173 The Grand Arcanists (1/2)
Chapter 173: The Grand Arcanists
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
Seven days later, in the evening.
When Astar was listening to Lucien’s explanation of his understanding of the books that he read in the past week, Astar casually patted the cat, Mercedes, who looked rather relaxed and was making a low gentle grunt in her throat.
After Lucien finished his words, Astar elegantly applauded and nodded, ”Good, very good, Evans. Within only seven days, you can already apply the principles to real life and draw the connections between the laws and some magic models. That’s impressive. I’ll give Brook Meditation to you, as I promised.”
After dinner, since Lucien and the rest of the apprentices were about to leave later tonight, Astar asked Lucien a couple of arcana questions, and Lucien’s perfect answers really impressed him.
”Thank you very much, Mr. Astar.” Lucien smiled.
He never tried to hide his talent, since once he arrived in Allyn he knew he would try his very best to improve.
A piece of paper and a quill jumped out in front of Astar and the quill started writing on its own. Astar was just sitting there with his fingers crossed. Very soon, the piece of paper was fully written and it moved on its own toward Lucien.
While Lucien was reading the paper, Astar explained, ”Brook Meditation is developed based on the Theory of Psychic Wave, by the grand arcanist Mr. Brook, and is widely applied. Brook Meditation fits into the two meditation environments that you’re familiar with—Starry Sky of Destiny, which belongs to the school of Astrology, and the Four Elements, belonging to the school of Element. Currently, Brook Meditation can help you a lot with strengthening your soul and improving your spiritual power during your junior-rank period, but after that, you will have to switch again.”
The core idea of Brook Meditation was closely related to the concept of Psychic Wave. If it worked for Lucien, as how Astar and Felipe promoted it, he should be able to improve to a higher level within one or two months by starting to analyze and construct some second circle spells.
Lucien burned down the piece of paper and asked Astar sincerely, ”Mr. Astar, since we’re leaving for Allyn tonight, I have some questions for you.”
”You want to know more about the congress, Evans?” Astar smiled.
”Yes, Mr. Astar. The unknown is always terrifying. As a sorcerer who’s going to become a new member of the congress, I’d like to know what’s the difference between an arcanist and a sorcerer, how many organizations are there in the congress, how many legendary sorcerers and grand arcanists are there in the congress?” asked Lucien eagerly.
He had been thinking about these questions for a long time.
Astar looked a bit surprised, ”The sorcerer who introduced you here didn’t tell you anything?”
”Not really…” Lucien wondering whether Felipe could be viewed as his referrer.
”All right, since the president of the congress put forward the concept of arcana, the levels of arcana gradually took shape… from level one to nine. In order to move to a higher level, one needs to publish researches and get cited, create or improve spells, or create new potions to gain arcana credits.”
Lucien nodded to show that he was following.
”The congress is very strict about giving out the credits, and doing research is definitely not easy. Therefore, in most cases, a sorcerer’s magic level is often higher than his or her arcana level. Although it seems like arcana level doesn’t mean much, in the long run, a sorcerer’s arcana level determines how far he or she can go. For example, my current arcana level is five, which means my knowledge is not enough for me to move on to the archmage level, so I’m still a senior-rank mage.”
”I see.” Lucien listened carefully.
”Therefore, in the congress, one’s arcana level is more respected than his or her magic level.” Astar leaned backward on his chair, ”But also, no one would respect those sorcerers who have high magic level but low arcana level there.”
”So… If one’s arcana level is over nine, he or she is respected as a grand arcanist?” asked Lucien out of great curiosity, ”How many grand arcanists are there in the congress then?”
”Grand arcanist is a title of honor, and only those who make great contribution to magic research could be dubbed as grand arcanists. Most of the grand arcanists, before they got the title, were already legendary archmages, or at least very close to becoming legendary archmages, especially with the full support of the congress after they won the title. So we can basically equate the title, grand arcanist, with the great level of legendary archmage. Even though some grand arcanists are still not legendary archmages yet, they will be soon in the future.”
Lucien’s eyes were full of respect and curiosity.
”And currently, there are only seven sorcerers in the whole congress who could afford the title, and be respected as grand arcanists.” Astar grinned.