Chapter 33: The Struggle of Decline
"Compared to those of you who actually passed the exam to enter the first university, my talent is not so outstanding. You've been helping me with talisman studies, so you should understand that...... In fact, in the last hundred years or so, the percentage of gypsy witches who have been promoted has been decreasing. β
"Three hundred years ago, we were able to send a delegation of hundreds of registered wizards to attend the collective meeting of the Wizarding Alliance, whereas a hundred years ago, it would have been difficult for us to send a delegation of thirty people...... Until now, no one knows how long it has been since the representatives of the Witch Order have been present in the Wizarding Alliance. β
"For as long as I can remember, most of the gypsy witches in the tower have been below the registered wizard level. There are even many tricksters. It's just that we have mastered some unique skills in our long history, so we can barely pass them on in the current environment...... Coupled with the agreement that the ancestors made with the Wizarding Alliance a long, long time ago, they can still stay in the tower and will not be sent to the northern part of Beta. β
"But it's getting harder and harder. β
Yelena turned her back to Zheng Qing, looking at the sparkling Linzhong Lake in the distance, staring at the small white tower in the center of the lake, her voice became more and more slender under the tearing of the breeze: "I don't know if you have been to the northern district of Beta Town...... Grandma said that if our witch group continued like this, it wouldn't be fifty years before everyone would be living in the northern part of Beta. β
Zheng Qing took a light breath and did not speak.
The northern district of Beta Town is the slum of Beta Town, and it is also the largest settlement of magicians in the wizarding world, and there are many wizards who do not meet the requirements of the alchemy factory, and they also live there quietly - because of the constraints of the Wizarding Code, these wizards with weak magical powers are forbidden to contact the world of Baiding at will, which also makes it difficult for them to improve their lives.
A few weeks ago, Xin Fatzi did an interview about the North District of Beta Town, and he was depressed for more than half a month.
β...... Tattered clothes, dirty faces, skinny children, old people huddled in corners. A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of the Gypsy Witch's mouth: "We often say that there is nothing that magic can't do. But in fact, poor and rich, talented and mediocre, there are so many things in the world that even with magic, there is no way to eliminate them. β
"The rich have a land of hope, but the poor have no place to stand...... This is a matter of the system. Zheng Qing cleared his throat and said in a low voice: "Human society is originally a selfish society, and we can't expect everyone to be enlightened and give to the world. β
Perhaps I felt that the atmosphere of the conversation between the two was a little heavy.
The gypsy witch was silent for a moment before she spoke, returning to what she was doing: "...... As for the weakening of the witch group, some people speculate that we have overused magic such as divination and psychics, and have been rejected by the will of the world. In other words, it is damned. Of course, more people believe that the decline of the witch group is only due to the increasingly closed inheritance environment of our inheritance relative to the outside world. β
"So, this year we were sent over. Everyone is pinning their hopes on us. β
"But even with the extra three months of preparatory course, our learning progress still could not fully meet the requirements of the first university. If we follow this level, after four years, we will definitely not be able to pass the examination of registered wizards. β
"So I had to find another way out. β
As she spoke, the witch shook the marble railing in her hand, raised it in front of her, and said softly:
"When I was very young, with the help of my grandmother, I channeled into a mysterious being in another world. According to Him, He is the moon god of a certain world, and his broken body is suppressed in the depths of the campus of First University. β
"He promised that if I liberated His true body, He would give me the glory of a saint. I guess it's about the same level as a veteran registered wizard. For me, enough ......"
"You agreed?" Zheng Qing finally couldn't help it, interrupting the witch's words, his tone was a little anxious: "Although I don't know much, Xiao Xiao has repeatedly warned me, 'Don't talk to people who can't see your brains', let alone make any contracts with them!"
"Do I look that stupid?" the witch glanced at him, and finally smiled a little, "Dr. Xiao is right. It's just that I didn't make any agreement with Him. β
As she spoke, she held up the pillar in her hand and muttered, "But that doesn't mean I can't do something." β
Zheng Qing stared blankly at the pillar, thinking about the meaning behind the witch's words, but quickly gave up. Magic is a symbol of infinite possibilities, and no one knows how a millennia-old witch group will treat a sealed god.
But he felt that Yelena still had a key question that he had not clarified: "So...... Why do you look so much like Him?"
"This is a precondition for channeling. Elena patiently explained: "Personality, looks, bloodline, etc., if you want to communicate with a certain being, there must be a certain condition that meets the requirements of that being...... In other words, it is precisely because we look similar that we can build a passage in the dark. β
This statement is a bit mysterious, but the more strange magic requires Zheng Qing to have seen it, so it is not difficult to accept. Perhaps that's why gypsy witch magic is so difficult to spread on a large scale.
"Let's put it away for now. Zheng Qing sighed, stared at the railing, and muttered, "Anyway, you run around with this guy, what if it breaks and he really escapes...... The school should have sunk it in the deepest part of the ocean. β
"You don't really think that this pillar seals the true body of the moon god, do you?" said Yelena.
Zheng Qing touched his head and smiled awkwardly.
He had just thought about itβand he was still thinking in his heart that wizards were so unreliable that they would casually put this god-suppressing thing in some common room, and if he had arranged it, it would surely sink that terrace to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench.
"There's a big demon king sleeping in the Mariana Trench, and if you do what you think, that big demon will thank you very much. The witch smiled and put away the railings, explaining, "This marble was once stained with the blood of seventy-two elves, so the wizard carved the terrace with magic and used the circle to restrain their spirits. β
"I just wanted to see if I could borrow His blood and improve my spiritism. β
Zheng Qing showed a somewhat abrupt expression and nodded again and again.
Although he felt that the witch's final explanation was a little vague, it was nothing, and he finally knew more about her than the others.
This is a very good progress.