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El had anticipated this, and he sent his three most outstanding sons to the front, giving them 6,000 fanatical mountain soldiers and another 3,000 well-equipped Asta Knights who were also fanatical believers in El.

Even with the equipment and professional mercenaries from Calvik, the coalition forces of Leon and Savia still lost the war. The Norman army led by the descendants then crossed the River Lysa and incorporated this long river that flowed from south to north through the two territories. Previously, only one tributary passed through Devangel, and incorporated it into the territory. The fertile farmland on both sides of the river also fell into the control of the Normans.

Then there were continuous sieges and conquests. The capital of Leon, Valladona Castle, was also captured by Caesar's troops. However, the capital of Savia, Oviedo, was not captured because it was far away and located in a valley that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The two families, frightened by the defeat, no longer had the strength to resist, and did not care about the price they would pay for asking the king for help. They took the initiative to send envoys to Karlwijk and begged King Franz to intervene in the war of three places.

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　Calvik, who had long hoped to limit Norman expansion and prevent "Lord Al" from interfering in worldly affairs so unscrupulously, immediately sent troops to Oviedo to assist the Savians in defense. At the same time, he began to prepare military affairs and recruit soldiers in the territory.

In the eyes of the Lord of the Kalvik Throne, if Aiel is confined to the Wall Plain where the Norman City is located, then no matter what he does within this range, whether it is catching living people for experiments on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, engaging in real-life battle royales on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, collecting and seizing women on Sundays, etc., even if he does all kinds of bad things, as long as the blood does not spill outside the Wall Plain, Franz will not care what a sage does in his "fiefdom".

But El supported Ansuna in seizing power, and in one fell swoop controlled this land, which was one of the most powerful noble territories in the country of Brio. He also marched eastward to the border areas, incorporated a lot of poor and remote areas into his territory, and made a group of barbarians worship him like a god.

He is creating friction with his neighbors to the west and trying to expand... Judging from the above actions, he is clearly a secular lord who is keen on playing power games among mortals and is fond of ostentation!

This made the king suddenly feel a sense of crisis.

Although Devangel still paid annual tribute to Kalvik and treated the inspectors sent by the kingdom with courtesy as usual, an ambitious transcendent lord who came to the borderland where the order of the White Tower was weak was absolutely unwilling to be inferior to some mortal kings, even in name only.

At that point, whether the Norman-controlled Devangel secedes from the kingdom and takes away a large amount of territory, or a civil war is fought with the involvement of extraordinary people, it will be a huge loss for Brio.

As a king who has little desire for expansion and is focused on stabilizing his royal power while maintaining his foundation, Franz must nip this danger in the bud - even if he cannot kill Al, he must make the other party realize the limits of how unscrupulous the extraordinary people are.

In the Thurso area, although the rarity of extraordinary powers makes the status of mages extremely important - but at the same time, the barren land also limits the upper limit of the strength that mages can exert here.

As long as the mortal forces are at a disadvantage, the wizard can easily be killed by nearby weapons or bows and crossbows after his magic power is exhausted.

Although the world of Il may be due to the intentional restrictions of the wizards, there are creations such as alchemical gunpowder and magical weapons that mortals can use, but they are not widely circulated and are basically used in wars between countries.

The mages would not allow weapons like the muskets in El's previous life to circulate widely. Even if a farmer got hold of them, if he was not careful and did not have time to protect himself, it might allow a mystery seeker to return to heaven and earth.

The various magical weapons that performed well in several ancient wars were restricted after the wizards eliminated the forces of the Witch King and drove them out of Eir. Because as vested interests, the wizards of the ruling class no longer allow such weapons that can challenge their authority to be mastered by others in large quantities.

Later, during the Second World War, the situation had almost returned to the level of ancient times. Legions of mages, assisted by mortals, would first consume each other with their flesh and blood. When they were almost exhausted, the mages would go out to fight with magic, or magic fighting and bloody battles would go hand in hand. In the end, the continent was shattered, and those legendary magic technologies and colossus weapons were almost all left to gather dust in ruins and magic towers.

Only after the White Pagoda was established and order was established did a new "glorious era" begin on the devastated land and the corpses scattered all over the ground.

......

King Franz was confident that even if Al recruited the barbarians on the border and relied on all his strength to develop the military - because he had won two consecutive wars cleanly and decisively, the people of Brio were in awe of the Norman army, and Al had achieved such results before he even took action.

Many "observers" believed that this was the result of the mage's full efforts to equip his legion. A spellcaster who took such great pains to develop his own mortal weapons was obviously doing so:

1. Protect yourself.

Second, attack others.

Three, both.

The answer is select all.

So Calvik mobilized his troops and sent envoys to the Normans, but nominally he was going to find Ansuna, the nominal "Grand Lord of the Devengaelic" to mediate in his capacity as a feudal lord, demanding that the Norman army immediately stop advancing westward and that the three places return to the state before the Second Battle of the Three Lands. Norman could no longer send immigration officers to operate unscrupulously in the two places and recruit people to migrate.

But this is not acceptable to Al. After all this time, he is already very hungry.

The equal desire for expansion and conquest in his bloodline genes also constantly stimulates Ai'er to start wars and incorporate aliens into his own tribe.

The reward for the tribe reaching the first stage is that the five talents selected are the support for Ai'er's expansion and also his expansion goal.

[Strong Body][United] [Lying Place] [Psionic Power - Barrier] [Psionic Power - Concealment]

Chapter 92: Gene Tree

Gene tree.

A new system that unlocks the size of Ai'er's tribe after reaching the first stage of his bloodline recognition.

Through "talent points", which we don't know how to obtain yet, we can light up the talents on them and gain new enhancements for El and his tribe.

It is equivalent to a combination of the technology tree and the talent tree.

There are mainly several major categories that contain many branches.

For example, [ethnic group], [

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Domination], [Psychic Power].

There are many different branches among them.

Al saw a lot of fancy things in it, such as a special lineage branching out from the main trunk of the [Clan]. After clicking on [Dragon Blood], he could choose different dragon inheritances, and then after clicking on - [Dragon Inheritance] [Transform into Dragon], he and his descendants would be transformed into the chosen dragon clan, red, blue, black, green, white, gold, silver, red, yellow, and blue. The genetic servants he transformed would also gain the characteristics of "Dragon Descendants" and "Dragon Blood Creatures."

On top of that, you can also unlock the transformation into a special dragon species by obtaining the blood and brain of a special dragon species.

This terrifying power of controlling blood and ethnicity can transform a group of "mortals" into real dragons, and can also transform from one kind of dragon to another at any time. The power is simply terrifying.

In addition, there are also ascension talents under the power of psychic energy, [Mind is More Powerful than Matter], which can allow the Ai'er race to leap into a semi-psychic race, and are born with powerful psychic talents. If evaluated by the nine-ring system of the Ai'er world, then even the newly transformed "Son of Ai'er" can possess psychic powers comparable to the combat effectiveness of a five-ring mage as long as they reach the "mature" stage.

You can also explore the Void Realm of the Heart, a void space born from the power of faith in the human heart, which contains both great opportunities and great power, as well as indescribable dark shadows...

It can be said that if the talent of [Mind is More Important than Things] is revealed, his clan will instantly become a powerful force that cannot be underestimated in the entire Il world.

There are more than 300 psychics, each of whom has a strength of at least five rings. Some ordinary floating cities cannot gather so much power.

Ascension, the entire race suddenly transcended into a transcendental realm. Their psychic powers, upon reaching maturity, possessed the strength of a fifth-ring spellcaster. Such terrifying power—combined with the fact that the Children of Aiur only needed about a year to reach "maturity," and the potential for further training and growth...

Once such a terrifying race grows up, it will undoubtedly exceed the upper limit of a plane like the Il World.

But after calculating the cost of lighting up this ascension talent along the way, Al found that it would cost nineteen talent points, and lighting up [Mind is More Important than Matter] would cost a full four talent points, which was not something he could consider at all now.

He only has five talent points, and after careful consideration, he chose the following five talents:

The Domination system's [Strong Body] allows El and his descendants to improve their overall physical strength to a higher level, which is equivalent to the difference between ordinary pebbles and granite, and also the recovery ability has been qualitatively improved.

The two talents of the ethnic group are [Unity]: As mentioned earlier, the first ascension talent of this talent tree is [Unity of Will]. As the name suggests, this talent can amplify Ai'er's influence on the people under his command and make the overall thought trend highly inclined towards the direction he wants.

For example, if Al magnifies his desire for food, then under his influence, the people under Norman rule will generally have a greater appetite, becoming a country of gourmets with an endless stream of gourmets.

If Alga's desire for reproduction increases, Norman will gradually become an open sex city, where prostitution, extramarital affairs, and even vicious activities will be prevalent.

This talent is very powerful. Ai'er has always used it to encourage the growth of positive thoughts such as "piety", "unity" and "morality" under his rule, which is also the foundation of Norman's efficient governance and clean government.

[Nest Foundation] makes the place where El is regarded as a "nest", in which his abilities will be amplified, including the talent effect of [Unity]. Moreover, within the scope of the "nest", the reproduction and growth speed of the tribe, including those infected people and believers, will be improved to a certain extent. It is a development-type talent.

Finally, there are two highlights:

[Psionic Energy - Barrier] The blood of the Warp flows, forming an invisible barrier in the bodies of the Four-Armed Clan. It will twist in a strange way to avoid attacks that cause serious damage to them. To outsiders, it is as if an arrow was shot inexplicably off the target, and the blow that should have beheaded them suddenly missed and only hit the armor or the arm.

[Psionic Energy - Obscuration] is a passive upgrade of the previous psychic power that caused Grace's prophecy spell to fail. It can block detection of them, and even go further—it can distort the image of the Four-Armed Ones in the eyes of outsiders! Including their behavior! A layer of "normal" filter will be added.

Combined with these two, as long as the children of Ai'er on the battlefield don't cause too much of a stir, their extra arms, their numbers so numerous and their youth, and the strangeness of their ability to cast spells...

For example, if Elsa throws a fireball, from the perspective of both the enemy and us, it will be "corrected" to "my (enemy) catapult threw a big fireball."

Caesar led his personal guards to fully unleash their psychic powers and charged directly into the enemy camp to decapitate and command, ignoring all arrows and swords shot at him. This would also be seen as "a destructive charge launched by a group of fully armed and heavily armored warriors."

Hiding from the naked eye of mortals is a distortion of cognition. Except for the great wizards of the seventh ring and above who have already entered the extraordinary realm, as long as the effect of [Concealment] is activated, even if dozens of descendants show the ability to cast spells in a battle, the opponent will not be frightened to collapse. Then the news that so many unknown wizards suddenly appeared in the Barrens reached the floating city, attracting the curiosity of those in high positions to investigate.

Of course, the price is that the descendants' ability to cast spells will be slightly limited.

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Even after the enemy has been controlled and their cognition has been distorted, you cannot just rely on the intimidation of "the other side has more than a dozen mages" to make the enemy surrender.

This is the most important ability for Ai'er's expansion. With it, Ai'er can conquer the secular world unscrupulously in the Serso area, a place poor in demons where there are said to be only two five-ring mages.

Even if the ability to cast spells is restricted, even using some simple powers, such as beheading enemy generals at a critical moment, using mind shock to destroy the enemy formation, etc., will become the decisive factor in determining victory or defeat on the battlefield.

Before this, Al had always been cautious. Even though he wanted to train his offspring, he restricted them from displaying spellcasting abilities, for fear that such news would accidentally arouse the curiosity of the White Tower.

Even though Grace, the female wizard who had joined him, had told him in detail about the situation in the White Tower, in this regard, the White Tower was most wary of the kingdoms and empires in the prosperous realm privately training spellcasters controlled by mortals.

It is clear what is happening in other places. Although the order is "all magical activities not related to the White Tower are prohibited", in reality the great wizards of the White Tower who have the final say and dominate affairs have already traveled to the star realm. The disciples who are left behind have only obtained the right to use the White Tower, but do not have the real power to control the order of the White Tower.

Each floating city is a relatively independent college or university with various factions and forces. Mortals regard the floating city as a whole and a member of the Supreme Council.

But in reality, it is very likely that ordinary people can directly see two floating cities, one in the east and one in the west, which are hostile to each other and have serious conflicts in academic research and ideology.

In addition, there are various spellcasting guilds, parliaments, and various organizations. These organizations, large and small, are distributed everywhere. Even if some of them do not have the "qualifications" to impart magical education, they are more or less privately recruiting apprentices with spellcasting talents and training their own spellcasters.

Bai Ta knows, but Bai Ta is too lazy to care.

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Just like in a society that judges someone by the color of their skin.

Al is a wizard—that's the old London accent of Zhengbai Banner, who drinks "afternoon tea" eight times a day.

Walking down the street, hey, that's such a show-off!

Even if he occasionally has abnormal behavior, such as liking to sing, dance, rap and play basketball, eating fried chicken while holding a watermelon, he can't help but pounce on the cotton fields, and when he sees a girl, he says "You are very beautiful, I want to learn foreign languages ​​with you."

Others would just think he was a slightly weird, maybe a little eccentric old Londoner, and wouldn't immediately think:

Is this guy a Ni, Ni, Ni person covered with a layer of white skin?

Since the establishment of the White Tower order, there have been cases of people violating the "magic out of the White Tower" rule and being punished, but without exception, they were all cases of mages against secular forces.

For example, the great empire of Uslif in the north of the Tartarus continent, its royal family is the direct descendant of the ancient witch king, and has mastered extraordinary powers that are at the level of divine power compared to mortals. It has quite a few complaints about the ban on "the law not being passed on to ordinary people", and has privately set up an academy that only recruits talented apprentices from among the nobles. The tutor is a real White Tower wizard, but they are all apprentice seedlings who have been found and trained since childhood. Some successful ones go to the floating city to learn skills and then return to serve the Tsar.

After the incident, the White Tower punished the Usli family by directly destroying Ivangelista's capital city which had been in existence for over a thousand years. Of course, the White Tower did not go so far as to massacre the entire city, but instead ordered the intruders to be driven away first. Three days later, in front of countless citizens, nobles, and soldiers who were ordered to watch outside the city, a continuous rain of fire fell, destroying the thousand-year-old capital. Then a blizzard that lasted for a whole month froze the ruins.

All royal apprentices were deprived of their spellcasting abilities. Mages who violated the White Tower's order and chose the country, the king, or the White Tower were still allowed to serve in the secular world. However, their hands and feet were shackled as prisoners, and they would spend the rest of their lives in humiliation.

After that punishment that seemed like a divine retribution, all nations in the world fell silent. The contemporary Tsar fell seriously ill and was soon suffocated to death in his sleep by the guards in a palace coup.

Then came a chaotic period, with three Tsars dying within six years. The situation was finally stabilized by a gifted Grand Duchess, who established a new capital, Tsargrad, south of the old one. After the new capital was under construction, she visited the old one to pay homage. She denounced the previous emperor's incompetence and audacity, angering the sage and bringing divine punishment. They had brought all this upon themselves. We must rectify the situation and renounce these disrespectful individuals and anti-White Tower elements who intend to "steal the fire from heaven"! We must take a firm stand!

They also took the initiative to compile a book of so-called "Secret Court History" and political jokes that "record" the Tsarist era, a time when those who stole the law, and spread it to other countries, so that everyone could see how lawless these disrespectful people were and how they deserved to die!

Relying on slapping her face and acting stupid, the White Tower did not target Madam Usri again afterwards, or maybe they simply did not care about it.

And change your identity.

Grace alone knows:

"Hey, you know what it's like, there's that kind of service. It's a room with people waiting inside, men and women, young and old, tall and short, fat and thin. You go in and it starts, and you'll soon be exhausted and sweating profusely. You might even get bruised all over if you're not careful—but you'll come out feeling very refreshed and happy with the service!"

In Al's understanding, these "independent" spellcasting organizations are the "extracurricular tutoring" and "tutoring classes" of the magic world.

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There are no less than twenty courses such as "training institutions", "XX spell 998 guaranteed to pass in one year", "crash course for prophecy mage, work hard for a hundred days, I want to wear three rings!"

But the White Tower has never taken care of these things, not even for show.

Grace can also make up for Al's situation. Some wizards will leave behind many offspring after traveling in the human world. Among them, there will be some talented children they meet during the travels. If they like them, they can be taken in as disciples and taught. As long as it is not a formal class, it is not a big deal to do it privately.

All mages who have been trained and educated in the floating city will more or less have some habits of "loving to teach others" or simply "wanting to satisfy the desire to be a teacher".

This is nothing.

As long as it doesn't become a system that allows the secular world to regain a large amount of magical power, privately - I think my own child (a relative's) is talented and I plan to send him to the floating city in the future. What's the point of telling him some things in advance?

You said he has learned second-level spells, that's because he has talent!

These guys really have nothing to do with me—but this time, Instructor XX specifically told me to recruit a few talented students. I'm here on a mission! I'll teach these talented individuals the basics and then send them to the Floating City to officially register. I'll write a letter now! Okay?

In a word:

That thing is for the people below, and the threshold is for stopping the people who should be stopped. The White Tower is silent, so how can mortals investigate "sages", "mystery seekers", "those who are close to the water tower, celebrating with hats", "one person gets the law and the whole family is promoted to heaven" and other "violations of regulations"?

The White Tower Order was established by the wizard to govern the mortal world, not heaven.

Previously, Al had worried that his child's extraordinary powers would be exposed and arouse suspicion from ordinary people. Now think about it—who would think that? Who dared to think that!?

Even if I thought of it, what can I do?

Are you going to sue a wizard for "teaching magic to his own offspring without permission"?

Someone mentioned the strangeness of its rapid growth. Regardless of whether there is a way or not, whether you believe it or not, it is normal for a wizard to conduct some experiments, or for ordinary people to simply misunderstand the situation without knowing the inside story!

For example, Ansuna gave birth to a child. Maybe she and El had secretly had the child for a long time, but they kept it secret for various reasons. The child was already there, but was only brought out at the banquet. It is worth pondering whether the child was really theirs or was used to fool the old Duke.

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"Failed."