I Created the Myth of the Old Ruler

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Higurashi Town is a small town located on the edge of the kingdom, with most of the area covered by black forest.

Many years ago, this number was probably close to fifty or one hundred. In short, a long time ago, Rigure Town was still a very wealthy town, with large areas of fertile farmland, flowing rivers, prosperity, comfort, and people's desire. For the townspeople here, the pastoral pastoral life is just an ordinary day.

Until the demon tide comes again and again.

The scene of the blood moon hanging high and monsters wreaking havoc has become the deepest nightmare in the hearts of all the surviving old people in Rimu Town.

The average life span of the Kingdom of Darkness is relatively longer. If a person is free from illness and pain, and has not experienced the baptism of war, in most cases he can live to be over two hundred years old. If he uses magic to extend his life, then he can live to be three hundred years old. possible.

In a place like Rigure Town, people who are seventy years old are already extremely rare. Being able to live to be a hundred years old is enough to be called longevity.

Being attacked by diseases, monsters, and various disasters, you are lucky to be able to survive.

The town's past prosperity has gone with the wind, leaving only the current defeat.

A large amount of fertile farmland is occupied by those vines and twisted trees. The clean water source is polluted by the black forest. Drinking it will cause madness and hallucinations. The livestock are also polluted by the land, causing various mutations and even starting to attack humans.

In a place like this, it would be a big joke to say what kind of money can be obtained.

"Jost and I have known each other since childhood. He came into contact with magic when he was about four or five years old. He has the talent to be a mage and soon became an apprentice. My family does have some money, but after years of exploitation, , the money was quickly consumed.”

Baron Gerald was sitting at the table. He said that the wine in the cup was as watery as water. Most of the water sources nearby were polluted. Drinking it directly would cause insanity. Only boiling it could barely quench your thirst. This kind of wine was brewed , less pollution.

"It's just that later, Jost violated some taboos, and he was kicked out of the palace. Probably because he was so talented, so the crime that should have been directly executed did not kill him, but he was sent to Such a border town.”

"At that time, my family's business couldn't continue at all, and I was alone, so I simply bought the title here and took care of Jost."

He glanced at the mage who was lying on the bed, seemingly having a nightmare.

"You said he is very talented?"

Lu Tan and Stone went out to the town to check the situation, leaving Drizzt and Shia behind to communicate with Zero.

"Yes, normally, if a mage wants to reach the level of Jost, it will take at least forty to fifty years of study, but he has already achieved such an achievement at the age of twenty. It is very rare, even if he goes forward Looking back on Shuo, there are very few official court mage as young as him."

Baron Jero said this as if he was very proud.

"That's really awesome."

Drizzt agreed. He glanced at Shia, but the mage girl did not look happy, but frowned slightly.

"I think, leaving aside whether Jost is a rare genius or not, according to you, he may have made a serious mistake."

Shia doesn't mince words.

"What is wrong?"

Baron Jero felt that Sia was quite confident in every move she made, and she just showed a spell that even Jost found wonderful. She must be a powerful court mage.

"Magic is knowledge and pollution, just like the water you drink. These things are subtle, gradually eroding your body, and eventually accumulating to a certain level will cause disease."

Shia looked at the wine in Baron Jero's glass and said, although there is only a little pollution left in it, for ordinary people, drinking it for many years will definitely lead to erosion. The residents and soldiers in this town have already been affected. Black forest pollution.

In Shia's era, surveying of water sources and land was very important. Even in towns located on the edge of the Black Forest and responsible for border defense, mages would use purification spells to ensure the safety of water sources and food.

But in this era, there are obviously not such strict measures. The only mage here is probably Jost, and he does not have this awareness.

Even if the demonic tide does not arrive, the life span of the people in this town will gradually shorten. Eventually, the entire town will either fall into madness and kill each other, or the remaining residents will move away and become an abandoned village.

"Similarly, when a mage learns magic, it is also a process of gradually accumulating pollution. You think that those mages can only master this level of magic when they are forty or fifty years old. In fact, it is because they need time to digest, endure, and accommodate pollution. And he, so He has mastered so much magic in a short period of time. I don’t know anything else, but his body must be unable to bear it. He is equivalent to eating all the pollution that other people take fifty years to digest in more than ten years. It must be It will lead to a shortened lifespan.”

Sia's words made Baron Jero's face darken.

This possibility never occurred to him.

It’s no wonder that there weren’t many talented mages in the past, because truly smart mages understand that haste makes waste. They won’t be eager to stretch themselves to death in more than ten years, but rather extend their lifespan as much as possible.

Looking at it this way, Jost's genius actually reveals his stupidity.

In the face of knowledge, he was like an ignorant child, trying his best to pick up all the fragments left on the ground, but he did not expect that the heavy fragments had already bent his spine and would lead to death.

In fact, there are many such people among those civilizations that have not yet known the horrors of foreign lands.

"Speaking of which, you said Jost was kicked out because he violated a taboo. What mistake did he make?"

Drizzt asked again.

"He wants to teach magic to ordinary people, which is a serious taboo among court mages."

Baron Gerold replied.

Drizzt was a little confused at first, thinking it was a measure to solidify classes and blind the people, but soon he understood why these were taboos.

Because magic itself is pollution. If ordinary people learn magic at will, the pollution will spread. Everyone's physique is different and their cognition is also different. If magic is abused, it will definitely lead to huge social unrest and may even trigger collective madness. Or a worse disaster.

The court mage's refusal to allow others to teach magic does not seem to be tyranny, but rather reasonable.

"...Is that why he wants to study the Magic Network?"

Shia was thoughtful. She came to Jost's laboratory and saw a notebook dropped on the ground. She opened it. Although the ancient Kingdom of Night script was used in it, Shia had learned some of it. Can be read quickly.

It looks like these are Jost's notes.

She had just read a few pages when she heard Lu Tan's voice coming from outside.