Of course, Wilkinson had never seen Legolas before. However, as the student of Balbo, the President of the Pharmacist Guild, he would often overhear the conversations between his teacher and other Legendary powerhouses. Hence, he naturally knew a lot of things, including the matters regarding this Legendary-mage.
Legolas first set foot in the human kingdom a few hundred years ago, not long after the Elven Kingdom was established. At that time, he acted as a diplomat to negotiate with the human kingdoms regarding the issue of armistice and captives.
In that long and drawn-out war, all the kingdoms suffered great losses. Hence, when they learned that the Elven Kingdom's Legolas had come to negotiate, they wanted to regain some of their dignity through this Elven diplomat. What was there to be afraid of for the elves who had left the forest? Without hidden arrows, they would no longer be a threat.
A group of elite bandits laid in ambush on the path that the Elven Kingdom's envoys would definitely pass through. Even if they could not annihilate the entire group, they would at least use their sharp swords to bring these arrogant elves to the king.
Although all the kingdoms had suffered greatly in the Emerald Forest, none of them paid much attention to the so-called diplomatic note sent by the Elven Kingdom. In their opinion, although they could not attack the Emerald Forest, the elves would not be able to leave the shelter either.
A group of bandits made up of elites who were at least level-15 showed that the kingdoms did not underestimate the strength of the elves. However, that night, the ambush site of the bandits was ablaze, and the entire night sky was burnt red. A silver-haired elf with sharp ears slowly walked out of the Inferno Purgatory. There weren't even any screams or wails. There was only the sound of burning. An elite group of bandits was instantly reduced to nothingness in the flames of the Burning Heavens.
It was then that the kingdoms found out that the Elven Kingdom had only sent out one person — the elven mage named Legolas. When Legolas said politely and smilingly that he had helped the human kingdom eliminate a group of bandits, the king of the Felan Kingdom almost vomited blood.
During the negotiation, the king of the Felan Kingdom specially arranged for Legolas to visit the Alanna Guild of Magic and the Pharmacist Guild. In addition to displaying the strength of the Human Kingdom to Legolas, they also used the method of communication to test the strength of Legolas and the Elven Kingdom.
After almost being wiped out, the elves were no longer as naive and easily fooled as before. Legolas either exaggerated about the strength of the Elven Kingdom or did not mention it at all, leaving the human kingdoms completely clueless. However, he did not deliberately hide his abilities, especially when he was communicating with the Legendary-mages of the Alanna Guild of Magic.
It was only then that the King of Felan understood why the Elven Kingdom had specially sent him to deal with the humans after learning of Legolas's strength. That was because this diplomat of the Elven Kingdom was not only an anomaly among the elves, but could also be said to be an anomaly among the mages.
After receiving the blessing of the Forest Goddess Monferra, the elves' love for nature far exceeded that of any other race. However, Legolas from the Elven Kingdom was not only a powerful Legendary-mage, but also a Legendary-mage who specialized in fire magic. Anyone who heard this news could not help but sigh. From a mage to a Legendary-mage, it was really a miracle that the Emerald Forest had not been burned down. It was no wonder that Legolas was sent away.
In fact, it was not a big deal for the elves to study fire magic. The elves themselves were very talented in magic, and it was very normal for mages to study fire magic. Mages themselves were profound scholars. Be it human or elven mages, it was very necessary for them to learn about the seven main elements — earth, fire, water, wind, light, darkness, chaos, and the various branches derived from the seven main elements.
It was even more so for Legendary-mages. In order to understand the origin of nomological power, they even had to study the Combat Energy used by Warriors, the Soul Force of Necromancers, and the power of curses. In the eyes of Legendary-mages, all forces in the world were inseparable from the seven basic rules. Every understanding of the origin of a force meant a deeper understanding of the basic rules.
Hence, any Legendary-mage would definitely have a huge amount of knowledge that was unimaginable to ordinary people. And in the 1,300 years after the Dark Age, there was only one Legendary-mage who specialized in a single element, Legolas.
In fact, even a mage who had been specializing in a certain element of magic all the way to the Archmage realm and did not care about the other elements of magic would be able to comprehend the other elements of magic once he broke through the Legendary-realm. The essence of power was the same. Those magical spells that had never been exposed to before would be no different from decades of research in the hands of a Legendary-mage.
The ultimate goal of magic was to directly point to the origin of power. After a mage reached the Legendary-realm, spells and techniques became dispensable. Only the understanding and application of the essence of magic and the nomological power of the basic elements would determine whether a Legendary-mage was powerful.
Hence, logically speaking, Legendary-mages did not care about what they specialized in. They might first understand some elemental rules, and thus show a certain elemental inclination when creating their own Magical Domain. For example, most Legendary-mages would first use the laws of ice to create their own Magical Domain. However, this was not the ultimate goal of a Legendary-mage. The ultimate goal of a Legendary-mage was to continuously understand more elemental rules and bring their Magical Domain closer to the world.
However, Legolas was different. Not only did he burn down an elite group of bandits, but he also displayed his attainments in fire magic when interacting with human Legendary-mages. This made people mistakenly think that he had reached the peak of the Legendary-realm. But when he used the other types of magic, the dense fire elemental aura that didn't diminish in the slightest directly shocked everyone.
No one had ever seen anyone use magic like that. Regardless of whether it was earth, water, wind, or light and darkness, Legolas used the fire element as the foundation to cast all the spells. In terms of understanding and perception of the basic elemental Laws, Legolas was not inferior to any Legendary-mage. Although the Laws he used were still those of earth, water, wind, and other elemental forces, the spells he cast were all fire elemental magic.
No one knew how or why Legolas did it. It was just that in a document that mentioned him, there was a long prefix of "Legendary-mage specializing in fire element magic" in front of his name.
It was said that a Legendary-mage who had participated in the exchange had asked Legolas this question. However, Legolas did not give a clear answer. Instead, he gave a seemingly irrelevant answer, and said that he was already 470 years old this year. 470 years old meant that he had experienced the war at the end of the Dark Age, as well as the catastrophe that almost wiped out the elves.
No matter what the reason was, the truth was clear. Although Legolas was a Legendary-mage, the magic element that he cast was always fire element, just like how fire element magical beasts were born with it. If that branch on the auction stage contained a huge amount of pure fire element power, then it would make sense to say that it was a treasure that Legolas carried with him all the time.
However, the truth was that ever since William opened the exaggerated box, the branch that still had tender leaves on it had been continuously emitting a refreshing and natural magical aura. This aura made people feel calm and peaceful. Because of this, the huge amount of pure power did not cause discomfort to the people present. Instead, it made them mistakenly think that the branch was too ordinary. If it had been fire element magical power, there wouldn't have been many people in the hall who could have stayed seated after William had opened the box.
Although he was sure that this branch was not a treasure used by Legolas, he could tell from the fresh and natural magical aura that it was a treasure that had been passed down by the Elves for countless years, just as William had said.
Wilkinson and the other pharmacists stared at the inconspicuous branch on the stage with fervent eyes. Although they did not know the origin of the branch, the natural aura that it emitted was not fake at all. This thriving natural aura was a good thing for pharmacists, especially for pharmaceutics Masters and high-level pharmacists like Wilkinson who were about to become Masters.
Pharmacists dealt with all kinds of herbs and concocted potions with magical effects all day long. However, their pursuit was not to make money from selling potions. For pharmaceutics Masters and high-level pharmacists like Wilkinson, concocting potions was more for the sake of honing their skills, improving their pharmaceutical level, and exploring the mysteries of pharmaceutics. Their pursuit was actually the same as that of Mages and Sword Sages.
Of course, there were also some low-level and intermediate pharmacists who had already understood that they could not improve, and thus used their time to concoct low-level and intermediate potions to earn money. This was also the same as other professions. For example, mages would join adventurers, Warriors would become explorers, or become soldiers or thieves, and so on.
However, Wilkinson and the others were not pharmacists without goals, especially after they received training from Lin Li at the Tower of Dusk. Their goal of becoming a pharmaceutics Master was already within reach. For example, the Origin Potion that Wilkinson had auctioned off today was actually at the Master-level. However, being a pharmaceutics Master did not mean that one had reached the peak of knowledge.
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