Arcane Lord

As the Riptide dived to a certain depth, the exterior scene projected into the cabin was almost only a deep darkness, and all the mages in the cabin were a little uneasy.

Even Xia Duo felt a little uncontrollably depressed in such a scene, but he did not turn off the external projection in the cabin, but took the initiative to talk to Meira, in this way to dilute the dark environment on the seabed. The depression caused.

"How long does it take to get from Sinaria to Belluno?" Shado asked.

"Take the Riptide as an example. Under normal circumstances, it takes about two hours to travel at full speed. If you are lucky and can catch up with the downstream ocean current throughout the journey, it may be about half an hour ahead of schedule."

After hearing that the whole journey would take at least an hour and a half, Chateau couldn't help but sigh at Belluno's remoteness. After all, he now knew that the speed of the Riptide was no slower than modern ships on Earth.

If he also counted the vertical height underwater, he could roughly judge that the straight-line distance between Belluno and Sinaria on the surface was about 500 or 600 miles.

It's just a little longer than the distance from Sinaria to Ilfarang.

Of course, it doesn't take an hour and a half to go from Sinaria to Ilfarang, because the magic ship can't only sail underwater, it can fly directly.

In addition, it is a faster way to teleport the magic circle.

Although Belluno and Sinaria have established a relatively close relationship, the two sides have not established an effective teleportation circle. A considerable part of the reason for this is probably due to the estrangement caused by the long-term differentiation between sea elves and surface elves.

"Tell me about Belluno! What kind of city is that?"

"Belluno is located on a plain on the seabed. There are at least three long-term ocean currents nearby. These ocean currents provide Belluno with food to survive. Of course, Belluno also raises fish and kelp in captivity on the submarine plain. , but food is still scarce compared to the ground. The most important thing we trade with Belluno is food. "

Speaking of this, Meira seemed to be in a low mood and couldn't help but reveal her true feelings, "Compared to Belluno, Sinaria's supplies are rich, but compared to the real continent, they are far behind. ”

"Go on."

"yes."

Mera calmed down her emotions and continued to introduce, "Belluno has no natural enemies under the sea. The biggest enemy is actually the environment. Although sea elves can move freely underwater, they are not born marine creatures after all.

"Their infants and young children cannot adapt to the underwater environment. Even in the water element realm, they still need long-term care from caregivers. They have to wait until they are about 10 years old before they can adapt to normal life in the water element realm.

"And if they want to truly adapt to the underwater world without magic assistance, they have to wait at least until their bodies are fully mature, which is around 30 to 50 years old.

"Usually at this age, sea elves have already become mages. Without the power of magic, sea elves cannot stay away from Belluno. There are too many accidents that can kill them."

After hearing such a description, Shado immediately had an initial impression of the sea elves - they were strong-willed and might even be very warlike. At the same time, all the people were magicians and had great war potential.

Fortunately, the environment under the sea is harsh, which is not conducive to survival, nor is it conducive to the reproduction of the sea elves transformed by the original terrestrial race. Otherwise, based on Xia Duo's understanding of the elves, those sea elves will most likely try to conquer the ocean or even counterattack the land.

Of course, Xia Duo's judgment is somewhat subjective, especially when the sea elves and the Illuminati are involved, so he will naturally bring more scrutiny.

"Since the seabed is so inconvenient, have the sea elves ever thought about returning to live on land?" Sha Duo asked again.

He had already understood when he came that the current sea elves are more similar to amphibians. They can live underwater for a long time and can also leave the water. They just need to regularly moisturize their skin that has adapted to the marine environment.

And this is not an insurmountable technical difficulty for Belluno, a universal mage.

In other words, Belluno's sea elves can actually return to live on land. Compared with the seabed, land has many advantages for them, who are originally land creatures.

Regarding this question, after being silent for a while, Meira gave an answer that surprised Sha Duo——

"I think the Belluno elves may have developed a self-exile idea. Such thoughts make them not want to return to the land, or even be unwilling to contact terrestrial creatures."

"Why is this happening?" Xia Duo continued to ask.

Meera continued to be silent, when Master Tai Lun suddenly interjected: "I think it may be the rejection of us land relatives that makes them resist life on land."

"Why do you say that?"

This time it was Tyron's turn to be in trouble, but under Shado's gaze, he still told the truth: "Actually, after Ilfarang conducted trade with the sea elves for a period of time, they made a request to us - —

"We just wanted to build a nursery off the coast of Ilfarang, but we rejected it. Since then, although the trade between the two parties has remained, there has never been a breakthrough in the relationship between the two parties."

"Has Cynaria ever received such a request?" Sha Duo asked Meira again.

Meira's face changed for a while in response to such a question, and finally she nodded with gritted teeth. After all, Ilfarran admitted that he had received such a request. As they had a closer relationship with Belluno, how could they not have received it?

"Indeed, we also received Belluno's request to build a nursery near the coast of Sinaria a long time ago, but at that time Sinaria itself could not gain a foothold in the Moon Shadow Islands, and of course could not promise Belluno anything.

"After Sinaria had enough control over the coastal waters, Belluno never made such a request again. "

The reasons are all one after another. Xiaduo actually wants to ask one more question. As a caring and close ally - let's not say ally, just say a friend who has helped you, can't you take the initiative to do something for your friend if the other party doesn't say it?

However, his trip was not to investigate why Sinaria or Ilfarran did not provide Belluno with a near-sea breeding environment, but to track down clues about sea elves related to the Illuminati.

In this case, of course, there is no need to support Belluno.

But from Terran, Mela and the previous Sinaria court lady, Xiaduo also had a relatively full understanding of sea elves, so full that he had a certain degree of understanding of the sea elves' choice to join the Illuminati.

It's really that these land relatives don't regard sea elves as elves, so just destroy them all! (End of this chapter)