In September, when Sylutia was still immersed in the study of esoteric knowledge and theory, unaware of the passage of time, a piece of heavy news spread from the south of the mainland.
The various southern countries that used to be scattered have finally been unified and formed five super-large covenant countries. Each of them has issued its own conventions and announcements and officially appeared in front of various power organizations.
The five major covenant countries are Knight Sanctuary"Forest of Incantations"Golden Sheaf Horn"Mangrove Wetlands"Lion Covenant".
Among them, Knight Sanctuary" is the strongest and is composed of 53 countries of various sizes. Representatives of each joining country will lead a Knight group to swear an oath in front of the covenant to safeguard Knight Sanctuary" interests, and these 53 Knight leaders will elect a model "Knight" who will become the leader of the alliance, coordinate and coordinate all parties, and formulate policies that will prevail throughout the alliance. At the same time, he will also be the highest military commander in foreign operations.
Knight Sanctuary "requires all subordinate member states to implement the youth cavalry" system, and all young cavalry are reserve combatants of the alliance. There is a strict and orderly promotion system. As long as you gradually complete training and trials in accordance with the system, you can be promoted to the official Knight, with your own badge and fiefdom.
After the death of Knight, the fiefdom under his name will be returned to the hands of the covenant, but his family and descendants will enjoy subsidies and care based on Knight's contribution and honor during his lifetime.
Regas Kingdom, where Sylutia once was, is now one of the franchise countries under Knight Sanctuary.
"Forest of Incantations" is an alliance of forces composed of Wizard and Witch. They have laid down layers of restrictions in the forest, restrained their power with spells and witchcraft, and achieved various incredible abilities. They can drive the souls of the dead and Magic Creature, cause amnesia and hypnosis, degrade creatures, and seize shadows and souls. They are the masters of terrifying witchcraft that people in ancient times feared.
This covenant country is led by Secret Spell Circle", and each member of Secret Spell Circle" is the big Wizard" or big Witch" of Sixth Order. It is said that there is a witch behind Secret Spell Circle".
"Mangrove Wetlands" is a union of jungle forces and swamp forces. Among them are Lizardman, Orc, humans and other races. They connect various places through dense water networks and reach ordinary people. In areas that are difficult to enter, it is said that in some deep swamps and jungles, ancient ruins of Dragon remain, and the high-level officials of Mangrove Wetlands still pass on the secrets related to Dragon.
"Lion Covenant" is a union of mountain tribes. They are composed of Orc, hybrids, and humans. They advocate strong power. Although they belong to the same covenant country, they do not prohibit war internally, but only restrict meaningless killings. Once one side wins, the defeated tribe will be loyal to the winner. Under the supervision and encouragement of such a system, every ordinary resident in Lion Covenant" must be born to fight. Even women and children must still learn to use weapons and follow the leader at any time.
The territory of these five major covenant forces is distributed like a criss-cross pattern. They compete with each other and cooperate with each other. Woodland Alliance, who is entrenched in World of Shadows, coordinates the five forces behind the scenes and serves as the final referee and leader.
After completing the integration of forces, all parties are eager to know what decisions these five major covenant countries will make in the future, where they will go, and what changes this situation will bring to them.
In October, the delegations of the Mage Alliance and Harp Flower Union went to the five major covenant countries to conduct preliminary negotiations.
In December, the mission that visited Golden Sheaf Horn" returned and brought good news, that is, Golden Sheaf Horn" promised to provide Mage Alliance with a large amount of food every year to help Mage Alliance overcome Season of Sinking Fog's difficulties, but in exchange, Mage Alliance also needed to pay for the goods listed on the list.
This list includes high-end metals, gems, mechanical artifacts, scrolls, elixirs, etc. If converted according to usual prices, the value of these things would be 60 times the food provided, which is very expensive.
After this agreement spread in the Mage Alliance, it caused an uproar. Many people expressed dissatisfaction. Many mages in the alliance said that they could accept a price difference of three, five, or even ten times, but 60 times was still too outrageous.
"One Golden Sheaf Horn" third-level gardener, with the income brought by this contract, is equivalent to 20-30 third-level Mage. Why is this?"
"Even if there is a shortage of food, is it necessary to be so humble?"
"If you really want food, instead of giving the other party 60 times the reward, why not use the money to arm the army and open up the production line of war machinery? If you can't get what you want at that time?"
A large number of fierce remarks spread throughout the alliance, and some local mages even publicly stated that they would not accept such expensive food, let alone allow things produced in the territory to be sold at such a low price.
Seeing the rapid expansion of public opinion, Alliance Council had to suspend this cooperative trade and announced that consultation and discussion were still needed.
"Winter is here." Sylutia sat on the velvet carpet in the room and looked out the window.
"Hedra would you like something to drink?" On the other side of the room, Amelia came over with a teapot. It contained heated tea and milk, with a small amount of flower petals added, and the taste was very good.
This is Amelia's cabin in the library. After the two of them study, they will gather here. Occasionally, Sylutia will stay here overnight and sleep with Amelia.
"Pour a little." Sylutia picked up the white porcelain cup, and then watched Amelia pour the milk tea carefully and seriously.
Afterwards, the two of them sat on the carpet together, looking at the snowy scene outside the window, occasionally whispering, and then lying on the carpet reading a book or taking a nap.
Although it is on the ground, except for the two of them, no one else comes here. The floor and carpet are very clean, and occasionally they exude a warm smell under the sunlight.
Lying on the carpet, Sylutia was flipping through books in the library, his legs raised from time to time, and his little feet wrapped in white socks looked a bit nimble and cute.
On the other side, Amelia was sleeping with a plush doll in her arms, her long blue hair spread on her nightgown and carpet.
Sleep has a special meaning to Amelia. She can use sleep to organize and understand the knowledge in various books she has read, which surprises Sylutia.
Why haven't I mastered this special ability? I can only learn while watching. This kind of learning is indeed very fast, but it is not as convenient as Amelia.
However, she also discovered that something special about herself was that when she slept under the moonlight, her mental power would be slightly enhanced and the degree of erosion would slowly subside. However, she had always been immune to the erosion of Distortion, which prevented her from using this ability, and she was not aware of it for a long time.
After studying together at Named One Abelid for more than half a year, the two have become increasingly close. Now they are good friends who talk about almost everything, and even occasionally take a bath together.
The last person of the same age that Sylutia could feel so close to was probably Elysia when he was a child, but the two of them were still young at that time, and it was more like unconscious play between children.
After flipping through the book in front of him, Sylutia sat up, looked at the hair hanging down by his ears, lifted it up slightly, then stood up and put the book away.
It was getting late, and she had to go to Mishir District today to deal with the accumulated affairs. She looked at Amelia who was still sleeping beside her, picked him up, put him on the bed, covered him with a quilt, and then quietly left the house.