"However, there will always be people who are obsessed with the powerful power of magic and eventually make a deal with the devil. This behavior will soon turn into using their souls to sign a contract with the devil and become a certain devil on the mainland. Agent. In order to maintain the power he gained, this agent had to look for sacrifices everywhere according to the provisions of the contract. Most of the devil's sacrifices were related to souls, so this agent slowly degenerated and became A powerful black magician.”
"It is this desire for power that has led to the continuous emergence of black magicians for many years. The magicians of this sect have tried various methods to solve the problem. They even trained a kind of magic warrior as a magician killer. Come and assassinate the fallen magician! Since magicians can become corrupted, how can assassins who are magician killers never have problems?"
Victor sighed and said: "For some unknown reason, an instructor responsible for training assassins suddenly rebelled with several assassins. Of course, this was just the beginning of a disaster. In the next ten years, this group of assassins will The assassins killed more than five hundred high-level magicians, causing the balance of power in the entire continent to change."
"Several empires that were originally balanced in strength changed because their magicians were assassinated one after another. The empire with the least loss of magicians became the most powerful country. As a result, people's ambitions were no longer restrained. War Erupted."
"It was a tragedy, a tragedy in human history. This war has been going on for a hundred years, and countless civilians have lost their homes, relatives, and even their lives. And behind this huge price, but A few ambitious people get a little bit of psychological satisfaction when they look at the map of their own country. In fact, they will never go to the extra places in their lives, and neither will their descendants."
"The source of this catastrophe is precisely because magicians pursue power regardless of the consequences. People with insight began to think, is it that humans must embark on this road of no return after learning magic? Did the gods back then Is this the reason why we only teach magic to the elves? Perhaps the greed of humans makes the gods helpless? "
"When humans were at their weakest, the undead army appeared. Humanity finally tasted the consequences of killing each other. The empire that first started the war was the first to be overwhelmed by the undead army. The elite king's guard of the Kingdom of Dianis was there. I don’t know how many armies were defeated and how many civilians were massacred during the hundred-year catastrophe. They got their retribution and were overwhelmed by skeleton warriors hundreds of times larger than their number.”
"The emergence of Archmage Melen marks a turning point. Not only has human history been continued, but also the problems that have troubled magicians for many years have been solved. That is to change the magician's dominating and aloof status and bring magic to the common people. !Magic can not only kill, it can also improve our lives. Magic is everywhere, and it will make our lives better! Under the teachings of the Archmage Meren, a large number of civilian magicians have appeared on the continent. They learn magic not to pursue power, but to think about how to make magic more useful to us humans."
"Some people made huge stone golems, which showed their talents when building Fernando City; others made ships that can sail the sea without manpower, which allowed the rapid development of maritime trade. Seawind City was just 200 years ago. It is a small fishing village, and now its annual taxes paid to the empire have reached 10 million!"
"There are also people who have gathered the power of a large number of magicians and used magic circles to create a fortress that can float in the air. However, since this fortress consumes too much to maintain flight, it usually falls to the ground. Its location is a secret. , no more than 10 people in the entire empire know it.”
"In short, the period when Fernando I was in power was a golden age in human history. Militarily, humans won successive victories and gained a huge living space; diplomatically, humans, dwarves, and elves formed an unbreakable alliance and became the main force of the continent. Dominate; in terms of magic, it solved the shortcomings of magicians blindly pursuing power. It can be said that Archmage Melen created this golden age."
"However, after all, it is everyone's inner desire to gain power over others, because the nature of human nature is selfish. Therefore, the school advocated by Archmage Mellen and the previous school that pursued power coexisted, and slowly There was a dispute."
"In order to encourage more people to learn magic, Archmage Mellen carefully designed a set of testing rules. His original intention was to encourage everyone to work hard. Unexpectedly, after so many years of implementation, it has become a restriction on the growth of magicians. Disadvantages. Hundreds of years ago, the golden age back then and now are two completely different periods, but the promotion of magicians still follows the standards of 200 years ago. Is there no problem? "
After hearing what Victor said about the key part, Ryan couldn't help but ask: "Are the promotion standards different now compared to before?"
A wry smile appeared on Victor's face, and he said, "It's no different."
"No difference?" Ryan repeated Victor's words, wondering what he meant.
Victor explained: "The promotion standards from 200 years ago are still implemented today. However, the overall strength of human magic has been different over the years. I checked the records of the Magic Guild. In the year when Fernando City was built, the Imperial Capital Magic A total of 379 people in the guild have been promoted through senior magicians, but there are currently less than 300 senior magicians in existence. Can this be compared with before?"
"This..." Ryan was speechless. He and Faras looked at each other, feeling very surprised.
Victor added: "There was a catastrophe back then, and the improvement of magicians grew in endless battles. If you don't work hard to improve your strength, you may not survive the next battle. But now? How many magicians are there? Are you really focused on studying magic? The magician subsidy set up at that time was to help civilian magicians purchase materials for studying magic. As for the magic circle carving that I am good at, I make a fireball scroll every day. The mithril powder consumed in that month is at least more than 20,000 gold coins. Without this subsidy, I would have gone bankrupt long ago. I can’t hang out all kinds of magic scrolls and sell them on the street, right?”
Hearing Victor's words, everyone couldn't help but smile. The image of a magician wearing tattered magic robes hawking on a crowded street came to mind.
Victor shook his head and sighed: "In the past 200 years, the promotion standards have not changed, but the large amount of allowance has been increased. Now an ordinary magician, as long as he is promoted to a junior magician, his monthly allowance is 100 A gold coin, which is equivalent to a month’s living expenses for 50 civilian households outside the Imperial City. As long as you don’t spend recklessly, you can live comfortably in the Imperial Capital, so where do you have any ambition?”