The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

"Altan is asking for data again?"

Calon, who had become Alberto's close advisor, inquired about the shadows in the room.

“That’s right. The governor of the northern Cape has shown great interest in super-level magic, and Altan has brought over almost all of his materials.”

Anyway, these materials aren't worth much. In the homeland of Karon and Altan, any professional with some strength can get their hands on them. After all, who wouldn't want more professionals in their country to master super-level magic?

However, because the conditions for initiating the program are too demanding and too obscure, even though the information is readily available, it is nothing more than a stack of toilet paper to most people.

However, to his utter surprise, what Altan considered toilet paper brought him a great deal of wealth. Lind was extremely enthusiastic, and his attitude towards Altan could be described as extravagant. Although they never discussed hiring high-level professionals as Altan had hoped, the information Altan brought was nowhere to be found.

However, under Lind's financial offensive, Altan has become somewhat reluctant to leave.

It's not that Altan is disloyal to the kingdom, but Lind not only gives him money, but also performance targets. Although he hasn't hired any high-level professionals, he has basically maxed out all other performance targets for Altan. Altan can rightfully say that he is currently the one with the most successful progress among everyone.

Caron looked at the intelligence sent by Altan with envy, especially the images that showed Altan spending his days either in high-level discussions with the governor or frequenting various high-class venues, such as the grand theater one day, a coffee shop the next, and a noble ball the day after.

Just like those friends you post on WeChat Moments every day.

In contrast, Caron only gets to see Alberto once or twice a year to promote his super-level magic.

After his initial shock, Alberto became cautious again. After all, all the high-level professionals were in the tower, and Anjou did not have anyone who could directly use super-level magic. Therefore, when faced with Karon's suggestion to hire someone, he was more of a wrangler than a researcher of super-level magic himself.

Alberto also subtly inquired with Kalon about what it would take to hire a high-level professional capable of using super-level magic. Kalon cautiously suggested that all they needed was a small piece of land on the continent belonging to their Kingdom of Kaval. Upon hearing this condition, Alberto simply nodded silently and then fell silent again.

This was also within the expectations of Karon and his group. It didn't matter; as long as one faction opened the floodgates first, the desire of these kings and lords for high-level professionals would be like a dam breaking, endless and unending.

Moreover, even the high-level professionals were just a facade; the real purpose of Karon's group was to see which leader would be the first to gather all the materials needed to activate super-tier magic.

Currently, Altan's side seems to have the best chance.

Meanwhile, Altan, who was highly regarded by the Kingdom of Karon and the Kingdom of Avar, was currently indulging in a life of debauchery in the Grey and White Collar. All the information Altan had submitted had already been handed over to Lisha by Lind.

"This is unbelievable! Is this how it was solved?"

"Magic has this property? If we can utilize this property, it's not impossible to connect magic circles remotely."

Lisha was currently writing furiously in the research institute. Most people couldn't keep up with her train of thought, but they were all amazed by the tutorial on super-level magic.

In fact, according to the information of the Kingdom of Avar, although the super-level magic is not the ultimate and invincible cosmic thunderbolt fireball, its actual effect is almost the same.

It's not that the super-level magic is ineffective, but rather that the person using it is too incompetent.

Just as Lind had suspected, most of the super-level magic in the documents Altan submitted involved sharpening circuit boards and throwing them out, while the more sophisticated ones simply involved using the sharpened circuit boards as arrows.

Such super-level magic is accompanied by sparks and lightning, and its destructive power is quite astonishing, but this is not the true purpose of super-level magic at all.

It's no wonder that only high-level professionals can use super-level magic, because super-level magic is not magic in the traditional sense. Super-level magic is actually a huge magic system, and only the most elite professionals can maintain such a huge system on their own.

To be honest, even with the current computing power of the gray-collar workers, plus the magic supplied by the obelisk, it would probably be very difficult for them to unleash super-level magic.

However, this does not affect the ability of gray-collar workers to analyze super-level magic. There is so much to learn about super-level magic: the arrangement of magic circles, the way magic circulates, and the compatibility issues of different runes. All of these can be found in the calculation methods of super-level magic.

Most professionals would be deterred by such a complex system, but the complex system of super-level magic can provide a valuable reference for arcane magic circles.

Rather, those super-level spells that require many precious materials to use are very similar in nature to arcane magic circles.

After listening carefully to Lisha's confusing explanation, Linde even had a bold idea: could the obelisk be modified using super-level magic?

The super-level magic data brought by Altan is of great significance. Before Obelisk 2.0 has even been released, it has already provided ideas for Obelisk 3.0.

Linde even felt that the researchers in the territory were now struggling to keep up with the speed of technological explosion. For example, many properties of magic in super-level magic were previously undiscovered.

After all, no one had ever seen a high-level professional use super-level magic before.

Lisha discovered that under the influence of super-level magic, certain magical forces exhibited wave-like properties. Of course, the concept of waves was summarized by Lind after listening to Lisha's description.

In addition, within the influence range of super-level magic, in order to ensure that the super-level magic system can operate synchronously, a portion of the magic power can be received by special materials, and it is also possible to receive magic waves with certain special properties.

Several days after this discovery, Lind looked at a machine on the table and asked, "Lucanus, what exactly is the principle behind the communication magic you possess?"

This clearly touches upon the core secrets of bards, but Lucanus speaks frankly: "My king, we primarily use technology researched during the old empire's era and developed specifically for us. The spirits of us bards are interconnected. At the height of the empire's power, professionals like us could communicate seamlessly, but now, the greater the distance between us, the weaker our connection becomes, and each time we communicate, it consumes a great deal of magic and energy."

Hearing Lucanus say that, Lind's lips twitched. The technology of the old empire was truly terrifying; it had already reached the spiritual and soul level.

Although Linde knew that the technology Lucanus mentioned was probably just a byproduct of the research process, to be honest, using mental and spiritual technology to transmit information... the old empire's technology tree was rather bizarre.

"My king..."

Lucanus stared at the machine on Lind's desk, and asked with some concern, "Am I going to lose my job...?"

The machine on Linde's desk slowly spit out a slip of paper with a single sentence clearly printed on it: "What's for dinner tonight?"

The world's first communication machine and the first message were born. Linde simply told Lena to send some random messages. Lena probably didn't realize that she was sending the world's first message, which would be recorded in students' textbooks in the future and become a nightmare for countless students.

Why did Reina, then the Governor's wife, send such a historically significant first message? What emotions did this message express? What metaphors does it contain about the situation at the time?