The brief noise was immediately replaced by silence, and everyone in the conference hall, regardless of age or status, was released in an instant as if they were unable to move. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Time and air seemed to stand still, and Archmage Ptolemy's last words echoed through the hall before they dissipated.

If the above words were to be said by another person, even if he was a magister, there would not be such a situation where everyone in the venue was suppressed. But Ptolemy was one of only three archmages in the entire empire, and although he was the most low-key of the three, and did not even hold real power in the empire, but lived in seclusion in the depths of St. Peter's College all the year round, the weight of these words came out of his mouth.

It's so heavy that no one dares to take it lightly.

Even Su Wen was shocked by the straightforwardness of his cheap mentor, you know, what he said just now was tantamount to the faces of everyone on the field, this is simply ...... and the gentle elder in his impression, it doesn't coincide at all. You know, no matter where the information is, this old man is kind, flexible, and kind.

Perhaps, this is an explosion in silence?

An eerie silence.

For a long time-

Ptolemy's reopening finally broke the silence.

"Colleagues, how many of you have ever been to the country of mages in the Eastern Continent? ”

The Land of Mages, the headquarters of the Eastern Continent's Magician Guild, is also a true holy place in the hearts of all magicians in the entire continent, and its status is equivalent to the Holy City of Aranste of the Church of Light. As a qualified magician, who wouldn't want to visit the Holy Land of Magic? And in the long life of a great magician for more than 100 years, it is not unattainable to achieve this goal of crossing the continent.

Therefore, as soon as Ptolemy's words came out, the magicians on the field stood up one by one, and the few who did not stand up were basically young faces.

Of course, this includes Su Wen, and Shirley beside him, who is also sitting as steady as Mount Tai.

Ptolemy glanced and nodded.

He continued, "I don't doubt your spirit of inquiry, but now that elemental magic has been distorted, even the mage guild, known as the Holy Land of Magic, has long been lost in the power of elemental magic, which is the most painful fact for me. ”

"Most of you have personally been to the current Mage Nation, but who among you has seen it look like four hundred years ago, before the Race Wars began?"

There was still silence on the field, and all the great magicians stood silent, silent.

It's like a child who is being criticized by his elders and has made mistakes.

"No, you don't, not even Antonio and Louise, and I'm different. Maybe none of you know about it anymore, but I won't forget that I came out of there, from the Eastern Continent, from the war launched by the beasts, I survived and witnessed everything. At the time, I was just a stinking magic apprentice. ”

This passage was deafening, and there was mourning between the lines, but Su Wen, like most of the people in the room, discovered a very terrifying fact from Ptolemy's mouth.

Isn't it indicative that he was alive before the outbreak of the race war...... Ptolemy Grand Magister, who is at least four hundred years old this year?

Since the Golden Age of magic, the practice of elemental magic has long since been less overdrawn than the Dark Ages, and a better understanding of the elements has allowed mages to prolong their lives. Compared with the lifespan of sixty or seventy years for ordinary people, the great mages usually live to be more than 100 years old, and those who can elementalize the body can delay the process of natural aging again and again.

However, even if it can be delayed, the age of 400 years old is too appalling! Su Wen has always felt that although Ptolemy looks old, he is at most more than 200 years old, you must know that this age is already in the twilight of the great magister, but he didn't expect his mentor to be an ancient boss who has experienced a race war!

As for the two people in Ptolemy's mouth, Antonio and Louise, are the other two archmages of the Duolun Empire today. Those who dare to call them by their names on such an occasion are probably the only one with the same status in this Duolun Empire.

No, in terms of age, those two archmagists should still be the juniors of this one.

Su Wen felt that his seniority was so high that he didn't know where to go.

Elder Ptolemy's words still echoed in the room, and he seemed to have fallen into his old memories.

"At that time, the magic faction was not wind, fire, water, earth, and light, but the combat department, the general department, the professional department, and even the performance department, and all kinds of magic were like stars in the sky, innumerable. Magicians are not all masters of combat, they are mathematicians, writers, philosophers, alchemists, physicists, and astronomers, and in similar academic conferences, they discuss not which magic is stronger, more counter-counter-and counter-counter-capable, but knowledge and beauty. At that time, magicians made full use of their ability to communicate with the elements of the world, constantly exploring the unknown, and initiating one magic revolution after another. This world, which has advanced by leaps and bounds due to magic and magical energy, was originally so exciting. ”

"But then, it was all ruined, and in that war that swept the continent, civilization went back to the Dark Ages, and too many precious things were lost. And that's not all, the devil's box was opened, and when the war that lasted for decades was over, the magicians who survived the meat grinder had lost their former glory, and they were desperate, angry, and terrified......"

"People fear another destruction, so they become stronger, and elemental magic begins to serve pure power and killing. One after another, forbidden spell-level magic was born, and even the country of mages, which was supposed to seek the well-being of mankind and explore the nature of the world, gradually deviated from its original path and went further and further. ”

At this, Ptole closed his eyes and paused for a moment.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, someone finally asked the first question.

"Master Ptolemy, are you overdoing this?"

It was an old magician with the same gray hair who spoke, with an even aura, not angry and arrogant, and looked at Ptolemy with his chest up, not falling behind.

Ptolemy opened his eyes and looked at him silently.

The old magician said aloud, "The use of elemental magic must be adapted to the times, and it should have played different roles in different eras. It's true that I haven't seen the scene you depicted with my own eyes, but I'm not ignorant of it, and the person who compares the two and makes a sigh of emotion, you are obviously not the first, and you will not be the last. ”

He paused and continued.

"What I want to say is that if we still live according to the code of conduct of ancient magicians and do not have strong military strength, perhaps in that war of aggression two hundred years ago, the final winner would not be Duolun. Our country may have been carved up now, or it may no longer exist, but for me, that's the blessing that elemental magic brings us. ”

"It's an endless loop, a meaningless arms race, and it's wasting too many precious resources. ”

"Archmagist, when everyone is advancing, standing still is tantamount to self-destruction. Its significance lies in the fact that we cannot be weaker than our adversaries and potential adversaries, and this is in the interests of the country and the people. ”

"That's right. ”

Another old magician stepped forward.

"That's right. ”

More and more old magicians are coming forward.

"That's right!"

Almost all the magicians who were still standing stepped forward.

"Alas. ”

Ptolemy sighed.

"It's time for something to change. ”

The majestic old magician was thoughtful.

"Archmage, I think I understand a little bit, the important event you are announcing today is related to this change, and everything you said earlier is to elicit it. ”

"Breton, remember that small academic conference a month ago?"

"Remember, you introduced us to a unique apprentice in magic, who had the genius of magical channeling, but was completely incapable of communicating with the elements like a normal person. ”

"Now he's able to unleash simple magic. ”

"With the help of magic gems and scrolls?"

"No, it's a new language I've created. ”

You've never mentioned anything like it before. ”

"That's why I'm saying these things today, preferring to remain silent until I'm sure I'll be able to change. ”

Ptolemy's eyes had regained their sparkle, and he was old and strong.

"Elements have language, and we are able to communicate with elements because we tell them what they should do, and then they give the right feedback, and this process is the process of magic release, and what we tell the elements is the language in which we communicate with them. Unfortunately, not everyone has the talent to read this language, not because they are intellectually incompetent, but because they cannot perceive everything about it, as if a blind man were telling him how wonderful the scenery is before him, but he could not see anything beautiful in any way. ”

"So, is there a language that can be read and compiled by ordinary people, and at the same time it can interfere with the 'elemental language'? This question has been bothering me for many years, and the difficulty is to logicalize the elemental language. But in the end I found that this idea was wrong from the beginning, that the elements did not know how to think and adapt, because they were the simplest things that made up the world, but also because they were simple and pure, it was ...... They are very good at mechanical calculations, and it is not difficult to get them to do the calculations, just need to create some regularly arranged excited and closed state elements, which is easy for us magicians. In this way, using the logic of language that ordinary people can understand, arranging elements to do the simplest operations, then countless simple operations are stacked up, and they produce new and exciting changes, which is a new form of magic. ”

Ptolemy finished slowly, and then looked at the many magicians in the room, and as expected, almost all of them were confused and confused.

He shook his head slightly.

"The meeting is delayed, no one will want to leave the gates of the council tower tonight, and I will explain to you from scratch what I have to say today. (To be continued.) )