Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2446 Iolum's Attitude
Iolum took a deep breath and expressed his attitude without hesitation, "Even though Netheril did not go to war with Yeerlan, the sacrifices made by those pioneers deserve the respect of every Netherese.

"Now those descendants of pioneering sages want to return to the main plane, so they should be given a good arrangement. I believe that any Netherian with a conscience will agree with this."

Iolum's reaction was more intense than Xia Duo expected. He originally thought that if he didn't mention the rebuilding of the Severton Covenant, the other party might hesitate, but he didn't expect it to be so decisive.

"But teacher, what if someone doesn't want them to return to the main plane?"

"Who?" Iolum asked subconsciously.

But then he reacted and realized that what Xia Duo was talking about might be the Seventh Tower, so he fell silent. If the Seventh Tower stopped it, it would indeed be a big trouble, but trouble does not mean that a compromise must be made.

In any case, the descendants of those pioneers who sacrificed for Netheril need to be taken seriously and properly arranged.

After thinking for a moment, Iolum frowned deeper and deeper, and finally he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "If the Seven Towers stop it, then this matter will be troublesome."

"Even the teacher can't intervene?"

"Yes, but it's very difficult. You ask me to think about it again and try to resolve this matter while ensuring that the situation in Netheril is not turbulent."

After finishing speaking, Iolum suddenly looked at Xia Duo curiously, "Did you come here this time just to tell me about it?"

"No!"

Xia Duo shook his head, and then said firmly, "Teacher, what I really want to say is more important than pioneering the return of the descendants of the sages, but once I say it, it must be done, and there is no compromise."

"Tell me, if what you said is true is more important than the return of pioneers, as long as it makes sense, I will definitely support you!" Iolum expressed his attitude again.

"Okay, then I'll say it."

Xia Duo looked into Iolum's equally firm eyes, and said something he had considered for a long time, "Don't you think the current Severton Covenant is a bit out of date? Especially the part about the ruling status of the Seven Towers!
"There is also the Grand Arcanist Joint Meeting of the Arcane Federation, don't you think it is a bit nondescript? It can be combined with the Severton Council!

"So, I think it's time to revise the Severton Covenant!"

Xia Duo spoke so straightforwardly, and Iolum was stunned for several seconds before he came back to his senses. Judging from his subconscious movements of standing up from behind the desk, he was really shocked by what Xia Duo said.

"You want to rebuild the Severton Covenant?"

After getting up, Iolum did not sit down, but walked out from behind the desk, pacing back and forth in this fairly spacious study room.

Seeing this, Xia Duo didn't urge anything, but waited patiently. At the same time, he was repeatedly thinking about Iolum's final decision, the possible reaction of the Seven Towers, and the impact of this matter after it was completed.

It took a long time for Iolum to stop. He came to sit down in front of Xia Duo, but he didn't immediately express his attitude towards rebuilding the Severton Covenant. Instead, he explained to Xia Duo like an unrelated person:

"The origin of the ruling status of the Seven Towers can be traced back to the original Severton Alliance. You should be familiar with this period of history. It is the original Seven Towns Alliance, and then Netheril.

"However, its real source of legal principles comes from the Nether family's transfer of royal power. The Nether family gave up their dominance or ruling position, and handed over all of this to the Sevington Council established by the Seven Towers."

"It has lasted for hundreds of years, after several times of rebuilding of the Severton Covenant, and under the Severton Council, the Council of Lords was developed, and this has formed the current state.

"And the Joint Conference of the Grand Arcanists of the Arcane Federation is an important supplement to the Severton Council and the Nether Order.

"After all, spellcasters are too destructive, especially high-level spellcasters. If they don't even have a channel to speak, then the Severton Covenant may have disintegrated long ago, and Netheril will no longer exist."

After finishing speaking, Iolum sighed again, and said the long-awaited words of Xia Duo, "Perhaps it is time to rebuild the Severton Covenant again!"

At the beginning, when Xiaduo heard Iolum explain the source of the Seven Towers' ruling status, he thought that the other party wanted to defend the Seven Towers, but after hearing it, he understood that in fact, Iolum also thought that the Grand Arcanist Association It's a little awkward.

It's just that the tradition and inertia of hundreds of years cannot be easily changed. Perhaps it is the descendants of the sages who pioneered the alien plane mentioned above want to return, which made Iolum realize that it is time to rebuild the covenant.

But Xia Duo didn't have any opinions about changing the ruling status of the Seven Towers, which Xia Duo wanted to hear the most. This made him a little disappointed, but he could also understand that this kind of thing really required extreme caution and a lot of investigation.

If Iolum made a decision on the spot based on his few words, then he would doubt Iolum's position.

And now that he has made a good start, why is he still dissatisfied!
Then it was Shadow's turn, and he began to explain to Iolum his thoughts on rebuilding the Severton Covenant, including a detailed analysis of the relationship between the Seven Towers' ruling and Nether's current situation.

"The Seven Towers have been in power for hundreds of years. Netheril's concept of developing magic has gradually become conservative. Some people have obtained magic in advance because of the selfless dedication of the sages, but they don't want to inherit the ideas of the sages and create a more open magic research. , Magic development atmosphere, on the contrary began to prevent latecomers from contacting magic.

"This change in concept was not very obvious at first, but there are traces to follow. Until the scroll of Nether was stolen nearly a hundred years ago, the situation took a sharp turn. Countless mages began to cut off communication, wanting to lock magic only in themselves. in the secret library.

"The hundreds of years of changes and nearly a hundred years of mutations have made the development of Nether magic almost stagnant. I believe that the teacher, as a person who has experienced it, should have already noticed it!"

After Xia Duo finished speaking, the expression on Iolum's face was a bit complicated, as if he was recalling, but also seemed to be reflecting, and finally spit out a sentence——

"Indeed! Before the Nether scroll was stolen, this trend had already begun. An obvious sign is that the Seven Towers began to reject the communication of other mage tower organizations."

Under Iolum's gesture, Xia Duo continued:

"In addition, what I want to say is that the monopoly of power itself may lead to some bad things. In my opinion, power itself is a void without substance. It needs to continuously expand its boundaries and use everything to be dominated. It may be called the 'power expansion instinct' to fill itself with the obedience of its opponents.

"Then the long-term monopoly of the Seven Towers on the ruling power will inevitably lead to the long-term expansion of the power they possess. The Severton Covenant was established in the past, and it is more like a principled guideline, which cannot cover all the conditions of future development.

"It is conceivable that when the power of the Seven Towers is expanded to the limit, it is basically equivalent to the power of other lords and mages being squeezed to the limit, and conflicts will be inevitable at that time."

(End of this chapter)