Chapter 3410: Revisiting Old Matters

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Hearing from Meila now that the Sea Elves have actually abandoned Magic Net Affinity and instead turned to Netheril Magic, which involves actively twisting the Magic Net to cast spells, is undoubtedly a form of progress in Xia Duo's view.

As for why the Sea Elves would make such a choice, the reason is actually not hard to guess; it is simply that the traditional Elven Magic cultivation cycle is too long to adapt to the harsh environment of the seabed.

Come to think of it, these Sea Elves are actually somewhat similar to the Drow; the difference is only that the Drow were banished to the Underdark as the defeated, while the Sea Elves were an attempt actively made by ancient Elven pioneers to defeat dragons.

Therefore, in the early days, the Sea Elves and Land Elves still maintained quite close ties, but since they had already diverged into two races, the differences between them and the Land Elves were far greater than those between Gold Elves and Wood Elves.

Although they are still called "Aru'tai'queser" in Elvish, belonging to the "Tai'queser" clan, similar to the Gold Elves' "Aer'tai'queser" in Elvish.

But as time passed and ancient legends faded, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the current Sea Elves and Land Elves are two completely different races.

Under these circumstances, how would the Sea Elves view the Alliance's investigation?

Do they think their own people provoked land creatures and brought about disaster? Or do they think land creatures are ambitious and are trying to invade the ocean domain using fabricated excuses?

Or perhaps the Sea Elves have long since become a hidden base for the Illuminati, and are now ready with traps, just waiting for the ignorant Alliance Envoy to come and die?

Thinking of this, Xia Duo seized the time to ask Meila for more details about Sea Elf Magic, as well as their primary combat methods.

Regarding this, Meila did not hide anything for her former allies; after all, since Xinnaliya had already chosen to join the Alliance and integrate into the continent, it was impossible to please both sides, and they inevitably had to choose a side to stand with.

"Consultant Xia Duo, regarding Sea Elf Magic, the root actually still lies in the traditional Arcane Magic System of the Land Elves, it is just that the Sea Elves have made certain adjustments to the spellcasting method. As for combat methods——"

Speaking of this, Meila paused, glanced at the dark exterior projected inside the cabin, and then continued: "The Sea Elves have lived on the seabed for years and have almost no natural enemies, so their combat methods are closer to primitive."

"The vast majority of their means of dealing with enemies are in the Water Elemental Domain, which is also the domain they are most proficient in. Seawater is to them what air is to us land creatures."

"Therefore, although there is no disadvantage in the Magic Net environment for underwater combat, the natural environment will still impose restrictions on various spells that would otherwise have performed well on land."

"I see!" Xia Duo nodded earnestly.

He was preparing for the possibility of a direct conflict with the Sea Elves, and he had indeed envisioned many possibilities, including the impact of the natural environment (the seabed) on combat.

Underwater combat and normal combat on the Surface are absolutely not the same thing.

But all changes stem from the same source; just as Meila said, even if there are significant differences between the natural environment of the seabed and that of the land, the Magic Net environment has not changed much. Not every place is like the Underdark, which is almost like an Other Plane.

And the biggest difference between the seabed and the land, which Xia Duo has also considered, should be the ubiquitous water elements, as well as the invisible support for spells related to the Water Elemental Domain and the invisible Suppression of spells not related to the Water Elemental Domain.

Spells related to the Water Elemental Domain are not just spells directly associated with water elements; it is more reflected at the level of Spell Elements. Some spells might look like they have nothing to do with water elements on the surface, but because the Spell Elements are involved, they will still be affected.

If it were a Spellcaster who did not have a full understanding of the Principles of spells and the essence of the Magic Net, they might use spells that would be naturally suppressed by the environment without even realizing it when fighting against a Sea Elf Mage.

This, of course, could pave the way for failure.

Naturally, for Sea Elf Mages, they will instinctively choose the spells most suitable for the environment, meaning they will have a natural tendency in the choice of Spell Elements.

The Sea Elves have likely been Sea Elves for tens of thousands of years, which is also where Xia Duo questions the Xinnaliya side's belief that the Sea Elves only have one city.

Being able to survive for tens of thousands of years, there is no way they would only have one city.

But Xinnaliya truly has no reason to deceive the Alliance. Xia Duo tentatively assumes that the Sea Elves of Beilunuo are just one branch passed down from ancient times, and perhaps there are other Sea Elves scattered in the Endless Sea or other sea areas.

And since the Sea Elves of Beilunuo cannot even be self-sufficient in their own food and need to supplement it from the outside, one can imagine the situation regarding magic.

At least in the field of agriculture, the Sea Elves are far inferior to their land relatives.

From this point, Xia Duo can also roughly guess the current situation of the Sea Elves; it might not be that the Sea Elves do not want to develop agriculture, but rather the natural limitations of the environment.

Previously, Xia Duo had already negotiated several collaborations in the field of agriculture with Feilifa of Yierlan, and he is no stranger to the Application of Elven Magic in the field of agriculture.

The vast majority of spells related to agriculture, although they also contain Spell Elements related to water elements, have no shortage of Spell Elements from other domains, and those outside of water elements are in a state of natural Suppression in the underwater world.

Under these circumstances, it is naturally harder for Sea Elves to develop agriculture than it is for Land Elves.

If such a key field as agriculture, which concerns the survival of a race, is like this, then in a situation with almost no natural enemies, what would the field of combat develop into?

It must be as Xia Duo speculated and Meila mentioned: all spells are developed as much as possible toward the Water Elemental Domain. If given enough population and time, it might be possible to develop it into a comprehensive and thorough Arcane Magic System, like the Bloodline Magic of Calimshan in the south.

But unfortunately——

The time Beilunuo has existed might not be a problem, but population is a big problem. Perhaps they have enough to maintain the inheritance of magic, but wanting to make progress, or even develop a brand-new magic system.

I am afraid it is not something that a mere few hundred thousand Beilunuo Elves, struggling on the poverty line and extremely lacking in resources, can achieve.

Furthermore, the seabed is not very suitable for conducting general magic experiments. The special environment makes it so that Sea Elf Mages must pay a much higher price than their land relatives to conduct the same magic research.

This can also be seen from the various details of Sea Elf Magic provided by Meila; there is indeed a trend toward a general Arcane Magic System, and Xia Duo has seen the attempts of the Sea Elf Mages.

But unfortunately, those attempts, in his view, are still at a Primary stage and can still be seen as spinning within the confines of traditional Elven Magic.