Arcane Lord

Compared to Ambassador Cormanzo's unreasonableness, although Chateau's words were not so pleasant, they still contained a considerable degree of respect.

Larian may have been frightened by Xia Duo's first question, but as one of the seven most powerful elders in Everesca, as long as he put aside the prejudice of elves against humans, how could he not feel the impact of Xia Duo? of sincerity.

As a result, Larian's attitude also softened, and he no longer viewed the other party with resistance or even hostility. He lowered his posture again and asked in a sincere tone:

"Lord Shado, what do you think Everiska should do to survive the turbulent situation in the future? And I'm really sorry about what happened in the morning. I will go to Netheril in person tomorrow to attend the Midsummer Celebration."

"The incident in the morning was just a small matter to me, but its impact on Everriska was not small at all. Elder Larian should indeed handle it with caution. As for what Everriska will do next -"

Xia Duo glanced at Larian, who was looking down, and continued:

"I believe that relations between countries, especially the countries of the Northern Alliance, should follow the principles of 'mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity', 'mutual non-aggression', 'non-interference in each other's internal affairs', 'equality and reciprocity', and 'peaceful coexistence'" ' and other five basic principles.

"Based on this, I am not asking what Everriska should do or what must be done next, I am just making a suggestion."

Larian was shocked when he heard the five basic principles. He had never expected that humans would have such a big heart. Although he was not optimistic that this principle would be widely accepted in the North, as a member of a small country, he expected that One day.

At this point, Larian had a little more trust in what Shado had said before, so he said sincerely and solemnly again: "Please give me some advice from Lord Shado!"

"It is unfortunate that Evereska has become the location of the headquarters of the Northland Alliance, but equally, precisely because it has become the location of the headquarters of the Northland Alliance, it has obtained a special neutral status that ordinary countries do not have."

Shado mentioned what he had said before. Looking at Larian's expression, it seemed that the other party had no intention of refuting this time, so he continued:

"On the topic of 'neutrality', Evereska has the same position as all the other countries in the Northern Alliance. In other words, it's not that Everesta needs neutrality, but the Northern Alliance needs Everest." Riska is neutral.

“If you understand this, it will be easy to know what to do in the future.

"As long as they do not deviate from their neutral stance, all countries need to have such a ready-made neutral place. On this basis, if we can maintain closer cooperation with all countries, then Evereska will be invincible .

"Of course, when it comes to details, what Evereska needs to do most at the moment is to ensure the existence of the Northland Alliance. If the Northland Alliance does not exist, then the special status Evereska has achieved through this will no longer exist. .

"This is actually not easy to do. At present, the major powers are fighting openly and covertly. What happened in the morning may also be seen as Comanso forcing Everesca to take sides.

"In the final analysis, Cormanthor does not necessarily need the existence of the Northern Alliance. As long as they can achieve their goals, they naturally do not mind abandoning the Northern Alliance at any time."

Shado's words immediately reminded Larian that the Northland Alliance has completely different meanings to big countries and small countries, just like the current Everriska.

Once the Northland Alliance ceases to exist, I am afraid it will immediately become a battlefield for great power competition. One can imagine the plight of the people of Evereska by then.

At the same time, Larian also thought that although Lord Chateau had just put forward the five basic principles for getting along with each other, in fact, for a special country like Evereska, many times it is not possible to just stay out of the matter. , but to give full play to its own special advantages and strive to maintain balance, or peace, among countries.

At this time, Larian suddenly realized the true purpose of Lord Shado coming to Everesca as a messenger of Nese this time.

If nothing else, it’s for the magic restriction treaty! The Nese people are dissatisfied with the magic restriction treaty! What happened in the morning should be just an excuse!

After all, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this treaty is almost based on Netheril. Once Netheril finally no longer accepts the treaty, it will use this as an excuse to withdraw from the Northern Alliance.

Perhaps they themselves will be more severely squeezed and restricted by the northern countries, but the worse thing will always be the group of small countries in the alliance, because a state that goes beyond hostility and is closer to war will make big countries force small countries to take sides.

Although there are people taking sides now, it is still relatively peaceful, and the behavior of the big powers is quite tactful. As for a country established to avoid war, Evereska knows very well what the state of war is like.

Moreover, because other small countries had their own tendencies, the later siding with them was just to integrate the current "sovereign country" into their own system to a greater extent, but Everesca was different.

In the past, Evereska has always avoided the world, and of course it can be said to be neutral, but after experiencing the Northland Alliance, no one will ignore such an important fulcrum in the Western Region of Nese.

Erlan won't do it, and Cormanthor won't do it either. With these two companies, there's a high chance that Elfaran and Netheril will also get involved.

Without the Northland Alliance, countries have taken off their pretense, and it will definitely be a disaster for Evereska.

At this thought, Larian was extremely frightened. He never thought that the peaceful life that had lasted for hundreds of years would be broken one after another in the past few years.

Turbulence, war, and almost every horrific scene he could imagine appeared in his mind, making him even more frightened.

"Lord Chateau, Lord Chateau, what should I do?"

The expression on Larian's face was already a little panicked at this moment. He was afraid of hearing the messenger of Nese saying "it's hopeless". He looked at Xia Duo expectantly, his eyes full of longing.

At this moment, he couldn't tell whether it was out of instinct for performance or completely from the heart, but what was certain was that he never wanted Netheril to withdraw from the Northland Alliance, even if he had to pay a certain price for it.

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Feeling that the time was almost up, Shado finally explained his intention, "At the next Northland Alliance meeting, Netheril will propose to renegotiate the magic restriction treaty, amend the obviously unreasonable clauses, and improve a series of follow-up processing procedures. Hopefully Evereska can find a place that suits him.”

Chateau did not explain specifically what Everriska needed to do, nor did he need to analyze it. In fact, at this point, it no longer mattered what Everriska wanted to do or what he could do.

It's about what all members of the Northland Alliance except Comanso need Everesca to do!