Chapter 2518: Loading History

Tower of Time.

Xia Duo had finished preparing for the Prophecy Ritual after the Midsummer Festival. When he returned to the top-floor Study, he happened to run into Niya, and Xia Duo immediately understood something, hurriedly asking:

"Has news come from the Seven Towers?"

"Yes, the Seven Towers notified us to head to Seventon, saying they are worried that tomorrow's ritual might encounter accidents, so they are prepared to sign the covenant today, and then confirm the procedures for tomorrow."

"Very well, then let's head over now!" Xia Duo said in a calm tone.

Originally, the Seven Towers' arrangement was to sign the New Covenant after the Prayer Ceremony at noon on the Midsummer Festival. The plan had changed at the last minute, but it was not particularly surprising.

Actually, according to Xia Duo's thoughts, the signing should have taken place directly when the terms of the New Covenant were finalized. Even if a ritual had to be held later, it could be done later; this would not affect the validity of the covenant itself.

Seventon, Council Expansion Hall.

Xia Duo and Niya arrived relatively early. It had been a full two years since he last came here. When Xia Duo saw the long relief murals on both sides of the hall, he truly felt as if a lifetime had passed.

At that time, the Princess had not yet achieved Ascension to Godhood, and he was just an ordinary Pioneer. It was right in front of the altar at the end of this hall that the Princess personally held a simple ceremony for him to transition from Pioneer to Lord.

Aside from Niya, there were no other witnesses. Of course, if it were other Pioneers, they would only need to go to an institution under the Seventon Council to handle the transition; it was unlikely the Princess would personally handle it.

Although he was an ordinary Pioneer at that time, and even failed to meet some of the standards for a Pioneer, he was one of the first batch of Pioneers in Netheril in nearly a hundred years, which was what drew the Princess's attention.

Of course, the reason for the Savile Territory was also a factor in this.

Revisiting old haunts, Xia Duo's mood was complex. In just two short years, the Princess who had been introducing him to the history of Netherese expansion had successfully achieved Ascension to Godhood, and he was no longer the small figure of the past, having become a pivotal big figure in Netheril.

Although only two years had passed in the Main Plane, Xia Duo had experienced multiple Projection Planes, and his perceived time had long since passed by decades.

Therefore, while it was also a revisit, Niya did not have such complex emotions, and even pulled Xia Duo to look at the new reliefs added to both sides of the Pioneer Hall over the past two years.

When Xia Duo last came, the reliefs on both sides of the hall showing the history of Netherese expansion only went up to Yinaole wiping out the Orc tribes. This time, he discovered three more.

One of them was inserted in the front, showing the scene of the Netherese predecessors expanding into an Other Plane, and correspondingly, there was another one showing the scene of the descendants of those foreign Pioneers returning to the Main Plane.

These two had no direct connection to Xia Duo, but the third one was different. It was clearly an expansion map, showing multiple scenes, such as felling trees, building houses, fighting with beasts, and so on.

And the absolute center of this relief, one could say the absolute spotlight, showed precisely the scene of seed selection and seedling cultivation first advocated by Xia Duo's Territory.

Speaking of this, one must mention the "Development Guide for Daxia Territory" that Xia Duo wrote for the Princess in his early years, which recorded in detail all the details and precautions for territory development, including the technology of seed selection and seedling cultivation in agriculture.

Later, that book was widely disseminated under the Princess's advocacy, which was also an important boost for Xia Duo's bloodline to awaken multiple times at that time.

Looking at the relief before him, Xia Duo always felt like he was witnessing history, and this could indeed be called history. Many years later, when new Lords come here, perhaps they will have the same feeling.

And today, perhaps a new relief will be added to this Pioneer Hall!

In the history of Netherese expansion, the importance of the Seville Covenant absolutely cannot be ignored. The reliefs on both sides of this Pioneer Hall show a total of three scenes of covenant signings.

The earliest one is the beginning of the relief, and also the beginning of Netheril, and the most recent one was already hundreds of years ago.

There must have been more than these three covenant signings in the history of Netheril; it is just because they have important historical significance that they are displayed here.

For example, the first covenant symbolizes the origin of Netheril; the second relief scene does not know if it was the first, but it already had the figure of an Elf, while the third one no longer had the figure of an Elf.

This new covenant is almost comparable to a mature constitution. Xia Duo feels it is fully worthy of leaving a relief here, even if it cannot be left today, future history will give it a retrospective record.

Just like that relief of the Netherese predecessors expanding into foreign lands, wasn't it added in just like that!

Xia Duo and Niya toured the reliefs and recalled the history of Netheril all the way, soon walking to the end of the hall. Here there was an altar of unknown significance, with a space left in front of the altar, and outside were more than ten rows of benches facing away from the gate.

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Of course, if one were to arrange it based on the area of this Pioneer Hall, let alone a dozen rows of seats, even a hundred rows could be placed, but only a dozen rows were placed inside, and the outside was all empty.

There were only stone pillars acting as supports for the dome, and ribbons and flags hanging down from above the dome.

This place seems to be used for some small but grand activities, but Xia Duo had almost never heard of it before. Even when he came last time and the Princess promoted his status to Lord at the altar, the true function of the altar was not used.

Nor were there any other bystanders besides Niya.

This time, the Seven Towers notified them to come here to sign the New Covenant; in fact, there were no bystanders. When he and Niya arrived, only a few Great Arcanists from the Tianshui Plane had come.

One was touring the reliefs, and two were sitting directly on the benches waiting. After Xia Duo arrived, he only nodded to these two, without any other actions.

Mainly, he felt that both sides were not very familiar with each other, and this Pioneer Hall, although it looked empty, had an exceptionally solemn and quiet atmosphere, possessing the heaviness of history. It felt as if one would feel a sense of guilt just by making a sound here.

However, just after Xia Duo and Niya sat down, the two people took the initiative to come over. Niya introduced them in Xia Duo's ear; these two were both from the Tianshui Plane, one named Lamani, and one named Grien.

Xia Duo actually knew the names and such of the twenty-plus new Great Arcanists; after all, they all walked out of the Portal he provided, but he hadn't been able to match the specific faces one by one yet.

And Niya, having gone to Seventon to participate in the New Covenant consultations, had recognized all twenty-plus people. Of course, now Xia Duo had also matched the names and faces of two of them.

"Lord Xia Duo, and Lady Niya, thank you for your help to the Tianshui Plane."

"No need to thank me, this is what every Netherese with a conscience would do, and I didn't help much. If you want to thank someone, thank this era; it is the development of the era that made the Seven Towers make concessions."

Niya did not speak, while Xia Duo's words revealed his understanding and expectations of the current situation. Since the other side took the initiative to come over, Xia Duo naturally didn't mind trying to win them over.

Under his Guidance, both sides soon turned the topic to the new situation in the future under the New Covenant system. Xia Duo used the classical style still retained by the Tianshui Three Planes as an entry point, hinting at the hope of making changes to the conservative atmosphere of Netheril in the Main Plane.

And Lamani and Grien both gave positive responses to this. Lamani stated, "The development of Magic cannot be separated from an open exchange environment; the signing of the New Covenant is indeed an opportunity for change."

Grien further proposed, "I will initiate a relevant motion at the first meeting after the Midsummer Festival. At that time, I hope to receive the support of Lord Xia Duo and Lady Niya."

Xia Duo and Niya gladly agreed, and the subsequent exchange between the two sides became even more harmonious.