Chapter 294
Chapter 294 A Clash of Words
What was a spacestone?
Most adepts would never be able to lay their eyes upon the true appearance of the legendary spacestone!
Most books that described the spacestone only contained a simple description of its importance as the core material of interplanar, ultra-long-distance teleportation arrays.
This description wasn’t incorrect, but it wasn’t entirely accurate either.
The construction of an interplanar teleportation array was still possible without a spacestone. However, an adept’s tower would have to serve as a spatial coordinate for the spatial transfer. A large number of magical crystals would have to be exhausted during every transfer as well.
All of this meant that an interplanar teleportation array without a spacestone consumed a large amount of money and resources. There was also a long period of time before the infrastructure was built.
The cost and time investment of such a teleportation array might have been acceptable if it was used for communications and supply during peaceful times. However, this was far too slow and expensive if it was to be used in planar wars, where time was a crucial resource!
The only reason someone wouldn’t eat a delicacy placed in front of them was if they feared choking!
The existence of a spacestone would allow them to sneak into a plane and secretly construct a transportation array. Large troops of clan adepts and soldiers would pour into the plane before the natives could even react.
Would a lesser plane have any chance of resisting when that happened?
The construction of a single array and the construction of a war tower. The difference in difficulty between these two tasks decided the outcome of a planar war!
Thus, Adept Nunnally had to try her best to obtain this spacestone.
The benefit involved in this was far too significant for her to ignore!
These executors might have had plenty of influence while in the Castle in the Sky, but robbery still wasn’t an option for them. Seeing that the Aerial Guards alone weren’t able to make Nunnally back down, Randolph had no option but to make another declaration. They were to bring Greem before the Senate instantly.
The issue would have to be resolved by the members of the Senate!
The Senate was the highest authority of the Castle in the Sky. They managed and ruled over the city, with a total of ninety-seven members. Almost all of them were Third Grade adepts. Most of them were also high-grade esoteric adepts cultivated by the Silver Union. Some among their number were famous Third Grade adepts that had been hired from outside of the Union.
The Senate Hall was one of the most important magical buildings in the Central Circle.
The area under the Silver Union’s control was extremely large. All of the human settlements in the southwest of the Continent were under its patronage. The entire territory was split into fifteen different areas and kingdoms of various sizes. A Senate member would be stationed at each and every one of these areas to manage the land.
Moreover, the Silver Union had Senate members stationed in the territories of the Zhentarim Association, the Northern Witches, and the Adept’s Association to encourage trade and communication. Consequently, ninety-seven Senate members might have sounded like an impressive number, but it wasn’t nearly enough for all of the places the Union needed them in.
Only a total of thirty to forty Senate members worked within the Castle in the Sky. Moreover, these important figures weren’t constantly waiting around in the Senate Hall. Most day-to-day matters were dealt with by groups of five Senate members!