It has only been 3,000 years since the rise of humans on the Eastern Continent, so the study of magic is only 3,000 years. For the rain from the Elven Empire 100,000 years ago, it is true that it is not known what a "magician" is.

But after listening to Catherine's words, Rain said, "It turned out to be an ability similar to the 'Elemental Master', so what other martial arts do you have?"

Catherine knew that there were two kinds of innate abilities among the elves - elemental masters and nature communicators. In a sense, Catherine, who has been blessed by the Mud Elf King and has experienced the Heart of Nature, is closer to being a Nature Communicator, but she has not yet developed this ability.

Since human mages do not use martial arts as their primary ability like elven powerhouses, Catherine has not practiced martial arts, and Rainwater's question is still based on the strong people of the Elven Empire.

"I didn't learn martial arts. Catherine replied truthfully.

In fact, in addition to magic, during her time at the Royal Academy, Catherine spent the rest of her energy on academics. After all, humans do not have a long life like elves, and can have enough time to learn and study everything useful. Moreover, the cultivation of martial arts, like magic, requires a certain amount of talent and a lot of time, and few humans can achieve extremely high levels of achievement in both at the same time.

Of course, another important reason is that the human beings on the Eastern Continent have a fairly high level of alchemy and magic arrays. A warrior can use a magic scroll to cast magic, and a mage can use alchemy to create for himself such as puppet warriors and magical creatures to cope with melee combat. If there is such a way to make up for the shortcomings, why do you have to master both magic and martial arts?

As a general of the Elven Empire, Yushui listened to Catherine's explanation, and after thinking about it seriously, he said: "It turns out that other means are used to make up for shortcomings and achieve complementary effects. There is nothing wrong with this idea, but in some cases, it may not be possible to use other means. For example, now you can't use the natural elements, so you don't have any ability to protect yourself. ”

Catherine knew this very well, and in the spirit world, elemental magic could not be used, and she had few means of self-preservation.

Barely speaking, only one soul magic and one half-instinct—a bull's-eye demon and half a black-fronted mouse—were at work.

However, these two methods are not very effective in actual combat, once the soul magic "Soul Roar" is used, Catherine will temporarily lose her mobility, and the damage caused to the opponent is only a moment of shock; the bull's eye demon's instinct itself does not have attack attributes, and it is not bad when it is a flying prop; the black-fronted rat's instinct is extraordinary, but unfortunately Catherine alone can't control it at all, and can only be driven when she joins forces with the Ice Bear Abyss.

Of course, if you look into it in detail, the chain of soul shackles is also a weapon. But Catherine herself has no martial arts, and a chain in her hand can only be used as a rope at most.

Speaking of which, the shaman of the sacred mountain of the Ice Bear Abyss is the one who has the compound ability of both witchcraft and martial arts. Moreover, he also has useful auxiliary items such as the "Chess of Life", which is far stronger than Catherine's survivability in the Ultimate Domain.

Catherine suddenly remembered that when the Lion Mountain Peak forced her into the Black Mist Space, she had given herself the power of a giant elephant. Later in her adventures, Catherine relied on brute force to escape the siege of the Armored Knights.

Seeing that Catherine had thought about it for a while, Rain continued: "Whether it is elemental control or martial arts, it is just a means. In the face of the needs of survival, the more means at your disposal, the better. I don't mean to ask you to reskill your martial arts, but I want you to think more about how you can master as many different means as possible to deal with various situations.

"Magic and martial arts can be used as a powerful means of self-preservation on their own, rather than simply a one-master relationship. Once you master both of these methods, you will be able to survive more crises. ”

"But a person's energy and talent are limited, and it is difficult to master two or even more powerful abilities at the same time. Catherine felt that rain made sense, but in reality it was difficult to achieve. Unless you have a long lifespan like an elf or a dragon, as well as a strong talent and a strong body.

"It's really difficult, even during the peak of the empire, the number of new 'nature communicators' and 'elemental masters' born every year is only in the single digits, and there is not even one in some years. ”

Rain actually agreed with Catherine's statement, which made Catherine herself unexpected, only to hear the former general of the Elven Empire continue: "Without talent, it is very difficult to master two powerful abilities. Even if you rely on the advantage of longevity for long-term training, the results are slow. The empire was strong enough back then, but it was also facing challenges and crises all the time, and there was no time to wait for the growth of the warriors. If I had started studying alchemy a few years earlier, I might have been able to change the fate of the Empire. ”

Yushui's face was expressionless, but there was a hint of grief and indignation in her tone, as if she was feeling sorry for the once glorious Elven Empire, and at the same time unwilling to witness the collapse of that great country that claimed to be immortal.

Catherine almost wanted to ask how the Elven Empire fell, which is the ultimate conundrum in the historiography of the Elven Empire, and there is no clear answer to it until now.

The Elven Empire existed in the late Age of the Gods, 100,000 years away from the present, which is too far away. It is difficult to get a full picture of the great empire that spanned the eastern and western continents and expelled all the gods back to the heavenly realm.

There are several speculations about the reasons for the fall of the Elven Empire, and the most common and most convincing one is that the discord between the three Elven Kings led to a civil war in the Empire, which led to the destruction of the country.

The most direct evidence for this claim comes from The Legend of the Elf King. In particular, the two narratives of this epic with very different styles indirectly illustrate the different concepts of the three elven kings. And in terms of narrative content, the mud elf king who led the outcasts away to the underground world did cause the internal division of the elven empire.

But there is a fatal flaw in this view—there is no evidence to suggest, or to read, explicitly from the verses of The Legend of the Elven King—that a civil war did break out in the Elven Empire.

The creators of "The Legend of the Elven King" are great bards from one of the four ancient civilizations that directly inherited the Elven Empire, the Ancient Elven Civilization.

Although the ancient elven civilization has been around for 20,000 years, it is closer to the era of the elven king after all. Moreover, as the direct successor of the Elven Empire, to be precise, the decayed Elven Empire. Scholars of the day have reason to believe that the elven poets of that time knew the reasons for the fall of the elven empire.