Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2460 Pullman Arrives
From Schom's two rebuttals, it can be seen that the Seven Towers are definitely prepared this time, but Iolum is not completely unprepared.

It didn't even take Iolum to speak. As soon as Schom finished his reasoning, Cross immediately said:
"In order to avoid risks, the existence of alien planes has been hidden all the time, and this is the fundamental reason why the Seven Towers have been able to control those alien planes for hundreds of years. How can the Seven Towers use this to prove our acquiescence? ?”

This is actually an axiom. If the Seven Towers wants everyone to recognize the ownership of the other plane by the Seven Towers, at least let everyone know about the existence of the alien plane. The collective property of Netheril 500 years ago.

Because the Seven Towers at that time had all the Netherist mages, they could represent the entire Netheril, or even be equivalent, but now the Seven Towers, although they can also represent, but it is only a symbolic representative, far from not reach the level of equivalence.

The territory of the Cross family is far south of the core area of ​​Netheril. Before Savile opened up the southern border, it was the southernmost area of ​​Netheril, or it could be considered the most marginal area.

But even at the edge, the source can be traced back to the Seven Towers for 500 years. Now that Schom said that everyone acquiesced that the alien plane belongs to the Seven Towers, Cross stood up and said that the Seven Towers had embezzled public assets.

Xia Duo was somewhat surprised by Cross's reaction. Before that, he had always suspected that Cross was a pawn launched by the Seven Towers to carry out centralization reforms. Now the sudden reversal, at least shows that Cross and the Seven Towers are not of the same mind.

Of course, if it was a pawn, it would actually make sense. The Seven Towers are now facing a crucial historical turning point. After that, they will still be the rulers of Netheril.

Although it is still a powerful mage tower organization, it has lost its orthodox aura and may decline.

Xia Duo suddenly realized that no matter whether he concealed it or not, the other great arcanists were not fools. Although they did not necessarily think of rebuilding the Sevington Covenant, they definitely had plans to further reduce the authority of the Seven Towers.

This kind of reduction will eventually reach the state of rebuilding the Severton Covenant, but if only the authority is reduced, it will inevitably make the Seven Towers have a fluke mentality, and they will always be unwilling to give up their ruling status.

Coupled with the spread of Mythra, the risk of future civil war is actually greater.

It is far better to take advantage of the return of the descendants of the pioneers of the alien plane to directly modify the Severton Covenant. Although this may cause a large shock in a short period of time, it will be more beneficial in the long run.

Of course, Xia Duo is still not going to reveal it in advance. Some people can guess the best. On the contrary, if he reveals it in advance, I am afraid that those people will be worried about tearing their faces with the Seven Towers, and they will not make a fuss about the return of the descendants of the pioneers of the alien plane. What a force.

Whether it is a battle for interests or a battle for power, the degree of intensity is completely different.

Xia Duo has every reason to believe that the Seven Pagodas would rather give up those livable planes directly than lose their orthodox ruling status.

But it's not up to them.

……

After Cross, Vader, the old enemy of the Seven Towers, was not to be outdone, and immediately proposed——

The current Seven Towers is just a union of lords. The controllers of the Seven Towers can represent this group to a certain extent, but they cannot represent all the decisions of each lord in this group, especially on core issues related to territorial ownership.

This rebuttal is more deadly than Cross's, because in a sense it directly denies the legitimacy of the controller of the Seven Towers, and even the rationality of the existence of the Seven Towers.

If the controllers of the Seven Towers, that is, the seven great arcanists, can decide everything about all the lords within the sphere of influence of the Seven Towers, are those lords within the sphere of influence of the Seven Towers still considered lords under the independent principle of the Severton Covenant?
Whether it is from the legal theory or from the practical level, it is counted, otherwise there will be no territory outside the seven towers.

Even the current lords inside the Seven Towers can withdraw at any time if they wish, but people are social, and they will consider the gains and losses of their interests, and they will only quit if the benefits of quitting are greater than staying in the Seven Towers.

For example, Saville, in his era, there were not many unclaimed lands in the core area of ​​Nether. If he wanted to establish a territory in the interior, he basically had to choose to join the Seven Towers.

But for Savile, it doesn't matter how many territories or even whether there are territories, what matters is whether he can be independent, so he chose to stay away from the core area and open up new territories in the current southern border.

In addition, some lords who were marginalized in the Seven Towers due to various reasons may also withdraw together in groups.

Of course, if there is a withdrawal, there is a joining. This is the case that Xia Duo has received many invitations from the Kiran Tower before. However, there have been few new lords joining the Seven Towers in the past century, and more lords have quit continuously.

The reason may be explained by the "Matthew Effect" on the earth. The strong inside the Seven Towers occupy more and more resources, and the weak can only pick out the circle of the Seven Towers to find other opportunities.

And this is actually inseparable from the Severton Covenant. The Severton Covenant guaranteed the independent status of the lords, and few lords lost their territories due to the interruption of magic inheritance.

The simplest example is the Rodney Territory who had done trouble in the southern border before. Its lord was controlled by Vader. Tower and even multi-party sanctions.

With the orthodox ruling status of the Seven Towers, it is absolutely unambiguous to maintain the Severton Covenant.

Now, the legitimacy of the Seven Towers was questioned by Vader, and Schom immediately became angry. From his perspective, the existence of the Seven Towers is absolutely necessary, and at the same time, his control over the interior of the Seven Towers is beyond doubt.

Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Badigal. Schum may not be able to answer this question well, and Schum should not be allowed to answer it. As the chief controller of the Seven Towers, he is duty-bound to respond to doubts about the legitimacy of the Seven Towers.

With Badigal's shot, Schum calmed down a bit, and sat down unwillingly. Although debating with others on behalf of the Seven Towers would help improve his voice in the Seven Towers, the topic this time Very sensitive, if one is not handled well, let alone him, even Badigal may be disappointed.

While Schom was deep in thought, Badigal had already spoken majestically:

"The ruling status of the Seven Towers comes from the Severton Covenant, which is irrefutable, and our controllers representing the Seven Towers are also elected by the internal lords, which is legal and reasonable.

"As for the alien planes developed in the past 500 years, not all of them came from accidental discoveries by members of the Seven Towers at the beginning, but continuous exploration and discovery over hundreds of years, and the Seven Towers paid a huge price for this!

"Is it reasonable to deny the current Seven Towers' ownership of those planes just by saying 'the current Seven Towers are not the original Seven Towers'?"

(End of this chapter)