Arcane Linguist

Chapter 158 Sirisism and the Beginning of Total War

Because of the strength of his teacher and allies, Roland successfully resolved the spying offensive launched by Gallo and others, and even suppressed it, planning to take this opportunity to earn a sum of money.

At the end of August, he actively wrote an article appealing to all parties, and it was officially published in the newspaper in early September.

"On the Spirit of Siris"!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a counterattack to the public criticism of Okesea's previous article.

"Recently, I heard some mage friends talk about the spirit of Seris, and even proposed to ban the pilot education of Seris language. I really regret this.

Mr. Oxea, who made this proposal, probably forgot where we humans come from, and how our magic and arcane arts come from.

Before discussing the subject of this article, the spirit of Siris, I have to give Mr. Oxea a good history lesson, and at the same time remind friends who have objections to the spirit of Siris to face up to these fundamental issues.

As we all know, the entire Yate continent, that is, the history of human civilization unified as Yate Rhine can be investigated and traced back, divided into seven eras in total.

They are as follows:

In the barbaric era, also known as the ancient era, the tribal era, the school of gnosis once prevailed. People advocated ancient spiritual powers such as stargazing, divination, dreaming, and mind control. This is the pioneering origin of the gradual mastery of magic by barbaric humans.

In the second half of this era, with the rise of tribes and towns, humans gradually learned from intelligent magical creatures such as elves, began to master magic, and entered the age of mystery.

The Age of Mysteries, this is the era of advocating language and writing, the rise of humanism and classical city-states, and the birth of the Rune School during this period. After the modernization reform, disciplines such as history and sociology were added.

The Age of Witchcraft, also known as the Dark Age, was a school of witchcraft, and wizards with supernatural powers established a brutal rule.Summoning, curse, puppet, witch doctor and other genres were born here.

The Age of Magic, also known as the Bronze Age, was dominated by schools of magic, and branches of magic such as protection, incantation, prophecy, enchantment, evocation, illusion, necromancy, and transformation were born. It can be said that magic is flourishing, but the magic empire is still Can't escape destruction.

In the age of alchemy, also known as the age of silver, the school of alchemy prevailed, and the schools of organ puppetry, alchemy life science, enchantment science, potion science and other schools rose one after another.

In the magic era, also known as the golden age, the school of magic prevailed, steam engines, magic devices, large puppets, war fortresses, magic power generation, and magic technology continued to explode.

The arcane era is the modern age. The school of true knowledge realizes the great unification of arcane arts and analyzes everything in the world with arcane arts. The school of true knowledge gradually takes shape, and the school of elements (physics and chemistry) flourishes from this.

These are the histories that any apprentice of Alteraine can understand during the academy, and it should not be reiterated and emphasized by me on this journal platform.

But it is a pity that Oxea and those who supported him seem to have forgotten these histories, ignored the fact that human beings are not magical creatures in essence, nor have the natural conditions of giant dragons and elves, and have forgotten the original mages How to steal the teacher step by step, and learn from it.

In the myths and legends of "The Romance of Seris", the Suiren family drilled wood to make fire, lived in a tree house of the Chao family, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, Fuxi played gossip, and even the five emperors established humanities, created politics, cultivated wars, and fought against ministers. Control the water, slay demons, develop and grow from the tribal alliance all the way, and then there are city-states...

The story of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors is a true portrayal of the pioneering and enterprising human ancestors.

The fire of Suirenshi is the first ray of light in magic. In the history of Arterine, there must have been such a magic senior who lit up the light of magic and successfully performed the first level 0 "Light Art".

May I ask, is such a person rebellious and arrogant, trying to peek at the magical power inherent in magical creatures?

In ancient times, giant dragons were rampant, elves were arrogant, and even high-level goblins had a civilization earlier than our own. The ancestors of the Atlantians suffered from the sun, floods, and diseases like the people of Seris The suffering, between their mountains and seas, is it not full of miasma and thorns, all kinds of monsters and monsters?

If there were no such ancestors as Kuafu, Houyi, Jingwei, and Yugong in the history of Arterine, would the current high-level magic civilization fall out of thin air?

Dragons don't teach magic to humans, humans steal from teachers and learn by themselves, elves don't teach languages ​​to humans, humans imitate and carry;

Warcraft monsters attack, relying on poor primitive spells to fight hard, floods and epidemics destroy city-states, and they must endure the pain of displacement and displacement to re-develop. How come such heroes as the Yellow Emperor and Dayu have never been born?

Your Excellency Lunifuss once summed it up for me, the spirit of Siris, in a word, the sky is healthy, and the gentleman strives for self-improvement!
I would like to add a sentence here, called the terrain kun, a gentleman carries things with virtue!

The civilization that has survived thousands of years of ups and downs is really hard-won. You must know that many goblins, kobolds, and primitive humans have existed for millions of years, and they are all just monsters. Is it possible for the generations who have forgotten their ancestors to be discredited with a single criticism?
Mr. Oxea, you are so superficial and humble that you don’t know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth!
It’s not that I’m targeting the people of the Autodox school, it’s really that you judge others by yourself, make fun of others, and don’t know the greatness of my Siris spirit...”

Senseless!

Members of the School of Autodox were dumbfounded.

The members of the Siris School were stunned.

All schools and strata of the Art Rhine who eat melons and watch operas are also confused!
At this time, they realized the deep meaning of Roland's writing (transporting) "The Romance of Seris", and they knew (thought) that these were all metaphors for the human history of the Aterian continent.

Something big has happened, families!

After a long time of fuss, the Serisians turned out to be the ancestors of our Alteraine! ?
They really have no way to deny that human beings also developed from being weak and humble, and they have also experienced hardships and hardships.

If there was no fighting spirit to fight against the sky, and no giant dragon elves would rather change their fate against the sky, how could it be possible to develop such a brilliant high-magic civilization?
The rise and fall of seven degrees, the birth and death of civilization, how many predecessors and sages who fought and sacrificed on the road of magic have been annihilated?

It is a pity that the unfilial descendants of later generations have never paid attention to the accumulation of this historical and cultural heritage, and have never passed down these incomparably precious things.

In the end, I don't even remember their names and deeds, and those great spirits are all forgotten!
This is the impact of war and destruction, and it is also the result of excessive concentration of extraordinary power and precious historical materials placed in the same basket.

Roland's article awakened the historical memory of the people of Atlantis, one after another great heroes came to mind, compared with the characters who appeared in "The Romance of Siris".

It is vague, and indeed there are many shadows of refraction!
All great civilizations have similarities. In the history of Arterine, it has indeed given birth to its own Three Emperors and Five Emperors. The great figures of all eras have never lacked similarities with the historical figures of Seris.

Under a wonderful misunderstanding, the history and culture of Seris began to really take root here, and it was skillfully inserted into the soil of Art Rhine.

Immediately, all those who accepted this statement, their natural favor for "The Romance of Siris" suddenly rose, jumping several levels in a row.

Even the Autodox School, Gallo, Oxea and others were completely silent.

Sir Siris is actually my ancestor?
I do not know!
Mr. Luo, what happened?
I cursed and cursed Siris, how could I become a person who forgets his ancestors and doesn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth?

This is outrageous. Open the door to Outrageous. Outrageous is home!
……

"So it is, so it is!

What we are doing now are all meaningful things, imitating the sages and accumulating experience! "

Just as everyone in the Autodox school was dumbfounded and didn't know how to refute, Jiatos of the royal capital of Iser danced with excitement.

He has reconfirmed that he wants to be Li Shizhen of Arterine!
"Our spell scroll printing is also meaningful!"

Tibow, Skold and others were very excited. Human civilization is always moving forward, so we can't just copy scrolls by hand all the time, right?
"Maybe we can also carry forward the spirit of Siris!"

Pano, Bu Nuo, Pimiller and others saw it and felt more energetic.

"That's really good, the current Alteraine does not lack magic technology, but lacks this kind of humanistic spirit!"

Lunephth also admired it sincerely.

Her beautiful eyes flickered, and she suddenly thought of something, and began to write and publish corresponding articles.

"Perhaps we should call this spirit of self-improvement Serisism. The spirit of Siris is positive, pioneering and enterprising. It is destined to master the emerging power of arcane art. All old forces will not be able to stop it..."

Sirisism!
The birth of a school, in addition to the corresponding personnel, funds, organization and technical routes, there are actually quite important things, that is, the core program passed down among the spirits.

The Siris rune system is nothing more than a technical thing, guiding the research and development of arcane arts.

However, from this moment on, the soul of the school, as well as the core values, began to condense.

It is Siresism!

……

"It's not bad, the current Art Rhine really needs such a spirit and value orientation.

Only arcane, without spiritual belief is not enough.

Perhaps, this is the meaning of the existence of the Rune School. "

In the high-level office of the Arcane Council, the legendary mage Antonia read the newspaper and was also sincerely moved.

He is a legendary mage who has broadened his horizons beyond the Rhine, and has seen various other civilizations.

He knew that even high magic civilizations were not invincible, and no one could escape the law of success or failure.

"Atlantis has developed to a very developed moment, but internal ills and hidden dangers still exist.

How many glorious civilizations collapsed suddenly?

This is especially worthy of vigilance.

Perhaps, we need to draw spiritual nourishment from Seresism. "

He pondered for a while, and invited several staff members and Roland's teacher Orvisto to hold a small meeting.

Not long after, the funding application submitted by Roland for the study of Seris runes and spell scroll printing was placed in front of everyone.

Antonia, the legendary mage who was still talking just now, choked.

"The Siris rune project... 1 million gold coins!"

"Spell scroll printing... 2500 million gold coins!"

The old mage took out his beloved small jug from his chest pocket and took a sip to suppress his shock.

Orvisto smirked.

Good boy, the lion opened his mouth wide.

"Do you still understand the rules? How can there be such a thing?" Antonia couldn't help muttering.

"Speaking of which, this is the first time he has applied for public funding since he won the Morning Star Award. You can be forgiven for being ignorant, young man."

Orvisto defended Roland without psychological pressure.

"Your Excellency, you can see that there are 9353 characters in the Seris script so far, and it is expected to grow to more than 21000. If nearly 10000 runes can be extracted from it, it is equivalent to more than [-] gold coins for each item.

Although this has reached the level of ten thousand gold, if it is allocated to the members of the school as a small project, it will be almost this amount, which is quite reasonable. "

Antonia said: "Don't worry about this, with so much money approved, it's enough to build a mage tower.

Moreover, not all texts can be magicalized. Could it be that Alteraine has to ask him to deduce all the nearly ten thousand runes and get results?

In the end, the runes that can be magical, even those that conform to the law of the mantra like the word "cutting", are at most a thousand characters, how can it be counted according to ten thousand characters! "

"Isn't this going to apply for future projects first, so as not to cause trouble again..."

"It's troublesome, why don't you eat all three meals for the rest of your life today?"

The economic base determines the superstructure. Even in a place like Arterine, high-level discussions are always about money.

This is essentially a resource scheduling problem.

Along with the disbursement of this fund, there are still many procurement qualifications for scarce resources, which will simultaneously solve the problem of having money but nowhere to buy it.

Archmage Amartoros, Archmage Dias and others also participated in the discussion.

They are not archmages of the rune school, but they also know something about the rune project.

In the fund management of Arterine, vertical funds implement a dual-track policy of budget management and contract system in parallel. Among them, the budget system is applicable to ordinary arcanists and ordinary projects, and the contract system is applicable to outstanding arcanists and special projects.

What is being discussed in the committee now actually belongs to the latter.

No matter what, Roland deserves to be an outstanding arcanist, and the study of Siris runes can also be called a special project.

Similar to other arcane projects, the research funds of the Rune School are often divided into direct costs and indirect costs, and the direct costs include business costs, labor costs, and equipment costs. The indirect costs are calculated using the segmented excess regressive ratio method and Implement total control.

According to past experience, this type of project actually doesn’t cost too much money, a thousand gold coins is enough, and from the perspective of text magic, it is already very good to be able to dig out more than 1000 runes for more than [-] words. That's amazing, Antonia refused to believe that Roland and the others could come up with a [-]D-level Siris rune.

This kid, the price he offered was 10 times the normal estimate, and the total amount of the project was also 10 times, so the total price was 100 times!
Antonia took another sip of the wine: "This is relying on my newcomer's ignorance to ask for prices!"

No, maybe he had a good teacher who knew everything.

Just take advantage of this opportunity to hit the committee hard!
but……

After squinting at Orvisto, Antonia finally chose to forgive.

"Since he dares to ask for it, I dare to give it too!
Just give it to him according to the standard of ten thousand gold!
However, such a large amount of funds cannot be allocated immediately, and it is still limited to a hundred words, and it will be given one period at a time.

Only after the results have been made and the acceptance is passed can the next batch be issued. "

This is the proper meaning in the question, and Orvisto smiled and said: "Your Excellency is wise, your generosity is like the pourer in the east of the empire!"

His Excellency the legendary mage has already given his preference, and the others have nothing to say, and this resolution was quickly passed.

As for the spell scroll printing project, Antonia severely approved Roland's application, denouncing it as a typical example of defrauding funds.

This kind of research that is biased towards invention and creation can obtain commercial investment, and Art Rhine already has a mature operation model, so how could it be possible to get less funds?
All the investment risks are borne by the public, and then he earns a lot of money with the patent. How can there be such a beautiful thing?
If the Celestial Rune is still a cultural project, which focuses on theoretical research and needs support, it is purely supporting them.

Moreover, this is not a project initiated by Roland himself at all!
Thibow was the first to conduct research, and recently, low-level mages such as Skold have participated in the research, but the progress has been slow, and the solution to the cost problem is still far away.

2500 gold coins?
Thank goodness he dared to mention it!

For the sake of Orvisto, Antonia finally only promised support funds of 25 gold coins.

……

Following the ferment of Roland's "On the Spirit of Seris" on the magic net, there was an upsurge of discussing "Serisism" in Arterine.

But for Roland, the high-level support from the Arcane Committee is even more important.

August 9 this day.

Ding!The Arcane Council has sent you a new email!
As the screencasting technique provided by Ta Ling came down, the previous application had already been responded.

"Dear Mr. Rowland:

According to the latest research and decision of the Arcane Committee, the magical structure project of 'Ceres Rune' is now approved, and the special funding channels for outstanding arcanists are authorized for you, according to the '[-]-word phase', 'advance distribution', and 'general package of expenses' ' and other principles to provide special support, please refer to the attachment for details..."

Then, another email.

The funding for "Spell Scroll Printing" that Roland applied for for Tebow, Skold and others was also approved.

Roland pondered for a while, and readily accepted.

He had already learned the news from the teacher in advance, and he also roughly understood Antonia's plan.

In fact, he created the Seris rune, and to a large extent, he was able to rely on the soil of the historical and cultural heritage of Siris to achieve great success, which can be called quick and easy!
In the form of special funds, a large amount of funds and resources can be freely allocated, and even diverted to other places related to the construction of schools.

In terms of the use of ordinary funds, this kind of behavior can be regarded as "corruption of public funds", but in Arterine, it is supported by outstanding mages who support it in terms of policy, and it is also a manifestation of the privilege of important awards such as the Morning Star Award!
This is actually a tacit consent to let Roland do the work, and build up the school by the way!
"Phase [-] of [-] characters" is the speed limit valve given to him by the superiors, preventing this outstanding arcanist from rushing all the way on the road of embezzling funds and embarking on an uncontrollable wrong path.

Roland couldn't help but want to laugh three times.

"We finally have money!"

The funds released in the first phase are enough to have 100 million gold coins, and there is also policy support similar to an unlimited amount. As long as the results can be achieved, the subsequent source of funds will also be guaranteed!
The attitude of the top management is self-evident!

……

"What? Special support, special funds?"

Meanwhile, on the other side.

In the Autodox Guild Hall, Gallo, Oxea and the others also received the news.

Because this kind of support is through public channels, the information must be publicized to all walks of life.

But I don't know whether the high-level executives intentionally or unintentionally made it a step slower for them to know.

At this time, the dust has settled!

"The teacher didn't tell us!"

Gallo's face darkened, and he immediately knew the most fundamental reason.

Their teacher, Archmage Watson, the leader of the Autodox School, definitely knew about this.

As a great mage, he has a direct access to the highest level of news, even if Antonia and the others negotiated it on their own, they would not be able to hide it from him.

Even this matter got the approval of his archmage!

"A word of gold, almost unlimited support... It is clear that he is going to help him all the way to the position of the archmage!"

The sanction on the research funding is probably invalid!
Oxea had a ferocious face, and said in disbelief, "How could the higher-ups be so generous!"

"What to do, Gallo, I'm afraid they won't be able to get stuck in terms of funding!"

Everyone was also a little panicked, and couldn't help but look at Gallo.

Gallo said coldly: "No, funding is always just funding, not unconditional financial support!
Since he has taken the funds, he has to take responsibility for the results.

If there is no result all the time, at best, it will be 100 million level of funds, which will not be used too much on the members of the school! "

To put it bluntly, other people still have to be restricted, and they can force Roland to support the entire school alone!
"Everyone, don't panic, from now on, we will take a step further and comprehensively strike in all possible fields.

The allies of all parties, those commercial companies, and the colonies must also mobilize to completely block and intercept! "

"Then... Teacher..."

Listening to Gallo's declaration of an almost total war, everyone felt deeply disturbed and hesitated.

"Teacher... is no longer with us, there is no need to tell him about this!"

Gallo's face darkened, but he said forcefully.

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