Chapter 24: Secluded Forest
“Today, I will explain how royal power is constructed on the Earth.” Scholar Heide’s knowledge taught today interested all the students.
“First, we must understand that maintaining a country necessarily requires population, power, and economy; these three support it.”
“Among them, power can be further divided into public security, military, and upper echelon combat power, these three kinds of power.”
“Public security is easy to understand: village and town public security patrol teams, guards, these everyday things you can see, all belong to it.”
“Military often consists of the personal guard teams of various nobles, knight orders, the kingdom’s direct legions, advisor spellcasting teams, and so on.”
“Upper echelon combat power, few people know about this.” Scholar Heide tapped the blackboard with a thin wooden club.
“The rank gap in transcendent natures, if greater than three, will bring an extremely terrifying crushing effect.”
“For example, when a Third Order knight clad in full-coverage steel armor charges, even if five hundred people form a dense phalanx, it will be easily pierced, like rolling stones crushing over grassland, with no possibility of hindrance.”
“When that Third Order knight swings his sword with full power, the rotating sword blade’s cold gleam can instantly kill ordinary people within twenty meters; even if those people are wearing iron armor, it is of no use.” Scholar Heide described the terror of the knight.
“Therefore, if a country does not have enough high-ranking transcendents to hold the line, it is very easy to be completely crushed on the battlefield.”
No wonder upon reaching the ‘knight’ stage, one will be recruited by various countries to become the lowest rank of lord, the maiden thought silently in her heart.
“Among you, some have already reached ‘First Order’ and should understand the gap I am talking about.” At this point, many people turned their gazes to the golden-haired girl in the front row.
Iona（ First Order-Blazing Sun）, she is one of the rare transcendents cultivating the ‘Blazing Sun’ nature; the resources required for this path are rare, and ordinary people often dare not hope for it.
“Teacher, besides knights of the ‘Castle’ path, are there no other high-rank classes for other natures?” A commoner student asked curiously.
“Of course there are; every ‘nature’ has high-ranking existences, it’s just that the probability of you seeing them is very small.”
“For example, transcendents of the ‘Snail Fish’ nature are mostly in lakes, swamps, and seashores; transcendents cultivating the ‘Mist Shadow’ nature are mostly assassins, thieves, illusionists, play mages, and so on; cultivators of the ‘Death Ash’ nature are mostly grave diggers, bone assemblers, black wizards, and others who are rejected by people.”
“How can we contact these classes? I mean, where do they learn from? Could it be that they all fumble it out themselves?” Someone continued to inquire.
“There will be some hidden organizations or schools that impart these secret arts and abilities.”
“I know you are very curious about how to find these organizations and schools. In fact, they are not far from us.” Scholar Heide rarely put on a mysterious air and raised a finger.
“Hehe, the ‘Candle Fort School’ I belong to is actually a similar organization, except we often appear in public view.”
“To put it this way, such organizations and schools are quite strict in recruiting new members because certain resources are exceptionally rare; they only wish to cultivate those with talent.” Heide shook his head slightly.
“In a certain sense, I am actually a failure; I have never been able to break through to the ‘Third Order-Secret Word’ class, and later turned to cultivating the ‘Second Order-Castle’ scholar class.”
“If it is the most excellent person among you, there should be hope to go to that place and contact the truly high-dimensional power and knowledge of this world.” He slowly closed his eyes and stroked the white beard on his chest.
Afterward, the old man opened his eyes, his profound gaze slowly sweeping over the entire audience.
“Viscount Xue Feng and I can jointly recommend one student each year to go to the Secluded Forest in Regas Kingdom; there are many school organizations stationed there, where you can contact a world that ordinary people cannot imagine, and there are transcendent paths leading to natures of 5th rank and above.”
“However, that place is also completely different from the outside world; you no longer have your current various identities, and if you die inside, no one will inquire, because laws cannot constrain those powerful existences that surpass common sense.”
“Fortunately, even such powerful schools need fresh blood; they need to pass down knowledge, secret arts, and even certain beliefs. If you meet their intentions and requirements, you will be accepted by these schools and become one of them, escaping the mortal realm.”
It has finally come, Iona looked at Scholar Heide, suppressed excitement emerging in her eyes.
The reason she was willing to come to this remote city was not only because Viscount Xue Feng was her distant relative, but also because Jiaoshi City had a slot to recommend someone to the mysterious Secluded Forest; only there could she contact high-rank secret knowledge and have a chance to become a truly powerful transcendent.
If she advances to 4th rank or above, even Grand Duke Regas would respect her and release her father from the dungeon; if she goes further to become a 5th rank existence, then she could even influence the situation of this country.
Other cities also have similar recommendation slots, but these slots are often pre-allocated to great nobles or special figures, hard to compete for. If her father had not had an incident, she would have been able to go to the Secluded Forest this year, but now…
She had no choice but to live under someone else’s roof, staying in this backwater place. According to the pattern she knew, in another 5-6 months it would be time for the next slot recommendation.
Not just Iona; the other students also looked at Scholar Heide with eyes full of eagerness and anticipation. As for the dangers mentioned by Scholar Heide, they were not taken to heart by anyone.
Where is there no danger? Even at home, one might be carried off by a passing Ti Lang. In this era, the average lifespan of mortals is only over thirty years, and true elders are exceptionally rare.
Secluded Forest… Mike clenched his fist, his nails digging into his flesh, swearing darkly.
‘I must go there. Brother Jieluo, this must be the meaning of you sending me to Scholar Heide’s place, right? Yes, it must be.’
Yeluo heard the teacher mention the Secluded Forest and was initially excited, but soon became dejected. This was not the first time he knew of this term, and his experiences over the past two years had also made him understand that he was absolutely no genius and would not get such an opportunity to go.
If it were me… Suolin straightened his body, staring straight at the old man on the stage, his heart surging.
‘Father, I know you always had regrets, unable to truly step into the threshold of Third Order, and I absolutely must overcome this regret and walk the path you never trod.’
There should be the inheritance of Brilliant Moon there… Xilutiya thought of this, a bit of anticipation rising in her heart.
But everyone yearns for it, so the competition will be fierce.
The students each harbored their own thoughts, and their previously lax state of mind became fervent again during this time.
Whether for their own future, family expectations, or exploring more possibilities and seeing a wider world, this was their best choice.
Nameless pawn, or world-renowned?
The answer had already appeared in their hearts.
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