[There is a war in this world.

It has nothing to do with swords and guns, it has nothing to do with blood and fire, it is a war of civilization and progress, class and resistance, it is silent and unaware, and the one who participates in the war holds the shackles that have been torn off, and the other side is society itself.

Even so, this battlefield is just as hard, and countless people have died for it. 】

How much legacy did the Shining Era leave to the Starfall Era, and how much mess did it have?

Every time Nostradamus counts the information in ancient books, he can't help but think about this matter that will never have an answer.

How can you count them all? Everything in the Starfall Era is developed from the bones of the Glorious Era, they have inherited the magic of the ancient sages, inherited the fighting spirit of the ancient warriors, the spiritual path of the holy light passed down by the gods, and even the culture and customs are derived from those former races.

The Nine Categories of Magic, the Thirteen Applicable Cultivation Methods of Fighting Qi, the Holy Light Meditation, the Design of the Large War Golem, the Core of the Floating City, and the Magic Net...... There are many, many ancient technologies from the underground ruins, and even the continent at the bottom of the feet, the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground that rotates beyond the world, is a relic of the Glorious Era.

It is only from these perspectives that the legacy of the Glorious Age is so rich that the Starfall ancestors, who had an initial population of just over a million years, have developed to this point within a thousand years, and Nostradamus does not hesitate to believe that if it were not for the obstruction of the Black Forest with the remnants of chaos, the major human settlements would have been able to unify their forces for technological exchanges a hundred years ago, and then develop the current magic energy industry.

But on the other hand, the Shining Age has also left behind countless messes - the Black Forest, where the Black Tide is frequent, the terrible world environment located around the Abyss, the space-time passage that connects the many Chaos Lands, a dead world, countless evil peeps, and the hostility of the will of the world.

The people of the Starfall Era are like this, in an extremely difficult environment, using the legacy of the previous era, step by step to get to this point, such a speed, even in the multiverse, can be regarded as fast.

But that's not enough...... In the face of the doomed catastrophe, the evil god who will come in a few decades, such progress is still too slow.

Nostradamus couldn't help but think of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground, the World of Stars, the Void Mother Beast that was enough to destroy a civilization, and the plague god behind it.

This is enough power to despair...... The Void Mother Beast is okay to say, he and Joshua can join forces to kill one, and now that both of them are in great strength, it shouldn't be difficult for even one person to deal with one, but who knows how many such mother beasts there are? The notoriety of the Plague God is still spreading in the multiverse, and the number of clan clusters under its command is likely to exceed the entire Mycrof World combined, so if this evil god attacks the Mycrof World with all its might, how should they respond?

You know, this time, they don't have sages.

Thinking of this, Nostradamus turned his head to look at the warrior beside him.

At this time, the old mage had already walked out of the underground world with Joshua and came to the surface, it was still late at night, the silver moonlight was mixed with the aurora, and the night sky was very gorgeous.

Nostradamus knew that the so-called aurora was not a natural phenomenon, it was one of the anomalies caused by the presence of the legendary warrior beside him - even if the powerful magnetic field was suppressed, it still partially affected the surrounding world, it interfered with the magnetic field in the sky, causing the aurora to appear at any time and in any weather.

Ever since leaving the quaint Earth Temple, Joshua had been silent, and this Earth Divine Power incident was not as serious as Nostradamus had thought - for example, the world's will to get out of trouble, but even so, they still knew a very bad news.

Almost at the cost of its own existence, the Cybora Crove sent a signal for help to the world's periphery, and as long as it could get it out of trouble, it was willing to offer the power of the world.

Since he did not specialize in summoning and séance, Nostradamus did not know how great this so-called world power was and what kind of existence it could attract, but looking at Joshua's serious expression with a hint of expectation, the old mage understood that it was definitely a tricky enough enemy, and if he thought about it, he would be interested in the power of the world, even if it was not a legend, it must be a transcendent existence similar to the Void Beast, no different from the legendary.

"It is worth noting that the McCrove World is already located around the Abyss, and there are very few worlds with strong strength nearby."

At this time, Joshua suddenly spoke, as if talking to himself, casually saying his own inference: "Most of the surrounding worlds are the same as the original Microf world, the flames are gradually extinguished, only a few are normal worlds, this kind of place can not breed strong people, and only those abyss lords and the void beasts cruising around are worth beware of." ”

"That's nerve-wracking enough."

Because Joshua once said, so Nostradamus also knew that the seven gods and the gods of other races at this time could not make a move in order to seal the will of the world, and they might even need some people to ensure the safety of the seal, the old mage shook his head lightly and said: "As long as there is an existence that passes through the blockade, then it is possible for the will of the world to break through the seal, and you and I know the power of the legend, as long as we do our best, it only takes a few minutes to destroy the seal located underground." ”

In fact, this rift is a clear proof of this, Joshua made a full attack, and in just a dozen seconds, he tore through a large rift valley thousands of meters deep, if he concentrated his strength, just to break the seal, this speed and depth would be even faster.

"If only there was an outpost."

Thinking of this, Nostradamus stroked the spine of his magic book, and his tone was a little depressed: "Although the stargazing station can observe the world around it, its observation target is too big, and there is no way to see a legendary powerhouse like you and me in human form...... If there is an outpost in the void that can clearly capture powerful energy fluctuations, it will be much easier to prepare for defense. ”

"This is the meaning of the establishment of the Department of External Exploration, and in my vision, the first mission of the Department of External Exploration is not to find the world of life, but to establish a large number of early warning posts around the world of Microf."

With a casual finger of Qiao Shuya's hand, a light curtain was formed in mid-air, and he said calmly: "If you want to open up the distance, at least the backyard can't catch fire, and when the Steel Python incident is solved this time, it will be time for the External Exploration Department to officially launch." ”

Speaking of this, the warrior turned around and nodded slightly to Nostradamus, and he said with emotion: "I basically don't care about Wintercastle Academy, it's all you who coordinate...... It was very successful, and without the large number of technicians trained by Wintercastle Academy, the foundation of the Department of External Exploration would not have been built so quickly. ”

"That's nature, not to mention anything else, just about cultivating students, the whole world except Barbarossa, no one else wants to compare with me."

It was rare to hear Joshua praise himself so directly, and Nostradama was not at all modest, he stroked his beard quite complacently, but then, he sighed again: "It's a pity that there is only one Winter Castle at the moment. ”

At this time, the two of them had walked slowly all the way to the edge of the North Ural Plain, and they could see that there were countless steppe beasts and demonic beasts in front of them being guided by the students of the Winterburg Academy to the special experimental area opened up in another grassland, these students were not strong enough to carry out difficult tasks like the first team or the dragon girl Lisa, so this kind of large-scale activity arranged by the academy was one of the few ways for them to easily get points.

The two legendary powerhouses observed from a distance these students, who were still young but very skilled in using magic fighting energy, but they did not get closer, standing in the distance, Joshua was silent for a while before he spoke: "Why is there only one Winter Castle?" ”

The warrior's tone was very puzzled, he looked at these young people who could be said to be the hope of the future, and his tone was puzzled: "I wanted to ask some time ago, the Wintercastle model is so successful, you should open more similar professional academies in other parts of the empire...... Even if those places will develop more slowly because there are no legendary powerhouses, it is better than nothing. ”

This is indeed a place that Joshua thinks is more strange, in the past five or six years, although the Wintercastle Academy has swallowed a lot of liquidity in the Moldavian Territory, but in turn, it has also brought a lot of benefits to Moldavia, Joshua, as a lord, does not treat money as money at all, and the confidence to expand the city if he wants to expand the city without knowing how much money he has comes from Wintercastle - even if the professional academies in other places cannot develop as perfectly as here in Moldavia, it should not be no one to try.

Nostradamus nodded at this question, then shook his head.

"It's not that I don't want to, but I can't."

"Joshua, this empire is not an empire of the people, but an empire of emperors, nobles and transcendents."

Nostradamus directly pointed out the most essential problem: "Except for you, a legendary powerhouse who has no interest in power, doesn't care at all, and poses no threat, any professional academy established in the local area will simply provide the local nobles with the power to be the local overlord, and cannot spread this power to all classes." ”

"No, I'm not, I'm ......"

Hearing this, Joshua frowned, and he snorted and wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, he could only admit that what Nostradamus said was indeed right.

And he also understands that this is why Israel wants to carry out reforms - just as in the previous life, if you want to industrialize, you must liberate the land and peasants from the landlords, and if you want to achieve the popularization of the extraordinary power of the transcendent world, you must liberate the ordinary people with extraordinary talents from the hands of the nobility and the transcendental.

"But we have three legendary powerhouses, and Israel is the Emperor of the Empire, and I wanted to ask before - if we want to reform, we can kill any nobles who are unwilling to cooperate at any time, and sweep the entire empire from beginning to end, it doesn't even take three days."

"Revolution is not a dinner party, when necessary, it is helpless to kill people's heads, there is not much time left for us, and there is no time for these people to slowly change their minds."

When he said this, Joshua's tone was indifferent, as if he didn't take human life seriously at all - he was indeed willing to protect the world and resist chaos, but this did not mean that he was a virgin, he was willing to protect those weak people who were powerless to resist the unstoppable disaster, not those who had power but affected the progress of the world.

Of course, he wouldn't really kill all those who were innocent, but Joshua thought he could still do it if they were all imprisoned and used physical means to transform their minds.

"What's the use of that?"

Nostradamus just shook his head speechlessly about Joshua's simple and crude methods: "Can you lift the mountain that weighs on the people, liberate them from the hands of the nobles, and give them the power to change their fate...... But so what, you can't lift the mountain in people's hearts. ”

"Joshua, look at these students."

Following the old mage's words, Joshua looked back at the Wintercastle students who were doing all kinds of work under the instructions of their mentor.

These young men obey orders and work meticulously, whether they are nobles or commoners, they treat each other equally, no one feels inferior to the other, and no one thinks that they are superior, this is the principle that has been pursued in the Winter Castle Academy for many years: identity is meaningless, ability is the first.

"You can ask these cadets, who no longer seem to be distinguished from nobles and commoners, and ask them what their future aspirations are."

Nostradamus's tone was calm, but Joshua could hear a chill and anger - the warrior didn't really pick a random person to ask about this question, because he already knew the answer.

"They want to be big."

Shaking his head, Joshua said: "If you learn magic, you are a nobleman, and if you become a knight, you can expand the territory of the empire, and when you become a priest, you can lead a church, and then you can manage the diocese, and finally become a bishop, an archbishop, and that is also a big man on an equal footing with an earl or even a duke." ”

After hearing this answer, Nostradamus closed his eyes: "Yes, you are right, it's that simple. ”

"Their current equality is because they feel that the other party will be big people in the future, and when they return to their hometowns, they are all 'ruling classes' that rule the common people, solidify the class, and make the common people have little room to rise...... That's why the nobles laugh with the commoners, and the sons of the counts hang up with the sons of hunters. ”

The first time Joshua heard Nostradamus's voice suppressing his emotions so much, he felt that the other party was like a volcano about to erupt, but soon, the old mage calmed down again, he looked at all this with cold eyes, and then showed a sneer: "That's it, everyone knows that the legendary powerhouse has the power to change the world, you and I join forces, even if the entire Great Ajax Mountain Range is wiped off the map, it is not difficult to kill some noble earth overlords than to turn their palms...... But if they don't open up the wisdom of the people, don't let the people awaken, and overturn the mountains in their hearts, even if they have extraordinary power, they will only become new oppressors. ”

"Open the people's wisdom."

In this regard, Joshua couldn't help but think of the world he used to live in, he recalled the wars of ideas and beliefs that had been written in the history books, and he suddenly realized that the world of McCrove, a society that was quite primitive in his eyes, had actually reached this stage, and the first step of this stage seemed to be about to happen before his eyes.

"Popularization of knowledge, literacy for all, compulsory education, and collective political education that began in junior high school......" flashed in his heart all kinds of teaching methods that had just been developed in his previous life, and Joshua couldn't help but be silent, he didn't know how the revolution happened and how it was successful, but he knew that it was imperative to open up the wisdom of the people, but he didn't know whether it was appropriate to transform the world on such a large scale.

At the end of the day, there was no supernatural power in the previous life, so if everything was copied, would there be any surprises? This world is a world of magic and vindictiveness, and the relationship between peasants and landlords in the previous life is completely different......

Because I know more, I hesitate at this time.

"Are we qualified to choose the direction of the future society for humanity?"

Joshua asked.

"You are wrong, Joshua, we have never chosen the path of humanity for their future."

Speaking of this, the corners of Nostradamus's mouth curled, and he raised his head to look at the bright starry sky and aurora: "What you said to me not long ago has always been remembered by me...... You're right, we're just leading them forward and getting to this point. ”

"Then, humanity chose this path."

“…… Hahahaha, actually replied to me with my words. ”

Hearing this, Joshua's eyes narrowed at first, and he seemed to fall into a memory, but soon, he laughed quite heartily: "I'm still worried about you, but now it seems that you and Israel have already figured out how to deal with it, right?" ”

"Yes."

After a brief reply, Nostradamus also laughed, and after a short laugh, the old mage's words sounded again, causing Joshua to be slightly stunned: "Just a few days later." ”

"I was going to tell you this news a long time ago, but because you went to the Far South to attend a friend's wedding, I didn't bother."

Nostradamus and Joshua looked at each other, and he said sincerely, "Count Radcliffe, please be present at that time. ”

"Together, let's watch the dawn of a new era."