Arcane Lord

Although the Arcane Empire is called an empire, it actually does not have an emperor or king. The supreme ruler is called the "Great Sage", and this "Great Sage" is also very interesting.

It reminded Xia Duo of a way to select soul boys in his hometown in the West. The so-called "great sage" neither relied on magical attainments nor military achievements. The empire had a special department to find great sages.

The specific method was not in the memory of "Eddie" projected by Sha Duo. He only knew that the great sage did not refer to one person in particular, but there were many.

But every great sage will actively advise the empire on magic, seek benefits, and plan for the future. The Arcane Empire has been established for nearly a thousand years. There have been turmoils during this period, but it ultimately proved the great sage's long-term vision, thus establishing the current great sage. inheritance system.

How to determine the next generation of great sages, only the contemporary great sages know. Including "Eddie", I don't know how many people have imagined that one day they will be approached by someone from the Empire's Preparatory Sage Selection Department and become a great sage. Sage candidate.

However, all those who had this idea failed to realize it in the end, because no one knew what the selection criteria were for finding people, let alone how the Great Sage would select them.

Only a great sage knows that the other person is a great sage.

Although many people claim to be great sages and try to get through the test, the vast majority of them cannot even pass the examination of the Department of Selection, let alone face to face with the real great sage.

Some people also speculate that there is only one Great Sage from beginning to end, and the so-called selection is all a trick played by the Great Sage, but this theory is difficult to hold up.

After all, with such a large empire and countless mages playing the inheritance game, even the great sages may not have such great dignity.

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After leaving the graduation ceremony venue, Xia Duo searched for useful information from "Eddie"'s memory while walking towards the library. The succession system of the Great Sage seemed to be full of conspiracy.

It is too childish for a normal country to select successors and leaders in this fantasy way. No matter how many contributions the great sages in history have made, this uncertain selection method is really contrary to a normal country. normal rationality.

There should be key information in it that he doesn't know, because this system can be recognized by many great arcanists, and it must be reasonable to a certain extent, but I don't know where the reason is.

At the same time, Shado also discovered that the writing used by this arcane empire turned out to be Nese writing, and even the magic system was basically the same. There were also arcanists and great arcanists.

However, there is no temple or priest here. From the time of projection to now, Sha Duo has not heard a single word related to the Lord of Glory. What he has heard the most is actually a slogan that almost everyone shouts a few times when there is nothing wrong.

"Arcane Supreme."

Sure enough, it lived up to the name of the Arcane Empire. Perhaps this was some possibility of the main plane, but in the real main plane, history did not develop into what the Arcane Empire looked like.

He really couldn't wait to learn everything about the empire now.

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When I came to the library, there were not many people here, only a few people.

Sha Duo also understands this phenomenon, which "Eddie" remembers very clearly, because the school provides textbooks, experimental sites, experimental equipment, and teachers for teaching, so students have very little dependence on the library.

Even in "Eddie's" memory, he came to the library twice in the past four years, once when he first arrived, and once when he came here to look for information about the Great Sage.

Since "Eddie" was already a graduate, Xia Duo was told by the administrator that this was the last time he would enter the library. After today, he could only apply in advance.

According to the prompts in "Memory", Xia Duo came to the history section. The first thing that caught his eye was a row of bookshelves with "General History of the Empire". He picked up a copy and flipped through it. The handwriting was fine and regular. It should be in batches. Made chemically.

After only flipping through one book, his interest was greatly reduced. He didn't know when he would see this entire row of bookshelves. He could only look for the catalog first, focusing on the origin of the empire.

Fortunately, the book editors here are very similar to those on earth. Soon, Xia Duo found his target——

"General History of the Empire Volume 2: Severton Alliance"!

"It's really Netheril!"

No, it should be the counterpart of Netheril on the main plane in the astral projection plane!

If this is the case, then the so-called "demon" is really likely to be an elf!

Xia Duo flipped through it quickly. After a while, he suddenly raised his head and closed the book with a "snap", "That's it!"

There is no commentary on history in the book, it is just a record, and it is done in a very neutral tone, with the feeling that the merits and demerits are left to future generations to comment on.

The Severton Alliance was indeed real. It was an alliance of villages and towns initiated by a man named Nese. However, Nese later wanted to establish a dictatorship, and the great sage directed the villages to reunify and overthrew Nese's rule.

Under the leadership of the Great Sage, the new Severington Alliance thrived. Later, the second generation of the Great Sage appeared. He taught magic to the people and led them to expand the land.

After that, the great sages were like rain, one after another, and there was even a period of several great sages in one generation, until the Severnton Alliance reached its peak, which was the establishment of the Arcane Empire.

Although it was a very simple text, Xia Duo could feel the magnificent history described between the lines, but at the same time, he also found something awkward about it.

Not to mention where these great sages come from, just the magic taught by the great sages makes people doubt that the Nese magic system of the main plane was obtained by studying the [Nese Scroll] .

The researcher himself is already a mage, but he learned elf magic before.

But in this projection plane, the great sage, who had no extraordinary power at first, taught it as he asked. The appearance of this magic was so sudden that not even [Nese Scroll] or similar items appeared.

Or is it that the [Naise Scroll] has been discovered and has been monopolized by the great sage. This possibility is extremely small. Xia Duo has a bolder idea——

Perhaps, the so-called great sages were all projected from the main plane like him, and they were organized and premeditated collective projections.

Once this person has doubts, he will put on a layer of colored glasses when looking at everything, and re-examine the process of the emergence of the Great Sage. Xia Duo found that he is not in the "Great Sage State" now!

If the contemporary great sage of the Arcane Empire is a member of the Tower of Time, then he only needs to exchange some information about the main plane with him to determine each other's identities.

The so-called confirmation is really just a matter of one or two sentences.

But at the same time, there is another problem. It is obviously impossible for the great sage to be all projected by the great arcanist of the main plane. If this is really done, how can there be so much lifespan to waste.

Besides, the projection plane exists for a very short time, so how could it be possible to suddenly organize so many great arcanists to play astral projection together.

There are great arcane masters in the Arcane Empire. How could they accept the leadership of a group of so-called "great sages" who are obviously inferior to them?

Is it because the empire has good education, or is it the inertia of history, or is there some hidden relationship?

Of course, it is also possible that Xia Duo was wrong. The so-called great sage is really a characteristic of the projection plane, a special existence.