Split? We haven’t been united from the beginning, so what’s the point of splitting?
As a mage, what you pursue is always the endless truth, and you maintain a certain degree of respect and friendship with the existence of the same great mage. This is because both of you are fellow pursuers of the truth, and you show respect to the gods on the surface, just respect.
Great strength and avoid getting into trouble.
A pure mage will not sincerely bow to the sincerity of any powerful existence. The strength of the opponent will only attract their interest and curiosity. They will parse, analyze, imitate and learn the source of the opponent's power, and then become more powerful than the opponent.
powerful.
"A true mage cannot devoutly believe in the existence of gods or other gods, because he will only be curious about the source of the gods' power, and firmly believes that as long as he analyzes it clearly, he can become more powerful than the gods.
Strong, and then send the opponent to his dissection table to verify his research results, the Archmage of the Council of Truth, 'The Blasphemer' Raven."
In this regard, the most extreme one should be the civilization of the sages. Even if they turn back time and explore the mysteries of reincarnation and the soul, they will eventually embark on this path. However, the Republic of Tali, the country of the undead, did not enter the same path because of this.
Dead end.
Therefore, the organization of mages is often a loose alliance, which is determined by their nature. Researchers who devote their body and mind to the imperial power and power will find it difficult to go further.
The reason? In the world of magic, knowledge is equal to power. The basis of research and exploration is doubt and analysis. If you lose the essence of questioning everything, how can you break through the fog and explore the continent of new knowledge?
And this loose alliance cannot have a strict superior-subordinate relationship. At most, it can only rely on the reputation and connections of a certain senior. Such an alliance obviously cannot withstand the test.
Esso's early exit caused the alliance to lose its most important contact core. The Undead Emperors all knew that it was only a matter of time before they all went their separate ways, so they chose this helpless whole family.
And once they are blocked, it will be a day for them to go their own way.
Then, what I can do is laid out in front of me.
"... Even if I see it with my own eyes, it's still unbelievable."
Now, we are just sneaking out from the palace, wearing thick white wolf skin hoods, and wandering in the streets.
What surprised the undead emperor was not some sophisticated magic technology creation, but the transactions of street vendors. The seller was a high-level undead skeleton. He was selling his bone-style jewelry and children's toys, and the buyer was
Ordinary citizens without power.
The two parties were haggling over the price to the point of spitting. It was clear that the high-level skeleton could kill the other party with one slap, but he explained his design ideas and cost prices to them with a smile on his face.
Those buyers were obviously very excited, but they still tried to lower the price.
This is actually a very common scene of buying and selling goods, but this kind of business between the living and the dead is probably not seen in other areas.
"...How is it possible? That skeleton general is really trying to please those women. He can obviously kill them easily. But those women are not afraid at all!"
I can understand Sandro's mentality. For guys like us, no matter how fantastic the intelligence and spies say, we will always have a skeptical attitude until we see it with our own eyes, and many times, we see it with our own eyes.
, even if you hear it with your own ears, you won’t take it seriously.
But this time, he paid a sudden visit, and with the Undead Emperor's understanding of soul fluctuations, he could not be deceived by the true or false feelings of the soul in front of him. This seemingly simple buying and selling scene showed that something was born in Difende.
The deceased and the deceased are both ordinary citizens. In their respective concepts, there is no essential difference.
In this era where power means everything, in this world where the undead equals evil, this scene is even more incomprehensible to Sandro than the forbidden curse.
I believe that such a scene is unique and unprecedented.
There have been cases where the dead and the living coexisted in the same country before, but whether it was the ancient Tali Republic or our Shiro Empire, the dead and the living were never equal. Although the dead and the living came from the same country.
They are two parallel lines that do not interfere with each other.
In Xiluo, most of the living are slaves and the lower class, and all the upper classes are undead.
During the Republic of Tali, most people chose to practice necromancy. The political power and high-level officials also disappeared and were transferred among the undead masters. Transforming into high-level undead was actually a way for the living to get ahead.
It can be said that in both countries, the undead still enslave and control the living. The natural gap between the dead and the living makes peaceful coexistence extremely unimaginable.
"...How did you do it?"
The question was still the same as when we met, but I fell into silence. After all, being able to reach this point can indeed be called a miracle. It is a miracle created by many necessity and chance at the same time, and it is impossible to replicate.
"Let's talk as we walk..."
Walking along the business district, even though it has snowed a few times, the place is still very prosperous.
The temperature has already reached below zero, and even the mule and horse shops have stopped making noise, but there is an endless stream of vehicles selling goods on the streets. In the past, by this time, the business district should have closed long ago. After all, many transactions are close to manpower.
There is nothing that can be done and the goods that cannot be transported are just a burden and cannot be called commodities.
But now, what we pass by are fleets of cars coming and going in a hurry. For them, the year-end/beginning of the year sales have just begun.
Some of them rode snow-covered sleighs and iron horses (motorcycles), some started to use tracked trucks, but most of them used the best-selling products of the Ghost Carriage and Horse Shop.
Skeleton horses, ghost horses, zombie horses, these are nightmares in the eyes of the living in the past, but now they are dragging sleds, wagons, and carriages, moving forward tirelessly.
In Difende, the competition between the creations of magical technology and the creations of undead magic in terms of transportation tools is getting more and more intense. On normal days, ordinary horse and carriage dealers can also participate in their competition, but in this cold winter
, it is better for horses to hide in a warm stable for the winter. Treating frostbite is a waste of medicinal materials.
Iron horses that rely on magic power do not have the problem of stalling out in winter. They also have many snow variants. Goblins who are good at making money have long taken the opportunity to launch winter special models, but their relatively expensive cost makes them suffer greatly in the civilian market.
A skeleton carriage (with two zombie laborers) controlled by an undead apprentice can be hired for only three gold coins for a day, which is much cheaper than an iron horse that sells for at least 5 gold coins. It has unknowingly occupied more than 70% of the market.
Winter sports market.
And since necromancy has low talent requirements, low learning costs, and can make money, there are more and more such "civilian necromancers" in Defender, where the practice of necromancy is legal, and the hiring price tends to decrease.
I heard that they are currently discussing whether to set up a guild to regulate prices...
I walked in silence all the way, but then I wandered off, but Sandro saw the scene in front of him and seemed to have some enlightenment.
"...Link undead magic with the interests of the people to eliminate their uneasiness? It is indeed a good idea, but the Republic also did it back then, and the effect seemed to be much worse."
I shook my head. Common interests are not the key or source, but just the result of the undead being accepted by the world. If cause and effect were mixed because of the scene in front of me, I would have a headache.
"...How should I put it? This should be an accident that cannot be copied, but it is also an inevitable..."
My thoughts returned to the past. It all should have started that day. The defeated knights of the dead held up the worn-out battle flag and hesitantly returned to their hometown. However, they were beaten by Defender who still remembered the will of Lan.
Accepted and welcomed by residents.
This is an opportunity and a miracle. The nostalgia for the motherland and the admiration for the historical heroes, the respect for this undead knight, as well as the guarantee of the Lan royal family and my own return, made the people of Lan country accept this undead army.
The knights of the dead were all once members of the Royal Knights of Arashi Kingdom. They deeply loved this land and regretted that they had not protected their own people in the past, so how could they harm the living.
To the living, these undead knights are the heroes who protected the country in the past. Under the guidance of Princess Renee, the heroic knights returned with Prince Roland. They know how to admire and trust them.
Trust requires the efforts of both parties, but the accidental return leads to the best choice, and the dead begin to be accepted by the living.
And this alone is not enough. With the activity of the Undead Knights, the royal knights are scattered to the core of various industries in the Lan Kingdom, including alchemy, military, winter hunting, and even the construction industry. The activity of these guardian knights has greatly
It has improved the lives of the people and greatly brought the relationship between the living and the dead closer.
Taking this as an opportunity, the knowledge of the undead spread, and the ancestral knights still guarded their own reality, eliminating the people of Lan country's prejudice against the undead, and making Difende a holy land in the dreams of necromancers. Countless necromancers traveled thousands of miles to visit it.
Come here.
And the reason why it is said to be a miracle is because the subsequent development encountered a miracle. The establishment of the Innocence City allowed strange undead souls to be proven innocent. When the world has no prejudice, friendship and trust will be possible.
Establish.
After that, came the benefits brought by the great development of necromancy and the openness of the practice of necromancers. Only at this time did the living and the dead live in front of us as equals.
It can be said that it is simple to say that the scene before me is the result of countless coincidences, including the miracle of the Sleepless Man, but it is inevitable. Without the return of my knights, without these lovely people who accepted the ancestral knights, there would be no
There is no possibility of miracles happening to the Arashi War Flag that has protected this land for thousands of years.
I have no intention of hiding these things. As I stated, Sandro also fell into silence. He was thinking, recalling, and making important decisions in his heart.
"Replicate such a scene in other places? It is impossible in a short time, but this land does not reject the undead, you have also seen... So, what do you think of the Republic of Tali, which is directly related to our future
Choice. If you think that the Republic of Tali is the country of those old people, and that the country of the dead can only be revived after laying down a land of the dead, we have nothing to talk about. If you think that past civilization is a kind of cultural inheritance, maybe we can have a lot of communication.
