Chapter 3082: The Decision of Evereska

Precisely because he knew the special status of Psionic Magic Artifacts in Zhamu Dasi, Xia Duo understood just how great an attraction a potential artifact held for those Psionic Mages.

And as for the Alliance Public Computing Pool, even before its formal construction began, Xia Duo was very clear that it could be used to forge Psionic Magic Artifacts, perhaps even the strongest Psionic Magic Artifact in history!

He had originally thought about researching it privately; of course, he did not necessarily want to forge an artifact—after all, sacrificing a Psionic Master was quite troublesome—his main goal was to prevent the Psionic Mages from the south from setting their sights on the Computing Pool.

It was just that he had not expected the Psionic Mages from the south to arrive so quickly!

Perhaps it had all started from the day he requested Evereska to provide Psionic Mages to cooperate with his research!

"So, what exactly does Evereska want to do? Knowing full well that Zhamu Dasi covets the Alliance Computing Pool, why allow Kalishi to establish a Psionic Magic Society?"

Even if Kalishi wanted to defect now, there was no necessary connection to allowing the other party to establish a magic society; there must be other reasons for this, and this reason might bring huge benefits to Evereska, which was why they could not let it go.

So, why on earth is it?

Facing Xia Duo's questioning, Laruian was not flustered, but instead asked Xia Duo a question in return, "Does Consultant Xia Duo think poorly of Psionic Magic? Is it completely incompatible with the mainstream Arcane Magic of the Northland?"

Once Laruian said this, Xia Duo reacted instantly and blurted out: "You want to officially introduce Psionic Magic into Evereska? Establishing the Psionic Magic Society is laying the groundwork? This is simply heretical!"

"It is truly rare to hear a description like 'heretical' from the mouth of Consultant Xia Duo; is the current Evereska not already heretical enough? Oh, right, perhaps there is now an Ailan that is even more radical than Evereska," Laruian responded without yielding.

In fact, the reason Evereska did this was because the Northland Alliance had built its Headquarters here; if not for the Northland Alliance, Evereska could have developed slowly according to its own wishes.

But now, Evereska was playing almost all its cards face-up; how could it develop and overtake other nations under the watchful eyes of everyone?

If they did not want to always act according to others' whims and could not even fully control their own Mythallar Permission, they had to loosen their steps, liberate their thinking, and seek more and greater variables; only then would it be possible to overtake other nations.

Only in this way could they be truly independent.

Previously, introducing Netheril Magic was for this purpose, and now introducing Psionic Magic was still for this purpose; although doing so might not necessarily lead to overtaking other nations, this was the process of accumulation.

Only through constant accumulation could there be a possibility of a qualitative change in the future; if they did nothing, then the future of Evereska could be seen at a glance—it would be nothing more than being completely assimilated by the Northland Alliance, with the entire country becoming the location of the Northland Alliance Headquarters.

Of course, it was not to say that returning to the past would make Evereska's situation any better; without the protection of the Alliance order, if they were truly invaded by Yierlan, they would have no ability to resist at all.

Therefore, for the current era, for Evereska, it was both the worst of times—the Alliance Headquarters moving in, the loss of Mythallar Permission—and the best of times—all kinds of brand-new possibilities for development arriving one after another.

Only by seizing every opportunity that could be seized was it possible to achieve something in this new era, which seemed strange yet fascinating to those in power who had walked out of the old era.

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Laruian's flat rebuttal made Xia Duo calm down; he indeed did not like Psionic Magic much, feeling that this kind of magic went against common sense.

But for the mages of the current world, Psionic Magic was more just a difference in the choice of path, and there was no denial in terms of concepts or cognition.

And now, for Xia Duo, since Psionic Magic truly existed, it was inevitable that he could not avoid everything related to it; this did not mean he had to immediately accept Psionic Magic, but rather that he had to face the existence of Psionic Magic squarely.

Furthermore, whatever magic Evereska chose to introduce was Evereska's own business, and as an outsider, he had absolutely no right to interfere.

Moreover, for Evereska, introducing Psionic Magic might truly produce some wonderful effects; as the place where the various nations of the Northland communicated most frequently, it should allow for the existence of all kinds of different things and viewpoints.

Otherwise, communication would lose its meaning.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo immediately apologized for his biased remarks just now, and then continued:

"Evereska introducing Psionic Magic is indeed a good idea, but for a magic system—especially a special magic system like Psionic Magic—the conditions required for stable inheritance are not easy to achieve!"

"It is indeed not easy; while Kalishi, as a Psionic Master, can certainly perform the Psionic Enlightenment ceremony for Apprentices with psionic talent, the total number cannot be too high, otherwise it could lead to the collapse of his own Mental Image World and the consequence of Psionic Loss of Control."

Generally speaking, if mages in the Northland wanted to switch to Psionic Magic, they could only go to Zhamu Dasi in the south to receive an Artifact Baptism, but the price was—unless one became a Master, one could never escape the influence of the artifact.

If there were only Psionic Masters, it would indeed be difficult to shoulder the role of inheritance, and because of this, Xia Duo immediately understood the little scheme of Laruian, or rather, the upper echelons of Evereska:

"So you have also set your sights on a Psionic Magic Artifact? You have set your sights on the Computing Pool?"

Xia Duo even suspected whether Kalishi's so-called "defection" was real; could it be that Evereska had reached some agreement with Zhamu Dasi in private?

Xia Duo could not be sure about Kalishi, but he was relatively confident about whether Evereska would betray the Northland Alliance; with the Alliance order growing stronger by the day, how could they be so short-sighted as to betray it!

"Speak, what exactly do you want to do?"

"Consultant Xia Duo, do not misunderstand; the Computing Pool is, after all, the Alliance's Computing Pool, how could we harbor any private schemes! Even if we really wanted to use the Computing Pool to forge an artifact, it would have to be done within the Alliance framework."

Laruian stated his position without hesitation, then explained further: "All we seek is—if one day the Alliance has a Psionic Artifact, let Kalishi become the temporary custodian of the artifact; after all, he might be the only Psionic Master in the entire Northland."

"Wait, as far as I know, forging a Psionic Artifact requires sacrificing at least one Psionic Master; since you say this, you certainly don't want Kalishi to sacrifice himself, so where is this artifact going to come from? Are you waiting for the Psionic Mages from the south to use the Computing Pool to forge an artifact first, and then we seize it?"

Not to mention the feasibility of this approach, even if it were done successfully and the artifact were then handed over to Kalishi for safekeeping, wouldn't that mean the Alliance provided the people and the effort just to work for Evereska?

Not to mention, whether this could even be done was still an unknown!

Xia Duo immediately expressed his lack of optimism.