pertwk Chapter 19: The Royal Capital Magicians' Association
Chapter 19: The Royal Capital Magicians' Association
The court magicians assembled quickly because they were under the command of Steward Mike.
Given that magicians require extremely high talent and need to be tested on their magical sensitivity, only one in a thousand are qualified to practice magic.
Moreover, the path of magical cultivation is far more obscure and perilous than the path of knightly martial arts. One careless move can easily lead to mental confusion, resulting in qi deviation and death.
Of a thousand qualified individuals who are skilled in magic, only one in ten will ultimately become an apprentice mage, and even among a hundred apprentice mages, not even one will necessarily become a junior mage.
For various reasons, the Royal Mage Guild in the capital currently has only a little over 120 registered mages.
Moreover, more than 50% are novice monks and 30% are junior monks.
The most powerful mage is: Situ Bolei, the leader of the mage guild, who broke through to the level of Grand Mage just two years ago.
Li Ang inspected his court mage team. Although the size was still "thin", a job change option called [Psionicist] was particularly eye-catching in the "Golden Faith Godhood System" in his mind.
The talent requirements for [Psionicists] are much lower than those for mages. If a large number of ordinary people could be converted to this profession, it might replace mages in the future.
Li Ang secretly made his own plans.
However, the most urgent task is to eliminate the wheat field disaster in Amber Town. Li Ang instructed Captain Situ Bolei: "Captain Situ, I need you to further screen the magic team and gather mages with the following attributes: wood, light, water, and earth."
Situ Bolei bowed and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Soon, Situ Bolei selected the four types of mages, totaling only a few dozen.
The most awkward thing is that Situ Bolei's main attribute is: Lightning!
Fortunately, once a mage becomes an archmage, they can study one to three other types of magic as a minor.
Situ Bolei happened to have minored in "wood" magic. Although it was not as powerful as his main attribute, lightning magic, it had the advantage of abundant magical power and rich experience. In Situ Bolei's hands, the power of wood magic could be comparable to that of a high-level mage.
"The power of the court alone is still rather weak! Mike, why hasn't the president of the Royal Capital Mage Association arrived yet?"
Li Ang calculated the time; more than half a day had passed, and the people from the Mage Association still hadn't arrived.
Mike's face was grim: "Your Majesty, I've already been to the Mage's Guild headquarters! President Stephen made an excuse that he had other business to attend to and said he'd be there later!"
Li Ang was immediately furious. The president of the Mage Association had such a high opinion of himself.
How dare you shirk your responsibilities and obstruct the king's orders?
Steward Mac was no soft-hearted man either. If any other noble or powerful person had dared to treat the King so disrespectfully, he would have already sent the palace guards to raid their homes and punish them!
However, the Royal Capital Magicians' Association is the holy land for all human magicians in the Kingdom of Grant!
President Stephen is nominally the mentor of tens of thousands of magicians in the kingdom!
At the same time, Stephen's cultivation was also extremely powerful. Fifteen years ago, he had already reached the level of a Grand Magus, which was a whole realm higher than Situ Bolei. He was known as the Kingdom's number one magician!
Ordinary magicians hold a high and mighty status and are hailed as uncrowned nobles.
A novice monk typically enjoys privileges in the kingdom similar to those of a lord.
Not to mention President Stephen, who is at the level of a Grand Magus!
Even though Steward Mike wanted to take action against Stephen, he was powerless to do so.
Li Ang frowned: "Under the whole heaven, all land belongs to the king; on the shores of the earth, all people are subjects of the king! Chairman Stephen may be highly respected, but he is also one of my subjects!"
"Mike, go and ask Chairman Stephen for help again!"
Li Ang waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, there's no need! President Stephen has already left the capital on business! I am Ferdinand, one of the three vice presidents of the Capital Mage Association, and I have come to pay my respects to Your Majesty on the orders of President Stephen!"
A man in his fifties with light purple hair and wearing a loose robe strode over with a hearty laugh.
The newcomer identified himself as Ferdinand, one of the three vice presidents of the Mage's Association. He was also a renowned figure, having reached the level of a Grand Mage twenty years ago, making him much stronger than Situ Bolei, who had only been promoted a few years prior.
"President Stephen is truly incredibly busy! Manager Mike just informed him, and he's already left without saying goodbye!"
Li Ang sneered.
Ferdinand smiled smugly: "Your Majesty, President Stephen is the common mentor of all magicians in the kingdom, so naturally he's quite busy! Please forgive him!"
Fearing Leon might suddenly erupt, Steward Mike lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, the Capital Mage Association has always been like this. During the reign of the former King Gudroni, President Stephen also held a high position, leading the Mage Association to subtly show signs of independence!"
A cold glint flashed in Li Ang's eyes, which he struggled to suppress.
Now is not the time to fall out with the Mage's Guild!
At the very least, the Royal Capital Mage Association appears to be loyal to the royal family. Even though the president isn't here, at least a vice president has been sent to receive instructions.
"The power I have right now is still too weak! Putting everything else aside, once the Ash Knights have grown stronger, let's see if that Guild Master Stephen will still dare to disobey the King's orders!"
Li Ang clenched his fists, knowing that increasing his strength and influence was of paramount importance.
"I need mages specializing in wood, light, water, and earth! I'll have to trouble Vice President Ferdinand to help me gather them!"
Ferdinand outwardly complied, saying, "No problem! I will do my best to gather the four elemental mages!"
Perhaps to demonstrate the powerful influence of the Royal Capital Mage Association, Ferdinand brought over four hundred mages of all four elements a day later.
Moreover, there are two to three high-level mages each in the wood, light, water, and earth elements!
As for Ferdinand's main attribute, it is Earth!
Meanwhile, all the workers in the slum factories were conscripted and transferred to Galetown.
Hundreds of thousands of slum workers, armed with small nets, cooperated with Viscount Sonata of Galetown in a massive operation to capture the ladybugs of Tomato Village.
The children in the slum factory played a crucial role in this capture operation.
These children are agile and quick, catching insects faster and more accurately than adults!
Lord Yaru learned from the officials of the Grain and Supplies Bureau who came down from the capital that the "strange insect" that had puzzled him for so many days was called a "ladybug"!
However, Lord Yaru still couldn't understand why His Majesty the King would attach such importance to this strange insect.
Hundreds of thousands of poor people were conscripted here?
Just to catch bugs?
Viscount Sonata received more information than Lord Biaru. What shocked him even more was that His Majesty the King had mobilized a large number of poor people not only because of the insects, but also, most surprisingly, because His Majesty had called up a huge army of mages!
Steward Mike personally visited Windwind Town to provide bug-catching instructions: "Hurry up! No matter how many bugs you catch in one day, return immediately! Bring all the ladybugs back to Amber Town!"