Arcane Lord

If the new covenant does not change much, Netheril will still be in its current system.

Then, Shado can be sure that if he wants to become the head of Netheril (he is only a senior official now, not a head), he will almost certainly have to join the Seven Towers and become the Speaker.

The Seven Towers will inevitably develop into a political group of seven archons in charge of the seven major areas of Netheril (roughly counted) in the future, rather than the current alliance of lords' interests that has continued and developed from the past.

If the councillors want to make progress, according to the current rules, they can only join the Seven Towers.

Thinking of this, Shado even wondered whether he should get a Seven Towers identity now to ensure that he would not be excluded from the core power in the future.

Of course, this idea was only a flash. Although he also participated in the formulation of the new covenant, it did not mean that he agreed with the Seven Towers, even if it was the future political group Seven Towers.

And even according to the current rules, there is another way to play, which is to unite the majority of councillors and lords to abolish the special status of the Seven Towers and let any political group that can be recognized by the majority come to power.

At a time when education has been popularized in the Great Xia Territory, he is very confident in this way of playing.

In fact, this is not a loophole he deliberately left, but at present, it is impossible to deny the political status of a normal great arcanist. Since there is the identity of a member of the parliament, he must be given this identity.

As long as the number of great arcanists he has cultivated who agree with him is large enough, so that the other members combined can only become a minority, then Shaduo can completely say-

The orthodoxy of the parliament is not in Seventon, but in the Great Xia Territory!

Compared with joining the Seven Towers and then operating and ascending step by step, Shaduo prefers his own path to ascend.

At that time, not only his own territory, but also the clergy of the entire Netheril and even the entire plane will be secularized under his guidance, so as to determine the real mortal subject.

In the current elven world, the elven main god seems to have a weak presence, but in fact, his influence on the mortal world is even far greater than that of the Lord of Glory. If it were not for the existence of the Lord of Glory, the other party might even have conquered the main plane in person.

This is the first mortal who ascended to godhood that Shado guessed. The princess is not the first one, nor is she the most recent one. There is also a so-called drow god of revenge.

It can be predicted that in the future, mortals ascending to godhood will inevitably become the mainstream of the "God Realm", because no one knows how beings like the Lord of Radiance and the Lady of Mystery came from.

Although there is a legend in Netheril that the early Nether people participated in shaping the Lord of Radiance, and then signed a contract with him, which has continued to this day, legends are legends. Shado is also a high-level person in Netheril and can access most secrets.

In addition to the birth of glory that he participated in in the projection plane, he is almost certain that the birth of glory in reality is most likely just a performance by mortals.

It is the process of the mage class rising to replace the death priests. The second generation of the Nether King backstabbed his old father at that time. It was also during the process of the mage ascending to power that the mortal doctrine of the Lord of Radiance was born.

The so-called birth of glory may refer more to the birth of doctrine rather than the birth of the god itself.

But the ascension of mortals to gods is not a vain thing, but a preparation made by many great arcanists. In addition, the involutionary nature of the order of ascension to gods means that once the second successful ascension to gods appears in Netheril, the general trend of ascension to gods will be almost impossible to stop.

At that time, the ruler of this country will become the ruler from heaven along with the ascension of these mortal rulers, and the divine power will eventually overwhelm everything.

Therefore, since Yerevan's second attempt to ascend to gods, Shaduo has been extremely vigilant about this future and has made considerable preparations for it.

From a personal point of view, he felt very sorry that Yerevan failed to ascend to gods. He personally hoped that the other party would succeed, after all, the other party was an elder worthy of respect.

But from the perspective of civilization, Shaduo actually hoped that Yerevan would die directly during the ascension process, rather than being rescued by the princess and taken to the kingdom of gods.

This gave later ascensionists a hope that they could be saved when they failed, which would in turn encourage more people to try, and the more they tried, the more successful they would be.

As long as there is one more success, the foreseeable era of theocracy may come.

If it weren't for Xia Duo's more ambitious plans, with his current foundation and preparation, his chances of successfully ascending to godhood should be among the top among all the great arcanists.

He gave up the opportunity to become a god, and chose to let ordinary people and civilization have a freer and broader future.

...

Based on his vigilance against divine power, Xia Duo always kept a watchful eye even when negotiating a deal with the Kingdom of Glory, which was essentially impossible to breach.

As for Xia Duo's hint of a fine gold deal, Envoy Richie immediately understood, and then began to introduce the goods that the Kingdom of Glory could trade -

"The holy light weapons made by the Kingdom of Glory can be easily controlled even by mortals, but the sale of weapons is of great importance. At most, I can only promise to give Master Xia Duo a set of holy light weapons made by elite craftsmen.

"More still needs to be asked for instructions from the superior envoys, but Master Xia Duo, please rest assured that the Kingdom of Glory does not strictly control weapons and equipment. Most envoys are qualified to give non-standard weapons.

"If the quantity is large, it will require coordination with the superiors because it involves the arrangement of craftsmen. After all, the demand for weapons in the Eternal Night Battlefield is almost endless."

"In addition, there is the Holy Light Crystal. Although it exists as a general equivalent in the Kingdom of Glory, when taken to the mortal world, it can be used to supplement the power of priests, and most importantly, it can charge Holy Light weapons!

"Ordinary mortals do not possess holy power and can only use the holy power reserve that comes with the holy light weapon. Once it is exhausted, considering the actual materials used in the holy light weapon, it may be difficult for ordinary people to move those weapons and equipment.

"Of course, generally speaking, holy light weapons will retain a basic reserve of holy power so that the user can carry it with them. Once some weapons completely lose their holy power, even a divine envoy may not be able to handle them.

"It's just that the divine envoys themselves have holy power, so this situation is generally impossible. But for mortals, they must consider the issue of replenishing holy power.

"In addition to weapons and equipment and holy light crystals, the things that the Kingdom of Glory can trade are basically available in the mortal world. If Master Xia Duo is interested, we can also trade with those things."

As soon as he heard this, Xia Duo understood that Archangel Rich probably didn't know the difference between heavenly products and mortal products, but he might know it and just didn't care, so he highlighted a wealthy person.