Chapter 6: The Fate Determined by Qualifications?
The world seemed strange to Edison. (Mystery of the complaint: nonsense! The world that has been played by at least 3 or 4 traversers before and after, it's not strange if it's not strange)
The system here is similar to a constitutional monarchy, where the emperor is absent for many years, either going on various expeditions or staying in the mage tower to conduct experiments.
Things are basically left to the council to do, but the nine magic families are very lazy, although they occupy the number of councilors, they basically only collect money, collect materials, and train mages.
He also made up two institutions, the Wizards' Guild and the Civilian Government, and handed over all the general matters to the people below, so they still obeyed the rules they made, and the credibility of the civilian government was not bad, and the operation of the Wizards' Guild did not come out of anything.
However, the magicians of the big families enjoy 80% of the world's core magical resources, and it is also true that civilian magicians must attach themselves to the magic family or join the civilian government if they want to get ahead.
And because of the existence of magic, even the life of ordinary people is not too bad, and there are many ordinary people on the mainland who can live for a hundred years without disasters and diseases.
Over the past 18,000 years, the whole society has slowly developed, and the level of magic in the whole society has made it look like Europe at the end of the 20th century, and the by-products of various magic have gradually penetrated into all aspects of people's daily life.
Although there are also magic items such as televisions, telephones, and computers, most of them have not been popularized due to cost problems, and are only used in magic guilds in various places, but the magic telegraph-like magic telegraph has been invented and popularized, but it can't be said that it is the steampunk era, because the internal combustion engine, trains, and so on did not appear at all.
When there is an urgent need for communication between magicians, they often rely on an expensive magic resonance crystal, and the existence of local magic guilds replaces the role of electricity and signal transmission towers, transmitting magic and information around the world, but electricity is strangely not developed, but replaced by magic.
Of course, this magic power here can only be applied to some magic tools because of the magic pressure, and cannot be directly used by magicians.
At the same time, teleportation arrays have also been established all over the continents, which has made the flow of materials and people more convenient, and the people's living standards have been greatly developed.
A large number of magic academies, magic shops, and magic hospitals have sprung up in various cities, but unfortunately the use of those facilities is too restrictive, and most of the high-end equipment needs magicians to operate, so this involves a very real problem - no one.
The number of magicians is quite rare, and after becoming a magician, they are all busy to death, thinking about experiments all day long, meditating, doing family tasks, doing guild tasks or something, magicians are really not something ordinary people can invite.
And for most civilians who don't have money or power, you can't enter the magic academy without qualifications, you can't afford to buy a magic shop, and you can't play the magic hospital! As for the magic bookstore, I'm sorry! All books about magic knowledge are only for magicians, and if you accidentally read them, you will only suffer mental damage and even death.
Therefore, for ordinary people who don't have magic, the magic products that can be used are still a lot behind compared to those with magic, money, and power, of course, magic is the guarantee of the latter two, but there are still magicians who are not interested in magic but are not very mixed.
In addition to the infrastructure with the word magic, hospitals, hotels, and shops run by ordinary people themselves are actually the mainstream, but the difference in conditions is probably the gap between unlicensed hotels on the street and 5-star hotels.
Ordinary bookstores will sell books and periodicals that are open to ordinary people. But when it comes to magic, there are only a few low-level books on alchemy and apotheria.
The world of magicians and the world of ordinary people seem to be two worlds, and although they intersect slightly, they maintain a parallel distance in a strange way.
And there is only one main reason for such a form of social development - magical qualifications!
So what is a magical qualification, let's listen to a conversation that happened when Edison was 3 years old!
At that time, Edison was full of curiosity about the world, and he liked to ask questions everywhere with the advantage of childlike words.
So, one day, Edison found that his father was practicing magic skills in the courtyard, and kept exporting magic power from his body through combat skills, making the whole person like a blue light bulb.
At first, Edison made up this automatic brain into fighting energy, but after careful inquiry, he realized that this is magic, and magicians use the same nature of power, so the question is: "Why does a warrior not live as long as a magician?"
Lancer: "...... Because warriors and magicians have different natal powers!"
Edison asked curiously, "Hey, what is natal magic?"
Lancer explained: "That's the biggest difference between qualified people and ordinary people, people who can become demon warriors are okay, they can condense their natal magic, but ordinary people without any qualifications, they don't have a chance, and if they don't accept the "Human Body Demon Change" (which will be explained in detail later), they can only stop at level 5." ”
Edison asked, "Is there any difference between the natal magic of a demon warrior and that of a magician?"
Lancer shook his head and said with a sigh: "It's different, the magician's natal magic is condensed in a place called the pineal gland on the head" Lancer pointed to his eyebrows before continuing:
"Magicians are born to use that organ to carry magic and command the elements, just like that big tree, it can continue to grow without any catastrophe, and it can maintain stability in a certain environment, and communicate with the outside world to send out magic. ”
"And the demon warrior's natal magic can only be condensed in the chest!" Lancer pointed to the middle of his chest and said:
"It's like flowers and plants, not only is the mana storage restricted, but it also naturally ages when the time comes. We also don't have the ability to communicate with the elements of the outside world, but our early speed is much faster than that of magicians, and after the level increases, we can also be immune to some energy and soul magic to a certain extent. ”
"As for ordinary people, they can't even sense magic without qualifications, just like leaves, they can easily fall when the wind and rain blow. They can only rely on physical training, and at most they will stop at level 5 mortal warriors in their lives, and they also have less resistance to energy-based magic than qualified warriors. ”
After listening to this speech, Edison finally had a vague understanding of the social structure of the world.
However, Edison asked suspiciously: "Can't a warrior condense his natal magic into ......?"
Before he could finish asking this, Lancer replied, "This is the question of qualifications, and it is now generally said that magical qualifications are divided into: excellent, medium, and average. ”
"But people who can break through to the demon warrior on their own, in fact, can be regarded as a poor magic qualification, the natal magic cannot communicate with the elements, and the pineal gland cannot carry the magic power, once you want to forcibly condense the magic power, it will only lead to cerebral palsy, and even the seven orifices will bleed to death, countless demon warriors have proved this with their lives. ”
"I guess it's because of this that the Demon Warrior won't be able to break through the legend. ”
"And for ordinary people who have no qualifications, once an excess of magic enters the body, it will be eroded by magic just like a healthy person taking a big tonic at once. ......”
"Forget it, why am I telling you this, you may not understand, but when you grow up, you will understand how rare and important magical qualifications are!!"
As he spoke, Lancer's words still had a taste of unwillingness and depression.
Still, Edison figured it out. To put it bluntly, the difference in magic qualifications is actually like the seeds of plants, although there are differences between excellent, medium and ordinary qualifications, they are all seeds of a tree, although the time and difficulty of maturity are different, but they are also a tree!
And the inferior qualifications are the seeds of some flowers and plants, although they are not as good as trees, but they can also rely on their own roots to absorb magic to grow, and they don't need to rely too much on others.
Ordinary people, on the other hand, are like leaves, clinging to flowers and trees to grow.
Wizards and Warriors can't completely lose their existence, but they don't care too much about their withering (death).
After listening to this, Edison was thoughtful for a while, and some thoughts in his previous life made him think about it: "Then if a magician condenses magic power into his chest, can he also become a demon warrior?"
Lancer shook his head with a wry smile and replied, "It should be...... But how can a person who can become a magician condense the precious natal magic in his chest? You must know that a warrior cannot compare with a magician in terms of lifespan or means of attack...... And if you want to cultivate both magic and martial arts, it will delay the advancement of the magician itself, and it is said that there will also be [Demon Martial Extreme Wall], resulting in the loss of life due to the inability to advance, which is really a practice that outweighs the loss. ”
At this time, Edison seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked: "That person with ordinary magical qualifications or above, if he wants to be a demon warrior, can he break through to the realm of a legendary warrior!"
As soon as this question came out, Lan Ther only felt like a thunder explosion in his heart, his figure trembled slightly, and the corners of his mouth were enslaved, but in the end, he said dejectedly: "...... Since the rules of heaven and earth have changed drastically, there has never been a legendary warrior in the human race. ”
"And there won't be any magicians willing to do that? You know, even if you can't break through level 5, even a level 2 magician will have a longer lifespan than a warrior. What's more, now that the world has changed, think about how 300 years of life is enough for a warrior to break through the legend?
Lancer stopped talking, and Edison tacitly didn't ask.
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However, the speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, although this road seems to be a dead end, but for Lancer, who has explored the legendary realm for many years, there is undoubtedly a new way of thinking.
That night, Lancer frowned as he wrung a long-forgotten message address in his hand.
A day later, a note encrypted with magic was secretly sent. But a month later, Lancer received a reply: "Nonsense, nonsense (the result of the Chinese translation)"
So, Lancer silently put down the note and ignored the matter. After all, Lancer is now a father of two children, and he can no longer do things as desperately as before.
(PS: Today's update of more than 6,000 words!The identity and experience of Lancer's father will be revealed in Volume 1.5 of "Reminiscences".) By the way, ask for another referral ticket!)