If the new covenant doesn't change much, Netheril will still be in its current system.
Then, Shado can be sure that if he wants to become the leader of Netheril (currently only a high-level official, not a leader), he will almost certainly have to join the Seven Towers and then become the Speaker.
In the future, the Seven Towers will inevitably develop into a political group belonging to the seven archons who govern the seven major areas of Netheril (a few), rather than the current alliance of lords' interests that has continued and developed from the past.
If members want to make progress, according to the current rules, they can only join the Seven Towers.
Thinking like this, Xia Duo was even thinking about getting a Seven Towers identity now to ensure that he would not be excluded from the core power scope in the future.
Of course, this thought was just a fleeting thought. Although he was heavily involved in the formulation of the New Covenant, it did not mean that he agreed with the Seven Towers, even the future political group Seven Towers.
And even according to the current rules, there is another way to play, which is to unite the majority of councilors and lords to abolish the special status of the Seven Towers and instead let any political group that can gain the approval of the majority of people come to power.
Now that Daxia Ling has begun to popularize education, he is very confident in this kind of gameplay.
In fact, this is not a loophole he deliberately left, but at the moment, it is simply impossible to deny the political status of a normal Grand Arcanist. Since the identity of a member of parliament exists, then this identity must be given to him.
As long as he trains a large enough number of great arcanists who have the same ideas as him, so that all the other members combined can only become a minority, then Xia Duo can completely say——
The orthodoxy of the Parliament is not in Severington, but in Bactria!
Compared to joining the Seven Towers and then working step by step to reach the top, Xia Duo prefers his own path to the top.
At that time, not only his own territory, but also the clergy of the entire Netheril and even the entire plane will undergo secular transformation under his guidance to determine the true mortal subject.
In the current elf world, the main elf god does not seem to have a strong presence, but in fact, its influence on the mortal world is even far greater than that of the Lord of Glory. If it were not for the existence of the Lord of Glory, the other party might even have conquered the main plane himself.
This is the first time that Sha Duo guessed that a mortal would become a god. The princess was not the first, nor was she the most recent. There was also the existence of the so-called drow god of revenge.
It is foreseeable that in the future, mortals' ascension to gods will inevitably become the mainstream of the "God Realm", because for existences like the Lord of Glory and the Mysterious Lady, no one knows how they came to be.
Although there are legends in Netheril, it was the early Netherese who participated in shaping the Lord of Radiance, and then made a contract with him, which continues to this day, but legends are legends, and Shado is considered a high-level person in Netheril, and he can
Access to most secrets.
Coupled with the fact that he had participated in a glorious birth event in the projection plane, he was almost certain that nine out of ten births of glory in reality were just performances by mortals.
It was the process of the mage class ascending to replace the Death Priest. It was at that time that the second generation King Nese stabbed his old father in the back. It was also during this process of the mage ascending to the throne that the mortal doctrine of the Lord of Radiance was born.
The so-called glorious birth may refer more to the birth of doctrine rather than the birth of God himself.
But the ascension of mortals to gods is not an illusion, but a preparation that many great arcanists are making. Coupled with the involution nature of the order of ascension, once a second person in Netheril successfully ascends to a god, the general trend of ascension will be
It's almost impossible to stop it.
At that time, the ruler of this country will follow the ascension of these mortal rulers and become the ruler from heaven, and ultimately divine power will overwhelm everything.
Therefore, since Yerevan's second attempt to ascend to the gods, Shado has been extremely wary of this future and has made considerable preparations for it.
From a personal point of view, he felt very sorry that Yerevan failed to ascend to the gods. He personally hoped that the other party would succeed. After all, the other party was an elder who deserved respect.
But from a civilized point of view, Shado actually hoped that Yerevan would die directly during the process of ascension to God, instead of being rescued by the princess and taken to the Kingdom of God.
This gives those who later ascend to the gods a hope of being saved when they fail, which in turn encourages more people to try. The more they try, the more they succeed.
As long as there is another success, the foreseeable era of theocracy may come.
If Xia Duo didn't have a more ambitious plan, with his current foundation and preparations, among the great arcanists, his chances of successfully becoming a god should be at the forefront.
He gave up the opportunity to become a god, and chose to let ordinary people and civilization have a freer and broader future.
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Based on his vigilance against divine authority, Xia Duo always kept an eye on it even when negotiating a deal with the Kingdom of Glory, which was essentially impossible to breach the contract.
As for Xia Duo's suggestion of gold trading, Divine Envoy Rich immediately understood, and then began to introduce the products that could be traded in the Kingdom of Glory——
"The Holy Light weapons created by the Kingdom of Glory can be easily controlled by even mortals. However, selling the weapons is of great importance. The most I can do is promise to give Master Xia Duo a personal set of Holy Light weapons made by elite craftsmen.
"For more information, you still need to ask the superior divine envoys for instructions, but Master Xia Duo, please rest assured that the Kingdom of Glory does not strictly control weapons and equipment. Most of the divine envoys are eligible to give away non-standard weapons.
"If the quantity is large, it requires coordination from the superiors because it involves the arrangement of the craftsmen. After all, the demand for weapons on the Evernight Battlefield is almost endless."
"In addition, there is the Holy Light Crystal. Although it exists as a general equivalent in the Kingdom of Glory, when taken to the mortal world, it can be used to supplement the power of priests. The most important thing is to charge Holy Light weapons!
"Ordinary mortals do not possess holy power and can only use the holy power reserve that comes with the holy light weapon. Once it is exhausted, considering the actual materials used in the holy light weapon, it may be difficult for ordinary people to move those weapons and equipment.
"Of course, generally speaking, holy light weapons will retain a basic reserve of holy power so that the user can carry it with them. Once some weapons completely lose their holy power, even a divine envoy may not be able to handle them.
"It's just that the divine envoys themselves have holy power, so this situation is generally impossible. But for mortals, they must consider the issue of replenishing the holy power.
"In addition to weapons and equipment and holy light crystals, the things that the Kingdom of Glory can trade are basically available in the mortal world. If Master Xia Duo is interested, we can also trade with those things."
As soon as he heard this, Xia Duo understood that Divine Envoy Qi probably didn't know the difference between heavenly products and mortal products, but it was possible that he knew it and just didn't care, so he stood out as a wealthy person.