The efficiency of the brain is very high. When Xia Duo and Niya returned to the wrong branch, it completed the construction of the human navigation using Xia Duo as the carrier.
"Go this way!"
Sha Duo pointed in a direction according to the navigation instructions. When Niya was still hesitant, he had already taken Niya's hand and started to lead the way.
Different from the gorgeous and grand style of Cormansol Arifandar, the architecture of Taivimansa is full of conservative features. Perhaps the tree is indeed not an ideal building site.
Most of the buildings that Shado and Niya saw along the way were built on the branches of the oak trees where the city is located. Most of them were natural buildings built by using magic to reshape the tree structure. Only a few were built with stone or other materials. of.
Naturally, stone buildings that can appear on tall trees hundreds of meters high are not something that ordinary elves can live in or even own.
Almost without exception, those non-wooden buildings are either public buildings that serve the majority of elves at the same time, such as temples, colleges, or squares, or they are privately owned by the highborne.
If we judge purely by the convenience and comfort of civilian life, the situation in Tevimansa is far worse than that of Cormanthor, and may even be inferior to some of the Nese territories.
Therefore, the Taivi Mansa that Shado saw was actually a strange city with few civilians and even seemed a bit too quiet and peaceful.
"Since there are so many inconveniences in the trees, why don't the Yelan elves choose a capital again on the ground? It's not like they don't have an above-ground city!"
Niya finally asked the question she was holding in her heart. Regarding this question, Sha Duo actually didn't understand it very well. She could only analyze it from the origin of Ye Erlan:
“Originally, Yeerlan was just a settlement established by a down-and-out upper-class family that separated from Sharven. Later, out of the need to fight against Sruvend, it received further support and was able to establish an independent country.
"Building the city on the tree may have been initially for defensive reasons! Later, it may have gradually evolved into a spiritual symbol. Even with the ground territory, the city on the tree has not been abandoned."
From this perspective, Shado also thought of Sevington. If the floating city prevails in the future, Sevington on the ground may not gradually decline or even be abandoned as he first thought.
Maybe it will give you a second spring!
Or simply raise Severton from the ground and upgrade it to a floating city instead of building a new one.
Of course, such thoughts flashed through Shado's mind. In the future, he is confident that he will build the Great Xia Territory into the most coveted territory in Netheril, and his floating city will also become Netheril's most desirable territory. One of the most important cities in Seoul.
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"What kind of big tree can support a city built on it?" Niya asked again.
"I happen to know that!"
Tevi Mansa is certainly not built on a tree. If that were the case, how big would the tree be? Taivi Mansa was built on a group of trees, and Shado did know something about their origins.
This can be traced back to at least the period of the rise and prosperity of Arivanda, which was almost more than 10,000 years ago. A series of magical plants are planted on a large area of land.
Among them, the group of tall oak trees where Taivi Mansa is located is one of them. The reason why Shado knows this is because the Xilin he incarnated in [Projection Plane·Evriska Independence] is actually such a tree. Big tree.
Of course, the Schilling at that time was still slightly smaller than the trees where Erlan was, but even so, Schilling's variety was named "Grandfather Oak" by the Sharvin elves.
To highlight the difference between it and ordinary oak trees, one belongs to the grandfather generation and the other belongs to the grandson generation.
It's just that Xia Duo walked around Taivi Mansa and came into close contact with these giant trees, but he didn't find any signs of awakening consciousness in these giant trees.
I don’t know if they were killed a long time ago or if they were deliberately hidden.
If it's the former, there's no need to think too much about it for the time being, but if it's the latter, these giant trees themselves may be Ye Erlan's most powerful trump card.
There are nearly a hundred trees in total, which means that there are nearly a hundred high mages with stronger endurance than the elves. If they have the support of the incarnation of the saint, not only sweeping the Northland, but at least overwhelming all other countries in the Northland Alliance.
In addition, there should be a group of Grandfather Oaks in the Salvin territory, and maybe there is Xilin who Shado once incarnated in the projection plane!
Thinking about it, Xia Duo was both happy and worried. He was happy because the elves had such a profound foundation. If there were any world-destroying natural disasters in the future, they would be the strongest backing.
The worry is that this horse is an elf after all, but he is a human.
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In the process of telling Niya the origin of his grandfather's oak tree, Shado also kept testing these beings that can be called great even if they don't awaken their consciousness. But unfortunately, they couldn't test it until the two of them had almost finished shopping. What's the result?
This uncertainty made him feel even more uneasy. He simply told him directly that the nearly one hundred grandpa oak trees had already awakened their consciousness. He might not be too anxious. After all, it was going to rain and the mother was getting married. He could do it as soon as possible. some preparations.
But now, when he is not sure whether there are nearly a hundred tree-man high mages, asking him to prepare for these is really too much, and it can be called a search for enemies in the void.
Moreover, he understood the existence of tree people very well. As long as they did not threaten their survival, they would not pay attention to them even if the outside world was beating them to pieces.
Even if someone like Xilin in the projection plane has made a contract with the elves, he will not help the elves take the initiative to fight against the enemy, but more as a last resort for protection.
Like Schilling, he uses his body as Salvin's Mystery Node, and usually just sleeps without caring about anything.
From this point of view, Ye Erlan has never given up on the tree city, which may not be without this consideration. If some or all of these grandfather oaks awaken their consciousness, then the capital cannot be moved. This is simply the best shelter.
If even a tree has no awakening consciousness and makes a gesture of refusing to move the capital even if it is dead, it can also confuse the enemy and make the enemy make misjudgments, so that they dare not let go and attack. This can be regarded as the last trump card.
Like now, Sha Duo, who once transformed into a tree man, can't tell whether these grandfather oaks have awakened consciousness, let alone other people (elves).
If you want further confirmation, you may start investigating from Salvin's side. However, none of the elven countries (except Cormanthor) have shown too much aggression at the moment. This can be done later.
Xia Duo felt that after the trip plan was completed, if there were no other important matters involved, he might be able to take a trip to Salvin.
