"What about the faction? Will it cause any problems within?" Dante asked what he wanted to know the most.
Master Elandor looked at Dante strangely. "If the Celestial Arcanists discriminated by race or some other category, they would never have allowed a half-elf like me to join and become the faction leader."
Uhh… yeah, that did make sense.
"Besides, part of the reason we are suppressed and disliked by traditional mages is not only because we practice knight methods, but also because we admit non-humans into our fold. A large majority of mages in the world are human, since the human race has the purest, untainted spiritual power among the various races," Master Elandor revealed.
Purest and untainted, huh? Master Elandor was basically putting it nicely. Humans had no inherent affinities or talent, so until the magic method was discovered, they lived like dogs in this world, enslaved by non-humans who were either born with long lives, elemental abilities, or various abilities.
So naturally, humans at the top of the pyramid resented and largely abused non-human races in turn and hated the idea of such species using their precious magic method that granted them power. If it wasn't for the fact that non-humans had 10 times more difficulty practicing any mediation technique, they would have eliminated factions like the Celestial Arcanists that dared to harbor such members.
Master Elandor seemed to become closer to Dante not only because he shared his 'secret', but also because they were both 'half-humans'. He did not doubt Dante's claims in the least because hellfire that pure could not be produced by anything but a demon.
Even if a Magus at the 9th Rank made all his spiritual cores of the fire element, he could not produce such unique hellfire, even if he used a demonic spell to mimic it. As for Internal Arts or the concept of it, they did not exist, even remotely in the Magus World.
"Right, what brought you here?" Master Elandor shook his head and got to the matter at hand.
"I wanted to upgrade my status as I am now a second-rank mage and also apply for a 4th Rank Vitality Potion," Dante stated with a smile.
Master Elandor looked Dante up and down once more. "Well look at you, Upgrading your status can be done in no time, and I can get you the 4th Rank Vitality Potion, but are you sure you want only one?"
Dante paused and realized the problem. Yes, given his body's strength, other knights might have difficulty consuming this potion and would digest it after a long period of time, but he would need more than one to achieve the same effect.
However, he really only needed one for his AI to research. Taking any more would not be useful unless he planned to give it out, and as for using it himself, the potions were not free. They cost Astral Crystals per bottle.
Right now, the faction could and would subsidize Dante's training to a certain point, especially given his talent, but all the bills would be paid for later. It was easy to say he could ignore it and bail on the faction later, or even start his account and begin somewhere new.
However, this was not possible unless he literally destroyed the faction. This was a world of MAGIC my brother, they definitely had ways to track down Dante who not only had karma tied to them through his real body, but also used two of their OWN techniques to progress his magic and knight power.
Besides, Dante didn't have the habit of eating and not paying the bill. It was easier to just clear all debts and be free than build debts and think you're a genius by finding ways to dodge them. Eventually, they would catch up to you one day, and you might not be able to run anymore.
"One will do," Dante stated straightforwardly.
Master Elandor raised an eyebrow but did not inquire. Rather, he had Dante's status upgraded to the 2nd Rank, which also allowed him to choose a second meditation technique if he wanted to change his elemental technique, as well as various 2nd Rank spells.
Soon, a bottle of 4th Rank Vitality Potion was retrieved from the faction's storage and presented to him. Master Elandor asked if he had any issues that he needed help with, and Dante did ask him some things to solidify their relationship.
After all, if Dante progressed so much without ever making the 9th Rank Magus feel like a teacher, their relationship might become weird later on. Besides, most of the things he asked were gaps in his knowledge, mostly to do with common sense in the Magus world.
Wizards obviously didn't spend all their time meditating and breaking through ranks. They often researched various things, practiced skills like potion-making, artificing, or runemastery, and created meditation techniques or knight breathing techniques using their wealth of knowledge.
"However, that is normally done by average mages who progress slowly. For someone like you who makes thunderous progress, you can put such things aside and focus on growing. When you become a 9th Rank mage and your lifespan is so great, wouldn't there be plenty of time to do these other things?" Master Elandor joked with an element of seriousness.
Dante personally agreed. There was no need for him to research, practice any technique, or create techniques. His quantum AIs could do that for him. He only needed to get stronger and become more versatile in order to face any situation.
Dante took his leave and returned to the laboratory that was assigned to him. Thanks to his master's interference, he didn't have to take on any research projects or recruit any personal apprentices, but could just focus on becoming stronger.
And now that he had risen to the 2nd Rank in less than a month, the other elders, even those who were opposed, were silent. Now, they were filled with hope and excitement that the Celestial Arcanists could get another 9th Rank mage, because it meant an increase in benefits!
So naturally, they supported Dante and granted him extreme leeway. Dante sat down cross-legged and activated his meditation array that held condensed spiritual power, and then closed his eyes. He spread his spirit sense out of the faction building and placed a quantum marker 1 kilometer away.
Dante then left the Magus World with his real body, leaving his virtual body in the room. Then, he walked to the Technology Nexus and entered the research area. He then gave his AIs the 4th Rank Vitality Potion to analyze, and he was told it would take 8 hours.
After all, the computing power here in his base was higher than the Inferno Battleship since he could stuff more quantum AI cores than in the ship, not to mention the dreadnought was meant for fighting, not research.
He then gave an idle AI researcher the task of producing Meditation Techniques, Knight Breathing techniques, External Martial Arts, and Internal Martial Arts of all kinds based on his personal knowledge from his AI chip as well as the details of each power system, as well as their various auxiliary methods like Blacksmithing and Alchemy from the True Martial World and Potioneering and Artificing from the Magus World.
After all, putting aside starting a faction, his little protagonists needed 'system shops' to buy things from, right? Otherwise, what incentive did they have to obey system missions? Unlike those overpowered systems, Dante did not yet have the power to directly grant rule-breaking power to his protagonists, so he had to improvise.
Besides, a faction could not exist and grow with only one or two techniques. There had to be an array that catered to many needs, and this was usually built over time. Dante could supply resources, no problem, given what his research AI had spat out, but resources alone did not make a stable faction.
Dante's eyes narrowed. Besides, if such factions grew and dominated the world, the quantum world AIs and their owners would not be bothered or notice anything because Dante was using natives of those worlds to achieve his goals.
Shared worlds needed to grow organically like this or they would not be as valuable to users in any way.
The time to craft 1000 techniques of each type was 3 seconds per technique. Well, what did you expect? These were quantum AIs; how could the lowly brains of even 9th Rank mages keep up?
Even Dante's 1000-point Intelligence was barely at the supercomputer level, and only Beatrice, with 20,000 Intelligence boosted upwards to at least 1 million by her Psionics, could match the average quantum computer.
Impossible? Exaggerating?
A mere Quantum World with 9th Rank mages that was 100% simulated by quantum computers and managed by such AIs with ease could not possibly beat its creators. How could a mere part of what was its code and subroutines out-calculate the main thing itself?
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