Chapter 1711 See You Again, Larian

"Oops, I forgot to say my name!"

The human mage looked at the place where Sha Duo disappeared with an annoyed look on his face, but when he saw the new book suspended in front of him, a happy smile broke out on his face.

At this moment, an elf companion beside him stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes, "Pamir, who is he? You seem to particularly--especially admire him?"

"That's a legendary lord from our southern border in Netheril. Oh my god, you don't understand even if I tell you!"

"How can I understand if you don't tell me?"

Elves also like to listen to gossip, especially these portal guards. Apart from chatting with their companions all day long, or occasionally reading a book, they are actually quite boring.

Now that I finally heard some different news, I naturally couldn't help but ask more questions.

Except for the elf guard who spoke first, the other elves really pricked up their ears, ready to listen to Pamir's story.

"Lord Xia Duo, this starts from the snow melting competition two years ago. By the way, you know about the snow melting competition, right?"

"I know, I know."

"Remember that time-"

…

Just when Pamir, the Master of the Seven Towers, introduced Sha Duo's "glorious deeds" to his two elf companions, Sha Duo himself had quietly arrived at Yunding Mountain.

This is known as the "uptown of Uptown Everesca". From the surface, it still retains a primitive forest scenery.

Only starting from the mountainside area and going down, there are private estates one after another, which become more and more dense as you go down, until the so-called "uptown area" is formed to the south at the foot of the mountain.

But in Shado's eyes, the area with the tightest seal of Everesca's Mystery Lock is here. Even if he obtained the authority of the higher-level Mystery Lock from Badigal, he was still restricted here.

Fortunately, although he had his own purpose and a mission when he came this time, he was not here to start a war at all. In fact, his transmission had been notified in advance.

When he arrived at the mountainside trail, there was already a graceful elf waiting for him.

"Lord Xia Duo, I haven't seen you for a long time. I never thought it would be like this when we meet again!"

Lunasis stretched out a hand with a complicated expression and said, "Please come this way, grandpa is waiting for you at home!"

"Then please trouble Ms. Lunasis." Sha Duo nodded calmly.

For him, Lunasis was just a medium through which he came into contact with the Everriska Jinfeng family. Even if the person he met was not Lunasis, there would be other elves, just a different family.

Of course, there are certain coincidences in this. For example, the elder Larian is actually from the Jinfeng family and is Lunasis's grandfather.

But even if there is no such coincidence, for Sha Duo, it is just a little more trouble. He will definitely not meet only one elder Evereska this time.

…

From Yunding Mountain's Shining Trail to the Jin Feng family's manor, Sha Duo noticed that Lunasis had calmly lifted six alerts.

However, Shado's expression remained normal. Although the higher authority of the Mystery Lock given to him by Badigal could not allow him to do whatever he wanted in Everesca, there was still no problem in coming and going freely.

Entering the manor, Xia Duo noticed that the members of the Jin Feng family seemed a little unhappy. They didn't know whether it was because they were forced to make a bet by Ambassador Cormanzo not long ago, or because they met him, the messenger of Nese.

A weak country has no diplomacy, Xia Duo reminded himself secretly.

Soon, he met the middle-aged Elder Larian in a garden. Shado immediately realized that there was a difference between Elder Everriska and Elder Elf Ting.

This Elder Larian is most likely already a high mage, but his life has definitely not come to an end, which means he can take action at will.

Shado was not worried about Larian taking action against him, but was shocked by the strength of a small country like Everriska.

There are only seven members of the Everrisk Council of Elders, but this is not the point. The key is that in addition to an advisory group that does not limit magical attainments, there is also a Council of High Mages under the Council of Elders.

Since the latter has this name, it undoubtedly represents great strength.

According to Sha Duo, the number of members of the High Mage Council is at least double digits, although it is not known how many of them are true elders who have come to the end of their lives and are breathing their last breath.

But even if there are only ten, and these ten are true elders with only one breath left, Evereska's apparent strength is not weaker than Netheril.

The final blow of ten dying high mages must be earth-shattering. In one-on-one combat, no great arcanist can beat them.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel jealous. The elves were truly blessed as a race. As long as they became a high mage, they didn't need any additional means of extending their lifespan. As long as they wanted to live, they could basically hold on to their last breath.

And if you want to use life extension spells, the effect on elves is much better than on humans.

Xia Duo thought about the results of extending the life of Akora crowned king before. The [Extremely Effective Immortality Technique] itself was researched for humans, but when used on humans, it can only extend the life span for more than ten years.

As for King Akaola, his life span was extended by nearly a hundred years at once.

How unfair is God!

At least Xia Duo has not discovered that elves have any congenital shortcomings compared to humans so far. The current seeming idleness and low fertility rate are more due to social factors.

The drow in the Underdark are of the same origin as the surface elves, and their fertility rate is much higher than that of humans. If the drow can do it, so can the elves.

Therefore, Xia Duocai has always regarded the elves as the biggest competitors in the development of human civilization.

Without him, the racial advantage of the elves is simply too strong, to the point where humans simply cannot make up for it!

…

After calming down, Xia Duo stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said seriously: "Elder Larian, nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you, Lord Xia Duo!"

When they met for the first time, both sides looked at each other unabashedly. For Larian, he had just been humiliated by Ambassador Cormanthor, and now he saw the Nether Messenger again. He felt very unhappy.

It was not difficult for him to think of the purpose of the sudden arrival of the Nese messenger. Although he was very depressed, neither his self-cultivation nor the city government made it possible for him to express these emotions.

After his granddaughter left, Larian felt a little more relaxed: "Lord Shado——"

"Elder Larian! Do you know that your previous actions almost brought Everesca to a dead end!"

Shado was not prepared to listen to Larian's explanation at all. Now his identity was the messenger of Nese. Even though Evereska was not weak, and the elder Larian in front of him was still similar to the leader of a country, but——

Netheril can become one of the five major countries in the Northern Alliance, so it must have the hidden strength to compete with major countries such as Cormanthor.