As the last group of people arrived, representatives from the four parties also took their seats. What surprised Shado was that the person sitting on the main seat representing Netheril was actually Badigal.
However, this is reasonable. After the princess ascended to the gods, the Nese family was effectively extinct. In such a formal occasion, the Seven Towers only needed to discuss who to send as a representative.
The representatives of the four parties on the main seat, from left to right, are Ambassador Lucian of Ilfaran, Badigal, Ambassador Iveryaris of Yerlan, and Ambassador Atlan of Cormanso.
Seeing such seating arrangements, Chateau even wondered if the Seven Towers were worried that Ambassador Ilfaran and Ambassador Cormanso would get into a fight on the spot, so they separated them like this.
In addition to the representatives from the four directions on the main seat, sitting on the secondary seats on both sides were the other six great arcanists from the Seven Towers, Iolum, the three high mages from the three elven kingdoms, and the holy hammer warriors of the dwarves.
What is particularly worth noting is that in the introduction of the host El Carmon, this holy hammer warrior from the Kingdom of Denzo is actually the second son of King Denzo Pasteur.
In El Camon's introduction, he is called "Prince Pasteur"!
The one closest to Prince Pasteur was Iolum. The two seemed to be discussing something softly, and the other great arcanists were all smiling.
Only the three high elf mages, especially the high mage of Ilfaran, looked indifferent and did not have any communication with others. They only glanced at the high mage of Cormanthor opposite from time to time, and seemed to just wait for orders to launch an attack.
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High Mage Cormanso frowned, as if thinking about something.
And the high mage from Ye'erlan would sometimes deliberately talk to the high mage from the side, and even if he never got a response from the other party, he still wouldn't give up;
From time to time, he looked at the high mage Cormanzo across from him and showed him his polite smile.
Because Sha Duo was more concerned about the establishment of the Northland Alliance, he was also more concerned about the attitude and performance of those high elf mages.
Without much careful observation or speculation, he discovered that Erlan seemed to be biased towards Ilfaran, and Cormanso seemed to have acquiesced in this situation.
Shado had previously heard from Iolum that there was a high probability that the Northland Alliance would be established before the end of this year. Although it is already May, judging from the performance of the high-ranking mages above, it seems that this is really possible.
Although Cormanthor is dissatisfied with the Northland Alliance promoted by Ilfaran, if it does not join, it will have to face the drow forces that have just given birth to a new god and have greatly increased their power.
Even if it is just to gain support, we must form an alliance, even if we pay a certain price for this.
Among the northern kingdoms, Elfaran, Netheril, Denzo, Erlan, and Cormanthor are the most powerful, and the first three of them all support the establishment of the Northern Alliance.
Now that Erlan has rebelled and agreed to establish the Northland Alliance, if Cormanthor does not join, he will almost be excluded from the mainstream world of the Northland.
Of course, the current Northland Alliance is different from the previous Northland Alliance proposed by Elfarang, mainly because of the addition of the new drow god.
In fact, in terms of attitude towards drow, Danzo may be Cormanthor's easiest ally in the Northern Alliance today.
After all, most of Danzo is underground.
Although the drow may not necessarily hate the dwarves, but for possible enemies and slaves who are close at hand, with Shado's understanding of the drow, they will definitely not let Danzo develop freely.
Thinking like this, Xia Duo looked at Prince Pasteur who had never been to Netheril before, and he had a clear understanding of the current situation.
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Soon, with the announcement from El Carmon, the snowmelt competition in the year 837 of the Nese calendar officially began.
"The first game of the Snow Melting Competition [Spell Showdown], Elfarang vs. Netheril!"
In the first game, Irfaran appeared as a young golden elf mage. Of course, the ambassadors, contestants, and spectators who came to Irfaran this time were all golden elves.
Other elves, such as moon elves and wood elves, are very rare. If inheritance is only based on blood, Ilfarang is more qualified to inherit the "glory" of Arivanda than Cormanthor.
It's just that Irfaran doesn't like it.
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After the golden elf mage walked slowly to the opposite platform, he randomly selected one of the Netherese contestants and said loudly with the help of magic:
"Invite that human friend to the stage to communicate!"
The person named happened to be Anglin from Gustav Tower, whom Sha Duo knew and had worked with in the Green Field Plane.
Facing the challenge from the elite mage of Ilfaran, Anglin showed full fighting spirit. After standing up from his seat with clenched fists, he directly cast a spell to fly to the opposite platform and entered the demiplane space.
After a minute of preparation time, the duel officially began.
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At the same time, the area where the Master of Giles Tower is located.
After the battle between Anglin and the elves began, Shado only glanced at it twice before turning his attention to the demiplane itself.
It's not that the battle between the two was completely unappealing to him, but the pace of the battle was too slow, and the fighting style was also very elegant. The man and the elf didn't seem to be fighting, but more like -
comminicate?
Irfalan mentioned communication at the beginning, but is it really communication?
If this continues, then Xia Duo can basically conclude that the Northland Alliance will definitely be established this year. It is so harmonious that it would be a pity if the alliance is not established!
You know, last year's snow melting competition took a life, and there were more than one!
The current battle in the platform space is far below Sha Duo's expectations, but for ordinary arcanists and high-level mages, it is a rare practical demonstration.
Niya stared at the space on the opposite platform almost without blinking. After a moment, she stretched out her hand to push Xia Duo and asked: "Who do you think the two of them will win in the end?"
"Anglin has rich fighting experience, clear thinking, and skilled spell casting. The elf mage opposite him is very skilled in spells, but his response is rigid. If nothing unexpected happens, he will have all his protection broken in a few rounds at most. As for who can say
Can win——"
Chateau did not give a clear answer. After all, he did not know whether Anglin would give way to his opponent from the ally Ilfarang in such a harmonious battle.
Or maybe there's a draw or something, that's not impossible.
Of course, the greater possibility is to win, as Niya said - "The tradition of Gustav Tower will not let Anglin voluntarily admit defeat!"
After a not too fierce battle, the result was exactly as Niya said. Anglin did not take the initiative to admit defeat, but temporarily stopped attacking after breaking all the opponent's protective spells.
The golden elf mage of Ilfaran also immediately understood and sent a signal to El Camon to admit defeat.