Arcane Lord

Early the next morning, Xia Duo arrived at the alliance headquarters early. After routinely checking the operating status of the computing power pool, he returned to his office and prepared to wait for news while continuing to communicate with Rodas.

Time often flies by when working. It was almost noon when Shado finally received a crucial piece of news, but it was not related to Jamdas or Kalish, but from him in Termino. Sri Lanka's "broiler chicken" Person.

Since the last time he helped the Illuminati transport supplies, Person was once again completely manipulated by the Illuminati. However, because of this, he gained the trust of the Illuminati. This time, Person received an order again——

Attack and destroy the magic weapon factory invested and built by Shado and Yeerlan in Elan!

After receiving the news, Xia Duo felt very angry. Before he went to the Illuminati, those guys came to his door first. He wanted to close the net immediately, but he couldn't let go of the big fish that hadn't taken the bait yet.

The best we can do now is to catch some peripheral members of the Illuminati, and it will also expose Person.

But if they don't close the net, will they be allowed to attack the factory they built in Elam?

Sha Duo suddenly fell into a dilemma. After thinking about it, he still sent a message to Oripus, who was busy building a factory in Elan. He asked the other party:

"How many of us are in Elam now? Where are they?"

"There are currently forty or fifty people in Elland, including the ones from my family. Some of them are following me to handle some clerical work, some are scattered at various construction sites as construction apprentices, and some are As a magic technician training instructor, train local technicians in the established magic weapon factory.”

"How many factories have been built so far?" Xia Duo asked again.

"Two, one produces computing power pool connectors, and the other produces gateway components. Now the local elf technicians in Elan have started trial production under the training of our people, and will soon be able to independently carry out related production activities. "

"Have there been any unusual signs on your side recently? Including Ye Erlan's side."

"It seems not. I have also heard about the situation at Evereska, but Ellan has not made any small moves here. They have different opinions from you, Lord, on the issue of new artifacts, but in the development of Ellan But they are completely consistent, and they will never be in trouble with their interests.”

"One more thing, how many of your people are preparing to return to the territory for the festival?"

The reason why he asked this was because the time point of the Illuminati attack that Shado obtained through Person was on Midsummer Day, which was also a point that made him feel particularly angry.

Although he is not a believer in the Lord of Light, Midsummer is a day of grand celebration recognized by the territory and even the entire Netheril. The Illuminati chose this day to launch the attack, which was obviously full of malice.

And Oripus's next answer also made Shado feel worried——

"None of them. They said that the lord is so kind to them, so they don't need extra vacation. Taking the time to train and study is the best way to repay the lord."

Xia Duo was not surprised by such an answer. When he was still an apprentice, many of the apprentices in the Tower of Time could not pass the Midsummer Festival.

After he took over the Tower of Time, he did not force everyone to attend the Midsummer Celebration. Instead, he closed some facilities in the tower on the day of the celebration. In this way, he indirectly encouraged apprentices and mages to go outside and relax.

But even so, there are still a lot of apprentices or new mages who are not willing to waste this day.

And this time, although there may be an Illuminati attack in the future, Xia Duo still did not force the people to return to the territory. On the one hand, this was the wish of the people, and on the other hand, it was also because the cost of a round trip was not low.

Moreover, the cost of downtime must also be taken into account. After all, the elves cannot survive the Midsummer Festival. Once the people on his side evacuate, the elves will most likely have to stop work as well.

In addition, doing so may also cause misunderstandings on the Erlan side.

…

After understanding the situation in Elan in detail, Shado interrupted the communication. At this time, he still had not made up his mind whether to close the network immediately. Fortunately, it was far away from the time when Person was notified of the attack-that is, Midsummer Day. , there are still two or three days left.

If the attack was imminent, he would probably rather miss the opportunity to catch a big fish than close the net immediately. After all, the lives of dozens of territorial residents were not a trivial matter.

But since he was given time to prepare, he still hoped to achieve the best of both worlds as much as possible - not letting the people in the territory be harmed by the attack, but also allowing the attack to continue, so as not to expose Person's "broiler" attributes.

After weighing it, Shado finally found a solution that was close to the best of both worlds. First of all, Person's attack plan was difficult to change. After all, the Illuminati was not his subordinates and could not completely avoid his leaders during the attack. civil.

Secondly, even for the citizens, it is impossible for me to equip them with too abnormal protective measures. In this way, when the Illuminati attacks, they will know that the citizens have been prepared, and then they will suspect every participant in the plan.

It was only a matter of time before suspicion came to Person's head.

Therefore, the Illuminati's attack plan can only be allowed to proceed as scheduled, and the factory must give the illusion that it is unprepared. In this case, if it were on earth, the only option would be to close the network immediately.

But in the magical world, Shado has another choice -

Let those people be attacked, even if they are killed by the Illuminati, they can be resurrected later.

Although it is not fair to let the people be attacked and killed once, this is the only possibility that Shado can think of after weighing the pros and cons.

Only in this way can we protect the people without exposing Person, and then get the opportunity to play the long game, and the price is just that the people are frightened once.

Thinking of some details of the police handling cases on TV in his hometown, Shado gradually strengthened his idea. If there is no risk at all, it would be the best, but how can everything go as planned in reality? After all, there are still certain risks.

…

In the next two days, Shado activated the soul summoning array in the Tower of Time, and asked Oripus to lock the people in Elan one by one. This is also a mature plan in [Projection Plane·Remnants of the Empire].

In fact, he also has a plan of "soul amulet", but the characteristics of this plan are too obvious, and it is inevitable that the Illuminati will detect abnormalities, so he chose remote soul summoning.

Both options have their own advantages and disadvantages -

The "Soul-storing Amulet" has a higher safety factor, but the cost is also higher;

The "Soul Summoning" has a slightly lower safety factor, but the more people die, the lower the overall cost of preserving souls. Of course, if there is only one soul, then the "Soul-storing Amulet" is still cheaper.

After all, the cost of building a soul-storing array is not a small amount.