Chapter 117: The Origin of the Arcane Federation

How Hamilton first came into contact with magic has been a mystery, with some speculating that he had learned about magic himself from the vast royal library of the Saint-French Empire.

There is also speculation that he was taught by the court mages who were secretly sheltered by the imperial family at the time, and came into contact with magic earlier than everyone expected - this seems to be confirmed by Hamilton's later close relationship with the royal family of the Saint-French Empire, and even became the king's teacher, and was respected as a teacher by the royal family of the Saint-French Empire.

However, there is also speculation that Hamilton received the Luo Yin inheritance of the Ancient Magic Empire, because during Hamilton's youth, the official Philosopher's Island was most active in the Channel Zone.

But whatever the cause, the original Hamilton was presented to people as a crappy prophet, whose predictions were very accurate, but always deviated in subtle ways, and all who listened to his prophecies met with the worst possible results.

So much so that people once regarded Hamilton as a crow that brought bad luck and a demon who brought calamity, and such rumors became so widespread that even relatives and friends began to reject Hamilton.

This made Hamilton very disappointed for a while, and he even considered himself a failed prophet, so he left his familiar surroundings and let himself wander and travel around the continent one by one.

No one knows what Hamilton experienced during his travels and wanderings, but everyone knows that when Hamilton returns, he is already a top alchemist.

He personally created a complete set of standard equipment for the Glory Knights, so that the knights' equipment began to be standardized and large-scale for the first time, and they were no longer chasing personality as before, using their own equipment and weapons in a mess.

In the war with the San Jose Empire, it even defeated the old enemy "Knights of Adjudication" head-on, and also allowed the Saint-French Empire to completely defeat the old rival San Jose Empire, which has been entangled for hundreds of years, and truly won the throne of the overlord of the continent.

With this achievement, Hamilton's status in the Saint-French Empire rose from strength to strength, not only becoming an upstart valued by the Imperial Family, but also entrusted with the important task of leading all the court mages and alchemy associations.

However, as with all organizations, once they have existed for a long time, they are inevitably intricately filled with various interest groups. At that time, the national strength of the Holy Fran Empire was in full swing, but the power of the church was successively suffered heavy losses by the orc counterattack, the undead natural disaster and other events, and was impacted in the rise of the three emperors of glory, thunder, and iron-blooded, and was at a low ebb of power.

Therefore, the ancient mages who were sheltered by the Saint-Franc Empire had gained great freedom and were almost open to their activities. However, the relaxation of external pressure has made the internal contradictions of the mages unprecedentedly intense.

Although the exact process is unknown, there is no doubt that Hamilton and his court mages had a great conflict on that occasion. It turns out that Hamilton, although a great mage and a wise scholar, was not a qualified politician.

He eventually voluntarily relinquished his position as court mage and resigned from all titles and rewards. The second time began the journey of traveling to the mainland.

This time, Hamilton's travels were not without people's attention, as the eyes of later generations were focused on the situation on the mainland after Hamilton's departure.

At that time, the Saint-French Empire, which was at its peak, was militarily powerful, the country was rich, politically enlightened, and ideologically advanced, and it was filled with a prosperous scene. Emperor Franz IV even had the ambition to emulate his ancestor Glory the Great and once again complete the great cause of conquering the continent.

With the world situation at that time, the thousand-year-old enemy of the San Jose Empire had been defeated, the Dro Empire was still a loose federation, the royal family of the Holy Hyrule Empire was in a civil war, and the princes and princes were constantly fighting for the emperor's throne. The Baiotin Empire has not yet recovered from the last orc invasion, and at the same time, it has to face the attack of the Manichaean goddess believers on the Crescent Peninsula, and it is simply unable to look west. As for the kingdom of Ray Grace in the north, it happened to be embarrassing to encounter the temporary severance of the star demon bloodline, the royal family was leaderless, and even the mad god knight, one of the three major knights, was disbanded in the internal strife. As for the more barbaric Rossia Empire in the east, it was still a barbarian tribe at that time, and one of their wisest chieftains, the ancestor, had just won the marriage of the princess of the Golden Dragon Family......

At that time, although Franz IV was not very eloquent, he was quite enlightened and dared to delegate power, and there was no shortage of famous generals and talents in the empire. If the entire empire worked together, it was possible to recreate the great cause of the Glorious Emperor.

However, the mages who were not popular enough and had almost gained a public legal status had gradually recovered from the indulgence of the kings and nobles of various countries at that time, intentionally or unintentionally, coupled with the successive appearance of the ancient magic emperors' palaces such as the Isle of the Philosophers, so that the mages of the ancient magic empire once thought that this was a harbinger of the return of the magic emperors.

Therefore, the mages, carried away by the inflated power and desire, made the wrong decision to overthrow the rule of the Saint-Franc Empire and re-establish the magical empire that belonged to the mages.

There is no doubt that although the mages once seized the central power of the Saint-Francois Empire by means of magic and conspiracy coups, they soon faced a joint suppression by the nobility and the Church!

And this time, there was no forgiveness or shelter, and in the "Magic Rebellion" that lasted for nearly thirty years, the knights and priests teamed up to slaughter mages, opening the "Scarlet Twilight" era that was no less than a dark millennium.

It is in this context that Hamilton emerges, taking in the innocently implicated mage apprentices, saving the poor people affected by the magical rebellion, and fighting the whole world alone.

This time, when he appeared in front of people, he brought not only impressive power, but a new spellcasting system, a new school independent of the twelve schools of the Magic Empire - arcane.

For the millennium, he led the remaining mages across the Britta Strait, using the Seven Strait as bases to begin a long war against the knights and the Church of Radiance across the continent.

Hamilton pioneered the Arcane, established the Arcane Federation, and led the Arcane Federation to grow step by step, from Hamilton alone at the beginning, to now there are a total of nineteen Arcanists in the entire Arcane Federation, and the number of legendary powerhouses is second only to the Church of Radiance, becoming the second largest force in the world to compete with the Church of Radiance.

Although the kingdom of Rain, which rules the Northlands, is strong, all the knights who have traveled to the Northlands several times regardless of their camp are questionable whether they can get together ten legendary powerhouses.