Knowledge is power. This was a famous saying in the circle of mages.
The Society of Sorcerers seemed to care a lot about the passing down of magic and the circulation of knowledge. Therefore, it was stipulated that every mage had to submit a new magic to the Society every three years. The Society would then pay for the dissemination of this magic knowledge.
In fact, not many mages would hand over their trump card. Of course, there were also those kinds of magic research that could not see the light of day.
Just like those magicians who developed powerful offensive spells in history, the spells eventually became forbidden spells. Before they revealed their unique skills, they would always be spied on from all sides. Spell models, spells, tricks, attack range, distance, and so on. There was nothing that people did not want to know.
Some people wanted to master this powerful magic, while others wanted to find a way to break it or a weakness. Some even wanted to attack the weakness or counterattack. There were all kinds of purposes. The same thing was that one had to pry open the mouth of the inventor to find out the secret.
However, most sorcerers would reveal the secrets of their magic due to various reasons or carelessness. Only a few could keep it a secret until the moment of their death. Perhaps it was lost, or perhaps it was rediscovered by later generations.
The outstanding achievements of the Tower of the Great Sage were more attractive than Kiel (gold coins) in the eyes of mages, especially the group of Tower Masters. Therefore, those who had designs on Lin's wealth were all dispelled by another group of people. The knowledge of modifying the Tower of the Great Sage was Lin's most valuable goal now.
Of course, for most people with ulterior motives, the best situation was to grasp it themselves. Others did not know about it, and this required the cooperation of a certain someone. That was why there was a series of troubles recently, Lin thought.
The reason why no one wanted to get rid of him was probably because he had left the protection of the Magic Tower. In their eyes, he was a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. That was why they prioritized obtaining the knowledge and not killing him to prevent the knowledge from falling into the hands of others and become a threat to him.
Thinking about the meaning of Master Wizard Grimwin's words, Lin sighed softly, his expression full of helplessness. How could the person sitting opposite him not know the change in Lin's state of mind? He had gone through the same path in the past. The only difference was that he had joined Orange Eaton, who was not yet the president at that time. It was also because he was able to fight with such ferocity that he was able to stand out.
Now that he had come to build a relationship with this mage, it was nothing more than hoping to use the suppression of others to show goodwill and recruit another talent for his faction. This could be considered as taking advantage of others. It was also one of the reasons why he did not reveal the identity of the mastermind. He wanted to prevent this mage from succumbing too early and directly under the command of others. From his observation, Marco Lin was not the kind of person with strong willpower.
However, there was a huge variable in all of this, and that was the existence of the Lich. Grimwin and Orange Eaton had witnessed the unfathomable strength of the resurrected former Demon King Fanny Tikal. This was also the main reason why they did not choose to use forceful means.
As for the relationship between the two people living together, Grimwin did not dare to make any moves before figuring this out, even if the higher-ups of the branch gave him a death order. At the very least, he had to figure out if the two were simply a union of interests, or if the former Demon King would stand up for someone's wishes or harm.
However, he still had to say what he needed to say. Asking would not offend anyone anyway. "Sir Tripwood, don't you have any thoughts of handing over the knowledge?"
"I do have such plans," Lin said straightforwardly.
Grimwin was shocked when he heard this. He thought to himself, 'It's done just like that?'
"But —"
Grimwin's heart settled back. It was normal to have a proviso, and abnormal to not have one.
"— There are some questions I want to ask first."
"Mm, please go ahead." Grimwin took a sip of coffee, slightly lifted his spirits, and listened carefully to Lin's next question.
"Although the Association also sells knowledge books such as' Beginner's Magic 'and' Apprentice Assessment Guide ', there doesn't seem to be a method for mages to hand over such knowledge. As far as I know, the relevant regulations are all about how to hand over the magic. There is a set of standards for the price and evaluation of magic, but none of them are about a set of knowledge. "
"A set of knowledge to hand over?" Grimwin asked, puzzled.
"That's right. You see, whether it's Fanny who wants to provide a comparison of ancient and modern magic, or I who want to provide knowledge on the programming of the Magic Tower, these are not descriptions of a single magic. Although the Association provides knowledge books, the number is very small. Compared to the huge number of different magic, knowledge books are only a few introductory books. Plus, the content of knowledge books are not directly usable magic. Regarding this point, how does the Association define it? Does it include it in the amount handed over once every three years, or does it not recognize this as magic at all, nor does it accept this kind of handing over? "
"Well, these are indeed problems. I can help you ask the chairman's opinion. But Mr. Tripwood, you mentioned that the programming of the Magic Tower belongs to a set of knowledge. What does this part refer to? "
"To put it in a simpler way, let's set up a magic array. We need a circle here and a triangle there; we need to fill in such a rune here and use some kind of mark there. Maybe we can roughly get the same effect if we follow the existing pattern and copy it. But what if there's a mistake? How are we going to correct the mistake? If we want to extend it and create magic arrays with other effects, how should we do it? These all require some of the most basic knowledge to support. "
"In other words, the programming of the Magic Tower is different from the existing system of magic and magic arrays. Other people want to learn, but the basic knowledge is still not enough. "
"Of course, or you see, I've published several sets of magic related to the browser for several years. The most basic source code in them has not been encrypted in any way. It's completely spread out in the sunlight for everyone to see. Has anyone used those things to create their own forums, emails, or even servers? No. It's even quite difficult to make some personal settings according to the settings I provide, not to mention some more detailed changes. So I think it's necessary to provide some basic knowledge. "
After pondering for a while, Grimwin seriously considered Lin's words. To be honest, today, when the forum was popular, he had also studied the underlying programming code. Even if he didn't completely understand what those mysterious words were doing, he still hoped to get some inspiration from them. But no matter how many times he studied it, the result never changed. He couldn't understand a single word.
Regarding this, in the small circle that discussed the programming code of the forum, it was unanimously agreed that this was magic written by Mage Guebrach Tripwood using some kind of special secret language. It could be the lost language of some forgotten god, or it could be a sweet poison from some evil existence from the chaotic abyss.
But today, after hearing the explanation from the person himself, they could more or less understand the confusion left behind by the past. But for a new Mage — for a great Mage like Grimwin, Lin's qualifications were still that of a rookie. Was it possible to create a new system of magic?
Forget it, let's not question it for now. Grimwin said seriously, "As for your opinion, I will truthfully convey it to the chairman and other decision-makers. Please wait for the good news. Do you have anything else to convey? "
"No, I don't have anything else to convey to the chairman. I just don't know if Mr. Grimwin knows where I can borrow a large conference hall? "
"You want to borrow the council?" Someone showed a strange look and looked at the person who asked the question.
Lin hurriedly explained, "No, no, no, I don't want to borrow the council. I want to ask if there is a similar place where one person can speak and then have a large audience. And it has to be indoors, not an open-air plaza. "
What Lin thought was that compared to Earth, the mystery land still lacked two things: one was a stage, and the other was a school.
Although there were also performances in the mystery land, there was no fixed stage. Most of the performances for the nobles went directly to the nobles' castles or houses, and started the performance in a small corner in a larger room. Of course, in this way, there would not be any environment, and the focus would be on the performers. If the performances were for the commoners, they could be performed in any place on the roadside or in a square, and there was no so-called stage.
It was the same for schools. For the education in the mystery land, if it was a noble, they would directly hire a private tutor for one-on-one teaching. If it was a small noble who could not afford a private tutor, then it was possible that their parents would teach them in person, or more knowledgeable vassals would impart knowledge.
Commoners also had the opportunity to learn, and they were sent to monasteries. The missionaries who worshipped the gods would not be stingy with imparting knowledge in order to better spread the teachings and increase the number of people who were willing to wander around to spread the teachings for the gods. After all, between knowledgeable missionaries and those who did not know anything, who would be more persuasive, this went without saying.
As for the price, most of them would spend half a day working for the monasteries, and the other half would be able to listen to the priests teach. Of course, there would be a lot of private goods in these teachings. To use a more modern term from Earth, it was placement marketing. Every time they spoke, they would praise how great the true gods were, and so on.
When they had learned enough, or when they thought they had learned enough, they were free to leave the monasteries, and no one would stop them. Most of the people who left, even if they did not believe in the gods, would still remember the favor they had received. This was also why the church was closer to the secular world than the mages, and why the nobles were wary of them.
Lin Hui thought of these two facilities mainly because he wanted to have a place where he could give lectures on a large scale, which was also something that had never been done in the mystery land. The most important thing was that when the forum first started to spread, almost all the mages he met would ask the same questions. Once or twice was fine, but when it happened too many times, and they kept repeating the same questions and the same answers, even someone with a good temper would go crazy.
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