Roddy nodded in agreement. Of course, he would not say that Kardashian had developed all these with the technology from Earth. "Yes, it's a pity that the High Elves did not popularize these tactics. They still rely on cold weapons from the old era to fight against the demons …"
"The High Elves are too arrogant. In front of the demonized Beastmen, they do not have an advantage in terms of population. Under the influence of the Mana Tide, the Arcanists cannot even up the advantage."
Crupus did not seem to want to talk more, but he seemed to be in a good mood. This was because the things that Roddy had shown made him optimistic about the threat of the demons in the future. "Let them clean up the battlefield. Let's go back first."
This was the first time Roddy had heard of the concept of the Mana Tide. He wanted to ask a few more questions, but he thought that this was not a suitable time to talk about the High Elves, so he did not say anything and followed the High Elves to the "core room" below.
The crystal walls of the core room monitored all parts of the battlefield. Seeing the lords coming down, Edith walked down from the control circle in the center and said, "Lord Morales has just woken up."
This news immediately made them rush to the outside of the cage on the 19th floor. Morales, who was bound by the magic circle and chains, was silent at the moment. The previous battle had torn her dress, but now the vines had grown again and more or less restored her original appearance. However, her messy long hair and slightly haggard expression could not be concealed.
The three lords did not say a word. They immediately activated the magic circle to confirm Morales' current condition again. Then they found that only a small part of the halo showed the demon's blackish-purple color — this meant that the state of Morales' mind corruption had mostly recovered.
"Is it because of the space-time isolation?"
"No, it should be the power of the divine gear."
Victor answered Pukatos' question and pointed at Sally who was behind him at the same time. In the cage, Morales nodded. "I feel the power of the law. It makes me feel much better."
Her jade-green eyes looked at Sally. Because her body was trapped, she could only nod to express her gratitude. Then, she looked at Roddy. "Right now, I should be thanking the humans the most … If not for them, the entire Green Dragon Race would have fallen into the abyss …"
Roddy looked at the wounds on Morlars' cheeks. The wounds were caused by the magic tower controlled by Edith. However, Morlars was magnanimous and did not show any resentment. Roddy was relieved and nodded to accept Morlars' gratitude.
After that, Roddy decided to remain silent, because now was the time to decide Morales' future fate. He would leave the internal affairs of the Dragons to the Dragons to resolve.
"Morales, do you remember what you did?"
Crupus asked directly. The latter nodded happily. "I remember. I still remember how I did all these things in my mind. But I have never felt anyone change my way of thinking. I never thought of breaking up the Alliance. I just felt jealous of the Alliance led by Quaio. The emotions that were derived from this made me do so many wrong things." "That's right.
After saying that, she sighed. "Now that I think about it, it should be because of the space-time rift …"
Following Morales' narration, everyone finally understood the reason why she was corrupted by the demons. Compared to other Dragons, green dragons who stayed in the deep mountains and forests all year round had a higher probability of discovering the hidden space-time rift. In the process of studying them, there were a few with larger energy and size. Naturally, Morales, the Lord, had to deal with them personally. After three or four years of this research, she unknowingly changed her way of thinking.
"If it wasn't for the change in my way of thinking, I definitely wouldn't have attended the meeting held by Queo in the Imperial City. Because I have no interest in the so-called Alliance itself. "
Queo, who was standing in the opposite cell, also chimed in. "My emotions seem to have come from my jealousy of Victor. At first, I just didn't want to see him have a human as an ally. But once the thought arose, I had a reason to do a lot of things later …"
Although Queo's "symptoms" were not as serious as Morales', his temper was indeed more "emotional" than other Dragons. So it was not surprising that he was taken advantage of.
The other lords looked at each other. Through the narration of the two, they knew that the demons no longer used the "whispering and instigating" method to guide their targets to do things. Their methods were more invisible and harder to detect. If it weren't for Roddy's keen senses as a "witcher," this hidden danger would probably have remained.
It was conceivable that if this trend was allowed to continue, when the demons came again, it would be unknown how many Dragons would be left.
This kind of fear sent a chill down the backs of the lords. Fortunately, the disaster was stopped before it happened. At the same time, everyone had the advantage of information.
"The current situation is that we know about the existence of this kind of 'space-time rift.' Since the demons can affect us through our minds, then … is it possible to fight back?"
Roddy was a little curious about how far the Dragons had reached in the field of space-time. But to his disappointment, the three lords looked at each other. Victor shook his head and said, "Our way of using the 'space-time rift' is still very preliminary. At present, we can only use the concept of storing and stripping 'space-time energy.' We have always wanted to do a reverse invasion, but at present … "
"The Crystal Dragons can only reverse input some information about the illusion."
Crupus should be the lord with the most in-depth research, but he stopped there. At this point, Roddy looked back at Edith. The latter nodded and added, "I have a little research on space-time. If possible, I can provide more assistance in this area."
The space-time barrier that Edith had cast before had almost completely isolated the subsequent influence of the demons on Queo and Morales. The power displayed by the Hercino Magic Tower was enough for the lords to recognize her.
"We will talk about these things in a week. The problem now is … we have to carefully investigate whether there are any compatriots whose minds have been corrupted by the demons. Including the young dragons, no one can be left behind. "
After Pukatos finished speaking, he glanced at Queo and Morales. "As for the green and red dragons, the most important thing now is the handover of power and follow-up cooperation. Tell me where the successors are, and the three of us will invite them at the same time. After that, we will hold a handover ceremony here. How about it?"
This was also to save face for the two. Queo and Morales now had no room to refuse. They both nodded in agreement and gave the list of alternate elders of the Dragons.
At this point, the arrangements of the Dragons were roughly confirmed. Crupus suggested that they leave separately, but Victor added, "Efta sacrificed a lot in this battle. The Ice Dragons will provide two thousand high-quality Magic crystal as an additional thank you."
As the lord who first bet on Roddy, Victor was the one who could best read the situation. Now that the situation had changed, the Dragons could no longer treat Efta with the attitude of "making friends". He took the initiative to express goodwill and communicate with him on an equal footing. The Mystical Crystals were secondary as this was the best response to Rody.
Sure enough, his proposal was approved by the other Dragons, including Queo and Morales. They expressed their willingness to support the human magic construction in all aspects. Roddy accepted all of this and did not refuse.
The three lords then left, and the Magic Tower was restored to silence. Standing outside the prison that was divided into two semicircles, Roddy could see the current posture of the two Dragons lords — Queo's face was lonely and dispirited, his eyes staring at the ground, not knowing what to think.
The restraints on Morales' body had been removed, but there was not much expression on her face. When she sat there calmly, even her breathing became extremely long, like an old tree that had grown roots.
Duke and Sally breathed a sigh of relief. The meeting between the Dragons lords was not as difficult as they had imagined, but it was very exhausting to maintain composure under that kind of atmosphere. Roddy himself already had the aura of the Dragons, so he did not care. He reached out and hugged Sally. Feeling her relaxed body, Roddy comforted her, "The war is over. You can relax for a while."
"Finally … this day has come."
Sally could not help but sigh, and then looked at Edith, who suddenly said, "Prime Minister Roddy, Lord Morales seems to have something to say."
"Hmm?"
Roddy, who was planning to leave, looked up and found that Morales' eyes were looking at him. "I can feel the emotions in my mind at that time. When they saw you, they seemed to have extremely obvious hatred and mania."
"You have to be careful, they may use more means to deal with you."
"I will."
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