Merlinsera was in a rather good mood. She glanced through the papers and put them aside. Then, she picked up an internal bulletin of the Parliament and read it. She was stunned when she saw the title.
She stood up abruptly and picked up her magic wand. She tapped it on the table, and the scattered papers floated in the air, neatly arranged, and automatically stuffed them into the cloth bag beside her. She put down two gold coins, stood up, and walked downstairs. She walked through the entire street without stopping.
When she walked in the dark, Merlinsera's dark purple hair actually glowed with a dark red halo.
This was because Merlinsera, as an Elementalist, could now communicate with the Fire Elemental Plane through a magic circle. The 'fire' spells used by ordinary Mages were condensed from the fire elements gathered in the plane, but Merlinsera could store and use the energy from the Elemental Plane …
Hence, the power of Merlinsera's spells had begun to improve by leaps and bounds. The same 'Fireball Spell' could almost produce the same effect as a 'Flame Blast Spell'. She had published four or five papers on this topic in core journals.
Due to the summoning and storage of the energy from the Elemental Plane, Merlinsera's body was gradually changing. Ordinary people could only see the faint light of the fire elements emitted from her hair, but in the eyes of a Magus, she was more like a moving ball of fire elements.
Even though she wasn't a Magus, she was now almost the most powerful person in Duriel City. Hence, when she walked on the road, even the horses pulling the carriages would instinctively avoid her.
Merlinsera expressionlessly walked all the way to Moffett Academy.
The new year's atmosphere made Moffett Academy bustle with noise. However, this scene didn't make Merlinsera happy. She knew that the Parliament was facing many wars and was arguing endlessly about how to deal with them.
This country was currently on the edge of a tense situation.
Although Lassman adopted a 'parliamentary system', this' parliament 'was different from the' parliamentary system 'of the House of Lords and House of Commons and a perfect parliamentary system.
The imperfections of the parliamentary system were reflected in many aspects. For example, if there were three opinions on a matter, the members of parliament with their own opinions would sometimes quarrel until the sky was dark. They would even point out the mistakes in the other party's previous paper, just to make the other party retreat.
Although the mages in the Parliament had some political sense, they were not as good at ruling as the old nobles. Usually, small matters would not be a big deal after a long time of wrangling. However, there were suddenly many countries at the border who started a war without a declaration and began to loot the surrounding villages. It became a big problem to discuss countermeasures.
In the past, they had enough soldiers and powerful mages, so it was not a problem for them to deal with a few small countries at the same time. However, after the "Ancient Behemoth" incident, Lassman, who had lost many soldiers, seemed to be afraid. All the academies were unwilling to send their troops, and the mages did not even volunteer themselves …
Everyone went back and forth in the council for three days, but before they could come up with a unified plan, the villages at the border had already been looted and flattened.
Of course, Merinsala chose to watch from the sidelines. She wasn't the chairman, so she wouldn't worry about these people.
The people on both sides of the road were discussing Chairman Jeremy's plan to improve the council system, but no one was optimistic about it. To put it bluntly, they wanted the six academies to spit out the meat that they had eaten? It was too difficult.
These mages who had been oppressed by religion had now become the people they hated in the past after tasting the sweetness.
Merinsala glanced at the brightly lit Moffett Academy. The flags and flowers made the atmosphere very festive. There were countless gears turning on the huge mechanical clock, and the mages going in and out were talking loudly. There was no sense of urgency from the war at all.
In their eyes, as long as everything was normal in the academy, who would care about the flood outside?
"Go away! Don't you see where you are? Get lost, you stinking beggar! "
A guard at the entrance of the academy used his scabbard to whip a woman with unkempt hair and a dirty face away. Her clothes were not in tatters, but there was more mud on them. She did not beg in the first place. She was just passing by and was hit a few times. Due to her fear of the Magicians, she did not dare to talk back at all. She could only cover her sore shoulder and leave with her head lowered.
The guards laughed loudly and continued to make dirty jokes. Merinsala watched all this with narrowed eyes and did not say a word.
Based on the current information, the homeless refugees had surrounded the two major cities in the north of the kingdom, and the Lachman Parliament was still arguing over whether they should open the city gates, whether they should take out their stored rations to provide relief, and if they should provide relief, how much food should they provide each day.
Merinsala had seen the political systems of various human kingdoms. Compared to them, the Lachman Parliament gave everyone a chance to express their views, but the imperfections of the system made them look very stupid.
From what she knew, when the mages overthrew the religion and took over the country, they did not use the parliamentary system.
However, after the unification of the Lachman Empire, the Six Great Magic Academies came up with such a complicated system in order to keep each other in check. They hated dictators and the brainwashing brought about by religion. Thus, they allowed every mage who entered the Parliament to have the right to speak.
Because they believed that magic was omnipotent, the mages were involved in everything from building irrigation to population growth.
Merinsala knew this mentality. The mages' attitude towards magic was actually not much different from that of a religion. The strength of the military and the rapid development of ships made the mages feel that they were omnipotent.
The opening of the sea routes and trade routes meant the beginning of an explosive economic development. If it wasn't for the sudden attack of the ancient beasts and the sudden war, it would have taken a long time for the flaws of Lachman's rule to be exposed.
But there were no "ifs" in this world.
Merinsala listened to the cheers and noise of the taverns around her and walked to the entrance of the academy. Seeing the badge on her chest and feeling the amazing magic wave, the guards immediately opened the door. She came here often, so the guards didn't dare to breathe too loudly, and they were very respectful.
Moffett Academy was famous for its magic puppets. Statues of puppets from different eras could be seen everywhere. Some of the puppets were even made into decorations with the life and contributions of the makers written on them.
There were all kinds of puppets placed along the long path, and there were many empty spots. Among these puppets, there was one that Merinsala was familiar with. It was the "Firebolt" racing car that Roddy had driven in the rally.
During the attack of the ancient beasts, the racing car was almost destroyed. It was currently being repaired, but the cobalt gold on it had been replaced.
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