The First Magic

The second day's class was still Magical Philosophy, but the difference was that the lecturer was Riley, the seventeenth-level great magician who was also 'some guy in this magic tower'.

Riley was tall and thin, wearing magic glasses with fine gold wire. His whole body was meticulously groomed. His wise and deep eyes seemed to be able to see through everything in the world. When he stood on the podium, the classroom was still silent. A seventeenth-level great magician was not far from a mage. Perhaps it would never be possible to advance to the next level, or perhaps it would happen overnight. Compared with a sixteenth-level great magician , the extra spell slot of an eighth-level magic was enough to make the outcome of the battle between the two irreversible. A ten-year-old child could figure out the relationship between three eighth-level magics and two eighth-level magics, and this did not include the difference in spell slots for magic of level seven and below . Although the advantage of magic below level seven was not great, it was still an advantage after all.

So when Riley reached level 17 first, his demeanor became perfect in certain specific matters. He no longer cared about the survival status of prairie mice, and no longer mentioned Kamchatka wild boars.

Riley always feels good when he stands at the center of the podium. At least at this moment, he is the supreme being in control of everything in this enclosed space. It would be even more perfect if he could stop thinking about a woman named Isabella.

Riley's voice was gentle but not slight, and it sounded at the same volume in everyone's ears: "Everything has a foundation, just like the world is built on the origin, and the planes and rules rely on each other. We, whether we are humans or other races, all live on the planes. Although we are weak, we are never humble. There are no two identical souls in the world, and similarly, there are no two identical people. What is the meaning of our existence? It is to understand the world, gradually become stronger, and thus obtain more resources, which is equivalent to freedom. Our world is dominated by the strong, and our laws are the rules made by the strong. It is an immeasurable distance from the derived rules of the plane, but it can determine the fate of most of us. As a weak person, you don't need to violate the derived rules. As long as you violate the law, it is enough to destroy you."

Most of the students in the class nodded, and some of the older mages were even more touched. Compared to yesterday's class where most students were almost forced to be infused with spiritual power, today's class finally had some interactive reactions. Seeing the good response, Riley smiled slightly and said calmly: "Only magicians can feel the derived rules, and without the legendary realm, it is impossible to understand the basic rules of the plane. For you and me, how many people can reach the realm of magicians ? Even if there are geniuses, how many of them fall halfway? I can also tell you about the composition of the world and the rules of the plane, but this is meaningless to you. But! Anything can happen in the world of magic, the premise is to have strong power. And where does power come from? It comes from understanding oneself and using the environment. In fact, everyone is complicated, and it may be a lifelong task to fully understand oneself. Therefore, if you want to improve your strength, you need to be down-to-earth and start from understanding yourself. From the bottom up, you can control your destiny."

As Riley waved his hand, a magical image of a human body appeared in front of him. He pointed at the various parts of the image and began to explain the core content: "Power is not complicated, but it is definitely not as simple as having a few more spell slots. Although three level eight magics are definitely stronger than two, other factors cannot be ignored. In general, a person's power can be broken down into four parts: attributes, equipment, skills, and bloodline. In fact, there is a fifth part, wisdom! This is where the biggest individual differences lie, and it is also the part that only you can grasp, so I won't explain it in detail here. So let's start with attributes and talk about what mental power is..."

Eldrin gained a lot from this class. For the first time, he knew that mental power comes from the power of the soul, and magic power is the power source of magic. Warriors mainly rely on physical strength, while clergy rely on the power of faith. However, after entering the legendary stage, each profession begins to rely on the power of rules to a certain extent. The extent to which the rules can be relied on determines the level of power.

At the end of the course, the elegant Riley concluded: "Don't covet unrealistic things. Be down-to-earth and climb up the steps on the road to power . This is what you need to do. Apart from anything else, the promotion of power will bring you a longer life, which will give you more possibilities to pursue stronger power. So see yourself clearly, understand the environment, allocate resources, and maximize your personal power. The further you go on the road to becoming a strong person, the more significant it is to take a step forward. The actual gap between a level 17 magician and a level 16 magician is not as small as people imagine."

Eldrin had just memorized the two completely opposite ways of thinking, and before he had time to think carefully, Master Phileas proposed several new ways of thinking on the third day of class. For example, the master drew a circle in the air and drew a line in the middle , so the left side was red and the right side was blue.

"The mysteries of the world are endless. Can we know all the mysteries? This is a basic point of disagreement. Some people think we can, and many magicians can be classified into this category. Others think it is impossible, and they often think that only gods can do this, so believers and clergy mostly belong to this category."

Master Phileas's line is divided from the middle of the circle, half on each side. This certainly does not mean which type of people is more numerous. What Phileas meant is that he would not make an evaluation on which of the two methods is more correct, but only make an introduction from a neutral perspective.

After describing the contradiction of whether the world can be infinitely divided or not, Master Phileas described a dozen other viewpoints. Like Eldrin, most people did not understand it very well. And their biggest confusion was, what was the use of these things? They could not increase magic power.

But no one would really voice their doubts. Phileas was an 18th-level mage, and he looked not much different from a 17th-level great magician . Seriously speaking, the difference between a mage and a 17th-level mage was only one ninth-level magic spell slot .

A ninth-level spell, that's all...

So not only did no one dare to question Phileas, but everyone listened attentively with their ears perked up. Only one out of ten mages would be so lucky to be able to listen to the magician's lecture, although the content of the lecture seemed a little... unrealistic.

On the fourth day, Theodore stood on the podium with a blank face. The first thing he did was to draw a circle like Master Phileas, and then draw a line in the middle. The only difference was the position of the line. The red color, representing the unknown, almost occupied the majority, and the blue became a thin line.

"The world is so subtle that we cannot know everything. Only God can know everything..."

Eldrin later found out that Theodore was not a wizard, but a very powerful divine magician, whose level was roughly equivalent to that of a wizard of level 16 or 17. Deepblue is a world of magicians, and the appearance of divine magicians is already very strange. What is even more strange is that Theodore does not have only one belief, but believes in three gods at the same time, and the three beliefs do not interfere with each other. This allows him to cast three different systems of divine magic, and his combat power far exceeds that of ordinary divine magicians of the same level. However, Eldrin thought about it seriously, and combined with the information he had read, he found that if he wanted to have three different beliefs at the same time, it seemed that the only way was to cheat.

Being able to deceive three gods at that? Eldrin knew that Theodore was no ordinary person.

On the fifth day, Tisrifar drew a circle in the same way and divided it with vertical lines. When the divided area was almost entirely blue, Eldrin immediately knew that this person was a wizard, and an agnostic at that.

Such a quick and accurate judgment seems... useless.

On the sixth day, Master Fujia pointed to a bunch of numbers that had no regular pattern and said, "When you can see the beauty in these numbers, you are halfway to success in mathematics."

On the seventh day, Master Komu asked the students to see numbers from the complex and beautiful three-dimensional patterns. To put it simply, it was to abstract beauty into numbers as a sign of introduction to plane space geometry.

Eldrin then fell into an endless cycle of seeing beauty in numbers, and then seeing numbers in beautiful patterns.

…

A month passed quietly, and little Eldrin spent most of his time learning all kinds of vague theoretical knowledge, most of which seemed to have nothing to do with magic, at least not with direct magic casting, and many of the contents were self-contradictory. In the massive, chaotic and complex information, special, Isabella, boss, and dominate everything, these high-frequency keywords appeared repeatedly, leaving a deep impression in Eldrin's mind. The teachers, from Popovich to Tisrifa , all liked to end the day's class with "The world is so simple", which almost became the symbol of each Deepblue school.

The world is so simple, but Eldrin is completely messed up.

However, Eldrin was not without gain. By chance, his magic took a substantial step forward.

He learned how to make fireballs.