Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 246 Dragon Chaser

Harvey sat on the sofa and listened to Asdalen slowly telling the ancient story about the Kingdom of Eternal Night.

Ever since he transferred the hybrids from the amber crystal into alchemical life, he rarely mentioned his distant past. If Harvey had not suddenly received this gift from an internet user in the Evil Moon Mountains today, he would probably have found it difficult to hear the secret history buried in the long river of time from Asdalen.

A thousand years of dragon rule...

During the three hundred years of the "Dragon War," humans established seven wizarding kingdoms and formed alliances with elves, dwarves, demons, and orcs to fight against the dragons' rule and enslavement...

Over a hundred years ago, the "Betrayal War" between humans and demons broke out, and the Spellcasters' Union was officially established, leaping onto the stage of history...

Under the mediation of secular nobles, wizards and the church signed a peace treaty to jointly resist the invasion of foreign races...

These historical knowledge that Harvey had memorized thoroughly during his initial magical education had unknown hidden branches at certain important key points.

Asdalen's large wizard family had left the human kingdom in the south as early as the "Dragon War" period and moved to the north with their entire clan, crossing the towering Divine Ridge Mountains and the vast wasteland to establish a wizard kingdom called the City of Eternal Night.

The long period of time originally called the "Dragon War" in the book was for some reason called the "Glorious War" in this country founded by ancient wizards.

"I remember when you were first rescued, you asked me about... the Holy Blood Knights. Is that the armed forces of the Kingdom of Eternal Night? Or is it the retinue of some ancient legendary spellcaster?"

Asdalen laughed bitterly and muttered, "I was distracted at the time and asked casually. I didn't expect you to still remember it now..."

He paused, looking at the strange, golden crown in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "The Holy Blood Knights are not a wizard retinue at all, but a mage regiment composed entirely of wizards... Haha, according to current rumors, there are no research-based spellcasters in the Kingdom of Eternal Night; they are all battle mages."

Harvey was a little surprised and said, "The ruler of the Kingdom of Eternal Night is also a legendary... combat spellcaster? That's really rare."

At least in the hundred years since the founding of the Federation, Harvey only knew that Gallagher, one of the current three chiefs, was a legendary spellcaster who was promoted from a battle mage. Before this, no one of such legendary rank had ever appeared in the seven wizarding kingdoms.

Asdalen nodded and chuckled. "Yes, the Lord is indeed a legendary spellcaster, but in the Kingdom of Eternal Night, we don't use legend as a title of rank. Powerful wizards like the Lord of Eternal Night are respectfully called Dragon Chasers."

"Dragon Chaser? Did all high-level wizards at that time need to complete their promotion through battles with dragons? This is too terrifying, right?" Harvey scratched his chin, saying it was really hard to imagine.

"I'm not sure of the details. After all, I was just a newly promoted mid-level wizard at the time. I was ostracized because of my mixed-race identity, and I had no access to the secret knowledge related to high-level promotion..." Asdalen pondered for a moment and continued, "Sir, do you still remember the article included in the forum encyclopedia, which is a document on the basic theory of modern magic? The author is Julian Aziz..."

Harvey slapped his forehead. "How could I not remember? It was from that document of his that I gained the knowledge and inspiration for creative spells! A junior teacher at the Orland School of Magic, he was truly a forgotten genius in magical theory!" Asdalen said dimly, "I also read that theoretical document over and over again, and was touched by some of its ideas - wizards' magical learning originated from imitating ancient magical creatures... In the ancient wizard kingdom, where there were no research-based spellcasters, where did we learn those powerful combat techniques? I guess this is why high-level promotions must be made in combat, and why those who successfully advance are called Dragon Chasers..."

The Dragon Chasers... chase the Ancient Dragons, and the magical knowledge that comes from the Ancient Dragons themselves.

Harvey nodded thoughtfully, then pointed at the golden crown in Asdalen's hand and asked curiously, "So, high-ranking wizards who have earned the title of Dragon Chaser can have a crown forged and worn on their heads to demonstrate the nobility of their rank?"

Ancient wizards seemed to have more taste in terms of ritual than modern spellcasters...but the casting craftsmanship and aesthetics were a little lacking.

Asdalen chuckled twice and said teasingly, "Don't you think this golden crown looks a bit ugly? Even the apprentices at the blacksmith shop in Jackdaw Town can make a more exquisite crown than this?"

He stood up and placed the metal crown on a laboratory table equipped with a magnifying lens and an illuminating magic stone, and asked Harvey to come closer and carefully observe the appearance and structure of the golden crown.

"Look, this golden crown is made of an extremely rare magical metal. We call it Abyssal Dark Gold. To obtain this metal, the sea creatures need to dive into the abyss of the Far North Sea, ten thousand meters deep, to collect it. Hundreds of kilograms of raw ore are needed to refine it into the material for such a small crown..."

"Furthermore, ordinary furnaces and flame temperatures are simply incapable of forging this dark metal. It requires several high-level wizards proficient in fire magic to jointly activate ancient fire amplification arrays to barely forge it into shape... To achieve this state is already quite a feat."

Harvey observed carefully through a magnifying lens and found that there were indeed obvious traces of fire magic burning on the surface of the golden crown, but the impact on the metal itself was very slight. It seemed that after experiencing long-term burning in the flames, it could only cause a slight change in shape.

"The honor and significance brought by the crown and medal are the same, but to spend so much manpower and resources to make them is really not worth it in my opinion..."

"That's not the case, sir. This is the Dragon Chaser's crown. How can it be just for decoration?"

Asdalen picked up the golden crown with a smile, and slowly put it on his metal head in Harvey's surprised eyes. The next second he disappeared out of thin air. There was a violent space fluctuation near the wall not far away, and then Asdalen's figure appeared there.

"This... is this a short-distance teleportation device? That's not right... Alchemical life forms cannot control magic power to cast spells. How did you do it?" Harvey was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Alchemical life has no magic patterns, no spiritual anchors and sea of consciousness, so it is naturally impossible to condense and construct magic models in the magic network. This is why Harvey equipped Asdalen and Reiner with energy beam weapons for self-defense.

Asdalen took the crown off his head and explained with a smile, "My lord, this is not an ordinary magic weapon. It is the soul magic weapon of the Dragon Chaser... As long as you possess the soul, you can control it at will."

(End of this chapter)