Victoria first used a very impressive general description to tell the way of selecting "talented people" in the Violet Kingdom, which gave Gao Wen a rough impression in his mind. After listening, Heti said, "I have heard of this kind of 'choice', and I also heard that this kind of 'choice' has not always been there. In the older era, the Violet Kingdom was more closed now, and there was no such tradition of selecting talented apprentices from the Loren continent for guidance - it was not until about six hundred years ago that an enlightened secret prince set this precedent..."

"Yes, that was six hundred years ago," Victoria nodded. "That was already the period after the establishment of Ansu's country. The originally highly closed Violet Kingdom suddenly announced that it would open up their magical knowledge to the outside world - according to them, in the 'masters' own way'. Then, publicly active Violet scholars and 'recruiters' began to appear in the northern part of the mainland.

"According to our family records, these masters who mastered advanced magical skills caused a lot of turmoil in the northern region at that time, especially among the extraordinary people who pursued magical mysteries and ancient knowledge... As we know, when the Gondor Empire collapsed, the human magic civilization suffered heavy damage, and the magician system that originally relied heavily on the Deep Blue Well disappeared overnight. The surviving spellcasters urgently needed to re-establish a reliable magic system without the Deep Blue Well. However, for traditional mages who rely on experience-trial and error-accumulation to improve their knowledge, how difficult is it to build such a system? So in the hundred years after the founding of Ansu, human mages were like groping for stone walls in the dark, and were at a loss at all..."

It was true - Gao Wen thought in his mind that although all he had experienced in his mind was the brief memory of the first ten years of Ansu's founding country, what he saw and heard in those ten years was enough to make him understand the scene described by Victoria. In fact, the ancestral teaching of the Cecil family, "Knights are awesome than mages" was said in the context of that era - because knights were indeed awesome than mages...

After all, except for a few monsters like Snow Wilder, the mages were basically half-dead.

Victoria didn't know the thought that was turning in Gao Wen's mind. She just continued: "...It was in that situation that the mages of the Violet Kingdom suddenly appeared in the north of the continent. Their appearance allowed human mages six hundred years ago to see some new possibilities - brand new magic knowledge, mysterious ancient Violet secret system, and various self-supporting magic circles that could be operated without the deep blue well... For the human magic system that had been repaired for a century at that time, the knowledge brought by the Violet magic masters was simply like a kind of miracle.

"It was also from that time that the Violet Kingdom began to ‘communicate’ with the Loren continent. According to their words, it was ‘magic-style communication’, obscure and secret, following ancient rules and traditions, passing on knowledge like a trickle, and shaping a new mage inheritance system. They selected talented apprentices from the north of the mainland - most of them were humans, but occasionally there were minorities such as elves and dwarves, and brought them back to the island to teach, so that they left with the selected knowledge, and at the same time they were constantly sending scholars to the human world. Some of these scholars became guests of various mage organizations in the northern region in later generations, and the rest were basically recruited by the royal family and nobles, becoming ‘foreign consultants’ of the Ansu Wang Family Mage Association…

"Whether they wish to admit it or not, these messengers from the Kingdom of Violet and the magic knowledge they brought greatly changed the pattern of spellcasters in the northern region and long-term influenced the process of reconstructing the magic system of the Kingdom of Ansu and the small northern countries. In the next six centuries, this influence gradually spread to the entire human world and other countries with close ties to the countries of humanity.

"And this further established the influence of the 'secret magic association' in the caster group, allowing such a mysterious mage organization who is far away from the Loren continent and who is almost never reveals its true face in front of the Loren countries to have a high status as the Silver Empire Star Actor Association - even because it is more mysterious, the 'charisma' in the eyes of the caster is even more 'character' in the eyes of the 'scene master'. Your Majesty, you know that the mage... just like this feeling of mysterious and mysterious."

Speaking of this, Victoria stopped, as if she was sorting out her thoughts, and then continued: "To this day, the traces of influence left by the 'Violet Magic System' in Loren's modern magic system can still be seen everywhere, such as traditional messaging spells, previous anti-gravity spells, old self-charge magic arrays, etc. - Although most of these things have been improved by the Rune Research Institute and the Magic Technology Institute, their original forms are actually closely related to the Violet Kingdom."

Listening to Victoria's story, Gauwen subconsciously bent his fingers and rubbed his chin. He summed up the information in his mind, gradually abstracting it into a macro picture, and gradually frowned: "I always thought that the Violet Kingdom was isolated from the world and was very alienated from the Loren Continent. Unexpectedly, they had such a profound impact on Loren... This sounded like some long-term and comprehensive infiltration. In theory, the Violet Kingdom could even establish a force sufficient to compete with the local regime in the Loren Continent - even if they did not do so, they would be enough to hold the lifelines of many local mage organizations."

"You are right. In fact, it's not just you who have been worried about it. The royal family of Ansu era, the wizard association of Tifeng and some scholars who left their names in history have also expressed similar views, but this is the problem: six hundred years have passed, and the Violet Kingdom has actually been living in seclusion until today. Apart from small-scale coastal trade and those study mages, they have actually... not crossed the line at all."

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows subconsciously, but he didn't speak, but just listened to Victoria continue.

"The activities that lasted for six hundred years, of course, the northern countries are not blind. Many people are paying attention to the actions of those Violet Mages, including our family. But those Mages seem to be really just here to travel and spread magic. In addition to academic exchanges and short-term employment, they do not participate in politics, do not intermarry, accept military employment, do not establish any organizations affiliated with the Violet Kingdom, do not develop any personal power, and as long as a certain prescribed travel period arrives, they will immediately leave, even if a royal family has been recruited with eternal titles and large fiefs, they cannot leave any of them..."

"This... is indeed a bit awesome..." Gao Wen couldn't help but mutter, "It makes people care more..."

"Yes, but whether they care or not, they are like this," Victoria nodded. "Of course, some people speculate that they are good at disguising and hiding purposes... But for a full six hundred years, countless pairs of eyes were staring at the mages from Violet, and this is already a kind of 'iron evidence'."

"This only means that their goal is not to interfere with the power of Loren, but it is hard to say whether this goal is really limited to study tours. This country is too mysterious... to the point of being afraid of people," Gao Wen touched his chin and said cautiously, then suddenly raised his head to look at Victoria, "Can you tell me about your childhood experience? How did you get selected? What method did they use to attract the selected 'talented ones'?"

"The process of selecting seeds in the Kingdom of Violet has always been a mystery. They have never disclosed specific standards," Victoria shook her head. "You know, the City of Thousand Towers has an extraordinary status for the casters, like the kingdom of heaven or the temple of the goddess of magic in the minds of believers. Being able to be selected by them is the lifelong dream of many mages - this means a 'must-lead way' to the advanced level or even legend.

"No matter how mediocre the mage returned from Thousand Towers, they started at a high level after returning, so some people have always wanted to find the selection criteria for the Violet Kingdom. There are even some secret associations that have hollowed out their minds to open up the channel for the transmission of apprentices to the Violet Kingdom. However, no one has successfully found this rule. Their selection seems to be the priority of casting talents, but there have also been farmers with mediocre qualifications who suddenly encounter "guiding men" in the fields. Most of the time, they only select young people, but older people will also enter their apprenticeship list. There are even rumors that they will take the dog-killers and wild goblins away from the wilderness... Of course, these rumors are not credible.

"Abstract, I don't know why I was selected - I only remember one day when a mage suddenly visited Winter Castle, and my father received him. The mage took out the mark of the Violet Kingdom and a 'big admission certificate' waiting to sign. My father and mother talked with the mage for a long time to exchange some details of the admission and contractual content. Finally, they sought my opinion. After I nodded, I became a preparatory apprentice."

Gao Wen looked at the female grand duke in the holographic projection with some surprise: "One is the heir of the Duke of the North, and the other is a foreigner who suddenly ran to ask for admissions. Moreover, the next learning process also requires going to a foreign land and managing closedly... Your parents agreed? Will this matter be a bit hasty?"

"Because such things have happened more than once," Victoria said lightly, "In the past six hundred years, five members of the Wilder family have become apprentices in the Thousand Towers City. Although the "admissions" of the Violet Kingdom is a rare opportunity for the entire mage group, if we look at the history of centuries and the entire northern border, such things have actually happened many times, and we are not unfamiliar with it.

"Secondly, the 'choice' of the Violet Kingdom is not mandatory. In fact, compared with the traditional mage's process of selecting apprentices, the invitation from Thousand Towers City is so gentle and relaxed that you can refuse or regret at will. Even if you have already reached Violet territory, they will send you back immediately as long as you want to go home. In addition, they have a very, very detailed... According to our current statement, it should be called the "Admission Agreement", which stipulates in detail the food and accommodation standards, health security, round-trip time and course content for freshmen, just..."

Victoria thought about how to express it carefully, and then spread her hands last: "It's very formal, very formal."

"Regular...well, I still think this isn't right, there's a big problem inside," Gao Wen sighed, "but you can go on - what happened after the 'admission'? How did they bring their apprentices to Thousand Towers City?"

"It is rumored that Violet's guide will use a flight ship that shuttles through the dreams and the sea of ​​stars to pick up the selected apprentices. When all the crew members dream, the ship will drive on its own and cross an invisible sea line, fall into a cave covered by aurora, and arrive in the courtyard of the Prince of Secretology in the early morning of the next day..." Victoria said, her mouth slightly curled up, "It's very romantic and 'magic' fantasy, but unfortunately the reality is much simpler than that.

"They used ordinary passenger ships to pick up people, which was much behind our current magic warships. Apprentices usually gathered in a small town in the north. After boarding, they could pass through the small strait between Violet and Loren. The food on the boat was pretty good, and I still remember it.

"After crossing the strait, boats loaded with apprentices will dock in a seaside city. The location of the specific port is different every time - I remember that I arrived in a small town called "Prandall". It was always rainy and rainy... It is very unusual in the north.

"After a brief rest, we met the messenger of the Thousand Towers. I remember that it was a very kind old lady who was responsible for guiding the new apprentice to the hinterland of the Violet Kingdom... I remember that the old lady said this, that was the 'real, eternal Violet Kingdom'..."

"Real, eternal Violet Kingdom?" Gao Wen immediately noticed these unusual words and looked serious, "Why do you say that?"

"She hasn't explained it, and maybe it's later, but I don't remember it anymore," Victoria shook her head, "but I still remember the emotional expression of her words at that time... It was a profound and nostalgic tone, as if she mentioned not a country that still flourished, but a place that has been destroyed and can only be remembered forever..."

"...This is a very important clue, I'll record it for now," Gao Wen nodded, "What afterwards? You were taken to the Thousand Towers City? How did you go?"

"We were taken outside the city. There was no road at all outside the city leading to the hinterland of the kingdom. There were only endless dense forests and the fog that filled the forest. The old lady told us that the Violet road did not extend in reality. It connected cities in a higher dimension. If you want to go to the Thousand Towers City, the only way is to find those hidden paths in the fog..."

Heti, who had never spoken, finally couldn't help but speak: "So, after the apprentices come to the Violet Kingdom, they must first face some kind of test. Only those who pass can truly reach the Thousand Towers City?"

"No, only the local mage apprentice needs to take this exam. We can go in directly because we paid the extra tuition - this is what the old lady said."

Gao Wen: "…"

Hetty next to him couldn't help but trembled: "What about?"
Chapter completed!