Forbidden Spell (Added Chapter for Monthly Votes)

In Imperial Year 250, the Magic Net was established!

Perhaps some nobles and Scholars still could not understand its significance at the time, but reality quickly taught them a harsh lesson.

In the very second year after the Magic Net was established, the promotion rate for first-level mages increased tenfold! Major magic academies all began expanding their enrollment.

Their recruits even included commoners!

The power of magic truly began flowing down to the lower classes.

More and more magic apprentices came into contact with the Magic Net and used it, in turn sustaining its operation with their own spiritual power.

Iliya's goal was to cultivate more mages and construct a complete Magic Net. She ignored the nobles' protests and forcibly opened enrollment to everyone.

This also had much to do with the growth of her own strength.

Only then did the nobles who had compromised begin to regret their decision, realizing what kind of monster they had unleashed!

In the past, although mages were formidable, they were limited by talent. The proportion of those who could truly achieve anything was very small, and those above the third level were even rarer.

There were dozens, even hundreds, of times more Hyperstring Warriors than mages!

But now, the threshold for becoming a mage had been drastically lowered. Even breakthroughs and spellcasting for mages below the third level had become much easier.

Many mages no longer needed to conduct research. They only needed to meditate continuously and come into contact with deeper layers of the Magic Net.

This turned advancement for mages below the fourth level into a foolproof process. Even orcs could become mages, let alone humans.

The nobles were horrified to discover that if this growth continued, the number of mages would become terrifyingly vast and might even threaten the status