Ryan listened to Jialib's words silently. He had actually vaguely known these contents before, but knowing and doing it were two completely different concepts. Looking at Jialib who was teaching him so earnestly, Ryan sighed, He said with a wry smile: "I understand this truth, but I'm still very conflicted in my heart."
"I heard that you formed the 'Shadow Shang' and executed those rebels mercilessly. In fact, you have done a good job, but you do not have the talent for power." Ghalib said: "Those in power do not necessarily have to Do everything yourself, especially as a legendary mage, you must have a sense of proportion. A trustworthy subordinate can help you do many things, and an effective supervision system can ensure that you can control everything."
"But these are just the practices of ordinary people in power. As a legendary strongman, what you have to do is to increase your strength infinitely, and then have an army that is absolutely loyal to you. This is to protect all internal and external forces. The greatest deterrent to those with different intentions is also the greatest security guarantee for your entire political system. Maybe others can overwhelm your city, kill all your people, and massacre your army, but as long as you are still there, your enemies will live forever. In fear, I don’t know when a terrible forbidden curse will fall from the sky.”
"Ryan, this is the best path to power that has been proven by countless legendary strongmen from other worlds. It uses absolute terror and deterrence to ensure your relative safety. As long as you are still there, your enemies will be afraid of you. Do not dare to act rashly in order to retaliate, and once a full-scale war breaks out, the final outcome is likely to be that all cities participating in the war will be wiped out under the attack of large-scale forbidden spells."
"Is there really such a terrifying ending?" Ryan asked doubtfully: "Then the current confrontation between the Imperial Capital and the Freedom Alliance isn't..."
"Hahahaha, Ryan, you don't have to worry. The situation I mentioned cannot be achieved at present." Ghalib said with a smile: "There are only so many legendary powerhouses on the entire continent at present. This number is really too small. Even if When everyone is gathered together, none of them is as powerful as a larger lord under the seven kings of the other world. Ryan, imagine the scene of thousands of legendary mages casting spells together. In the recent thousand-year war between the seven kings of the other world, , this situation has occurred at least three times, each time being accompanied by the destruction of a plane."
Ryan was completely shocked by Ghalib's words. He had a big mouth and didn't know what to say to express his mood at the moment. Ghalib patted him on the shoulder and said to him: "You know that half-hearted man?" Is it the reason why the God Lich is so powerful that he did not expand his power in other worlds, but chose to constantly attack our plane? The most important point is that the kings in other worlds are too strong. That is because of them It was slowly accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years of mutual attacks.”
"Could it be that… "
"Yes, maybe that demigod lich is not afraid of any king, but its subordinates are not powerful enough to compete with the armies of other kings. What's more, the seven kings have already had a tacit understanding with each other, and the huge alien world has almost been conquered by them. Now that the partition is complete, once there is the possibility of an eighth king rising, maybe these seven kings will join forces to deal with future enemies."
"Of course, all this is just my guess. After all, I am not the demigod lich and I don't know its real thoughts. However, the other world belongs to the realm of chaos. The only order there is no order. Everything is set by the strong. , and the weak enforce the rules, only then will seven kings appear, and the demigod lich will also become the eighth king there, but it will take tens of thousands of years at least to occupy a place like ours. Plane, it’s much easier to use the creatures here to expand the undead army under you. If it hadn’t been too impatient last time, maybe a new race would have appeared on this continent now.”
"Oh, by the way, Teacher Jialib, have you ever fought against the undead army? Otherwise, how could you be so familiar with these things?" Ryan suddenly thought of something and asked directly,
Ghalib shook his head again, and he said to Ryan: "I will not get involved in these things. Ryan, I can teach you my martial arts skills, and I can also teach you my experience, but I can't Directly interfering in these matters concerning the fate of the continent is my only restriction."
"Don't ask why, it won't do any good for you to know now. In fact, I have broken this rule a bit by taking action against Catherine, but I can consider it a bit of an excuse. After all, this is the territory of my students, and they came to me on their own initiative. "Yes." Ghalib blinked and said: "Besides, that Catherine probably has a very important relationship with me. It seems that no one else can care about me teaching her a lesson. You see, I didn't stop the people she brought, but If they can’t defeat your subordinates themselves, then it’s none of my business.”
Ryan didn't expect that Jialib had already thought of several reasons. This seemed to be a sign that he was going to use it to excuse himself, but obviously Jialib didn't need to excuse himself, so could it be said that behind Jialib? , there is another secret that he does not know, and that secret is also related to why Ghalib wanders on the continent as a legendary strongman,
"Well, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's continue talking about the previous topic." Ghalib obviously didn't want Ryan to continue thinking about the topic at hand, so he took the initiative to change the topic. He talked about Andrew's past again: " Where did I say it before? Well, Andrew secretly trains the guards in very cruel ways. Well, actually he has a good idea, but unfortunately his own strength is still too poor. After all, he is only 8 years old, so I occasionally take action. Kill some guys I don't like, that's why Andrew's whole plan went so well."
Ryan almost laughed. Now he finally understood why Andrew was still able to control the overall situation despite his lack of strength. With the existence of the legendary strongman Jialib, there really was nothing he couldn't do.
"Four years later, when Andrew was 12 years old, his country was affected by war. His father died in the battle, and most of the country's territory was lost. Tens of thousands of troops approached the Iron Fist Castle, preparing to clear out the last nominal leader of the kingdom. Heir." When Ghalib said this, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I can't get involved in this kind of thing, so I had to stand by and watch with my own eyes Andrew wearing black armor and holding the pistol I gave him. Armed with weapons, he took hundreds of guards trained by him onto the killing battlefield."
"Is that it?" Ryan took out Andrew's two-handed giant sword from his storage pocket and handed it to Galib. Galib's eyes changed slightly and he took it from Ryan's hand. He waved the weapon lightly, then sighed and said, "I didn't expect that I would see it again after so many years."
"Could it be that the Andrew Steel that made this weapon is your masterpiece?" Ryan thought and said a possibility that he had thought of temporarily, and Galib nodded and directly admitted Ryan's guess: "Yes, This weapon was made by me, as was your Shadow Shang."
"Ah, doesn't that mean we can now mass-produce Andrew Steel?" Ryan shouted in surprise. He had been coveting this extremely hard metal for a long time. Unfortunately, there was no way to imitate it. Unexpectedly, the breakthrough point turned out to be In his teacher's body,
"No, this weapon is not Andrew steel." What Galib said shocked Ryan: "The so-called Andrew steel is just a metal refined using certain techniques in the Andrew era, and this two-handed giant sword, and that The Shadow Shang was all made by me. On the surface, there seems to be no difference. In fact, this weapon is extremely powerful. It's a pity that you changed your profession and became a magician, otherwise you would have experienced it. It’s unique.”
"Take this two-handed giant sword as an example. It is contaminated by Andrew's too many killings, so the sword contains a lot of wronged souls. Every time the owner of this sword wields it to fight, this two-handed giant sword can Absorbing the blood of enemies to replenish the master's strength is enough to allow a powerful warrior to fight endlessly until there are no more enemies in front of him."
"As for your Shadow Shadow, because you chose the magic journey, its growth is much slower. Currently it is only relatively sharp and can penetrate various defenses on the enemy, even high-level defensive magic. If You have been specializing in martial arts over the years, and now you have entered the realm of legend, and its effects will continue to strengthen."
"Speaking of which, these are weapons I tailor-made for you. Their biggest feature is that they can grow with you. You must know that no matter how good the weapon is, it is limited by the owner's own strength. Once the strength does not match, it will be difficult to function. , but these two weapons do not have such disadvantages, so in a sense, they can be called semi-artifacts. But unfortunately, you did not choose the path of martial arts in the end, so these two semi-artifacts None of them have corresponding effectiveness.”
"Ah." Ryan never expected that he would already have a semi-artifact in his hand on the first day he went out. He had defeated his opponents with Shadow Shang many times before, but he didn't know that this was actually a special semi-artifact. If Ryan If I had known this earlier, I might not have changed my job to become a magician.
"Since Andrew gave it to you, you can keep it. Vivian and Adela seem to be able to share one piece each, which will give them some ability to protect themselves." Ghalib said lightly: "But One thing you have to remember is that after being promoted to the legendary realm, your lifespan will also exceed the limitations of the race itself. If you don’t want to watch the women around you grow old, then quickly improve their strength, or use other secret methods to help They stay beautiful."