Chapter 2522: Signing Ceremony

At this moment, no one cared whether it was appropriate for the Princess to manifest a divine miracle on this Holy Day of the Eternal Blazing Sun; everyone cared only about one thing, and that was that the Princess had manifested a divine miracle.

But today's climax was far from over; as Badijiaer continued to read the contents of the New Covenant word for word, everyone at the scene became excited, for they could already foresee the arrival of a new era.

Even the commoners among them!

The greatest feature of the New Covenant compared to the Old Covenant lay in its clear division of rights and obligations in all aspects, such that even commoners could see the parts beneficial to themselves within it.

"Today, under the witness of the great Eternal Blazing Sun and Her Highness the Princess, the people of Netheril have united once again to establish a brand-new covenant and open a brand-new era."

Under the gaze of the masses, Xia Duo and other councilors, as well as representatives of some lords, arrived at the ceremonial venue, where Greta and Priest Kate respectively summoned the will of the gods they served.

Under the gaze of these two types of Divine Will, Xia Duo and the others swore an oath once again toward the copy of the covenant—

"I have read and understood the entire content presented in the covenant, and I promise to abide by the various principles shown in the covenant, and to respect and uphold the existence of the covenant!"

At this moment, the priests of the Eternal Blazing Sun also finally did not have to worry about being upstaged by the Princess today, because the great Eternal Blazing Sun they served had also manifested a divine miracle on this day.

Unlike the simple scene when the Princess blessed the descendants of the Pioneers, the divine miracle of the Eternal Blazing Sun was more spectacular; a beam of Holy Light, pure and revealing the will of the Eternal Blazing Sun, fell straight from the mid-sky onto the Northland.

It fell onto the ceremonial venue at the center of the Arcane Plaza in Seventon, and the copy of the covenant, which had originally served only as a ceremonial prop, slowly flew toward the sky under the traction of the Holy Light.

But in the eyes of everyone who saw this scene, the copy of the covenant, cast from gold, shone brilliantly under the Holy Light and the midday sun, yet it did not appear to shrink due to the vast distance.

Instead, it maintained a constant size, rising higher and higher, and anyone who gazed at the covenant at this moment would know its entire content, as if they had memorized it many times beforehand.

Perhaps the price the Princess paid to bless the descendants of the Pioneers was greater, but this experience of the Eternal Blazing Sun, which could be perceived and recognized by more people, was more qualified to be called a "divine miracle."

And this finally pushed the atmosphere at the Arcane Plaza to the highest point of today, and even of the year.

The foreign envoys watching the ceremony were all filled with awe upon seeing this, especially Cormanthor, which had had many frictions with Netheril and understood each other well; the Ambassador Atelan who was present today broke into a cold sweat at the sight.

As the longest day of the year, Midsummer Festival could naturally be considered the hottest day, not to mention the moment when the midday sun was at its best.

But for a Spellcaster, especially a top-tier Spellcaster, it was almost impossible to have symptoms of discomfort caused by the environment; what Atelan felt in his heart at this moment was only indescribable shock, and the loss of control over his body under that shock.

Even though he had long known that Netheril and the Eternal Blazing Sun had a close relationship, hearing about it was one thing, and seeing it with his own eyes was another; the Elf Kingdom was not without existences like the Seville Covenant, yet he had never seen the Eternal Blazing Sun manifest a divine miracle because of it.

It seemed that only humans, or more accurately, the Netherese, were the favorites of the Eternal Blazing Sun.

As the Cormanthor Ambassador to Netheril, Atelan undoubtedly knew more inside information than the average elf; when the conflict between Cormanthor and Netheril was at its most intense, there had been priests of the Main God who prayed to the Main God, hoping that the Main God would cast Divine Punishment upon Netheril.

In elven history, the number of times the Main God had personally cast Divine Punishment was not high, but it was not zero; yet this time, the Main God changed from the usual obscurity and transcendence of the Oracle, and instead clearly expressed a refusal, giving an explanation that would be impossible to give under normal circumstances—

The Netherese were God-Favored by the Eternal Blazing Sun.

The implication was that the Main God admitted that He was inferior to the Eternal Blazing Sun; it was not that He did not want to take action, nor that He could not.

Taking action against mortals might be beneath His divine status, but even regarding the new god of Netheril, that Nether Princess secretly supported by Cormanthor, the Main God had also failed to find an opportunity.

Atelan had been hinted at more than once that after that Nether Princess ascended to godhood, she was also protected by the Eternal Blazing Sun; this was actually very taboo information, and if it were not for his current status as an ambassador, he would never have known this news.

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And today, that newly ascended Netheril God of Exploration and Protection could manifest a divine miracle on the Holy Day of the Eternal Blazing Sun, and even during the Holy Day Celebration of the Eternal Blazing Sun—how could this not make Atelan make associations!

Other foreign envoys might only be surprised that the Netherese had attracted two divine miracles in one day, but for Atelan, who knew the inside story, the shock was imaginable.

Above the Arcane Plaza.

The copy of the covenant rose higher and higher in the Holy Light; although its size in the vision of the observers had not changed, it was becoming increasingly difficult to see clearly under the cover of the midday sun.

It was not until it completely merged into the Eternal Blazing Sun above, and the Holy Light descending from above gradually dissipated, that the crowd at the scene gradually withdrew their gaze.

During this process, Xia Duo felt more of the gaze from the Eternal Blazing Sun than others; to others, this might be called a "Divine Scroll," a great joyous event worth being proud of and worth talking about specially.

But Xia Duo felt it was somewhat troublesome, because it was not just he himself who could feel it; those priests of the Eternal Blazing Sun might also feel it. In other words, perhaps after today, the rumor that he was a God-Favored of the Eternal Blazing Sun would spread throughout Netheril.

This was truly too high-profile.

Xia Duo preferred to increase his reputation bit by bit, rather than having it suddenly changed by external factors; the favor of those in power was a good thing, but it was also a bad thing.

Specifically for this time, when others knew about this, some might think more highly of him because of it, but that was not what Xia Duo needed; on the contrary, his originally scheduled ally Weide might develop an insurmountable barrier with him because of this.

Even without considering Weide, an overly dazzling halo would create an overly heavy burden; in the future, his political enemies might look for a breakthrough from this aspect.

Being unable to win an argument on the merits and finding flaws in other areas to negate the facts—this should be considered a standard operation for politicians; the future Seventon Council would likely be just such a place of political struggle.

And Xia Duo did not think he would be a qualified "God-Favored"; could he still find the Eternal Blazing Sun to endorse him at that time?

This was different from a blessing; whether it was a blessing or the perception of Holy Power, the subject could refuse, but how was one to "correct" the influence caused by an outsider (a god) taking an extra look?

"Sigh—" Xia Duo could not help but sigh.