Chapter 2520: The Seeds of Equal Rights

At this moment, inside the Pioneer Hall, Greta, as the Princess's follower in the Mortal Plane and the Protection Priest after the Princess's Ascension to Godhood, represented the Princess to witness the signing of the new allies, while another Radiant Priest represented the Lord of Radiance to witness it here.

Before Xia Duo and the other Great Arcanists signed the agreement, the lords of the Main Plane and the Tianshui Three Planes had already signed the covenant document; tomorrow's ceremony is more of a performance and a declaration.

"Niya, it's your turn!"

Xia Duo handed the covenant document to Niya, then watched as Niya inspected it, signed it, and passed it to the next person; in fact, even if Niya had not made her identity as a Great Arcanist public, she would still have signed this covenant today.

The reason is simple: Great Arcanists could choose not to sign, as they are more representatives of power, but lords must sign—not one can be missing, because they represent the territorial jurisprudence of the inheritance of the old and new covenants of Netheril.

In the future, when a new lord is born, they will also need to obtain the recognition of the Council that represents the Seville Covenant; previously, Lord Xia Duo's "official confirmation" was presided over by the Princess, who was the head of the Seven Towers at the time, and back then, the Seven Towers actually represented the Seville Covenant.

But after the new covenant was signed, the Seven Towers could no longer fully represent the new covenant; only the Seventon Council could represent the new covenant. Although the Seven Towers still retains its executive status, its power has been subjected to more checks and balances.

For example, if a Pioneer completes a pioneering mission and prepares to apply for promotion to lord, in the past, perhaps anyone from the Seven Towers could complete the relevant procedures, but in the future, it will need to be submitted to the Council for a vote.

Of course, considering that the Council is not actually an administrative agency, it is impossible to grasp everything in its own hands; after the Midsummer Festival, the first thing the Council will likely do is authorize the establishment of a subordinate administrative agency.

The Permission Level for a Pioneer's promotion to lord might be directly authorized to that administrative agency, or it might remain with the Council; after all, the time required to pioneer a territory is not short, and the Council will not be too busy to handle this.

It is only limited by the current status quo of Netheril that it cannot be realized; in the future, with the development of the era, this system, which was already somewhat ahead of its time, will increasingly exert the role it should have had.

Originally, he had to worry that his career in Nan Jing would encounter opposition, Suppression, or even destruction from the conservative forces of Netheril, but under the new order, especially in the early stages of the establishment of the new order, no one is conservative.

A sage from Xia Duo's hometown once pointed out that reform and opening up is a long-term, arduous, and heavy undertaking that must be carried on by generation after generation.

Even the Seven Towers has pulled the former hidden Controllers back to the forefront; leaving aside the Tianshui Three Planes for now, even the Main Plane has seen the emergence of new Great Arcanists like the Consultant to the Lord of Kangqi City.

Xia Duo thought that there would be more and more people who recognize the new order and actively participate in its construction and maintenance; in this process, the changes in Nan Jing almost perfectly fit this development opportunity, and even exceeded it.

If it were up to the Council to decide, and if Xia Duo were dissatisfied with a certain Pioneer, he could well persuade other Great Arcanists to vote against it together; as long as the dissenters exceed one-third, that Pioneer would definitely be unable to be promoted.

It can be said that when the current number of Great Arcanists is not yet large enough, almost any Great Arcanist has near-absolute power of disposal over matters within Netheril that do not involve the interests of the majority.

What a distant word "new era" was for the Netheril of the past! But now that the new covenant has been signed, who can still say that this is not a new era!

As the first Speaker of the new Arcanist Council under the new covenant order, Badijiaer felt more or less excited at this moment; he held up the golden, glittering new covenant text and announced to the public:

To a certain extent, it constantly optimizes the originally backward relations of production, making them match the currently relatively advanced productive forces, and in this process, constantly liberates and develops the productive forces until a new balance is reached.

Moreover, this power is also supported by the Arcanist Covenant; at this time, the Great Arcanists, holding jurisprudence and the greater cause, have finally achieved "I am the big picture."

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But only Xia Duo understood that he was the biggest beneficiary of this new order reform.

When the emotions reached that point, at this moment, whether it was the people of the Seven Towers, the people of the Tianshui Three Planes, or even Xia Duo, all were infected by Badijiaer's words, "new era."

At this moment, perhaps everyone got what they wanted; the Seven Towers truly integrated the entire Netheril from a jurisprudential perspective. Although executive power was restricted, gains and losses are not viewed that way; letting the Great Arcanists drift outside the system would be even more dangerous.

A Pioneer's promotion is only a small matter; for a Great Arcanist, the Council will have more "big matters" involving their own interests. As long as Xia Duo is firmly opposed, others, in order to get him to cooperate on big matters, naturally will not mind cooperating on such small matters first.

It effectively bridged the trend of division within the ruling class, maximized the unity of all people of all strata, and possessed high foresight, which can play a long-term driving role in the development of Netheril. The reason for attaching great importance to reform is that reform can make the relations of production suitable for the development of productive forces and can make the superstructure adapt to the development of the economic base (the sum of the relations of production that occupy the ruling position).

The decision-making power on big matters is often, because of compromise, not so obvious in one's Perception of power. Instead, those ordinary "small matters" that do not involve the interests of the vast majority are more likely to make people feel the existence of power.

Because no matter from what angle you look at it, the upcoming Netheril will usher in an era of great development; although this is still some distance from the new era Xia Duo expected, there is no doubt that the era of the new order is more welcoming to the arrival of the true new era he advocates than the past.

Compared to the past, this kind of power has undoubtedly been greatly improved; after all, big matters concern interests, and it is impossible for a few people to act arbitrarily at any time.

And the Great Arcanists of the Tianshui Three Planes have obtained the freedom they have long craved, and the other Great Arcanists have also been greatly improved in power and have obtained jurisprudential support.

Below the Great Arcanists, whether they are Spellcasters or ordinary people, their power has been suppressed to the extreme; this is of course not a good thing, but the new covenant itself has buried the seeds of equal rights.

Very soon, the new covenant text was passed to every Great Arcanist present, and as the last person finished their oath, the new covenant was officially established.

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To explain it with theories from Earth, this is mostly the promotional effect of an advanced superstructure on social development, as well as the change in the relations of production for Spellcasters.

"Everyone, welcome to the new era!"