Chapter 3411: Confiscating Magic Items

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In this case, Xia Duo had greater confidence in his upcoming actions.

In fact, because of his understanding of Sea Elf Magic, he had even greater bargaining chips; originally, his only chips were the Alliance—its powerful strength and the promise of survival in the near seas.

But now, he seemed to have discovered a more useful chip, which was Magic; any promise or threat given by the Alliance could not compare to letting the Sea Elves master true power themselves.

And Xia Duo could precisely achieve this.

First, Sea Elf Magic had already begun to deviate from the path of traditional Elven Magic, becoming similar to Netheril Magic, but because of insufficient development, it had not been able to evolve into a true general Arcane Magic System.

If it had already become a general Arcane Magic System, even if the Sea Elves were more proficient in spells related to the Water Elemental Domain, and even with the special environment of the seabed, they would still be able to use spells of other domains without any hindrance.

Just like the Bloodline Magic of Calimshan in the south; Calimshan only had two elemental bloodlines, one was the Wind Element, the other was the Fire Element, but after a long period of development, it still developed into a general Arcane Magic System.

The bloodline element merely became a primer, or rather, an anchor point for Spellcasting, and would not become one's own spell tendency, which is to say——

A Calimshan Scholar with a Fire Element Bloodline could still smoothly and naturally use various spells related to the Water Elemental Domain.

And this was precisely what the current Beilunuo Elves could not do, or found very difficult to do.

But for Xia Duo, this was not difficult; when he first prepared for the trip to the seabed, he did not consider a general magic system, he only formulated a Spellcasting plan for the Water Elemental Domain for his common combat strategies.

Although this plan had great limitations, there was no doubt that this was already the prototype of a general Arcane Magic System for the Water Elemental Domain.

The reason he was able to so easily obtain the magic achievements that the Beilunuo Elves might have worked towards for countless years was likely due to the following points——

First, of course, because Netheril Magic itself is a general Arcane Magic System, and second, Xia Duo had already come into contact with I don't know how many magic systems.

There were several relatively perfect Arcane Magic Systems in the Main Plane and the Projection Plane. (Elven Magic, Calimshan's Bloodline Magic, Zhamu Dasi's Psionic Creation, Dwarf Rune Magic)

There were also a large number of ancient magic systems at different stages of development recorded in the 【Nether Scroll】, some of which were already quite perfect, and some were even still at the stage of Primitive Sorcery.

Besides this, Xia Duo had even come into contact with the Golden Dragon Magic from outside the domain; this was also a true general Arcane Magic that developed from Bloodline Magic, but its form of expression was significantly different from Calimshan's Bloodline Magic.

All of this gave him an understanding of the essence of magic that far exceeded that of others; from such a high vantage point, for the Sea Elf Magic that had already begun to develop in the direction of Netheril Magic, it was naturally not difficult to derive a general Spellcasting plan for the Water Elemental Domain.

And this, in fact, was the prototype of a general Arcane Magic System for the Water Elemental Domain; as long as there were more Spellcasting plans, containing all known magic, who could still say it was not a true general Arcane Magic System!

At the moment, Xia Duo already had the intention of using the general magic system of the Water Elemental Domain as a bargaining chip, and in the remaining voyage ahead, he devoted more energy to this.

With the assistance of the Computing Power Pool and the brain, he was continuously perfecting his general Spellcasting plan for the Water Elemental Domain, until it became a general Arcane Magic System capable of self-iteration and development.

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As Jiliu continued to advance, Xia Duo was also constantly calculating the time and the progress of perfecting Sea Elf Magic.

Of course, in this process, Xia Duo also gained a rough understanding of the basic situation within Beilunuo through Meila——

The current ruler of Beilunuo is called the 【Tide Queen】, who controls the city-state's most important Water Elemental Domain Barrier, and is also a powerful High Mage.

The other five High Mages placed in the open are all consultants to the Tide Queen, and they jointly rule this city-state of Beilunuo.

The Tide Queen's attitude toward the Land Elves is still friendly, and she is also considered by Meila to be the least likely to collude with the Illuminati; as for the reason, although Meila did not say it explicitly, there were quite a few hints.

Just as Xinnaliya received help from Beilunuo when it first established itself in the Moonshadow Archipelago, Beilunuo has also been receiving help from Yongju Island in its early days and even now while surviving in this sea area.

In fact, many Beilunuo Elves would go to Yongju Island for advanced studies in magic or even to settle down, and the Tide Queen would definitely go to Yongju Island for advanced studies, mastering the power of the tide through a certain ritual, which is also a necessary condition to become Queen.

Already the supreme ruler, then what reason is there to destroy one's own rule?

But the Tide Queen's consultants are different; in recent years, due to abnormal climate in the Northland, grain production in Ilfalan has decreased, so grain trade with Xinnaliya and Beilunuo has been reduced.

And Xinnaliya itself is also relatively short of supplies, and being affected by this, it will also reduce grain trade with Beilunuo; in this way, Beilunuo is equivalent to suffering a double blow.

According to Meila, the Tide Queen's consultants have expressed dissatisfaction to her face more than once, and even threatened to sever ties with the land.

Beilunuo's grain indeed cannot guarantee that everyone is full, but it is not difficult to barely survive; after all, being located at the intersection of multiple ocean currents, fish resources are not scarce, it is just that it cannot be guaranteed that they are available at all times.

So it is also necessary to raise fish and seaweed on the seabed plains; this part is not consumed directly as the main ration, but is used more to regulate the proportion of food obtained from the ocean currents.

Beilunuo trading grain from Xinnaliya and Ilfalan is basically for the same purpose; after all, no one would hand over the key supplies that determine their own life and death to others to control.

Once ties with the land are severed, Beilunuo will indeed suffer heavy losses, and many Beilunuo Elves will likely face disaster because they cannot adapt to a life of food shortages, but on the whole, it will definitely not reach the level of famine or extinction.

But on the other hand, the trade between Xinnaliya, Ilfalan, and Beilunuo is by no means charity; they can obtain many special resources from the ocean trade that are rare or even non-existent on land.

This can probably also be called the land's dependence on the ocean.

So from the perspective of Xinnaliya, the Tide Queen's consultants clamoring to sever relations can largely be considered a threat, and a threat that Xinnaliya is very likely to compromise on.

After all, in the trade between the two sides, Xinnaliya actually cannot occupy much initiative; what they have, Ilfalan also has, and even more and better.

For Ilfalan, it is the same; the resources they hold are not unique, whereas Beilunuo is the only one among all parties in the trade that holds ocean resources.

In this situation, to say that Xinnaliya and Ilfalan have absolutely no dissatisfaction with Beilunuo is also impossible.