Cloud Thinking

After Elroy finished speaking, Helia raised her hand and asked again: "So, what is the so-called magic initiation ceremony?"

Although she figured it out by self-studying the book "Introduction to Magic", she still didn't quite understand the principles behind it. Carter's Academy didn't teach it either, because those who could enter the academy were already magic reserve officers.

The academy does not teach anything related to the introductory aspects of magic.

"No, how did you learn this common sense of magic?" Alfie, who was immersed in studying the magic circle, couldn't help but look up and glance at Helia after hearing her question, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Um... does self-taught count?" Helia felt inexplicably guilty, as if she was back in class and being questioned by the teacher.

"The magic initiation ceremony is actually a test of elemental affinity, and the magic circle drawn is actually the lowest-level spirit-gathering magic circle." Elroy continued to explain patiently, as if he had long been aware of Helia's half-baked level.

"The magic circle gathers the elements that are usually scattered, and people with a high enough affinity can use the magic circle to perceive and capture natural elements."

“But if your affinity is not high enough, even if all the elements gather together and float in front of you, you won’t be able to see it.”

"I see. It means that people without talent will not copy even if the answers are right in front of them during the exam." Helia understood it immediately.

"Then how do ordinary people know whether their affinity with natural elements is high or low? Does it require a magic circle? This magic circle cannot be made by simply taking a branch and drawing circles on the sand, right?" Ansel asked again.

He was not curious about magic, but more about magicians.

In the past, he didn't have much dealings with magicians. Even if they did, it was usually that he paid magicians to do things for him.

But now it was different. Helia was obviously a magician with outstanding talent. The more he knew about magic, the better he would understand Helia.

"When I drew the magic circle, I used my own blood, a magic crystal with light attributes, and other miscellaneous materials. I don't remember clearly." Helia replied, "Later, when I went to the bazaar, I found that those materials were incredibly expensive..."

"Even a piece of decent magic crystal was sold for a high price of twenty gold. This money is enough to feed and clothe a family of three for a whole year."

"So, magic has never been a way out for ordinary people. Most high-level magicians are accumulated from countless resources." Elroy said, "Even Carter College, which has always been known for its neutrality, does not recruit students with no foundation."

"The admission criteria for all magic academies is to pass the magic initiation ceremony, so the students in the academy are either self-taught or have a magician at home to guide them."

"Your Highness obviously entered the initiation without knowing why, otherwise he wouldn't have become a fire magician despite displaying a light magic crystal." Alfie added, "Normally, a magician would first be asked to measure his main attribute before participating in the initiation ceremony."

He touched his chin and said, "I remember that the Magic Association has this kind of business. As far as I know, asking a magician to do an attribute appraisal costs at least fifty silver coins."

In fact, at the beginning, Helia had no idea about the currency in this world. After all, with her status, she always bought whatever she could get, and she had never been short of money. However, since Ronnie followed her, he would occasionally mention the value of gold, silver, copper and paper, and she finally had some idea.

She even said that now when she thinks back on the things she bought, she wants to scold herself for being extravagant and spending money like water, which is the perfect embodiment of the word "luxury".

"Doesn't that mean that ordinary civilians have no chance of becoming magicians?" Ansel frowned, not knowing what he was thinking about.

"That's not the case. After all, talent is not determined by one's birth." Helia said, "I know many magicians who were born as commoners."

"But if you want to become a high-level magician, you must invest a lot of money. Otherwise, even if you have talent, you won't go far without the corresponding resources." Vikes said, "Most magicians who come from civilian backgrounds will not go any further after climbing to the third or fourth level."

"Compared to investing more in improving their magic levels, they prefer to monetize their abilities and use magic to do things for others to support themselves."

"Ansel, have you thought of something?" Helia was a little confused when she saw Ansel immersed in his thoughts.

"What if someone has money and power but no magical talent, but wants to have the power of a magician? What would they do?" Ansel said what he was thinking, "Can magic power be taken away or transferred?"

"Your Excellency means that someone might capture and deceive magicians, attempting to use forbidden techniques to deprive them of their magical abilities and transfer them to themselves?" Carlisle summarized.

"There are many people in this world who will do anything to achieve their goals. Don't underestimate the evil of human nature." Ansel has become the leader of a gang, so he has seen a lot of such things. It can even be said that he himself is such a person.

"Magic is all about talent, but if talent can be taken away and transferred, how can it still be called talent?" Alfie gave a negative answer, "Depriving and transferring magical abilities is impossible."

"The Philosos Society has a key principle: to make the unknowable knowable, and to make the impossible doable doable." Vikes put forward his own opinion, "The followers of wisdom, in order to pursue the so-called truth and follow the footsteps of wisdom, will also do everything they can."

"Humanity's pursuit of power has never stopped."

"Just because something was impossible before doesn't mean it's impossible now."

"So did they succeed or fail? They didn't leave any relevant written records." Helia now realized the seriousness of the matter.

If the line between ordinary people and magicians is blurred and no longer a high threshold that is difficult to cross, everyone can use magic, and everyone has the ability to easily take the life of others, when power is abused, I can't imagine what the world will become in the future.

It’s not that she is hypocritical. She has the talent to become a magician and doesn’t allow others to be one, but the world needs balance.

As a magician, she knew very well how powerful magic was, especially those high-level magicians who could be said to be able to move mountains and seas. Possessing such powerful strength but without a firm will to match it, who could guarantee that this power would be used in the right way?

Magicians must abide by the rules set by the Magic Association and must not abuse magic to hurt others.

Although many magicians did not comply, after all, the Magic Association could not monitor every magician all the time. Even Helia had killed many people with magic.

However, for magicians who commit serious crimes, the association will issue a hunting order and the pursuit will not stop until their death.

If magicians are disorganized and undisciplined, then what is the difference between them and black magicians who believe in evil?

It is precisely because there are too few constraints on magicians that many ordinary people are hostile to magicians. After all, they can destroy a family, a village or even a city with just a random spell, but they just walk away without any punishment. How do the victims feel?

The situation of the magic world has not been good in recent years. There are constant internal conflicts, and it is under pressure and threats from multiple parties outside. If it continues like this, problems will arise sooner or later.

If there really is such a thing as ability transplant or talent transplant, where one can have powerful strength without any effort, then the world will be in chaos sooner or later.

"This is strange, Ansel, didn't you notice these strange magic circles when you sent people in before?" Helia didn't understand why these magic circles could still be triggered after so many years. She didn't see any energy supply.

"I only sent someone in once, and the map was drawn at that time, but the map shows that the fourth floor is a theater and a concert hall." Ansel replied, "I don't know if the subordinates concealed the situation, or..."

"After that, this mansion was still used by someone without the knowledge of me, the nominal owner."

"No, the layout of this mansion is also very strange. Who would put a theater or concert hall above the bedrooms? Aren't they afraid of noise?" Helia was puzzled.

"No matter if it's strange or not, judging from the current situation, this mansion has been abandoned for several years." Elroy said, "If the people who escaped from the Fitros family came back after that, why did they come back, and why did they leave now?"

“Perhaps, when the house was searched, not everything was taken away.” Ansel said, “Some important things were hidden. Those things were so important that they had to take the risk to come back.”

"Glemmy, can you try to track their scent again?" Helia asked.

We came to Kenleka by tracking Cameline's breath, but the exact location is still unclear. If the pagan family is not in the old mansion, then where are they?

Also, Tang Yaoxing drove the pagans closer to him in order to guide them here to meet him, which shows that he was very close to those pagans.

But what puzzled Helia was what was so special about the Fitros family. More than ten years ago, Zhihui ordered them to kidnap her, and now Tang Yaoxing ordered them to lure her here.

Wisdom obviously has so many believers, but why is it the Fitros family? What is so special about them that they are valued by the gods?

I'll have to ask Tang Yaoxing for clarification some other day...

"Here?" Grammy replied, "The atmosphere here is too chaotic, and there are creatures created by gods. Using tracking magic here may not be effective."

"Forget it, let's talk about it after we get back." Helia gave up the idea. The reason she wanted Grammy to track them now was because she was worried that those fearless guys were here at the moment.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. If it were her, she would choose to come back after her house was searched.

The fact that they are still in Kenleka is a disguised proof of this.

"This transformation magic circle is indeed interesting." Alfie studied it for a long time. The more he studied, the more excited he became. He looked like he wanted to dig out this piece of floor and take it back.

This was the first time he had come into contact with this type of improved transformation magic, and since most high-level magicians were magic geeks, their excitement was understandable.

"Convert the natural elemental force into magic power, store it in the container, and then transform the magic power in the container into another new form."

"Uh...but there's no container for this either. And what's that other new form? Can it be seen from the magic circle???" Helia's face was full of question marks.

"That's my guess, but it's probably true." Alfie was in high spirits, so he patiently explained it to Helia bit by bit, "First, let's look at this magic circle. It converts natural elemental power into magic power. We all know this process."

"But it is not connected to any magic array related to storage. It can't be that it is lost after being converted into magic power. There must be some other container that stores the converted magic power, such as magic crystals or something like that."

He pointed to another magic circle only two steps away and said, "Then it comes to this step. I can only see that it is transforming magic power, but I don't know what it is transformed into. After all, for us magicians, magic power is already the most basic unit of magic."