Chapter 3432: Kaitemier Envoy

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Starting from that meeting with Dafuni, Xia Duo used the "Context Method" to continuously trace this clue, all the way back to Dali's first contact with the Illuminati.

Unlike the expectation that the Illuminati would be "soliciting sponsorships" everywhere, Dali's contact with the Illuminati was actually initiated by Dali himself.

From the moment he learned that there existed a special type of Sea Elf known as a Land Walker, Xia Duo realized that Beilunuo could absolutely not be living in long-term seclusion at the bottom of the sea, isolated from the world, as they appeared to be.

Even if the Elves on land had little contact with them, they themselves could still go ashore to observe; this point was also corroborated in Dali's memories.

Not only Dali himself, but the official Beilunuo also frequently dispatched Land Walkers to the land to conduct research, and their research targets were not limited to the North, but also included the South.

And looking to the East, Beilunuo even had some understanding of Imaska, rather than being completely ignorant. For such a nation to repeatedly seek coastal Territory in the Northland, rather than elsewhere, clearly showed they had long-term plans.

One must know that the Main Plane does not have a unified power; even in places like the Northland that have already formed a unified Alliance, there are still many undeveloped or even ownerless lands, let alone other places.

To the south of Calimshan in the South, across the ocean, lies the Southern Continent, where ancient Elves once established a civilization. The most famous among them was, of course, Ilythiri, which once vied for the crown of the continent with Aryvandaar.

But after Aryvandaar's victory, the vast majority of the Elves in the Ilythiri camp—primarily Suri Elves, Wood Elves, and a small number of Gold Elves and Moon Elves—were banished to the Underdark.

The entire southern power was subjected to the most brutal purge. To this day, Kaitemier, which is close to the Northland Alliance, has become the southernmost Elf civilization, though in ancient times they actually belonged to the northern region.

Under these circumstances, what the Southern Continent, which was once the old lair of Ilythiri, looks like now goes without saying.

When Xia Duo previously traveled the Main Plane, he even tried to find the ruins of the former Ilythiri, but he found nothing; all that remained were vast stretches of primeval forest and some scattered Elf tribes.

Perhaps they were survivors of the war back then, but today, those Elf tribes can hardly be said to have any magical heritage; they haven't even been able to pass down their civilization or culture, appearing completely like primitive people.

Such a Southern Continent, although in an undeveloped state and requiring significant effort to develop, has the greatest advantage compared to the entire Xilu: it is ownerless.

That continent (located south of Xilu, separated by the Guangyao Hai, but connected to Xilu by land in the east, not an independent landmass) is not only ownerless, but also has no competitors.

As far as Xia Duo knows, the Southern Four Kingdoms (Kaitemier, Zhamu Dasi, Calimshan, Sannata) have fought to the death in the past, but none of them ever thought about developing the Southern Continent further south.

Even Calimshan, which is the closest and separated by only one sea, never had such a plan, and even if it had, it was never implemented.

This gave outsiders an opportunity. Beilunuo's strength is not considered weak even in the Northland; in fact, as long as they perfect their Magic system, they could leap to become a powerful nation in the Northland.

With such strength placed on the Southern Continent, they could completely perform a dimensional strike against those primitive tribes.

Even if they didn't want the land, wouldn't it be good to occupy some territory in the nearby seas over there?

Yet the result was that they didn't. Beilunuo not only failed to go to the Southern Continent to develop land, but they didn't even occupy the nearby seas, which is somewhat unjustifiable.

The only explanation is that the ocean over there has an owner. Unless one can go directly to develop the land, simply passing through the ocean might be seen as an invasion and be met with strikes.

Going directly to develop the land is somewhat difficult for Beilunuo, but not insurmountable. The real difficulty lies in the fact that not every Beilunuo Elf is a Land Walker.

Moreover, even the children of Land Walkers might not necessarily become Land Walkers. Under these circumstances, developing the land becomes a thankless task. Even if they sent Land Walkers generation after generation, would the eventually developed territory still listen to the homeland?

The Beilunuo Elves certainly don't know the history of the Bald Eagle on Earth, but the principles within it are the same.

The only difference is probably that the people of Xilu on Earth could spontaneously go to the Americas to develop, while it is difficult for Beilunuo Elves to go to the land alone. But once they gain a foothold, breaking away from the homeland is almost inevitable.

Therefore, Beilunuo has only one choice: to develop in the Northland coastal areas closest to their homeland. But the Northland already has owners. In this situation, wanting to utilize the coastal areas requires obtaining the consent of the Northland Alliance, and even Xinnaliya.

This is likely the truth behind why the Tide Queen so readily agreed to join the Northland Alliance; there really was no other choice.

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It's just that no one expected that even this only choice would still have variables. The variable is that Land Artifact carried by Dali, which can allow Sea Elves to adapt to the land environment, and as time goes on, the effect can become permanent.

This is equivalent to the entire population of Beilunuo becoming Land Walkers.

In this situation, the difficulty of directly developing the Southern Continent or other ownerless continents drops to almost zero. As long as they overcome traditional concepts—how they went from land to sea back then is just the same as going back ashore now—Beilunuo can just as easily become a land-based nation.

But once this happens, joining the Northland Alliance is no longer the only choice for Beilunuo's development.

Of course, it is impossible to go back on what has already been negotiated. At least until the Northland Alliance explicitly refuses, Beilunuo does not yet have the strength to go back on it.

It is also because of this that Xia Duo has become more determined to pull Beilunuo into the Alliance.

Besides acting as a catfish to promote the Popularize Magic among the various Northland nations, Beilunuo's entry can also allow the Northland Alliance to logically get involved in the Southern Continent.

If his guess is correct, Beilunuo might have established observation points on the Southern Continent a long time ago. Those observation points are the qualifications for entry. Even if they don't have any, it doesn't matter; he can just let them build a few before Beilunuo officially joins the Alliance.

This is a mutually beneficial matter, and Beilunuo cannot refuse.

The only ones who might have objections are the Southern Four Kingdoms, especially Calimshan and Zhamu Dasi. The former is separated from the Southern Continent by only one sea, while the latter can reach the Southern Continent by simply striking south.

In fact, Zhamu Dasi is already doing so, and Zhamu Dasi likely long ago regarded the Southern Continent as their own pocket, and the involvement of other powers might trigger their strong backlash.

But this is also a key step for the Northland Alliance to move from a regional alliance to a world alliance, and Xia Duo certainly cannot let such an opportunity slip by.