Arcane Lord

Severton, New Town.

Across the street from the headquarters of the Austrian-French Federation, and located exactly in the center of the new and old towns of Severington, the Severington Council is ushering in its annual New Year's meeting.

In the magnificent parliament hall, Niya held the lord's scepter tightly in her hand and sat down nervously in an inconspicuous position under the stage. However, as soon as she sat down, a young man sitting next to her came up and spoke:

"Are you here on behalf of your father too?"

Hearing the other party mention "father", Niya couldn't help but feel a sore nose. She thought of her father who was still in the Tower of Time [Station Room], and felt a little depressed. She also felt disgusted with the person who came to talk to him. .

It was just this depression that slightly diluted her nervousness about attending the lords' meeting for the first time. Seeing that the young man next to her was still staring at her intently, Niya could only nod her head considering the occasion.

Not wanting the young man to shut up, he kept chattering, "Did you know? I heard that the delay in this meeting was related to the elves, and I don't know what the reason was!"

Of course Niya didn't know what was going on. Although being a student of the princess had many conveniences, she had been staying in Giles Tower recently and had hardly seen anyone. She didn't know anything about current events.

If the teacher hadn't asked her to come to attend the meeting, she might not have remembered that there was such a meeting. In the past, her father had come to attend, and it was basically just a formality.

As more and more lords or lord representatives attended the meeting, the voices in the parliament hall became a little noisy, but this voice in her ears was the most annoying, and Niya gradually became a little irritable.

She suddenly turned her head to look at the young man. The blue arcane glow mixed with dissatisfaction seeped out of her pupils, "Shut your mouth!"

The young man was already shocked when he saw the arcane radiance in Niya's eyes. When Niya said this, he hurriedly stood up and made way for a seat. He couldn't afford to offend such a young arcanist. .

Seeing that the other party gave in, the dissatisfaction in Niya's eyes gradually turned calm, and even the initial nervousness had mostly disappeared. Just as she was thinking about the purpose of this meeting, she heard a familiar voice calling her, and she turned her head. Look, he stood up quickly and came forward to say hello:

"Master Byron!"

The other party was not only a great arcanist with powerful power, but also a teacher’s teacher. Niya did not dare to be disrespectful at all, but Byron did not care about these common etiquette, waved his hand and said casually:

"You! Don't be like your teacher. You are even more rigid than an old man like me! Come and sit! Our place is over here."

Niya then noticed that of course there were no deliberately arranged different seats in the hall, but the people attending the meeting were naturally divided into several circles. Some circles even glared at each other, and some were flirting with each other, as if they were just normal. Have some contact.

After changing seats with Byron, Niya also received the attention of everyone in the hall. She even heard someone whispering "Saville" and "countryside". Niya's expression remained unchanged and she sat quietly in her current position. superior.

After Byron brought her over, he asked a few questions about her learning difficulties, and then said nothing more. Instead, he closed his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking.

No one would be so ignorant to disturb a great arcanist, especially people from this camp, but Niya became the target of everyone's onlookers. At this moment, she changed places and knew that everyone around her was considered "one of her own", so she also You can only deal with it carefully.

After a while, the people were almost here. Niya roughly counted them and found that there were less than 60 people in total including her. Could this be all the lords of Netheril?

This was the first time that Niya had such an intuitive understanding of the current situation in Netheril. Thinking of the dozens of new "pioneers" awarded last year, it was also the first time that she realized the significance of this pioneering movement led by her teacher.

Suddenly, the parliament hall fell silent. Niya's attention returned to the hall, and she saw the magic circles on both sides of the hall flashing one after another.

The representatives of the Seven Towers have arrived!

Niya saw her teacher among these seven people. At this time, the teacher was dressed up, holding a scepter, with sharp eyes and a heroic temperament. As soon as he arrived, he sat directly in the middle of the seven seats at the top.

However, after sitting down, the princess did not speak. She just sat there and another representative of the Seven Towers spoke, "In the year 836 of the Nese calendar, the New Year's meeting begins now!"

After a simple opening, the audience was silent for a moment, and then bursts of quarrels broke out. Niya was almost dumbfounded. Is this what a meeting of lords is like?

The representative of Gustav Tower, Grand Arcanist Batigal, who presided over the meeting, had a calm face, but he was already yelling in his heart. If it were not for the tradition of the Seven Towers, he would not have wanted to participate in this meeting.

Seeing that the quarrel in the audience was about to escalate further, Badigal pointed to a person. He vaguely recognized that person. He seemed to be a small lord who was enfeoffed from Gustav's Tower. He had been passed down for three generations, and each generation was inferior to the last. But looking at His ancestors came from Gustav's Tower, and Badigal signaled that he should speak first.

The Grand Arcanist appointed the candidate, and the hall immediately became quiet again. This was the tradition of the lords' meeting, and probably everyone in the meeting except Niya didn't know about it.

"Your Excellency Badigal, I want to accuse Danas of encroaching on the territory of Ferdinand Territory!" Lord Ferdinand loudly described the origin of Ferdinand Territory and accused Danas Territory of being shameless. There was even a bit of a bard in his words. .

After saying that, he looked at the people around him triumphantly, but when he saw the Grand Arcanist in the crowd and the seven Grand Arcanists on the stage, he immediately changed to a respectful look.

I knew it! Badigal has presided over the Lords Council many times and participated in more times. He had already guessed what this guy could say. According to the management, he asked Lord Ferdinand to sit down and then named the target of the other party's accusation:

"Lord Danas, do you have any explanation?"

Lord Danas stood up immediately, "He farted! The Danas Forest has always been the inherent territory of our Danas Territory, but it has never been developed, which allowed him to take advantage. I now ask Ferdinand Territory to withdraw from Darnas Territory immediately. Nas Forest!”

Lord Ferdinand had just sat down when he heard Lord Danas' rude words and immediately stood up again, "You're just farting. That has always been Ferdinand's lamb farm! I ask Danas to immediately push out our territory. And compensate for our losses!”

Then, the two sides began to argue word by word. Niya was a little confused as she listened, but as she listened, she gradually understood.

It turns out that this land does not belong to any party at all, but now that there are more people in the mainland than there is land, this forest that was originally difficult to develop has become a source of meat for both parties to compete for.

It's just that Ferdinand took the lead and built a farm first. Later, Danas Territory was not to be far behind. But the problem was that the surrounding land was ownerless, so conflicts arose.

The two sides had fought several times before coming to Severington. However, both sides were about the same strength and suffered a lot of losses. However, neither side could gain a decisive advantage. Any further delay might cause other territories to covet them, so they simply started a fight. Came to the meeting of lords.

And their fundamental purpose is not to overwhelm the other party and monopolize this land, but to confirm the fact that both parties currently occupy it.