From Wild Mage to Wizard King.

Chapter 422 Great Debate and Sparks
Although knights are the main popular species in Donnar and spellcasters are looked down upon, this does not mean that Donnar's culture and technology level are low.

In the traditional concept of Donnar, a qualified knight must not only possess extraordinary abilities, but also have sufficient knowledge, even if he is a wandering knight.

Therefore, in the traditional concept of Donnar, a scholar is not necessarily a knight, but a knight must be a scholar.

Under this concept, most of the extraordinary people trained by the War Committee also have the habit of reading and studying.

Therefore, during several years of peaceful development, relying on the sharp minds brought by the knights, the War Council also gave birth to a batch of new scholars.

Whether they were new scholars or old scholars who had survived the chaotic times, a wave of reflection on Donnar culture and system had already emerged among them long before the committee members began to think.

However, due to the committee’s population movement restriction regulations, scholars’ reflections are still limited to internal affairs, and at most they can only be discussed and reflected on a small scale.

But the external network came into being at the right time. It not only connected the committee's large number of people, but also connected scholars from all over the country.

So, when the people in the committee gradually began to reflect, the scholars who were watching could not help but join in.

With the participation of scholars and countless people, the reflection became more and more in-depth. Due to the different viewpoints and ideas, discussions and disputes gradually arose. What was originally just a reflection gradually turned into a big discussion and debate in the entire Apocalypse Province.

After Tianqi first started the big discussion, the other provinces naturally discovered the situation on the Tianqi external network. After all, although they could not speak on other external networks, they could still browse them.

Therefore, when someone moved the big discussion on the Apocalypse Province Extranet to other extranets, other provinces also joined in the discussion, even half-elves, dwarves, gnomes, goblins and halflings joined in the discussion.

This is a big discussion and debate around all aspects of Donnar culture, traditions, institutions, religion, and policies, with participants covering almost all races and members of the committee.

The committee officials naturally supervised the entire discussion, which covered the entire committee. As soon as the discussion began, the War Committee had already handed the news to Roland.

When the signs first appeared, Roland could have easily extinguished them if he wanted to. However, he did not do so. He even took the initiative to promote the birth of the great debate. It was precisely because of the official promotion that the great debate was able to spread quickly throughout the war committee in such a short time.

Of course, on the surface, the official War Committee remained neutral and did not support the arguments of any faction. It only served as a referee to maintain the order of the debate. But secretly, the committee was quietly guiding the general direction of the debate.

The committee's attitude towards the Great Debate is very clear. As long as it does not violate the Golden Rule, they can do whatever they want. Even if it is an offline fight, as long as it is legal and compliant, applied for in advance, and no one is killed, the committee will not interfere.

With the deliberate indulgence and guidance of the committee, the debate became more and more intense, involving more and more people.

Although the War Council did not take any direct action, as a new country that repelled the Green Tide and ended the chaotic era, a large number of people and scholars have studied the committee's system and also pondered what Roland said in every public occasion.

Therefore, basically everything Roland had advocated before was dug out and summarized by them.

Law and order, collectivism, meritocracy, diversity and tolerance, pragmatism, checks and balances.
As a winner, all the opinions Roland had put forward were basically affirmed, and the winner would not be questioned.

During the period of the resistance and the early days of the War Council, some people might have thought that Roland's ideas were wrong, but now, almost no one would question Roland as the ultimate winner of Donnar.

Of course, even so, the public and scholars have different opinions on the ideas proposed by Roland. Some are relatively extreme. They not only accept all the ideas proposed by Roland, but also take them to the extreme, reject all Donar traditions, and demand comprehensive reforms. For example, in terms of law and order, the extremists should formulate a new law to manage all aspects, including food, drink, housing and transportation.

Others are more conservative. While they affirm Roland's ideas, they also believe that Donnar's cultural traditions still have their merits and that they can fully absorb the essence of them and there is no need to reject everything in an extreme way.

In the constant quarrels and debates, each external network is constantly arguing, and gradually formed five major schools and a large number of small factions.

Donar Conservatives: They advocate maintaining Donar's traditional culture, only improving it, preserving Donar's traditions, maintaining existing traditions, supporting collectivism, and advocating local autonomy. At the same time, they also inherit Donar's traditional conservative thinking and are more inclined to isolationism. They believe that after the War Council regains and unifies Donar, it will return to isolation like the Central Kingdom.

The Donar Reformists believed that Donar's traditional culture had become corrupt, and advocated drastic reforms to Donar's traditional culture, absorbing its essence and eliminating the garbage. They supported law, order and pragmatism. Their ideas were relatively radical and inclined toward expansionism. They believed that isolationism was no longer suitable for the development of the times and that the War Council should urgently participate in and interfere in world affairs.

Committee Reformists: They advocate taking the existing war committee as a benchmark, abandoning the old-fashioned traditional culture of Donnar, embracing diversity, widely absorbing the essence of various cultures of the committee, consolidating common will, and creating a unique new cultural heritage belonging to the committee. The faction is mainly composed of Sinnar people, half-elves and dwarves, and pays more attention to internal development and racial integration.

Committee Legalists: They advocate that the committee should be governed by an enlightened ruler, and emphasize that different races can coexist peacefully under the legal order. They advocate the improvement and popularization of the law, and believe that all matters can be managed by the law, including traditional culture. As long as it does not violate the law, it does not need to be managed. They have a neutral attitude towards expansion.

The technical officer faction of the committee believes that traditional culture is not the focus of the committee, and that the war committee should pay more attention to technological development and the popularization of supernatural powers, and solve the internal problems of the committee through technological development and the popularization of supernatural powers. They advocate the rule of technical officers and support stable and risk-free development and expansion.

In addition to these five major factions, there are also factions of varying sizes that hold other ideas. However, most of these small factions do not have much support.

Among these five factions, the first two are mainly composed of Donar people. As native Donar people, although they have different ideas, they all tend to preserve the Donar cultural heritage and hope that the committee will be a new country based on the Donar cultural heritage.

The last three factions are mainly composed of Sinar people and other races. They are not Donar people, so they don’t have much interest in the Donar cultural heritage, so their ideas are more radical.

Of course, the five factions are not monolithic and there are various differences within them. Moreover, these factions are not truly established factions. The committee officials just divide them according to the mainstream views on the external network. In fact, the frequency of transformation between faction members is also very frequent.

If he feels that the traditionalists have convinced him today, he will support them. If he feels that the reformists’ point makes sense tomorrow, he will turn around and support the reformists. There are even many members who are joint supporters of several factions.

Although it sounds like a mess, it is actually not that messy. The five mainstream factions are just sorted out by the committee. In fact, on the external network, many people simply share their views on the external network, and then learn from each other with people who have similar views, and argue with people who have opposite views, and express their own opinions.

In addition to the quarrels among the five mainstream factions, several churches were also constantly quarreling in the religious section of the external network, but because the number of people was small, it did not attract much attention.

In fact, although these five mainstream thoughts have gradually formed within the committee, the vast majority of the committee members are die-hard royalists. They basically believe whatever Roland says. Even if what Roland says is contrary to their views, most of them will just think that their views are wrong.

Of course, this does not mean that this debate is worthless. Through this debate, the committee has begun to think and reflect, which is good. In addition, this debate covers a wide area, with a large number of participants. It has been going on for a long time, so it is not impossible that nothing will come out of it. However, Roland cannot always keep an eye on the debate on the external network. There are seven external networks and countless information. Roland alone does not have that much energy to keep an eye on them. Therefore, the supervision and management of the external network are the responsibility of the external network administrator. Roland only understands and regulates the general direction. At most, he occasionally browses around in his spare time to understand the thoughts of the committee members.

The outskirts of Apocalypse.

After a busy day, Roland walked slowly on a path in the suburbs. On both sides of him was a golden forest composed of golden trees with brilliant golden colors.

As golden trees that had once been drained of their vitality and fed countless people, these trees were not directly cut down when Apocalypse City was expanded, but were moved to the current area.

As the reconstruction work of the War Committee was completed, agricultural production capacity developed rapidly, and the food needs of the Committee could be met even without the use of meal-making techniques. The vitality of these trees was no longer extracted, and after several years of cultivation, their branches and leaves are now much more prosperous.

As the breeze blew past, a few golden leaves flew past Roland's eyes.

The passing of golden leaves also slightly woke Roland who was walking.

Looking in the direction where the leaves came from, on a golden tree in the front right, a group of black ants lined up in a row, grabbing leaves and walking on the branches. The fallen leaves just now also came from them.

Roland could see that in the middle of the team, a dozen ants were waving their forelimbs in confusion, as if wondering where the leaves in their hands had gone. However, although they were a little confused, they did not stop and continued to move forward with the team.

Ants moving.

Roland stretched out his hand, and a leaf fell steadily into his hand.

Looking at the leaves in his hand, Roland suddenly became interested. He walked to the golden tree and used magic to put the tree back on the ants whose forelimbs were empty.

Then, Roland looked at the open space on the side, took out a tea table and chairs from his space bracelet, and slowly made himself a pot of tea.

Roland sipped his tea leisurely, feeling the cool breeze blowing towards him and the strong vitality around him. He looked up at the ants moving on the branches and listened to the rustling sound of the wind, and he felt much more relaxed.

Roland gave himself a vacation. He planned to make adjustments and completely build his first legendary element.

Roland has already made arrangements for future work, and with Julius around, nothing serious will go wrong.

Although this is not the place where Roland was promoted to the fifth ring before, the environment is generally similar.

Roland sat calmly in the chair, enjoying the breeze, drinking tea, and slowly adjusting his state.

The first legendary element he had to build was: spark.

Spark is the only necessary legendary element to be promoted to legend. Only when the spark is constructed can it be ignited and promoted to legend. If there is no spark, even if the other four legendary elements are constructed, it is impossible to be promoted to legend.

Roland looked at the golden sea of ​​trees and closed his eyes calmly. As Roland gradually relaxed and adjusted his state, he felt as if his whole body suddenly became lighter and he slowly began to float up.

The dense vitality around him gradually faded away from Roland's perception, as if there was a layer of glass between them. Roland could see it but could not touch it.

After floating for an unknown amount of time, Roland seemed to have passed through a thin film, and then the rustling sound of the wind in his ears disappeared.

After the sound disappeared, Roland's body and soul also produced a strong sense of desire. Roland closed his eyes and calmly followed this feeling.

After walking in the ethereal world for an unknown amount of time, Roland gradually regained his sense of the strong vitality around him, the rustling sound of the wind, and a familiar breath.

Roland calmly opened his eyes, and what came into view was a bright mark that exuded an ancient atmosphere. It was made of unknown material, and it floated very thinly in front of Roland.

Although it seemed to be just a piece of thin paper, no matter which direction Roland looked at it from, he could only see the front of the mark.

Looking at the ancient mark in front of him, Roland's eyes flashed with surprise. After a moment of silence, he stretched out his right hand and gently touched it.

The mark in front of him flowed into Roland's body very smoothly, turning into countless white dots and blending with the magic power and flesh and blood in Roland's body, and finally flowed into Roland's sea of ​​soul.

The white dots flew into the sea of ​​souls. As they went deeper into the sea of ​​souls, they gradually hardened and turned into white particles.

They gathered in the depths of the sea of ​​souls and formed a white fire.

The spark was created, very smoothly, without any discomfort.

Roland pursed his lips, glanced at the empty surroundings, and closed his eyes again.

"woke up?"

A familiar voice sounded in Roland's ears, and Roland opened his eyes again.

In front of him, Hela, who had come over at some point in time, was pouring tea for him.

(End of this chapter)