Arcane Lord

Based on the more than 20 exchanges he had personally experienced, this recorder analyzed the development of the Seven Towers mages in combat skills, new spell development, magic theory and other aspects.

He also gave a high evaluation that it is not enough to pose a threat to the elven magic for the time being, but it is very likely to surpass the elven magic in the later stage. He even proposed in the report to find a way to curb the development of magic in the Seven Towers and Netheril.

This recorder himself made a lot of suggestions, and Shaduo could even see the shadow of these suggestions from the actions of the elven countries in recent years.

For example, through communication, guide the development direction of Netheril magic, so that it develops in the direction of delicate individual duels, rather than the direction of war spells that win by quantity.

For another example, dump a large number of cheap civilian magic tools to Netheril, cut off the development of Netheril magic in the direction of civilian magic tools. After all, the prosperity of civilian magic tools will inevitably feed back to the development of war magic tools.

For another example, restrictions are imposed from the perspective of strategic resources, blocking mithril refining technology, controlling mithril mines in Netheril, guiding wrong technical routes, and so on.

The most amazing thing is that this report clearly mentioned that it is possible to unite with other elven countries to restrict the scale of magic activities in the entire North, and the reason is that elven magic needs more archaeology than experiments.

On the contrary, the new magic system of Nether magic requires a lot of experimental support. As long as the scale of magic activities is restricted, the development of magic in Netheril will inevitably be greatly restricted.

At the same time, it is supplemented by the strong devaluation and rejection of Nether magic, and finally guides humans back to the right path of elven magic.

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Shado carefully flipped through the report and found that the report was written more than a hundred years ago, because there was a paragraph in the report that mentioned "Netheril is preparing for a decisive battle with the orc tribe in the near future, and its interest in exchanging magic has greatly decreased", so the author of the report did not continue to follow up, but chose to "summarize the past exchange experience for the king's reference".

In other words, more than a hundred years ago, some elves foresaw the development potential of Nether magic, and even suggested that Yeerlan take the initiative to curb it.

The practice mentioned in it to curb the development of Netheril magic by restricting the scale of magic activities in the North is not the later "Magic Limit Treaty"!

It was just that it was Komanso who first proposed the Magic Limitation Treaty, not Eerlan, but this may be the so-called "great minds think alike".

However, the author of this report did not expect the establishment of the Northern Alliance, and Komanso did not expect that the establishment of the Northern Alliance would bring a major opportunity for the development of magic in the elven countries.

The Magic Limitation Treaty can certainly restrict Netheril, but it also restricts them, so the Magic Limitation Treaty that no one wants to abide by has become a dead letter.

Of course, when Komanso made this suggestion, the reason on the surface was still very correct and sufficient - to protect the magic network environment.

Due to the abuse of magic in recent thousands of years (war and other unrestrained magic activities), the magic network environment is no longer as good as before, which is specifically manifested in the lower efficiency of magic network energy acquisition in unit space.

Or it can also be understood as the energy density of the magic network has decreased.

This is a fact recognized by all countries, so the subsequent Magic Limitation Treaty began to discuss the direction of magic network protection, until the recent Eerlan attack, which caused seven huge magic network decay areas that are likely to spread out.

This made all countries determined to invest resources and manpower to protect the magic network.

Shado also supports the protection of the magic network. Most arcanists in Netheril do not reject repairing the magic network, but the premise is that it is easy to repair, after all, doing so can gain divine grace.

But only a very small number of arcanists are willing to repair those difficult-to-repair magic network knots or dead zones. The former requires combing the magic network structure in a larger range, and the latter's "dead silence" description is enough to explain the problem.

It is a long-term free labor that may not necessarily produce one point of results even if you spend twelve points of effort.

Some arcanists may try it occasionally because of a whim, but if they are asked to do this kind of thankless free labor for a long time, I am afraid that 99% of arcanists are unwilling.

Including Shado, even if he knows that doing this is beneficial to the public, he needs to bear various costs personally while benefiting the public interest. In this case, the role of selfishness will be infinitely magnified.

Unless he is a saint or a person with some kind of belief support, it is possible to engage in such "sacrifice one person to help thousands of families" for a long time.

So it is good for the alliance to take responsibility for this matter. After all, the alliance can really provide money and resources, instead of letting people work for nothing.

As long as such a reward and punishment mechanism is established and maintained, the magic environment in the North and even the entire main plane will gradually improve in the future.

And such behavior is probably only mentioned now that the Northland Alliance is established and countries do not need to worry about war for the time being.

If it were before, even if the relationship between countries was friendly, they would worry about whether they would be stabbed in the back by their allies one day. In this case, who would sacrifice their own interests to fulfill the public interest?

Now, although some countries in the Northland Alliance seem to have bad relations, or even bad relations, within the framework of the alliance, cooperation is still greater than conflict.

Only in this case can the countries in the Northland act as a whole and share part of the cost for the benefit of the whole.

Of course, the alliance is not perfect. Not to mention the threats from the outside world, as long as the alliance countries are united, they can always overcome them, but the internal crisis is very fatal.

For example, the conflict between the "Golden Elves Supremacy" and the "Five Races Equality and Co-prosperity" concept that Shado has always been concerned about, and the contradiction between the upper family's desire to achieve eternal rule and the lower class's desire to progress, etc.

These may be just a spark now, but if they are not handled properly, they may cause the entire alliance to split.

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Putting down "Exchanges in the Tower of Morien", Shado picked up the next one. This should be his first contact with the true thoughts of the upper elves without disguising.

Although such true thoughts can be glimpsed from the usual interactions with the elves, it is almost impossible for any elf to say to him how to contain Netheril.

Almost all elves are disguised when facing humans. Those with low status have to pretend to be submissive, because those with high status, even humans, can decide the fate of those elves with low status.

Those with high status also have to pretend to be noble, in order to suppress the status and interests of humans, or pretend to be stupid to make humans misjudge.

Of course, this world has never lacked true elves, but there are more middle and lower levels. The higher the level, the less difference there is between elves and humans. This is also the inevitable performance of social intelligent creatures at a certain stage.

Xia Duo was unhappy, but there was really no way to change it for the time being. All he could do was to continue to develop.