Chapter 499: Ambition
There are many things that can only be seen clearly if you have done them, walked through them, and looked back.
Ansolen, for Ash, is a very, very special place.
Theoretically, it has natural conditions that are almost the same as Ash's, plane rules, bird's-eye view domains, and natural rules, which means that she should cultivate a civilization similar to Ash, and even develop a world civilization that surpasses Ash.
At least, her vacant priesthood, divine position, and resources are enough to cultivate dozens of extremely powerful main god-level bosses.
But this is still only a theory, a theory that is destined to be impossible to achieve.
Ash is a purgatory of constant infighting, and while the racial infighting is serious in the long history, it is also natural that countless heroes have emerged, and finally precipitated a brilliant civilization and accumulation.
Ansolen, however, was a smoky greenhouse, the demonic fog prevented all possible causes of war, and before the evil gods and the Ash watched at him at the same time, their peace and tranquility had not changed for thousands of years, and even the current explorers found no remnants of the war.
Until now, Anthoreen still has not separated the elemental plane and formed the god of the elements, that is to say, there is not even the four major elemental magic as the mainstream, most of the spellcasters use their own inheritance and experience to use supernatural powers, and the largest war is only the civil war of the Titans.
This feeling is actually very familiar to Ash's eternal seed and long-lived species......
"Isn't this Ash from the time of the ancient gods and demons?"
It can be said quite bluntly that Ansolen's resources are abundant, but most of them have fallen into a deep sleep, and the arrival of the evil gods and the Ash is the beginning of the prelude, and the Isolens think that everything is over, but if you refer to the history of the brother world Ash, you will find that all this has just begun.
Maybe Anthoreen has nothing now, no main gods, no elemental ancient gods, no kings, no lords, no new elemental magic system, but it is this vacancy and abundant resources and heritage that has attracted the attention of countless ambitious people.
What kind of height can people reach in the end, in the end, it depends on the environment, creating heroes in troubled times is not an empty word, if the founding emperor of a country really lives in an era of peace, it is very likely that civil servants will be mixed for a lifetime.
Lori was thrown into Ansolen, and she was bound to face a plane war shortly afterward, and looking back now, it wasn't a bad thing.
Perhaps, some people will think that it is a bad luck, and the original trend of peaceful development will disappear all of a sudden......... But having been through so much, Rorschach felt like it was a lucky opportunity.
In his eyes, since he was already destined to develop in this world, it was impossible to miss this feast.
"Since we are destined to face the plane war of Ansolein, it is really a completely different thing to enter the country of mages in a hurry and prepare for it a few years in advance, and have the advantages and inheritance of the local area. ”
Among the nations, the Mage Nation is probably the least important of Ansolen.
The caster wants to learn the rules and knowledge, while Ash already has a complete system, and what is needed to become an archmage is to study hard and research results, which is completely different from fighting and killing and advancing to the next level.
Coupled with Ansoleon's Advent mechanic, it's basically certain that only newcomers are willing to start from scratch..... The high mortality rate of rookie mages in Ansolene is not an advantage compared to Ash's peaceful advancement, and Ansolene does not have a systematic elemental magic, which is the source of the caster's disinterest.
But now, things are different.
If the plane is opened, it is destined that the new four elemental planes must be classified, the new four elemental gods will also be determined, the four basic elemental magic will be finalized, and it may be that the four major elemental magic systems have at least hundreds of derivative magic knowledge, which is a temptation that mages cannot resist at all.
Even if you're unlucky, one of the four new elements overlaps with Ash's Earth, Water, Wind and Fire (in fact, the probability is quite high), as long as one element is brand new, it also represents infinite knowledge and power.
This is not a speculation, but a judgment based on reality, after all, there are already precedents....... Yes, that's Hades.
The four elements determined by Hades are light, death, ice, and law, and the magic of these four systems is already countless times more powerful and complex than the Dawn War.
Even, for the sake of this knowledge, some mages chose to enter the underworld in advance....... No one knows that he has succeeded, and no one has ever come out of Hades anyway.
A new field of study and countless new knowledge can create countless archmages, and the blank realm represents endless hope and potential, and it is only a matter of time before a demigod archmage who controls that realm appears.
Knowledge and magic are irresistible temptations for mages.
For other powers, the first target may be Ansolein's resources, but for the country of mages, the knowledge and magic system of that world is the greatest treasure.
Others who aspire to immortality may be aiming for the vacant god seat of Ansolen, but for mages who have never believed in gods, that knowledge itself is the path to immortality.
Ansolene was about to undergo a big change, and all of this spurred the nation of mages who were onlookers, and they rushed to enter....... Admission at all costs.
"It's really an exaggeration, thirty demigod archmages, five hundred epic mages jointly cast spells, hundreds of millions of gold coins and more magic materials smashed into it, just to send five hundred apprentices into Anthoreen alive?"
As an archmage, it doesn't take much time to look at a magic principle that is not complicated, and after browsing it, Rorschach sorted out this magic principle, and he also felt that it was unusually not cost-effective.
"This must have been an attempt to get through the walls of the plane, and it looks like it had failed......"
The walls of the Plane of Ansolene have existed long enough, and it is normal for many attempts to be made.
But judging from the current Adventist mainstream, this method should have failed before, and Rorschach only carefully studied the principles of magic, and almost knew why it failed.
"The principle of this spell is really interesting, the object that needs to be delivered becomes a barrier of the same nature of the energy body, and then penetrates into it little by little, and then returns from the energy body to the physical body when it reaches the destination........ This consumption must be extremely terrible, no, they dare to use it now, it must have succeeded before, but it is not cost-effective. ”
Converting matter into specific elemental energy and maintaining this state requires a huge amount of energy, which is also the reason why a large number of high-level mages need to cast spells together, and in order to achieve this goal in advance, they also want the same amount of resources.
Turning yourself into a part of the barrier and then passing through the barrier is indeed a universal solution, but the more exaggerated the resources consumed to achieve such a simple and pure principle, it is obviously an alternative method of burning money.
At this time, Rorschach could also understand why the target of the delivery would be determined to be a second- or third-order mage.
The more powerful the caster, the more powerful his own magic power is, the more "quantity" it contains in transforming into elements and energy, and the greater the resources and consumption put into it.
"No, not only that, most of the second- and third-order mages are still so-called generalist mages, and they have not yet been involved in determining the path of the future, if they enter the legend in Ansolen, it is very likely that they will come into contact with the rules of that world and become the first users of the new four major elemental magic, even if they hang up, they can open up the way, the key is which step there is luck, so quantity is more important than quality....... I mean, this group of old slippery heads, why are they so active this time, and they also send other people's apprentices in. ”
With Ansoleen's understanding, Rorschach was confident that he was not inferior to the mages of truth in front of him, and in terms of intelligence, he had already seen much farther than most local mages.
And accurate information can also be helpful for the next negotiations, first of all, you must know what the other side wants most, and then what you have for them, so you can talk.
"Hehe, I really have a good bargaining chip. ”
The smiling Rorschach had already remembered that in his hand, he had the key that the other party needed the most.
So, as soon as he opened his mouth, he attracted the attention of all the mages of truth.
"Ladies and gentlemen, maybe you haven't heard of it, I, Rorschach, am also an Advent, or I entered the Legend in Ansolen, or I advanced under the special Titan Realm, and it should be a spellcaster advancement that is different from any of Ash's existing rules!"
Sure enough, at this moment, the attention of all the archmages was cast.
When it comes to the step of the truth-level archmage, you can't see anything just by looking at your expressions, these people are sitting here, and their consciousness is still in their own research room, and the puppets and clones controlled by the will can be operated remotely.
But at this moment, Rorschach could feel that countless eyes were watching and examining himself, and Rorschach's instinctive hairs stood on end, any of which could kill him in seconds.
At this time, the archmages who drank tea stopped drinking, and those who read magazines and played cards stopped playing, and the scene instantly became silent and embarrassing.
Just when Rorschach himself couldn't stand this pressure and atmosphere, and was about to say something casually, Archmage Ander on the other side nodded slightly.
"Indeed, this is a completely different path and a whole new set of rules, completely different from our current magic system. ”
Rorschach had only been here for a short time, and he hadn't had much access to these top archmages, and he didn't know much about them, but he remembered the names and general fields of study.
The archmage of Ander in front of him, Rorschach only knew that he was very old, always mysterious, and he didn't even know the field of study, but now as soon as he spoke, others either nodded or silently agreed, which means that he should be a super big man, at least what he said is convincing to others.
And after receiving the confirmation, Rorschach breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that from this moment on, he had a bargaining chip.
"I know that the number of places this time is extremely limited and there is a lot of price to pay, but I am willing to show my path and give the little ones a reference, or they will have a much better chance of finding a new path. ”
Rorschach was very shrewd, and what he said was also very accurate, and immediately the eyes of many archmages lit up.
As the focus of mages, knowledge is wealth, and their own path and research results are the biggest treasures, no one can force a mage to hand over all their research results, otherwise it will be the result of everyone's own danger.
Of course, there must be such a thing in private, Rorschach felt that he had already said what he had gained, and if he walked out without doing anything, there would definitely be demigods or even truth mages coming to him to "talk to him".
And his current statement is equivalent to announcing part of his own path, which is already quite a sincere bargaining chip.
Giving this treasure directly to the Council of Truth or the Magical Guild would be extremely stupid and meaningless, and Rorschach's own path itself was too special and contained too many things unique to Ansolen, and most of the Ash could only refer to it and could not try to use it.
And if you tidy up your own path, take out a few rudimentary magics, and give them to the apprentices who went to Anthoreen, and let them use these introductory magic as ladders to explore new paths, then the efficiency of the harvest will be increased by a hundredfold, a thousand times.
Directly to the union and to the apprentice after sorting, the former is probably just a very sincere dedication, but the latter is a strategic battle that affects the overall situation, Rorschach is very smart at the most suitable time, and took out the chips that the other party can't refuse at all,
"Yes, the little one is very sincere and smart, and cunning enough to take chances, and reminds me of that old bastard of yours....... Yes, we can give you 50 places. ”
As soon as Ender's words fell, it caused a lot of discussion in the audience, and each place represented the investment of massive resources, which is not a small number.
Rorschach gritted his teeth and shook his head.
Although this number has far exceeded my expectations (the 10 highest requirements), but at this time and that time, now is such a good opportunity, I am afraid that I will regret it for the rest of my life.
"No, I don't want a quota, I'm going to get in...... I mean to join the whole operation of this Council of Truth, in the name of Archmage Rorschach Lan Heroise. ”