Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1094 Three-Party Protocol Notification Vulnerability
"Mythril mine?"

Xia Duo suddenly showed a puzzled expression, "Master, are the Mithril mines in Netheril blocked by them? How is this possible?"

"Blockade is of course impossible. You must know that it was hundreds of years ago, and not even a mithril mine was discovered in Nether. At that time, all the mithril used by Nether mages came from the exploration of ruins."

"The master meant—"

"More insidious than a blockade!"

A trace of indelible resentment flashed across Conjenio's eyes, but in front of the juniors, he still concealed the past very well, and continued to narrate:

"At that time, in the name of helping the development of Netheril, Yeerlan and Danzo signed a long-term contract with us related to Mithril. The main content of the contract was—

"During the validity period of the contract, all the mithril mines discovered by Netheril will be ignored. Once mined, the ore will need to be sold to other two countries, and the other two countries will provide Netheril with finished mithril mines. , the quantity fluctuates with the quantity of ore export.

"It looks beautiful, doesn't it? It can give Netheril, who had almost no Mithril-related knowledge and surplus reserves at that time, a chance to develop. But there are two problems in it——

"One is that the quality of the agreed Mithril was pretty good at the time, but it is already unusable today. If you want a higher quality, you need more ore; the other is that the validity period of the contract is too long. .

"These two problems are nothing if viewed separately, but when combined together, they are very fatal!"

Speaking of this, Congeigno couldn't help but sigh, not only for the elves' foresight, but also for the simplicity of human beings.

After listening to Conjenio's narration, Xia Duo also realized the seriousness of the problem. It is true that Mithril mines have not been found in his current territory, but if he finds them, will he sell them to elves or dwarves?

More seriously, if he found a sub-plane full of mithril, would he have to sell it?

Isn't this just asking Netheril to work for Yerlan and Danzo for free!

That's abominable!

"Master, how long will this tripartite contract on Mithril last?" This question was crucial, and Xia Duo asked it almost immediately.

Regarding this, Conjenio was silent for a while, and then said: "For elves and dwarves, it is not a long time, only 700 years, but for human beings, it is an abyss with no end in sight! Think about the distance There are 263 years before the contract expires, you will know how I feel!"

I know, why don't I know!
At this moment, Xia Duo felt that his heart was completely chilled. Although the awakening of blood gave him a life span beyond the average person, he was not sure whether he could live to 263 years later.

Even with all kinds of life-prolonging magic, those 263 years are too long, almost 8 times as long as his current life span! (Counting the projected plane time)
This is really an unimaginable time.

Xia Duo was really hard to describe how he was thinking that he was about to lead a new era, but at this crucial moment, he was told that all your actions in the future might be working for others for free.

After adjusting his emotions a little bit and temporarily abandoning those negative influences, Xia Duo looked at Congeinio with a hint of firmness in his eyes:

"Master, since such a contract is already out of date, why not cancel it?"

"Of course such a contract needs to be dissolved, but there are still many contracts that are relatively beneficial to Netheril and cannot be discarded so far. They are based on the establishment of this contract. Moreover, even if this contract is relatively independent, it is not that we alone It can be easily dismantled.”

Congeigno did not introduce any other contracts in detail, but only said that Xia Duo could easily find them in the Severton Council in his current capacity, and later revealed a fact:
"In fact, we have been negotiating with Yeerlan to revise this contract for nearly 200 years, and have achieved a lot of results. However, in recent decades, Comanso's frequent intervention has made it difficult to advance the negotiations."

Sure enough, the enemy is still Comanthor!Xia Duo sighed in his heart, and at the same time couldn't help but think of some details of [Projection Plane Birth of Comanthor].

Comanthor on the main plane is also likely to be the same as the projected plane. The kingdoms of the Ristar Forest merged together in the name of unifying the elf world. This is doomed to make it difficult for this country and Netheril to separate together.

After all, the current area of ​​Netheril used to belong to the elves, and Comanthor's unification of the elf world is not just a unified political system, but the restoration of the past Arivanda, and even the entire territory of the elf kingdoms, is also within the scope of unification .

If it can urinate together, there will be ghosts.

This is like on Earth during World War II, when Poland told Germany that we should live together in peace, and then—then there was no more.

There is a country with a strong desire to expand, and only self-development is the last word. It is unrealistic to hope for the kindness of the other party or the support of allies.

Of course, the current situation for Netheril is not as bad as that of Poland on Earth. At least Yeerlan in the west does not like to expand like its big brother on the other side of Poland.

There is only one side of pressure. At the same time, although Netheril is weaker than Comanthor, it is not at an absolute disadvantage, and is still in a state of constant catch-up.

This requires time and a stable environment, so the Three Kingdoms Mithril contract with Ye Erlan and Dan Zuo will be even more difficult to change.

But Mithril is related to the potential for war. It is difficult for people to accept that they will continue to suck blood for 263 years.

"Master, I guess there should be some loopholes in this contract that can be exploited, otherwise the 700-year exploitation is really unbearable. You just said that you were going to talk to me about Mithril, and it was with this Is it about the loophole?"

"Yes, there are some loopholes, and that's what I want to tell you."

Conjenio stroked his snow-white beard on his chest for a rare occasion, and seemed to be happy, "The loopholes in the contract lie in the two points of 'Netheril Territory' and 'Known Mineral Veins'. As long as you go to open mines outside Netheril, you can It can circumvent the agreement in the contract that the ore must be exported, and even in Netheril, as long as it is not discovered by the elves and dwarves, you can open mines at will."

Speaking of this, Congeinio suddenly looked serious, and issued a solemn reminder to Xia Duo:

"Pay attention to any dwarves in your territory. Don't think that you are familiar with them, just entrust them to explore the mine. The Mithril mine they find will definitely be reported to their country. Then this mine will not belong to you, at least in the next 263 years. don't belong to you!

"In addition, you should also pay attention to the rumors about Mithril mines in the territory. This may be a conspiracy of the dwarves. Since Netheril took back their prospecting rights in the territory through negotiations more than 100 years ago, they have often done this and let out rumors. Let the lord find out for himself, and then he will report back.

"If you are not sure whether the discovered mithril mine is known to the dwarves, then don't mine it, lest there will be no more mithril available in 263 years!"

Xia Duo naturally accepted the master's reminder with humility. In fact, he did have the idea of ​​entrusting the dwarf Broto of Savile to search for the Mithril mine.

But in the end he gave up, not because of the secrecy, but because he felt that there could be a more efficient prospecting method.

Now that Master has reminded him, Xia Duo can't let Broto go prospecting.

Ugh--

Didn't expect this to come out!
(End of this chapter)