Chapter 386: The Mage in Rand City
"Have you heard? The team that published the Manifesto of Free Magic seems to be publishing another newspaper recently. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
In the secluded dwelling of Rant, a well-developed city in the south of Freden, a mage named Aiden had just opened the door when he saw his mage friend walk in and said to him with some excitement.
"Newspapers, are you serious?"
Aiden said with a surprised face when he heard this.
As a very ordinary freedom mage, they are not in the habit of reading newspapers. Several domestic newspapers, namely "Freden Current Affairs" and "Economic Miscellaneous", are mainly aimed at the official class and the merchant class. Among the mages, generally only the boss-level people will like to watch it.
Like before, the ban on the church had just been lifted, and "Freden Current Affairs" didn't know who was instigating, and it was a big deal of praise for the church, which naturally caused some dissatisfaction among the mage community.
Because, at this point in time, in fact, the mage group's impression score of the newspaper is still relatively low.
"Yes, a lot of mages are talking about it, and it's pretty decent. It should be the team that released the news, and it won't be any messy rumors. Norman, the mage's friend who had come to visit the door, nodded and replied.
"But...... Why is it a newspaper? Wouldn't it be nice to have a sequel or something?" Aiden complained, still confused.
In his view, Freden's newspaper industry is rubbish, and it is just a mouthpiece for some interest groups. As soon as the decree was issued, he began to speak well for the church, and that flattering face really made him look at it. He didn't understand why the team that published the Manifesto of Free Magic was involved in it.
After all, the "Declaration of Freedom and Magic" is completely different from those flattering newspapers!
Aiden knows how that pamphlet changed their lives.
He still remembered the irrepressible shock he felt when he first flipped through the Declaration of Free Magic half a month ago.
At that time, he had just clashed with the missionary priest on the street, and even started to do so. However, before he could teach the very weak fellow a proper lesson, a group of soldiers and a dozen priests suddenly came out of the corner and surrounded him. Outnumbered, he was severely humiliated by the priests, and was fined ten gold coins for disturbing the peace.
"Fallen followers of the devil, you can now be arrogant. Good will triumph over evil, and one day, the light of God will envelop the world. You will have nowhere to hide. ”
Under the watchful eyes of many passers-by, the priests threw such a sentence at him, and then left with a puff of heart.
At that time, he was holding back the fire in his belly, and even had doubts about his meaning as a mage. He thought to himself what was the use of working so hard to learn magic, and in the end, it seemed as if it had become a sin for him, and he would be humiliated for it.
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he wanted to go back to the street, take advantage of the soldiers and priests to disperse, and kill the priest who was too weak to do anything but call people, and let the group of bitches be proud of the crowd there!
Because of this, Aiden felt an extremely strong imbalance in his heart.
Why are all the priests leaning together, and when there is a conflict, everyone will rush up. But the mage ...... He was surrounded in the streets, but not a single mage stepped forward to help?
Mages...... They should act together and beat those hypocritical priests back to their heavenly homeland!
It's a pity, like every ordinary person with a surging chest, in the end, he swallowed these thoughts because he was powerless. There is too much helplessness in reality, maybe if you become a numb and humble existence, you won't be so tired of living.
The world is like this, how old is he, can he really make any changes?
Fortunately, Norman came to him that day and mysteriously gave him a book.
"What is this?"
Norman patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, you'll know when you see it." Now many mages are copying this book, and this one of mine is still the original, not a hand-copied version, and you will definitely not regret it after reading it. ”
So, with mixed feelings, Aiden took the "Declaration of Freedom and Magic", returned to his home, and opened the book. And this flip changed almost his entire life.
In the thin booklet, the spells recorded were almost all he could learn that he didn't know how many years it would take. Just like needless to say, the meditation method, he tried it on the spot, and he didn't know how many times better than his previous meditation method.
At that moment, he truly realized how precious this book was.
However, in addition to these things, there was something in the Declaration of Free Magic that touched him even more.
"There is no such thing as good or evil in magic. The so-called depravity of the Church is nothing more than a means for them to impose the blame on the mages and win hearts and minds. Even if there are evil mages in this world, it is because of the wrong things they have done, not because they are mages. No one will convict a pistol, and the priest is a bunch of hypocrites who have changed their concepts. ”
When Aiden saw this, he thought about the conflict he had with the priest, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and felt a tidal wave of emotions in his heart.
He didn't do anything wrong, so why could those priests point their noses at him and scold him?
The Freedom of Magic Manifesto tells him that even if he is an insignificant individual, the world can be changed if he is willing to do something.
Therefore, at that moment, he rekindled his fighting spirit. He wanted to be part of the team that had written the book, but he couldn't find anything. Others said that the publisher did not seem to be active in the city of Rand either, so he had to put the idea aside for the time being.
However, he still found a few mage friends on his own, and contacted some mages who were also very dissatisfied with the church, and that night, he used the blasting technique to blow up the church in the city of Rand that had just laid the foundation.
The next day, he and the participating mages felt very happy to see the priest and the builders gathered around the construction site, with a bewildered expression.
However, that's all they can do. They didn't dare to really do anything to those priests, and they couldn't drive them away, so they could only accidentally make trouble with the church, disrupt the progress of their church construction, and gather to find the missionary priests. Because they are a group anyway, they don't have to worry about being overwhelmed by the priests and soldiers, and they will experience that humiliation again.
Gradually, they even felt that they had formed some kind of secret association. They would have low-key meetings and then discuss how to find the church's grievances.
And each time, the proof of admission to their rally was the "Handbook of Free Magic".
After the serial assassinations, they were even more excited. Aiden guessed that the legendary "Triangle Ghost" must be the same group of people who wrote the manual. He was eager to reach them. It's a pity that this group of people is too mysterious, and there is nothing he can do.
In fact, the news of the newspaper was already the first time he had heard the news of the team again in the past few days.
That's why he was a little disappointed with the news.
"I don't know why they chose the newspaper, but since they were the ones who could make up the Freedom of Magic Manifesto, they must have done it. Norman shook his head when he heard this, but said it anyway.
Aiden thought for a moment. Also, have hope in that group.
After all, they're the ones who can make up the Manifesto of Free Magic!
"And, another piece of news. And Norman also spoke at this time, and said with a little excitement, "I heard that in order to publish a newspaper, they now have secret connectors in every city, and maybe, we can also get in touch with them!"