Chapter 640: Hometown, Spark

"And all of this, the initial starting point, perhaps must begin with the current expansion of apprentices at the Tower of Time!"

Speaking to the end, Xia Duo felt he was almost moved by himself, but unexpectedly, as he lowered his head, he happened to meet the strange expression revealed on Niya's face as she turned to look at him.

"Hmm?"

Xia Duo was taken aback; why did Niya have that expression? But before he could ask, Niya spoke first, "Have you had such thoughts for a long time?"

"Uh—"

Xia Duo did not expect Niya's focus to be on this, rather than on the future world he had just described, but he quickly replied, "You could say that! Why?"

"Is what you said really possible to achieve?" Although the future world Xia Duo described was very magnificent, Niya was very skeptical about whether it could actually be achieved.

"Why not? My hometown is just such a world!"

"Your hometown?"

Hearing Xia Duo mention his hometown again, Niya finally couldn't help but ask, "What kind of world is your hometown exactly?"

Regarding this question, Xia Duo had been prepared ever since he transmigrated. He certainly couldn't talk about a purely material universe. From Mu Yan, he knew that Kara-Tur also had Magic, so he just had to put a new skin on technology.

"My hometown is a country where Magic is prevalent. Everyone, at the age of 5 or 6, must undergo Magic enlightenment, and then sequentially enter Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced Magic Academy. If grades meet the standard, and with one's own willingness, one can also enter a Higher Academy for further study. After graduating from a Higher Academy, one can continue to study further, but usually at this time, we choose to seek employment, which is to find a job to support ourselves."

"We?"

"Yes."

Having reached this point, Xia Duo had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue, "In my hometown, I graduated from a Higher Academy, which is equivalent to a Senior Arcanist of Netheril!"

"No wonder you became an Arcanist so quickly!"

Niya filled in the blanks quickly, but another question arose, "Since you are a Senior Arcanist, why did you still enter the Tower of Time to study?"

"Uh, my hometown does not have a Magic Net, and the method of Spellcasting is completely different from Netheril, so I had to relearn it." Xia Duo quickly found a reason.

Mu Yan had mentioned his hometown, which was what the Netherese called Kara-Tur, and it indeed did not have a Magic Net. Xia Duo posing as someone from Mu Yan's hometown and using that as an excuse fit perfectly.

"Alright!"

Niya reluctantly accepted this excuse and was just about to ask what a world without a Magic Net was like, when she suddenly thought of a question, staring at Xia Duo with burning eyes, "I know why some people are unwilling to let others learn Magic!"

This turn was too abrupt, a thought flashed through Xia Duo's mind, but he echoed and asked, "Why?"

"Look, even a Senior Arcanist like you has to find a job to support yourself. How is this any different from the ordinary craftsmen in Savile Territory? How many Senior Arcanists are there in Netheril? Who would be willing to accept such a disparity?"

Niya did not know what kind of process Xia Duo's hometown went through to popularize Magic to all the people, but she knew that wanting to achieve this in Netheril would definitely not be easy!

Having just listened to Xia Duo's description, she herself wanted to strictly guard the secret of Magic, but that kind of prosperous world truly attracted her. Perhaps Xia Duo's hometown was created by countless people who longed for Magic and longed for a prosperous age working tirelessly!

"You must not tell others about your hometown in the future!" Niya reminded Xia Duo with a serious face.

"I know."

Actually, it didn't matter whether he said it or not. Anyone with a bit of vision could see that the more frequent the exchanges, the more Magic Knowledge would spread, and the more Spellcasters there would be. At the same time, the frequent emergence of geniuses would also make some existing superiors feel uneasy.

There is also a process from quantitative change to qualitative change in this. Although boiling a frog in warm water is not necessarily feasible, it reflects the Reality of human nature. As long as the current situation is passable and there is still profit to be made, not many people will pay attention to the long term.

This could perhaps be called the general trend. Wanting to go against the general trend, one does not know how many times the effort it would take, and not everyone chooses to be conservative, which is another great help.

A single spark can start a prairie fire. The most difficult part is the initial moment of momentum, but even if the general trend has not yet formed, Xia Duo is full of confidence. He believes that progress is a demand engraved in the bones of any living being.

Even the most conservative person, when encountering various new theories, new Spells, and new business opportunities hitting their face, would probably greet them happily and then see if there are any more.

To completely guard the secret of Magic, unless a supreme powerhouse capable of suppressing everyone appears, Magic will eventually spread gradually. This is also an important reason why Xia Duo firmly believes that a future Magic civilization can be formed.

To put it bluntly, unless a god stands up to stop it, development and progress will eventually become the mainstream, and a Magic civilization will inevitably appear.

And the conservatism of Netheril in recent years is actually not the mainstream, but the aftereffect of the theft of the Nether Scroll. Now, the turning point of the era has arrived.

Xia Duo firmly believes this.

As for worrying about the frequent emergence of geniuses after the popularization of Magic, this is actually unnecessary. The current Netheril is not a society completely dominated by power; instead, various rules are the dominant factor. Even a Great Arcanist must submit to the rules.

The rules here are not objective and immutable theorems or laws, but social rules intertwined with human sentiment and legal principles. As long as one still possesses human nature, has love and hate, and has feelings and grudges, one is under the rules.

As the current rulers and rule-makers of Netheril, there is really no reason to worry about latecomers; it is nothing more than the rules becoming more stringent in the future.

And even if the latecomers can reach the end, they are just one more member of the ruling class.

Are there few rulers in Netheril now?

As long as there is no supreme powerhouse capable of suppressing everyone, it is basically inseparable from compromise and negotiation, just like the current Arcane Union.

Of course, although Arcanists are considered members of the ruling class, only by becoming a Great Arcanist can one become a true ruler. This point is different from Earth.

Rulers on Earth do not have requirements for power, but the Magic world does, at least at the current stage, and the proportion is very large.

Standing in front of the window of Niya's Study, Xia Duo's vision flew very far, not just the scene of the Daxia Territory people pioneering before him, but even more, countless future images intertwined into lines in his mind, converging into a predictable near future.

"Perhaps I need to upgrade as soon as possible!"

At the moment, he can still influence the environment of Netheril through some small actions, but as the environment changes more, the status of just a Pioneer Lord and a newly promoted Arcanist is already somewhat out of place.

Xia Duo needs a more powerful status, and more—

Comrades!