At the Wizard Guild headquarters, in the ancient grand hall, seven Rule Wizards were looking over the intelligence reports before them. They were some of the most powerful Rule Wizards in the Wizard Guild.
"Everyone, we need to raise our assessment of the Elf race!" Rule Wizard Clemens of the Intelligence Department said in a deep voice.
Although the Elf race had quite a reputation on the Central Continent, its actual performance in battles on the front lines had not been particularly impressive.
However, the intelligence regarding the recently concluded war between the Elf race and the Holy Knights revealed that this race, which still believed in the gods, possessed tremendous potential.
"During the great war between the Wizards and the gods, the great Moon Goddess chose to withdraw from the conflict. She and a few other gods became divine beings who could coexist peacefully with Wizards and legally exist in this world!" Rule Wizard Hume said with a sigh.
All the Rule Wizards present thought of that war, which had determined the course of the world. It had begun when powerful Wizards among the humans and dwarves—Wizards who had reached a level comparable to the gods—launched a rebellion against the gods.
Most of the details of that war had long since been buried deep within legends and stories. Only the records preserved at the Wizard Guild headquarters still contained that history.
Under the rule of the gods, even nobles, kings, and emperors in the mortal world had to obey the commands of the churches subordinate to the gods. Divine authority held absolute power in this world.
As the Wizards' system of knowledge spread throughout the world, the churches belonging to the gods branded Wizards as aberrations and began ruthlessly suppressing them.
The Wizard system struggled to develop during that