Arcane Lord

After returning to the Tower of Time, Shado immediately came to the communication room and found the June supplement that had just been sent from Severington. Speaking of which, the June regular issue has not been released, but the supplement has appeared. The feeling of reading a newspaper outside the number.

Picking up the supplement, it was a thick physical book, but Xia Duo noticed that the printing and binding of this supplement seemed a bit sloppy, far inferior to previous monthly magazines.

It doesn’t look like he’s rushing in little by little!

Thinking that Niya had just mentioned that the Demon Restriction Treaty was signed in Everesca today, Shado thought thoughtfully and then opened the thick physical book.

The main text first briefly introduces the background, content, and time of signing of the Magic Restriction Treaty - just today, and then directly informs Netheril's internal super magic share distribution plan.

Sure enough, it is "two halves", that is, the great arcanist divides the half first.

The remaining half is divided equally between the Arcane Federation and the Severnton Council. This part is applied for by non-Grand Arcanists. The remaining half will be transferred to the next year, and half of it will be given to the Grand Arcanist together with the next year's share. Magician, this is the cycle.

Of course, the Grand Arcanist's share is freely transferable, but others are not, and face hefty fines if their activities are deemed illegal.

In addition, the main text does not mention whether the super magic share can be transferred internationally.

Behind the main text is the full text of the magic restriction treaty in the appendix.

The first was the Nese language version. Shado simply skipped it. He knew that the common language of the Northern Alliance was not Nese language, but Elvish.

The content of the Nese language version is only a translation, and it may not be completely accurate. It may miss a few key words or some key details.

If you want to know the details of the treaty, you still have to read the original text in Elvish language, which is also attached at the end. The Seven Towers did not make any small moves in this regard.

After all, as long as anyone is willing to spend a few thousand gold coins, they can go through the portal directly from Severton to Everesca, and see the original text of the treaty in Elvish at the Northland Alliance headquarters.

If there may be some small tricks in the Nese language version, it can be explained as a translation error, but if it is weird in the original Elvish language, it is pure malice.

Either there is no appendix. Since there is an appendix, there is a high probability that there will be no "recording errors".

The image of the Seven Towers in Shado's impression is still positive. He does not think that the Seven Towers are so unwise. For now, it is enough for him to just read this supplement commissioned by the Severington Council to distribute on behalf of the Austrian and French Federation.

In the original text of the Demon Restriction Treaty in Elvish, the beginning was pretty much what Shado had expected. It was a set of high-sounding reasons, discussing the necessity of restricting large-scale magic activities, the responsibility and determination of the Northland Alliance, etc.

Xia Duo briefly read it and didn't take it to heart. These were all secondary. No matter how beautiful the writing was, it still had to be implemented in the end for specific benefits.

After all the cliches, the next step was the struggle for interests. Even in words, Shado could imagine Netheril's unwillingness and struggle in the negotiations.

Since we are talking about restricting large-scale magic activities, the first step is how to define large-scale magic activities. This is an important point of contention for interests.

You cannot tell me a standard and I must follow it. Your standard must be more beneficial to you than to me.

Shado didn't know the specific negotiation process, but judging from the current results, Netheril was at a disadvantage in the first step.

The definition of large-scale magic activities is almost the same as the rumors that came out before. The main thing is to monitor the vibration of the magic network involving the tenth layer of the magic network, and it counts once.

The so-called "calculation" is another standard, determined by the monitoring magic provided by the Elf Lord.

If the magic is said to happen once, then it counts as once. If you are not convinced, you can apply for the Northland Alliance to send a commissioner to investigate. In addition, in addition to judging the "presence or absence" of the magic, it will also judge the degree of "presence", that is, the intensity of large-scale magic activities.

The total share allocated to a country is actually the number of times each time multiplied by an intensity coefficient.

The treaty mentioned that the five countries of Netheril, Elfaran, Cormanthor, Erlan, and Danzo each had a total share of 1,000 points each year.

It is equivalent to conducting one large-scale magic activity with an intensity coefficient of 1,000, and it is also equivalent to conducting 1,000 large-scale magic activities with an intensity coefficient of 1. The intensity coefficient starts at 1 and has no upper limit.

After all, it is impossible for an ordinary 10th-level spell to have the same impact as an equivalent 11th-level spell.

In fact, according to the standards of the treaty, many spell experiments that are not even 10th-level spells will be classified as large-scale magic activities, and at least a little super magic share will be counted.

In this way, Xia Duo can already imagine that the senior arcanist who was originally free to decide the research content simply gave up various research involving the tenth level of the magic network because he was worried about triggering divine monitoring.

If things go on like this, the path ahead for Master Nese in the field of high-level spells will become increasingly narrow.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, it is like restricting high-energy particle research on the earth. Then subsequent progress in physics can only rely on blindness. It is difficult to predict and test high-energy theories by relying only on low-energy experiments. of.

This is just a long-term impact, which cannot be seen for the time being, and there are many variables in the future, so it may not be impossible to break through the limit. Xia Duo alone knows more than one way to break through the limit.

The simplest thing is of course to move large-scale magic activities to the secondary plane. No matter how big the movement is or how many times, it doesn't matter.

Or if it is placed outside the Northland, even if it can be monitored by the Elf Lord, the Northland Alliance does not have enough influence to enforce cross-regional law enforcement. The main thing is not to be caught, which basically means there is no restriction.

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Xia Duo may not care about the long-term impact of the treaty, but at the moment, he simply hates this treaty!

The treaty mentioned that Netheril had a total share of 1,000 points each year, and Shado could easily calculate how much of the share was allocated to him.

Just divide half by the current number of great arcanists (19), which is about 26 points. If Congenio, who has retired and lived in seclusion, gives up the allocation, there may be more.

But even if all 1,000 points were given to Xia Duo, it would only be 1,000 large-scale magic activities with an intensity coefficient of 1, which was far from enough for him!

The problem mainly lies in the floating city.

If the floating city is just a flying mountain with a city on it, then this amount of shares may be enough.

However, the flight control system of the floating city designed by Xia Duo will regularly apply a suspension spell to the floating city based on the flight height, ensuring that it has at least one chance to levitate before falling, so that it can land smoothly. (Levitation will reconstruct the inertia, and you can levitate one second before landing)

The higher you fly, the less frequently the levitation spell will be automatically activated; correspondingly, the lower you fly, the more frequently automatic levitation will be activated.