Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2018 Negotiation Progress
The Severton Alliance was originally a very loose covenant. Apart from nominally submitting to the rule of the Severton Council, the local lords were actually independent small kingdoms.

It is precisely because the covenant is too loose that it is more necessary to hold together for warmth and will not give up easily. In the covenant, everyone also bears the name of Netheril together and has the protection of the seven towers.

Although the covenant does not stipulate that the Seven Towers must provide protection, the Severton Council has the responsibility of protection. The Seven Towers control the Severton Council naturally have to undertake such responsibilities. If they are not willing, Netheril may collapse on the spot .

Moreover, most of the lords from all over the world were born in the Seven Towers or were inextricably linked with the Seven Towers. As long as they wanted to, they could find some reason to seek shelter or benefit from the Seven Towers.

If you give up the covenant, all the benefits will be lost, and all future risks in the Northland will be borne by such a small territory alone.

It can be said that apart from the floating city of Xiaduo, there is no lord in Netheril who can independently maintain it without Netheril.

And even for Xia Duo's floating city, once it leaves Netheril, it's hard to say what will happen.

To put it simply, once Lord Nether chooses to abandon the covenant and declare independence, he will be nothing, especially the few lords who are not even an archmage. Once they become independent, they may be destroyed by the enemy in an instant.

Not necessarily an elf, but a neighbor who coveted his territory.

That's why Badigal can speak so freely to allow Lord Nether to be free and independent.

Of course, on the one hand, the Netherese lords really need the Covenant of Sevington and the banner of Netheril to unite them to resist various internal and external risks.

But on the other hand, the Seven Towers or Netheril also need these lords. The former needs Netheril lords to agree with their rule over Netheril, while the latter is itself composed of Netheril lords.

So Netheril seems to be loose, but it has a solid foundation of real interests, and it will not fall apart because of outsiders' provocations.

Badigal's words directly left Sepetiya speechless, and finally had to say "don't regret it in the future", and left the field angrily.

But his departure did not stop the continuation of the talks. Cruise still stayed and quickly approved Badigal's proposal.

On the other hand, Yeerlan, although making the occupied area south of Terminos independent will not have much impact on Yeerlan's actual interests, it may be more beneficial.

But the interests of the country are not equal to the interests of individuals and factions. Once he accepts such conditions, it is conceivable that not only him, but also the king will suffer domestic criticism and further persecution by the opposition.

Adariel has been unable to make up his mind about this for a long time. He said that he would discuss with the rear, and put this issue on hold for the time being. After that, there were several other controversial points involved in yesterday's meeting.

This time, the attitudes of the countries have eased, and Ye Erlan agreed to provide compensation to Sruvande in the name of aid, and since Sruvande also needs to pay fines for the super magic incidents involved in this war, the combination of Ye Erlan One party pays.

As for the right to censor the demons within Ye Erlan, there is now a demons information sharing platform, and all parties need to promptly disclose the information of demons found in the country according to the agreement.

As long as Yeerlan doesn't want to cut himself off from the countries of the Northern Alliance, there shouldn't be any major problems in this regard.

After all, in yesterday's talks, Yeerlan was facing a near-desperate situation where countries were vying to deal with it, and still did not accept the plan of "compensation" for Sluvand, and only made concessions of "aid and compensation".

Whether it is now that the order of the Northern Alliance has gradually taken shape, or the past like a dark forest, international reputation and reputation are still one of the most important wealth and influence of a country.

……

It was almost noon, and only the issue of ownership of the area south of Terminos remained in the talks. Because Adariel asked to negotiate with the country, the parties agreed to continue the negotiations in two days.

However, Cruz made an indirect request here: "The issue south of Terminos can be negotiated later, but north of Terminos, can Yeerlan withdraw in advance!"

No matter how the problem south of Terminos is resolved, Yeerlan north of Terminos is doomed to be out of touch, so at this moment Adariel is very generous and said that he will organize the army to withdraw later.

However, it is also required that Sluvand should not block the attack or block the attack in disguise, otherwise the war may still continue.

In this regard, Cruz said:

"We will not organize formal troops to attack you, but please also consider the simple feelings in the hearts of the people of Sruvand, but their strength is limited. If your army encounters them, please be merciful."

Cruise's words were very sincere, and his attitude was relatively low. Representatives from various countries were deeply moved. Adariel was silent for a while, then nodded solemnly, but did not make any clear oral or written promises.

But even so, Cruise also saluted each other gratefully.

Thanking the invaders for not harming civilians when they retreat, this reality seems somewhat magical, but it seems that the small country can't ask for more.

If it hadn't been for the intervention of the Northland Alliance, it would be a question of whether Sluvand could continue to exist.

……

After the meeting, the representatives of all parties left separately, and Xia Duo's floating city was still parked above Adolfel Fortress. In fact, he could leave now.

With the current situation, Ye Erlan should not be able to turn back again, but just to be on the safe side, stay for a few more days, and it won't hurt to leave after this matter is completely settled.

The Floating Void City has been unveiled, and Xia Duo feels that he should be able to relax a lot in the future, and treat it as a vacation now.

It's a pity that some things are destined to be impossible to deal with with a normal heart.

Almost in the evening, Xia Duo completed the analysis of the copy of the consciousness of those demon-born spellcasters, and the amount of information in it was huge.

This is not only because there is a lot of information literally, but more importantly, the possible impact of those information is huge!

After thinking twice, Xia Duo sent a message to Badigal, who was still visiting the Adolfel Fortress below, and invited him to meet and discuss.

……

Floating City, Hengchun Square.

At the corner where the demon casters were temporarily imprisoned, Xia Duo stared fixedly at the seven or eight seemingly harmless demon elves. His figure was motionless, but his heart was very restless.

Not long after, Badigal came over. Seeing that Xia Duo chose to meet at this place, he couldn't help but feel moved, "What does Lord Xia Duo think of these mysterious spellcasters?"

"To tell you the truth, Lord Badigal, I have already interrogated them in private, and the result—"

Xia Duo paused and sighed softly, "It's not good, and this is the main reason why I invited you to meet and discuss in detail."

Without waiting for Badigal to ask, Xia Duo took the initiative to explain: "These mysterious spellcasters who tried to intervene in this war are actually demons."

"Are they demons?"

Badigal would not doubt Xia Duo's judgment, but looking at the demon-born elves in front of him who were no different from ordinary elves, he always had an indescribable weirdness in his heart.

And dark, unspeakable fears.

At this moment, Badigal swallowed back what he originally wanted to ask, and instead asked a question that had nothing to do with whether the mysterious casters in front of him were demons:
"Is there any basis for the reminder you asked Master Iolum to convey?"

Xia Duo asked Iolum to remind the Seven Towers to be careful of the threat of the demons, which mentioned that the demons suspected to have some means of modifying the history of reality.

Although it was conveyed through Iolum, this matter sounded too outrageous. In fact, the people in the Seven Towers didn't take it too seriously, after all, they had never even seen a real demon descendant.

The only demon that could be identified was indirectly described through Puman's mouth. Although it is powerful, it is not invincible.

But recently, after hearing the news of the infiltration of the demons, and seeing the demon elves who are no different from ordinary elves, Badigal remembered Xia Duo's reminder again.

But regarding this issue, Xia Duo had long ago decided not to tell the news about the invasion of parallel time and space from the projection plane, so as not to cause the Seven Towers to misjudge the current situation.

Only by revising the real history, because Xia Duo has seen similar and inexplicable phenomena with his own eyes, coupled with Hilda Lanna's personal experience, can he make such a judgment.

If it is absolutely accurate, that is not necessarily the case, but combined with the experience of the projected plane, he can probably deduce that it is likely to be true.

It is impossible to require absolute accuracy in everything to be used as a reference for action, and eighty to ninety percent is enough to treat it as 100%.

"I don't have any direct evidence to prove it, only some personal or other people's experience can prove it. According to my personal judgment, the possibility is very high."

"What the hell is going on in this world!"

Badigal let out a long sigh. In fact, even if the possibility of the demons being able to modify the real history is zero, just judging from their terrifying secrecy, it is worth paying attention to.

(End of this chapter)