Volume 1: The Poem of Departure Chapter 12: Holy Light, Divine Magic

It seems that Pastor Seris going out in the town of Red Bones is nothing new. He accompanied Delcora through one of the busiest streets, and everyone saluted him, and he returned the salute one by one. He was still dressed in the clothes he had unloaded, but he was shrouded in holy light, and there was no dust on it, and he looked very simple but neat.

"Although this is the land of the gods, it is your credit that the glory of the gods shines on this place again - I heard from the people of Date Palm Town that they broke away from their primitive beliefs and began to follow orthodoxy after your arrival. "But this place is still detached from the rapidly developing civilization...... None of the three revolutions in magical technology seem to have had any impact on the area, and soon, the here and the outside world will become two completely different social models. If one day, humans, or elves, decide to develop the Great Plains, and the inhabitants of it will not seem to be able to take any initiative - they are not even professionals. ”

"Ah...... This is based on political considerations, and it is very realistic. Seris nodded, but didn't seem to want to acknowledge, "This is also the real situation in the future where it is very likely to happen." But if you want to make a difference, it has to be a long-term job – have you studied political economy?"

"My teacher was a tenured professor at Imperial State University. ”

"Then you must also know that the level of technology, social form, economy, and currency are closely related. In a place where bartering is still common, settlements are scattered, and there is no unified government, the hasty introduction of advanced new technologies will cause problems that far outweigh the benefits it can bring. I don't want violence to break the way of life on the Great Plains, but I want to start with the basics and bring about change little by little. ”

"They still don't use currency. ”

"But the caravans they sent to Apdu and the Ethnic Federation increased every year," said Seris, "and more and more people began to stay in civilized society and study." That's the change. As more and more people begin to come into contact with the outside world, they will subtly begin to change. The process may be long, but it's stable enough for even the most stubborn older people to accept and adapt to all these changes. ”

"So......" Del Kora shrugged, "may the Light bless you and protect the land." I hope God will leave enough time here. ”

Seris took Del Cola with him, but instead of walking the way he had come, he took another path out of town. He took Del Cola all the way out. Delkora followed the priest with her staff in her hand, silent.

After walking for nearly two kilometers until the outline of the Bone Town was a little blurred in his eyes, Priest Seris stopped, looked back at Del Kora, and said, "Using Divine Grace Flicker will bring a strong light, and your wind magic will also bring a strong wind to affect the town." But it's fine here, I'll prepare the Divine Grace Flickering spell, do you want to come with me?"

"Gladly. Delkora nodded, then put away her staff and closed her eyes.

Even today, when divine art has become so popular, the sacredness of the Holy Light Profession has never diminished in the slightest. As a dimantation of God's creative power, the Light represents God's gift to the world, and the users of the Light are naturally devout followers of God—in fact, this statement is true. But this is not a proof that can be reversed.

Almost everyone in the Lanman Continent is a believer in the Creation God, but the Holy Light Profession and the Magic Profession are relatively rare existences. Before the Age of Chaos, the Holy Light profession was extremely scarce, regarded as a special profession, and its awakening was completely random and irregular (at that time, the Holy Light profession was also called "God Son" or "God Gift"), until the continent was peaceful and after the truce between the three clans, Landmon's Holy See studied countless years, from the Pope to the probationary priest analyzed countless samples (at that time, "priest" was only an honorific title for the preacher, not specifically referring to the Holy Light profession), and only found many innate and innate The necessary conditions for the day after tomorrow, and the free sharing of these research results with the three major countries, this began to have a system of systematic training of holy light professionals, making the holy light profession one of the basic professions in the mainland.

Divine art, this is the textbook term for the powerful abilities used by high-ranking priests and paladins. This ability comes entirely from the Light, and its powerful effects are always reminiscent of the power of creation—the great power that belongs only to God and Nophon. Due to the peaceful nature of the Holy Light, most of the magic itself is not lethal, and is more inclined to the effect of auxiliary classes, but this also largely makes up for the lack of magicians. A perfect combat squad always has to have a mage and a priest, even if they seem so vulnerable on the battlefield.

Compared with the huge momentum brought by the magic gathering elements, the external effect brought by the magic is actually very ordinary, just the brightness naturally brought by the convergence of the holy light - the holy light itself is very peaceful, no matter how rich the holy light is, looking at it directly will not cause any harm to the eyes, but most people will not like the white expanse in front of them, and the condensation of the holy light will affect the magician's control of the elements to a certain extent, so Del Cola closed his eyes in advance and relaxed his body and mind - Seris is an archbishop, a status that in itself deserves the unreserved trust of anyone.

It can be said that in the Lanman Continent, only high-ranking priests can be completely trusted under any circumstances.

The light rose out of nowhere, and the light filled the surroundings, and there was no need to draw runes or chant incantations, Seris just folded his hands in front of his chest, bowing his head and praying silently. The Holy Light began to converge towards the center where the two of them were, Del Cora closed her eyes, but her spiritual power had already keenly felt the fluctuations of space - unlike the tough tearing of high-level spatial magic, the spatial channel opened up by the Holy Light was like the world obeying the will of the Holy Light, actively opening up space for it, bridging the gaps, and even taking the initiative to eliminate all the excess spatial ripples, so naturally there would be no threat of space storms.

This is very much in line with the general rules of divine magic.

"Arising from nothing, passing away without a source, energy is conserved, except for the Light", this is a principle that has been recognized by the whole world. The Light has always been able to bring about incomprehensible phenomena with very little consumption, and these phenomena appear without a cause and disappear without consequences, so much so that all scholars who discuss the conservation of energy and the balance of the elements (who are generally highly accomplished magicians) will deliberately ignore the Light. As a result, the power of creation contained in the Light, though unproven, has become an almost accepted theorem - and only the power of creation can defy the conservation of energy and achieve such a god-like feat.

"Here we are. ”

Seris's voice remained calm, and casting such a magic didn't seem to put too much pressure on him. Feeling the light gathering around her slowly diffuse, Del Kola opened her eyes, and there was already a shadow of a sparse date palm tree in her sight. It seems that they have come to a place that is still some distance away from the date palm town.

"It seems like you're deliberately not showing your power in front of the inhabitants here?" Delkora asked, somewhat curious.

If he had shown this power of space travel to the inhabitants of Date Town, the townspeople would not have been overly concerned in the first place.

"I wouldn't use magic in front of the inhabitants of this place unless I had to," Syriss explained, "and once they became dependent on the power of creation, they would no longer try to make changes, and society would come to a complete standstill." It's not what I want. They can't rely on my power alone—and I don't have the power to change everything for them. ”

"Magicians don't care about that. Del Cora shrugged, "That's why we've been pushing for the democratization of magic technology." We hope that magic as a force can help the development of society. ”

"Yes, yes, of course. This is exactly what the Holy See wants. "But it's different. Magic is only a force, a power that intelligent life itself gradually grasps by its own efforts, and it represents the great creativity of the intelligent race itself—but the power of creation, which is itself creation, is a false 'omnipotence', sufficient to satisfy the desires of the vast majority of people. But there is a limit to this power, the intelligent race is not Nofen, there is no quarter of the soul of God, and the upper limit of the control of the Holy Light by all intelligent races is the same and absolutely cannot be broken. If we rely on the Holy Light, then the upper limit of the Holy Light will become the upper limit of the entire Lanman Continent - that is definitely what we want to see. We hope that the continent of Langman will continue to develop forever, and we don't want the great power left by God to become the reason to trap our entire world. ”

"I should probably have more contact with the high-ranking people of the Holy See...... I may have been a little prejudiced against the Holy See before, but you know, magicians don't like priests in the first place. But I like your quote that magic represents the great creativity of the intelligent race – and its future is limitless. ”

“...... Hah, I think I can roughly guess who you are, noble little one. ”

"You know, I didn't hide it in the first place. ”

"Mr. Narance is going to receive a few more good students. ”