Arcane Lord

After the performance of the arcane masters of Netheril, it was the turn of the elves of Erlan.

As the spell unfolded, in the illusion, a group of towering oak trees were connected to each other by countless rope bridges and floating steps. Occasionally, Pegasus and Cloud Eagles would fly by carrying elves.

The capital of Yeerland, Tevimansa, is a tree city built among oak trees. On the branches of these oak trees, various exquisite and gorgeous wooden buildings are magnificent.

Except for a few large-scale public entertainment and sacrificial buildings that were built independently, the vast majority of the remaining ones used magic to reshape the structure of oak branches, truly integrating with the oak tree.

No, this is the oak tree itself.

As the angle of the illusion continues to change, the audience in the arena feels as if they are soaring among the trees on a cloud eagle, enjoying the scenery of Tevi Mansa.

Such a strange city, such a brilliant illusion.

Countless people held their breath and concentrated, not daring to miss any scenery. Even Xia Duo saw the appearance of the capital of Yeerlan for the first time.

Although he had incarnated as an Ellan elf in the projection plane before, the Silver Light City where he was at that time was an above-ground city, or more accurately, a mining city used to collect mithril and a fortress city to defend underground passages. .

In terms of scenery alone, it is not as pleasant as Severington to some extent.

The scenery of Taivimansa shown by these Yeerlan elves has indeed supplemented some of Shado's imagination of Yeerlan. At the same time, this imagination is indeed in line with most humans' consistent understanding of elves -

Live in trees.

However, from Eilintal, the capital of Elfaran, to Tevimansa, the capital of Yeerlan, the architectural style has evolved from grand and majestic to exquisite and gorgeous. Shado also seems to have seen the "degeneration" of the elves as a whole.

Of course, just one Taivimansa city is not enough to prove this, but in Shado's impression, ancient elves are indeed much better than modern elves.

At least in his opinion, ancient elf society is more similar to the modern society he knows, while modern elf society is more similar to the ancient society he knows.

The regression of civilization can be glimpsed from just one [Grand Illusion] display.

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After Master Ye Erlan's illusion display ended, it was Master Cormanso's turn to appear.

The Kingdom of Cormanthor, also known as the Kingdom of Cormanthor Forest, or the United Kingdom of Listal Forest.

Although it was nearly seven hundred years later than the founding of Yeerland, after all, it was not a new country established from scratch, but a union of several ancient forces. The history of the Jelenstad that formed it can be traced back to at least four or five thousand years. years ago.

Of course, even so, in terms of history alone, Cormanthor can only be regarded as a younger brother compared to Ilfarang, who has experienced all the eras of the Crown War and has a history of tens of thousands of years.

The only one who can compare with Ilfarang is probably Katemir from the south, who also experienced the Crown War completely.

Even compared to Ilfarang, whose upper-level casters were all wiped out, Ketmir was able to retain more power during the Crown War, but so far it can only barely maintain it.

There is never a winner in a total war. Even Arivanda, the final victor of the Crown War, has only piles of ruins left.

Even the ruins do not exist, and traces of its existence can only be seen in a few ancient books.

Cormanthor's intention to restore the glory of Arivandar is almost impossible to achieve now that the elven kingdoms have been separated for a long time and the human race is rising.

Looking at the Cormanso mages who formed a resonance array and jointly cast spells in the arena, Sha Duo couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

…

Soon, an illusion appeared, and Cormansol, the capital of Cormanthal, was displayed in front of everyone by the ten golden elf mages.

There are some similarities with the Cormansol that Shado imagined, and there is even a sense of familiarity. Of course, Shado has never been to Cormansol, but in the projection plane, he is the emerging Cormansol. The only true king.

What made him feel familiar were the three towers in the main city of Cormansol, summoned by the [Sword of Domination], [Sword of War] and [Sword of Skill] respectively.

The holders of these three elven swords are respectively the crown king of Cormanthor, the war commander, and the mage leader!

Cormanthor architecture combines the grandeur of ancient elven architecture with the exquisite and gorgeous style of modern elven architecture.

There are many tall towers and giant trees in the city. Countless pontoons connect these towers and giant trees together, and the glow of magic lingers among the buildings.

Like the capitals of Ilfaran and Erlan, the capital of Cormanthor is also protected by a mythical lock, and it is a large mythical lock with complex functions.

Although Master Cormanso, who casts illusion spells, did not deliberately show the existence of the Mystery Lock, for Shado, who understood the [Sword of Dominion] and the Mystery Lock, he could see it just from the magic aura of some buildings. Got some ideas.

Most of those buildings were connected to the Mystery Lock, and were both protected and constrained by the Mystery Lock. Seeing this scene, Xia Duo was immediately moved.

The power of the spellcaster is too powerful, and the power disparity between people may even be huge, but after all, there are only a few strong people, and a mature society does not need the existence beyond the system.

The weak, or more generally the vast majority of people, must be protected.

From this, Xia Duo thought that it might be possible to build a mythical lock with a larger coverage area to balance the power of the caster, or to provide protective power specifically for the weak.

But no matter what, in the future magic civilization, there must be a universal binding force on spellcasters.

This power can be a mythical lock or a powerful force of order.

He kept this idea in mind and could refer to it from time to time when shaping the civilized order.

…

A country's long history does not mean it is strong, and its short history does not mean it is weak.

Among the three countries of Ilfaran, Yerlan, and Comantso, Ilfaran, which has the oldest history, is relatively the weakest, Comansor is the strongest, and Yerlan is in the middle.

Shado silently calculated in his mind what he had learned about the relative strength of the northern kingdoms. Netheril should be between Ellan and Elfaran, and might even be weaker than Elfaran.

After all, no one knows how many trump cards an ancient kingdom with a history of tens of thousands of years has.

As for some small elven countries in the North, such as Sluvende, Sharvin, Akaula and others, they may still have considerable power, but in the elven world, due to various reasons, they are not included in the calculation at all.

Sluvende, for example, is now considered a vassal state of Yeerlan; Akora, for example, is completely closed to the country, almost as if it does not exist.

Another example is Evereska, which is actually a small city-state. Although it has a long history, respected status, and considerable power as a spellcaster, its decline is also a fact that has long been doomed.