Arcane Lord

Not long after Lord Doraisin left the Elf Embassy, ​​in another secret place, the Grand Arcanist of the Seven Towers gathered together and began to discuss some arrangements for the Snow Melting Competition.

The Melting Snow Competition was originally just a teaching arcane competition created by Ellan's Elf mages to instruct Nese mages. Later, the Nese people discovered the [Nese Scroll] and then abandoned elven magic.

Regardless of whether it was because of Qi or other reasons, the subsequent snow-melting competition gradually lost its original flavor, until it developed into a gaming field for the two countries to resolve various disputes.

The biggest conflict between Netheril and Yelven is not the rise and suppression of new forces, but the trade dispute. As Netheril's largest trade exporter, Yelven has been selling goods from Netheril for hundreds of years. Countless metal ore and rough jewelry stones were obtained.

It is then converted into finished products and sold back to Netheril, which also includes magic items, works of art, and even high value-added products such as spices and wine.

The unit price of the goods is nothing. What the snow melting competition competes for is the share of trade and the amount of trade tax.

Erlan hopes to increase imports and exports, but at the same time reduce tax rates, while Netheril not only wants to reduce the import and export of some specific commodities, but also increases tax rates.

The Netherese prefer to shift some of their trade to the dwarves rather than the elves. After all, the dwarves live in the mountains and underground and have no natural territorial competition with humans.

On the other hand, dwarves also need human food, while elves do not.

In recent years, the Netherese people have lost less and won more in the snowmelt competition, and have transferred a lot of import and export shares to the dwarves in the northwest. The dwarves have even become the largest source of high-grade mithril in Netheril.

The ever-increasing trade taxes on elven products also made Elland very dissatisfied. However, based on the historical relationship between the two countries, in the end it only increased participation in the snowmelt competition and did not launch any substantive threats.

But now that Cormanso is involved, no one can predict how far the situation will develop.

The great arcane masters of the Seven Towers meet frequently after the New Year's meeting of the Severnton Council. In a sense, they represent the entire Netheril. Although they may have ideological disputes with each other, when facing the elves, They will still put aside the controversy.

Today's meeting was mainly about discussing the format of the competition. No one expected that the snowmelting competition would be held in less than two months, and the format of the competition has not been discussed yet.

The previous arcane competition with Ye Erlan was extended from the guided practice hundreds of years ago, but now it is more intense than in the past. In addition to the limited venue and limited use of foreign objects, it can almost be regarded as a one-on-one actual battle.

And with the addition of Cormanso, will there be a three-party melee?

Or there may be repeated battles, but Cormanso has clearly rejected repeated battles, and Yeerlan is also tired of the past competition format. If they use this format again, they will still lose more and win less, unable to change the status quo.

Therefore, the elves strongly requested to change the competition system, three to two, which the Netherese people could not refuse. In addition to the traditional spell duel, two new competitions would be added, proposed by Netheril and Cormanthor respectively.

The elves' plan has not yet come out, but the great arcane masters of the Seven Towers are almost certain that it must be biased towards the elf mages.

Although the other party seemed to be fair in asking the Nese people to propose a new competition, since it was an arcane competition and magic was involved, the Nese mages did not have an absolute advantage.

In addition to the old project that has been honed for hundreds of years - spell duel, if you switch to other projects, you may not necessarily be able to compete with the elf mage.

Therefore, the discussion among the Grand Arcanists is no longer about designing how to conduct magical confrontations more skillfully, but about designing a game that is more advantageous to humans.

But after much discussion, the great arcanists discovered with some disappointment that even in the traditional event of spell duel, the Nese people might still have a certain advantage against Erlan, who had been fighting for hundreds of years, but against Cormanthor. Not necessarily, let alone new projects.

So, what form of competition is more beneficial to human mages?

Just when everyone was deep in thought, Princess Shia suddenly said: "As for the spell showdown with Cormanthor, you don't have to worry too much. I have an elf mage from Cormanthor there, and I will let him give the arcane spells for the competition. The teacher provides guidance and practice to become familiar with Master Cormanso’s spell-casting habits.”

The elf mage that Princess Shia mentioned is actually the Fenowei Tower brought back from the Tower of Time.

The Stardew family experienced disaster and quickly fell under the princess's command after being exiled to Severton. The patriarch Orlando only wanted the continuation of the family and didn't care about serving humanity at all.

To show his loyalty, he even took a human wife.

As for Fenowita, although he is not used to human life, he is still obedient under the suppression of his elder brother.

For the princess, the Stardew family's surrender did not lie in the acquisition of several elf mages, but in the judgment of the domestic situation in Cormanthor and a set of elf magic inheritance that was enough to advance to a high mage.

This was something that Ye Erlan could not provide in the past. The elves were unwilling to open up the supreme inheritance, which was also an important reason why the Nese people abandoned elf magic. Of course, the main reason was the discovery of the [Nese Scroll].

The princess's sudden voice also reminded the other representatives of the Seven Towers that an elf family was exiled to Severton last year, but now they know that the elf family is from Cormanthor.

When the princess said the name of the Stardew Family, the other representatives of the Seven Towers showed surprise expressions, but then frowned, "The Stardew Family of Cormanthor was destroyed overnight, and the survivors turned to Nai. Seriel? Is there any conspiracy in this? "

"I already understand the details here. Regardless of whether there is a conspiracy behind it, there is nothing wrong with the Stardew family itself. In addition, a set of supreme inheritance cannot be fake!"

"Supreme inheritance?!"

The great arcanists suddenly forgot about the new arcane competition items that were supposed to be discussed, and turned the topic to the supreme inheritance. One great arcanist immediately said:

"Those long ears have been hiding the supreme inheritance. Your Highness, Princess, are you sure that is the supreme inheritance? I once traveled to the elven kingdoms when I was young, and I know a lot about elven magic. Do you want me to take a look? ?”

"Just you?" Another great arcanist immediately retorted, "Who here has not studied elf magic, but if you want to know the most about it, it should be me, Morien Tower. Your Royal Highness, please show me the supreme inheritance. I will make the most professional judgment!”

Soon, other great arcanists also spoke, asking to see the Supreme Heritage. Princess Shia did not refuse, "I have left the Supreme Heritage at Giles Tower. If you want to see it, go and see it yourself!"

Although there is competition among the Seven Towers, there is also cooperation. They are collectively referred to as the "Seven Towers Group" to the outside world. It is common for personnel to interact with each other and even transfer to each other.

For example, Byron, the current Grand Arcanist of Giles Tower, was originally from Gustav Tower.

As for why the supreme inheritance is not placed in the Arcane Federation, it is naturally because the composition of the Arcane Federation is more complex, and because we do not want to touch the sensitive nerves of the elves, we can study it privately, and it is best not to make it public.