However, Jenna is not optimistic about Xia Duo's suggestion that all actions related to the Seven Towers' governance must be authorized in advance. If the Seven Towers agree to this, what is the use of their current ruling position? If it were replaced by someone else, Isn’t it the same for other forces?
No one wants their power to be limited everywhere, especially the Seven Towers.
However, Jenna still has some expectations for the prospect that Shado proposed. If such a scenario can come true, maybe Netheril will become better.
"Lord Xia Duo, regarding your opinion, I will convey it to the Seven Towers, but I cannot guarantee you whether the Seven Towers will agree to it."
"There is a saying in my hometown: 'To accept the country's filth is to be the ruler of the country; to accept the country's misfortune is to be the king of the world'."
Xia Duo first recited a sage saying in Chinese, and then explained under Jenna's confused eyes: "The general meaning of this sentence is that only those who can bear all disadvantages are qualified to be called kings.
“The Seven Towers’ past ruling status came from the fact that as pioneers, they made huge contributions to the birth of this country and also made huge sacrifices.
“But the conservative atmosphere and stagnant development of magic in the past hundred years show that the Seven Towers have not done a good job in this sacred responsibility entrusted to them by everyone.
"As kings, they are unqualified!"
What Sha Duo said was rather serious, and it was actually what he meant. Jenna seemed to want to say something, but Sha Duo did not give her a chance to speak, but continued:
"President Jenna must have understood the cause of this incident. Although there is no definite result yet, but honestly speaking, is the approach of the Seven Towers really good?
"Should the descendants of the pioneers of the three sub-dimensions stay on such a small piece of land forever?
"Why did the Seven Towers propose to renew the Seventon Covenant? It's not because their previous actions have seriously violated many principles of the old covenant! And this has essentially endangered the legitimacy of their ruling position!
"That's why they came up with such a plan. They want to completely overturn the past, and even take the opportunity to unify the entire Netheril. If they don't restrict their power now, will they have to wait until the next time the Sweetwater Three A face-to-face incident occurred?
"It's just that the next time something happens, the protagonist who suffers may not be you and me!"
After Sha Duo finished speaking, he stopped talking. He had already said what needed to be said. If Jenna could listen, she should support the restriction of the power of the Seven Towers in the subsequent negotiations between the Seven Towers and other great arcanists.
As he said, now is the best opportunity to do this. Write the relevant content directly into the Seventon Covenant. Otherwise, when the Seven Towers come back to their senses, they will be able to calmly join forces and block similar motions. .
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After Jenna left, Shado did not sit back and wait for Iolum to return. Instead, he actively contacted other great arcanists to test their opinions on the Seven Towers plan.
All in all, almost everyone is satisfied with the concessions made by the Seven Pagodas, and most of them have an indifferent attitude towards retaining the Seven Pagodas' ruling status.
After all, based on past experience, even if Seven Towers retains its ruling position, there is not much that can be done, and there is no expectation of the future development of the situation in words.
But when Xia Duo proposed the two principles for dividing the power of the Seven Towers and the power of the lords, almost everyone showed unusual interest.
Even Vader, who had no territory for the time being and was living in the student territory, showed extraordinary recognition of Shado's proposal. He even said that he was prepared to be a pioneer after the new covenant was signed.
The only one who has reservations about this is Cliff. However, Shado can understand the reason for his faith, but he still hopes that Cliff can get rid of the shackles of faith and realize the meaning beyond order.
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In the next few days, the Seven Towers ended their private consultations with Iolum and began consultations with other great arcanists. The latter were actually discussing specific plans for the Seven Towers.
As expected, the representative from the Seven Towers who came to negotiate with Sha Duo was Horn. In fact, Sha Duo was somewhat expecting the Seven Towers to let Skum come over, so that he could speak without any scruples.
But according to Horn, the two have some degree of friendship, although not much, but they do exist, which makes Xia Duo more cautious when speaking.
The negotiations at this stage were much more troublesome than when Iolum was negotiating alone. Although the Seven Towers negotiated separately, they were actually the greatest common denominator of opinions among many great arcanists.
Xia Duo had objections to the Seven Towers plan. In addition to the division of power between the Seven Towers and the power of the lords, there were also many other aspects that needed to be discussed, making it extremely difficult to advance.
The issues that he and Seven Pagodas have determined may not necessarily be agreed to by another great arcanist. Correspondingly, other great arcanists also have their own unique demands, and Xia Duo may not be able to agree to them.
In this case, Xia Duo should have negotiated with the great arcanist, but Seven Towers did not inform others of their demands. Such an information advantage would naturally bring indescribable advantages to Seven Towers' negotiations.
Therefore, this second round of consultations only lasted four or five days before it could not continue. Everyone unanimously agreed to restart the Grand Arcanist Joint Meeting. Everyone sat together to discuss and not let the Seven Towers take advantage.
But instead of continuing the previous topic, we will discuss the seven-tower plan one by one.
This meeting was the most exhausting meeting that Xia Duo had ever attended in his life. He had been noisy for more than half a month and could not reach an agreement on all the issues. However, these issues are related to everyone's interests, not only the present but also the longer-term future. .
It is definitely impossible to modify the new covenant casually after it is signed. Like the recent version of the old covenant, it has not changed for hundreds of years. This new covenant is more complete. Even if the future develops very fast, it will not need to be changed every few years.
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In this way, the meeting started and went on and on. Unknowingly, the time came to mid-July of the 839th year of the Nese calendar. An unexpected but reasonable news suddenly disrupted the normal meeting process of Xia Duo and others. ——
Ambassador Yerland cited the relevant contents of the Severington Covenant and requested that Yerland’s representative be included in the discussion agenda on the new Severington Covenant.
This is very troublesome. Legally, the Ellan elves do have a separate seat in the Sevington Council, which is better than Netheril's own Grand Arcanist.
But the reality is that Netheril's own family affairs are discussed behind closed doors. Why should Ellan get involved? This is no longer the time in the past when Netheril was unable to resist Ellan!
Netheril now has the confidence to say to Erlan - go away, go to hell!
But the covenant is there, and Ambassador Ye Erlan even brought a copy of the covenant that Ye Erlan saved back then. Even if it is just for show, it should still be done!
But no one would be willing to let Ye Erlan get involved, neither the Seven Towers nor the other great arcanists including Xia Duo.
(End of chapter)
