Chapter 223: Potential Crisis

Chapter 222 – Potential Crisis
As Shiala uttered these heartbreaking words, the rhythm of the field was completely disrupted.

Under her constant evidence and offense, Donald could only wipe his sweat one by one.

He simply did not expect the always honest and decent Yankee aggressiveness to be so strong ……

And how come their brains seemed to have suddenly opened up?

Fortunately, Professor Collins secretly took sides and fended off the offensive for him with a few seemingly neutral but actually pulling the strings questions, and only then did Donald have a chance to catch his breath.

The Third Queen Renee, on the other hand, kept her mouth shut, her glowing eyes staring at Xiara with interest.

There was really no need for her to speak.

Although Eternal Dawn was an ally, what Xiara had stated was also the truth.

In the matter of curing the Blight, Eternal Dawn really didn’t have any use for shit.

Otherwise, the Mercury Forest would be called that?

Renee stared at first, then returned it with an odd look.

Ciara had made it clear.

What happened in the game brought into the real world was a change that hadn’t been seen in the last thousand years.

Then, it’s all about cooperation.

2. they can’t solve the dead air.

Although the drama party on the forum likes to describe her as “a human vegetable addict”, that’s bias from God’s perspective.

This conversation is over.

1. blight has nothing to do with dead air.

Prof. Collins struck the little bell erected in his hand.

As such a person, she naturally had her own judgment of the situation.

The result was “no result”.

“Now, we can come to the matter with the elves.”

Moreover, the elves were not so lowly as to jump out and court the people of gold at such a juncture.

And others may not be aware of what’s happening in the Whispering Forest, such as why Silverwing hid that Elamonte fellow in the crypt ……

Her Highness, the Third Queen, is an ambitious and eagerly defiant politician.

Eternal Dawn naturally wouldn’t admit it, but they were too busy confessing to attack each other.

“Clang”

Is it over?

Donald didn’t tell the whole truth, he and the guy called Eli Monte secretly colluded and used the Whispering Crypt, which led to what happened later.

So this private mediation is the same as no mediation.

…

Donald almost sprayed a mouthful of old blood.

It’s the anticipation of a chess match, the anticipation of like-mindedness.

It had been laid out so long in front of him, just so that Chiara could show off her skills in front of Renee.

For the first time in so many years, she had the feeling of being seen through.

Donald planned to go back and re-prepare his materials, and study this brand new set of words from the other side.

Then stared at the other party with burning eyes.

Collins also frowned, “According to the rules, it’s now ……”

“Yes, I think it is indeed possible to talk.”

But she knew.

Just as Collins was about to announce a later date, Ciara suddenly spoke up:

Who wouldn’t it be a good idea to work with?

She nodded slowly as everyone watched.

“Regardless of the rules, shouldn’t we ask this Third Queen’s Highness for her opinion first now?” Ciara asked rhetorically.

After Shiala showed enough strength, she would also recognize her opponent.

“Done.”

Strong anticipation.

It was only natural that she would be crushed before the flood of the times.

Seeing this scene, Megumi laughed lightly in her heart.

But instead of getting angry, she had a ……

Since Eternal Dawn couldn’t solve the blight, there were only two possibilities:

If that was the case, why not let Shadow Sanctuary try?

Moreover, the Whispering Forest bordered the Northlands right there, and with the Court of Emerald Leaves as the hub, the two sides could continuously communicate.

Most importantly, like the Mercury Royal Family, the Shadow Sanctuary’s wordsmith was also female.

Even the incarnation of the Coronet of the Dead Whisperer, whom they honored, was female.

So they possessed similar circumstances and perceptions.

Looking at the incredulous expressions on the faces of both Collins and Donald, Megumi only wanted to laugh in her heart.

In terms of studying and grasping the characters, you guys compare to me?

In terms of knowledge and mastery of the “Magic Boom”, can you compare to me?

You’re way behind, brothers!
She was happy to have found her own track.

And she couldn’t help but think of those four guys.

If only she had someone to show off to at this point.

If it was the “brothers”, they would probably have blown it by now, right?
“Cow wow! Sister Belly!”

“You’re really something, Mr. Hui!”

“You’re the one who got me into trouble!”

There was definitely some “heckling” from some asshole hunter too.

–Am I being pua’d by those guys?

She wondered.

…

Soon the two ladies were in agreement.

The Shadow Sanctuary would drop its application for appeal and extradite Silverwing back to the Mercury Forest.

In return, the Royal House of Mercury would provide the improved research on the School of Metamorphosis carried out by the Tree Shepherds over the past few centuries, and both parties would embark on an in-depth study of the relationship between dead air and blight in this regard.

In addition, Shiala also proposed a “third party” that no one expected.

“Dwarves?”

Donald laughed at the idea.

The admiration he had just risen for Shiala had all but turned to contempt at the moment.

In the end, this was just a young man who liked to fantasize.

The nature that the elves preached overlapped to a great extent with the elements that the dwarves revered.

So how to explain their respective transcendent energies became a major area of contention between the two sides.

Both sides understood that the writing of the scriptures was not important, the right to interpret them was the core.

So even though the Dwarves are the most likely group to have a different view on the “withering”, after so many years, there has been no communication between the two sides.

This is certainly a result of the elves’ laziness and tradition, but the clash of ideas between them has also contributed a lot.

So he did not worry about Renee will agree.

However, Donald was surprised to see Renee prancing to her feet, and the astonishment in her eyes grew even greater.

“I will do my best to get the royal family’s consent.”

The Third Queen was solemn like never before.

“This moment will be written in history.”

“I think so too.”

Ciara stood up and smiled.

……

The private mediation ended “successfully”.

The two ladies talked about everything from the big things to the little things.

For example, Renee started to wonder what color red eyeshadow Chiara had.

Who would have believed that the two were at loggerheads just a few days ago if no one else had said anything?
Donald was going to just leave when Collins stopped him.

Originally, he wouldn’t care about such an ordinary professor.

But the outbreak of the Void Disaster had caused the Truth Academy to lose a large number of professors and researchers.

And so a former middle-of-the-road level like Collins became a mainstay.

“What can I do for you, Your Excellency, Professor?” He asked.

Collins smiled, “I have heard that Your Excellency has spent a great deal of time in the mountains of Makara before?”

Donald, however, shook his head, “No, I should say I spent almost fifty years of my life there.”

“Oh? That is truly surprising.”

Collins turned his words around and suddenly said, “I have been to the Withered Trace in the Whispering Forest not long ago, where I ran into your Sun Knight, Sir Gawain, and I wonder if he is on some special mission, and if he is still there …… now.”

Donald looked slightly stagnant.

Gawain had gone there?
He quickly recovered and shook his head to indicate that he didn’t know about it. “Why are you so interested in the McCalla Mountains?” He asked rhetorically.

“It’s important there, and we all know about it.”

Collins smiled, then gathered his composure and gruffly said:
“And now that the magical web has been destroyed and our people have been recalled, it’s the same as losing control of the place.

“I suspect that void contamination will erupt from the Blight Trail …… Even if the strange beasts don’t dare to enter the mountains of McCalla, the magical beasts thus driven away will form a beast tide.”

Donald looked puzzled: “What you mean is ……”

Collins: “If Lord Gawain is still stationed there, why don’t we ask him to protect it on our behalf?”

Donald narrowed his eyes, “Does that mean Veritas ……”

“No, just my personal suggestion.”

Collins smiled and lowered his voice:
“Give my regards to Archmage Dak.”

Donald’s face dawned on him.

He understood all of it at once.

This guy had deliberately given himself a “perfect excuse” in order to please his uncle.

At this time, the mages had no time to worry about the Makara Mountains.

Therefore, the things that Eternal Dawn wanted to do in the past but were repeatedly destroyed can now be done.

Once the Dwarves, Nyss and Elves allied themselves with the three parties and really started working on some kind of blight in the Whispering Forest, they would never have another chance.

Although he knew that Veritas had never been ironclad internally, this was the first time he had seen such a blatant attempt to curry favor.

“I will, Professor Collins.”

Donald smiled, “If you’re free, how about coming to my uncle’s birthday dinner next week?”

“Of course, an honor.”

The two men looked at each other and smiled, each with a smile.

……

Afternoon, Woolwich Shipyard, Sector 81.

Mr. Vasquez, the newly promoted rich dwarven merchant, arrives with his butler, Mr. Red, to inspect the place.

Three days ago, Basker had financed its purchase at Red’s suggestion.

Now he finally took time out from his constant stream of socializing to take a look at his future property.

After strolling around, Basque had saved up a head full of questions.

For fear of being treated like an uneducated hick, he forced himself to hold back his nagging questions and walked out into the open space where there weren’t many people before asking:

“What’s going on here? How could such an outstanding shipyard go bankrupt?”

Red, or rather Chandor, immediately explained seriously:

“As you may not know, Veritas has four airship manufacturers with long histories and very different personalities. One of them, Volvic, is also known as the Arsenal Factory because of its involvement in the manufacture of a large number of war weapons in the past.”

Basilisk: “No wonder they have that smell both in their staff management and production processes ……”

Dodo: “Actually, so do the products, they always have the style of military products – old-fashioned shapes and rough lines, but leathery and excellent quality.”

Basilisk wondered, “So how did it go bankrupt?”

Duo: “Sir, these are peaceful times, and airships need more than a shell that’s resistant to magical interference and the stability to keep flying even if half of their body is blown up; they need comfortable interiors and stylish shapes, and ‘quality’ that has to be repaired every few years.”

Basilisk was even more depressed.

“You mean the good stuff is letting the wusses fuck it up?”

Duo said seriously, “It’s bad money driving out good money, sir, you need to learn to use those fancy words.”

“Yes, yes, yes, bad money, good money.”

Basilisk took careful note.

“But what’s with that 200,000 gold coins owed?” He asked again, “If the business is just slowly going downhill, how could it owe so much money?”

Duo: “The production of airships in Veritas is such that every time the Truth Academy has a major technological breakthrough, they will tender for contractors for the drawings. This 200,000 gold coins is the loan they applied for in order to secure the drawings for the ‘Void Shuttle Type I’.”

Basque was staggered, “200,000 for a drawing? That’s easy money ……”

“That’s not all, sir. They also have to give a cut to the Truth Institute for every dirigible sold after this.”

Duo laughed, “Compared to the ones after that, this 200,000 is chump change.”

“I sure have seen less.”

Basil shook his head and sighed.

He understood what happened later.

Despite making the first Voidwalker Type I, the Void Disaster broke out immediately afterward.

The Void didn’t just devour the original owner of the Volvic, it also severely affected the Magic Network.

This made the new airship, whose core competency was to fly close to the Magic Grid using phasing technology, a complete joke.

As for insurance and banks, they don’t care if you’ve been hit by an “act of God”.

This is the opportunity for him to pick up the pieces.

No, technically it’s a chance for Red.

Thinking about this, Vasquez couldn’t help but look at the Cornu.

In the past few days, he had come to trust him completely.

To put it bluntly, if Raider was a liar, then he had already been cheated out of a large portion of his property.

But not only had he not done so, he had also put himself in contact with a large number of big names that he had never thought of before.

Basque was a man who had nothing else, but self-knowledge, so he saw it clearly.

He had originally only thought of coming to Veritas to spend the rest of his life in abundance.

I didn’t expect that now not only did he start running a factory, but he even had the possibility of joining the political arena ……

Duo Duo persuaded him to buy this place, it wasn’t just as simple as producing blimps.

The outbreak of the Void Catastrophe had dealt a head-on blow to the airship industry.

Because the thing was powered by and only by energizer stones.

And with the Lawgivers pouring tons of energon into it to fill the void rift, the price of the thing has risen by 4,250 percent.
More than 40 times.

People are just now realizing that the original bulky floating city smells really good!

How cheap the fire was!

If not, why not ride flying beasts and magical beasts?

So there were mass layoffs in the airship industry, and the unemployed protested all day.

Veritas could care less about the refugees on the last 10 islands, but couldn’t turn a blind eye to the demands of its citizens.

That’s when Basilisk decisively stepped in to buy a shipyard on the verge of bankruptcy, saving thousands of people from unemployment.

What is this called?
It’s called being a responsible capitalist!
This is the capital for his future candidacy.

“So what are we producing next? Are we going to make floating cities too?” Basilisk asked.

“We’re also producing Void Shuttles, but they’re not Type I anymore, they’re Type II.” Duo smiled.

Vasquez froze, “Why?”

“Because we’re switching to burning kindling in our airships as well.”

“How is that possible! Isn’t that the Shadow Temple’s patent?”

Duo: “Yes, that’s why we’ll be starting a partnership with the Shadow Sanctuary. But before that, you will need to return to the south to gather a group of Totemists who are quite knowledgeable about elemental powers, especially the power of the earth.”

“Totemists?” Basque was completely unable to follow the other party’s train of thought, “To do what?”

“Mediate the conflict between the elves and the Nyss, and then, try to decipher the secret of the Blight.”

Duo smiled.

……

……

At the same time, the mountains of McCalla.

Heine is completely unaware of how his two lost evil spirits are screwing around in Veritas.

Nor did he know what interesting things were to come.

After all, what was in front of him was interesting enough.

In front of him lay a severed head, filled with nearly black cotton wool-like brain matter.

This is not mental energy depletion, this is …… draining.

In addition, it was Mr. Xia who had rushed back all night.

He said he should have brought back a corpse, but because it was too heavy, he only cut the head.

He was the father of Hattar, the former soul priest of the Split Toe Clan, who was thought by the Zanro people to have died a “violent death”, and his body was buried on the same day.

So he did what he always does and took the head back.

“So you’re saying he actually died of exhaustion trying to send a message to the underworld?” He asked.

“Yes.”

“And then the damn mirror was a person who could use it?”

“Yes.”

“And their communication is completely unencrypted and there’s no identity check?”

“Yes”

Heine frowned, “Did you have a problem with your skills that you can only display this one word?”

Mr. Xia: “No”

Heine was speechless.

(End of chapter)