I raise elves in Florian

Chapter 187 Level 1 Mage Test 3

"I see."

Shi Yichen said with a smile.

"You went to see Celia, didn't you?"

Frilian looked at Shi Yichen and asked, "In this place, the only person who can make time come to see you in person is Celia."

"Yes, I went to see her."

Shi Yichen lay back down on the bed and pulled Frilian into his arms again.

"Oh, I see."

Frilian snuggled closer to Shi Yichen and hugged him tightly.

"Let's go to sleep, we have things to do tomorrow."

Shi Yichen gently stroked Frilian's back.

"Ah."

Frillie nodded, slowly closed her eyes, and soon the two fell asleep in each other's arms.

…………

the next day.

In the library.

"According to the regulations of the Continental Magic Association, generally starting from level five, a mage is considered capable of working independently. Why did Philon only achieve level three?

Frilian looked at the rules of the Continental Magic Association in her hand. These rules were written by Shi Yichen, who was sitting opposite Frilian. After all, so much time had passed, Shi Yichen could only remember a rough outline.

"Because it was the closest to the date of the Level 3 Mage test at that time."

After thinking for a moment, Philon said to Frilian, since there was only a Level 3 Magician Test available at the time, Philon took the test casually. She didn't expect to take the Level 1 Magician Test directly.

"There are 600 mages of level 5 and above, and 2,000 mages of levels 6 to 9 including apprentice mages. Among them, there are 45 level 1 mages."

The Level 1 Mage Exam is held every three years, at two locations: the northern branch of Visaster and the headquarters in the holy city of Strall. There are many years in which no one passes, and many people die, making it a considerable challenge.

But then again, the number of mages has decreased significantly.

After reading everything recorded in the book, Frilian put the book away and returned it to its original place. She hadn't expected that there were only two thousand magicians and apprentices left.

If this were a few hundred years ago, there would probably be tens of thousands of mages on the entire continent, not counting the monks who knew magic, and hundreds of thousands of magic apprentices.

There were six magicians out of ten people, so you can imagine how many magicians there were at that time.

Was there more before than now?

Philon looked at Shi Yichen and Frilian. You have to understand that this is a time of peace, and the number of mages killed or wounded has decreased a lot.

"There were many more magicians in the past than there are now."

Shi Yichen explained to Philon that ever since their teacher Flame created human magic, the number of human magicians had increased, and they quickly became evenly matched with the Demon King's army.

“A hundred years ago, when the Demon King’s army’s offensive intensified, it was common to encounter a mage on the street. Now, if it weren’t for magical cities like this, you wouldn’t see one at all.”

Faced with this situation, Frillie could only sigh. Perhaps the arrival of a peaceful era has made many people complacent and lacking the motivation to move forward, causing many magic apprentices to give up on becoming magicians. This can be considered a tragedy of this era.

Especially in the central kingdoms, without the harassment of the demon race, people gradually returned to a peaceful life, which made the already limited number of mages even scarcer.

The place with the most mages is the border of the northern kingdoms, which is the front line against the remnants of the Demon King's army. Many mages fight against the demons there, but it is also where mages suffer the most casualties, as the demons will prioritize killing human mages.

"There's nothing we can do about it, because times have changed, so people's aspirations have changed too."

Shi Yichen shrugged. Peaceful times have both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that many people have a better life, but the disadvantage is that there are fewer and fewer powerful mages. For example, a level one mage nowadays can't even beat a Seven-Beng Sage in a one-on-one fight.

Let's look at the Southern Hero from over a hundred years ago, the strongest hero of mankind. He was a man even stronger than Simmel, who fought against the entire Seven Sages of the Fallen, plus the omniscient Shurahat, and finally killed four of them.

(I think the Southern Hero is stronger than Simmel. Simmel probably can't fight eight people at once like the Southern Hero. Miracle Bro alone can control Simmel, not to mention there are other demons present. Moreover, Simmel alone can't defeat the Demon King.)

"Thinking about it this way, it really makes me feel that this era is pathetic."

After hearing what Shi Yichen and Frilian said, Philon realized that this peaceful era was not as good as he had imagined.

"In any case, our most important task right now is the Level 1 Mage test in two months. Philon, you must train hard!"

Frilian told Philon that Frilian herself would most likely fail the Level 1 Mage test, because with Celia there, Shi Yichen would pass it easily, but the most important thing was to see how Philon performed.

"Yes, Lady Frilian, I will do my best."

Philon nodded seriously. Since he had participated in the Level 1 Magician Test, he would do his best to give it his all. What if he succeeded?

In the days that followed, Shi Yichen and Frilian taught Philen together, while Shutark slept on the sidelines, since it was a magician's test.

…………

Visaste entrance.

A pretty figure stopped at the city gate.

"We've finally arrived! I just don't know where the teacher is."

Yubel looked at the gates of Visaster and muttered to himself before walking through them into Visaster.

"There are only so many hotels in the city, we should be able to find one by one."

Yubel stroked his chin, pondering how to find Shi Yichen.

"We still have some time, so let's do some sightseeing first."

Yubel planned to wander around the city first, hoping to run into Shi Yichen by chance, so she wouldn't have to search for him door to door.

"Hmph hmph hmph!"

Yubel hummed a little tune as she strolled happily down the street. She was overjoyed to finally see her teacher, as it had been a while since she had seen him. Just thinking about the taste of Shi Yichen's lips made Yubel lick her own.

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the other side.

Shi Yichen walked alone on the street because Frilian was teaching Philon how to practice magic, so she didn't come with him.

"This looks delicious. We can bring some to Frilian and the others."

Shi Yichen looked at the exquisite desserts in the shop window. Just by looking at them, she knew they would taste delicious. Wasn't Frilian teaching Philon magic? So she wanted to bring some over to eat with them.

"Hmm? That's...."

Shi Yichen suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards him on the street.