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"Even if it's just out of respect for knowledge, I would like to promise you."

He Xingwen, under the gaze of the mages, said: "But unfortunately, meeting them once cannot be realized in itself."

Duoti reacted quickly: "They can't appear in front of the world?"

"That's right." He Xingwen gave an affirmative answer.

When the Holy Guard was first recruited, they briefly revealed their form - a dappled light and shadow, which was completely lost because they were accepted by the kingdom.

The mages expressed regret and even sighed after hearing the words.

He Xingwen continued: "If you want to talk to them, maybe you can only go to the demiplane."

Mages are not stupid, in fact, in a way, they are very smart.

Duoti quickly summed up the key points: "Can you enter the demiplane?"

He Xingwen nodded.

The expressions of the mages were filled with rich emotions again, and the loss and regret quickly disappeared.

"But even if we talk to them in a demiplane, it doesn't make any sense," He Xingwen said unhurriedly, "because they are irrational."

The expressions of the mages were distorted due to the mixture of expectations, excitement, loss, regret, shock and many other emotions.

Duoti sorted out the twists and turns in He Xingwen's short sentences and the huge amount of information, and finally extracted the key point: "Humans cannot enter and exit the demiplane freely."

"Because there is no life in the demiplane, the human body, as the most powerful proof of life, is excluded from the demiplane. Only when the promotion touches the source of ether, can it enter the demiplane. "

He looked at this king, no matter how he looked at it or what spells he used to test it, he undoubtedly belonged to the human king.

"You are not human?"

With the lessons learned from the imitation race of Aizhijin, mages are not surprised that there will be a kind of intelligent creature that completely mimics human beings in the world.

It's just that most powerful races don't have mimicry abilities, because that would be pointless.

Existences that are too weak in nature will evolve the function of mimicry for self-protection-such as Ai Zhijin.

Therefore, if this king is a mimetic creature, one thing is certain, he is not strong in himself.

In fact, He Xingwen did seriously doubt his race.

The system spoke at the right time: "I prefer that you belong to human beings, but there is a small difference compared with human beings. This difference may be due to your 'precognition', or it may be due to 'that failed parallel world' , but no matter what the reason for this difference is, you don’t need to question the fact that you belong to human beings.”

The affirmative judgment that the system can give is basically impossible to be wrong.

He Xingwen answered many questions: "I am human."

Duoti tactfully swallowed the three words "impossible". The most interesting thing about this kingdom is that it looks like a human kingdom.

But in fact, there is not a single human being here.

Even those civilians who are taciturn and look the most human, with strength far beyond human, physical fitness at the peak of human beings, and many human virtues, the behavior of not questioning the king is enough to prove that they do not belong to human beings .

Besides them, another kind of creature, the ether body that mimics human beings, has no connection with human beings.

Except for these two types of people, the kingdom is left with only the king, who seems to be a real human being-currently doubtful.

After a brief pause, Doti skipped over the irrelevant topic of whether the king is a human being, and turned the topic back to the 'Holy Guard': "They are irrational, because they are in a demiplane?"

He Xingwen showed a puzzled expression.

"When some high-level magicians were promoted, their ether bodies strayed into the half-plane... Most of them got completely lost in the half-plane, but there were also magicians who found their way back."

Duo Ti winked at He Xingwen: "Their ether has been polluted, they lost their minds, and fell into madness. Death is their ultimate affiliation."

Duoti explained in detail: "We judge that this may be related to the position of the demiplane between the front of the world and the world projection. The demiplanes... and obviously, they're very dangerous."

Mages have a very long history of studying demiplanes and world projections.

He Xingwen recalled the racial setting of the hired people "they are fanatics with abnormal thinking", and felt that the abnormal thinking of the other party was not necessarily due to external forces, but more likely because of the following three words "fanatics".

"They are very special, and I don't recommend that you treat them as normal demiplane creatures." He Xingwen bypassed this topic: "We spent too much unnecessary time on these digressions."

"About my previous proposal, what does the Arcane Academy think?"

Duotti didn't think that was off-topic. In fact, he was far more interested in negotiating with the king than in negotiating with the king.

But apparently the king didn't.

Doti sat on the chair, and the other mages put away their tools and scattered around the conference hall.

He Xingwen saw a familiar face, and Moody stopped in front of the water trail left by the snake-tailed demon, chanted a spell, and carefully collected these rare spell-casting materials.

Duoti followed He Xingwen's gaze: "Moody is very talented, I believe that given him a little more time, he will become the pride of the academy."

"We've discussed it, and we're interested in your previous proposal."

Doti said slowly: "If you allow us to conduct research on your kingdom, and give us some support and cooperation, we can provide you and your people with a simple etheric cognition and control system... ..."

He Xingwen waited patiently for him to finish the long series of words before he said, "I don't know how Zhe communicated with you, but you probably didn't understand what he meant."

Duoti stroked his staff, glanced at Zhe who was standing quietly behind He Xingwen, and his eyes fell on He Xingwen again: "Then what do you mean?"

"I need a school," He Xingwen emphasized: "A school that teaches history, ether, geography, biology and other subjects."

Doti frowned.

"And I hope that the teachers in the school can provide students with knowledge and help them master knowledge." He Xingwen said: "This is a..." He thought about the vocabulary: "job."

Doti said slowly: "It sounds like what we do in the Arcane Academy."

He Xingwen had to correct his words: "Actually, there is still a big difference between the two. This knowledge does not need to be well understood. They only need to have a basic understanding of all this."

"As for whether they want to become mages, they can freely choose."

"This sounds more like the academy formed by those great scientists in the Safa Federation." Doti said: "They provide the citizens of the Federation with the opportunity to learn freely, letting them know how to operate machinery, how to operate new inventions, and even how to make New invention."

He Xingwen couldn't help feeling a little regretful. The long distance between the Salfa Federation and the Land of God's Fall made it difficult for him to get in touch with each other at this stage - after all, there was not only a desert between them, but also a Neiva Plain.

"The Salfa Federation does this because their citizens need to keep up with the great scientists during the continuous promotion of their small inventions, but why does the Kingdom do this?"

Duoti asked: "As far as I know, the kingdom is still at a relatively primitive level. Your people don't have their own property, and you don't have any luxury goods. The economy of the kingdom has not even taken shape. Your kingdom is still in the process of farming, hunting for food, but now you want to build a multidisciplinary school?"

"Your kingdom is probably not enough to maintain the operation of such an academy. There is no need to establish it at all. You should focus on other areas, such as trade, and your people."

He Xingwen realized that this group of scholars was not simply a group of scholars from Duo mentioned the evaluation of the kingdom.

After all, for any intelligent creature to live for hundreds of years, it is enough to give birth to a sufficiently vicious vision and a sufficiently broad thinking mode.

"A very correct evaluation," He Xingwen said: "But if you still compare it to other normal kingdoms after seeing so many miracles beyond imagination in the kingdom, you can only get a wrong answer."

Even though the mage has witnessed so many miracles, when guessing how the kingdom will develop, the mage confined in this world still cannot jump out of the original framework.

That's not his fault, but the different perspectives of the two worlds.

History informs people about the past and at the same time informs people about the future.

Human beings are repeating past mistakes, and history has been pushed forward by wars one after another.

After breaking away from the framework of civilization progress and social system reform and replacement, if you focus on history itself, you will find that reincarnation is the destiny of history.

But in this world, which is completely different from the earth, there are immortals and undead everywhere. Even the weakest human beings can learn to control the ether and gain a long life step by step.

When the length of life increases, time is given a new meaning.

The old kingdom is thus kept alive.

The new world is constantly bordering, so that emerging professions can also occupy a small place in the vast world.

And the aftermath left by the lesson of being on the verge of destruction made the fifth era enforce peace.

Under the three premise, the world has formed a pattern where kingdom, alliance, and tribe coexist. Even apart from these three, there is also a family system similar to Dragon Island, and a form of commerce such as wandering merchants. These complex systems Political systems are shaped by the civilizations of different races.

But precisely because of this, the flame of revolution cannot be born in the soil of this world.

In a world that is too vast, the contradiction between the emerging class and the ruling class in the kingdom is not deep enough to evolve into a contradiction between the bourgeoisie and the royal power.

Based on the framework of this world to guess the development of the kingdom, it is impossible to get a correct answer - because their political civilization has not yet developed to the direction the kingdom is heading.

The mage realizes this, and since the people of this kingdom aren't even human, it doesn't make sense to use humans as an analogy.

"It seems that this may become a new miracle." Duoti said: "Let's not care about the development of the kingdom and the needs of your people, and focus on the academy."

"This is a huge project. If we really need to open so many courses as you said, we will spend a lot of energy on it." Duoti paused and said: "This will undoubtedly occupy our exploration of the ether, time to acquire knowledge."

He Xingwen agrees with his statement. Considering that there are players among the students, He Xingwen believes that paying the price to satisfy the mages is a matter of course.

After all, it really is a very, very exhausting job.

"I agree with your statement. You should be rewarded for your efforts." He Xingwen changed into a more relaxed posture and said, "I think you should be aware that there are a group of extinct creatures living in □□."

Doti is very clear that they saw what he saw from Doron's memory. The long-extinct creatures not only represent research value, but also represent a batch of long-lost magic materials.

For example, the magic whale, as a commonly used magic material, its price has skyrocketed due to extinction, and because it is indispensable in the construction of alchemy, mages were once on the verge of bankruptcy.

But now, there is a group of demonic whales living on the shallow coast of the Kingdom of Light—there are dozens of demonic whales!

"I'm not going to put them on the brink of extinction again."

So He Xingwen chose to pay the wandering merchants with gold instead of some creature on the kingdom's territory.

Because once there is the first transaction, the value attached to them is enough to make them go extinct again.

"They will not be circulated in the market as commodities." He Xingwen looked at Duoti: "They are part of the kingdom, and it is only possible to live on the territory of the kingdom."

It's hard not to pay more attention to it, it has nothing to do with anything else, it's just a respect for the other party's decision.

The king gave up an unimaginable property to protect the right of some living things to reproduce.

This is very noble.

He Xingwen didn't think he was very noble, after all, this wasn't the first huge fortune he gave up.

He continued: "But I will allow you to conduct limited and safe research on them, and to reuse their carcasses from natural deaths."

Duoti did not respond to the very exciting conditions, but it was difficult for those young mages to restrain their emotions.

He Xingwen could also easily spot the mood swings of those young people, as if he hadn't noticed, he continued: "The research conditions provided by the Kingdom include but are not limited to: black blood stone, the curse of the land of God's Fall, etc. Only the Kingdom Compatible research."

This one is shorter than the previous one, but far more attractive than the previous one.

Doti stroked his beard, but did not speak. The young mages behind him were flirting. The purpose of their coming to the kingdom was to study these things.

If it weren't for Yu Duoti's majesty as a teacher in the past, the mages would have been unable to hold back their voices.

But Duoti didn't speak, so the flirting mages exchanged expressions with rich expressions, and then silently died down.

He Xingwen continued: "The research results are shared by the Kingdom and the Arcane Academy."

Putting more of the final word, ended the negotiation that could not be called a negotiation: "Yes."

Didn't expect that the different world pays attention to cultural property rights?He Xingwen was surprised by the other party's awareness of cultural property rights, which is ahead of the world.

After all, even if He Xingwen didn't mention this sentence, it is impossible for their research results to belong to the kingdom for free.

Duo Ti noticed He Xingwen's surprise, and he explained: "This condition is enough to prove that the Kingdom is very interested in the results of the research."

Moody interrupted abruptly: "So it will support our research on this, not just a compromise to achieve the goal."

Duoti glanced at Moody, smiled, and continued: "You may not understand the human kingdom. Until now, the human kingdom's attitude towards ether research is still blasphemy."

"They are not in favor of a deeper exploration of the ether."

The description of blasphemy sounds familiar, and He Xingwen remembers that not long ago, Duo Ti described great scientists in the same way, "a group of blasphemers without awe".

"The human kingdom doesn't study ether?" He Xingwen had another curiosity: "Then there are no mages in the human kingdom?"

"It is impossible for a mage to exist in their kingdom. If there is, then he can only seek revenge."

Doti is very sure about this: "It is very easy to get started as a mage, but if you want to continue to advance, only the Arcane Academy with a complete promotion path can provide further help."

"So in the human kingdom, there are no mages. They don't study ether either, because they fear 'God'."

"Although the Dark Era started with the fall of God the Father, and although there are no believers in the gods, they still fear the authority of the 'God'."

"So, the human kingdom doesn't use ether?"

"They use ether, but in different ways. Knights and descendants of blood are more common ether users in the human kingdom."

Duo Ti said: "Because it is adjacent to the field of beast gods, the way of using ether in the human kingdom is more inclined to the power of the flesh. As for the casters, they are composed of former priests. Of course, after the gods fell, they changed their prayers. The objects of power have changed from gods to themselves."

"Their names have also been changed from priests to monks."

"By tempering one's own ether body, one can achieve the power of casting spells." Duo Ti dismissed this: "Very narrow and very shallow cognition."

He Xingwen went back to the monk's method of obtaining power, and became puzzled: "Pray for power from yourself? Isn't that superfluous? Why don't you just use your own power?"

"Because they need to build a stable connection with the 'self' and release the energy from the etheric body." Duoti's disdain for the profession of monks almost spread from his tone: "But the 'self' is a very easy one. Shaky existence."

"Weakness in character, or even a little bit of guilt, is enough to shake this connection."

"So, monks are also the most frequently collapsed existence among spellcasters. What's worse, because they pray for energy to the 'self', after the stable connection collapses, they are often invaded by other existences, so there are a huge number of collapsed monks. Part of it became the agent of the 'unspeakable'."

"The unspeakable thing?"

"One kind..." Duo Ti thought about the adjective: "To be called evil gods is to overestimate them, but to be called evil thoughts is to underestimate them. It is a kind of pollutant between evil gods and evil thoughts. "

"They didn't have consciousness at first, and the desires generated by intelligent creatures attracted them until their ideas reached a certain critical point, they became conscious, and then drove the agents to find more 'believers' for their growth."

"Sounds like an evil god."

"If that thing can be called an evil god, it is an insult to the gods."

Duoti said disdainfully: "Except for polluting the will of intelligent creatures, deceiving and amplifying their emotions to obtain the fear of intelligent creatures, they can't do anything."

"Of course, for monks and humans, this may indeed be quite difficult to deal with, but it would be too exaggerated to classify them as evil gods."

"A mere pollutant that drives fear and desire. Even without any power, as long as the heart is firm enough, it is enough to destroy them."

When you get an opinion on something from another person, it is important to keep in mind another point: it is a conclusion drawn by the other person from their own experience.

When a high-level magician or instructor of the Arcane Academy tells you that there is only a pollutant, remember to compare the gap between you and the other party horizontally.

Doti has enough confidence to despise the spellcasting profession of monk, because he is at the top of the spellcasting profession of mage.

But for ordinary people, a mere pollutant may be a terrifying existence enough to bring death.

Therefore, He Xingwen objectively considered the strength gap between him and Duo Ti.

It's not that he is bragging, as long as he wants to, if he mentions it for a second, he will die in front of him.

He Xingwen himself has no strength.

But "located on the territory of the kingdom" is like a god-level buff. With the blessing of this buff, let alone mention it, unless it can directly destroy the existence of the entire kingdom, no one can escape the anger of the entire kingdom. .

He Xingwen satisfied his curiosity about the human kingdom, and turned the topic back to the beginning: "My kingdom is different from the human kingdom. I support all research on ether."

"I'm very glad to get this guarantee from you." Duoti nodded and said, "After all, sometimes, people's ignorance can always surprise people."

It sounds like a sarcasm.

He Xingwen is not sure, after all, Doti also belongs to human beings.

The scene paused for a few seconds, and Duoti came to his senses: "I am not referring to the human kingdom. Their stupidity is not worthy of my statement again. I mean, in the face of the endless mysteries of the ether, our ignorance should make us humble."

"As you can see, there are so many ways to use and control ether. Whether it's us, monks or even demons, the energy used in the final analysis is ether."

"The strong and the weak use the same substance, so what is the difference between the strong and the weak?"

Ask more questions and answer yourself: "It is the understanding and application of ether."

"Father God created ether, so He is extremely powerful, gods are only born from ether, so they are closest to Father God, demons can use ether by nature, so they are strong enough, but humans can only understand it in different ways, Get to know the ether."

"So, the pursuit of knowledge and the study of ether, in the final analysis, is to make oneself strong enough."