Chapter 2914: Perfecting the Conscription Mechanism, Translation Device 1.0

It can be said that the entire Northland Alliance had no objections to the issue of establishing a standing Mage corps, because what had just happened had already sounded an alarm; could they really rely on luck to get through it every single time?

To say nothing else, at the very least, Xia Duo was unwilling to keep bailing out the Alliance in such an illegitimate and unjustifiable manner, and other Mages felt the same; helping out occasionally was fine, but relying on others to help every time was clearly not sustainable.

Only by establishing and perfecting the relevant systems could the root of the problem be solved.

However, the Alliance level is one thing, but once it reached within Netheril, the situation changed, because the command of the standing rapid-response force would have to belong to the Seven Towers, rather than rotating among the various parties.

Therefore, the individual Councilors could not easily agree to such a decision.

And if the various parties were to take turns in command, the Councilors would naturally have no problem with it, as there was already the Alliance case as a reference, but if it came to that, the Seven Towers would not be willing.

Command or leadership is an intuitive manifestation of executive status; do not look at it as just the command of a rapid-response force—once a concession is made this time, what about the next time? Must one concede every single time?

Once leadership is lost, on what grounds would Badijiaer serve as this Speaker? Without the Speaker's veto power, how would the Seven Towers differ from other Councilors? It might even lead to immediate internal collapse due to reduced benefits and unequal distribution of spoils.

Therefore, before the discussion of today's second agenda item—whether to establish a standing Mage corps in Netheril—began, Xia Duo knew that this agenda item was destined to have no result.

The final result was also as I had thought; regarding the ownership of the command of that force, the Seven Towers and the other Councilors could never reach a consensus.

However, when discussing contact methods at the end, he still brought it up—recommending that everyone use the Tower of Time's third-generation communication magic tool based on the Communication Mythallar.

There were too many details that needed to be discussed; during the discussion, Councilors continuously raised new questions, and thus the first meeting of July lasted intermittently for three days without being able to negotiate a complete plan.

Badijiaer, as Speaker, naturally gave the concluding remarks: "First is the emergency conscription right; every Councilor may conscript once per year, but if a post-incident investigation determines it was not an emergency, then all expenses for the conscription shall be borne by that Councilor, and the next year's conscription right shall be waived. If the investigation confirms it was indeed an emergency concerning Netheril, the conscription right for that year shall be retained."

A Great Mage could actually also work, but the lower limit could not be guaranteed; some Great Mages had an absurdly low lower limit, and their actual combat capability might not even be as good as a high-level Mage.

"For conscripted personnel, every Councilor must provide at least three Senior Arcanists; if they do not have them, they must personally respond to the conscription, and the material expenses shall be borne by the Council."

"Rest assured, although it is still imperfect, it is enough for a demonstration."

On matters of principle, the various Councilors quickly voted to pass them, but the details within were difficult to reach a consensus on in a short time, including the time for conscription assembly, combat methods, distribution of spoils, and so on.

A Sage from Xia Duo's hometown once said—if a room is too dark, and you say to open a skylight there, everyone will certainly not allow it. But if you advocate tearing down the roof, they will come to compromise and be willing to open a skylight!

The discussion of this new agenda item was the same; since everyone refused to establish a standing Mage corps, then perfecting the emergency conscription mechanism became the unanimous consensus of everyone.

"If we are to discuss the Ruier Network tomorrow, are you prepared on your end?"

Although it was not a standing rapid-response force, for emergency conscription, the quality of personnel certainly could not be too poor; what would it be if a few Apprentices were stuffed in? The reason for the minimum of three Senior Arcanists was also to facilitate Coordinated Casting.

Ultimately, the agenda item "Whether to establish a standing Mage corps in Netheril" evolved into "How to perfect Netheril's current emergency conscription mechanism"!

The specific amount of responsibility to be borne also needed to be discussed further; for now, only the broad principles in this regard were determined. As long as the matters of principle were passed, the rest was nothing more than grinding, and it could always be ground through.

Badijiaer also spoke up, and Xia Duo, seeing this, went with the flow and agreed; the Translation Device demonstration would not take a moment, so it was better to start now to avoid wasting time tomorrow.

Xia Duo sent over twenty Linkers to the Arcane Union, letting the Arcane Union distribute them to the various Councilors through existing channels; Councilors of the Sweet Water Three Planes would need to go to the Arcane Union to collect them.

"Since that is the case, let us summarize the results of our discussion—"

"Contact method: everyone must leave a confirmed, reachable contact method at the Councilor Secretariat; those who lose contact shall be held responsible."

This was essentially to let the various Councilors not go around summoning people for fun; this should be considered the primary principle of conscription. Of course, what constitutes an emergency event would be discussed further later, and only after a resolution is formed would it be considered complete.

If there were many such people, the auxiliary value of the Ruier Network would be greatly reduced.

After Xia Duo finished speaking, the meeting should have ended, but Lander from the Seven Towers side insisted on stalling for a moment, asking Xia Duo: "Is it the Translation Device that goes with the Ruier Network? Can you demonstrate it now?"

Only by having Councilors provide Arcanists or go themselves could the lower limit of strength during emergency conscription be guaranteed. As for material expenses and such, since it is a conscription for an emergency event concerning Netheril, it is only right that the Council provides the money and resources.

"Fine, but let's skip the discussion. I think many people are curious about what the experience of the Alliance's Ruier Network is actually like. To facilitate tomorrow's discussion, I can let everyone experience it in advance."

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The seventeenth meeting of July was another vegetable-market-like round of haggling. After so many meetings, all the Councilors were somewhat mentally exhausted. Before this meeting ended, Badijiaer pointed at Xia Duo—

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Of course, there would be further disputes over the specific allocation of computing resources!

For example, Xia Duo could use the Inheritance Ritual to mass-produce a batch of Great Mages; the Mage Guild outside the Great Xia Territory might certify them as Great Mages, but what use would such Great Mages have?

As for the Translation Device, it was not necessary for everyone to have one; Xia Duo could just install it on the Gateway of the Sub-network.

Knowing that Netherese Mages were relatively sensitive to things like Mind Link, Xia Duo had specifically prepared Special Connectors loaded with Consciousness Projection Components, which could avoid contributing one's own real Subconscious while sharing the computing resources of other connected users in the Ruier Network.

Hearing Lander bring up this topic, others were also in no rush to leave. Although it was an agenda item for tomorrow, the various Councilors had already communicated privately, and the Northland Alliance wanting to build a Public Computing Resource Pool was no secret.

During the discussion, Xia Duo did not participate. He now had two Floating Cities, and both were equipped with a preliminarily perfected War Spell Platform; if there were an emergency, he could deploy a Floating City at any time.

It was the Translation Device designed by Xia Duo that only a few Councilors who were closer to him understood the inside story of; this was the key Magic Artifact used to persuade other Councilors to agree to let the Northland Alliance build a Public Computing Resource Pool.

Therefore, this matter was essentially Netherese Mages parasitizing the Ruier Network of the Elf Mages to siphon computing resources; the Elves exchanged such a price to get Netheril to agree to the Northland Alliance building a Public Computing Resource Pool.

"Councilor Xia Duo, look—"