Arcane Lord

Thinking like this, Xia Duo thought of another possibility!

In addition to the restoration baptism of the Lord of Glory, the priests of the Mysterious Lady also have a similar rejuvenation baptism ceremony - the secret flame baptism. Aibok had received it once before, and Depak also received it not long ago.

The only difference is that Abby's time, the mysterious priest paid for the divine favor by himself, while Depak was lucky and obtained it directly during the Star Jumping Ceremony. No one paid for the divine favor, and Kang Gai's mysterious lady paid for it.

In the history of Netheril, there are many arcanists who have been baptized by the Secret Flame. Can all of them be regarded as potential candidates for the Grand Arcanist?

After all, in the current environment, the difference between the Grand Arcanist and the non-Grand Arcanist is only the top combat power. If the top combat power is not involved, there is no need to show it.

And the most important thing is that as long as you don't tell it, it's difficult for outsiders to tell.

Just like Xia Duo himself back then, when he became the Grand Arcanist, he visited Severnton several times and even cast spells in the city, but no one found out. If he hadn't taken the initiative to disclose it, he might have kept it a secret until now!

Similarly, there is Jenna. At first, he guessed that the other party might be the Grand Arcanist. He only speculated from Said, a senior arcanist subordinate, and there was no conclusive evidence.

In the end, it was Jenna herself who exposed herself because she wanted to form an alliance with him because she was considering becoming a god, and then she took the initiative to disclose it to the public because of his suggestion.

It can be said that almost every great arcanist who is disclosed does so on his own, rather than being discovered by others. There is actually no essential difference in terms of interests whether he is disclosed or not.

Let's take Shado himself as an example. After he made it public, he only had more power to convene a contact meeting with the Grand Arcanist, and others respected him (opinion) more. If he wanted mithril, he still had to pay for it.

He wanted the plane exploration technology of Giles Tower, but he still couldn't get it.

It is more of an improvement in political status. As for the actual benefits, they do not go beyond the senior arcanist. If someone has no intention of getting involved in power disputes and just wants to focus on making money or doing research, then choosing to hide oneself is not necessarily a bad thing.

Just like Jenna before, from this perspective, his previous judgment may be correct or not.

But no matter what, Xia Duo still believes that openness is more beneficial, not just for him, but also for others. Power and politics are not things that you can completely get rid of if you don’t want to participate, or that life itself is part of politics.

Giving up the right to participate is actually handing over decision-making power to others. To put it more seriously, it is handing over the power to control destiny to others. From now on, you can only go with the flow.

This is something Xia Duoji disagrees with.

He prefers that everyone actively participate in political life, speak out for themselves, and make decisions for themselves. Unfortunately, in the current era, only arcanists can do this!

Unlike in the Red Heart Alliance, even an ordinary person can participate in the decision-making of national affairs. Of course, ordinary people in the Red Heart Alliance are actually spell casters, but they may not be engaged in research work.

In fact, the experience of the Red Heart Alliance cannot be completely transferred to Netheril. Even in the magical world, the Red Heart Alliance is very special.

First, they were almost a group of refugees, and at the same time they were ostracized and even hated by mainstream society. After a little development, they had to face strong external pressure.

This is the result of the unity of the Red Heart Alliance.

In Netheril, Shado estimates that even if the world ends tomorrow, there will still be a large number of mages who only care about their own special status and special abilities, and will maintain the old ways when the end comes. idea.

They might as well consider making the old era a bit older, but they are unwilling to completely restore it. In the final analysis, their selfishness is so important that it overwhelms the public interest.

In other words, in the eyes of those mages, only they themselves are the overall situation. There is no big problem in thinking this way, but it does not reach the level of "great selfishness is the great public". Too low-level selfish desires are almost useless.

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Xia Duo thought about it, and did not point out the fact that Said had become a great arcanist, but from this he thought of the next solution for the people from the sweet water plane to return to the main plane.

As long as a few more great arcanists appear on the main plane, causing the authority of the Seven Towers to be diluted in a de facto sense, then the Seven Towers will inevitably win over the Nese people from the alien plane in order to maintain their authority, and compromise is not a problem.

Next, whether the Seven Towers are willing to accept it or not, the power of the small group of people above them will be diluted. Taking this opportunity, they may be able to rebuild the Seventon Covenant.

Change the Seven Towers' fixed seat on the Severnton Council.

The Council of Sevington is said to be the highest authority in Netheril, but in fact the identity of the Grand Arcanist as the actual ruler of Netheril is not revealed there at all.

If you are not a lord, you do not even have the right to attend the meeting.

But it was not enough to completely ignore the Grand Arcanist, so there was a joint meeting of the Grand Arcanists of the Arcane Federation, which made the powers and responsibilities of the Arcane Federation and the Sevington Council unclear.

If one party has legal authority and the other party has actual power, it will be of no benefit to anyone if they are entangled with each other.

Xia Duodeng thought about making the Alfa Federation orthodox, but the existence of Netheril itself is inseparable from the Sevington Covenant. In other words, it is impossible to abandon the Lords Council established based on the Sevington Covenant and go it alone.

If we can take this opportunity to merge the two, we will only serve as the Grand Arcanist as a condition for obtaining the upper-level decision-making seat of the Sevington Council, while the lord will serve as a supporter of maintaining the Sevington Covenant system and a lower-level participant in the council.

It seems to be more reasonable, and of course it also changes the dominance of the Seven Towers from a legal perspective.

If it can be done, then the Seven Towers will be just a larger mage tower organization alliance in Netheril from now on, similar to the Green Tower Alliance in the south of the core area.

And because the number of Grand Arcanist seats is actually related to the power of a mage tower organization in the overall framework of Netheril.

Although the Seven Towers may still occupy the top for a while, as long as the system is established, their power will only become more and more diluted, especially when Xia Duo has begun to spread education in the southern border.

Of course, this is an ideal situation. The Seven Towers can also popularize education and even form gangs, but for Xia Duo, this is not a bad thing in itself.

He only regards the southern territory as the basic base for direct control, and only needs to influence the rest. From then on, whether it is the development of the Great Xia Territory or the development of other parts of Netheril, they will actually promote each other.

As long as the Seven Towers are brought down to the "altar", everyone can get initial full development.

In this case, as long as this can be done, even if Ye Erlan takes the initiative to intervene, or even pays a certain price for it, the actual result will most likely be that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

Otherwise, whether it is the return from another dimension, the subsequent development and growth of the Southern Territory, or the growth of other territories or the Mage Tower organization, it will have an impact on the existing Sevington Covenant system.

It may be possible to survive once or twice, but disintegration will become inevitable if it occurs more often. Then rebuilding the covenant may be the only option. Thinking and doing it in advance can minimize the consequences of the collapse of order.

There are not many opportunities like this, and Xia Duo feels the need to seize this opportunity.