in the name of the queen

Chapter 83 Roland was very moved, and then chose to refuse
  What a loud tone.

Roland almost laughed out loud.

Magical power is indeed very powerful, but is it really the solution for mankind?

If magical power is as great as this book claims, how did the Magic Empire end?
  He prefers to believe that technology can change mankind.

When I opened the second page of the book, it was blank.

Ah, what is this?
  Roland continued to flip through the book with some confusion. The third and fourth pages were blank.

He was a little confused. Why was the old guy playing tricks on others?

He suddenly raised his head and was about to complain to Anthony when the library in front of him had disappeared.

He was surprised to find that he was in a virtual three-dimensional space.

It’s like wearing an AR helmet to watch a virtual scene movie.

Here, he saw the magic empire in its heyday.

Reading the records about the Tongtian Magic Tower from books, I can only see boring records, and I can't understand how shocking the Tongtian Magic Tower is with no end in sight.

It is not a building that can be completed by human power, but rather like a mountain peak reaching into the sky.

Is this the pinnacle that human civilization has ever touched?
  There are various teleportation arrays and various magic airships connecting the magic tower to the ground. They are extremely fast and not inferior to airplanes.

There are also many humans wearing magic costumes, flying freely in the air.

A prosperous big city, home to millions of people.

In rural areas, birth magic greatly shortens the maturity period of crops, and rice, corn, and wheat are constantly being harvested and turned into delicious food.

Roland observed carefully and made a strange discovery.

Magical civilization does not have petrochemical products, but it does have other technological products.

Literally, no trace of oil or gas remains.

The huge machine is mainly powered by magic crystal, supplemented by electricity and steam power, and there is no trace of internal combustion engine at all.

If it were a normal technology tree, oil would be the backbone of industry, but that's obviously not the case here.

Just when Roland was lost in thought, the situation suddenly changed, the golden portal opened, and countless warriors wearing special armor appeared.

Divine punishment has come.

The armor of these warriors is not too strong, but they have specialized defense against magic.

The terrifying magic hit them like a stone sinking into the sea, with no effect at all.

The Magic Legion, which the Magic Empire is proud of, is helpless in the face of the magic-breaking warriors.

Cities were destroyed and magic towers were bulldozed.

The Spellbreakers treated the troops and civilians of the Magic Empire equally and killed them without distinction.

Seeing this scene, Roland frowned, feeling very uncomfortable.

Although it was just a shadow and past history, he was still angry.

He can accept various means used by countries to compete for interests, but after all, he comes from a civilized world and is opposed to indiscriminate massacre in his heart.

Seeing the human magic empire being massacred by the weird-looking spellbreakers, Roland felt a surge of anger in his chest.

The Magic Empire is a fellow human being, but the Spellbreakers are aliens.

Who wants to see his compatriots massacred by aliens?
  The Magic Empire was forced to retreat to its last defensive perimeter.

Just when Roland thought that the Magic Empire was bound to fail, special warriors appeared on the Magic Empire's side.

Roland's eyes widened in surprise.

Extraordinary? !

The spell-breaking warriors crushed the magicians, but were obviously powerless against an army composed of extraordinary beings.

With the legions of extraordinary beings tearing apart the defenses of the Spellbreakers, the legions of magic can finally play their part.

Fight back, starting now!
  Roland's blood boiled with excitement.

Even if the Magic Empire goes against the grain and deserves to perish, it should be cleaned up within the human race, so that aliens who don’t know where come from can’t be killed indiscriminately.

The hot-blooded counterattack awakened people's will to resist, and the empire's supreme governor started the process of awakening the ancient survivors at the cost of his life.

Titans, elves, earth spirits, dragons.
  Countless races returned to the earth, and the war became increasingly chaotic.

After an unknown amount of time, the invading law breakers were finally repelled.

They passed through the golden portal and came to the plane of Theia, but were sent to purgatory by the black portal.

Good to die.

This is Roland's evaluation of them.

By winning the resistance war, it stands to reason that the Magic Empire should be able to continue, but history is not like that.

As the power left by the Supreme Archon dissipated, those ancient survivors who were forcibly awakened also fell into deep sleep again.

All that is left in the world is the declining magic empire and the barbarians who grew stronger in the war.

The Magic Empire is like a beautiful, weak but half-clothed woman, licking her bruises and trying to stand up.

She even had to look at the greedy men around her for help.

But she received no help, only howls and bites.

The Magic Empire has come to an end.

The old calendar of the Magic Era is over.

For more than a thousand years, the descendants of the Magic Empire tried to restore the country and seek revenge, but ultimately failed.

The remaining descendants also accepted the reality.

The era of the Magic Empire is truly over.

What they have to do now is survive. The Magic Association and the Barbarians reconciled.

In the history books of the Magic Association, despicable barbarians betrayed the Magic Empire.

In the history books of modern countries, the magic empire conducted horrific experiments of cruelty and greed, trying to encroach on the restricted area of ​​creation that only gods can touch, and its own destruction was its own fault.

Only the winner is qualified to write history books, and the loser can only write a diary.

Who is the winner between the magic empire and the barbarians?
  It seems like neither.

After all, the regression of human civilization is comparable to the world's richest man going bankrupt and picking up rags.

But from another perspective, they defeated the Lawbreaker side by side and at least won the right to survive.

As for the struggle between the magic empire and the barbarians.

Roland's evaluation was that the meat was rotten in the pot after all, and the world still belonged to humans.

Civilization will always find a way.

It doesn't matter if it's magic or not.

This is Roland's conclusion.

Of course, he would not say this directly in front of the old man. Even if there were restraints, who would the old man find to reason with if he was imprisoned for several years when he was so angry?

After the screening, Roland's consciousness returned to reality, holding the book with only one sentence in his hand.

"Have you finished reading?" Anthony's voice appeared simultaneously with him.

"Ah."

"What do you think?" Anthony's voice was obviously more expectant.

"A magnificent epic. I am proud that there has been a magic empire in the history of human civilization."

Roland didn't talk nonsense, but spoke from the bottom of his heart.

No matter how many unnatural things the Magic Empire has done, being able to defeat foreign invaders is a divine achievement.

And they also explore the possibility of using magic to transform the world.

Very prosperous.

Very gorgeous.

Although it perished, it did leave a magnificent and glorious page in human history.

But nothing more.

"Are you willing to recognize the Magic Empire?" Anthony's voice trembled.

"Of course." Roland's answer came from the bottom of his heart.

Anthony's beard was trembling with excitement, and he said with a smile:

"Roland, your magic talent does not need to be tested. It is very good. If you are willing, I can accept you as a disciple and teach you the most orthodox magic power!"

After a moment of silence, Roland slowly shook his head and said, "Master Anthony, I chose the path of the extraordinary. In other words, the path of the extraordinary chose me."

"You have just reached the ninth level and have not yet entered the Tao. You can change it!"

Anthony waved the magic wand in his hand and said loudly: "You have only seen an insignificant corner of the vastness of the magical world. As long as you are immersed in it, you will forget everything."

Roland was silent.

Sometimes silence is rejection.

Can he forget everything?

Lisa and Sif are still waiting for him.

Although magic is strong, he already understands the root cause of the magic empire's demise.

The magic crystal is exhausted.

Just like oil.

The history of civilization in Theia spanned several epochs.

Maybe it was exhausted by previous civilizations, maybe it was for other reasons, but in short, oil and natural gas do not exist in this world.

Although the consumption of magic crystal is not so terrible, it cannot support the rebuilding of the magic empire.

This is the reason why the Magic Association reconciled with the descendants of the barbarians.

What defeated the civilization of the petrochemical industry was the exhaustion of oil.

What defeats the magic civilization is the exhaustion of the magic crystal.

This makes sense.

Although the current human civilization is backward, there is hope.

The once magical civilization, although prosperous, was at the end of its rope.

How could he choose the hopeless side?

Anthony's eyes turned from intense to disappointed.

He sighed and stopped talking. He just waved his wand and sent Roland to the magic shop area.

In fact, he also knew that it was impossible to rebuild the Magic Empire.

But he was unwilling to do so.

No one wants to die, and no force wants to withdraw from the stage of history.

Roland appeared at the door of the magic shop, still holding the wordless book in his hand.

Obviously, this was Anthony's deliberate arrangement.

(End of this chapter)