There are many high-ranking elves who strive for power, but there are very few who, like Regante, openly admit that they are nostalgic for power. Most people in power prefer to use "the people" as an excuse, and always say "whatever it takes for the sake of the people."
Of course, Shado also believed that Elder Regante, who was able to go against the mainstream ideas and find ways to improve the status of the druid, probably did not retain power to satisfy his own desire for power.
Sure enough, after Xia Duo made further inquiries, Regante also gave an explanation——
"There is an unwritten convention in the Council of Elders of Evereska, which is also a convention in almost all elven countries, that is, once the high mage needs to resist death, he no longer has real power.
"At that time, although he still had a strong intimidation power and even a higher social status, he could no longer take charge of specific affairs.
"To put it simply, once my life span reaches the end, I must step down as the elder of the council. After that, although my words will become a reference for the council's decision-making, it will be difficult to directly change anything."
"Why? Elder, why are you so persistent in changing something yourself? I know that Elder, you have been working hard to change the status of druids in Everesca in recent years, but with all due respect, I feel that since the establishment of the Northland Alliance, Germany
The change in Rui's status may be greater than all your past efforts, elder!"
Shado's words seemed to hit Regante's Achilles' heel. Indeed, he had made countless efforts in the past, but failed to substantially change the status of druids. On the contrary, after the establishment of the Northland Alliance, exchanges between countries became more frequent.
Coupled with the influence of abnormal climate, the status of druid has been improved, but that's all.
But soon, Regante re-firmed his will. Thinking about it, if he didn't have his own persistence, how could he be persuaded by Kalish?
Is it just based on the longevity promised by the other party? In fact, the high mage does not need to rely on additional means to live forever, or even live forever. Only when he needs to retain his power, he needs to avoid the end of his physical life.
"Although I cannot guarantee that Druid's status will be qualitatively changed in this position, it will certainly not worsen. As for the positive impact brought by the alliance, I admit that it does exist, but the alliance has only been established for a long time. Now there is proof of the impact.
, does not mean there will be one in the future. If I can’t keep an eye on it personally, I won’t worry!”
Such a straightforward reason, if someone else said it, Xia Duo might think it was hypocrisy and a desire for power, but for Regant, there was an inexplicable sense of righteousness and awe.
It seems that what he misses is not power, but a kind of responsibility.
Perhaps this is Regant's true thoughts.
However, in Xia Duo's view, such an idea is worthy of admiration, but not worthy of imitation. He told Regante, "One of the important reasons why you are uneasy and why your previous efforts have not yielded results is that you
If there are no companions who have the same ideals, would you still feel uneasy if there were any?"
"No, Consultant Xia Duo, you said it wrong!" Regante seemed very happy, finally picking out the one thing that Xia Duo said wrongly, but after laughing, there was an unconcealable look in Regante's eyes.
sad.
"Actually, as early as two hundred years ago, I tried to train subordinates who agreed to improve the status of druids. I even tried to train them from the group of druids. It was indeed successful at the beginning, but as time went by, they became less friendly.
It’s the same with other elf mages. After trying this many times, I gave up my plan to continue training.”
He really cultivated it! This made Sha Duo awe-inspiring. At the same time, Regante's experience also made him worry about his original intention to enter the academy again.
Now he is still there and still firmly controls all the advancement resources of the Association. But in the future, the members of the Association will not need to rely on him for their advancement. Will he still have the influence he has now?
It must be impossible!
So how to maintain the same idea and the same goal for a long time in an organization where everyone is equal? This is indeed a long-standing problem.
Even if Xia Duo has cases from his hometown to refer to, there is no guarantee that the entire academy will be of the same mind as him. What's more, even if there are ready-made cases from his hometown, it can't make everyone maintain their original intention.
It just doesn't deviate too far in the general direction.
Perhaps this is also the future path for Jinxue.
Even the territory and the future may not have the same aspirations as him, but Xia Duo believes that the attraction of the free kingdom is attractive enough, even without considering any external factors, it is enough to attract a group of comrades.
As for what Regante wanted to do to improve the status of the druids, to be honest, this goal was too small and too easy to achieve, so that those druids who changed their status immediately changed their class stance.
Perhaps only a common goal that is ambitious enough can truly unite a large number of comrades to work hard for this goal.
Otherwise, the group that can gather together for this small goal today may disperse in droves for other small goals tomorrow.
This is the most realistic portrayal of Regant's experience. If the goal is ambitious enough and attractive enough, perhaps not only the low-level Druids will be interested, but other high-ranking mages may also join.
That is the real power that can change the situation!
Judging from Regante's past words and deeds, this should be an ally worth fighting for, so Shado told the other party his thoughts.
Regent was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this, and then said after a long time: "Are you saying that my goal is too small and too easy to achieve, so that once the goal is achieved, it will be difficult to unite people's hearts?"
"Yes, one more thing, if you only mention improving the status of druids, what will ordinary civilians think? It has nothing to do with them, so why should they support you? But is the status of ordinary civilians already very high? No need
Has it improved?"
Not only that, Xia Duo also asked, "There are also lower-level mages whose magic knowledge and resources are monopolized by the upper levels. Don't their status and circumstances need to be improved?"
As soon as these words came out, Regante suddenly woke up and subconsciously blurted out, "You are trying to overthrow the rule of the upper family!"
"Otherwise? Or do you think ordinary people can't survive without those high-ranking families? Or maybe you can't face your own family?"
Of course, revolution must be thorough. An incomplete revolution is sometimes more hateful than direct surrender. This can also be explained by the classic saying - heretics are more hateful than heretics.
After saying that, Xia Duo stopped talking. At this time, the last afterglow of the sunset had faded, but because it was nearing the end of the month, the moon was very bright, so it was not completely dark.
At this time, Chateau glanced at Butler Urban, who was waiting silently not far away, and felt a trace of regret in his heart. He felt that he shouldn't have said this to Regante, which delayed the business.
We already know that Kalish used the promise of immortality in exchange for Regante's change of attitude, so we can speculate that this may also be the reason for Erlan's side.
Even further, Cormanso, whose attitude has not yet changed, may change his attitude for this reason.
After all, King Ilithel has ruled Cormanthor for a thousand years, who knows if he wants to rule for another thousand years! ()