Chapter 2571: Rustling Down (67)

Through Constantine's narration, Sivana finally understood that having magical talent didn't mean you could be a mage, but that you *had* to be a mage.

And usually, you had to be a good mage, otherwise, you'd be dead.

As for Shazam's situation, Constantine had completely exposed the bottom line. This feeling was somewhat similar to the other party showing off in a field you were good at. The so-called "high-end" things in the past were just a joke in the eyes of insiders.

"I guess those Seven Deadly Sins were sent there by his creditor to monitor him," Constantine said. "Of course, it's also possible he kept them to guard against his creditor, but regardless, it's not any treasure, let alone a powerful artifact."

"But for ordinary people..."

"What ordinary person can enter the Rock of Eternity?"

Sivana really wanted to point at himself, but Constantine looked at him for a while and said, "You aren't any ordinary person either. If, according to what you said, the Seven Deadly Sins could stay in one of your eyes and you could still barely control them, it shows you still have talent in controlling power, but your soul value is a bit low, so demons don't look at you."

Sivana rekindled hope and said, "Then can I use magic?"

"You can, but are you sure you really want to borrow money? Although there are many regulations now, if your soul value is too low, you can't borrow much energy, and what do you want to use magic for?"

Sivana revealed a complex expression.

"Oh, I understand. You want to take revenge, but I advise you not to do so. I said, that old man has the idea of reincarnation. If you go and beat him to death, aren't you doing him a big favor?"

"You said you already used the Seven Deadly Sins to beat him into a serious injury, then that's about it. After the serious injury, he probably has a hard time controlling his power and must urgently find a successor. Moreover, his creditor might also lock onto him. He's going to have bad luck."

Constantine observed Sivana's complexion. He knew this person was likely the new principal, and he would have to live under him later, so he added another sentence.

"You don't necessarily have to beat him up to call it revenge. Anyway, there's no Great Mage Alliance now, and his right to speak disappeared long ago. Now is the new magic era. If you become the principal of the Cat Getan Magic Academy, what you say goes."

Hearing Constantine reach the same conclusion as Shiler, Sivana no longer had any concerns. He said, "Alright, one day I will make him understand who is right and who is wrong."

"There's one more thing," Shiler opened his mouth and said. "Since we want to establish a new magical world, we must regulate the way magic is used. The magic defense network has been built almost completely, and global sanctuaries are being put into use one after another."

"Are you going to close the net?" Constantine said. "That's good. I've had enough of the endless infiltration by those people in Heaven and Hell. If they don't make some big cases every year, they feel uncomfortable."

Sivana looked at them curiously.

Shiler first introduced the DC Earth magic defense network project carried out under the auspices of Strange. Anyway, it was just copying Marvel's, but the energy used was Green Lantern energy, and later it was mixed with a bit of Barbatos's energy.

Marvel's Earth magic defense network, in addition to preventing foreign infiltration, also had quite a large regulatory force internally. Sanctuaries around the world had detection devices. Once there was a fluctuation of magical power, they could rush to the scene immediately.

This could both prevent angels and demons from secretly seducing humans and guard against greedy humans who wanted to cheat demons and angels. It could be said to be the best of both worlds.

With this system, industry standards could be established. That is to say, if you want to be a mage in the future, you must hold a certificate to work.

Marvel Earth was like this. Sanctuaries around the world were official organizations of the magical world. If you want to be a mage, you must follow Kamar-Taj's path. Of course, you can also not be a mage, but a user of magical energy, but you must also register at Kamar-Taj, or at least Kamar-Taj will record that there is such a person as you.

Once there is such a record, if you cause any trouble, Kamar-Taj can lock onto the target immediately. If you don't want to experience the cordial greetings of the Sorcerer Supreme, it's best to surrender early.

This strong regulatory model could ensure that major cases that broke out all over the world, such as some ancient tombs with magical power being dug up, or someone picking up a magic prop and using it improperly leading to an explosion, could be handled by the sanctuary quickly.

And the deterrent power brought by this could also make some petty people fearful. Even if they used magic to cause trouble, they would only cause small things and wouldn't dare to be rampant, let alone act tyrannically.

So all along, the trouble in the magical side of Marvel was basically the internal affairs of Kamar-Taj, revolving around the Sorcerer Supreme, and there were rarely any unknown little people who suddenly made a big move.

Although this inevitably brought about the problem of class solidification, magic itself existed in classes. Having talent and not having talent wasn't the difference between good and bad, but the difference between can and cannot, so it didn't matter.

Shiler wanted to establish this system on Earth in DC. Now it had progressed to the stage of starting to count all magical power, and the statistics were proceeding unexpectedly smoothly.

Because it was obvious, there was a shell on the Earth now, and there were several big shots covering the shell. If you want to pass through this shell, you have to get a certificate, and if you have a good relationship with these big shots, wouldn't the certificate be issued faster?

So organizations like the magical world of Maiya, which had a relatively large connection with humans themselves but were far inferior to Heaven and Hell in terms of power level, were basically actively responding to the policy and had now become faculty and staff of the Cat Getan Magic Academy.

The more troublesome ones were the organizations on Earth. Just as Constantine said, many old immortals like Shazam obtained power tens of thousands of years ago. After obtaining power, they directly drilled into a crack in the ground and didn't show their faces for thousands or tens of thousands of years. It was too difficult to count them.

But it wouldn't work if they weren't counted, because this group of people had been secretly causing trouble all along.

If Sivana hadn't met Shiler, if the power of the Seven Deadly Sins in his eyes suddenly erupted one day leading to an accident, this group of people on Earth would only think he was courting death after checking, not knowing that the one who caused all this was actually Shazam.

There were still many existences like Sivana on Earth, all being influenced by some great mages or magical creatures hiding on Earth or in nearby magical spaces.

This group of people didn't care about anything. They couldn't be blown up, but Earth suffered. Today one was blown up, tomorrow another was blown up, today a war between good and evil, tomorrow a war of mages. This life didn't need to be lived.

So no matter how difficult it was, it had to be counted. After a few years, the first batch of students who entered the Cat Getan Magic Academy to study could already stand on their own. They were now carrying out this work under the leadership and help of their mentors.

"I won't hide it from you, this is also the reason why we need a new principal," Shiler said. "You should know how troublesome coordination is. No one here can handle this clearly."

Sivana smiled. He certainly knew that just this one item of statistics had to include project establishment, transportation, reporting, summary, confirmation, etc., and there had to be emergency groups and supervision groups.

If it were just small-scale statistics, it would be fine. Once it involved global or national data statistics, in addition to arranging a special department, it also tested the coordination between departments very much.

For example, if a person goes on a business trip to investigate data needed for statistics, the business trip arrangement must be managed by the administrative department, the business trip expenses must be reimbursed by the financial department, how to determine the authenticity of the data, how the data is reported layer by layer, and how the statistical items where the data is located provide guarantees for the company's existing projects and future projects.

This wasn't something outsiders could play with, especially the management department of a school. Internal activities and external activities were carried out at the same time, and there weren't enough full-time administrative personnel. Many were faculty members holding concurrent posts. Just how to arrange the time for statistical business trips and teaching time was a big project.

Sivana was already rubbing his hands, saying, "Since that's the case, is the Rock of Eternity also within the scope of statistics?"

"More than that, Heaven and Hell must also be counted, especially to count the total debt, the list of debt holders, the list of creditors..." Constantine said in a fragmented way.

"Oh, right," Shiler looked at Constantine and said, "Raven should have come over, right? How is she adapting?"

"Not bad, but I think she's a bit too nervous," Constantine shook his head and said. "She does have quite powerful power in her body, but compared to those first-year children who dare to fill in Michael as their first summoning object, she is a bit too conservative." 【25

"She is quite worried about her father." Shiler stood up and said, "To some extent, she can be considered her father's agent on Earth, so her father is also within the scope of the census. Since she is here, there is no need to look for anyone else. I will go talk to her."

"You'd better not go now." Constantine wore a teasing smile and said, "She and the eldest of the Wayne family are getting quite cozy."

Shiler eventually found Dick and Raven in the school cafeteria. Raven looked much more cheerful, chatting and laughing with Dick while holding her food tray.

The reason the two of them appeared here had to start from when they went to deliver the letter; the two of them had delivered the letter very smoothly and then went for a walk on the street together.

Because he heard that Raven was transferring to their school, Dick started explaining school life to her. But this time, he wasn't talking about fun school anecdotes, but rather common knowledge like the school's daily schedule, the content of the textbooks, and how to get along well with classmates.

These things were not as interesting as sports competitions or school activities. Learning knowledge in class is dull, and elite high schools have even more subjects and heavy academic pressure.

Dick's academic performance had always been very good, so he inevitably carried a bit of a "straight-A student" mindset, constantly lecturing Raven on what methods to use to keep up with the curriculum. The more Raven listened, the more her head ached.

Afterwards, Shiler took Raven to the high school Dick attended. Raven sat through one class—or to be precise, one-third of a class—and then fell asleep.

After attending classes there for half a day, Raven returned home and very seriously told Shiler that she did indeed want to stay with Dick and the others, but she simply couldn't use the knowledge taught at that school.

It was obvious that Raven was going to follow the path of a magician. She might indeed need to live in ordinary human society, but in the end, she still had to earn her living on the magical side; learning math, physics, and chemistry was indeed not particularly important.

Shiler thought about it, and it was true. After all, magic doesn't follow common sense; explaining to a magician with telekinesis that a movable pulley system saves effort is just too ridiculous.

However, she still had to attend school. It just so happened that Dick had finished his high school studies, but there was still some time before university started. Both Thomas and Bruce wanted him to go to the magic school for intensive study, preparing to grasp both sides.

Thus, Shiler directly stuffed Raven into Bruce's academy as well, to be classmates with Dick.

And after Shiler found Raven and explained the situation, the expression on Raven's face was roughly—"Looking for Trigon, me?"