Since he had been living in a wooden house outside the city recently, and people came to visit him from time to time, Matthew simply designated Monday and Tuesday of every week as his rest days.
He will return home to live in these two days and deal with some matters related to himself in the town.
However, he didn't expect it either.
On my first day off, I had more visitors than I could count.
Fortunately, the living room is quite big enough.
After the initial reception, Matthew went over one by one to ask why he was here——
Sif is here to listen to the lecture. The value of a super version of the magic bag is obviously not something that can be offset by a hasty history lesson. In fact, Matthew has also been mentally prepared to run a small stove for her for half a year alone. There is no other way
, the holding person has short hands.
The arrival of Rhaegar is more interesting.
Matthew guessed that the father and daughter were noisy at home. The final result was that Rhaegar agreed that Sif could come to Matthew's place every Monday to make up lessons, but the condition was that he had to follow the class.
Matthew didn't have any objections to this. Anyway, when it comes to lectures, one person is listening, and two people are listening.
As long as Rhaegar didn't get in his way, there would be no problem.
And among other visitors.
Brad came here specifically to ask Matthew if he needed help from the garrison - he knew that Matthew had been staying in the oak forest recently, and he happened to have received an order to strengthen patrols, so he came to ask Matthew if he needed help.
garrison support;
The purpose of Zeller and Richard's visit is obviously related to the "plundering ritual" that Matthew recalled before;
As for Samantha.
She should have brought the compiled Su country information as agreed.
In the living room.
Matthew's mind was spinning rapidly.
He is preparing to sort things out according to their priorities.
at this time.
Sif stood up obediently:
"Matthew, since you still have so many guests, I'll go to the kitchen with Paige to talk first."
Said.
She planned to drag Rega, who looked confused, to the kitchen.
But at this moment.
Zeller, who had been smiling all the time, spoke:
"Wait a minute, I just made an observation outside. In fact, you are not particularly anxious to find Matthew, right? I heard Sif said that she was here to make up lessons. I have long been interested in Mr. Matthew's history class.
I'm very interested. If you don't mind, you can give Sif a lesson first while we listen. Isn't this a very novel experience?"
I don’t know if it’s due to his super charm.
Zeller's words were unanimously agreed by others.
"Yes, yes, I have long heard that Matthew's classes are very popular, but it's a pity that I never had the chance to attend them."
Brad scratched his beard, his face full of interest.
Richard put his cane aside gracefully:
"Okay, I have no objection."
Rhaegar was originally here to listen, so naturally he wouldn't talk too much.
In the end, only Samantha was left.
Matthew looked at her inquiringly.
The latter smiled sweetly:
"My historical knowledge is almost zero. If you don't mind, of course I am willing to sit down and listen."
As a result, the living room, which had been slightly noisy just now, quickly became quiet.
Everyone looked at Matthew with curious eyes.
Matthew doesn’t have stage fright either.
He regarded the living room as a school and the adults in front of him as children.
He took out the thick history book prepared for Sif.
I was about to open the book and start talking.
Just at this moment.
A faint voice came from the kitchen:
"Matthew, remember to make your lectures exciting. The first class is free, but the rest will have to be paid per head."
Matthew smiled helplessly.
He cleared his throat:
"Last time I told Sif about the historical event of the "Hundred Cities Enfeoffment". This event is actually familiar to everyone. It means that the Seven Saints Alliance's influence on city-states across the continent has reached an unprecedented peak.
Its function exists objectively.
After the enfeoffment, every major city worth its name on the mainland had at least one mage from the Seven Saints Alliance sitting in charge. These mages made indelible contributions to the development and construction of their respective city-states.
Even today, a hundred years later, people will never forget the contributions of those original mages.
Of course, the follow-up to the Hundred Cities Enfeoffment did not actually develop in accordance with the ideas of the Seven Saints Alliance. During the actual implementation of the plan, there were many flaws, so much so that there were several disagreements within the alliance about whether to continue to implement the strategy firmly.
A dispute.
From an hindsight perspective, this plan was actually a failure.
Hundreds of years after the departure of the gods, the largest human organization in Irondor is still the extremely loose "Seven Saints Alliance", which is essentially a mage organization!
The "Kingdom of Humanity" is just a false name created by the Seven Saints Alliance. In fact, we all know that there is no human force on this continent that is qualified to be called a "Kingdom".
We have villages and towns, we have cities, we have manors, we have lords, but we have no country and no king.
And all this is still given by the gods."
Speaking of which.
Matthew paused, took a sip of water, and observed everyone's reactions.
There were six audience members present.
Half of the people reacted with confusion, they were Sif, Brad and Samantha.
The remaining three people looked thoughtful.
Obviously.
This is the difference in experience.
"Isn't that how it should be?"
Encouraged by Matthew's eyes, Samantha boldly asked:
"Whether we are humans, elves, or druids, we are all living pretty well now. I mean, the city-state format is also very good. People can not disturb each other, so why do we have to form a kingdom?"
Matthew did not answer immediately.
He looked at Rhaegar.
The latter's expression was also very serious, and he actually took the initiative to say:
"In terms of the form of social organization, a kingdom that can control more city-state resources at the same time must be a higher-level, more risk-resistant and more powerful existence than an independent city-state. I have traveled to foreign countries, and many of their places are indeed
More developed than us. The simplest and crudest example is that if a kingdom composed of multiple city-states declares war on an independent city-state, the latter will almost certainly lose."
Matthew nodded in agreement:
"We all know that there is strength in numbers.
As a social creature, an organizational form that allows more humans to unite smoothly will definitely not be worse than a model of going it alone.
In fact, the transition from a single city-state to a union of multiple city-states is an inevitability of historical development——
This can be confirmed from the development of other planes or worlds. Although there is not much information in this area, the Seven Saints Alliance has actually collected a lot."
Xifu heard this and said doubtfully:
"Then why hasn't a kingdom developed on the continent so far? Aren't the gods banished long ago?"
Matthew said solemnly:
"You may forget what I'm going to say next after listening to it today, but it doesn't matter. Forgetting doesn't mean the truth doesn't exist."
"We all know that four hundred and seventy years ago, the founder of the Seven Saints Alliance, that great being whose name is still unknown to people - we usually call her the first and only one in human history.
"Calamity Mage", because of her anger and the gods' lack of ambition and enslavement of all living beings, she personally planned and executed the most wonderful spellcaster performance in history - "Tianlun Palace Shengque".
Before the Tianlun Palace ascends to the palace.
Our world has been stuck in what the gods call the "Age of Enlightenment" for two thousand years.
In these two thousand years, human society has not progressed in any sense.
Two thousand years ago, human ancestors fished in rivers and cultivated the land; two thousand years later, their descendants still use unchanged fishing tools and farming methods.
The world at that time was lifeless, and you could not feel the progress of the world from the changes in time, because in the early days of the Enlightenment Age, the gods who divided the divine power and faith weaved a framework for all things in the world.
They use priesthood to divide territory and use concepts to bind everything.
They regard this world as their pasture. They just want to harvest the faith of all sentient beings day after day. They are not willing to see their believers make progress in any sense at all.
Time at that time was meaningless to this world, it was just a counter for the gods to harvest faith.
Under the high-pressure rule of the gods.
Sentient beings cannot save themselves - they cannot even develop the consciousness to save themselves.
Until the arrival of the "Calamity Mage".
This pattern has finally been broken.
That day.
All the statues of gods on this continent collapsed.
Countless shrines or temples rose out of thin air, and the Tianlun Palace, which symbolized the past glory of the gods, also rose into the sky. They loaded and bound the will of the gods and flew screaming to the highest point of the star world.
People knelt around the temple in fear, not knowing what was happening.
In fact, to this day we don't know exactly what happened that day.
We only know that after that day, most of the divine beings in this world were permanently exiled by the Scourge Mage on his own.
this.
It's "Tianlun Palace Shengque"."
Matthew's narrative tone was calm.
However, the amazingness of the history itself is enough to shock all listeners.
Even Rhaegar and Zeller.
They may have heard about Tianlun Palace Shengque.
But I only vaguely knew that it was the opportunity for the gods to leave.
They didn't know that the gods were exiled!
It’s even more unimaginable that the person who banished the gods was just a human mage!
"Is this a myth?"
Rhaegar murmured:
"I thought it was the original "Seven Saints" who joined forces to reach an agreement with the gods."
Matthew smiled and shook his head:
"The Seven Saints were very strong at first, but they were not strong enough to bargain with the gods. In history, they were all disciples of the natural disaster mage."
“After the gods left, our world finally began to change. Farmers invented farm tools and discovered crops with higher yields;
Fishing boats floated on the seas and rivers, and we had fishing nets, harpoons and all the latest fishing gear;
Tailors discovered better materials for making clothes than cotton, linen, and animal skins;
Craftsmen improved their craftsmanship and production processes;
City-states rose up one after another, and human exchanges became closer.
If it develops normally.
We are long overdue for the first truly human kingdom.
However, the departed gods were still unwilling to be left alone. They imposed three curses on the land after the Scourge Master left, trying to slow down the changes in the world and ensure that the "concept" they defined continues to the greatest extent.
.”
Hear this.
Everyone's expressions were serious.
They were all shocked by this magical and bold narrative, and at the same time they were extremely curious about the curse of the gods in Matthew's mouth.
Matthew doesn't show off either.
He took a sip of water and continued:
"I only know two of the three major curses. The last one was not even introduced in the book given to me by Master Ronan. And the two curses I know are called "Intelligence Mystery Lock" and "Civilization Mystery Lock".
"
Said.
He first explained the contents of the intellectual puzzle lock.
Then the civilization mystery lock was mentioned:
"Similar to the intelligence puzzle lock, the curse of the gods actually takes away a part of our health as human beings - the intelligence puzzle lock takes away the memory ability of history and knowledge from all humans with an intelligence below 15 points.
The civilization mystery lock blocks the possibility of human civilization evolution."
Said.
Matthew looked at Rhaegar:
"Mr. Rhaegar, you are the lord of Rolling Stone Town. You own a large amount of territory including sixteen villages in the north and south and two trading stations. But have you ever thought about expanding the size of Rolling Stone Town? Have you ever thought about annexing it?
Surrounding cities? Do you want more power?"
Rhaegar frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head vigorously:
"My reason tells me that that might not be bad, but for some reason, I am not interested in the concept of "expanding territory" at all - is this the function of the Civilization Mystery Lock?"
Matthew nodded:
"If you are the only one who hates the expansion of territory, then it may be a coincidence, but almost all city lords have no ambition to annex the world. This is obviously the power of the curse."
Samantha suddenly said:
"But isn't it a good thing that there is no war? At least there won't be so many people displaced and separated for life and death."
Matthew responded seriously:
"This is indeed true from an individual point of view, but objective laws cannot be ignored. If our civilization always stagnates, then it may die suddenly one day. It may be due to an accident or the invasion of foreign enemies.
——This is by no means alarmist, but the actual words left by the natural disaster mage within the alliance.
I think that since she came from the outer world, she must have witnessed the ups and downs of some civilizations, and what prompted her to make the decision to banish the gods may not be out of anger, but something else."
Samantha was stunned for a moment.
Although her thinking was old-fashioned, she was quite smart and understood the implication of Matthew's words instantly:
"Are you saying that our world may be invaded by foreign enemies in the future? In the face of that kind of enemy, only humans and other races organized in the form of kingdoms can resist?"
Matthew blinked:
"It is indeed possible. There have been many speculations about this within the Seven Saints Alliance, but currently they are only at the level of speculation. After all, the existence of purgatory and the abyss has been confirmed. If one day, demons or demons invade
Our world, without the blessing of the gods, will be very difficult to rely on our own strength.
All in all, the age of the gods is gone, and even if the curse remains, their power will become weaker and weaker.
According to Master Ronan's prediction, our world is on the eve of rapid changes. Maybe in the next second, the world will undergo earth-shaking changes. I think this is our luck to be born in this era.
At least, compared with our ancestors, we will have the opportunity to use our own power to change the world, and even... to redefine some new concepts."
Samantha looked at Matthew thoughtfully:
“Like ‘nature’?”
Matthew smiled and closed the book:
"That's the content of the next lesson."
Peggy, who appeared out of nowhere, interrupted:
"Yes, that's right, that's paid content!"
One lesson is over.
There was silence in the living room.
Everyone was silently digesting the cognitive shock brought by Matthew.
Matthew himself is using this to strengthen his memory.
His intelligence is enough to be exempted from the intelligence puzzle lock, but there is also a certain chance of forgetting, and teaching is a good way to strengthen memory. This is the core reason why he does not object to teaching everyone a lesson tonight.
…
ten minutes later.
Matthew took a bag of Soviet information from Samantha and sent her away.
Come to the door.
Samantha suddenly turned back and stared into Matthew's eyes:
"Eli is with you now?"
Matthew explained calmly:
"He was grateful for my unintentional enlightenment in the field, so he temporarily worked as a ranger at my place."
Samantha nodded thoughtfully:
"The origin of your oak realm?"
Matthew nodded.
"Your field enlightenment is very special and impressed me deeply. So is that oak forest. Maybe I should find time to go there and have a look."
Samantha bit her lip.
She dropped this sentence with wandering eyes.
Then he turned into a leopard and jumped away.
…
The second person to leave was Brad.
Matthew was very grateful to Big Beard for always remembering him.
But the two discussed it for a while.
He ultimately declined Brad's suggestion to deploy additional patrols near the oak forest.
This may alert the enemy.
The alternative proposed by Matthew was to set up a hidden sentry not far from the oak forest.
The secret sentry has guards on duty most of the time.
In this way, once a battle breaks out in the oak forest, Brad will get the news as soon as possible and come to support.
Matthew didn't feel invincible just because he had the bone dragon in his hand.
It is safer to have the support of the garrison.
Brad agreed to the request.
He assured Matthew that the secret whistle would be implemented tomorrow night at the latest.
This reassured Matthew a lot.
…
Finally it’s Zeller and Richard.
"Matthew, according to what you said about the launch ceremony, we have selected three iconic buildings - the "Giant Wind Mill" in the North Trading Post, the "Black Vulture Inn" in the South Trading Post and the "Seven" in Rolling Stone Town.
Holy Square".
If there are bloody tragedies in these three places, it will definitely shock the whole town of Rolling Stone the next day. At present, we have secretly strengthened the reconnaissance and patrols of these three places."
Zeller asked quickly:
"Besides, our operation must begin. Are you ready?"
Matthew knew that the action Zeller was talking about was to act as Ronan and create doubts, thereby slowing down the evil organization's criminal activities.
"I don't have a problem personally, but you have to tell me your plan first."
Matthew answered.
"The Spring Festival is coming soon. We all know that every Spring Festival, Grand Master Ronan will release huge magic fireworks in the Seven Saints Square, the North and South Trading Posts and some small villages to celebrate the direction of spring with the residents.
Heyday.”
Zeller calmly recounted:
"But in fact, Ronan was very busy. He himself was not in Rolling Stone Town during the Spring Festival for several years, and his apprentices helped set off the fireworks.
In order not to affect the festive atmosphere, he had already made arrangements for this. There are currently some devices for releasing magical fireworks in the warehouse of the city hall, so releasing the fireworks itself is not a problem.
We were unable to get in touch with Ronan this year, and there is no news from his apprentice. If we want to play him, the key difficulty lies in his image. It is difficult to hide it with makeup alone. We need the help of magic."
Matthew shook his head:
"I know nothing about transfiguration."
Zeller smiled gently:
"It's a coincidence, so am I. However, I have another way - since our purpose is to raise suspicions, there is no need to try to be realistic in everything. We just need to keep them doubtful, and we don't need to make them
Really believe that Ronan is here.
I will dress you up to look like Ronan as much as possible, and then use the mirror technique to send your image to various places in Rolling Stone Town. Naturally, someone else will detonate the fireworks device during the introduction.
And what you need to do is try to make your temperament look like a great mage.
After all, you are the only mage we can currently find in Rolling Stone Town."
Matthew clasped his hands and thought for a while, and finally agreed to Zeller's plan.
There was no risk to him with this plan.
If it can really deter evil organizations, it will be considered a meritorious deed.
Now.
The two discussed many details.
Until late at night.
Zeller reluctantly left Matthew's home with Richard who was yawning crazily.
And Sif was taken home early by Rhaegar.
After all guests have left.
The lively atmosphere disappeared instantly.
Matthew sat alone in the living room enjoying the sweet silence.
Sit, sit.
His chest suddenly seemed to be pried open by something strong.
The scenery in front of me began to blur gradually.
Matthew's heart moved.
Suddenly.
He saw that the gray commas in the Tai Chi symbol had been filled up at some point.
now.
Countless gray dots are jumping out of it!
…
"Tip: You are visiting the sub-domain of "Death", "The Undead"!"