As soon as these words came out, Zhao Xu was shaken on the spot.
Actually, even the "Ernest's Secret", which in Arthur's ancient times, plundered the entire continent's endless wealth, and laid the foundation for the eventual collapse of the extremely powerful Magic Empire, which made all Arthur's forces dormant and dare not take the initiative, was Is it just a trick to deceive others
Not to mention, behind the real storehouse of "Secret Treasure", Antinoya also has a "fake storehouse" on the surface.
The treasure stored inside is less than one-tenth of the real treasure, which is the "lost legacy" of the former Yiter Dynasty.
Zhao Xu once followed Antinoya, called her sister, passed the test of the "activation cellar" that protected the heritage, and was allowed to enter it.
Zhao Xu's "Star Cloak" was obtained there.
And he still remembered that in the treasure room No. 1, he was so dazzled by the shelves full of artifacts that he could hardly open his eyes.
Now Antinoya actually told him so bluntly that even Maku was a cover.
The real value lies in this seemingly powerful "Mage Association", but in fact there are many mountains inside. The giants each have a certain basic base, and they reluctantly gather together under the jurisdiction of the president.
This is also the reason why the Mage Association has mastered nearly 90% of Arthur's mage casters, but it has not really crushed everything to re-establish the magic empire.
Among the major national powers, who doesn't have a relative of the legendary mage? Countless powers spend a lot of money every year to send their descendants to study in Mystra, just for this kind of continuation.
Otherwise, there would not be "Final Scroll", "Arcane Alliance", "Spell Guard", "Rose Cross" and other independent organizations in the association that have no jurisdiction over each other and are quite independent.
"Teacher, is there any vital secret in the Mage Association?" Zhao Xu asked.
Faced with this question, Antinoya shook her head slightly and changed the subject: "Zhongxia, what do you think the power of the common wizard Arthur is?"
Although Zhao Xu didn't know why Antinoya spoke like this, he still followed his own knowledge system and said, "For example, those with five rings and above rarely show up. For some remote small countries, a seven-ring mage is enough to influence the power." Hereditary alternation.”
Zhao Xu said it very straightforwardly. In fact, above Arthur, there are only a few forces with more than a dozen or even dozens of cities, such as the Eastern Empire, the Northern Alliance, and the Principality of Xiluo. Most of them occupy an area to separate themselves and govern themselves. Just a small principality.
Many times, there are only a few temples and churches of one or two middle-level and high-level gods in a small country, and the entire small country's beliefs tend to follow the same god.
It is not like Orlu, the capital of the Northern Alliance, which has no fewer than ten divine churches built in the city.
The legendary mages are more like unparalleled powerhouses.
He usually conducts magic experiments in his own mage tower or demiplane, occasionally takes on apprentices, or simply experiences life and lives in seclusion in some small villages.
Legend has it that in a village a hundred kilometers away from Mystra, two legendary mages and three nine-ring mages live in seclusion. If any unsighted thief breaks in without authorization, he is likely to encounter an encounter that he will never want to remember in his life. painful experience.
Even dying successfully is already a great blessing.
Generally speaking, many local forces hide powerful spellcasters whose age exceeds the life limit. Only when serious dynasty changes are involved, their looming figures will be seen.
"Teacher, according to your original words, are you going to lend me the secret legacy of the Yiter Dynasty to help me establish Yanan?" Zhao Xu returned to the center.
"This is natural." Antinoya nodded, "But there are conditions."
After saying that, Antinoya gently pressed Zhao Xu's shoulder, as if he was receiving a medal.
"I need you to build a magic academy in Yanan and start recruiting apprentices."
"And you don't have to worry about teachers. I will arrange for the secret power of the association to help. The key to the problem is-"
"Source of students?" Zhao Xu reacted immediately.
"That's right." Antinoya stood on the hill, facing the noisy wind in the valley, which made her cloak rustle.
"This time, we need seeds."
"It is related to a vital plan for us. We need to re-train a group of new mages who are extremely clean and pure from beginning to end. The traversers of the earth are exactly the category we fall into. Only they are satisfied and have never had any problems from beginning to end. Infection, you don’t have to worry about it being penetrated into the sand by other forces.”
After all, there are only a few beings like Antinoya and May who can pass through that material energy channel before traveling through time.
As he spoke, Antinoya's eyes seemed to be staring at Zhao Xu under the same sky through the long river of time.
"Are you so cautious that you don't trust teaching in Mystra? Even if you are a teacher, you already represent the Mage Association?" Zhao Xu asked with a cautious tone.
"That's right." Antinoya nodded, "When you were at the Civilian College of Mystra and visited a student who was on leave from school, you discovered that this student had been trained as a mage in the Floating City. , turned into a semi-purgatory creature, and was still targeted before entering the floating city."
"The floating city is too big to block other people's prying eyes and gazes."
"Divine power is, after all, a more pure power than magic, and can achieve many unimaginable miracles."
"Am I the only one who chooses the seeds of mage apprentices among billions of people?" Zhao Xu asked.
He has realized that there must be a huge plan behind this, which requires a group of mages with pure backgrounds as a backup force.
Just like the components of legendary spells.
Generally, the power of a legendary spell is linked to the difficulty of casting it. If you don't care about your life, you can set up an unsolvable "legendary spell", but this requires a huge "Spell Recognition" level to cast it.
If the identification level is not enough, you need to manually reduce the difficulty of casting spells, either by adding the legendary and elusive "cold fire" material, by bearing the cost of backlash or by increasing the casting time.
There was once a legendary mage who developed a world-destroying legendary spell, but no legendary mage has been able to successfully challenge the entire thousand-year spell casting time and persist in casting a spell for an entire thousand years.
In conclusion, the most useful thing for legendary mages, and the most able to stabilize the spell structure and improve the success rate, is to let the spell casters of the ninth level and below contribute spell slots and assist in spell casting.
And the more people there are, the more stable the entire state will be, even forming the legendary ring magic.
Therefore, Zhao Xu guessed that what Antinoya needed was also such a "spell" or even "ritual" involving a large number of mages.
"Then mentor, shouldn't you take action earlier now?"
At this time, Zhao Xu had already seen that the Earth Travelers who had just gathered below because of their appearance had caused a commotion inside, and many people turned around and looked in another direction.
On another distant hill, a cavalry regiment charged forward with billowing smoke.
Looking at the divine flag raised by the cavalry regiment, it was obvious that the knights under Cooper, the god of justice and punishment, were dispatched to provide disaster relief. They came here across a distance of thousands of miles through the teleportation circle and delivered food.
and faith.
For Arthur's main gods, they have reached the point of immortality and will not perish unless there is a Ragnarok-level disaster.
However, other gods below the main god determine their own divine power based on the breadth of believers.
For example, if Antinoya doesn't like a weak god, he can completely limit the other party's believers. If he uses legendary magic to wipe out all the believers of the other party in one fell swoop, he can shatter the kingdom of this weak god in the outer interface. The divine body fell and wandered in the star world.
Therefore, this earth's disaster is also a "feast of faith" for Arthur's gods.
As for who can harvest more faith, it all depends on their own abilities.
This is also the reason why the gods spare no effort and pour a lot of force into the wild and dead land.
"I'm a little different."
Antinoya was obviously very confident, "What I need is an elite mage, not a mixed bag of believers."
"Even if you can only find me one person one day, as long as he can firmly believe in magic and will not betray or be tempted by higher powers, that will be enough."
"So, mentor, you entrusted this task to me? And it's just me?" Zhao Xu asked.
"That's definitely not the case." Antinoya smiled, "There are also trustworthy candidates looking for us, but you are definitely the most important part."
"Because you can achieve seamless connection and continuously teleport on this continent. I also need your ability to have unlimited battery life."
"Moreover, the key to this mission is to keep it secret and not to attract anyone's attention. Therefore, some mages are only entrusted to perform for a period of time, or even serve as a small part of the transit environment, such as just picking up someone, they are from beginning to end I don’t even know what the ultimate goal is.”
"And there is also a group of mages sent by Mystra in the wilderness at the moment. They are also selecting suitable magic apprentices for the floating city. They will attract all the attention on the surface."
"Only you know everything and you will be involved in the whole process this coming week."
At this time, Zhao Xu watched the priests and paladins of the God of Justice getting closer and closer below, and realized that he and Antinoya had to leave this place.
He couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, you have spent so much effort to create this layer of isolation, which makes me even more curious about what kind of plan these seed mages are for."
"Listen, don't regret it." Suddenly Antinoya smiled happily.
"How is that possible?" Zhao Xu was very confident.
"I once told you that the seventh month when God was absent was the prophecy given in May. But we didn't guess that there was something wrong with the kingdom of the gods."
"Midsummer, this time the gods intervened in the wild and dead land, and the intensity of their contact with the earth travelers may be beyond your imagination."
"The saint's descent to earth is not far away."
(End of chapter)