This time, the new round was not in the previous grand hall, but in a garden courtyard, where a kind-looking elf elder was introducing guests to Xia Duo——
A high mage from the Kingdom of Lys.
Of course, this person also has another identity, that is, he is the former foreign affairs advisor of King Rismian. This time he came to the Kingdom of Tar as the special envoy of King Mian at the invitation of the Great Elder of the Elf Court.
As soon as Chateau sensed the surrounding environment, he figured out the situation in front of him. The former foreign affairs consultant from a neighboring country visited the Elf Court not entirely to respond to the elder's invitation, but more importantly to find out what King Talmian was thinking.
, that is, my own thoughts.
Soon, the introduction between the two parties was completed, but Xia Duo found that time in this garden seemed to have stopped. Except for him, the other elves were motionless.
"Thinking time?"
Xia Duo was thoughtful, but only a moment had passed since he issued the order. He was very clear about his thoughts at that time. After thinking about it for a while, he said to the special envoy of King Lisi Mian:
"Thar and Lys have a long-standing relationship. Now the Tai'Quesser clan is facing tests from many aspects, whether it is the increasingly complex situation in the North or the drow army that may rush out of the ground at any time to start another killing feast.
"Or maybe the gradually declining magical civilization urges us to unite and deal with future challenges as a closer whole.
"Now that Taal is on the right path, why not the Kingdom of Lys follow the trend of history and build a better future together?"
After a pause, Shado added: "As for the interests of the families in the Kingdom of Lis, I guarantee in the name of the Akrama family that they will be continued in the new kingdom."
After speaking, he discovered that this meeting was almost a round of speaking. He needed to take the initiative to end the round before the deduction would continue and there would be a new round.
After the round, the Lis envoy spoke, with a deep tone and a firm attitude, "King Akarama, I believe everything you said is true, but Lis has inherent tradition, please allow us to refuse, this is not only
The will of our king is also the will of most of us Lys elves."
At this, Xia Duo smiled slightly. He had long known that the Kingdom of Lis in the trial corresponded to the Kingdom of Akora outside.
Akora in the projection plane rejected the invitations from Jelenstar and other forces, not wanting to be part of the emerging Cormanthor.
In the main plane, thousands of years later, in the era that Shado lived in, Akora had already sealed the Listal Forest (the northwest part after the destruction of Uwelon) with a mysterious lock, denying the entry of any outsiders (elves).
So in this trial, there will definitely be some performance in this regard, but the fact that the Lis envoy expressed his rejection so firmly and directly made Xia Duo a little surprised.
He thought the other party would say some cool words!
After thinking for a while, Shado said: "Although the integration of political entities cannot be implemented for the time being, we can still have many common topics in terms of dealing with the Starr Forest, fighting against drow, and civilian exchanges.
"Now that I have stopped the development of the Tatar people in the northwest direction, I intend to establish several trading cities on the border between the two countries. The resources of both sides will be complementary and win-win. What do you think?"
This proposal is actually difficult for the Kingdom of Lis to refuse. Whether it is Akora in the projection plane or Akora in the main plane, their largest territory is only a small part of the northwest corner of the original Listal Forest.
And this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that there is not much room for development around Akora, and after Comanso merged with Jelensta and other forces, the rest of the Listal Forest
Most areas, legally speaking, fall within its jurisdiction.
The difference in theoretical territory between the two is six to seven times.
Xia Duo didn't know how the Cormanso Crown King in the history of the main plane did it, but he was more willing to use royal means to obtain legal rule over the Kingdom of Lis.
With constant communication and cooperation, assimilating each other culturally, dominating the other side economically, and with its own strong military capabilities, there is no reason why the Lys elves should not be attached.
In fact, in the elf society, the Mian King does not have absolute authority. To a large extent, as long as the major families reach a consensus, the Mian King will have to follow it.
After all, King Mian is just a representative of one of the stronger families, and he is not necessarily the strongest family. Of course, it is very possible to say that he has the most reputation and credibility.
…
Sure enough, after Xia Duo ended, the scene jumped back to the original grand hall, and the consultants once again fed back to him the results of the deduction after the last round——
"The two countries signed a framework agreement to deepen exchanges, covering border trade, people-to-people exchanges, resource development, combating orcs, tracking drow, etc."
With a good start, everything else will fall into place.
The high mages behind the trial did not cause any sudden rebellions among Xia Duo's subordinates or sudden disasters from heaven. Most of the subsequent events were predicated on his actions.
This also means that as long as you think carefully (covering the mage's imagination behind the trial), you are basically under control.
Soon, during the deduction, the Kingdom of Lis became more and more dependent on the Kingdom of Taal, not only economically but also more and more integrated into the Taal system, culturally as well.
Often what is popular in the capital of Tahr will soon appear in the capital of Lis, and the public's voice for joining Tahr or forming a United Kingdom is getting louder and louder.
This situation continued until a Lys elf who studied abroad at the Higher Magic Academy in the capital of Tar and returned home as a high mage appeared.
This directly broke through the psychological defenses of the few people in power in Lisi. They could not fight again and again. If they continued to delay, it would only be a slow death. Rather than completely losing the support of the people in the end, it would be better to end it as soon as possible.
Anyway, by joining the Taal Kingdom, their own interests will not be lost much, but may be increased.
In this way, the Kingdom of Lis merged into the Kingdom of Tal almost without any problems. In the end, Chateau named the unified country the Kingdom of Lis Tal, which corresponds to "Cormanso".
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"Lyle, your performance surprised us very much. I now somewhat believe that you are the prophesied king of Cormansouzhen.
"But the trial is not over yet. There is one last trial waiting for you. If you can pass it, then I will offer my loyalty!
"I must remind you that Cavemu before you fell short on this last item. Of course, his performance in the first two items was far inferior to yours."
To be able to communicate to the tester during the trial, there is no doubt that this person must be one of the two high mages who presided over the trial ceremony.
When he heard that he might have a follower of a high-level mage, even though Xia Duogujing's calm state of mind couldn't help but have ripples at this moment.
You must know that his incarnation of "Lyle Alkarama" is only an elite mage, equivalent to a high-level mage among humans, while a high-level mage from elves is equivalent to a human great arcanist, and the upper limit may be even higher.
Some.
Even just having a High Mage follower in the projected plane is exciting.
"Could it be that the source of this trial is really the prophecy of King Oceanis, and is it not a gimmick?"