Chapter 672: Soliciting Opinions, Changing History

Consequently, the small elf nations that were still wavering immediately expressed their agreement; after all, huddling together for warmth is an instinct of intelligent beings, and the treatment for joining now versus joining later might be completely different.

Seeing this scene, Tailun finally breathed a sigh of relief; he knew the Northland Alliance was a success, and with elves, dwarves, and humans united together, even if Kemansuoer opposed it, they would be powerless.

They could only obediently compromise.

At this moment, Tailun was instead somewhat worried about Kemansuoer joining the Northland Alliance; after all, since it was an alliance, it was impossible to refuse Kemansuoer's entry.

But regardless, as long as the alliance was established, Kemansuoer's ambitions would inevitably be restricted.

Of course, even though the prototype of the alliance had already appeared, actually establishing the alliance was not an easy matter; at the very least, issues such as how to guarantee the interests of each country, how to coordinate disputes, and what the external tone should be, all had to be resolved by Eaerlann one by one.

This process would be even more difficult than persuading the various countries to agree to establish the alliance.

……

Information regarding the inside of the venue was quickly delivered to Suweilisi; Suweilisi did not hesitate and immediately abandoned all affairs on the front line, as he had to personally return to Kemansuoer to report to the Crown King.

On the other side, in Seventon, the Seven Cities Council, having received the news from Lander, also began to solicit opinions regarding the details of the Northland Alliance.

The targets of this solicitation were naturally the various Great Arcanists of the Arcane Union.

Unlike the previous decision on whether to join the alliance, which belonged to a general external strategy, as long as it was beneficial to Netheril as a whole, the Seven Cities Council—or rather, the Seven Towers—could make the decision independently.

But the specific details would involve the interests of each Great Arcanist, so this had to be negotiated within Netheril first before it could be used as a formal resolution to negotiate with the various countries of the alliance.

This was out of respect for the Great Arcanists themselves, and also out of respect for the Arcane Union's support of the Seven Cities Council.

During this period of soliciting opinions, Lucien, the Eaerlann Ambassador to Netheril, was constantly summoned by various Great Arcanists to inquire about information related to the Northland Alliance.

For a time, Seventon, and even the entirety of Netheril, stirred with all sorts of discussions regarding the Northland Alliance.

……

At the end of August, the summer heat began to recede, and the harvest season was about to arrive.

Although he had already known about the situation of the Northland Alliance through Niya beforehand, when Xia Duo saw the relevant content in the Arcane Union's monthly publication, he still felt a strange sense of unreality.

Judging from the currently known situation, this so-called Northland Alliance was very likely to be established, and even if it were to fail in the end, it would still bring about very profound influences.

However—

This was different from the "history" Xia Duo knew!

The world he was currently in was very similar to the background of the game he had played before transmigrating; Xia Duo naturally knew what the so-called "history" was like, but that "history" absolutely did not contain this so-called "Northland Alliance."

If it were some minor matters or some details, he might have forgotten them, but if there really were a major event like the "Northland Alliance," how could Xia Duo possibly have forgotten it!

However, this matter was not a bad thing; to put it mildly, the "history" Xia Duo knew did not have much effect on changing the reality of history, his own arrival here was the biggest change, and the appearance of the Northland Alliance was indeed beneficial to the development of Netheril.

To put it broadly, the appearance of events that did not conform to "history" just went to show that this magic world did not follow the so-called "historical" trajectory entirely.

Although the experience of this world was so real, Xia Duo still occasionally had the thought of whether this was some virtual game world.

Being in the world but doubting the world was not a good thing, and now that this unexpected event had occurred, it made him feel somewhat more at ease.

He believed that the influence he had caused since transmigrating was not enough to lead to the appearance of a "Northland Alliance" that had not originally existed!

Now that the Northland Alliance had appeared, it meant that even without his appearance, according to the normal historical progression, the Northland Alliance would have appeared normally.

Then, what influence would the appearance of this Northland Alliance have on him?

While pondering, Xia Duo quickly flipped through the Arcane Union's August monthly publication; in fact, there had been a special issue before this month, and Xia Duo's quick flipping was also related to that previous special issue.

"Found it!"

——"Details and Application Examples of the New Communication Spell 【Magic Net Background Communication】"

This was published in the name of Giles Tower, and there was no specific author information, which also meant that the patent for this spell was held by Giles Tower.

Xia Duo had known this for a long time, and he had already received a portion of the patent fees, so there was nothing more to say about that; what he was truly concerned about were the application examples in this article.

Flipping to the end, Xia Duo saw several simple design schemes for Communication Magic Tools, and his 【Twin Arcane Mark】 was also listed there as an auxiliary spell for 【Magic Net Background Communication】.

"Done!"

It was not until he saw this spell that Xia Duo finally breathed a sigh of relief; the spell itself was not considered rare, but its application in Communication Magic Tools was very complex and profound, which related to the upgrade plans for future Communication Magic Tools.

Xia Duo naturally hoped that the trend would be driven by himself; only with this Twin Arcane Mark spell could he better guide the trend.

Xia Duo continued reading, and a new spell appeared on it; it was precisely the communication management spell that Xia Duo had wanted to research for a long time but had never been able to find the time to do so.

If 【Magic Net Background Communication】 did not have a suitable management spell, it could very likely cause various troubles, similar to forced calls on Earth, but if there were a communication management spell, it would be much more convenient.

Similar to a mobile phone's answering interface, one could choose to accept or reject.

Xia Duo looked at it carefully and discovered that this spell could also simultaneously solve the problem of Mage Towers being defenseless against 【Magic Net Background Communication】; this article also thoughtfully provided a Mage Tower modification plan that could filter out communication requests from non-specific targets.

Of course, besides these, there was another issue that Xia Duo was more concerned about, and that was the issue of fees.

For this entire set of 【Magic Net Background Communication】 schemes, the Tower of Time needed to pay nearly 1000 Gold Coins annually to the Arcane Union for ten years; after ten years, 【Magic Net Background Communication】 would be re-evaluated to determine the patent fees for the next ten years.

Of course, the Tower of Time could choose not to pay, but the Arcane Union had plenty of ways to exert pressure; not to mention anything else, just based on the fact that the Arcane Union held the power to distribute Mithril annually, it was unlikely that any Mage Tower would refuse.

One had to pay for every Mage Tower built.

According to Xia Duo's understanding, for a normal 5th Circle Spell, if one registered a spell patent with the Arcane Union, one could earn about 50,000 Gold Coins in the first year of registration.

From the second year on, one could only earn about 10,000 annually, decreasing once every ten years.

【Magic Net Background Communication】 was considered an excellent-level spell, so the earnings would be somewhat higher.

Xia Duo did not know exactly how many Mage Towers there were in Netheril today, but it was impossible for there to be only ten; just the ones he had seen in Seventon were more than that.

Looking at it this way, even after deducting the extra benefits provided by the Arcane Union to patent registrants, the Arcane Union's earnings were higher than those of the patent registrants.

But looking at it from another angle, if the Arcane Union did not maintain this mechanism, spells would either be hidden by their creators or spread wantonly, which would be very unfavorable to the healthy development of magic.

This would eventually lead to a conservative situation similar to what Netheril had experienced for the past hundred years.

However, the conservatism of Netheril over the past hundred years was more due to the unease brought about by the theft of the Nether Scroll; now that 【Magic Net Background Communication】 had become the first registered patent in nearly a hundred years, perhaps it would become a turning point for Netheril to move toward openness once again.

Xia Duo closed the monthly publication, feeling some anticipation in his heart.