Chapter 112: A Young Historian with a Conscience
"It turns out that knights are the most powerful profession in the world!"
Carl's eloquent introduction made little Lucy's eyes glow when she listened, and her eyes flashed with little stars, although there were some places that she didn't understand, but those lofty terms such as condensed belief and spiritual brilliance couldn't help but give people a feeling of uncertainty.
"What about the magicians, since the knights are the most powerful in the world, what about the magicians, compared to the knights?"
Like all Xiaobai, when she heard the name "the most powerful", little Lucy couldn't help but compare it with the profession she knew and was familiar with.
"Huh!"
Carl couldn't help but be slightly embarrassed, in fact, what he just said was common sense obtained from Princess Alicia, considering Princess Alicia's own position as a knight of destiny, it is not surprising to think that knights are the most powerful of all professions.
But in fact, the mage and the knight were stronger, and Carl didn't dare to make up his mind. After all, he also received the inheritance education of the Ancient Magic Empire, and knew how long the history of magic was, how vast and deep the field of magic was, and how glorious the civilization of the Ancient Magic Empire was.
A system of power that has existed for tens of thousands of years, growing almost with the history of mankind, even if it has been underestimated in the last few thousand years, has been overwhelmed by the brilliance of knights and priests.
But Carl didn't dare to say that knights must be stronger than mages, and they must be the strongest professions.
However, the words that had just been touted as a knight had already been spoken, and if he changed his words now, it would really damage his image as a teacher, so for the sake of his own authority in front of little Lucy, Carl could only harden his head and circle according to his own understanding.
"Mage, of course it's an amazing profession!"
Carl coughed, cleared his throat, imitated his junior high school teacher's style in class, put his hands behind his back, and paced as he said: "The history of human development for hundreds of thousands of years is actually the history of the progress of magic. ”
"You've also received the legacy mark of the Ancient Magic Empire, and you should remember what our magic history class says!"
"The germ of magic was born when man had just escaped the obscurity of the beast and began to see, think, and imagine the world with his brain. ”
"The original sorcerers, by worshiping the great spirits of nature, imitating the bodies of demonic beasts, worshipping powerful totems, contacting the existence of other worlds, etc., created crude and primitive spell casting methods such as sacrifices, totems, bloodlines, psychics, curses, oaths, etc., which helped the first human beings gain a firm foothold in the land where countless aliens were rampant......"
"Human civilization began with magic, and it flourished because of magic. In the barbaric era when dragons roamed the sky, human beings were still primitive people like beasts, but in the starry era when the elves defeated the dragons and achieved the hegemony of the continent, human beings have gradually come out of ignorance and have the rudiments of civilization. And in the dark age when the demon world invaded and the hundred races were fighting, human beings have learned meditation from elves, chanting from dragons, and war songs from orcs, and ......have grown up again."
"And in the chaotic era when elves and Beamon orcs are vying for supremacy, humans and mages have grown up to be a powerful force that can affect the balance of the continent. After the Three Sages of Magic sorted out the magic inheritance of mankind and created a systematic system of classical magic philosophy, the power of human mages made a further leap forward, and at the end of the Chaos Era, they defeated orcs and elves successively, established a powerful magic empire, and determined the hegemony of human beings in the continent......"
"Therefore, mage is the greatest profession, and it has a great contribution in the history of human civilization that cannot be erased!"
Now that he has accepted the inheritance of the Ancient Magic Empire, Karl is now on the thief ship and on the mage's side. Whether he wants it or not, for his own sake, he has to tout it.
What's more, because of the thousands of years of smearing of the Glorious Church, the image of the mage is extremely bad in the impression of ordinary people.
Why did the plague happen, it must have been sown by an evil mage.
Why do you get sick, there must be an evil wizard cursing you?
Why can't the land grow food? There must have been an evil sorcerer who cursed the land.
Why is there a drought and locusts? Needless to say, there must be a wizard in the vicinity.
Why can't your mules give birth to offspring? Needless to say, it must be the hands of wizards.
Why did the virgin suddenly get pregnant? Oh my God, this must be the child of the devil summoned by the wizard.
In this way, the cause of all the plagues, diseases, famines, natural disasters, wars, and even all kinds of ridiculous and strange events in the human world is pinned on the sorcerer.
If Carl doesn't want to be a street rat that everyone shouts and beats, and he doesn't want to hide his identity as a mage for the rest of his life, he still has to take precautions and think about how to wash the mage in the future.
Of course, this is not purely a washing of the floor, mages, like all overthrown ruling classes, certainly have countless black materials, but they also certainly have a positive and progressive side in history.
As a conscientious young man who has seen countless "conscience essays" and "truth essays" on the Internet, Carl is of course familiar with this set of washing and whitewashing methods, so for the sake of his own future, he does not mind making a cameo appearance as a "conscientious young historian" in this world.
"If it's all about violence and combat, a mage might be inferior to a knight. But the greatness of a mage lies in the fact that his power can not only be used to fight and destroy, but also a creative force!"
Carl took this opportunity to launch a brainwashing cannon with all his might: "Think about it, every progress in our human history is not the direct or indirect role of mages? It was also a sorcerer who forged a sword for the first time, so that humans no longer had to face wild beasts with their bare hands. The first time I tasted the herbs, I found wheat and soybeans, and it was the sorcerers who taught people to farm...... Even the knights themselves are the product of the creation of wizards, so to speak, without mages, there would be nothing in the human world!"
"The power of battle and destruction is not worthy of admiration, but creation is the greatest power. Merely knowing how to fight and destroy will not increase the production of food, the weather will not be smooth, and the happiness of people's lives will not be achieved. Only the power of creation can bring new things, new miracles, and new future ......"
Little Lucy doesn't read much, where have I seen so many big words. She herself was born in a poor civilian family, and she knew the difficulties of civilian life, and she also knew that those who had power, such as nobles, knights, priests, and even those powerful gangsters, who were obviously stronger than others and had higher wisdom than others, but they refused to work, and only lived by squeezing and seizing the fruits of ordinary people's labor, which was very hateful.
All along, little Lucy didn't understand why, but today when she heard Carlton's words, she suddenly had a feeling that she had only the power to fight and destroy, and they could only support themselves by bullying others and taking the fruits of others, and the power of fighting could only bring fighting and oppression, not food and clothing, she must not become such a person, she must become a mage, learn the power of creation, use magic to create more things, and help more people in need.
Thinking like this, she couldn't help but revere Carl's gaze, although Mr. Karl had some small shortcomings, he was actually a very great, very knowledgeable and wise person!
Of course, Carl didn't know Miss Lucy's mental journey, but when he saw that little Lucy's gaze at him gradually softened and became less vigilant, he knew that his trick had worked.
However, before Carl could make a special move, he saw little Lucy suddenly raise her head, as if she had made up her mind, and said suddenly.
"Mr. Karl, I'm no longer a knight, I'm a mage!"
"Poof!"
Little Lucy's unexpected speech made Carl almost squirt water, and he couldn't help asking, "What?"
"Mr. Karl, I think what you said is very reasonable, although the power of knights is strong, it can only be used for battle and destruction, only the power of creation is the greatest power, I want to be a useful person, so, I want to be a mage!"
Little Lucy tilted her head, her eyes were firm, and she said seriously.
“......”
Looking at the little Lucy, whose face was full of enlightenment, Carl couldn't help but be speechless, and had a feeling of lifting a stone to hit his own feet, he was obviously just talking nonsense, just trying to find a reason to clear the mage's name.
I didn't expect these words to fool others, but they fooled little Lucy first.
Pit, little Lucy doesn't want to be a knight anymore, where did he get the opportunity to give little Lucy personal guidance, where did he get the excuse to push oil for little Lucy's whole body!
Misstep, blunder, blunder!
Carl couldn't help but die of chagrin.
"Haha!"
Seeing Mr. Karl's annoyed appearance, little Lucy couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, grimacing, and said with youthful vitality: "Mr. Karl, you are so bad, you just tried to lie to me again." ”
"Wouldn't it really hurt for a knowledgeable gentleman like you to lie to me like this to a little girl who hadn't read a book?"
"No!"
Karl replied decisively, and at the same time silently added in his heart, because noble gentlemen have no conscience!
......
Harbour District, in a small three-story building.
While Carl was teaching little Lucy the difference between a knight and a mage, the pirate Barcelo also left the sewers and returned to his lair on the ground.
In a dimly lit hall, Barcelona looked at all his men with a gloomy face, and asked in a low voice, "What about Sindoko, and ask him to come to me?"