Book 1: The Believer of Light Chapter 76: Behind the Scenes
After entering the house, Arthur had not had time to see the furnishings of the house clearly, but he found that the girl Caitlin who had brought them in had taken out a magic wand, and with the incantation, a transparent barrier enveloped the four of them.
"This is Caitlin's sister's innate magic, a space-time barrier that can shield all means of exploration. It only needs to mobilize the magic element of the telekinetic spell to cast it, which is equivalent to instantly releasing a sixth-level magic. Agaros explained.
As for magic, Arthur only understands it because Heinris thinks he has a better talent for learning martial arts. Talent magic is the most important part of Heinris's teaching process.
There are many strange people on the continent of Elda, and people with natural magic are just a common thing.
Although there are very few people who can become magicians, there are some people who are either blessed by gods, cursed by demons, or ancestors who have strange bloodlines and are born with natural magic that is different from ordinary magic.
A person with innate magic can unleash it in a very short period of time, and consume very little magic compared to spells of the same level.
All countries attach great importance to such existence, and as long as it has been discovered, it will be taken away for cultivation. Because innate magic is innate, it needs to be learned to be unleashed. If a country can find a hundred people with fireball talent magic, then it is equivalent to getting a hundred gray-robed mages out of thin air. This is evident in the growth of a country's strength.
Moreover, those who possess innate magic can increase the level of innate magic as long as their potential is stimulated. In other words, the state only needs to pay a small price to wait for many mages who are not easy to train in ordinary times.
It's just that there are very few talented magic that can be very helpful in military affairs, and there are more very ordinary and frivolous magic.
There was once a person who had the magic to make his fingers bigger and smaller, and such natural magic might be of unexpected help to his life, but it was more chicken than chicken for the country. But even then, the state still wants to take it away. Because if you don't take it away, you will be snatched or killed by other countries.
Yes, while all the nations on Elda would like their country to have a lot of people with gifted magic, the less the better for other or hostile nations at that time. As a result, the assassination of people with natural magic continued.
Although, in order to change this state, the Eloda Empire and the Ovit Kingdom did not hesitate to organize a meeting of the capitals of the countries of the whole continent to restrain such behavior. But no one knows if there will be a person with extremely powerful talent magic in any country that is hostile to me. The Eloda Empire and the Ovit Kingdom also had this consideration, so the binding treaty resulting from this meeting was destroyed after just a few years. And the reason is because of the man with strange magic.
At that time, in a small village in the Duchy of Saxony, the Principality of Saxony was looking for a demon hunter with natural magic, and received news that there were people with natural magic in this village.
The Demon Hunter, who had not been able to find a gifted magician for a long time, hurried to the small village without stopping. But what they never expected was that someone had already stepped forward and taken the possessor of the gifted magic first.
With the information provided by the villagers, the demon hunters quickly caught up with the team. In fact, this demon hunter only thought that his colleague got the news faster, but what they didn't expect was that it was no one else who took away the owner of the gifted magic, but the demon hunter who was a vassal of the Ovite Kingdom at the time.
This discovery immediately caused the Demon Hunters of the Duchy of Saxony to explode.
Article 1 of the Binding Treaty on Gifted Magicians clearly states that no other country may travel to another country to rob the owner of gifted magic. Unexpectedly, the initiator of this treaty, the Kingdom of Ovit, broke it a few years after the treaty was signed.
In an instant, a fight broke out between the two sides.
In the course of the battle, it became clear that the Demon Seekers of the Duchy of Saxony were no match for the Demon Seekers of the Ovite Kingdom, and two of them were soon killed. The remaining three Demon Seekers had to rely on whether the gifted magic owner could help them retreat from the enemy.
As a result, I didn't expect that the innate magic of this gifted magic possessor was so bad that it didn't help the battle at all. The Demon Seeker of the Ovite Kingdom, who had the upper hand, saw that the talent magic owner he had found at the risk of his life was so useless, and he was exposed, and in a fit of rage, he killed all the Demon Seekers of the Duchy of Saxony, including the talent magic owner.
The Demon Seekers of the Ovite Kingdom did a good job of destroying the corpses, but the disappearance of the Demon Seekers, especially the loss of a gifted magic owner at the same time. This shocked not only the Duchy of Saxony, but also its suzerain, the Eloda Empire.
The then Emperor of the Eloda Empire, Barto Malog, directly ordered a thorough investigation of the matter and declared the whole country in a state of war readiness. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter is related to the Kingdom of Ovite.
In fact, the Ovite Kingdom, especially the royal capital, did not know about this matter. This matter was just a stupid thing done by the leaders of the regions close to the Duchy of Saxony in order to curry favor with their superiors.
The results of the investigation of the incident speak for themselves, and the matter was committed by the Kingdom of Ovite. The unsuspecting Ovit royal family believes that this is a frame-up by the Eloda Empire, just an excuse to tear up the treaty.
Later, when the communication between the two sides was fruitless, the war finally broke out.
This war, known to later generations as a magic trick, turned the two most powerful countries on the continent of Elda from friendly to hostile, and there was no contact for nearly a hundred years.
Since this war, the persecution of the owners of innate magic in other countries has also become more intense, and many of the innate magic owners do not dare to say that they have magic at all, and they have changed from joy to fear of having natural magic, and whenever there is a natural magic owner in the village, they will be regarded as ominous people, and everyone shouts and beats them. From the previous Chosen One to the current street rat, the status of the owner of gifted magic has declined so quickly that it is embarrassing.
When Agaros said this shocking thing, Arthur didn't see Catherine and stared at Agaros.
Agaros, who was covered in hair when Arthur looked at him, laughed dryly and said, "What's wrong? ”
"Nothing, I was just thinking about what you said to me? Can I still trust you?"
"Hey, little brother, isn't it Agaros this kid who said something else to scare you after saying something warm to you?"
Arthur didn't expect that just by slapping it, the power would be so great, and when he was caught off guard, Arthur was almost slapped to the ground.
"Agaros, what's the matter with your friend, why are you so unruly? I'm just a moment, if I punch him, won't he die?" Uncle Hanks asked Arthur loudly when he saw Arthur's performance, and his eyes changed when he looked at Arthur.
"Hey, uncle, don't be kidding. Can't you see what's going on with my friend?" said Agaros with a smile.
"I mean, little brother, how much do you know about Agaros?" Uncle Hanks stopped dwelling on the question and asked Arthur another question.
Asked by Hanks, Arthur realized that he didn't know much about Agaros.
Although they had also drunk together at Ollie's Tavern, the number of times Arthur had made him wonder if he had ever gone out with Agaros.
And what I know more about Agaros is what I learned from training with him. In addition, the rumored Agaros appeared as a hero, and in Arthur's mind, Agaros was only the kind of hero he longed for when he was very young.
"Brother Agaros, another poor ghost who has been deceived by you. Seeing Arthur's expression, Catherine, who had been silent since releasing the space-time barrier, smiled and said to Agaros.
When Catherine said this, Agaros was a little embarrassed.
Arthur saw Agaros' reaction and knew that the Agaros in the eyes of everyone was just what he showed in the eyes of everyone, not the real him. And Agaros in front of Uncle Hanks and Catherine is the real Agaros.
"Boy, you don't even know what Agaros really looks like, so what trust and trust?" said Uncle Hanks, mocking.
But Arthur ignored Uncle Hanks' taunts, and was thinking about what Uncle Hanks said. It's true that I don't know much about Agaros, so how much do I know about the Holy See?
Now we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg, but what is hidden behind it, and how much darkness will there be in those shadows?
The more Arthur thought about it, the more panicked he became, and his body, which had been emaciated for a while, began to tremble, as if he was seriously ill, and Arthur's face suddenly turned from ruddy to pale.
"Arthur. Agaros helped Arthur, who was about to fall, and then said to Uncle Hanks on the side: "Uncle, he must live here today, if I take him back to the Holy Mountain, then Arthur will become a puppet of the Holy See, and the Elda continent will be devastated." ”
"Well, got it. Uncle Hanks also seemed to know the seriousness of the matter, and did not stop it, taking Arthur directly from Agaros's hands, and then sending him to another room.
Lying on the bed, Arthur's face was sallow and there was no trace of blood, which was frightening.
"Why is this young man like this? The few warriors who came with him are for him, is there a big secret about him?" Uncle Hanks asked several questions in an instant.
After a pause, Uncle Hanks said with a solemn expression: "Agaros, I can let him recuperate here for a while, but if Catherine is exposed because of him, then for the sake of my daughter, I will only hand him over at that time." ”
"Uncle, don't worry, Arthur will only rest here for a few days. I'll take him back when he's better. With that, Agaros walked out of the room.
"Where is this?" said Arthur, emitting a faint holy light, and walked into a thick darkness. Although the Holy Light enveloped him, Arthur did not feel a trace of warmth, but the endless cold enveloped him.
Arthur took another step forward, and at this time, the darkness changed.