Arcane Lord

New home, Heart of Heart Square.

The administrative staff under the Government Affairs Council were divided into twenty-four groups on the east side of the square, corresponding to the current twenty-four town-level settlements in New Home.

The census has been carried out for two days and is now coming to an end. Except for those who were outside exploring the ruins and did not have time to come back, the rest are all in this square.

Sha Duo and Maosh stood in a corner of the square hiding their whereabouts. Looking at the crowd that had gradually thinned out in the square, Sha Duo's eyes were full of joy. Although the census had not been completely completed, he had already collected the summary information from the previous two days. Just look at it.

Since the opening of the [Multiple Child Amulet], more than a hundred couples have received the amulet. According to the census results of the past two days, not to mention the number of casters, the number of pregnancies has increased by more than twenty!

Nearly half of them had received the talisman. Of course, it had only been less than ten days, and the effect of the talisman had not yet appeared so quickly, but it gave Xia Duo some hope.

As for the number of spell casters, as of now, the ratio of spell casters for demons in New Home is 100%, and the ratio of spell casters for pure-blood elves is also over 80%!

The ratio alone may not be very intuitive, but if you multiply 80% by the total number of pure-blood elves, the number you get is very objective, close to 80,000 spellcasters.

Although most of them are low-level mages, as soon as he thinks of this specific number, Xia Duo has an inexplicable and thrilling feeling.

You must know that this is just a small force that has just founded a country, and it has such potential. If the elven countries in the main plane, whose population is at least dozens of times that of this one, decide to liberate the lower-level forces, what a terrifying scene it will be.

In fact, Nese magic is not an extremely secretive thing. Just like humans acquiring elven magic, it is not unimaginable for the elven countries to find out about it.

Then, the elven countries on the main plane actually have the potential to liberate such power.

Even the fertility rate, which is currently leading, can be guided or even forced to increase through various policies. Just like the drow in the Underdark, they must give birth once every 25 years. If it were not for the harsh environment and cruel competition in the Underdark, the drow would not be able to survive If they live longer than elves, they may have been overpopulated long ago.

Xia Duo decided that the elves are truly the chosen ones. Even in the most desperate situation, there can be countless back-ups to reverse the situation, whether it is the inheritance of the ancestors or changing the concept to become angry and stronger.

Correspondingly, humans, among the many intelligent races, are probably better than orcs and goblins who lack intelligence.

All other intelligent races have a lifespan exceeding that of humans. In extreme cases, this means that their development potential exceeds that of humans.

In the past, Xia Duo rarely thought about whether elves would learn from humans. It wasn't that he didn't think about it, but he subconsciously didn't want to think about it. But this time in the projection plane, in order to gain as much harvest as possible, he made some attempts.

Facts have proved that once they reach the end of their rope, elves are no different from humans. They will try their best to find a way out. The elves will not take it to heart at all, such as changing the magic system.

As for liberalizing childbearing, although the final result has not yet been seen, Xia Duo is also very confident that they can reverse their old ideas. In the final analysis, as long as they can have children physically, the psychological hurdle can always be overcome by gritting their teeth. of.

Just like the law of large numbers on earth, no matter how small the probability of something happening is, as long as it lasts long enough and happens enough times, it will always happen.

Therefore, when Xia Duo returns to the main plane, he will pay attention to the possible mutation of elves and include it in the observation plan. No matter how small the probability is, there is definitely no shortage of knowledgeable people among the elves. Under his conscious promotion, this kind of mutation will be included in the observation plan. Progressive change is a historical necessity.

Not to mention, with the stimulation of humans on the side, those upper-level elves might take the initiative to carry out top-down reforms!

In fact, there are already signs of this in Cormanthor. King Elisir is undoubtedly a wise elder. In recent years, especially after the establishment of the Northern Alliance, the ethnic policies in Cormanthor have almost come to nothing. A 180-degree turn.

Just looking at the superficial momentum, it seems that the equality and common prosperity of the five races has been fully realized in Comanso. As for the inside, the surface is like this, and there will be some changes on the inside.

Those former followers who were purged from the center of power by Elisir are proof of this!

There is also Ilfarang, which has always been a tradition of civilian rule in the past. Although it has been influenced by the mainstream elven society and has created some high-ranking families, the foundation of the system is there. If you want to change, you only need those in power above to overcome their inner feelings. That hurdle.

As for the specific implementation process, it has an almost unparalleled mass advantage compared to other elf countries.

Among the countries of the Northland Alliance, in addition to Cormanthor and Ilfaran, there is also Elan, which was just established not long ago. Shado will pay more attention to it, after all, it involves demons from different timelines.

As for other countries, although it is certain that they all have their own trump cards, such as the Dragon Madness Secret Scroll preserved by Akora, the tree elders who may exist in Salvin, and Evereska, they may also hide some unknown things. You also need to stay vigilant about your trump card.

Compared with those countries that are older or have ancient heritage, the new country of Erlan is much inferior, but it can rise with the Battle of the Seven Castles a thousand years ago and become one of the five major countries in the North today. Its strength cannot be underestimated. .

In Xia Duo's evaluation, due to its large population, the development potential can be ranked in the top five in Northland, but the level of vigilance required can only be ranked seventh to eighth.

However, after this exploration of the projection plane, Shado is ready to put the development potential of Erlan into the top three. The top two are Cormanthor and Elfarang. As for Netheril, if the neutral Danzo is not included, It can be ranked fourth for the time being.

If Danzo is included, it can be ranked 4.5, tied with Danzo. If the dwarves can overcome the traditional inertia and are determined to develop towards the surface, they can only be ranked fifth.

The remaining small countries may have some strong trump cards, but due to their sparse population, they may not have much opportunity for development for quite some time.

They can only stay together for warmth, but it is not completely hopeless. As the saying goes, "a small boat is easy to turn around." Once they make up their mind to fully embrace the magic of Nese, and even let go of reproduction, as long as the big countries don't interfere, they may be able to overtake them in a corner.

In fact this is their only chance.

Embracing Nese magic is just an appearance, the essence is to give all people the opportunity to progress, and liberalizing reproduction (or perhaps should say unbridled reproduction) is the only way to rapidly increase the population.

The combination of the two creates the foundation for progress. Only by using progress to counteract backwardness can there be a slight chance of overtaking.

The main plane of Netheril seems to be in the limelight, but it is actually based on Mythra's mutation technology. As the old saying goes, "One move will eat up everything", but once this key move fails, then Maybe it's really hard to recover.

Thinking like this, Xia Duo further strengthened the two basic policies of the territory-encouraging fertility and popularizing magic. This is currently the most effective and indeed the most effective way to improve competitiveness.