Arcane Lord

Hildalanna expressed her goodwill to Netheril on behalf of Ellan, which was somewhat beyond Shado's expectations. Didn't she have a problem with King Mian? Why did you accept such a mission?

However, an accident was an accident, so Xia Duozhao said it bluntly, "Actually, the Seven Towers did not deliberately target Ye Erlan, but -"

"but what?"

"In this current situation, if Erlan wants to escape without paying anything, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of gloom suddenly flashed in Hildalanna's eyes, but she still asked without changing her expression: "What does Netheril want?"

"I just said that the Seven Towers have no intention of targeting Yeerlan, but we hope that the southern region of Sluvende, which has been occupied by Yeerlan, will become independent!"

“You want to make the southern region of Sruvand independent?!”

Hildalanna reacted instantly and realized that this should be Netheril's bottom line. She also had a general understanding of the previous negotiations between various countries in the floating city of Shado.

The Sluvende area currently occupied by Ye Erlan is regarded as the focus of negotiations second only to the review power of demons. For the faction of King Helion, it is an unyielding interest.

But for Hildalanna, this is not intransigent. You must know that Sluvende has been "supervised" by Ye Erlan for thousands of years, especially the southern area near Ye Erlan. Almost every aspect has been affected by Ye Erlan.

This influence cannot be eliminated by simply changing countries or becoming independent. In other words, no matter which side the area ultimately belongs to, it will have little impact on Yeerlan's actual interests.

Even if it belongs to Ye Erlan, there may be a burden that is difficult to get rid of! After all, it has become the territory of its own country, and many methods originally used in subordinate countries can no longer be used.

But on the other hand, if they lose that area, the Mianwang family will lose too many points politically. They started the war and successfully won the land, but in the end they gave it away.

No matter how reasonable the reason is, no one is willing to bear the reputation of losing ground. This rare good thing that can severely damage the reputation of the crowned king is actually something Hildalanna wants in her heart!

At this moment, when she heard Xia Duo put forward such a condition, her first reaction was not humiliation, let alone embarrassment, but surprise. The Mian Wang family already had the upper hand in Ye'erlan, but unexpected events occurred frequently in this war. If something happened in the end If none of them are caught, King Mian will become the one who loses the most points in this war!

Hildalanna and the upper-ranking families of her faction are not actually opposed to centralized reforms. What they really oppose is the excessive compression of their own authority under the new system.

In other words, if the reform is led by them, they will even be more active and even more radical than King Mian, and accordingly, they will also compress the authority originally belonging to King Mian to the extreme.

If the influence of the defeat in this war can be used to force Mian Wang to make concessions in the reform process, it will undoubtedly be a key victory for the opposition, which has gradually fallen into a disadvantage or even completely lost power.

"Lord Xia Duo, the country will not agree to this easily. Even if I agree to you now, I don't think you will believe it. But what I want to say is that at least we have common interests in this matter. As long as News about the independence of southern Sruvand will come back to the country during the talks tomorrow, and I will try my best to work on this matter.”

Although Hildalana said "try her best", her tone was very certain. If the southern area of ​​Slvend was returned to Slvend, it might not work well, but if it was just to make that area independent If so, there is actually a chance, and the chance is not small.

After the news about the censorship power of demon descendants during the daytime meeting was passed back to Tevimansa, it immediately aroused unanimous opposition from the upper-class family. The last time Hildalanna saw the high-ranking family of Tevimansa so united was when they were more than 100 years old. Years ago, when Netheril wanted to renegotiate the Mithril Agreement of the Three Kingdoms, it was only that time.

After that, news came out that the Crown King wanted to carry out centralized reforms. After that, whether it was facing the rise of Netheril, dealing with the orc tide, or evaluating Cormanthor, the upper echelons of Ellan never had a unified opinion. .

Until now, the two largest factions have formed in the country, one is the upstart faction headed by Prince Mian, and the other is the ancient family line to which Hildalanna belongs.

Of course, the so-called ancientness of Erlan is different from the ancient families of Evereska and Akora that can be traced back to before the Crown War.

The difference between the old and the new in Ye Erlan lies in whether the family was formed before the founding of Ye Erlan. The so-called ancient families were actually the upper-ranking families in the decline of Salvin at that time.

Only a handful of truly high-ranking families, with the idea of ​​investing heavily in a country, established Yeerlan together with those declining high-ranking families.

The thinking of the ancient family is that even the country was built by us. King Mian, you want to centralize power, have you asked us? Is there a sufficiently important position left for us in the new system?

The Crown Prince is actually an ancient family, and it was the real high-ranking family in the early days of the founding of the country. Otherwise, it would not have had enough prestige to be recognized by all the high-ranking families. From the founding of the country to the present, the Crown Crown has only been circulated in the Helian family.

In fact, those upstarts are not really emerging families. Most of them have various connections with upper-ranking families, either as branches or vassals, and they have gradually developed.

In the past, the ancient line never thought that the domestic situation in Yeerlan would be so divided. They even gave the upstarts a lot of support with the idea of ​​​​spreading their branches and expanding their wings, so that by this generation, the power of the upstarts had almost reached its peak.

In addition, there are many elves within the ancient lineage who recognize King Mian's political philosophy, which ultimately leads to a result——

The reality is that the upper-class families that still hold most of the power in this country are going downhill, whether in terms of momentum, actual strength, or future potential, and they are going down faster and faster!

If it weren't for the purpose of avoiding civil war and the whole country falling apart, perhaps King Mian would have forced reforms long ago.

In Hildalanna's view, although King Mian was the first to propose this key system reform, it was also an opportunity for the ancient family. If successful, their family would be completely bound to Ye Erlan. , which has been passed down ever since.

Correspondingly, this is also the last opportunity for all the upstarts in Yeerlan and even the emerging families in the future. Once missed, it will be difficult to get ahead without a huge reversal in the future.

In fact, Hildalanna was also vaguely aware of the danger, not from the Crown Prince family, but from the uneasiness about the idea of ​​only a few families controlling a country.

"First Evolution"

This may be an important reason why many ancient families are on the side of King Mian, but the idea of ​​making the family inheritance last is also a temptation that many high-level mages find difficult to resist.