Chapter 2489: Yierlan Has Arrived

In the past, Yierlan held a seat on the Sevinton Council, but the Sevinton Council of the past served more to mediate and arbitrate conflicts between lords, and it did not have much say in major matters.

Take the Drow War of the past few years, for example; various decisions were made directly through discussions between the Seven Towers and other Great Arcanists, and were only announced in the name of the Sevinton Council afterward to correspond with other nations in the Northland Alliance.

Therefore, in the past, even if Yierlan used its seat on the Sevinton Council, it could not actually interfere with anything, but if Yierlan were to remain on the Sevinton Council after the New Covenant was signed, that would be a huge problem.

The Sevinton Council after the signing of the New Covenant has integrated the Great Arcanist Joint Conference and will, in essence, become the supreme power institution of Netheril.

Let alone Yierlan's seat, which is akin to that of the Seven Towers, even an ordinary lord, once they possess voting rights, could cause results that no one could have anticipated at a critical moment.

In other words, once Yierlan is allowed to get involved in the future New Sevinton Council, it would simply be a nail that one would be unable to pull out even if one wanted to.

A more likely scenario would be—someone proposes removing Yierlan's seat, then Yierlan objects, and then, under the order of the New Covenant, it would enter the lord voting phase.

So many lords have a favorable impression of the Elves; they have an insufficient understanding of the relationship between Netheril and Yierlan, and they naively believe that the Elves are staying out of goodwill to help the Netherese, and that retaining Yierlan's seat also symbolizes the friendship between the two countries.

And it is not just simple goodwill; Yierlan will likely deliberately cultivate this goodwill, using historical origins, artistic achievements, magic memories, and even direct money to manage it.

When the time comes and one lord after another becomes a walking "500,000," then whose country is this Netheril, anyway?

Therefore, the best approach at present is to block the Elves from this New Covenant consultation meeting, and the subsequent New Covenant will have nothing to do with Yierlan; it is Netheril's internal affair, and outsiders must not be allowed to interfere.

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Arcane Union.

Inside Yinaole's Study, Xia Duo was chatting with Yinaole about the terms of the New Covenant in the Seven Towers proposal when the Magic Net outside the study fluctuated violently, and then Buluode pushed the door open and barged in in a flurry.

"Teacher, Xia Duo is here too!"

Buluode nodded toward Xia Duo, then couldn't wait to tell Yinaole about his recent experience, "The adjutant of the Yierlan Ambassador, Weikawili, came to see me!

"He said that Yierlan is willing to join Netheril in building Zhenisi in the west into a trade hub that radiates to many countries in the Northland, comparable to Asikeer!"

"Zhenisi? They certainly dare to dream; aren't they afraid that Dan Zuo might have objections?" Yinaole shook his head, seemingly not very optimistic about such a suggestion, and then he asked Buluode, "What are the conditions from Yierlan's side?"

"Just one: let us support the retention of the content related to Yierlan from the Old Covenant in the New Covenant."

"I knew it!"

Yinaole gave Xia Duo a look, "When Ambassador Yinfuyalisi came over just now, he mentioned that the two countries were in lockstep within the Northland Alliance, and now he is talking to Buluode about building Zhenisi; who knows what kind of rhetoric they are using with others!"

"Yierlan has too many cards to play; the influence of hundreds of years cannot be wiped clean in a moment," Xia Duo said with some helplessness.

Don't look at the fact that Netheril is now listed among the top five of the Northland Alliance; Netheril's development is extremely uneven, the political order of the New Covenant has yet to be established, and the economic structure is extremely shallow and simple.

Militarily, it goes without saying; it is basically still at the level of top Spellcasters fighting hand-to-hand, while the Elves—just looking at Keman, which Xia Duo knows about—have at least organized units of Spellcasters.

Deterrence during peacetime might be enough, but once war truly descends, Netheril's mobilization ability and war potential are inferior to the Elves'.

Once fighting starts, Netheril might be able to cause great damage to the Elves in the short term, but if the fighting continues, those below the top Spellcasters will soon be wiped out by the Elves, and if the few top Spellcasters do not want to be surrounded and annihilated, they will only be able to choose to flee.

Of course, the appearance of the Mythallar is a huge variable; it has changed the form of war. Future wars will be wars between various War Magic Artifacts, and the importance of Spellcasters has been relegated to a secondary position.

This is also why the Seven Towers invited various countries to visit this year even before the New Sevinton was completely built during the Snow Melting Competition!

No matter how many excuses are made on the surface, it does not change the essence of wanting to show off.

But the Mythallar is not omnipotent; even the new technology and new theories that Xia Duo brought back from the Projection Plane Red Heart Alliance are not omnipotent, otherwise, the Red Heart Alliance would have already unified the Main Plane in that Projection Plane.

Although no Elven nation in the Main Plane has found the Dragon Madness Mythallar Control Center yet, apart from this, their trump cards are far more numerous than those of the Elven nations in the Projection Plane Red Heart Alliance.

After all, in the Projection Plane, the Red Heart Alliance was established earlier and also participated in the excavation of the Northland War Ruins, finding many ancient legacies from them, leaving less for other countries.

The Northland War Ruins in the Main Plane have basically been cleared by the existing Elven Nations, and no one can say for sure exactly how much they obtained.

It is just that the competitive atmosphere in the Northland was not strong in the past, and the various Elven countries have been living off their past gains, but once Netheril rises, the Elves will naturally not pretend not to see it.

The current centralization reforms in Yierlan and Keman of the Northland Alliance are proof of this; internal unification and the concentration of power mean that the ability to mobilize various resources has been qualitatively improved.

And this can basically be equated to development potential. Xia Duo often says that he lacks time for development, but in fact, the current Elven nations also lack time for development.

Only Netheril is still relatively lagging behind at the moment; although it has more Mythallars, so what? Wanting to win the competition between countries and civilizations based solely on a powerful weapon is simply a fantasy.

Fortunately, because of the opportunity brought by Suoman this time, a glimmer of hope for the New Covenant order has appeared. Although this New Covenant order still has many shortcomings in Xia Duo's view, it is, after all, a unified order.

Only under a unified order is it possible to usher in progress and healthy competition; otherwise, internal friction alone would be enough to wear down most people's enthusiasm.

Yierlan perhaps saw this point, which is why it appeared at this critical time node, trying every possible way to maintain the strongest influence over Netheril's domestic affairs.

As Buluode said, Yierlan promised him the condition of building Zhenisi into a surface trade hub, banking on the fact that Buluode, as Yinaole's student, would make concessions for the big picture.

A surface trade hub is indeed good, but the development of Zhenisi relies to a large extent on trade with Asikeer, and Asikeer is the important trade hub of the Northland, whether on the surface or underground.