The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 73 The Era of Divine Descent
Moran was shocked by that chaotic era after reading only a few pages of the Divine Descent Era.

She originally thought that humans were the first intelligent race in Valen, and that various other intelligent races gradually evolved afterward.

Unexpectedly, only humans exist. Witches who awaken from human awakening and witches who awaken from witch awakening are the native intelligent races of the Valen world.

Angels, demons, dragons, orcs, dwarves, elves, undead, mermaids, sirens, and other races all migrated from other worlds during the Age of Gods.

They descended from the sky, possessing extraordinary powers that humans at the time had not mastered, and were once mistaken for gods.

The Divine Descent Era was a period in which the continent of Valen widely accepted the migration of other races to its territory.

During this period, the alien races grew stronger and occupied territories.

Native humans survived in the cracks between different races, and the existence of these races also influenced native humans, accelerating their growth and evolution.

Until the middle of the Divine Descent Era, angels and demons descended, one eyeing humanity's faith, the other eyeing humanity's soul.

They joined forces to drive the other alien races and magical beasts out of the center of the continent, and concentrated the native humans here to be kept in captivity.

Both angels and demons wear the cloak of the church.

The angels created a God of Light and preached among mankind, claiming that faith in the God of Light would free them from the hardships of life.

The demon created a fictitious god of contracts, using the guise of equal trade to lure people with benefits, claiming that as long as they made a deal with the god of contracts and paid a certain price, they could obtain what they wanted.

Both churches said that those chosen to become priests and knights, and who could learn divine magic, were people favored by God.

Outside of the church, anyone who displays extraordinary abilities is a blasphemer who has turned away from the light and been tempted by the devil. They must be executed by extreme punishment, or they will bring calamity.

The irony is that even demons use their demonic name to eliminate dissidents.

So-called blasphemers are simply people with magical talents other than those of the light or dark schools, such as witches.

It can be said that the explosive growth in the human population during the Divine Descent Era was partly due to the efforts of angels and demons.

While becoming livestock raised by angels and demons to harvest faith and souls, they finally gathered together and gained a home free from the invasion of monsters.

Deceived by angels and demons, humanity lived through a period of ignorance.

Once a spellcaster appears among humans, they are either absorbed by the church and become high-level meat pigs, or they are directly sent to the stake and executed.

It wasn't until humanity gradually realized that everything was just a deception by angels and demons that they began to rebel against the church.

At the end of the Divine Descent Era, humanity rose to power, the Church fell, and angels and demons retreated—one to the Western Paradise Mountain, the other to the deepest abyss—leaving the center of the continent entirely to humankind.

Afterwards, there were friendly exchanges between various human nations and other races, and friction occurred at other times.

The era of divine descent ended only after the appearance of the Well of Heaven, when no new alien races descended and the original powerful beings were no longer confined to Valen's territory, but could explore other worlds and continue to improve.

What followed was the growth of the world, the increase in energy concentration, the explosion in the number of extraordinary individuals, and the great development of magic among all races.

If the protagonists of the Divine Descent Era were angels and demons, then the protagonists of the Magic Era were witches.

Since the appearance of witches, who occupied the wilderness and sheltered sorceresses, wars between different races on the continent of Valen have decreased significantly.

Even now, any occasional friction is just minor squabbles.

The elite warriors of each race are exploring the Sky Well.

"It seems that Valencia is living in a time of peace right now!" Moran exclaimed.

Although it is unknown how long the current peace will last, Moran is still happy about it.

War brings only suffering and can also deal a devastating blow to civilization.

If a weapon of war with a world-ending scale were to appear, its use would be a catastrophe for the entire world.

Blue Star serves as a cautionary tale. She doesn't want to go through that again.

Peace is good, especially good!

Snapping out of my reverie from the book, I glanced at the time and realized it was already past midnight.

Ms. Amisa's reminder still echoed in her ears: lack of sleep would slow down the growth of magic power, so she had to hurry up and wash up and get ready for bed.

After lying in bed, she realized that she hadn't looked at her class schedule for next week.

She turned over, and the witch's book on the bedside table floated in front of her, turning to the page of "The Freshman's Guide".

"Hmm! Nothing's changed!"

If it weren't for the date being "first year, third week," Moran would have thought the course hadn't been updated yet!

This week's classes are exactly the same as last week's, so it looks like I can finally do whatever I want this weekend without even needing to preview new lessons.

The witch's book fell to the ground with a thud, and she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

The next morning, as soon as the college bell rang, Moran got up and went to the breadfruit grove.

They picked bunches of breadfruit and carried them into the dormitory.

It took many trips back and forth to finally finish moving everything.

In her mobile kitchen, she can use cooking magic to levitate a bag of flour, but once she leaves that familiar kitchen, she can't even lift a breadfruit with magic and has to carry it herself.

Every time Moran was panting heavily from carrying things, she was incredibly envious of Lilith, who could levitate.

It can lift a small mountain of breadfruit without lifting a finger.

By the way, where did you learn levitation again?

Lilith is only a second-year student. She either learned the levitation technique in her first-year class or taught it to herself.

It seems that none of the required readings for class are related to this levitation technique.

"Just look at the 'Index of Witchcraft'!"

After Moran returned from picking breadfruit, she flipped through the "Witch's Magic Catalogue" to look up the levitation spell:
"Reference book: 'Levitation Technique - Your Invisible Hands'?"

This book wasn't even on the reading list, so naturally she didn't copy it down.

I don't know if there's this book in the first-grade library.

Even if she did, she wouldn't want to waste several hours running to the castle just to copy a book.

She still has so many books she copied down that she hasn't had time to read yet!

"Looks like I definitely won't be able to study this weekend."

Moran felt a pang of regret for a second, then quickly accepted it:
"It's okay, the breadfruit I picked today will make enough fruit cake for me to eat for a whole week."

"I won't need the levitation technique right now, I'll learn it later!"

She washed the breadfruit, juiced it, and made fruit cakes, working for more than an hour.

After the juice and fruit jelly were safely stored, the school bell rang exactly nine times:

"It's nine o'clock! I hope it won't be a disturbance to visit the little witches at this hour? It's time for Miss Snail to make her appearance!"

Moran popped a piece of freshly made fruit cake into her mouth, then tucked her wand into her pocket and headed out.

(End of this chapter)