If you use words to describe the expressions on the faces of the Archmages at this moment, there is no more suitable word than "confused". Zhan, on the other hand, looked at these Archmage with a somewhat mocking smile.

, without saying a word, until a moment later, the archmages came back to their senses, and then Archmage Nicholas asked.

"Excuse me...what do you mean? Lord?"

But this time, Zhan did not immediately answer Archmage Nicholas' question. On the contrary, he shrugged his shoulders and asked others an unexpected question.

"What do you think the current level of the Magic Empire is compared to the original group of mages?"

"This... of course cannot be compared."

Hearing Zhan's question, the archmage present couldn't help but look a little ugly, because this question was a slap in the face to them. Although the current Sorcerer Empire is still unique in the Klein Continent, it is only

As far as the current level of civilization is concerned, if it were placed in the Creation Period or the First World War, then it would be no different from being as weak as fighting against the Five Scums. It can be said that the Sorcerous Empire is simply the best evidence that each generation is inferior to the last.

.

Of course, the archmages also know this, so they desperately dig up the remains of ancient magic and pursue those lost skills and spells. However, this kind of thing can only be done but not said. Even if it is said, it can only be said to be for the purpose of recovery.

The glory of the ancient mages, to say it so bluntly like Zhan's words is almost a provocation.

"hehe."

Faced with Archmage Nicholas' answer, Zhan chuckled lightly.

"To be honest, I really can't understand...Why are the mages nowadays not as good as before?"

"Because our Magic Empire has suffered countless hardships, Lord..."

Although he was unhappy with Zhan's question, Nicholas still answered patiently.

"I thought you might also know about our history..."

"Of course I know your history."

Zhan interrupted Archmage Nicholas's speech unceremoniously.

"But to be honest, this is not a reason or excuse in my opinion. Your ancestors obtained magic power from the demons in exchange for themselves, but it was only magic power. The magic circle, the transmission of magic power, the production of magic props,

Didn't your ancestors come up with all this on their own after that? Wasn't it? If your ancestors obtained a complete set of magical knowledge from the demons, then what do you have to hesitate now? Learn from you directly

Wouldn’t it be enough for our ancestors to make a deal with the demons again? Why didn’t you do that? Huh? Isn’t it because even the demons don’t have a complete set of magical knowledge reserves that can master humans?”

"this……………"

Facing Zhan En's inquiry, Nicholas looked ugly, but he couldn't say a word to refute, because as Zhan En said, if their ancestors got the entire system from the demons, then they naturally don't have to go to such trouble.

Restoration, but the problem is that this knowledge was figured out by their ancestors themselves and is not the product of the demons. Moreover, they are not willing to trust those demons too much, let alone hand over the lifeblood of the mage to these demons.

"So what?"

Chris originally had a bad sense of Zhan, but hearing his sarcastic words now made him even more furious.

"What does this have to do with what is happening to us now!?"

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Hearing Archmage Chris' roar, Zhan shook his head.

"Look, look at you, your ancestors were able to build a magical theoretical system on their own with their bare hands and without knowing anything. But what about you? In addition to digging dirt in the ruins all day long, you also

What have you done? What have you done for this world?"

As he spoke, Zhan spread his hands.

"You have done nothing... You have a better foundation and more knowledge than your ancestors. The magic of this era has not declined compared with before, but you are just addicted to the leftovers of your ancestors.

, don’t you feel ashamed? But it seems that you are not ashamed, so...it’s obviously useless to talk, so ‘they’ decided to use this method to wake you up.”

"them?"

There was no time to be angry at Zhan En's contemptuous words, the Archmage immediately grasped the core of what Zhan En said.

"Lord, the 'they' you are talking about are..."

"Since you are mages, you must learn to think for yourself."

As he spoke, Zhan stretched out his hand and pointed at his head.

"Think about it, whoever can do this is the one who did it."

Hearing Zhan En's answer, the archmages all turned pale. They are not fools, let alone fools. There are only a few who can reduce the magic power of this world at will, and you can know the most by consulting ancient books...

ancient existence.

"You mean......"

"At the beginning, they placed their expectations on those gods, hoping that they could better lead the world on their behalf. But unfortunately, those stupid idiots let them down. Later, the resistance of your ancestors made them

Seeing a brand new direction, they began to pay attention to the existence of your ancestors, and hoped to see the future from the confrontation between gods and mages. But unfortunately, the Nine Saints are a bunch of stupid pigs, and you are not much smarter either.

They are busy expanding their power and gathering followers. But you are busy playing in the mud in the ruins. You are also indifferent to what the world is like. Thousands of years have passed, and the lives of people in this world have hardly changed from those thousands of years ago...

...To be honest, if it were my understanding, then I would definitely think that these idiots should be genocide. But here..."

Speaking of this, Zhan En paused for a rare moment.

"It can only be said that the obstacles above may be too great. Some people are like mules, and they will go backwards if they are held back. To deal with these people, we can only make them feel the difficulties, and then they will learn from the pain and start to learn reforms and changes.

.”

As he spoke, Zhan En looked at the archmages in front of him again.

"Now, I think you should understand why it turned out like this."

"………………"

As Zhan En's voice disappeared, the surrounding area fell into a dead silence. At this moment, the expressions on the faces of these archmages were also colorful. They had thought about many reasons, but what they didn't expect was that it would be this reason?

Just because of this?

Just because of this, they have to bear such a price?

But the reasons they gave left people speechless. For the future of the entire continent... In other words, what about the entire continent, why should we let them decide?

Nonsense, because this continent was created by humans, and all living beings including humans are - humans naturally have the power of life and death over this continent.

"In my opinion, the existing system of the Sorcerous Empire is flawed."

Although the faces of the archmages were very ugly, Zhan looked even more rude.

"Look at you, and then look at your apprentices, those mage apprentices with outstanding talents, what are they doing? After they are accepted by the mage, they must first learn basic knowledge - okay, this is not bad, but then? Then?

They began to first study ancient magical texts, and then devoted themselves to the hopeless work of excavating ancient books. The entire Magic Empire was like this, archeology, excavation, and then reconstructing what was excavated to ensure...

...However, these things that you are using as treasures now are the leftovers from your ancestors' play, aren't they? I really don't know if your ancestors will be angry if they know what you are doing now.

Climb out of the grave and beat you to death."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Archmage Chris was already grumpy, but now that he heard what Zhan said, he became even more unbearable and stood up with an angry roar.

"If we have the ability, we will fight with real swords and guns. Although our Sorcerous Empire is unbearable, we are not just willing to be insulted by others!"

"I also agree that if you don't need to be beaten, no matter how much you talk, it will be in vain. Sometimes, you won't know your stupidity and fragility without pain."

To the surprise of the Archmage, Zhan actually nodded and agreed to Archmage Chris's provocation. This immediately shocked the Archmage, but the next moment, Zhan changed the subject.

"However, I do not want to start a full-scale war. In fact... I came to the Sorcerous Empire this time mainly to propose a competition agreement to you."

"Competition agreement?"
Chapter completed!