Chapter 229 Reason
In the square of the New Noren College branch, the steel giant David and the tall and straight Jemin greeted each other.
No excessive small talk, no unnecessary courtesies.
At their level, time and efficiency are far more important than hypocritical etiquette.
A glance and a confirmation of soul breath are enough to convey all the necessary information.
Afterwards, the two didn't say much, just nodded in tacit understanding.
Their bodies simultaneously transformed into two streams of light that rose from the ground, instantly tearing through the azure sky of the Elosia plane, and took off together, leaving the academy that was still under construction.
Flying at high speed towards the location where the "illegal wizard" was last seen in the mission intelligence.
The high-altitude air currents were easily repelled by the energy shields around the two people, making a sharp whistling sound.
The earth under my feet quickly retreated, turning into blurred blocks of color.
On the way, the two compared the information on the terminal and exchanged their findings.
During this process, Benjamin was curious and asked, "David, why did you come to participate in this mission?"
"Logically speaking, the best option for newly promoted wizards like you and me should be to stay in our respective bases, carefully consolidating our realm and accumulating knowledge."
What Benjamin said was not without purpose.
This is the consensus among logistics wizards and even most wizards with a little bit of ambition.
A solid foundation is far more important than reckless exploration.
What's more, a wizard's power comes from wisdom and knowledge. Advancement does not mean an increase in power. Going out rashly is likely to fail.
From Benjamin's current perspective, if circumstances permit, he feels that a newly promoted second-level wizard is not suitable to go out on missions for at least a hundred years.
Hearing Benjamin's question, David's body covered in heavy black armor was silent.
The air around seemed to become a little heavier because of this.
After a moment, he did not answer directly, but instead asked: "Jereming, do you know... the origin of 'illegal wizards'?"
After Benjamin gave a negative answer, he explained the origin of the special existence of "illegal wizards" in a dull and tired voice.
The so-called "illegal wizard" was similar to what Jemin had guessed before.
In fact, they are those who have secretly promoted themselves to wizards without signing a formal contract with the official wizard civilization.
This situation is not common, but it is not particularly rare.
It usually occurs in the early stages of a plane's conquest, when the transformation of the entire plane is still in its early stages and the monitoring array covering the entire plane has not yet been fully laid out.
Various problems are most likely to arise in the chaotic early stages of transformation.
On the contrary, after the transformation is completed, with complete monitoring of all creatures in the plane, the probability of problems occurring again will be much lower.
According to the iron law of wizard civilization, every potential newcomer will be forced to sign a soul contract as soon as he comes into contact with extraordinary knowledge.
This contract contained numerous clauses, but if we removed the additional clauses unique to each wizarding power, the core and most important ones were basically just two points:
First, you must not betray wizard civilization in any form.
Second, any extraordinary knowledge about wizard civilization must not be disclosed to any other race creatures that have not signed the contract.
"Of course." David paused and added, "While these two points are clearly stated, there are actually some ways to circumvent them. Theoretical loopholes always exist."
"Like what I did back then." He mentioned his past without any hesitation.
"Back then, in order to persuade the sage from the Elosia plane and completely break down his psychological defenses, I showed him some devastating intelligence about wizard civilization."
"If the sage's psychological defenses hadn't been broken, and he had chosen to resist to the end, or even leaked this information, then I would have actually violated the contract to a certain extent."
"So, the possibility of the wizard's training method being leaked is not zero."
"However, this kind of thing generally only happens in the early stages of plane transformation. Later, the entire plane will be completely enveloped by ubiquitous monitoring arrays, and any abnormal energy fluctuations and information transmissions will be captured instantly. By then, the occurrence of illegal wizards will be completely eliminated."
After hearing this, Benjamin had a new question. He asked David curiously, "Since there are loopholes, don't those high-level wizards consider modifying the contract to make it more rigorous?"
David's huge helmet swayed slowly from side to side, as if shaking his head.
"No," he replied. "Those high-level wizards... especially the nine great ninth-level beings who stand at the pinnacle of our civilization, could, if they so desired, infinitely subdivide these two core contracts, ultimately developing a perfect contract whose details would theoretically be impossible for anyone to violate."
"But that does not benefit the development of wizards in any way."
"The more clear and impeccable the rules are, the more they will restrict wizards' thinking and actions to a certain extent. And the most important thing for a wizard is his unfettered wisdom. This will actually be detrimental to the growth of wizards. Sheep kept in a pen can never defeat hungry wolves in the wilderness."
After answering Benjamin's question, David finally brought the topic back to the beginning.
He continued to explain, "The reason I took on this mission is because... in a sense, this illegal wizard who is about to appear before us was born under my influence."
Benjamin's eyes fixed as he listened quietly.
"The cause still lies with that sage." David's voice revealed an indescribable complex emotion.
"After learning about the despairing power of wizard civilization, he didn't completely give up like the others. He used a method that I still can't understand to this day, forcibly splitting his soul in two."
"A portion of his soul remained within his body, and he signed a contract with me. As the price of his 'surrender,' he personally killed all the remaining mortal leaders and high-ranking officials on the Elosia plane."
"And another part of his soul is lurking in the body of an inconspicuous civilian. He is waiting, waiting for the Norn Academy to carry out the first round of body transformation on the remaining humans in the entire plane."
"After that body was transformed into a physique suitable for the humans of the wizarding world and capable of meditation, he began secretly practicing using a set of incomplete meditation methods he had obtained from who knows where."
"Originally, this is nothing. The wizarding community doesn't mind having another intelligent and ambitious wizard. As long as he is willing to re-sign the contract and become one of us, that's all that's needed."
Upon hearing this, Benjamin nodded in agreement.
Wizarding civilization has long gotten rid of the era of dividing races based on appearance. To be honest, it is still questionable whether many high-level wizards can be considered human in terms of appearance.
Even the transformation of the indigenous remnants into human form was simply because creatures in this form were more suitable for the initial meditation method.
If there really is an intelligent being recognized by wizards and willing to join them, then wizards would also be willing to see their civilization grow.
Jemin had also studied the sage from the Elosia plane.
Benjamin had to admit that the other party's wisdom was indeed something he admired.
If such a person is willing to join the wizard civilization, then in the eyes of the wizards, the greatest loss he has caused to the wizard civilization is the use of incomplete meditation methods, which may very likely cause obstacles to future advancement.
"But the problem is, it seems that the brutal division of his soul, or perhaps the subsequent body transformation process, caused some irreversible damage to his remaining soul. He has developed some serious mental problems. The once calm and wise 'sage' has become uncontrollable, cruel, and full of destructive desires."
"Because he already had a strong foundation and his soul strength far exceeded that of an ordinary person, his power grew exceptionally quickly after he became a wizard."
"Although it's a pity, Norn Academy will not allow an out-of-control wizard who refuses to communicate to act recklessly under its command..."
David didn't finish what he was saying, and Benjamin silently added the result in his mind:
"So, this killing mission was issued."
After David finished speaking, he fell silent again.
Jieming finally understood why the other party appeared here.
This is not just a mission, but also a way to end a cause and effect that he himself started.
While they were talking, the two had already flown thousands of kilometers and arrived at the place where the target was last seen in the intelligence.
It was a charred, twisted forest.
The air still lingered with the violent smell of negative energy and blood.
The two men landed from the air and each used their own reconnaissance methods to carefully search the area of dozens of kilometers.
Jiemin even activated the "Universal Eye" to analyze the energy information remaining on every inch of land.
David, on the other hand, directly opened up a huge force field to sense any abnormal soul fluctuations.
However, after searching for a while, no valuable information was found.
The other party obviously knew how to hide himself and had cleanly removed all traces.
After exchanging glances, the two used the magic network terminal to call up a map of the nearby area and found the nearest city built by the transformed survivors.
"Let's go," said Benjamin, "let's go there and take a look. I hope we can find some clues."
There is no other way for now, I can only go over and ask to see if anything strange has happened recently.
(End of this chapter)
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