Lord of Arcane

At this time, Leighton also reacted. The lord was waiting for him outside the barracks. Wasn't it because this report was related to Simon? There was only one report related to Simon recently, and he still had a deep impression of its content.

"Sir, is there anything wrong with the content of this report?" Leighton also asked.

"There is nothing wrong with the report itself. Simon did find that the current territory's military construction is insufficient." Shado did not try to be mysterious and directly stated his opinion -

"However, I don't think his idea of ​​recruiting new soldiers from the Territory Development Department is a good one. Now is the era of magic, and the army should also move closer to magic. The role that ordinary soldiers can play on future battlefields is extremely important."

"But sir, the territory guards are already undergoing magic enlightenment, and the new recruits will also undergo relevant training, and only those who pass the training will stay."

The most elite troops in the territory at present are the Lawbreaker Guards, all of whom are equipped with the Guardian suits imported from Everiska.

Includes armor that enables flight, wrist guards that can activate force field shields, and a short gun that can fire adjustable lightning attacks.

The captain is also equipped with an additional adamantium jet gun, which can provide extremely strong attack power.

It is conceivable that each member of the Lawbreaker Guard is the best in the territory guard as they are equipped with such luxurious equipment. One of their most special abilities is the proficiency in using magic items, and a few even have the ability to cast spells.

This is roughly the extent of magic soldiers that Simon can understand. But for Shado, this level of magic soldiers is far from enough. He believes that the army of magic civilization should be the strongest force of the entire civilization.

Unlike now, the strongest combat power in the territory is concentrated on Xia Duo alone. Even if he now gives the floating city or the [Robe of Missing] to the Lawbreaker Guards, these people will not be able to bring out the true effect of these two super weapons.

Or to put it another way, Shado does not need a group of ordinary soldiers armed with magic items, but a real magic army trained by qualified wizards who can operate various types of magic weapons and deal with various combat situations.

Analogous to the military construction on Earth, there are almost educational requirements for soldiers!
As for the present, Shado also made clear his requirements to Leighton and Simon, "From now on, the number of old troops will no longer increase, and only mages will be recruited as new soldiers in the future! Moreover, the army must be built into a special military school so that the mage soldiers can also grow and further their studies in the army."

"this--"

After hearing these requests from Shado, Leighton was mentally prepared. After all, before today, he had talked with Shado about a lot of territory construction, including some mentions about military construction.

But Simon was completely shocked. In his impression or cognition, the army has never been the main force in war, but the mages are. The army only needs to obey the mages' orders and do some odd jobs.

But now, according to the Lord, he seems to want to develop the army into an absolute main force. But if that's the case, is the army still an army? Isn't it just an alternative Mage Tower organization?

Leighton expressed his doubts, and Shado's explanation was:

"Don't think of mages as a special group. Just think of them as ordinary people and you'll understand them."

"Treating mages as ordinary people?"

Although the territory has been promoting this for a long time, and even now many children of ordinary citizens have become mages and often go home to interact with their families and neighbors, and everyone gets along very well, but -

A wizard is a wizard after all, and he possesses powerful strength that ordinary people do not possess. This gap cannot be made up by emotions or publicity.

In the eyes of many people, mages are naturally superior to others. This view is not uncommon even in the Great Xia Territory.

At least Leiden, the leader of the guard who is actually capable of commanding new mage soldiers, still has such an idea.

Now, Xia Duo once again emphasized that the wizard should be treated as an ordinary person. Although Leiden agreed verbally, Xia Duo could guess his true thoughts even without casting a spell to spy on him.

In this regard, Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh in his heart. With the help of magic, it is not difficult to move a mountain in reality, but it is extremely difficult to move the mountain of class concepts in people's hearts.

But it’s necessary to do it even if it’s difficult!
Thinking of this, Xia Duo turned to Leighton and asked, "Are there any recent trials on spellcasters?"

"Yes, but not much."

"I would like to make one more suggestion. From now on, all trials related to spellcasters, whether plaintiffs or defendants, will be open to the public, and previous cases must be reviewed regularly. I know this may be difficult, but we must persist in doing it."

In Shado's opinion, the fundamental reason why mages in the past Netheril had a special status that ordinary people did not have was indeed that mages had power, but the direct reason was the inequality in various rights.

The most unfair rule among them is that "a wizard can use gold to atone for his crime if he kills someone", but wizards do have the ability to kill ordinary people easily.

But in the Great Xia Territory, Xia Duo is determined to establish a new order that can unite the vast majority of people, which inevitably requires taking into account the interests and rights of the vast majority of people.

In the Daxia Code, there is no deliberate distinction between mages and ordinary people, which also means that before the law, mages do not enjoy privileges that ordinary people do not have.

But in legal practice, how to make the lawyers and ordinary people believe this is the biggest challenge facing the new order.

What Xia Duo had in mind was a fair trial, but a fair trial alone was far from enough, because ordinary people might suspect that the judge might be in collusion with the wizard, so it would be best if all cases involving spellcasters could be tried in public.

Let everyone see the trial process, and even allow citizens to raise questions on the spot.

Use fair trials to establish the authority of the Daxia Code. As long as everyone firmly believes in the authority of the code, the spirit represented by the code will also be believed by everyone.

This naturally includes the concept of equality for all.

In this case, even if the mage possesses powers that ordinary people do not possess, ordinary people can still believe that everyone is equal before the law, because no matter how powerful the mage is, it is not greater than the code, and is not greater than the Great Xia order behind the code that is supported by everyone.

Not only that, in addition to strict law enforcement, we must also improve legislation from the source and vigorously popularize the law to the public. Only in this way can we achieve a complete closed loop of the rule of law construction.

It is also the most solid foundation of Daxia's order!

In front of Simon, Chateau assigned Leighton specific tasks one by one, and used practical actions to tell Simon that it was time to abandon the old ideas of the old era, and that while in the Great Xia Territory, he should actively embrace the new ideas of the new era.

And this is what the lord, the territory, and everyone else hope for! (End of this chapter)