Chapter 64: Calamity Mage
Translator: Lonelytree
âWhether itâs humans, elves, or druids, weâre all doing pretty well now. I mean, the structure of a city-state is also very good. People donât disturb each other, so why must we form a kingdom?â Matthew did not answer immediately.
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He looked at Rheagar.
The latterâs expression was also very serious. He actually took the initiative to say,
In terms of social organization, a kingdom that can control more city-state resources at the same time will be a more advanced, risk-resistant, and powerful existence than an independent city-state. Iâve travelled to other worlds, and many of their places are indeed more developed than ours. The simplest and crudest example is that if a kingdom composed of multiple city-states declared war on an independent city-state, the latter would almost certainly lose.â
Matthew nodded in agreement.
âWe all know the principle of strength in numbers.
âAs a social creature, an organization that could allow more humans to form groups would definitely trample over those fighting alone.
âIn fact, the transition from a single city- state to a union of many city-states was inevitable in the development of history.
âThis point could be verified by the development of other planes or worlds. We might not have much information in this area, but the Seven Saint Alliance has looked into it a lot.â
Sif was puzzled. âThen why hasnât there been a kingdom on the continent yet? Werenât the gods exiled long ago?â
Matthew said in a deep voice, âYou might forget what Iâm about to say after hearing it today, but it doesnât matter. Forgetting doesnât mean that the truth doesnât exist.
â We all know that four hundred and seventy years ago, the founder of the Seven Saint Alliance, the great existence whose name is still unknown to the people. We usually respectfully address her as the first and only âCalamity Mageâ in human history. She was angry at the godsâ lack of progress and enslavement of all living beings, so she personally planned and executed the most wonderful mage performance in history,â Ascension of the Heavenly
Palaceâ.
âOur world had been stuck in the âAge of Enlightenmentâ that the gods limited for a full two thousand years.
âIn the past two thousand years, there had been no significant progress in human society.
âTwo thousand years ago, human ancestors fished in the river and farmed on the ground. Two thousand years later, their descendants still used the same fishing tools and farming methods.
âAt that time, the world was lifeless, and you could not feel the progress of the world from the changes of time. This was because, in the early days of the Age of Enlightenment, the gods who divided the theocracy and faith had woven rules and regulations for everything in the world.
âThey used their clergy to divide their territories and bound everything with their concepts.
âThey treated this world as their pasture. They only wanted to harvest the faith of all living beings day after day. They were not willing to see their believers make any meaningful progress.
âTime was meaningless to this world. It was just a counter for the gods to harvest faith.
âUnder the high pressure of the gods.
âAll living beings could not save themselves⊠they could not even develop the consciousness to save themselves.
âUntil the arrival of the â Calamity Mage â. âThis situation was finally broken.
âThat day.
âAll the statues on the continent collapsed.
âCountless shrines or temples rose out of thin air, and the Heavenly Palace, which symbolized the glory of the gods in the past, also soared into the sky. They carried and bound the will of the gods and flew to the highest point of the astral world with a shrill cry.
âPeople knelt around the temple in fear. They did not know what had happened.
âTo this day, we still donât know what happened that day.
âWe only know that after that day, most of the existences that had been touched by the divine in this world were banished forever by the Calamity Mage.
âThis⊠is the Ascension of the Heavenly Palace.â
Matthewâs tone was very calm.
However, the history itself was enough to shock all audiences.
Even Rheagar and Zeller.
They might have heard of the ascension of the Heavenly Palace.
However, they only vaguely knew that that was when the gods left.
They didnât know that the gods had been exiled!
They couldnât imagine that the one who banished the gods was a mere human mage!
âIs, is this a myth?â
Rheagar muttered, âI thought it was the âSeven Saintsâ who joined forces to reach an agreement with the gods. And the Gods left willingly.â
Matthew smiled and shook his head.
âThe Seven Saints were very strong, but they were not strong enough to bargain with the gods. In history, they were all disciples of the Calamity Mage.
âAfter the gods left, our world finally began to change. Farmers invented farming tools and discovered crops with higher yields.
âFishing boats floated on the seas and rivers. We had fishing nets, harpoons, and all kinds of new fishing gear.
âTailors found better materials than cotton, linen, and animal skins.
âThe craftsmen improved the craftsmanship and production process. âCity-states rose up one after another, and human exchanges became more frequent.
âAccording to normal development, we should have welcomed the first true human kingdom long ago.
âHowever, the gods who were far away were still unwilling to be left out. After the calamity mages left, they imposed three curses on the land in an attempt to delay the changes of the world and ensure that the divine â concepts â they defined continued to exist.â Hearing this.
Everyoneâs expression was solemn.
They were all shocked by this mysterious and bold narration, and at the same time, they were extremely curious about the curse of the gods that Matthew mentioned.
He took a sip of water and continuedâŠ.
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