Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2747 The difference between elves and humans at the bottom
During the next visit, Xia Duo first took a general tour of the Nese Embassy complex, focusing on the accommodation and the outstanding showrooms here.

This exhibition room has been set up since the establishment of the embassy. Now, hundreds of years have passed, and the embassy has been renovated several times and still remains. It displays copies of various contracts signed by Netheril and Ellan in the past, as well as some gifts from Ellan.

Fermae's explanation was humorous enough, but after the whole visit, Chateau could still feel the weight of history and the dedication of Nese people.

The history of Netheril is not long for a civilization, but it is quite heavy for a country, but Shado's past focus was not on this.

Now it seems that this trip to the Nese Embassy was a worthwhile trip.

In addition to the embassy complex itself, Fermae also introduced the situation around the embassy to Chateau, especially the area under the branches where the embassy is located, which can be regarded as Nese's territory.

The embassy has not developed much in this area, and it still retains its original appearance - not bare branches, but the surface has turned into decay, becoming a hotbed of flowers and green grass.

There is only a gravel path leading to the end of the branches.

And at the end of the trail, where the branches were difficult to use, a miniature airport burst into Xia Duo's sight from among the low bushes.

According to Fimaai, although this airport is small and simple, it is one of the few legal private airports in Taivimansa. From here, you can easily travel to other cities by driving a magic ship.

Of course, for the Nese Embassy, ​​the existence of this legal airport means that teleportation spells can be legally used here. Although it can only teleport outward, if there is an emergency, it is a precious escape channel.

If you want to teleport to Taivi Mansa from the outside, there are basically only a few fixed places, such as the teleportation hall, the official airport, and the headquarters of some societies with profound knowledge.

Of course, this is for ordinary people, or ordinary spell casters, and the elites of Yeerlan are of course a powerful method. Generally speaking, upper-class families have the authority to build private portals in their own homes, without the need to use public channels.

What Shado came through this time was the teleportation hall, where there is a permanent teleportation gate connected to Everesca. Similar teleportation gates are also available in Sevington. If Shado sets out from Sevington, he will also start from Taiwei. Mansa's Hall of Legends comes out.

Or, fly over directly. As long as you fly to the Erlan border, if you don't hide it, you will be discovered by the border guards. If you are an ordinary person, you may be expelled, but if you have connections, you will be guided to a nearby border city.

Taivi Mansa can then be reached from the border city, either by ground travel or by continuing to fly.

Generally, if you want to arrive as soon as possible, you can go to a city with teleportation authority to teleport directly, or go to a city with flights and take a magic ship that goes directly to Tevi Mansa.

In short, it is very convenient to travel in the Elf Kingdom. Even ordinary people can travel very conveniently.

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The counterpart is Netheril. Of course, high-level mages have unimpeded access, but for ordinary people, even leaving their hometown of birth may be a long journey, let alone walking freely within the territory.

Even if human factors are not considered, the harsh environment in the wild is enough to dissuade any ordinary person who has the desire to travel.

In addition to safety factors, the biggest problem is money. If you want to travel, you can't do it without money. Although the elf social class is seriously solidified, this does not mean that the income at the bottom must be very low.

Compared with the upper-level elves, the income of the lower-level elves is definitely very low, but this kind of income can at least allow most of the lower-level elves to survive in a decent manner.

Compared to the bottom class of Netheril, the income of the bottom class of elves is so high.To put it simply, there are no real poor in elf society. As long as you are willing to work, you can find a job as a druid apprentice at the worst. Although such a job has a low social status, it is enough to support a family.

But in Netheril, the plight of those at the bottom is almost unimaginable, and some may even live worse than slaves.

Slaves are the private property of their masters. Under normal circumstances, no slave owner would damage his property out of his wits. At the worst, he would try to ensure the reproduction capacity of slaves as much as possible.

This is something that is beyond the reach of many poor people.

Therefore, an elf can easily make the decision to travel tomorrow and have the financial resources to travel, but it is difficult for ordinary humans to make such a decision, and few ordinary people have such financial resources.

And if you take safety factors into consideration, it's even more incomparable.

There are basically no irresistible disasters in the elven wilderness, and patrols can be called at any time, which is not the case here in Netheril.

Furthermore, the oppression of the lower elves by the upper elves is more of a political and economic suppression than a direct control of personal relationships.

But here in Netheril, it is possible for an ordinary person to appear in another place and be kidnapped as a slave. Some of them may be the action of local evil forces, and some may even be the lords themselves.

The living environment of ordinary people in Netheril is so harsh that most elves can hardly imagine it.

Therefore, whenever Shado comes to the elven kingdom and sees the living conditions of ordinary elves, he can't help but feel this way. He laments the difficulty of ordinary people in Netheril and the difficulty of social change in elves.

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After visiting the surroundings of the embassy, ​​Chateau had no plans for the next step. Ambassador Fermae could not always accompany him. After sending him to the door of his residence, the two separated.

Xia Duo originally wanted to take the time to turn his consciousness back to his own body to see what was going on in the territory, but before he could be alone for long, an attendant from the embassy brought an invitation letter.

Not a midwinter dinner invitation, but a personal invitation before the party.

The inviter was none other than one of the few "people" Sha Duo knew well in Ye'erlan - Hildarana of the Yuejiao family.

"I didn't expect that the news of my coming to Tevi Mansa would spread so quickly. Not long after I settled in, someone sent me an invitation."

This incident itself was expected by Xia Duo, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly. He might not have even warmed up from sitting on his stool, and some elves couldn't wait.

And this also deepened his curiosity about this midwinter dinner.

What is the reason that Erlan chose to send out the invitation at such a strange interval more than a month in advance?Is something big really going to happen, or is he overthinking it?
Now that Hildalana is so eager to meet, does she know something?
Thinking of this, Xia Duo no longer hesitated about this invitation.

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(End of this chapter)