Chapter 3417: Planting Trees for Future Generations

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If Xia Duo had initially intended to use force to conduct a thorough investigation, he abandoned that idea after gaining a sufficient understanding of Beilunuo.

It was not that Beilunuo's strength had intimidated him; in reality, Beilunuo was not that powerful, and the hundreds of thousands of Spellcasters were more of a hollow facade.

It was just like the difference between the hundreds of thousands of troops of a military power on Earth and the hundreds of thousands of troops of a small country in Africa; they were two completely different things.

Beilunuo had abandoned traditional Elf Magic, but the new Magic system had not yet fully matured; otherwise, it would be impossible for hundreds of thousands of Spellcasters to have only six High Mages.

And the Northland Alliance did not just have an advantage in the number of High Mages, but also had the advantage of more perfected War Spells and war experience.

For a non-native underwater race that had struggled in the deep sea for tens of thousands of years, being able to survive was already a kind of luck; wanting to catch up in every aspect to distant relatives who had developed comfortably on land for tens of thousands of years was not realistic.

(The wars on the Surface could also be considered comfortable compared to the underwater environment that the Sea Elf could not fully adapt to.)

Therefore, if he really wanted to exert pressure, Xia Duo was confident he could defeat Beilunuo, not to mention that Beilunuo had a very fatal weakness, which was their Water Elemental Domain Barrier.

While adult Sea Elf could live underwater, most Beilunuo Elf lived in the Water Elemental Domain for long periods, so whether they could still adapt to the deep-sea environment was a question.

Not to mention that infants and young children absolutely could not withstand the deep-sea environment; once there was a problem with the Water Elemental Domain Barrier, they would undoubtedly die.

In the end, the Sea Elf were not a native underwater race, but a new race created after ancient Elf were modified by Magic, though after tens of thousands of years of evolution, they had gradually become "native."

But ultimately, they had not evolved to the point of being a truly native underwater race.

After all, Xia Duo had never heard of any native underwater race that could not use the underwater environment during infancy; the Sea Elf were likely the only one.

Out of consideration for the new post-war order in the Northland, Xia Duo decided to have an open and honest talk with the other party; whether they could reach an agreement was another matter, but if he did not even talk, that would be too arrogant and arbitrary.

If Beilunuo were completely worthless and had no influence on the new post-war order of the Northland, then in the current emergency, being a little arrogant or arbitrary would be nothing; there was even the concept of "emergency avoidance" in law!

But Beilunuo was not worthless; on the contrary, they were quite valuable, so that was a different matter entirely.

Of course, even with the idea of having an open and honest talk, Xia Duo was still prepared for Beilunuo to lean completely toward the Illuminati.

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Emerging from the Airport, Xia Duo saw living Sea Elf with his own eyes for the first time; they almost completely retained the form of Goblin, the only differences being the gill-like breathing slits on both sides of their necks and the web-like transparent membranes between their fingers.

Of course, this was just what Xia Duo observed with the naked eye; for an Elf who originally lived on land to become physically adapted to the ocean, it could never be as simple as just the breathing slits on the sides of the neck and the transparent membranes between the fingers.

The physique of the Sea Elf was also generally stronger and taller than that of the Goblin; there were sixteen Sea Elf guards receiving Xia Duo's party, and on the way to Guangyao Tower, one could also see Sea Elf moving through the city.

But not one of them was shorter than two meters, and there were no exceptionally thin individuals to be seen.

However, thinking about it, it was quite reasonable; if their bodies were not strong enough, how could they adapt to the deep-sea environment after reaching adulthood?

It was not that one could completely avoid the normal deep-sea environment outside just because one had the Water Elemental Domain; except for infants and young children, other Sea Elf would leave the Water Elemental Domain at least once, which was the so-called adult trial.

All Sea Elf who could not use the deep-sea environment died, and those who remained were the ones who could adapt; thus, after tens of thousands of years of evolution, basically every Sea Elf could adapt to the deep-sea environment after reaching adulthood.

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"Ms. Meila, are the weapons in the hands of these Sea Elf guards the so-called water-traveling Magic Artifacts?"

The Water Elemental Domain was similar to the Mythallar of the Goblin, but it was not adept at restricting Spellcasting, and might not even have that function at all; at least, Xia Duo's private Sending to Meila did not encounter any obstruction or warning.

The weapons he mentioned were the tridents held by the Sea Elf guards; these Sea Elf did not need to slide their arms like swimming when moving, nor did they "fly" naturally through Element Harmonization Spells like Xia Duo and the other Mages.

Actually, within the Water Elemental Domain, Sea Elf could "fly" naturally, but the movement method used by these Sea Elf guards was not that.

The tridents in their hands would continuously emit a peculiar power of vibration, causing an forward-surging undercurrent to appear around the holder.

In reality, it was these undercurrents that were pushing the Sea Elf guards to move forward rapidly, somewhat similar to how Land Mages would create wind to blow ship sails when sailing, pushing the ship forward.

Could this be the so-called "Tide Power"?

But to Xia Duo, those trident weapons, apart from being able to emit the power of vibration, did not seem to have anything special about them; at least, they were not the Magic weapons he had initially thought they were.

"Those are indeed water-traveling Magic Artifacts blessed by the Tide Queen. In the past, we also tried to trade for these special Magic Artifacts from them, but they never agreed."

Meila's answer made Xia Duo even more confused, so he asked again: "The Tide Queen's blessing? Is it a type of Magic?"

"It should be! Our understanding of Beilunuo is actually quite limited, but what is certain is that the tridents used by these guards are all manufactured in Xinnaliya. We did not attach any water-traveling Spells to those tridents when we manufactured them."

"Those tridents were manufactured by you?"

"Yes, there are even markings left by Xinnaliya craftsmen at the end of the trident handles representing the manufacturer's identity; I am very sure of this. Moreover, Beilunuo does not master smelting technology; the metal objects they use basically all come from the land."

"I see!"

Although Meila answered as best she could, she could not explain what the Tide Queen's blessing was; as for the Tide Power, it had already been explained on the way here—it was a special power that could only be obtained through rituals.

Only by obtaining the Tide Power was one qualified to become the Queen.

The Tide Power had many uses; besides the Water Elemental Domain Barrier and the trident-shaped water-traveling Magic Artifacts already seen, it could also be used for combat.

The Tide Power was related to water; in places with water, it was almost the natural master, and even if one could perform Water Element Harmonization, one could not avoid the damage caused by the environment itself.

The Tide Queen was not just a simple title, but had concrete, practical significance.