Chapter 64: Calamity Mage
Translator: Lonelytree
“Whether it’s humans, elves, or druids, we’re all doing pretty well now. I mean, the structure of a city-state is also very good. People don’t disturb each other, so why must we form a kingdom?” Matthew did not answer immediately.
He looked at Rheagar.
The latter’s expression was also very serious. He actually took the initiative to say,
In terms of social organization, a kingdom that can control more city-state resources at the same time will be a more advanced, risk-resistant, and powerful existence than an independent city-state. I’ve travelled to other worlds, and many of their places are indeed more developed than ours. The simplest and crudest example is that if a kingdom composed of multiple city-states declared war on an independent city-state, the latter would almost certainly lose.”
Matthew nodded in agreement.
“We all know the principle of strength in numbers.
“As a social creature, an organization that could allow more humans to form groups would definitely trample over those fighting alone.
“In fact, the transition from a single city- state to a union of many city-states was inevitable in the development of history.
“This point could be verified by the development of other planes or worlds. We might not have much information in this area, but the Seven Saint Alliance has looked into it a lot.”
Sif was puzzled. “Then why hasn’t there been a kingdom on the continent yet? Weren’t the gods exiled long ago?”
Matthew said in a deep voice, “You might forget what I’m about to say after hearing it today, but it doesn’t matter. Forgetting doesn’t mean that the truth doesn’t exist.
” We all know that four hundred and seventy years ago, the founder of the Seven Saint Alliance, the great existence whose name is still unknown to the people. We usually respectfully address her as the first and only ‘Calamity Mage’ in human history. She was angry at the gods’ lack of progress and enslavement of all living beings, so she personally planned and executed the most wonderful mage performance in history,’ Ascension of the Heavenly
Palace’.
“Our world had been stuck in the ‘Age of Enlightenment’ that the gods limited for a full two thousand years.
“In the past two thousand years, there had been no significant progress in human society.
“Two thousand years ago, human ancestors fished in the river and farmed on the ground. Two thousand years later, their descendants still used the same fishing tools and farming methods.
“At that time, the world was lifeless, and you could not feel the progress of the world from the changes of time. This was because, in the early days of the Age of Enlightenment, the gods who divided the theocracy and faith had woven rules and regulations for everything in the world.
“They used their clergy to divide their territories and bound everything with their concepts.
“They treated this world as their pasture. They only wanted to harvest the faith of all living beings day after day. They were not willing to see their believers make any meaningful progress.
“Time was meaningless to this world. It was just a counter for the gods to harvest faith.
“Under the high pressure of the gods.
“All living beings could not save themselves… they could not even develop the consciousness to save themselves.
“Until the arrival of the ” Calamity Mage “. “This situation was finally broken.
“That day.
“All the statues on the continent collapsed.
“Countless shrines or temples rose out of thin air, and the Heavenly Palace, which symbolized the glory of the gods in the past, also soared into the sky. They carried and bound the will of the gods and flew to the highest point of the astral world with a shrill cry.
“People knelt around the temple in fear. They did not know what had happened.
“To this day, we still don’t know what happened that day.
“We only know that after that day, most of the existences that had been touched by the divine in this world were banished forever by the Calamity Mage.
“This… is the Ascension of the Heavenly Palace.”
Matthew’s tone was very calm.
However, the history itself was enough to shock all audiences.
Even Rheagar and Zeller.
They might have heard of the ascension of the Heavenly Palace.
However, they only vaguely knew that that was when the gods left.
They didn’t know that the gods had been exiled!
They couldn’t imagine that the one who banished the gods was a mere human mage!
“Is, is this a myth?”
Rheagar muttered, “I thought it was the ‘Seven Saints’ who joined forces to reach an agreement with the gods. And the Gods left willingly.”
Matthew smiled and shook his head.
“The Seven Saints were very strong, but they were not strong enough to bargain with the gods. In history, they were all disciples of the Calamity Mage.
“After the gods left, our world finally began to change. Farmers invented farming tools and discovered crops with higher yields.
“Fishing boats floated on the seas and rivers. We had fishing nets, harpoons, and all kinds of new fishing gear.
“Tailors found better materials than cotton, linen, and animal skins.
“The craftsmen improved the craftsmanship and production process. “City-states rose up one after another, and human exchanges became more frequent.
“According to normal development, we should have welcomed the first true human kingdom long ago.
“However, the gods who were far away were still unwilling to be left out. After the calamity mages left, they imposed three curses on the land in an attempt to delay the changes of the world and ensure that the divine ” concepts ” they defined continued to exist.” Hearing this.
Everyone’s expression was solemn.
They were all shocked by this mysterious and bold narration, and at the same time, they were extremely curious about the curse of the gods that Matthew mentioned.
He took a sip of water and continued….