Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2156 Non-Proliferation Treaty

This is different from Comanthor's previously proposed magic restriction treaty. The magic restriction treaty is only a matter of pain for the elves whose magic system has long been relatively complete and is eating their money.

But for Netheril, which is developing rapidly, the further it develops, the more expensive it will be. It can be said that Netheril was the most resolute opponent of the magic restriction treaty at that time.

It's just because the arm can't twist the thigh, so I have to pinch my nose to agree.

But now, Xia Duo asked for restrictions on war spells by virtue of his advantage in war spells. He believed that it was almost impossible for the elves to object.

The Magic Restriction Treaty only sets limits on resources, but war spells are a real threat of force. When you are not sure about resisting, it would be great if you can let capable people take the initiative to set limits.

The only thing Xia Duo worried about was that the elves would recklessly start a war against him and nip him in the bud. It would be more difficult to deal with. The Annihilation Light is powerful, but it is not so powerful that it is invincible.

Didn't you encounter the city enchantment in Zam Das just now?Although it can only withstand the light of annihilation at a low energy level, no one knows whether the elf will have a stronger hole card.

Not to mention that the elves also have a living main god, who knows if that one will suddenly descend on the main plane, and then slap him to death.

In short, Xia Duo never thought of a full-scale war with the elves, even if there is competition, it does not hinder the possibility of cooperation.

So after receiving the elf's application for a visit, he endured the strong discomfort at the conscious level and did not rest. Instead, he immediately asked Niya to agree to the other party's application and made a formal invitation on his behalf.

The purpose is to avoid the other party's misjudgment as much as possible.

……

Floating City, Hengchun Square.

Niya helped Xia Duo to the meeting place temporarily arranged here. Later, while Xia Duo was meeting the elf messenger, she was going back to the Tower of Time to meet the Seven Towers envoy Blunders on behalf of Xia Duo.

Now that she is a senior arcanist, she naturally wouldn't feel restrained when facing an archmage, but she was a little worried on Xia Duo's side.

"Why don't you take a few days off and see them again? I'm really worried about you now!"

"Don't worry, Savile will come soon, don't worry about me. You should think about how to respond to Brunders later."

"you--"

Niya paused, staring straight into Xia Duo's eyes, "You know that's not what I'm worried about. No matter how daring the elves are, they won't use official messengers as assassins. The only thing I worry about is you!"

"Uh——Okay." Xia Duo avoided Niya's fiery eyes and promised, "I'll go to rest immediately after meeting the elf messenger!"

"..."

Niya didn't speak, just stared at Xia Duo all the time, but Xia Duo didn't give an inch. The two kept looking at each other until the elf messenger and Brundes arrived at the Tower of Time. In the end, Nya was the first to lose. .

"Long story short, come over as soon as I see Brundes, don't make me faux pas."

After Niya finished speaking, she returned to the Tower of Time. Soon, Xia Duo, accompanied by Saville, met four elf messengers and a dwarf messenger.

Although he has never been interested in the affairs of the surface, Danzo still shows enough concern for the dangerous forces that can endanger himself.

The envoy who came this time was Prince Pasteur whom Xia Duo had met but had little communication with, and the elves' emissaries were all "acquaintances" of Xia Duo——

Suviris of Cormanthor, Hilda Lanna of Yellan, Tyrone of Ilfaran, and Larian of Evereska.

"I can probably guess some of your reasons for coming here. As you can imagine, I was the one who caused the commotion in the south just now. As for the reason, I think you should have already obtained some information from Master Suweilis."

Xia Duo is considered a "patient" now, and there is still a "threat" from Niya, so he naturally doesn't want to go around too much, and try his best to communicate frankly and frankly:
"Zamdas attacked me for no reason. I was lucky enough to survive, but I also received great soul damage. To be honest, I am meeting you now with the help of a treasure of my teacher. .”

As he said that, Xia Duo raised the Focusing Gem in his hand, and then continued: "According to the principle of reciprocity, Zamdas must pay the price for this, so there is just revenge."

"But revenge on civilians is too cruel!" Tai Lun said with some embarrassment.

Before he came, he had obtained some relevant information. According to a conservative estimate, Xia Duo's revenge just now caused at least 20 Zamdas people to die.

This is because the core of the outbreak of war spells was restrained in the center of the city. Only Toxent City and some nearby satellite towns were completely wiped out, and a large number of villages and farms survived further away.

It is conceivable that Zamdas would directly lose more than one-twelfth of the population if he let go of the restriction on that war spell.

Even though Tai Lun was an elf, he felt very sympathetic to the 20 humans who were implicated to death. In fact, he himself was born as a commoner.

In other words, Ilfaran did not have a real upper-class family. At this time, everyone in Ilfaran was deeply wary of the extremely efficient means of killing and injuring civilians possessed by Xiaduo, which is why he made this visit.

……

Regarding Tai Lun's question, Xia Duo smiled slightly, and did not answer directly, but asked Tai Lun:

"If I don't retaliate, can Master Tailun guarantee that Zamdas will not take any further actions? Can he guarantee that my other existing or potential enemies will not challenge my bottom line again and again?
"If I just take it lightly, does Master Tailun think that Zamdas's domineering will continue to retaliate? If they retaliate, do I need to continue to retaliate?
"Mage Tai Lun, please answer me!"

Tai Lun was silent, not only Tai Lun, but other envoys looked at Xia Duo with more or less changes in their eyes, especially Prince Pasteur of Danzuo, who greatly agreed with Xia Duo's approach:

"Actually, in the Underdark, there are methods similar to Lord Xiaduo. Everyone knows that whether it is us dwarves, drow or other creatures that are hostile to us, they all live in relatively independent underground spaces. With different environments, the most notable point is the space itself——

"I don't know if you have experienced the scene of the collapse of the sky and the ground. I have experienced it. The friends on the surface who assisted us in fighting the drow war two years ago have also experienced it. The situation where everything collapsed from the material to the elemental level, Except for a handful of skilled spellcasters, hardly any survived.

"Based on this, the most efficient method of warfare in the Underdark is actually to send a spellcaster to sacrifice himself to collapse the space where the enemy is.

"But we all know that the end result of such a war is that everyone will be destroyed together, so I can fully understand Lord Xiaduo's approach——

"Sometimes, some of the cruelest things are prevented from happening because of some of the cruelest methods."

(End of this chapter)