Chapter 1183: Dwarf Request, Mysterious Patterns

Hearing Badijiaer's question, Prince Baside twisted his non-existent waist, shifted slightly out of his seat, and then, while leaning on the hilt of his hammer, said to the group of Great Arcanists:

"There is no need; given the current situation Danzo is facing, even notifying you later would not have much impact."

After speaking, Prince Baside jumped down from his seat, walked before the group of Great Arcanists, performed a solemn salute, and continued:

"Since you are all here, I shall convey my father's request to you all, hoping that Netheril, in consideration of the hundreds of years of friendship between our two nations, will provide the necessary support and assistance to Danzo regarding discussions within the Northland Alliance and in dealing with issues such as the Drow!"

Although the time since Netheril and Danzo established diplomatic relations is shorter than that with Yierlan, the relationship between the two countries is much more stable than the one with Yierlan.

The most significant factor is that humans live on the Surface, while Dwarves live underground or within mountains; the two sides have no conflict over living space, and there will not be any competition even in the foreseeable future.

Dwarves need human grain, alcohol, and ores, while humans need Dwarf metal, Gemstone, and weapons; the trade between the two sides is basically a matter of each taking what they need, forming a complementary relationship.

Conversely, humans and Elf naturally have a competitive relationship regarding the choice of living space; if one side grows stronger, it must inevitably compress the living space of the other.

The relationship between Netheril and Yierlan eventually headed toward a state of outward harmony but inward discord, and even open hostility, not just because Netheril abandoned Elven Magic and slapped their Elf teachers in the face, but more importantly, because Netheril developed the intention to break free from Elf control, and it was possible!

If Yierlan were to continue supporting Netheril, they would truly be too foolish!

As of now, Ilfaran has stood firmly with Netheril regarding their attitude toward Cormanthor, and since a Yierlan separates the two countries, there are no territorial disputes, which is why they have entered a honeymoon period with Netheril, but this is only for the present.

In the future, no matter who becomes strong, it is impossible to treat an ally who might compete for territory and benefits in this way; being able to accept them as a vassal and treat them as one's own citizens would be considered having a conscience.

Only Dwarves are humanity's most ideal allies!

This time, Prince Baside came to Seventon not only to negotiate matters related to the Northland Alliance and seek assistance in dealing with the Drow problem, but also to proactively extend goodwill to humans.

While Badijiaer, Iolum, and the other Great Arcanists were deep in thought, Baside spoke again: "When I came, my father specifically instructed me that due to the Drow offensive, the quantity of Mithril exports in recent years will be affected.

"To compensate for Netheril's losses in this regard, Danzo is willing to provide a Mithril Refining Technology suitable for humans.

"In addition, regarding the tripartite Mithril contract that we two sides signed together with Yierlan, if Netheril has a need to renegotiate the contract, Danzo will also support it!"

Hearing the last sentence, several Great Arcanists were suddenly stirred; they did not care about the Dwarf Mithril Refining Technology, not to mention that they had already mastered a portion of it, and Ilfaran had also provided some.

What they truly cared about was renegotiating the tripartite Mithril contract; this contract was considered fair and very favorable to Netheril earlier, but now, it is extremely disadvantageous to the increasingly powerful Netheril!

Moreover, the contract term is as long as seven hundred years; this time has only just passed halfway, and there are still a full two hundred and sixty-plus years until it expires!

Yet, the cost of breach is too high; even though the three countries have negotiated this contract countless times in the past, in the end, it was only slightly improved and had no fundamental changes.

The main content of the contract is—

During the validity period of the contract, all Mithril Mine discovered by Netheril, if not mined, that is fine, but once mined, the ore must be sold to the other two countries, and the other two countries will provide Netheril with finished Mithril, the quantity determined by the amount of ore exported.

At the same time, based on this contract, there is a series of contracts that are still very favorable to Netheril and difficult to abandon.

The reason why the tripartite Mithril contract is difficult to negotiate, besides the frequent interference from Cormanthor, is that the three countries themselves find it difficult to give up the benefits within it.

And now, since Danzo is willing to proactively give up its own interests to fulfill Netheril, then there is no problem at all; let alone Cormanthor's interference, even Yierlan would find it difficult to raise any effective objections.

Of course, it is quite obvious that Netheril eats the meat while Yierlan drinks a mouthful of soup; the only one suffering a loss is Danzo.

But from a more macro perspective, Danzo will also gain more sincere support and assistance from the two countries in other aspects.

And this also shows the magnitude of the pressure the Drow have brought upon Danzo in the underground world!

……

Several Great Arcanists did not refuse the Danzo request conveyed by Prince Baside, but they also proposed the need to renegotiate a new tripartite contract before the Alliance is established.

And before that, Netheril will provide necessary assistance to Danzo in dealing with the Drow problem in advance.

……

And on the other side.

Xia Duo, who had returned to the Arcane Union residence, could not let go of the unpleasant feeling he had just sensed inside the Arena, and after telling Niya, he immediately began Memory Retrospection.

From leaving in the morning to entering the Great Arena, then to Elkamon announcing the start of the competition, and finally, the image in his memory froze on the scene he saw when passing by the area where the Ilfaran Elf were located upon leaving:

Besides the withered, grey-black flesh residue on the pale green ground and a small amount of turbid, translucent liquid emitting a foul odor, what left the deepest impression on him was—

Everywhere on the ground and the stone seats were some grey-black patterns, some appearing as abstract line drafts of the monster summoned by the Drow's self-detonation, and others being mysterious Fuwu of completely unknown meaning.

At this moment, in Xia Duo's memory, those monster line drafts and mysterious Fuwu were emitting bursts of grey-black Mysterious Glow; this light made one feel uncomfortable just by looking at it.

More importantly, when he was in the Arena before, he had not discovered any glowing phenomenon in those patterns, not even under Magic Vision!

In other words, normal recollection and on-site observation showed no abnormalities, yet an abnormality appeared during Memory Retrospection!

Such a bizarre situation was something Xia Duo had never encountered before; this uncontrollable situation made him feel somewhat uneasy.

Next, he submerged himself into his Subconscious to carefully distinguish the source of that unpleasant emotion, but after wandering in his Subconscious for a long time, he could not discover any abnormalities.

It was as if this emotion had arisen naturally.

It was as if the uncontrollable situation would make him uneasy, and those monster line drafts and mysterious Fuwu would also make him inexplicably unpleasant.

But the former could be explained, while the latter was entirely without reason.

However, an objectively existing phenomenon cannot be entirely without reason; it must be that his perspective, precision, or Perception of observation and realization were incorrect.

Subsequently, Xia Duo continued to concentrate and maintain focus until he perceived his Soul.

He believed that those patterns only manifesting anomalies during Memory Retrospection must be related to the Soul; perhaps he could discover some abnormalities from the perspective of the Soul.