Chapter 3412 The opportunity to dye the southern continent
Taking the meeting with Daphne in Dali's memory as the starting point, Chateau used the "context method" to continuously trace this clue, all the way back to Dali's first contact with the Illuminati.
Contrary to the expectation that the Illuminati would go around soliciting sponsorship, it was actually Dali who took the initiative in contacting the Illuminati.
From the moment he learned that there was a special existence among the sea elves called land walkers, Shado realized that it was absolutely impossible for Belluno to live under the sea in isolation for a long time as they showed.
Even if the elves on land have less contact with them, they can still go ashore to observe. This is also confirmed in Dali's memory.
Not only Dali himself, Belluno officials also often send land travelers to the land for investigation, and not only the north, but the south is also their investigation target.
To the east, Belluno even knew something about Imasca, and was not completely ignorant. Such a country has repeatedly sought the offshore territory of Northland instead of other places. It is obvious that it has long been planned.
You must know that there is no unified force in the main plane. Even in places like the Northland, where a unified alliance has been formed, there are still many undeveloped and even unowned lands, let alone other places.
In the southern continent south of Calimshan, across the ocean, ancient elves once established civilization there. The most famous of them was of course Ilysri, who once competed with Arivanda for the crown of the continent.
But after the victory of Arivandar, most of the elves in the Ilythri camp - mainly the Sri elves, wood elves, and a small number of gold elves and moon elves - were exiled to the Underdark.
The entire southern forces have been subjected to the most brutal purge. Today, Ketmere, which is close to the Northland Alliance, has become the southernmost elven civilization. In fact, they belonged to the northern region in ancient times.
Under such circumstances, it is self-evident what the situation of the southern continent, which was originally Irisri's home base, was like.
When Sha Duo traveled to the main plane before, he also tried to find the former ruins of Ilysri, but found nothing, only large tracts of primeval forest and some scattered elven tribes.
Perhaps they were survivors of the war that year, but nowadays, those elven tribes are said to have inherited magic, and they have not even been able to pass down civilization and culture. They look like primitive people.
Although this southern continent is in an undeveloped state and requires a lot of effort to develop, compared to the entire western continent, the biggest advantage there is that it has no owner.
That continent (located to the south of the Western Continent, separated by the Sea of Glory, but connected to the Western Continent by land to the east, and is not an independent landmass) not only has no owner, but also has no competitors.
As far as Shado knows, the four southern countries (Katemir, Zhamdas, Calinshan, and Sanata) fought to the death in the past, but none of them thought about developing the southern continent farther south.
Even Calimshan, which is the closest and only separated by a sea, has never had such a plan, and even if it has, it has never been implemented.
This is to give outsiders a chance. Bellono's strength is not inferior to the Northland. As long as the magic system is perfected, it can become a powerful country in the Northland.
If this kind of strength is placed in the southern continent, it can completely reduce the dimensionality of those primitive tribes.
Even if we don’t want land, wouldn’t it be good to occupy some territory in the offshore area?
The result was no. Belluno not only did not go to the southern continent to open up land, he also did not occupy the offshore sea. This is somewhat unjustifiable.
The only explanation is that the ocean over there is owned. Unless we can go directly to develop land, otherwise as long as we pass through the ocean, it may be regarded as an invasion and be attacked.
It is difficult for Belluno to go directly to open up land, but it is not insurmountable. The real difficulty is that not all Belluno elves are land walkers.
Moreover, even the children of Land Walkers may not become Land Walkers. In this case, developing land becomes useless. Even if Land Walkers are dispatched from generation to generation, will the territory eventually developed still listen to the locals?
Of course the Elf Belluno doesn't know the history of the bald eagle on Earth, but the principles are the same.
The only difference is probably that the Westlanders on Earth can spontaneously go to the Americas to explore, while the Belluno elves find it difficult to go to land alone to explore, but as long as they gain a firm foothold, it is almost inevitable to break away from the mainland.
Therefore, Belluno has only one choice, which is to choose the Northland offshore development closest to the mainland. But Northland already has an owner. In this case, if he wants to use the offshore, he has to get the support of the Northland Alliance and even Sinaliya.
Agreed.
This is probably the truth why the Queen of Tides readily agreed to join the Northland Alliance. She really had no other choice.
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But no one expected that there were still variables in this only choice. The variable was the land magic weapon that Dali carried with him, which could allow the sea elves to adapt to the land environment, and as time continued, the effect could become permanent.
This is equivalent to all the people of Belluno becoming land walkers.
In this case, the difficulty of directly exploring the Southern Continent or other ownerless continents will drop to almost nothing. As long as you overcome the traditional concept, how did you get from the land to the sea? Now it is just a matter of landing again. Belluno can also become a land
nation.
But in this way, joining the Northland Alliance is no longer the only option for Belluno if he wants to develop.
Of course, it is impossible to go back on what has been negotiated at will. At least until the Northland Alliance clearly refuses, Belluno does not have the strength to go back on it.
Because of this, Chateau became more determined to bring Belluno into the alliance.
In addition to serving as a catfish to promote the popularization of magic in the northern countries, Belluno's joining will also allow the Northern Alliance to naturally infect the southern continent.
If his guess is correct, Belluno may have established observation points in the southern continent a long time ago. Those observation points are the qualifications for admission. Even if they don't have them, it doesn't matter. Let them build a few before Belluno officially joins the alliance.
That’s it.
This is a matter of mutual benefit, and Belluno cannot refuse.
The only ones who may have opinions are the four southern countries, especially Calimshan and Zhamdas. The former is only separated from the southern continent by a sea, and the latter can reach the southern continent by fighting directly south.
In fact, Zhamdas has already done this, and Zhamdas may have already taken the southern continent into his own hands, and the involvement of other forces may cause a strong backlash from them.
But this is also a key step for the Northland Alliance to move from a regional alliance to a world alliance. Of course, Shado cannot let go of such an opportunity.