Sword of Dawn

In fact, although the wooden house is still the same wooden house, it has completely changed its appearance after Pittman's magical transformation over the past few months - those wood boards that have been felled and have lost their vitality have been infiltrated by druid spells for a long time Some kind of "activation" has been obtained, vines and branches and leaves grow from the gaps in the wooden boards, making the wooden house more compact and solid, and at the same time greatly beautifying its appearance, while the environment inside the wooden house has become winterized due to the effect of natural spells. It is warm in summer and cool in summer, Gao Wen believes that this is a very comfortable place to live.

Otherwise, the old dishonesty who sells ointments, eats, drinks, plays cards, and has a bad habit would have come to him to change houses... Pittman is not the kind of guy who is willing to be poor, otherwise he wouldn't run away because the druid doesn't make money Going to be an antique appraiser...

Walking into this brand-new (and being renewed every day) wooden house, Gawain first saw the old druid who was busy with his head down next to the test bench. The latter had obviously noticed the lord's arrival, but still Without raising his head: "My lord, please wait a moment, I will finish the work here soon - the magic experiment cannot be interrupted, these equipments are a bit old, I have to watch carefully to..."

Amber stood aside without hesitation to dismantle the other party: "Don't pretend, your pile of containers haven't started to respond yet—this kind of decent painting style that is obsessed with academic research, responsible for the truth and has no time to care about the lord is not suitable for you."

Gao Wen was half moved by Pittman's rigorous and serious work attitude when he heard the truth revealed by Amber, and immediately looked up and down suspiciously at Pittman, while the latter straightened up from the test bench, blowing his beard and staring at the half-elf Miss: "I just want to cheat some experimental funds. Is it easy for me! Where are you from?"

Amber rolled her eyes: "Nonsense, whoever pays me my salary, of course I will be at that end."

"Cough cough," Gao Wen hurriedly coughed twice, interrupting the topic that was about to stray, "I'm here to see the results of your experiment—you seem to have figured out the most critical step in the production of medicine?"

Upon hearing this, Pittman put down the old alchemy props he was using to cheat funds, straightened up triumphantly, and led Gawain to the alchemy platform on the other side of the laboratory: "Take a look at this first!"

Gawain walked over curiously, and he saw a series of connected flasks, retorts, condensers, stills and other devices placed on the alchemy table, which are commonly used by alchemists when preparing medicines. Although their combination is quite complicated, it is not that special compared to when Pittman prepared the potion before. What is really special is the complex magic pattern engraved on the surface of two of the containers, and the center of the alchemy table. A set of unfamiliar rune arrays.

Gao Wen was sure that there were no such structures on normal alchemy tables and alchemy containers.

"What are these?" Gawain asked curiously.

"This is the 'Druid Magic Array' used to replace the caster." Pittman blinked and said proudly.

"Druid magic array?!"

"Yes," Pittman nodded, "As you know, the biggest problem we encountered when trying to produce druid medicine before was that the caster must participate in the final 'enchanting' step of the medicine: only the druid Ruy spells can catalyze these potions."

Speaking of this, Pittman paused, and then said: "Druid spells are derived from ancient natural magic, which is completely different from today's conventional magic system, so there is no complete set of 'spell model-rune array' corresponding The conversion system, that is to say, many druid spells cannot be converted into magic circles, which makes it impossible for us to replace the caster by imprinting magic circles on foreign objects like magic nets or heat ray guns... ...This restricts the mass production of alchemy potions, because the number of druids is limited, and the total amount of magic power of a single person is also limited."

Gawain looked at this little old man who usually acted rather indecent in surprise: "So you successfully transformed the druid's magic into a magic circle?"

"Strictly speaking, it's the ancient druid magic circle - when the druid sect was still the sect of the god of nature, the druid magic was still used as the 'magic circle' when the magic was performed," Pittman said in a deep voice And said solemnly, "For this reason, I read a lot of ancient classics - I spent 120 seven gold coins to buy the book, and the errand money for the book was..."

"It's inappropriate to say this in such a solemn tone, and I'll reimburse you later," Gawain interrupted directly, "But I remember that the druids' magic spells have all expired. Could it be that those ancient magic circles can still be used?" ?”

"Of course you can't use it directly, but look at these runes... don't they look familiar?"

After being reminded like this, Gao Wen noticed that the magic lines on the surface of the containers and the symbols on the alchemy table were indeed a little familiar, especially the usage of mixing elemental runes and sacred symbols. A strong sense of sight...

After a few seconds, he suddenly realized what it was: in the ruins in the mountains, in the Shadow Realm, that large mixed magic circle used to control and bind the flesh and blood of gods!That magic circle was drawn by mixing elemental runes and divine symbols!

Gao Wen showed a surprised expression: "Is it a technology excavated from the ruins?"

"That's right," Pittman nodded, "At that time you rubbed all the magic circles you found in the mountain ruins, but Ms. Hetty couldn't do anything about the magic circle inside, so she found it. I'm here to help—although the divine arts of Druids have been lost, as an ancient profession that attaches great importance to inheritance, we have always preserved and passed on those sacred symbols as purely academic materials. Ms. Hetty asked me to help Identify the meaning of those symbols, and in the process, I discovered a bold attempt of the Gondor Empire..."

"Try boldly?" Gawain frowned. From Pittman's tone, he had a premonition that this might not be some simple secret.

Of course, this may also be the new posture of the little old man cheating funds. If this is the case, it will be better solved. One meal is enough—anyway, he is a 700-year-old coffin essence + 700 million-year satellite essence, in this land No need to worry about being accused of disrespecting the elderly when beating anyone...

Of course, if someone hadn't said that beating up an old man was child abuse, then he would have to admit it.

Fortunately, Pittman is really not cheating funds this time: "They are trying to 'find the interface of divine power'."

As he spoke, the little old man pointed to the magic lines engraved on the containers and the alchemy table: "Unless the teachings are strictly followed, the power of the gods cannot be used by people. This is a shackle recognized by the world, but the magisters of the ancient Gondor Empire They obviously intend to do some disobedient things. They designed this mixed magic circle to bypass some kind of 'restriction' set by the gods, so as to mobilize the power of the gods through the power of magic. Judging from the clues you found in the ruins in the mountains , their attempt was obviously successful, or at least partly successful—they found the 'access point' to use magic runes to control divine arts. Although with our current technology, there is no way to completely restore that complex set There is no way to create a strong enough energy to drive it, but the way of arranging the runes can still be used for reference..."

What Pittman said was not only astonishing, but also seemed promising, but Gawain couldn't help but be puzzled: "I remember that some people tried to use magic power to cast divine spells, but they all failed. A priest of the Holy Light Even being swallowed by the holy light because of this...Are you sure that this technology is not risky?"

"Risks definitely exist, and any magic has risks, but risk control is a compulsory course for us," Pittman nodded, "I also know about the failed attempts you mentioned, we discussed them last time, and now in my opinion , Their failure is actually going the wrong way.”

"Wrong way?"

"That's right, they went the wrong way. Those who tried to use magic to control divine spells and failed, they just forcibly replaced the symbols in divine spells with elemental runes through elemental language translation and replacement, as if bluntly Every word in the Elvish language is replaced by the lingua franca with a similar meaning. It is like trying to translate an Elvish book in this way. What they make can only be nonsense," Pittman shook his head, "while the magisters of the Gondor Empire did it much smarter, they realized that it is impossible to 'translate' the power of gods with human 'language', Therefore, a kind of "interface" was created. This interface did not try to translate the symbols in the magic spell bluntly, but drew the magic spell array, and then set the magic runes for control at each key position, and input and In the output stage, materials with both spiritual and magical properties are used as the "transformation medium". Through this method, they indirectly change the divine power from the original "rigid energy" that must strictly follow the teachings to operate, and become the same as magic power. 'Flexible energy' that can be easily used by mortals."

For some reason, when Gao Wen listened to Pittman's description of using elemental symbols to bluntly replace magical symbols, the word "machine translation" popped up in his mind.

Is this the alien version of the machine-turned-killing-killing...

"So, you have mastered this 'interface' technology?" Gawain shook his head, throwing out the unreliable associations about "machine flip" in his head, looking at Pittman and asked.

"It can't be said that I fully grasp it. After all, what you asked people to print back is only some magic circles, not the original research materials of the Gondor Empire. I have to study those magic circles for a while before I can understand the specific principles of this interface. What is it?" Pittman said honestly, without much care in this professional and risky field, "Now I just found a little way to use it, and connected it to the ancient gods of druids. On the array."

Pittman stroked his beard at this point, with a smile on his face: "Strictly speaking, what I did in the Druid magic circle is the opposite of what the magisters of the Gondor Empire did. ——They draw power from the magic, but the druid magic has long since expired, and the magic circle can no longer release energy, so I reverse this process and use magic power to counter the magic circle' Charge', so that the latter can operate. Of course, there is a certain degree of loss in this process, but the loss is not too large. With the support of the new honeycomb magic net, the energy loss caused by this reverse transformation is completely acceptable."

The old druid raised his hand and pointed to a corner of the device on the alchemy table: "You should have noticed that it has a port here to connect to the magic net, so just connect it to the magic net If it is connected, the power of the magic net will be converted into the energy of the magical array through the "divine power inverter array" on the alchemy platform, thereby catalyzing the potions in the two containers, as if an ancient druid priest is facing They cast spells, turning ordinary herbal sap in containers into magic potions..."

After finishing the explanation, the old Druid took a long breath and turned to Gao Wen: "My lord, this is the mass production method I found."

Chapter 0198 The Height of Technology

The principle described by Pittman is actually not complicated. The connection between the magic circle and the magic circle is actually a process of "frequency conversion compatibility" in Gao Wen's understanding.

Although the structures of the two are different, the rune system and effective mechanism are also different, but the magic circle and the magic circle are essentially a system that consumes mana and produces effects (the energy-gathering circle like the magic net actually does not produce mana, It just concentrates and compresses the original discrete magic power in nature, and in the process, it has its own waste energy loss), and such a system is inherently possible to connect: as long as you find a suitable transfer path, you can .

Generally speaking, elemental runes and divine spell runes are not compatible with each other, and the only result of forcing each other to replace them is that the spells are out of control-those priests interpreted it as the supremacy of the gods, so the power given by the gods is also higher than that of mortals. The spells used, of course, low-level spells cannot be compatible with high-level divine spells, but in Gawain's speculation, he thinks it's just that the compatibility between the two is difficult, or "the same frequency area is too narrow".

He came up with this speculation not for no reason, but because of the historical facts of the transition from druid magic to magic, and a reasonable guess after the discovery of the mixed magic circle in the ruins in the mountains-now it turns out that his guess is correct of.

The power of the so-called gods is not superior to magic power, but the connection between divine magic runes and elemental runes is not as easy as the connection between elemental runes, and without theoretical guidance, it is necessary to find it in the vast number of runes. The correct arrangement is like finding a needle in a haystack, which is why scholars believe that the two systems are not compatible.

The Gondor magisters 1000 years ago seem to have caught this "needle".

The druid's magic has been lost. After the energy source from the "gift" of the gods disappeared, they had to absorb magic power in nature to perform the former "magic". In this process, the magic became Magic, and the magic array has gradually become an invalid historical relic due to failure to find a reasonable way to transform it, but the "interface" found by Pittman has made it possible for the ancient and abandoned magic array to operate again. From Wen's point of view, the mysterious veil of the magic circle was completely lifted at this moment.

It is actually a magic circle, and the sacred rune is actually a special kind of magic rune (independent of the elemental rune system), but its energy cannot be obtained directly from nature, but requires a layer of "filtering" or Only "transformation" can be used, and the inversion array is the key to this transformation.

Gao Wen's thoughts expanded - he thought of those mysterious gods, what role did the gods play in this process?

They...maybe the first and largest inverter array.

The gods purified and extracted the original basic energy of nature, and transformed it into the so-called "superior energy" that can release divine magic, such as the power of nature, holy light, divine power of war, etc., and then used strict teachings as the "authorization standard" to allow Ordinary people who perform religious ceremonies can borrow these transformed secondary energies from them. If placed on the earth, this is equivalent to an advanced country monopolizing all primary resources such as fossil fuels, solar energy, and wind energy, and corresponding Power generation technology, and then convert these resources into electricity and export it to a primitive country - the latter will enter the age of electricity in one fell swoop, but as long as they can't find a way to generate electricity, they will be stuck in this state forever , living a seemingly primitive and backward life with lights and phones on the surface.

Because they are missing the most important "conversion link" technology in the middle.

There is only human beings as an intelligent race on the earth, and the gap between people is limited, so this kind of monopoly is difficult to achieve, but in this world, the gods have power far beyond the imagination of mortals-they successfully carried out this kind of monopoly.

The "fall of the white star" 3000 years ago was the beginning of breaking the monopoly. On that day, the god of nature worshiped by the druids disappeared for unknown reasons. Therefore, the authority to purify the divine power of nature was lifted, and mortals were freed. magic, and the magisters who studied the flesh and blood of the gods in the dark mountains 1000 years ago further broke the monopoly. They used a more radical method to try to bypass the "authority lock" set by the gods, and obtained success.

However, the overall monopoly has not yet been broken. There are still many gods in the world, and mortals can only get the corresponding divine power by praying to the gods. However, the key to breaking the monopoly is already in the hands of Gao Wen.

"Do you know what this 'inverted array' means?" Gawain calmed down, and he looked at Pittman fixedly and asked.

The old Druid smiled: "I know, to be honest, I'm quite proud."

"The churches all over the world will regard us as mortal enemies," Gao Wen said slowly, "90.00% of the priests will bite us."

Pittman blinked, and there was a hint of cunning in his eyes: "Not only those priests, but also the 'gods' behind them."

Yes, and the gods behind them.

Although the news that "the gods are dead" was revealed in the Eternal Tablet, the fact that the power of the world is still there is undeniable. Gawain had to beware of those "gods" hiding behind the scenes. Are they the revived gods?Or some kind of "usurper" who took advantage of the emptiness of the god's position to take the opportunity?Whatever it is that is answering the prayers of mortals, they probably won't be happy to see their monopoly broken.

"For the time being, don't use the inverter array technology on any magical array other than the Druid system." Gao Wen said seriously.

He didn't know how bright the eyes of the gods were, and he could only assume that they would jump if a leg hair was plucked.

"I understand." Pittman nodded, obviously he didn't dare to mess around in this regard.

"This technology, we need to wrap it up," Gawain took a breath, and continued, "This is an attempt to transform the druid magic into a 'magic circle', and due to the origin of the druid spell, the magic circle is naturally There will be ancient magic symbols, it is natural, do you understand?"

"Of course, I'm just a low-level druid, how can I know how to steal divine power?" Pittman stroked his beard and narrowed his eyes, "I just copied the ancient druid magic circle from the book, and then put It's just messing around with the magic net. As for the so-called reverse runes... With the heads of most spellcasters and priests in this era, they only pay attention to whether this thing can be used. Who cares about its principle? What effect!"

Gawain heard Pittman's deep contempt and even a trace of resentment towards traditional spellcasters from Pittman's tone. He knew there must be a story in it, but he just took a deep look at the other party and didn't ask further.

He nodded: "These deceitful statements are just in case. As long as we keep the technology secret, we don't have to worry about the danger that will happen after these leaks. There are only three of us here today. Before I think the time is right , this secret is only known to us, at most the core technicians who will be added in the future will know, understand?"

Pittman nodded slightly, while Amber suddenly looked at Gao Wen in horror: "You won't kill me to silence you?"

Gawain tapped on the half-elf's head casually: "Is there any normal operation in your mind?"

"Oh my god, isn't it normal to kill people and silence them?"

Gawain looked at Pittman helplessly: "To be honest, how did you and your old buddy educate this girl?"

"Well, we didn't expect her to grow up like this," Pittman sighed dejectedly, "her adoptive father and I have been working hard to earn money to support the baby, we taught her to sneak, poison, dig graves, dig graves, She was deceived, cheated, and even found the best shadow instructor for her. We educated her so seriously, why did she grow crooked..."

Gao Wen: "..."

Damn chicken, can this education be crooked? !Amber has only been a bit of a petty theft until now, which is considered pure talent, right? !

"...Go back and correct your three views." Gao Wen waved his hand to Amber helplessly, then looked back at Pittman, "You sort out the new production process and the technical requirements of various equipment in a detailed form. For information, I will arrange for the industrial department to start designing the corresponding equipment and workshops for you. It is winter now. If the work is completed in the past few months, it will be available in spring. In addition, I remember that you have recruited a group of pharmacist apprentices. Is it useful?"

In accordance with Gao Wen's instruction of "expanding talents", Pittman recruited a group of pharmacist apprentices in the territory to teach the way of nature—the kind in the story who randomly pulls a child from a poor family to come back with extraordinary talent, and training is a reverse The story of a genius did not happen. Among the dozen or so apprentices, not even one had the talent of a druid. Only two or three had a weak ability to sense magic power. Even being a mage apprentice was difficult, but fortunately, Drew Yi's knowledge includes not only spells, but also the knowledge of preparing potions, domesticating animals, and cultivating plants that ordinary people can learn, so these apprentices have grown rapidly under the leadership of Pittman, and now they are doctors and nurses in the territory. Pharmacists, and when necessary, they will also help Pittman configure the catalytic potions that are needed in agriculture.

"I'm flattering those little guys if they are useful, but they still work hard and their basic alchemy skills are not bad," Pittman stroked his beard, "Do you have any arrangements?"

"Using a reaction vessel to prepare potions is a technical job, and ordinary people without training can't do it. After the pharmaceutical synthesis factory is completed, there will not only be workers who do chores, but also skilled technicians. How many do you choose? A reliable and stable apprentice, let them manage the factory."

Pittman was a little surprised: "I thought you were going to arrange for me to manage the factory."

"What you should manage is a higher-level research and development system, not a specific factory," Gao Wen glanced at Pittman, "there will be more than just a pharmaceutical factory in the territory in the future, and the ancient magic of druids... Not just for potions."

"It seems that you have thought very far," Pittman nodded, "I understand, I will pick a few suitable apprentices to train, and let them go to the steel factory and the mechanical research institute to get familiar with the 'factory production' mode."

Gao Wen breathed out: "Then... After completing these tasks, I think you should consider the next research project."

Pittman blinked: "The next step?"

"That is to study 'why'." Gawain looked at the magical runes and elemental runes on the alchemy table, as well as the "inverter array" used as a conversion interface, "why the inverter array can convert the original magic power into The so-called 'divine power'? Why must the magic circle be powered by transformed secondary energy? What is the difference between magic power and divine power?"

Gawain slowed down his tone, but his expression was extremely serious: "Traditional spellcasters rarely pay attention to the underlying principles of spells, and you just satirized this point, so we must not be like them. Especially the inverter array technology - it is The technology obtained from digging graves is the legacy of the ancient Gondor Empire. It is not an unanalyzable gift from the gods, but was researched by ancient magisters who are also mortals. Fortunately, we happen to have If you have the opportunity to study it, then you must not let this opportunity go."

Pittman was stunned, and suddenly smiled slightly: "Whenever I think I think far enough, I always find that you are already standing in a farther place waiting for me to catch up..."

Before Gao Wen could answer, Amber had already spoken for him what he was about to say: "He is the wisdom of the elderly."

Chapter 0199 Lesson [-]

"Following time" was originally the characteristic and privilege of the nobles, because only the nobles have the tools and methods to accurately calculate the time. Neither the magic timer nor the mechanical clock from the dwarf kingdom can be owned by ordinary people, so the nobles will also "Following the time" is regarded as a part of the upper class, and regards it as etiquette and rules, while the common people simply rely on the sun and astrology to roughly judge the time and arrange their own production activities based on this, which is outside the territory of Cecil Any noble collar is the norm.

However, in Cecilland, everyone's life will strictly follow the "time". This is true for territorial officials and civilians.

This is the change brought about by Gao Wen. It is a change made to reverse the chaotic, primitive, and inefficient production mode. Only an accurate timetable can ensure the smooth operation of the factory, and only an accurate timetable can make people Realize the importance of efficiency.At first, many commoners were quite puzzled by this request. It was only because of the great prestige of the lord that they followed the newly established rules ignorantly. With unfamiliar vocabulary, even small children understand the need to be on time.

Because they have to come to school on time—earlier, longer and more demanding than adults.

Gao Wen has not implemented a full-time school for the time being, so the children in Cecil Territory spend half of the day every day helping their parents with homework. After lunch, they have to come to "Cecil Universal Academy," reports.

This is a brand-new school built with bricks, tiles and cement. Its main building is the most magnificent and largest building on the territory except for the various factories, and there is also Cecil Territory floating on the school square. On the fence are huge and majestic Cecil emblems and Ansu emblems - Gao Wen firmly believes that the sense of honor and belonging must be cultivated from an early age, and children have such an early development compared with adults whose worldview has been solidified The cognition of the lord is more important, and the bright and majestic school logo also helps to increase the enthusiasm of the lords for "enrollment": receiving education arranged by the lord in such a magnificent facility will become a kind of education in the minds of many people. It's an honor.

Even if they don't feel honored, Gao Wen must instill in them the idea that doing so is honorable.

Evening school for adults begins after work closes in the evening, while children come to school from the afternoon, where they will study until the sun goes down, and then eat a free dinner with the teachers (this dinner is also a lot One of the motivations for adults to send their children to school), after dinner, they continue to study until the adult's evening school class is over, and they go home with their parents.

Adults' thinking has solidified, and it has become quite difficult to accept new knowledge, so Gao Wen's requirement for most adult workers in the territory is to be able to read and write, at least in the factory, they can understand the operation of the machine Explain, but children are precious "blank paper". They have not yet had time to be numb by life, and can accept flexible new ideas and new knowledge. Therefore, Gao Wen has always attached great importance to the education of children.

At the beginning of the establishment of the territory, there were almost no children in this town, because those who escaped from the Old Cecil Territory were basically healthy adults. Although women and children were evacuated first, under the eroding environment of the demon tide, More than half of the children with weak constitutions failed to survive—it was not until several times of population expansion that Cecil Territory finally had a generation of minors again, and there were slaves who were sold along with their parents (if it wasn't for Gawain's liberation system, these children and their descendants have been slaves for generations), and there are also homeless people rescued by Joan and Tom. Even if these children still live with their parents in the buffer camp, they are arranged to come to College class.

Today, they are adding a special new course.

Santis Seid is nervously arranging his clothes in the teacher's office. The office is very simple, but there is a mirror as tall as a person. Above the mirror is a motto given to the teachers of the college by the lord: Take your body as a mirror. .

Santis tidied up some old robes, and smoothed out the wrinkles on the robes a little clumsily. He saw the motto above the mirror: There is wisdom in the words of the lord, but he still can't quite understand this sentence. Why did the words appear here? It's just that he was more worried about whether he would be able to cope with this first lesson than to understand the words.

He wants to teach a group of poor children, let them learn knowledge that even rich merchants and knights may not be able to learn, is this really possible?

He once worked as a tutor for some merchants or minor nobles, and the children of those wealthy people can be regarded as "educated future superiors", but teaching them to read is still a hard job, and now he has to face A group of children of serfs, slave laborers, indentured slaves, and freedmen, the young second-level arcanist couldn't imagine how he would teach them this first lesson.

But the class bell was about to strike, and through the window, he saw that the hunchbacked old gentleman who was in charge of ringing the bell was walking towards the bronze bell hanging in the yard with a small hammer. It was pointless to hesitate now.

Santis Seid adjusted his neckline for the last time, then with a determined expression, he picked up the drafts and lesson plans prepared next to him, pushed open the office door, and strode towards the children's classroom.

After pushing open the door, he saw two cleaning apprentices looking at him blankly—he had gone through the wrong door.

"Yes... I'm sorry!" The young arcanist didn't have the arrogance and imposing manner of a professional spellcaster at all. He apologized nervously, his face flushed with embarrassment, and before the two apprentices could react, he had already fled. Back in the hallway.

The bell for class had already rang, but Santis pushed the wrong door twice in a row before finding the classroom he was supposed to attend. He pushed the door open almost in a panic, and saw a room sitting inside. Messy, patched clothes, and dirty kids of all ages finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The children who came to class were noisy. Although it was not the first time they entered the school, the word "rules" still hadn't entered their minds. These children from different places and of different ages regarded the classroom as a meeting place , Noisy and chaotic, their parents may be serfs, freemen, slaves or even exiles, but they themselves have no concept of this aspect, all the children are mixed together, and it is completely a pot of porridge.

Teachers who usually teach general studies can calm down these children with a loud voice, but Santis Seid does not have such a loud voice (and the courage to correspond to the loud voice). The classroom was quiet for a moment, but it was just that the children stopped making noise temporarily because of curiosity, and soon the noise started again. This time, the focus of the children's discussion changed from dinner and mud to the piece on Santis' body. Old magic robes.

"Look! New teacher!"

"The new teacher is wearing a robe, it must be a robe!"

"The new teacher is a master mage! He will definitely be able to conjure a dragon..."

"Shh, if he gets angry, you will die!"

"That robe is so old..."

Older children will still look at Santis's robe and short staff around his waist in fear, but the younger children are completely fearless. They haven't learned to see it like their parents do. When the mage was a master, he immediately bowed in humility—similarly, Santis also failed to master the "spirit" that ordinary mages would throw a fireball to cripple the opponent when they saw an impolite pariah.

He can only release so many arcane missiles a day.