Full-Time Magister: Summoning Eight Demons at the Start

The saying "like begets like" perfectly describes this phenomenon of heredity.

Humanity's magical age has developed for thousands of years. During this time, powerful mages would gather together to form organizations and families. They also absorbed a large number of talented commoners. Gradually, these families developed into the ancient clans that we know today.

He could understand individual special talents, even those like Mo Fan who were born with dual elements. But Lu Cheng's single-element special talents could only be attributed to his ancestors having once mastered some kind of special transcendent power or absorbed a special soul seed.

There is no such thing as talent that comes out of thin air. Just as a mage needs to absorb spirit seeds and soul seeds to enhance his magical power and add special effects, those innate talents are things that the person's ancestors once obtained.

Therefore, Lü Cheng most likely comes from an ancient magic clan that has fallen on hard times!

About twenty years ago, in the Holy City, a magical clan experienced a major upheaval...

Zhao Manyan looked puzzled.

Good heavens, could this be related to Parthenon's case from back then?

The Parthenon incident back then involved many magical clans, and even the Zhao family's business was significantly affected!

Although he was young when the Parthenon incident happened, he heard his father scold him quite a bit because the incident seemed to have a significant impact on the family business.

What a stupid Holy Tribunal, what a brain-dead Parthenon! For his father, who is usually so reserved, to curse like that, that incident must have cost the family a lot of money!

"What's wrong?" Mo Fan asked, puzzled.

"N-nothing...it's nothing," Zhao Manyan chuckled dryly.

He decided not to inquire about anything related to Parthenon, lest he get himself into trouble.

"Oh, right, let them know about the upcoming training process," Ai Jiangtu said, standing up.

Lu Cheng was practically a figurehead captain; he never interfered with the team's actions. Ai Jiangtu was basically in charge of all the captain's duties.

Even Lü Cheng himself admitted that, under normal circumstances, one should pretend that he does not exist.

"No substitutes available?"

Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan felt uncomfortable upon hearing this rule.

The resources needed to advance to a higher level are worth at least hundreds of millions.

Although Zhao Manyan is a rich young master, the Zhao family's money didn't come from thin air. If Zhao Manyan were really not good enough, the family wouldn't waste too much money on him just to make him happy. Just like Mu Nujiao said, if the investment doesn't yield the expected return, there will be no further investment.

Every large family has strict rules and regulations, with clear rewards and punishments being the top priority. There is no such thing as giving someone whatever amount you want.

If there is too much favoritism, internal strife could occur at any time.

"Speaking of which, we still seem to have four substitutes, right?" Jiang Yu said.

Previously in the capital, only two people were eliminated, and those were two official players. Later, it was not mentioned that two of the four substitutes would be promoted to official players.

"There are ten official team members, and resources are allocated according to ten people. The mentors said that the performance in the upcoming training in Naval Battle City will determine the replacement of official team members and substitutes," Ai Jiangtu said.

"Anyone who doesn't perform well, whether they're a regular player or a substitute, will be eliminated. Everyone should be mentally prepared."

"So, if a substitute performs well, they can also receive resources?" Mo Fan asked.

Ai Jiangtu nodded. "There are still two spots available for official team members. The mentors will decide who will be promoted based on everyone's performance. All four of you need to work hard. After this training, those who do not reach a higher level will most likely be eliminated."

These words were mainly meant for Zhao Manyan and Zhou Xu. Everyone had already witnessed Mu Ningxue and Mo Fan's strength back in Feibiao City. One had already mastered constellation control and could unleash high-level magic in actual combat, while the other could even kill a commander with a single arrow. Even among the official team members, these two were considered to be of above-average strength. Therefore, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue would be promoted to official team members.

Zhao Manyan doesn't really need to worry too much. After all, the Zhao family may not have much else, but they are rich. It's rare to find someone in the family with magical talent and an interest in cultivation. As long as Zhao Manyan isn't too useless, the elders of the Zhao family will support him.

In other words, Zhou Xu is the one who is most nervous right now.

Of course, Li Kaifeng, Jiang Yu, Mu Tingying, and Nan Rongni, who were also official team members, were also very nervous. They had not yet advanced to the higher level, and if they did not perform well in the upcoming training, the forces behind them would not continue to invest money in them.

The World University Competition is essentially a battle for resources, and the National Team members are all investment targets of their respective backers.

Once these forces feel that the investment and returns are not proportional, there is a risk of loss, or the person has lost more value than they have invested, they will immediately give up and cut their losses in time.

Just as the Mu family could abandon Mu Ningxue without hesitation, anyone can be discarded once they lose enough value.

"Acheng, we're all high-level now, so we won't need to undergo any more training after we get to Tokyo, right?" Jiang Shaoxu has never been interested in fighting or killing sea monsters, since her main focus is on mind magic, which isn't meant for direct combat with demons.

“I’ve never seen a siren land before, and I’d like to go see it. If you’re not interested, you can come and have some fun,” Lu Cheng said.

Jiang Shaoxu was not lacking in resources. For the Jiang family, Jiang Shaoxu's status was similar to that of Ai Tutu in the Ai family. These military families always had a unified plan for their children.

The boys, like Ai Jiangtu, will generally receive the most rigorous training from a young age, so that they will become the pillars of their families in the future.

As for the girls, they are basically like Ai Tutu and Jiang Shaoxu. As long as the child is happy, cultivation is a minor matter. They just need to be happy. In such a large family, it is not necessary for a little girl to take on the main responsibility.

Cultivating as a mage is very arduous. It involves not only monotonous meditation day after day, but also constant life-threatening battles with demons. A mage's life is not a game, nor is it as glamorous as it seems.

Most scions of prominent families don't envy young geniuses like Ai Jiangtu, but rather those like Ai Tutu who can freely choose their own lives and enjoy life as they please.

"What am I supposed to do by myself?" Jiang Shaoxu pouted.

Who goes shopping alone?

“Then let’s go see the world. At least we’ll be mentally prepared so that we won’t be caught off guard when the sea monsters storm the land,” Lu Cheng said.

"Sea monsters storming ashore? That's ridiculous!" Mo Fan was somewhat skeptical.

“That’s no exaggeration at all,” Jiang Yu said.

"The number of sea monsters is dozens, even hundreds of times greater than the number of land monsters and humans combined. If sea monsters weren't uninterested in the land, the land would have been occupied by them long ago."

"Whether in terms of combat power or simply in terms of numbers, the sea monsters absolutely crush the land creatures, including the demon empire."

"Is it really that bad? The newspapers and news reports all say that some naval battle was won somewhere, and some ferocious demon race was wiped out, making the ocean more peaceful," Mu Tingying said.

"You actually believe this nonsense? It's pure deception." Jiang Yu retorted mercilessly.

"What right do humans have to maintain the order of the ocean? Do you know how many terrifying demon empires lurk in the depths of the ocean? They have their own order, and even the so-called ocean battlefields are just tools used by the sea demons to maintain their population density."

The ocean demon empire—humans have already discovered at least ten of them!

The ocean is so vast, who knows how many hidden demon empires there are?

Maintaining maritime order? They're really capable of that!

Monarch-level demons who can reign supreme on land can be found everywhere in the deep sea!

Even the emperor-level beings at the pinnacle of life are numerous in the sea!

Humans can only deal with the monsters on the coastline at most. In a sense, humans are actually the garbage collectors for the ocean monsters.

The world of demons is far more cruel than that of humans. Whenever their numbers increase, they will choose to wage war to reduce their numbers.

The so-called ocean battlefield was, in reality, a garbage dump for those powerful sea monster clans.

Chapter 169 Forbidden Spell: Fear

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"If that's the case, how have humans survived to this day?" Mo Fan asked, somewhat skeptical.

How come it sounds so much like what that madman Lu Nian said back then?

Humans live in the cracks between demons and monsters?

"You're not trying to say that humans are actually being raised by demons, are you?" Mo Fan asked suspiciously.

Jiang Yu was taken aback. "How did you know?"

The truth about the human world is something only a very small number of high-ranking people know. What most people know is that the claim that human mages are resisting the invasion of demons is actually just to boost morale or, in other words, to stabilize public sentiment.

Otherwise, once many cruel truths are revealed, humanity might destroy itself due to internal strife before the demons even launch a formal attack.

The magic associations of the five continents, as well as the highest magic associations of various countries, have reached a unified stance on these truths.

hide.

He learned some secrets from his teacher Pang Lai, but how could Mo Fan have thought of these things?

If a military mage who spends his days fighting demons on the front lines had such thoughts, he would think it was normal. But Mo Fan, who had never been to the front lines, how could he have thought of such a level?

"No, are you guys serious?" Mo Fan was a little unsure.

He had even experienced the Ancient Capital Undead Battlefield, a scene that would leave even super-level mages in despair. Could the Demon Empire be any more outrageous than the Ancient Capital?

“If you’re talking about the ancient capital, I can tell you definitively that the scale of that event was just a small-scale affair,” Lü Cheng said.

Mo Fan looked puzzled. "Are you serious?"

“Of course.” Lü Cheng shrugged.

"Let me tell you a secret: the beings you saw in the sky back then, there were actually two numbers of them in the sea."

Mo Fan's expression froze.

"Two...two-digit numbers?"

“No, that’s not how you say it.” Lu Cheng paused.

"Because there are several that are even more outrageous than that one."

The avatar he created in the ancient capital was only barely at the level of a minor emperor, but there were many minor emperors in the sea, and even several sea monster emperors who were close to the level of a supreme emperor.

While he was asleep, Basha went for a stroll in the sea—no, she swam halfway there and then came back.

Can't beat it!