Arcane Lord

Not long ago, Shado proposed in the Seven Towers to "force Cormanthor to give up the evaluation rights and investigation rights attached to the Demon Restriction Treaty." On the surface, it did not bring intuitive benefits to Netheril.

It only eliminated Cormanthor's power and relieved a certain amount of super-magic pressure on the rest of the alliance during the chaotic early stages of the treaty's implementation.

Regardless of whether Cormanzo is willing to accept it or not, it is almost impossible to resist the collective will of the alliance unless he "withdraws" immediately.

This approach is the same as Cormanthor's previous proposal to sign a "Magic Restriction Treaty" - other countries, even Ilfran, who is an ally of Netheril, have clearly expressed their approval. As long as Netheril does not immediately withdraw from the group, there is no other way. Bite the bullet and accept it.

So, will Cormanso quit the group?

of course not.

It's just that unlike Netheril's reason for not quitting the group because he wanted to get more development opportunities, Cormanthor's reason for not quitting is largely to use the alliance's power to suppress Netheril within the framework of the alliance. Rising momentum.

In other words, as long as Netheril does not withdraw from the group, Cormanthor will not withdraw from the group.

Correspondingly, even if Netheril withdraws from the group, Cormanthor may not withdraw. Wouldn't it be more labor-saving to join the alliance to suppress Netheril than to do it alone?

At the same time, you can also use the resources of the alliance to develop yourself.

It's just that once Netheril withdraws from the Northern Alliance, Ilfaran will almost certainly withdraw with it and will not continue to stay in the alliance to suffer. By then, the Northern Alliance will really exist in name only.

…

During the second half of the meeting, Chateau did not talk much about the current situation with Larian, but turned to topics related to local life in Everriska.

For example, the periodicals that Xia Duo bought here when he came here hiding his identity before, the Sky Garden Sun Rose, or the mysterious locks and other topics.

The atmosphere was not as serious as it was at the beginning, and Larian later called his eldest son Lyles, Lunasis's father.

"Lord Xia Duo, I will go to Yunguan Palace and let Lyle take you around the city first. The Council of Elders will definitely give you a satisfactory answer later."

"Elder Larian, please help yourself. Lyle and I have a good chat. I'm waiting for your good news."

…

After Larian left, Lyle offered to take Shado for a walk in the city, but Shado refused and instead stayed in the small garden, waiting for news from Larian.

Of course, the more important thing is to chat with Lyle about the topic of myth locks. After all, you can go sightseeing at any time, but communicating with a senior mage who specializes in the field of myth locks is not possible at any time.

Laerles, as the eldest son of Elder Larian, has received systematic magic education since he was a child, and has profound attainments in the field of magic.

Although Larian had not introduced it just now, Shado was still keenly aware of the powerful power that Lyles had deliberately hidden.

Perhaps because he had just become a high mage, Lierles had not yet had a good control over the power of controlling the magic network, but after all, it was elven magic, and it focused on coordination with the magic network.

If another great arcanist were to come here, they might not be able to notice this, but Sha Duo has incarnated as an elf in the projection plane many times, and has also received a complete education in elf magic, even more in-depth.

When he discovered that Lierles was also a high mage, he was more than a little surprised.

As far as Sha Duo knew, this Lierles was just over 300 years old, which was about 40 years old when converted into human lifespan.

Becoming a high mage at this age is not only unique in the elf world, but at least it can be said to be an outstanding talent.

When Shado communicated with his high mage follower Elfich in [Projection Plane: Birth of Cormanthor], Elfich mentioned more than once that almost none of the elven high mages were younger than 300 years old.

Lierles has just turned 300 years old, and his talent is almost top-notch. Of course, this is still not comparable to Hildalanna becoming a high mage before she turned 300.

But it is extremely rare for such a talented mage to appear in a small country.

At the same time, this also gave Xia Duo a new understanding of the potential of these small countries.

Due to the extremely long lifespan of elves, small countries may be able to accumulate no less high-ranking mages than large countries. The difference between large countries and small countries may just be the proportion of true elders who are only alive.

Of course, demographic factors also have an impact, but in an elf society that also does not have universal magic education, the impact of population size is almost negligible compared to time. (Only a few elites at the upper level have the opportunity to receive complete magic education. These elves are always in the minority, and the gap of orders of magnitude cannot widen between big and small countries.)

Although in static strength, a small country may not be weaker than a big country, but once a fight actually breaks out, a small country that does not have enough high-level mages who can continue to take action will almost certainly be defeated by the big country.

And the most important thing is that once those true elders are consumed and cannot be replenished for a long time, it will be a crisis of national subjugation.

Of course, correspondingly, big countries generally will not go to war directly with small countries. Although judging from the results, they are destined to win, the losses caused during this period are immeasurable. They may be destroyed by another big country after the war. .

Therefore, Xia Duo deduced that future hostilities between the countries in the North would be conducted in the form of covert operations and low-intensity conflicts, and it was unlikely that a large-scale formal war would occur.

An overall national war like the one in [Projection Plane·Arcane Empire] is almost impossible to occur in the main plane.

The war in the projection plane was completely planned by the "great sages" from the past of the main plane since the birth of the empire. It took nearly a thousand years of preparation before it was initiated. Anyway, no matter how fierce the war was in the projection plane, it would not affect the main plane.

If this is where he lives, Xia Duo doesn't believe that someone can really drag everyone, including himself, into the water. If there is such a person, Xia Duo will be the first to kill him. He believes that the Seven Towers are also will do so.

…

The communication with Lierles was very smooth. At first, Xia Duo only asked the other party some superficial questions, but the other party showed no intention of perfunctory and answered seriously, which was beyond Xia Duo's expectations.

So, he naturally went deeper and asked about the content related to distributed nodes, and even some questions about the design of the floating city mystery lock that he had just started to project recently.

In this regard, although Lierles was surprised by a human's understanding and proficiency in the Mystery, he still did not refuse to answer, and from his answer, Shado could also see that the other party was not perfunctory.

"Lyle, I didn't expect such a big surprise this time. If you have the chance, please come to the Tower of Time as a guest."

"There will be a chance."