power in Yeerlan was not small, and it was not limited to his opposition camp. There were also many of his supporters.

There is actually not much contradiction between tradition and centralization. Except for a very small number of fanatics, most elves who have multiple traditions and pursue traditions are based on the principle that tradition can bring them more benefits.

If not, then the tradition may not be indispensable. Just like Erlan's centralization reform, both supporters and opponents can find reasons from the tradition. In the end, the decision of the camp depends on their own interests.

However, respect for tradition has been integrated into every aspect of the elven race almost instinctively, and the impact of breaking tradition is difficult to estimate.

As the Crown Prince, it would not be a good thing if he gives his supporters and the public the impression that he likes to break tradition.

Thinking of this, Helion glanced at Elder Yin Suo in the seat on the left with barely concealed disgust. The other person deliberately chose this occasion to cause trouble. Do you really think he has no bottom line!