The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 151 The Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the Two Countries, and the Growth of Eldoron
On the southern frontier of Eldorun, along the banks of the Xiyu River.

Dawn spread across the land.

Birds flew over the scorched battlefield after the fire rain.

South of the river, the corpses of wyverns, half-dragon soldiers, and numerous mind flayer slaves lay scattered across the battlefield.

Although many bodies were charred after being burned, many others remained largely intact.

At this moment, one by one, mid-level human mages are "cleaning up" the battlefield in their own way.

One by one, the corpses of half-dragon goblins and half-dragon kobolds staggered to their feet.

—【Manipulating corpses】!
—2000 half-dragon zombies!

These invaders, who had attempted to trample on human land, now shook their dragon-like heads, obeying the commands of the human mages. Sunlight shone on their emerald green dragon scales, making them gleam.

"These are half-dragon soldiers created by Emerald, the Green Dragon Lord, using his own dragon blood and ritual magic. They are physically powerful and protected by dragon scales, making them a superior source of corpses compared to orcs."

"His average combat strength is equivalent to that of a top-tier low-level warrior."

"Perfect for replacing the orc undead lost in this battle."

Many humans were also peeling scales from the severely damaged, missing limbs, and unsuitable-to-be-made-as-undead corpses of half-dragons, collecting the scales into bags:

"His Majesty Elion has ordered that the half-dragon scales be collected and transferred to the military production base."

"Have the production mages use the [Masterful Craftsmanship] spell to create a batch of [Dragon Scale Armor]."

The scales of a half-dragon are of far inferior quality to those of a real dragon, but they are abundant.

In addition, the corpses of monsters such as wyverns, gnolls, war lizardmen, Koto fishmen, and rudimentary giants underwent similar treatment.

They may become undead or have their rare supernatural materials extracted from them.

The alchemists were all smiles as they harvested valuable biological tissues from the tail sacs of wyverns, the glands of the Koto fishmen, and the cursed eye of the rudimentary giant.

Weary Cassandra floated in the air, watching the newborn dead rise in the morning light. She seemed to see a strange cycle of death and rebirth, and felt a deep sense of melancholy.

Having survived the calamities, Eldoron is now even stronger.

……

Elf Royal Court.

In a garden with a magnificent fountain, inside a beautiful and luxurious palace.

"Your Majesty, this concludes our account of the entire journey."

"Although an unexpected enemy appeared, we managed to rescue Princess Leah and defeat the Mind Flayers behind the veil of shadows!"

“I think this experience has proven that the human kingdom of Eldoron can be a reliable ally of the Elven royal court.”

On her throne, the Elf Queen Antinoya nodded:
"it is good."

"Then we can formally prepare for the establishment of diplomatic relations and trade between the two countries."

The Elf Queen then looked at Princess Lia and Prince Elf beside her:

"The two Sun Elf royalty have no objections, do they?"

Leah smiled faintly:
"No."

Prince Elf was silent for a few seconds, then sighed softly and said with complicated thoughts, "No."

"it is good."

The Elf Queen nodded, her beautiful face displaying regal authority:

"Normally, such an important matter should be discussed with the Sun Elf King, Larklas."

“But now, the King of the Sun Elves has gone to the divine kingdom of Avandor and no longer concern himself with worldly affairs. As the current King of the Elves, I have the right to decide this matter.”

"I hereby announce that the Elven Royal Court, composed of twenty-four major elven families and numerous smaller families, will formally establish diplomatic relations with Eldoron, the human kingdom in the eastern valley of the continent!"

The Elven Kingdom will establish diplomatic relations with the human kingdom!

This momentous news quickly spread throughout all the major elven families.

The ten Moon Elf families, along with a few other elven races such as Wood Elves, Winged Elves, and Dark Elves, had no objections to this, and many were even quite looking forward to it.

However, among the ten great Sun Elf families, voices of resistance still rose and fell.

This stems not only from the Sun Elf's cultural bias against outsiders, but also from substantial conflicts of interest.

In the elven kingdom, the Sun Elf race has a developed manufacturing industry, with numerous swordsmiths, armorsmiths, artisans, and manufacturers of magical items. Once the two countries begin trading, the Sun Elf family's industries will inevitably be impacted.

"Resist humanity!"

"Diplomatic relations can be established, but trade should be suspended for the time being."

"Opposing the construction of a teleportation array connecting Eldoron is a threat to the security of the Elven kingdom!"

Similar banners were hung throughout many towns controlled by the sun elves.

Several Sun Elf families, including Radiant, Sunflower, and Brightflame, have collectively voiced their support, hoping that the "Sunlight Family," as the royal family, can step forward and stop the Queen's decision.

However, with Princess Lia and Prince Elf remaining silent, these voices failed to make much of a ripple and were all suppressed by the Elf Queen Antinoya's Moon Whispers.

A few months later.

After a series of complex procedures, in the celestial hall of the Elven kingdom, Lord Elrian of Eldoron met with Queen Antinoya of the Elves and signed a formal contract:
"Effected today, the Elven Kingdom and the Human Kingdom of Eldoron have established diplomatic relations."

"Humans will be recognized as a civilized race, just like dwarves, halflings, and gnomes."

"The two countries are about to cooperate in building a permanent [teleportation array], connecting multiple human and elven towns..."

"Currently, the 72 extraordinary materials needed to construct the [Teleportation Array] have been basically prepared and collected..."

At the end of the 11th year of the Empire, the human kingdom of Eldoron and the western elven kingdom formally established diplomatic relations.

This ushered in a new era.

…………

Meanwhile, in the eastern valleys, Eldoron was eagerly absorbing the spoils of the war and growing rapidly. High above, in the floating city...

Inside a large arcane laboratory.

Gutt is leading a team of young research mages, studying those strange and unusual psionic instruments.

"Next, this crystal spire. Tell me, what is this thing used for?"

One of the young research mages, holding a pen and paper, turned his head to look at the mind flayer bound to the chair next to him.

The mind-stealer, its eyes glazed over, answered truthfully:

"This is the [Mind Interference Tower]. Driven by our psychic abilities, it can project the effects of mind suggestion and mental control to distant places, subtly influencing the thinking of a group of people."

The young research mage scribbled down the Mind-Stealing Demon's words on the paper.

"As expected, it's still easier to ask these mind flayers directly."

The mind flayers bound here have all been subjected to bewitching spells such as [Charm Monster], [Dominate Monster], and [Mass Suggestion], and will cooperate with the researchers' commands.

The only problem is that I have to find a mage who specializes in bewitching spells to replenish my spells every few days.

Gutt was also fiddling with these instruments, constantly interacting with them using various spells to explore their underlying principles:
"That's so amazing!"

"The technology of this batch of instruments is far superior to any magical items I've ever seen before. The precision, standardization, and energy utilization efficiency are on a completely different level."

"It's simply unimaginable what leaps Eldoron's supernatural technology could take once we uncover the underlying principles!"

A research mage analyzed:

“Mr. Gutt, the only problem is that all the equipment is powered by psychic abilities. Before Eldoron has psionicists, if we want to activate these devices, we can only use a small number of captured mind flayers as living energy sources. However, the number of captives is far too small, and Ms. Helen also wants live experimental subjects…”

“That’s true.” Gu Te nodded, but his face immediately lit up with the enthusiasm of a thirsting mage:

"However, after three months of research, I have found that the difference between so-called psionic energy and the magic we use is not that great."

"Indeed, as His Majesty Elion said, psychic abilities are more like a branch of magic."

"If we study them carefully, we might be able to create arcane versions of these psionic instruments!"

A magical version that creates psionic items?
This ambition immediately excited many young research mages:
"Mr. Gutt truly deserves to be called a leader in the field of energy manipulation magic. Creating replicas with similar effects but different energy sources is indeed a good idea."

"This is absolutely a breakthrough that will be remembered in history books!"

Looking at this group of energetic mages who appeared to be around the same age as him but were actually much younger, Gut suddenly realized a fact—

More than half of the members of this research team are new-generation surface mages, a result of the educational reforms in Elion over the past 11 years.

In the days that followed, the research team led by Guter worked day and night to overcome various technical bottlenecks.

Some monks even broke through their limits and entered a higher realm because of this.

Similar to Guter, there was another biological team led by Helen.

They stayed in the "Supernatural Biology Lab" and conducted research on the captured Mind Flayer living beings, Mind Flayer corpses, and slices of the Mastermind at different levels.

“My goodness, Ms. Helen.”

"This new species, called Mind Flayer or Mind Flayer, completely overturns our known reproductive methods."

"They have no gender distinction. Their method of reproduction is to parasitize the brains of humanoid creatures with tadpoles, transforming the host into a new Mind Flayer."

"No wonder this creature is so aggressive, attempting to dominate everything."

"So, this so-called mastermind is actually formed by the fusion of the brains of a large number of mind flayers after their deaths..."

Numerous research mage practitioners excitedly shared their research findings.

In this fantastical world, bionics is an extremely important discipline.

The vast majority of spells are developed by mages by imitating the principles of various extraordinary creatures.

This is why the innate spellcasting (spell-like) abilities of supernatural beings such as demons and monsters are the same as the spells mastered by mages—essentially, mages developed corresponding spells by imitating supernatural beings.

……

Early 12th year of the Empire.

Elian, who had spent six months finally completing the creation of the [Bone Dragon], was currently in his palace, reviewing the documents on his desk:
"Recently, the research progress of the two mage teams has been very encouraging."

The educational reforms of recent years have brought a new generation of young mage talents to Eldoron.

Now, the time has come to test the research capabilities of this group of talented monks.

In terms of pure combat, mages may not be superior to physical classes. However, their high intelligence and vast knowledge make them the best researchers in this fantasy world.

Elian gazed out the window, watching the clouds drift across the high sky, his gaze seemingly piercing through the years.

Although he came from the future, the memories he transmitted could not be so detailed as to cover every single aspect, and could only provide a general framework for the country's technological development.

The specific details will ultimately have to be figured out by the people of Eldoron themselves.

In the future, when Eldoron ventures into the Abyss, and even into Hell, the Mechanical Realm, and other planes, the research capabilities of the mage team will still be needed to transform the relevant results into concrete productivity.

"correct."

Elion turned to look at Siluca beside him and asked:

"The teleportation array connecting the two countries must have already begun construction, right?"

Hiluka nodded: "Yes. We have already dispatched a group of production mages who are skilled in the school of conjuration magic, and they are working hard to create the magic array."

El-Erian shrugged:

"Then, before the official commencement of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, let's complete one last important task."

"Recently, we have dispatched troops to the south and captured the leaderless Emerald Mountain Range!"

“Perfect, let the dragon lord Emerald 'return' to his territory in another form.”

(End of this chapter)