Chapter 1704 - Never Piss off a Woman (2) (1/2)
Aritzia smiled lightly.
”What do you want to do about this?” Primus asked. Considering his demeanor, he had suddenly flipped from doting elder brother to subordinate in an instant. It didn't even matter that he sat atop a throne looking down on Aritzia.
”We can use this to our advantage.” Aritzia said softly. ”According to the Sapientia Towers, there are odd energy fluctuations coming from the Dark Ocean. Though, it's hard to tell since we obviously haven't built any Towers in the Dark Ocean itself.
”However, we need to do this delicately. We can't antagonize the Elves. Civilization of the past or not, they definitely have some hidden trump cards.
”Luckily, we have the Water Mist Sect… They can be our useful idiot in this situation.”
Primus snorted. ”Something like this is going on in their own backyard yet they have no idea. 'Useful idiot' might be giving them too much credit.”
”I actually don't believe it's all their fault.” Aritzia said pensively. ”About two years ago, the Sapientia Towers caught a wave of evil qi. After some investigation, it was found that it originated from the Palace Master's island… That event happened the very same day word of Anak being heavily wounded swept through the Emperor Giant Clan and the same day Clara, Ri and the masked man returned from the Dark Ocean.”
Primus' eyes narrowed. ”Evil qi? Are you saying that the Elves have fallen so far?”
”It's impossible to tell.” Aritzia said. ”We also can't use this as evidence to turn others against the Elves, or else the fact that we've been monitoring the quadrants through the Towers will turn everyone against us instead.
”However, this is still useful information. We can likely conclude that the Palace Master was coerced into hiding this secret for the Elves. Maybe she received something in exchange, or maybe she received nothing but her life as thanks. We have no way of knowing.
”But, what I can confirm is that the Palace Master has indeed been stalling. Before these events, the Mist Clan had been very eager to excavate the Dark Ocean, yet, in these past two years, there's been nothing.
”I found this odd, so I did a little digging. It turns out that recently the Mist Clan has been the victim of numerous mysterious attacks from an unknown individual. This has given them such a headache that they have no choice but to focus their efforts on dealing with that problem.”
”I see…” Primus said. ”So the Elves have likely enlisted the help of the Palace Master to stall for time. But, stall for what exactly? Also, wasn't the Palace Master under a tacit house arrest? How has she left her island?”
”I can't know any of these things for sure either, but I do have a plausible hypothesis…”
Aritzia paced, her pretty brows furrowed slightly. ”The odd energy fluctuations coming from the Dark Ocean contain higher than usual bursts of Gama, Spatial, and Time qi. This could be the result of anything from building a spatial tunnel akin to the Void Clans Void Tunnels, to the release of powerful techniques capable of shattering space…
”However, I'm of the belief that it's something far more serious than this.” Aritzia suddenly looked up toward her elder brother. ”Are you aware of how the Elves so suddenly rose to power?”