The Lord of the Arcane — it meant that a brand-new existence had declared its dominion over arcane power in the name of the world to all Mages who used arcane spells in the world.
Although this dominion was not complete or absolute, and as long as one carefully sensed it, they would realize that this dominion excluded the dragons. However, being controlled by others was never something that made Pharaoh happy.
For example, if a true god who controlled a certain domain wanted to use magic in that domain, he had to use it in the name of that existence and follow its rules.
The Goddess of the Moon Elune was an example. To use any magic related to the moon, the incantation had to be preceded by the words "in the name of the Goddess of the Moon Elune".
Usually, one had to offer sacrifices to the Goddess of Elune, such as overflowing magic or faith, and use the incantation at the critical moment. Only then would the Goddess of the Moon care about you.
In a domain that was monopolized, it was unreasonable. If you lowered your head, there would be a deal. If you were unhappy, then you could only scram and not use this power.
Of course, the one who made the declaration was only a demigod, and his dominion over that domain was not complete. At this time, one had to make a choice. If they were really unhappy, they could add something like "free arcane magic" in front of the incantation to announce that they were using unowned magic.
However, if that demigod became a true god in the future, the person who used unowned magic back then would be recorded in a little black book. Then, when he became a god, he would come back to settle the score. Burning that part of your magic circuit was a small matter, but what was worse was that your children and grandchildren would be forbidden from using it. That would be a big problem.
Moreover, the one who had announced to become the Lord of the Arcane was Duke Marcus!
Countless Mages' expressions changed drastically, especially Anastrian from Cuel Salas, who was now the leader of the Forgotten Ones.
He gripped his staff tightly with his bony claws that were so dry that there was not a trace of moisture in them.
This feeling was like Duque had slapped him in the face. One slap on the left, one slap on the right. Then, it repeated endlessly.
She was so close to slapping out a few of his white teeth.
The only good thing was that Duque had only just begun to try to become a demigod. First, he might not succeed. Second, he was still miles away from becoming a true god.
Unfortunately, he was still unhappy!
It was clearly his own power, but in his own soul, in his own magic circuit, the wandering arcana energy was being extracted. The arcana energy that was branded with Duque 'name was forcefully descending. Its unstoppable power was taking over and changing everything.
Not every wizard was named Anastrian, and not every wizard had crossed the threshold of Radiant Moon. From this moment onwards, all wizards below the Radiant Moon realm had to quickly recite the words' In the name of Duke Marcus' before using any arcane magic. Otherwise, they would have to wait for some great power to develop new arcana spells so that they could bypass Duque's arcana rule. Only then could they use arcana spells again.
In the Dalajan, in the Sin 'dorei Kingdom, in the Eastern Kingdom, and in Kalimdor, every Spellcaster subconsciously raised their heads to look at the sky. They discovered that the ever-changing arcane energy was constantly gathering and scattering in the sky, forming strange and blurry scenes.
Mediocre people could only watch the show.
Capable people looked at what Duque had shown them after swearing his oath as the 'Lord of Arcana'. It was a brand new arcana secret.
"I, Khadgar, in the name of Duke Marcus' Elemental Emissary, hereby declare that the subtleties of arcana should be known by the world and understood by the world. The power of arcana should be concentrated in the hands of the good, the explorers of magic, and the devout. My Lord wishes to accomplish all good deeds in the world. My Lord wishes to destroy all evil deeds in the world. Those who are willing to follow this will and this righteousness, please walk with my Lord — "
Khadgar's soul declaration was transmitted through the World Will, and all the mages in the world were in an uproar.
If Duque had just tyrannically declared his power, then this was a classic example of enticing and expressing his stance.
These words had two meanings:
The first was that there would be rewards for those who believed in him. These rewards were the Metamagic Abilities [Arcane Subtlety] and [Arcane Concentration] that the mages themselves had to comprehend.
As for the former [Arcane Subtlety], any decent mage would have to figure out a way to learn it on their own. This was because it could reduce your target's magic resistance by 10 points and reduce the threat of your arcane spells by 40%.
There were always people with thick skin in this world. For example, the Warriors of the Blackrock tribe were born with high fire resistance. 10 points of resistance was a unit that could reduce the enemy's resistance by a considerable amount. And the threat was to make the enemy more wary of you.
For example, if you cut the enemy's arm after they had been anesthetized, they wouldn't feel any pain and wouldn't feel like you were hitting them.
[Arcane Concentration] was to further reduce the enemy's resistance to your arcana magic.
These two Metamagic Abilities were very painful even for high-ranked mages.
If they rejected Duque, it would mean that they would have to say goodbye to these two Metamagic Abilities forever.
The second meaning was even more direct — Damn it, I'm on the side of justice and kindness. Those who are neutral are fine, but those who are evil can all get out of here.
Almost as soon as these words came out, the entire Dalajan was in an uproar.
"Long live!"
"Praise be to Duke Marcus!"
In any world, power was in the shape of a pyramid, and those with ultimate power were always in the minority. Most of them were ordinary people at the bottom. Duque's announcement meant that almost every decent mage, as long as they weren't evil cultists, would automatically have two Metamagic Abilities!
For a large group of mages, this was a huge increase in power, or at least 20%.
Almost at the same time that Cadgar made the announcement on behalf of Duque, more information regarding arcana magic was transmitted to the souls of the mages, such as the standard of using arcana magic, and that the starting point for exploring arcana magic was to be a Morning Star Mage. Every spellcaster could feel Duque's strictness, as well as his demand for mastery of arcana magic.
Duque, who was in the middle of the spell formation, did not say a word. He subconsciously lowered his head, and found that beneath his feet was no longer a spell formation, nor was it earth, nor was it mountains and rivers. Instead, it was a world of nothingness, with only arcana elements left.
This world still had the outline of Planet Azeroth. He could even transcend matter and space, and directly 'see' the souls on the other side of the planet, on the Kalimdor continent.
Souls of all colours. Although there were countless souls fleeing from this illusory world of arcana magic, some of them were spinning strangely, some were trembling, and some were even desperately trying to break away from this world of arcana magic.
Duque sensed that they were things that had begun to decay.
"Calamity Army … The Forgotten …" The corner of Duque's mouth lifted into a mysterious smile.
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