Chapter 56: The First Lesson
During the third spell of the afternoon, all the apprentices gathered in the rotunda on the fifth floor of the tower, the first lesson since Sivi took control of the tower, and the first lesson taught by a real magician in nearly a decade.
Sivi arrived at the podium on time, and he saw the kind and encouraging eyes of Young, Charlotte, and Meryl of the Order of the Phoenix, the embarrassed and expectant expressions of Eddard, Faawe, and Linden, the excited faces of Gais, Fernandez, and other mid-level magic apprentices, and the Freya siblings and a group of beginner magic apprentices.
At the back of the round hall, there were a dozen more youths, all of whom were over twenty years old, who had studied in the tower in their early years, but were expelled from the tower because they failed to be promoted to magician. Ryan was the leader of them, and years of hard work had given him a muscular body, and his dense beard made him look far more mature than his real age.
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, I am your mentor Sivi, and today is the first lesson I will give you. This lesson is about the origins and foundations of magic!"
"The earliest origin of magic comes from legends, and according to legend, 30,000 years ago, a Void Dragon passed through many planes and came to the continent of Orrent. Compared to fangs and claws, they have their own unique ability, which is energy attack. Calling for wind and rain, mastering thunder and lightning, spitting flames, and trembling earthquakes, these primeval dragons have ruled the continent of Orrent with their physical and magical prowess. ”
"Thirteen,000 years ago, a few small villages, fed up by the dragon's rule, escaped from the continent of Orrent to the Eternal Islands, across the sea. Here, they discovered a mysterious lake, the waters of this lake have a mysterious magic, there is no sunlight over this lake, only an eternal silver moon!"
The inhabitants drank the magical waters of the lake, knelt down to pray to Silvermoon, and became loyal followers of Lady Silvermoon. Subsequently, their bodies were transformed by magical powers, and both men and women became extremely handsome, and their lifespan was increased to a full thousand years. This is the origin of the elves!"
"Human magic, on the other hand, comes from elves. Three thousand years ago, the elves and the orc empire competed for hegemony, and the war that lasted for thirty years left the elves exhausted, and the reserve force was insufficient. At that time, the Elven Empress chose humans as their vassal race, and Merlin, the first magician of mankind, learned magic from the elven mage after hard work. ”
"The following thousand years are a thousand years of rapid development of human civilization, and a large number of heroes have emerged in human beings, and they are the first batch of strong people in human beings to reach the legendary level, which is also the legendary epic era. Under the leadership of these heroes, from villages to city-states to kingdoms, humans began to gradually become the masters of the continent of Orrent. ”
"One thousand seven hundred and eighty-six years ago, the glory of the Lord of Radiance began to shine on the continent of Orrent, and the humans who believed in the Lord of Radiance received the help of divine magic and completely drove the elves back to the Eternal Gathering Islands and the orcs back to the Hulun Grassland. Alexander the Great established the first unified human empire on the continent of Orrent, the Alexander Empire. Alexander the Great died in the final crusade against the Orc court, and the human empire fell apart, becoming kingdoms, principalities, and city-states, and the lingua franca of mankind was formed during that period. The Kingdom of France, the Holy Norman Empire, the Rhine League, the Kingdom of Ressa, and the Kingdom of Itanli, all of which are now powerful countries on the continent of Oronte, were formed during this period. ”
"And during this period, human magic has also made more progress on the basis of elven magic. It is no longer just the basic energy magic of earth, fire, feng shui, etc., human beings have researched force field magic, space magic, spiritual magic, and protective magic......"
"The Tower of a Thousand Laws is the magical center of the entire continent of Orrent, founded by Tulafat, the first legendary magician of mankind. The strength of the mage has gradually been recognized by the entire Orrent continent, and it has become a noble profession worthy of the priest of the bloodline knight and the lord of radiance!"
"And today, we will be here, a small island in the western golden sea, to begin the quest for the path of the great magician. I am your guide, your guide, and I will explain to you the nature of magic!"
Sivi tells the young apprentices about the origins and legacy of magic he has put together.
These magic apprentices are only exposed to basic zero-ring spells on weekdays, and the only thing that can broaden their horizons is only one or two knightly novels, and this is the first time they have learned about this world, about the history and legends of magic, and they are listening to Sivi's narration with bated breath one by one, as if they are watching the tide of history rushing forward.
"What is the essence of magic? It is to use our own magic power, like a fishhook, to catch the magic elements that permeate us, process them according to different spell models, and cast the spells we need!"
"The effect of meditation is to restore mana and increase the total amount of mana. If the goal is just to learn magic, then you only need to memorize the spell model, and after enough practice, you will always learn the corresponding magic. ”
"However, the magic in this world is endless, and according to legend, the Tower of a Thousand Laws has a book of ten thousand laws, which records all the spells that have appeared in this world, but even a legendary magician cannot master one-tenth of the magic recorded in this book. ”
"It's not that more magic is better than less magic, we have to look beyond the surface of these complex magic to understand the truth behind them. ”
"What is the significance of the spell model, what is the significance of each spell model, and how do we build the spell model of the magic we want?"
"To be able to do this, to have a clear understanding of what you have learned, and to be able to push the boundaries of what you are doing, is a true magician. Rather than just being a reckless man who learns to use magic, such a magician is just a thug, not a real researcher. ”
"To do this, we need to master several other basic subjects - mathematics, methodology, materials science! From now on, I will have five courses in the Tower - meditation, mathematics, methodology, materials science, and magic analysis! Each course is once a week, and these courses are open to all the apprentices in the Tower!"
Sivi's lecture came to an end, and there was a moment of silence in the rotunda.
Then, crisp applause rang out in the corners of the rotunda.
A moment later, the applause echoed throughout the hall as if it were a tsunami.
The young people who could stay in the Tower and learn magic were not too stupid, they would naturally be able to discern the significance of the lesson that Sivi was teaching today, it was a lesson in the outline, a lesson in tracing back to the roots, and a lesson in guiding the way forward!
From now on, each of them will be systematically guided, and there will be no need for disorderly and chaotic self-research, and they will truly embark on the smooth path of magic!
And Sivi is undoubtedly the guide of all in this tower, the true teacher!