In this case, Xia Duo will have greater confidence in his next actions.
Even because of his understanding of sea elves' magic, he has a bigger bargaining chip. Originally, his only bargaining chip was the alliance - powerful power and the promise of offshore survival.
But now, he seems to have found a more useful bargaining chip, and that is magic. Any promises or threats given by the alliance are not as good as letting the sea elves control the real power.
And Chateau can do just that.
First of all, sea elf magic has begun to deviate from the path of traditional elf magic and has become similar to Nese magic. However, due to insufficient development, it has not been able to evolve into a truly universal arcane magic system.
If it has become a universal arcane magic system, even if sea elves are better at water element-related spells, even if there is a special environment under the sea, they can still use spells in other fields without any hindrance.
Just like the blood magic of Calimshan in the south, Calimshan only has two elemental bloodlines, one is the wind element and the other is the fire element. However, after a long period of development, it has also developed into a universal arcane magic system.
The blood element only becomes an introduction, or an anchor point for casting spells, and will not become its own spell tendency, that is to say——
A Calishan scholar with fire element blood can still freely and naturally use various spells related to the water element field.
And this is exactly what the current Belluno elves are unable or very difficult to do.
But this is not difficult for Xia Duo. When he first prepared for the trip to the bottom of the sea, he did not consider the general magic system. He only formulated the spellcasting in the water element field for his common battle strategies.
plan.
Although this plan has great limitations, there is no doubt that this is already the prototype of a universal arcane magic system in the field of water elements.
The reason why he was able to obtain so easily the magical results that the Belluno elf may have worked hard for countless years is probably due to the following reasons——
The first is, of course, because Nese Magic itself is a universal arcane magic system, and the second is that Shado has been exposed to countless magic systems.
There are several relatively complete arcane magic systems in the main plane and the projection plane. (Elven magic, Calimshan's blood magic, Jhamdas's creation magic, and the dwarf's rune magic)
There are also a large number of ancient magic systems in different stages of development recorded in the "Naise Scroll". Some of those magic systems are quite complete, and some are even in the stage of primitive witchcraft.
In addition, Shado has even been exposed to the golden dragon magic from outside the territory. This is also a truly universal arcane magic developed from blood magic, but its form of expression is obviously different from Calimshan's blood magic.
All of this gave him a far better understanding of the nature of magic than others. With such a high position, it was not difficult to come up with a universal spellcasting in the water element field for the sea elf magic that had already begun to develop in the direction of Nese magic.
plan.
And this is actually the prototype of a universal arcane magic system in the field of water element. As long as there are more spell-casting options and it covers all known magic, who can say that it is not a truly universal arcane magic system!
At present, Xia Duo has already made plans to use the universal magic system in the water element field as a bargaining chip, and he will spend more energy on this in the rest of the voyage.
With the assistance of the computing power pool and the intelligent brain, he is continuously improving his universal spellcasting scheme in the water element field until it becomes a universal arcane magic system that is capable of self-iteration development.
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As the Riptide continued to move forward, Shado also continued to calculate the time and the progress of perfecting the sea elf magic.
Of course, during this process, Chateau also gained a general understanding of the basic situation in Belluno through Meira——
The current ruler of Belluno is called the "Queen of Tides", who controls the city-state's most important water element domain boundary, and is also a powerful high mage.
The other five high mages who are on the surface are all advisers to the Queen of Tides. They form the Tidal Council to jointly rule the small city-state of Belluno.
The Tide Queen's attitude towards the land elves is quite friendly, and she is also considered by Meira to be the least likely to collude with the Illuminati. As for the reason, Meira did not say it clearly, but there are many hints.
Just like Sinaria received help from Belluno when he first established his foothold in the Moonshadow Islands, Belluno survived in this sea area and has been helped by Evermeet Island in the early days and even now.
In fact, many Belluno elves will go to Yongju Island to learn magic and even settle there, while the Tide Queen will definitely go to Yongju Island to study and control the power of the tide through some kind of ritual, which is also a necessary condition for becoming a queen.
He is already the supreme ruler, so why would he want to undermine his rule?
But the Tide Queen's advisor is different. In recent years, due to the abnormal climate in the North, the grain production of Ilfran has decreased, so the grain trade to Sinaria and Belluno has been reduced.
Sinaria itself is also relatively short of supplies, and this will also reduce the food trade with Belluno. In this way, Belluno is equivalent to suffering a double blow.
According to Meira, the Tide Queen's advisers have expressed their dissatisfaction in person more than once, and even threatened to sever ties with the land.
The food in Belluno cannot guarantee enough for everyone, but it is not difficult to survive. After all, we are at the intersection of many ocean currents, so fish resources are not scarce, but there is no guarantee that they will be available at all times.
Therefore, it is necessary to raise fish and seaweed in captivity on the submarine plain. This part is not directly consumed as the main ration, but is more used to regulate the proportion of food obtained from ocean currents.
Belluno's trade of grain from Sinaria and Ilfarang basically had the same purpose. After all, no one would leave the key materials that determine their life and death to others.
Once the connection with the land is severed, Belluno will indeed suffer heavy losses. Many Belluno elves may suffer disasters because they cannot adapt to a life of food shortage, but overall, it will definitely not reach the level of famine or extinction.
But on the other hand, the trade between Sinaria, Ilfaran and Belluno is by no means charity. They can obtain many special resources that are rare or even not available on land from ocean trade.
This can roughly be called the dependence of land on the ocean.
Therefore, from the perspective of Sinaria, the Tide Queen's advisor's clamor for severing relations can be considered to a large extent as a threat, and it is a threat that Synaria is likely to compromise.
After all, in the transaction between the two parties, Sinaria actually does not have much initiative. They have what they have in Ilfarang, or even more and better.
The same is true for Irfaran. The resources they control are not unique. On the contrary, Belluno is the only one who controls the marine resources in the transaction between the parties.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible to say that Sinaria and Ilfaran are not dissatisfied with Belluno at all. ()