Chapter 255
Yes, there were many Maesters who had transcendent powers. Back then, the Valyria steel links in the Maester chain were not just in name only, but also in reality!
Well, the Valyria steel links are custom made in Valyria, fifty knots, three pounds combined, a Maester's reward for thirty years of service to the Sorcerer Council.
Quantity is limited, so Archmaester's links will be recovered by the Citadel after his death.
Nearly a thousand Maesters have worn Valyria steel links over the past two thousand years. Except for those after Dance of the Dragons, 95% of Maesters are real Mage, and there are even more than 100 Magic Great Grandmasters.
The notes on the bookshelf belong to the Great Grandmaster.
There are not many studies on the specific Fire Sorcery, mainly the elaboration of the essence of Magic, and the relationship between the dragon and Magic Tide has been known to them for a long time.
In one of the notes, Dany sees the word "real world" for the first time.
A historian Archmaester named Hades the Fire Demon, similar to Lomos Longstrider's experience, has traveled almost every corner of the world.
"Hades the Fire Demon" is the bandit number he got when Asshai fought Maegi.
Uh, when a Maegi was about to sacrifice a little slave girl to the Shadow Demon, Archmaester Hades used the "fire control" sorcery, so that the fire of the firewood avoided the child, and instead the fire wave rolled back and burned. Dead Maegi.
When he came out of the flames with little girl in his arms, Barbarian, who was watching, knelt down and chanted "devil of fire", and the title of Hades the Fire Demon spread like wildfire.
Apparently Archmaester Hades is also very proud of this matter, he oneself made a name for himself in Asshai, and he also recorded the entire experience in a notebook for future generations to worship.
Well, digressed.
Although Archmaester Hades "made a name for himself" with Fire Magic and is often proud of it, he himself has seen too many tragedies caused by transcendent forces, and has no doubts about the need for Magic for human civilization. Doubt.
Valyria uses Magic to enslave the world, destroying the country and annihilating countless people; Asshai imports so many slaves every year, most of which are used by the evil Sorcerer to sacrifice devil; Sorcerer will leave a lasting energy radiation after using Magic, which is harmful to the ordinary person causes terrifying damage like a curse...
Archmaester Hades lived in the Valyria Freehold period and naturally doesn't know the future Lands of Long Summer mutation, but he has been to Rhoyne, after Valyrian and Rhoynar battle The middle reaches of the Rhoyne, now known as the "Sorrows".
Sorrows is shrouded in gray and fog all year round, and is inhabited by a large number of stone people infected with Greyscale.
Hades thinks Greyscale comes from magic energy radiation near Sorrows.
Because Valyria was the most powerful country in the world at that time, Archmaester Hades had seen the side effects of abusing Magic, but he couldn't deny the advancement of Magic civilization.
He only put forward a concept: If there is no illusory Magic and Spiritual God of "Impermanence", what kind of world can human beings create simply by relying on the wisdom of oneself?
The concept of "real world" is derived from this.
By flipping through the Magic notes after Hades, Dany found that after Valyria was destroyed in the cataclysm, the "real world" began to be mentioned and expected by more and more Maesters.
"Valyria has reached the peak of Magic civilization, and its destruction represents the failure of Magic civilization. Maybe in the real world, mankind has a better future."
——This is The conclusion of the conclave of the Citadel Archmaester two hundred and fifty years ago, after Maegor the Cruel rode the Balerion and burned the Starry Sept (located in Oldtown, then the Church of The Seven).
Of course, from some notes, what Dany sees is Maester's jealousy of Valyrian innate talent, and his unwillingness to oneself not being able to learn Valyria high level arcana.
In simple terms, about 5% of Maesters are purely considering the future development of Westeros, and more people are desperate for the power of transcendent after the cultivation has failed.
In short, Maester, who is very powerful in action, started a century-long plan to "restore the original appearance of the world".
Well, the "dragon extinction plan" is just one of the links, they want to create a world without Magic and Spiritual God.
The extinction of dragon opened the Dharma End Times of mankind, and it had no effect on Spiritual God (it did, but Dany and Maester didn't know about it at this time), Magic was gone, but Spiritual God And the priest still exists.
The last Magic notebook belonged to an Archmaester named Kondi 120 years ago. He wrote excitedly before his death: The magic power in my body is fading, hahaha, we This generation has finally accomplished an unprecedented feat and brought Magic Tide to a complete halt! I hope that the latecomers will make persistent efforts to completely end the era of Spiritual God.
"Well, Citadel Maester really dares to think and do it, dragons are just appetizers, and even Spiritual God is their goal?!"
Dany was curious about how Citadel planned to deal with Spiritual God, I am ready to look for books related to the "real world". But at this moment, the sound of "ka-cha Kara" suddenly came from overhead.
——Someone is opening the door!
next moment, she extinguished the flames suspended in front of her eyebrows, passed through several layers of bookshelves like a ghost, and hid in the innermost corner to hide her figure.
"Crackling..." The visitor did not carry the oil lamp, and after closing the thick iron door, he walked lightly on the wooden ladder. In the silent environment, Dany also heard the slight sound of fingers rubbing against the wall - the guy was looking for the torch inserted into the wall, just like her before.
"ka-cha—" The stars flashed, and Dany could hear the other person scratching the flint.
But after a dozen consecutive clicks, the torch was not ignited.
"What's the matter?"
It was an unfamiliar male voice.
I have burned all the whale oil on the cotton cloth at the top of the torch, but of course you can't set it on fire.
Dany complains.
Maybe it was because the torch was broken, the man continued to grope his way down, and it didn't take long for the flint to "crack crack".
"Boom—beep beep!" This time, the torch was on fire after only two wipes.
Under the light of the fire, Dany saw a terrifying face - Pate!
The person holding the torch and slowly walking down the wooden ladder is Pate!
look pale's youngster looks aren't scary, but the significance of Pate's presence in the book cellar at this time is shocking.
"Faceless - Men!"
Dany's expression is complicated, she is completely sure at this time, the poor scumbag apprentice has ended oneself's green life, the skin is peeled off, the body Throwing it in Honeywine, the girlfriend was replaced by the identity, miserable miserable!
"No wonder this guy has an air of reluctance to get close." Dany watched 'Pate' find a glass oil lamp in the small cabinet under the wooden table, lit it, extinguished the torch, and began to put on the bookshelf walk through.
Finally, he came to the bookshelf marked "Dragon". When he found the book "72 Techniques for Hatching Dragon Eggs" in the column of "Legendary Creatures - Dragon - Dragon Egg", the original The expressionless 'Pate' was almost beaming.
He didn't read it carefully, only read the preface, then stuffed the book into the gray robe, and then went to the next book... Finally, in the "Dragon Control" section. Bar found a few volumes of the ancient Valyria parchment tied to the calf, only to return to the round table three steps.
Looking at his unfinished appearance, it seems that he wants to empty the book cellar?
Dany is annoyed: even if there are dragons and Spiritual God, why is there no space ring!
She also wants to evacuate the book cellar!
Just when she couldn't help but feel jealous and jealous, and was about to run to the first floor to inform the lobby janitor that Pate was a thief, a single thought flashed across the Consciousness Sea.
When 'Pate' was put back in the torch, she closed the iron door and left, she also ran to the round table, squatted on the ground, lit the glass oil lamp with warm wick, and looked through the small cabinet next to find the quill pen with ink.
Next, find a copy of "Targaryen Dragon Hatching Notes" on the shelf labeled "Dragon".
"hehehe, Pate, ah Pate, I'm afraid you will never be satisfied with just stealing once, right?"
Dany laughs at hehe and leans on the desk, adding in a blank page of the book. last paragraph.
After finishing all this, she first went back to the second floor, told the old Knight that Pate was the Faceless Men, and then went back to the bookstore to continue looking for books related to the "real world".
Because the body and the "coordinate" Barristan are very close, the mental body persisted for five hours before Dany's sorcery strength was completely consumed.
But it's been enough time for her to figure out the progress of Citadel's "artificial Dharma End Times project", what to say...
She was disappointed.
Citadel Maester is a gangster, dealing with the simple-minded and stupid Targaryen royal family. God they were completely resigned to no plan whatsoever.
In other words, the older generation of Maesters are highly knowledgeable and possess the true transcendent power. Not to mention the truth of the world is clear as a flame, at least they have a very deep understanding of the goals of oneself - Magic and Spiritual God.
——It is because of their understanding of dragon and Magic Tide that they can let the world enter Dharma End Times.
But after entering Dharma End Times, the older generation of learned men died, and the new Maester of the next generation did not know Magic at all—dragon died, and entered Dharma End Times—has little knowledge of mysterious knowledge , and even doubt the authenticity of Magic.
Without even mysterious knowledge, how to formulate a plan to deal with the existence of the transcendent force Peak - Spiritual God?
Citadel Maester's idea of developing the "civilization of the ordinary person" is very good. Looking at it from a neutral perspective, Dany even has some admiration for Citadel.
And they weren't as bad as she thought.
Citadel has been established for thousands of years, but they have been learning advanced Valyria and engaging in Magic civilization for thousands of years. Until the last few hundred years, Maester despairingly discovered that the Magic civilization is not for everyone, and the transcendent force requires too much of the aptitude of the cultivator.
What's more critical is the cataclysm, Valyria killed oneself, Magic civilization seems to have no way out?
So, Citadel began to change its development path, ready to completely end the Magic era, and use all its power to... uh, very embarrassing, although Citadel has been clamoring to create "no magic and no gods" The real world", but there is no clear idea of the development of the "real world".
That is to say, they are single-minded about destroying the "Magic Age", but have no plans for "Technology Civilization".
If there is no Spiritual God, no Long Night and Others, Dany suspects that Citadel will continue to be confused for a thousand or two thousand years, and then go through a "Renaissance" and formally propose the concept of "technology"?
Like Earth Western world.
Unfortunately, the faith of Lord of Light has begun to erode Westeros, Long Night nears, and Others have gone south to Wall.
When the Night King comes, even Maester oneself will shout: The Seven, please must be true!
When The Seven couldn't respond, Maester was afraid to even shout "my lord R'hllor", or "Dany my king, long live absolutely old".
Hey, the scholars of this world are hateful and pitiful.