Arcane Lord

The first person to respond to Shado's invitation was Vader, followed by several councilors from the three sides of Sweetwater, and then Jenna.

Although Shado and Jaina met earlier and formed a cooperative relationship earlier, as Jaina paid more and more attention to the monetary order of Netheril, Shado understood that the two parties would eventually drift apart in the future.

To put it simply, Jenna wants to use the currency order of Netheril to ascend to the gods. This matter has nothing to do with Shado. The two parties can even continue to cooperate, just like Shado was willing to implement the clear water gold coin in the Great Xia Territory. .

At that time, Sha Duo believed that Jenna, like him, only regarded the Ascension Order as a retreat for subsequent advancement, not the first choice, and he himself had no conflict with the Ascension Order that Jenna chose.

But later on, Jenna paid more and more attention to the order of divine ascension, which meant that the other party was very likely to become a conservative god of order in the future. This was naturally not the same path as Sha Duo, whom mortals recognized.

Secondly, Xia Duo's research in the field of power of order is very likely to establish a legal system similar to that of the Eastern world in the future, that is, a power of order spell system based on the order of Daxia.

In this system, currency is of course the top priority, because it will issue credit currency that combines the power of order. Where will the Mingshui gold coin be then?

If Jenna also builds credit currency, she will be a competitor. If she wants to destroy the credit currency of Daxia Territory, she will be an enemy.

And no matter what the choice is, it will affect the order of Jenna's ascension to the gods. In this case, the two parties will no longer be allies.

Unless Jenna gives up her current choice of the order of divine ascension, in that case, not only will the two sides not be hostile, but they may also be able to cooperate further.

Xia Duo still has great expectations for the advancement of the pure arcane path, so he will not choose to advance through the method of ascending to the gods. However, others may not think so, and may regard the path of ascending to the gods as the only option. .

So much so that Xia Duo didn't even dare to conduct experiments on ascension to gods, for fear of causing misjudgment by others, which would trigger a series of competitions for ascension to gods.

Since the last master's ascension ceremony in Yerevan failed, Netheril's ascension plan, which had gradually become more popular, has temporarily eased.

It’s not just that the ritual will be successful. Master Yerevan chose to ascend to the gods in order to solve the climate abnormality. The princess only reached out to help after the failure.

Even if the Grand Arcanist of the Seven Towers fails to ascend to the gods, the princess may not be willing to help.

This means that if you succeed or die, unless you reach the end of your life, who would have the decision to bet on life and death in your prime years!

But not performing the ceremony for the time being does not mean that we will not make relevant preparations now, or it should be said that just because the ceremony is not performed for the time being, we must always be prepared.

It can be said that in the current situation, the slightest rumor may trigger a chain reaction. The competition for ascension that Sha Duo mentioned is of course not just the competition among the great arcanists to perform the ascension ceremony, but also the competition for the road to ascension, and even because of A little guesswork leads to reckless use of weapons.

But the God Ascension Ceremony is a conspiracy. Unless a pure arcane path can be found to advance, the conspiracy will always be effective. No matter how many people refute rumors or even threaten, it is impossible to dispel everyone’s idea of ​​God Ascension. .

So what Xia Duo can do now is to prevent Mars from happening to him. He may still be able to reconcile it with other people, but if it were with him, he would be unable to argue.

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In the reception room, Shado was thinking about the changes in the domestic situation in Netheril after the establishment of the new covenant. Just thinking about it made him more suspicious of the discovery process of the mithril mine.

The mithril mine itself is indeed profitable, but the timing of its emergence is wrong.

Although there is still no evidence that demons are involved, Sha Duo has now determined that this is the conspiracy of demons, not just because it is more in the interest of all the countries in the North to attribute this matter to demons.

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After a moment, Vader arrived, and Shado stood up to greet him. After they sat down, they both spoke almost in unison, "What do you think of this mithril mine incident?"

Neither of them likes to beat around the bush, and since the parliamentarian meeting is about to take place at the moment, there is no time for them to beat around the bush, so both of them go straight to the point.

But the answer is that there is always a sequence. As the master, Xia Duo first expressed his opinion. Of course, this matter was actually the devil's conspiracy.

"What evidence does Lord Xia Duo have that there is a demon element in this matter?"

"There is no evidence, but this matter itself does not require evidence, just mental evidence. What do you think, Mr. Wade?"

"When I first came here, I was still thinking that Lord Xia Duo might be looking for me to talk about domestic distribution issues or external decisions. Unexpectedly, he mentioned demon descendants. This is indeed an oversight on my part. But with such huge interests at hand, I'm afraid there is no evidence. Can’t we use it as an argument?”

Xia Duo could understand what Vader meant. Everyone wanted to get the maximum benefit for themselves, but if the prerequisite for getting the benefit was the civil war in the North, then the gain would outweigh the loss.

Even if we don't mention the threat of demons and the crisis of dragon madness, it is better for the countries in the North to develop peacefully than to ruin the good situation overnight because of a big fight over a mithril mine.

"So Lord Vader thinks that you would rather fight a war with other countries to get the best interests of the mithril mine?" Sha Duo asked rhetorically.

Regarding this question, Wade answered very calmly, "Why not? In this world, power is the truth. We deserve the biggest share if we win, and we can get our share even if we lose." share."

"But the world is not just about Netheril and other countries. If that's true, then Netheril is absolutely weak. Are you willing to be dominated by the strong?" Shado asked again.

He knew Vader well, but even those who believed that the strong could dominate everything did not necessarily think that they had to be dominated by the strong even when they were weak. That was why the world needed order, fairness and justice.

You may be strong today, but you may not be weak tomorrow; you may be strong in one area, but in another place, you may not be strong.

Strength is relative, and no one can guarantee that he or she will always have the upper hand, so order is needed to ensure the basic rights of those at the disadvantage.

The strong will not bully the weak, and the weak will not yield to the powerful. This is the order in Xia Duo's ideal.

For Vader, what he calls is his own, which does not conform to Sha Duo's three views. However, Sha Duo does not need and cannot completely convince Vader to change his three views now.

What he can do is to explain the benefits of order to the other party from the perspective of longer-term interests, introduce his own distribution plan, and persuade others to support him.

This not only supports Netheril's decision in this Mithril incident, but also supports the principle of distributing this part of the benefits within Netheril in the future.