Chapter 152 - Mana & Mages, Magierstadt's History, Lightbearers and Darkwielders (Part 1)

This chapter is meant for recap purposes. (Covered: Mana and Mages, Magierstadt's history, Lightbearers, and Darkwielders. This chapter is dedicated to recapping what Volume 1, 2, and 3 histories had covered.)

MANA & MAGES:

Mana is something that cannot be stolen nor can be made artificially. Mana is something that resides in each and every person. The only difference that separates mages from the general populace is that mages have compatibility on the elements and convert their mana into matter.

But it wasn't as simple as that. 

People who were born with average mana and no compatibility to be mages cannot be mages. It is widely believed that their 'souls' have something to do with it. 

Sorcerers are known as humans with magical prowess—people who can use incantations in various forms such as battle, healing, and research. They say on ancient texts that sorcerers are born from a reincarnated soul of an Elf, an undying creature. Books of older origin suggest that the souls of elves who are perhaps murdered found their way to inhabit a human baby's body.

However, these principles are not entirely accurate. On the contrary, existing "exceptions" to the rule exist; blood relations, for instance, disobeys the said belief.

There are sorcerers born from lineages with a family tree only comprising people who exhibit a magical prowess. If the souls of the elves choose at random, then blood relation is not a factor to consider. The ancient books claim that the soul of elves are only randomly distributed, meaning that even if two sorcerers produce an offspring, there is a good chance the child will be a normal human.

Sorcerers are required to choose what kind of path they want to take the moment they enter their first senior year at the Academy. The path is classified into three groups; mages, conjurers, and clairvoyants.

First, the mages. Mages are those who possess compatibility with the 'four elements' namely fire, water, air, and earth. Mages are usually those who aid in the battlefield because their magic is brazen and bold due to increased physical strength and stamina. Sorcerers who choose this path typically join guilds, embark on quests, or apply to the Imperial Sorcerer Army.

Second, the conjurers. Conjurers are those who are talented in the art of taming magical creatures. They can summon different kinds of elementals and critters to their liking. Choosing to be a conjurer requires a sorcerer to be above average in mastering the four elements. Being a conjurer also pertains to exposing one's persona, since the creature a certain conjurer summons reflects their physical and mystical strength.

Lastly, the clairvoyants. Clairvoyants are sorcerers able to tell fortune, do incantations like rituals, and are able to create a contract. Clairvoyants have zero compatibility with any of the elements; therefore, they are weak in physical strength. However, clairvoyants are adept in deciphering ancient scriptures, reverting a curse, and are in charge of creating a magical barrier. Clairvoyants, after graduation at the Academy, are sent to a specialized organization that works directly at the order of the king himself.

This was why the 'soul' belief was entirely believed by the masses. People, who do not have the ability to even partake barely average mana, tame magical beasts, or even be like clairvoyants who do not possess an ounce of compatibility to the elements, but still have above-average mana and could foretell prophecies—can not be mages. And they believed it has something to do with their souls.

Magic is complicated and contradicting. It is ever-complex as its law and structures seemed to change from time to time. This was why Magierstadt, and other schools of magic, are doing their best to conduct research.

In the past, people believed that nothing can ever steal 'mana'. This was still true, but then a crystal arose from the market. A 'mana revitalizer' which could steal the mana around it. This certain crystal caused heaps of problems across Earthland—until Magierstadt put a stop to the unease by presenting the research they conducted.

The mana revitalizer does not steal mana; it steals the byproducts of it. The leftover.

"You see, mana at its purest form cannot be stolen." Says the Magierstadt researchers. "But mana that is a leftover—a mana that is emanated by the body in small portions—can be converted by this 'crystal' which is made by dark magic. However, if you think that this is something that is brilliant to preserve your manas—no. It is not. A byproduct that is revitalized using dark magic is deemed as corrupt and could prove fatal if mixed with pure mana. If you want to have your organs bursting from within, then you should not use this crystal."

MAGIERSTADT'S HISTORY:

Magierstadt is a country that is founded more than a thousand years ago. It originated from a scanty village inhabited by the Magi tribe, a clan of shamans of the Ancient tongue, Mystisch. The village was said to be established in the year 200, amid the Great War between the two continents of Earthland. They say that the mages of each country flee to the village and found refugee in the peaceful town occupied by the shamans.

Neither Zuerst nor Zweite fought for the village of the shamans; they were deemed diminutive and trivial, resulting in the two continents ignoring them most of the time. But given the location of the village—which is inside a significant landmass just lying between the two continents—making them susceptible to the conflict due to their land being the center of the ambivalence. This made the Magi tribe's village the refugee for military bases and the like. They were caught during the war.

Some say that several tribesmen found themselves in league with either of the two continents, joining their ranks; some also claimed that they infiltrated enemy bases as spies... and from such saying, people were able to conclude that the shamans were, as a matter of fact, keen individuals with very adaptive behavior.

As the war between the two continents grew stronger—including the tribesmen caught in the web of disarray, they unearthed means to use the preceding war to their advantage. The land of the Magi tribe was both a passage and a setup for a military base, and so the shamans found a method to utilize it to their favor. From their obtained knowledge from both the people of Zuerst and Zweite, the experiences they harbored as they interacted, observed, and analyzed the environment that continuously changed, the tribe gradually developed a small nation from the scraps of wisdom that they earned through the process of adapting.

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I am dividing them to two parts so coins would be lesser. ^^

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