area51novel Chapter 130 Mutual Enlightenment
Chapter 130 Mutual Enlightenment
Looking at the wizard Valennir before him, Loon became even more convinced that going to the Central Kingdoms was the right decision—even if his reunion with the Central Kingdoms was not pleasant.
But just think about the results of the knight's transformation.
Think about the methods Ralph and the wizards learned for extracting sleep dust and life dust from ordinary plants...
And the rhomboid octahedron and the silver metal sphere that can temper mental strength are also 'man-made' things.
These are not just simple knowledge, but a kind of wealth that can be "produced"!
If he remained stationary in the stormy seas, even after twenty or thirty years, Luo Ang would never have acquired this unique knowledge or accessed this wealth.
"As expected, I couldn't hide it from the Thunder Wizard. I do indeed come from the Ironfire Kingdom," the wizard Valennir said, revealing his identity.
—The head of the Levin family, Duke Valenil Levin IV.
The current Duke of Levin is his grandson's grandson, Levin VIII.
However, due to the defeat in the war more than 20 years ago, the other three families in the Ironfire Kingdom are discussing whether to reduce the Levin family's title from Duke to Marquis.
"Can a wizard's family title be stripped?" Loen asked curiously.
He was neither blind nor deaf—as more and more people gathered near Chashan Ridge, all sorts of news naturally came together and were then passed on to Loon by Old Colin and the others.
Therefore, Loen was naturally aware of the situation in the neighboring Ironfire Kingdom.
At first, Loon didn't take the Levin family's "nobility dispute" in the Ironfire Kingdom seriously.
But now it seems... the other noble families have the support of the wizard. As long as that wizard abandons them, their family's power will immediately be shaken.
However, the Levin family produced a wizard within their own family.
The connection between the wizard Valenil and the Levin family was much closer than that between other wizards and nobles.
What's the point of stripping such families of their titles, other than making them feel ashamed and their wizards humiliated?
Loen could not understand this at all.
Sure enough, when this matter was mentioned, the wizard Valennir's expression became even more unpleasant.
If the title is stripped, what title is being stripped away?
Those were clearly the other three wizards from the Ironfire Kingdom teaming up to slap him in the face!
"That's how war is," the wizard Valennil said with a forced smile. "For every winner, there's a loser."
"The losing side will also pay the price—even if it is a wizard."
Clearly, for the Levin family, the "reduction of their title" was the price they paid for launching an offensive during the Kingdom War more than twenty years ago, only to ultimately lose the war.
Territory ceded was one of the costs.
The "reduction of rank" being discussed is the second price to pay.
Loong was increasingly puzzled.
According to the wizard Ralph, the five wizards of the Shield Kingdom are just ordinary wild wizards.
However, the wizard Valennil in front of them seemed to come from a wizarding school that was very skilled in 'biological modification'.
In terms of the ecology of the central kingdoms, the war initiated by the wizard Valennir, between the Ironfire Kingdom and the Shield Kingdom—the wild wizards of the Shield Kingdom actually dared to take the initiative to accept the challenge.
Still dare to choose to win?
This is also not very reasonable.
According to information previously obtained from Wizard Ralph, there are a total of seven kingdoms, including the Kingdom of the Shield and the Ironfire Kingdom, extending further "inland" into the central continent, all dominated by the "Silver Ash School".
These wild wizards, who were worshipped by the great nobles, also paid tribute to the Silver Ash School every year.
—Every kingdom, regardless of the number of wizards within it, must pay at least thirty magic stone fragments or an equivalent amount of mysterious materials as tribute to the Silver Ash School, depending on the size of the kingdom.
The larger the kingdom, the more tribute it needs to pay.
The offerings from these seven kingdoms alone can bring the Silver Ash School an income of several hundred magic stones every year.
Therefore, even for the wizarding school, the size and number of the 'kingdoms' they rule are of great importance.
Even within the wizarding school, wars can break out to some extent over the ownership of kingdoms.
According to Ralph's understanding of the war more than twenty years ago, it was merely a "civil war" between kingdoms under the Silver Grey School—but if the situation is truly as Loon perceives it now, and the wizard Valennir who instigated the war has the support of another school of wizardry...
"Could that war have been merely a clash between two schools of wizardry?"
"But the wizard Ralph is unaware of this." Loen blinked, and couldn't help but start thinking about all sorts of things.
"What about the other wizards in the Kingdom of the Shield? Do they know about this?"
Did the Silver-Gray School actually intervene in that war?
This is another issue that cannot be explored in depth.
—If we delve deeper, we could get caught up in disputes between different schools of wizarding.
"Damn it, what's wrong with this wizard Valennil?"
"Is he crazy?"
"Why does changing the topic always seem to vaguely involve the struggle between those schools of thought?" Luo Ang frowned, fell silent, and stopped talking, only thinking about how to deal with this unknown situation. But no matter how much he thought about it, he came up with nothing.
He had no information whatsoever about the school of wizardry behind this Varenil wizard—how could he possibly respond?
"And what about the wizarding school behind him? Are they targeting me?"
Involuntarily, a sense of anxiety arose in Loon's heart. He felt that the wizarding school in front of him was bullying him, and that the wizard Valennir had him cornered and was determined to drag him down. He found it inexplicably hateful.
In that instant, he wished he could cast a spell and kill the wizard Valennir instantly.
But then I think of the Scarlet Wizard...
"The decision to settle in Middle-earth has already dragged Cialis into trouble."
"Right now, we don't know what's going on with Kiris, she hasn't returned yet. It's really not appropriate to cause any more trouble before she comes back."
"Furthermore, the matter of the wizard Valennil must be resolved before Chilis returns, lest Chilis be dragged into it again."
"Forget it, let's see what this wizard Valennir and the wizarding school behind him are up to." After much deliberation, Loon finally made a decision.
Meanwhile, the wizard Valennir, watching Loon who seemed to have finally figured something out, couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, completely unaware that he had just walked through the gates of hell.
"Wizard Valenil, I am also a wizard—so I know very well how valuable your experimental results, which allow ordinary people to cross chasms and harm wizards, are."
"You've presented me with these precious experimental results; what do you hope to gain from me?"
"Here it comes! This Thunder Wizard is indeed backed by a powerful school of thought!" Seeing the demeanor displayed by Loen, Wizard Valennil was also suddenly taken aback.