Chapter 1354: The Northland Alliance and the War of the Southern Four Kingdoms

With the Northland Alliance established, Xia Duo could almost foresee that even if Akaola did not seek help from other members of the Alliance, Yierlan would inevitably take the initiative to provide aid!

If Yierlan provided aid, Netheril would certainly not miss out; on one hand, this was to balance Keman, and on the other, it could be considered huddling together for warmth.

As for the west of Netheril, Yierlan was almost the sole power; not only did it have the vassal state Siluwende, but even its original founder's mother country, Shaerwen, could now only exist by its grace.

Originally, there were quite a few Elf tribes and even small nations in this region, but unfortunately, they all became nourishment during the process of Yierlan's growth.

It was only because Siluwende and Shaerwen—the former being larger in scale and the latter due to historical reasons—were not completely conquered.

In the central garden of the Sun Courtyard, several Yierlan Elves hinted, with almost no concealment, to the Netheril delegation that they could make use of Siluwende and Shaerwen in the future.

After the Northland Alliance was established, theoretically, all member states were equal; so, would Siluwende, which had not abandoned its national heritage even after a thousand years of defeat, not want to seek true independence?

And would Shaerwen not worry about the situation of being destroyed at any time? Would it not want to obtain a safer surrounding environment?

They certainly would!

As for the south, in truth, whether it was Netheril, Besmoer, or the recently established Irusk, none had much of a concept of it.

They only knew that in the south, there existed an ancient Elven Kingdom that had survived the Crown War just like Yierlan—Kaitemier.

Moreover, compared to the total annihilation of Yierlan's leadership back then, Kaitemier, which was now the Second Kingdom established by the commoners of that time and had retained more power, would undoubtedly be even more formidable.

Regarding this, the Yierlan side provided more information—

"Kaitemier's strength is significantly greater than both Keman and Yierlan. If it weren't for the many great southern powers, and their mutual warfare and mutual containment, perhaps Kaitemier would have already launched a war of conquest toward the north."

From the mouth of a high-level Mage of Yierlan, Xia Duo finally learned the latest situation of the wars among the Southern Four Kingdoms.

The Elven Kingdom Kaitemier, the Dwarf Kingdom Sannata, and the human empires Calimshan and Zhamu Dasi—pick any two, and they were in a state of hostility.

Of course, sometimes to gain an advantage on another battlefield, they would occasionally form alliances, but overall, there was more fighting than cooperation.

Among them, what Xia Duo was more concerned about were the two human empires—Calimshan and Zhamu Dasi.

He was very familiar with Elven Magic, and to be able to fight for so long against Kaitemier, which was even stronger than Keman and Yierlan, they certainly had to have some tricks up their sleeves.

To some extent, the current Netheril might not yet be a match for those two peer empires.

According to the Yierlan high-level Mage who described the southern situation in the garden, those two human empires: Calimshan were descendants of the air genies of the Elemental Plane, and almost every citizen possessed Bloodline Spells related to the air element.

They were particularly adept at flight and teleportation, with extremely high mobility; every time a war broke out, it was often a case of many against few, or fast against slow, leaving opponents unable to defend against them.

As for the other, Zhamu Dasi, it had mastered very rare Psionic Magic; their Spellcasting was bizarre, with almost no warning, as if appearing out of thin air.

Even restricting the Magic Net was useless; it was completely unaffected.

Furthermore, Psionic Magic had an almost cheat-like bonus for divination; any action unfavorable to them would be known in advance by their Psionic Masters.

This made Zhamu Dasi almost the most troublesome of the Southern Four Kingdoms, and at the same time, the nation where the least amount of war occurred.

If Zhamu Dasi could be more well-behaved, the other three kingdoms would likely not take the initiative to confront them, but reality was often—

Zhamu Dasi was extremely aggressive; relying on divination spells, as soon as they saw profit to be made, they would unhesitatingly provoke war.

In addition, there were territorial disputes, which were also not to be abandoned.

Basically, Zhamu Dasi could be considered the one with the worst reputation among the Southern Four Kingdoms.

Fortunately, Zhamu Dasi's psionic divination could only predict matters related to themselves; otherwise, no matter how troublesome they were, the other three southern kingdoms would certainly join forces to destroy them first.

As for what kind of existence Psionic Magic actually was, the Yierlan high-level Mage did not explain in detail, only saying that it was completely different from the systems of other nations, and one should not even try to understand it, as it was entirely determined by idealism.

When speaking of Psionic Magic, that high-level Mage had an almost disdainful look; Xia Duo could roughly guess the other party's thoughts—it was nothing more than that magic determined by idealism could not demonstrate the high level of skill.

Among them, there was no study of Principles, and it was closer to that of a barbarian.

Elven Magic certainly valued resonance with the Magic Net and strove to create a trend of passive Spellcasting, but if one did not understand the Principles, one could never reach the highest realm of magic.

In fact, if one did not understand the Principles of spells, one might not even be able to become a Sword Singer, let alone a Mage of higher status.

Xia Duo speculated that Psionic Magic might be somewhat similar to the Spellcasting of a Bard, but if it did not even require the Magic Net, perhaps it would be even more extreme.

Among the few Bards in Xia Duo's Territory, Lawrence, in his view, was almost entirely driven by emotions, and had begun to actively pursue emotions—the so-called primordial inspiration.

If Psionic Magic was determined by idealism, it would only be more extreme than this, and not more peaceful; the Spellcaster would only be immersed in their own world, completely out of sync with the outside.

"Could this be the real reason why Zhamu Dasi acts without scruples and is only interested in profit?"

For a moment, Xia Duo could not figure it out, but fortunately, Zhamu Dasi was still a bit far from him, and there was no need to worry about their threat in the short term.

Once the Mythallar was produced, and a few supporting over-the-horizon War Spells were created, no matter how bizarre their Psionic Magic was, it was ultimately just individual power, which could not withstand the endless over-the-horizon spell attacks of a true war machine.

Even if he could not destroy the Psionic Masters, destroying their kingdom would not be a problem.

And if Psionic Technique was truly determined by idealism, Xia Duo was certain that it was almost impossible for Zhamu Dasi to create a war machine comparable to a Mythallar.

Because that would mean Zhamu Dasi needed to create a tool that possessed self-awareness and power close to a god in order to have a psionic output comparable to the output power of a Mythallar.

But was such a tool still a tool?

Even if they chose a method similar to Ascension to Godhood to promote such a great power from among the Psionic Masters, this was still different from true Ascension to Godhood; would the sudden surge of idealistic power lead to an endless expansion of their mindset?

Xia Duo was not sure.

But as long as there was such a possibility, anyone with a bit of rationality would know how to choose.

Perhaps at this very moment within Zhamu Dasi, there were Psionic Masters killing each other over this very matter!