Chapter1101:TheBreathoftheWorld

Asmid,therepresentativeofthealchemicalwarlockfactionLeviathanEmpire,wasamiddle-agedmanwithaphysiquedifferentfromthatofawizard.

Standingclosetotwometerstall,withmusclesthatresembledmarble,helookedlikeamythicalstrongman,hisgoldensideburnsglisteninginthesun.

Incontrast,Poincaré,therepresentativeofthescholars,embodiedtheimageeveryonehadofnobleacademics.

Withanelegantmonocle,meticulouslygroomedgrayhair,andatrimfigure,eventhoughhewasoverfifty,hecouldstillelicitsquealsfromyounggirls.

Thiswastheresultofhistoricalevolution.Theformerwizardswhohadlosttheirabilitytocastspells,asidefromthosewhohadsealedthemselvesintheUndergroundCemetery,theremainingfactionstookcompletelydifferentpaths.

Thealchemicalwarlockssetasidetheirstavesandpickeduphammers,focusingoncreatingweaponsandequipmentfortheknightswhoroamedthebattlefield.Theyalsoworkedhardonresearchingvariouswarmachinesthatdidn’trequiremagic.

Thescholars,ontheotherhand,devotedthemselveswholeheartedlytoservingtheroyalfamily,whilecontinuingtheirresearchonthetruthsoftheworld,advancinginthefieldsoftheoreticalmathematics,astronomy,andphysics.

TheleadersofthetwofactionsofthisgenerationgatheredunderLudwigXII.Bycombiningthepracticalabilitiesofthealchemicalwarlocksandthewisdomofthescholars,theyfinallycreatedamonstercalledthe"magicarmor."

Thiswasabigstepinthehistoryofscience.Warwasalwaysthemostpowerfultooltopromotethedevelopmentofcivilization.Thedescendantsofmagicianswholosttheirmagicalpowerswereabletostandonthegrandstageofhistoryagain,butthistimeusingscience.

"YourMajesty,Ludwig,didyoucallus?Thelatesttitledmachineisabouttobecompleted,buttherearestillsomeissueswiththedrivers,"Asmidproudlystrokedhisbeard.

Thetitledmachineistheultimateembodimentofthemagicarmorsystem,withpowersurpassingthatofordinaryhero-rankedwarriors.ItistheaceoftheentireLeviathanEmpire.

EveryadditionofatitledmachinemeansanotheraceaddedtoLeviathan’sdeck.

"Regardingtheissueofmentalandwillcontamination,westilldon’thaveaperfectsolution,butwehavemadesomeprogress."

"Weneedmorehero-rankedknightsastestsubjects,"Poincaré’svoicewasdeepandmagnetic,addressingthecurrentbiggestproblem.

"Iknowallthis,butthat’snotthebiggestproblemnow."LudwigXIIthrewtwointelligencereports,whichcontainedurgentinformationfromthePrincessKnightssenttotheEmpireatlightningspeed.

Inside,therewerethemostdetailedinformationabout"PrinceAshe"sofar.

Ashe：

Age-Aroundfourteenyearsold.

Ethnicity-Celestialbloodline,knownastheGoldenName,inheritedthroughgenerations.

Father-FormerkingoftheSiaKingdom.

Mother-Unknown.

Height,weight,measurements-Keptsecret.

Hobbies-SeemstobefondofPrincessAdley,gainedcompleteloyaltyfromthetrollclanSaramanda.

Personality-Calmandhasastrongaffinity,unknownstrength.

Position-CaptainoftheHolySilverDragonKnightsOrdervice,nextinlinetoinherittheSiaKingdom.

Notmentioningtheotherdetails,justthelineabouttheirethnicityasCelestialbloodlineisenoughtomakethepupilsofthedescendantmagesAsmidandPoincaréshrink.

"Impossible!Howcouldtherebesuchastronginheritanceacrossgenerationsintheweakenederaofmagictide!"Asmidalmosttoreapartthedocumentsinfrontofhim.

Iftheoriginalbloodlineofthedivineeracouldbebornduringtheweakenedperiodofmagictide,theseformermageswouldnothavegivenupthepathofmagicsodespairinglyandturnedtoscience.

"Intheory,thisphenomenonisimpossible."Poincarétappedonthedocuments.Hewouldn’tquestionthedatagiventothembytheemperor,buthewastryingtodeducethepossibilityfromatheoreticalstandpoint.

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However,nomatterhowmanytimeshededucedwithhisgeniusmind,hecouldn’tfindanybasistosupportthebirthoftheoriginalbloodlineofthedivineera.

Duringtheperiodofmagictidedecline,thereproductionandbirthratesofallmagicalcreatureswerecontinuouslydecreasing,andmanyraceshadevencompletelydisappearedfromSia’sworld.

EventheDragonClan,whousedtobeatthetopofthepyramid,hadcompletelyretreatedandpracticallygaveuptheircrownintheoceans.

Similarly,humanswhohadlosttheirmagicalpowersnolongerhadtheabilitytowagewarslikeinthedivineera.

BoththeSiacampandtheLeviathanfactionwereexperiencingagreatdeclineduringtheperiodofmagictidedecline.

Astheinheritorofmagewisdom,Poincaré,whosetalentswereenoughtoearnhimthetitleof"Sage"inthedivineera,understoodtheproblemsbetterthananyoneelse.

"Poincaré,mydearfriend,didn’tyoutellmethatevenwithoutdoinganything,thedivineerabloodlinewouldstillcometoanend?"LudwigXIIlookedathisnewestcourtsage,Poincaré,themostremarkablemathematicianoftheera.

Histheories,combinedwithAsmid’sgeniustechnology,propelledtheadvancementofscienceandcreatedawarweaponcalledthe"magicarmor,"instantlyelevatingtheLeviathanEmpiretotheworld’stopranking.

HewantedtoknowwhatexplanationthealmostinevitableforbiddenspellmagePoincaré,borninthedivineera,wouldgivehim.

"Indeed,itisthetrendoftheworld’sdevelopment."

"Aslongasweareintheperiodofmagictidedecline,anyextraordinarybloodlinewillcontinuouslyweaken."Poincaréhadnodoubtabouthistheory.

Thisistheconclusionunanimouslyreachedbyallscholarssincetheendofthedivineera,justliketheebbandflowofnaturalrules.

"Theaccumulationofourobservedresultsconfirmsthisconclusion."

"TheLeviathan’sbreathingcyclehasnotencounteredanyissues."

"Thiserabelongstoscience."

ThebreathingcycleofLeviathan,thewizardsinthelaterdivineeraandthemodernscholarsobservedtheworldrules,whichistheessenceofmagictide.

LegendhasitthatthelandandoceansofthisworldareformedfromthecorpsesofLeviathankilledbytheCreatorGod’sSword,Sia.

Theso-calledhightideofmagicisbelievedbywizardstobethe"breath"ofLeviathan’sworldbreathingstage,whereLeviathantheSkyBeastinstinctivelyreleasesmagicpower.

Duringthisstage,allkindsoffantasiesconstantlyappear.

Atfirst,thereweredragons,thengiants,followedbymoretypesoffantasy,andfinally,"humans"appeared.

Thesehumansarenotmodernhumans,buttheancestorsofthehumanrace,thetwelvedemigodswithprimalbloodlines.

Throughouttheearlyandmiddleperiodsofthedivineera,theywereinthehightideofmagic.Thehumansthateventuallyappeareddevelopedthecivilizationofmagictoanunprecedentedlevel,evenbeginningtoexploretheultimatepowerof"nuclearexplosions".

Then,thedeclineofthemagictidearrived.

Wizardsbegantolosetheirpowers,allextraordinarybloodlinesgrewweaker,andeventhedragonatthetopofthepyramidwasnotanexception.