CHAPTER XV
Mages are a special group of people who are not religious in their faith. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
It's not that they don't have faith, the vast majority of mages also have faith, they often believe in the master of mysteries, or the god of spellcasters, or the god of scholars, these three are considered the mainstream of mage beliefs, in addition to them, there are also various beliefs...... By the way, because the god of spellcasters and the god of scholars have fallen, and now among the gods that mages believe in, the second place is the god of knowledge and culture, and there are even many jellyfish gods who believe in wonderful marrow gods Void Masquerade.
But no matter which god they believe in, the mages seldom really put their faith on the same level as life, or even higher than life.
For them, faith is nothing more than an ideal. And the reason why an ideal is an ideal is that it is the opposite of reality. Most of the mages are realists, and of course they are willing to pursue their ideals, but few are willing to sacrifice their lives for them.
In a sense, the group of mages is vulgar, far less pure than the group of scholars. Although the two groups have great similarities and even overlaps, the scholars are far above the mages, regardless of their reputation in the outside world or their cohesion within the world.
Of course, the mages don't care about this, but they feel that their attitude is the right way to treat faith - the reason why faith is faith lies in the fit of everyone's ideas, and people can sacrifice for their own ideas, but if they sacrifice for their beliefs, it is tantamount to getting the wrong end and means, and putting the cart before the horse.
Some radical mages will even call the devout fools, believing that they have abandoned the most precious thing of man, spiritual independence, and have degenerated into domesticated animals or even tools of the gods. In some worlds, there are also powerful alliances of mages who reject all religions and even forbid people to believe in gods.
Tello Hyrule is certainly not the radical kind of person, but he is not really religious about the faith. In other words, he is a typical mage, this kind of person either has the same ideas as the gods and becomes a true believer, or he is a true believer in the sky, and it is impossible for them to become a devout believer or a fanatical believer, because their attitude towards life is based on "me" and will never give up their independence.
Master Hailar's belief in the Lord of Mysteries is roughly somewhere between true faith and true faith. On the one hand, he agrees with most of the teachings of the Lord of Mysteries, but on the other hand he has a completely different view of the Lord of Mysteries on many things. This situation is common among high-level mages, and it is not surprising.
For him, the question of faith could be traded, and he didn't mind converting to other gods as long as the conditions were sufficient.
But that doesn't mean he can be a devout follower of other gods, because he won't change his philosophy.
If Esther wanted him to convert, then he probably thought it over, bargained, and agreed.
However, it was not his faith that Easter wanted, but the political attitude of Mill City, which made him a little difficult.
As a city in the central and eastern part of the Mystic Tower Federation, Mill City has a status comparable to that of the Golden Tower, and can even be said to be the most important town in the entire Mystic Tower Federation - this can be seen from the fact that they have two legendary mages in charge.
It is not a trivial matter for such a city to change its political position!
When the city of Jinta became independent, the Secret Tower Federation did not hesitate to send a large army and fought a siege war for several months. In the end, although it could not be captured, and the army withdrew in disgrace, it still did not recognize its independence, which shows its attitude.
If Mill City wanted to become independent, or if it wanted to join the Northwest Republic, the Secret Tower Federation would only react even more. At that time, I am afraid that it will not be the army that will attack, but more than a dozen legendary mages will come together, and one by one powerful legendary spells will rain down.
Can Tello Hyrule stop such a scene?
Without thinking about it, he knew that he would never be able to stop it.
And without the help of those legendary mages, his teacher, Master Mir, would probably not tolerate him - Mir City is a city founded by Master Mir himself, although he has passed the position of city lord to Hyrule, but the supreme authority of the Mir Magic Tower is still in his hands. In other words, he is still the true supreme ruler of the city.
With the magic tower given by Tuyaan, Hailar is not without the ability to fight with his teacher, but being able to fight does not mean that he can win. If Master Mir was willing, as long as he paid enough price, he would definitely be able to destroy Hyrule and the magic tower that Tuyaan had given him, and blast it into a slag.
After all, Hyrule was not the creator of the magic tower, and the magic tower did not fit him well. What's more, his strength is much worse than that of Master Mir, which is like a famous saying in martial arts novels - most people in this world, even if they hold a divine sword, they can't become a sword god.
If you want to use that magic tower to fight with Master Mir, Tuyaan will take action in person.
But it is obviously impossible for Tuyaan to run back to support Hailar, let alone turn against Master Mir, who taught him, for his sake. So it's absolutely impossible.
Hyrule was silent for a long time, and finally sighed deeply.
"To be honest, I'm almost at the end of my life, like a person who is drowning, and even if he sees a straw, he has to hold it tightly, hoping to save his life. "But there's really nothing I can do to change Mill City's political stance, it's not a question of whether I want to do it or not, it's a question of whether I can do it." ”
Esther smiled, and Hyrule's refusal after thinking about it so seriously showed that he was indeed attentive, and that he had indeed been moved.
In that case, it's easy to do.
"If you're worried about the lack of combat power, I can find a way. He said bluntly, "If necessary, I can mobilize at least ten legendary powerhouses to help you support the scene." I believe that if so many legendary powerhouses come forward, even the Mystic Tower Federation will not dare to risk the loss of many legendary powerhouses in one breath to use force to solve the problem. ”
Mage Hailar, who had already thought about it carefully, shook his head: "The problem is not only here. You can help me deal with the Mystic Tower Federation, but what if the teacher intervenes? I can't co-opt outsiders to deal with the teacher, in that case, I might as well die!"
He said it in no uncertain terms, and there was no room for turnaround.
Tello Hyrule wasn't so mentally controlled by Master Mir that he didn't dare to fight the other party at all, and he didn't mind fighting his teacher if necessary. But he also has his own bottom line, he can turn his face with the teacher by himself, or ask his brothers and sisters for help, but if he finds an outsider to deal with the teacher, it will definitely not work!
In earthly parlance, this is called the difference between "internal contradictions" and "external contradictions". There are internal contradictions, even if the head is beaten out of the dog's brain, it is not impossible, after the fight, everyone can still sit down to eat and drink, even if they scold and scold, there is no problem; but if you want to collude with outsiders to intervene, you are a traitor, you are a traitor, you are a traitor! Regardless of whether you are justified or not, you will talk about it with three knives and six holes, and then you will talk about it, and the white knife will go in and the red knife will come out, and it will be right!
Just like in China back then, the two parties fought in the dark, and the blood flowed like a river, but once the Japanese invaded, everyone should first put aside the dispute and join hands to resist the Japanese, the so-called "brothers are on the wall and resist their insults", resisting the invasion of foreign enemies is the most important major right and wrong, in front of this big festival, nothing else is worth mentioning.
Of course, ideals are one thing, reality is another. From Nanming's "borrowing Pingkou" to the late Qing Dynasty's "Rather than a friend than a domestic slave", the two coercion who broke through the bottom line abounded, even when resisting Japan, a certain person with a noble status in front of his name was still obsessed with suppressing the Communist Party, and even caused the Southern Anhui Incident, but at least Tello Hailar is not such a person.
For him, not colluding with outsiders to deal with teachers is one of the basic principles of his life.
He can die, but not against principles!
Seeing that he was resolute, Easter frowned slightly and looked at Tuyaan.
Tuyaan couldn't help but smile bitterly, he knew that this matter would definitely involve him, but there was nothing he could do.
“...... To be honest, I don't want to be an enemy of my teacher either. After hesitating for a long time, he still shook his head and said, "Mr. East, if you really want me to deal with the teacher, you can't speak." ”
Esther naturally understood what he meant.
Speak your own mouth, the portion is not enough.
In order for Tuyaan to make up his mind to help Tlo Hyrule deal with Master Mir, His Majesty the Void Mask must speak up himself.
This is Tuyaan's biggest concession and his bottom line.
He has received the great favor of His Majesty the Void Mask, and has already entrusted his wealth and life to this god. If His Majesty the Void Mask spoke, he would be able to convince himself to go and fight with the teacher.
However, East hesitated.
Tu Yaan obviously has no fighting spirit, with his state, what are the chances of winning against the legendary mage Master Mir, who has been famous for nearly a thousand years?
I'm afraid that the odds of winning are not great, not only are the odds not great, but it may even make him seriously injured and lose his life.
For the Northwest Republic, Tuyaan and his Skeleton Labor Corps were an indispensable and important force. If necessary, Esther could even protect the legendary mage with his own life. So he couldn't let Tuyaan risk his life under any circumstances - the input and output were completely disproportionate, and it was too much of a loss.
Just like when the herdsmen want to eliminate the evil wolf, it is of course no problem to lure the wolf with sheep, but it is either a beast with a cold nature or a mentally handicapped person who has a brain problem if he really wants to "bear the child and can't trap the wolf".
No matter how you look at it, your own children are much more important than wolves, okay!
East pondered for a long time, but finally couldn't make up his mind, so he had to sigh and silently pray to Sui Xiong, asking Sui Xiong to adjudicate.
Sui Xiong immediately received his prayer, and rushed to Tuya'an almost immediately, only to see a flash of green light, and a palm-sized floating jellyfish had appeared in front of them.
Esther and Tuyaan hurriedly saluted, and Tello Hyrule paid homage to the great deity.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?" asked Esther a little anxiously after saluting.
Although he still has a good impression of the Mystic Tower Federation, it doesn't mean that he won't try to think about the Northwest Republic. Whether it was to win over the northern border cities, including Gray Tower City, or to dig the corners of Mir City, it was not a problem in his opinion.
As long as he doesn't make a fuss about natural and man-made disasters in the Federation, he doesn't think there's a problem.
As for digging a corner or something, what is that......
Sui Xiong had already learned everything from his prayer, and after thinking about it, he asked Master Hailar, "If Master Mir doesn't mind Mir City changing sides, then everyone will naturally be happy. If he doesn't want to, what can you do at most?"
"Unite with your classmates to deal with the teacher, and even drive him away. Tello Hyrule replied without hesitation, "But I will never kill him, let alone unite with outsiders to deal with him." ”
The green jellyfish shook back and forth a few times, and nodded its head.
"So, if you were to transform into a legendary creature now, would you be able to fight Master Mir?"
Mage Hyrule frowned, thought for a long time, and replied, "It depends on what kind of legendary creature it becomes. If it's something particularly powerful, of course I'm confident that I'll fight with my teacher. But if it's just average, not good. ”
"How strong do you need to be?" asked Sui Xiong.
"At least at the level of the Legendary Dragon. Hailar replied, "Such as the Iridescent Dragon, the Power Dragon, and the Time Dragon...... If I have that level of strength, coupled with my own spell ability, it should be enough to fight against the teacher. ”
Now it's Sui Xiong's turn to frown, the three dragons that Hailar said are the famous "Legendary Three Dragons", once they become adults, they are legendary powerhouses, and when they are fully grown, they are even enough to compete with the gods.
"You...... Would you like to become a dragon?" Sui Xiong asked after thinking for a while.
Hyrule immediately shook his head: "I just want to become a legendary creature, but I really don't want to become a dragon - humanoid form, this is the limit of what I can accept, even if I become a goblin, but I can become a dragon...... Really beyond the limits of what I could accept. ”
Sui Xiong sighed, and he estimated that this was the case.
If he wants to turn Hyrule into a legendary dragon, or become a legendary creature of this level, he can still think of a way. But for Hyrule to become a legendary creature of this level while maintaining his humanoid form would be a bit beyond his capabilities.
This is mainly due to the fact that he is not really a "legendary creature expert", and his ability to transform his body is actually based on his own creativity.
Like the previous generation of sun gods to fabricate an angel clan out of thin air, he really can't do it.
Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he had a way.
"Do you mind having wings?" he asked.
Master Hyrule thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Okay!" Sui Xiong laughed, "That's it!" (To be continued.) )