"Martin is a King?" Claire turned around and asked.
And Upton looked confused, "What is King? The teacher is just a fifth-level wizard..."
Claire pointed to the huge building complex at the foot of the mountain, "Then what are these?"
Upton scratched his head, fearing that he had misunderstood Claire's meaning, and finally said tentatively, "House?"
Claire: "..."
Of course I knew it was a house! I mean, if Martin wasn't King, why would there be so many buildings here! And judging by the lights, those houses don't look like they are uninhabited. At least as far as you can see, there must be millions of people living here.
"I mean, how come there are so many people here..."
According to the inherent impression in Claire's mind, wizards should be deeply detected and live in places with rare human traces. How could they live in such a densely populated place, and in the most central location.
After Claire's detailed inquiry, Upton finally understood what Claire wanted to ask, but there was still a question mark because this kind of thing was common sense to them.
After Upton's detailed explanation, Claire also realized that the system of this world is completely different from the system of his previous world.
Although there are kingdoms in this world, there is no concept of King. Strictly speaking, it should not be called a kingdom, but a city-state. The actual controllers of these city-states are Archmage like Martin, and the administrative agencies below all serve him alone. There is no hereditary kingship succession at all.
As for why the political system was formed, there are many reasons. The most important point is that not everyone can practice the extraordinary system of wizards. This is the same as in the original world. Only talented people can practice mages.
But this world does not have a method like Battle Aura that ordinary people can practice. Therefore, wizards who have mastered extraordinary power have become the masters of this world! In their eyes, ordinary people without extraordinary strength are like animals that can walk upright.
Compared with the original world, this place is more like a hierarchical animal world, where only the strongest can stand at the top.
And why did so many ordinary people gather to form a city-state? The reason is the same as the previous one. There are too few wizards who can cultivate extraordinary power. If we only rely on wizards, then the productivity cannot keep up at all.
Although the productivity of ordinary people is pitifully small, it is large in quantity. If the quantity is large enough, it can fill the vacancy in productivity. Wizards are also human beings and have to eat. After eating, someone must farm the land. Things like mining magic ore are all done by the untouchables below. It is impossible to let high-level wizards like them wield hoes to do such hard work.
And that's not all, as more people gather in the city-state, the probability of people with the ability to practice wizards will increase, and those young people with talent for cultivation are the best experimental materials for them Archmage, and this is how Upton was selected.
As for the future development of Wizard World? Who cares about this? Maybe I will die tomorrow because of practicing Meditation Method that I have researched, or my enemies will come and kill me. My own future is very vague, let alone Wizard World's future.
As for why the system of this world is different from the previous world?
Claire feels that there is no Cultivation Method door like Battle Aura because there is no channel for ordinary people to rise. Those ordinary people who do not have extraordinary power cultivation talents can only be reduced to pariahs and experimental materials in the eyes of wizards, and there is no one who can restrain them, because most wizards do this.
Another reason is the lack of wizard training system in this world. The reason why Martin has accepted so many disciples is to perfect his Meditation Method. Before trading with Claire, every witchcraft he performed was eating away at his vitality. Although Meditation Method traded with Claire to the original world and improved his Meditation Method, the loss of vitality was reduced a lot, but Martin's Meditation Method still has many flaws.
This is also the main reason why he wants to invade the world of Claire.
Because of the lack of this wizard training system, the purpose of training for wizards in this world is different from that of mages in the original world of Claire. The purpose of training for mages is to explore the truth of the world, while the purpose of training for wizards here is to make themselves stronger, obtain more resources, and survive.
Because they have different purposes, the wizards in this world are always fighting. If they don't fight, they will die. Therefore, he will gather all the resources he can use on himself, and those resources naturally include ordinary people in the city-state.
In the world before Claire, it was not that the mages did not plunder resources. Of course they did, and they plundered more and more ferociously than these wizards.
But the method of plundering is different. The top mages there obtain resources for themselves by establishing a country. They integrate resources and gather more talents to obtain resources for themselves. They are not like the wizards in this world who have to obtain resources themselves.
The method of plundering is like the war that Blazing Flame Plane is still going on now. What is the purpose of this war? Of course, it's just to plunder Blazing Flame Plane's resources for your own use! Is it possible that Blazing Flame Plane was acquired just to use it for farming?
For example, the actual controller behind the kingdom where Claire is located and August Family where Sophia is located is one of their ancestors - Six Archmages. Behind the royal family there is also a Dharma Saint who has existed since the founding of the country.
Sophia, Norris King are just spokespersons they launched to obtain resources for themselves. They are not willing to spend too much time on these trivial matters.
And because of the blood connection, those top mages do not simply exploit the relationship between families. They are also willing to allocate more resources to their descendants. Maybe there will be a descendant with a higher talent than themselves? When the time comes to support him, he can hug his lap. This kind of thing has happened before. Many of them have been hugged by their ancestors.
It is not that children without cultivation talent are not ignored. For example, Sophia is quite valued by her ancestor because she can obtain more resources for him and obtain more benefits for the family. When Sophia was able to become the head of the family as a nineteen-year-old girl, it was indispensable for this reason that she received the support of their family ancestors.
Claire squinted at the buildings below, wondering what he was thinking.
"My lord?"
"My lord!"
Upton shouted several times before getting Claire's attention.
Claire took another deep look at the buildings below and said, "All of these belong to me now?"
Upton clicked, "Yes, you killed the teacher. Logically speaking, all his supplies belong to you."
Claire The corner of his mouth turned up slightly, "Okay, take me around and let me take a look at this "kingdom" that belongs to me."