Chateau speculated that there must be the influence of the Illuminati. The Illuminati imagined that the Elamite civilization unified the entire main plane. In that case, a modern system would most likely develop, which is also the basis for the existence of personal income tax.
In addition, there is the popularization of magic. Although Evereska has tried to open up the door to popularize magic, it has not become popular all at once.
These countries are not like Xia Duo, who starts from scratch and can easily draw on a blank sheet of paper. These countries have existed for too long, and the mage group has already monopolized the inheritance of magic. It is not easy to let the vested interests relax.
Not to mention the elven society where class solidification has long been ingrained, even the emerging Netheril is beginning to show signs of this.
The previous stolen scroll of Nese was just an opportunity. The fundamental reason was that the mage group wanted to have a monopoly, so they began to become conservative.
That is to say, the establishment of the Northland Alliance has made exchanges between countries more frequent, and the ensuing competition has also become more frequent. Although the spread of magic may dilute one's own interests, compared with the consequences of failure in international competition, some personal interests will be diluted.
It's nothing.
Not to mention that even if magic is popularized, the superiors will still be superiors. At most, their power will be diluted, and they will not be directly reduced to dust. After all, this is still a world where great power belongs to oneself.
Although individuals cannot fight against the group, the group here does not refer to ordinary people, but to a certain level of spell casters (high-level). No matter how many ordinary people or middle- and low-level spell casters there are, it will be difficult for them to fight against those at the top.
What threat does it pose?
Like Xia Duo, the practice of training all the people in the territory to be advanced is unlikely to be possible even if the countries in the North loosen their restrictions in the future and start to popularize magic.
And according to what Tomedes said, in order to make money from the computing power pool, in order to develop industries in short supply, and in order to quickly catch up with the overall strength of other countries, Elan is really ready to popularize magic!
Such a plan, even in Xia Duo's opinion, is very radical.
After all, even in Xia Duo's own territory, the popularization of magic did not happen all at once, but gradually started with children of school age.
As the hometown slang goes, "If you take too big a step, you'll easily break the egg." Xia Duo very much suspected that the Illuminati was having another crooked idea. It might have something to do with the last ceremony, or it might be an attempt to distract the alliance.
But for Xia Duo, it is also an extremely rare opportunity. He will not deliberately follow or go against the Illuminati's ideas, but follow his own heart and do what he wants to do.
He wants to see how the Illuminati will end up!
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"I said when we first met, but if the situation in Elam is really serious, I can provide assistance to Elam through other channels. Now after listening to Ambassador Tomedes' story, I have decided to provide some assistance to Elam.
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Finally, when Xia Duo said these words, Tomedis's eyes suddenly lit up. He didn't care about etiquette and manners, and asked quickly: "Can I ask what kind of assistance Consultant Xia Duo can provide?"
"There are two parts, both of which are very consistent with your strategy of growing the mage community, but one of them requires your full initiative. I wonder if Ambassador Tomedis can take the initiative?"
When asked whether he could make the decision, Tomedis straightened his body and replied seriously: "When I came here, I had already handed over the credentials signed by the seven elders to the alliance, and it was also recognized by the alliance.
I have full authority to handle all issues related to Elam. Please ask Advisor Xia Duo to elaborate on what kind of assistance it will provide."
Hearing such an answer, Sha Duo couldn't help but be a little surprised. Just now Tomedes said that he was just an ordinary sculpture teacher before, but now he said that he could handle all matters involving Elan with full authority.
Is this really a permission that an ordinary sculpture teacher can obtain?
Shado didn't know much about the representatives of other countries, but the representative of Netheril in the alliance, although it was also a plenipotentiary representative, could represent Netheril in the alliance's decision-making on many matters, but it was said to be full power, but the actual power was
Very limited.
The Sewington Parliament has specifically discussed the authority of ambassadors abroad. Tirion, for example, firstly does not have the right to declare war unless authorized by the Parliament. Secondly, some resolutions and contracts directly related to Netheril also need to be reported to the Parliament in advance.
Deliberation.
The only things that Tirion can really make the decision are the handling of some daily affairs, and those things that are not directly related to Netheril, which can also be handled by himself. (Some of them may seem unrelated, but are actually related, which is where Tirion's real power lies.
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Other countries have always been very similar. The plenipotentiary does not mean that he really has all the power. Otherwise, why would he not be the head of state?
This makes it even more special that Elam represents Tomedis. No matter what situation Elam is currently facing, leaving all decision-making power on external affairs in the hands of an ordinary sculpture teacher, even if Xia Duo exhausts his imagination, he still wants to
There is no such operation.
So there is no doubt that the so-called "ordinary sculpture teacher" is most likely a humble term.
From this point of view, Sha Duo also thought of the so-called seven elders of Ellan. In fact, only four were high mages, and the remaining three were found from the local elves with high reputations.
This is probably the case with Tomedes, who gained the trust of the Seven Elders and most of the Elamite elves through some means.
Although there is a saying in Chateau's hometown that "weak countries have no diplomacy," in fact, weak countries need diplomacy more and actively seek all favorable conditions from the outside world. In this case, the requirements for diplomats are particularly high.
Thinking of this, Xia Duo once again looked at the serious-looking golden elf in front of him, thinking that maybe this was the most true mental state of the other person!
The fear, nervousness, loss of etiquette, and relaxation that I showed before are probably just appearances.
However, Xia Duo was not angry from the beginning. Even if there was no Illuminati incident, if Elan still had the idea of power pool subsidies, then he would not be angry. He would respond how he should. It is not worth getting angry over such a thing.
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Unless someone attacks the computing power pool network, then Xia Duo will be angry. This is a stab in his heart. If he is not angry or angry, what is the difference between it and a stone.
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Although Tomedis claimed to have all the power over Elam's external affairs, it was impossible for Shado not to confirm such a thing, and it was entirely based on what the other party said.
He asked Charles to confirm the scope of authority involved in the credentials handed over by Tomedis, and also asked Charles to check the background of Tomedis.
This is indeed because Xia Duo was not prepared enough in advance, and it is not too late to check now.
While Charles was taking action, Shado had already begun to introduce his aid project to Tomedis. "I wonder if Ambassador Tomedis knows about the existence of the Thorn Society?"
"learn."
Just hearing the name Thorns Society, Tomedis guessed what Shado's project that required Elan's initiative was, and he quickly confirmed with Shado:
"The first project that Consultant Shado mentioned is the introduction of Nese magic to Elan?"
"Yes, that's it! The advancement of elf magic is slow. Even with the help of a computing power pool, how long will it take to become a talent? My suggestion is to directly implement Nese magic, so that Ellan can catch up quickly!"