Generally speaking, it was easy to become a warrior (any ordinary person could become a warrior after strict training), but it was difficult to develop to a higher level of power. On the other hand, it was the opposite for a mage. It was difficult to become a mage (one had to be smart enough and have strong learning and logical thinking ability), and it required a lot of talent. However, as long as one focused and explored step by step, it was not a problem to reach level seven.
There was no doubt that a Level Seven Mage could be considered as a high-level combat force in most places. Regardless of whether it was AoE damage, self-defense, or large-scale control, they could handle it with ease. Coupled with magical items, scrolls, and potions, just a few of them would be able to change the direction of a battle.
Most importantly, a level seven mage could already use certain means, such as making a deal or offering a sacrifice to a powerful creature from another plane, or concocting a life-prolonging potion according to a formula, to forcibly delay the arrival of death. It was undoubtedly a hundred times more powerful than a warrior's less than ten years of glory.
Even if a mage was too old to walk, as long as his fingers could still bend and his throat could still make sounds, he could still cast spells in theory.
As for legendary mages, unless they were tired of living and took the initiative to provoke the terrifying monsters hidden in the multiverse, even the gods could not do anything to them. It was almost equivalent to eternal life.
Since it was not so easy to die, it meant that every time a legendary mage was born in the world, the total number of legendary mages would increase by one, and basically, it would not decrease.
Once a legendary warrior reached a certain age, either their body would be seriously aged and they would break away from the legendary level, or they would die in a fierce battle. Therefore, although there were many legendary warriors recorded in history, there were very few who could survive.
At present, there were less than six legendary melee professions in the whole of Auraire.
They were the heroes of all the barbarian tribes in the Great Wilderness of Charlotte, the great legendary barbarian warrior — Shiffs!
In the overseas elves' gathering place, the most powerful legendary sword dancer among the moon elves — Antinoa!
The legendary head knight of the northern Canteru Kingdom — Ulrich Gerald!
The chosen of the God of War in the material world, the weapon master who was known as the strongest warrior on the continent — Kelvin Baliman!
In the death swamp, the king of hundreds of thousands of lizardmen tribes, the legendary ranger — Balthazar!
The last one was a Legendary Paladin who served the God of Justice — Charlene Lansil!
Each of these people had terrifying power. Take the weapons master Kelvin Barriman as an example. Without the interference of powerful Spell Casters, he could single-handedly kill tens of thousands of professional armies. It was said that with the legendary battle axe Dragon Roar, a full-force blow could tear the earth apart, and he could tear down a castle with his bare hands.
However, even such a terrifying humanoid weapon wouldn't dare to claim that it could reach the level of Master Swordsman Johnniss Richard Turner at his peak. From this, it could be seen how valuable the manuscripts he left behind were. It wasn't surprising that it attracted the attention of some experts.
André could almost imagine that there were countless forces involved in this matter. The annihilation of the Magee family was completely expected. If it were any other person or organization that wanted to monopolize the secret, they would not have allowed anyone who had touched the manuscript to live.
After all, it would be better if fewer people knew about something as important as this. Killing people happened to be the simplest and most brutal way to hide the truth.
Thinking of this, Roland nodded thoughtfully and continued to ask, "What happened after that?
How did Neil escape the pursuit and become a wandering swordsman and pirate with this manuscript? "
A helpless expression appeared on Kent's face as he replied with a wry smile, "Perhaps you feel that the first part of the story is bizarre enough, but the second part of the story is even more unbelievable.
Just a few hours before the incident, Neil received an anonymous letter asking him to take the manuscript to the river three kilometers away from the manor. This guy was lucky enough to escape the massacre and met a man who claimed to be the successor of Johnniss Richard Turner.
This man directly told Neil that great danger had arrived and asked him to take the manuscript and leave Mizero City as quickly as possible. He wanted him to hide in a place where no one could find him, and it would be best if he never let the manuscript see the light of day again.
After these words, a powerful assassin suddenly appeared and engaged in an earth-shattering battle with the successor of Johnniss Richard Turner. No one knew who won in the end, but from the traces left on the ground, there was indeed a fierce battle between two powerful warriors.
Neil took this opportunity to escape to the docks with the manuscript and took a boat to Valen City in the Sardinia Islands. He used the chaotic situation here to hide himself and found a codebreaker expert to translate some of the swordsmanship techniques. It didn't take long for him to transform from an ordinary person to a wandering swordsman.
In order to ensure that the secret wouldn't be known by a second person, he quickly killed the codebreaker expert after he obtained part of the secret. From then on, no one else knew about the secret of the manuscript.
After many investigations, I finally found the daughter of the codebreaker expert. Coupled with the huge intelligence system of the Shadow Web, I was able to find some clues. "
"That sounds interesting. He's a pursuer, and he's the successor of Hannes Richard Tenar. It's like a classic story from the bards …"
André clearly didn't believe Kent's story. In his opinion, there were too many melodramatic coincidences.
Most importantly, Neil was already in his fifties. Even a decade ago, he was between thirty-five and forty years old. He had long since passed the prime of his body, so how could he have trained to be so agile?
It had to be known that once a human reached the age of thirty, their muscles would begin to loosen, and their bones would basically take shape. Perhaps they could increase their strength and endurance through training, but it was absolutely impossible for them to improve their agility. It was like many acrobats were performed by children, because children had the softest bones and could do many unimaginable movements.
There was no doubt that Neil's swordsmanship was extremely agile, especially his footwork and the range of his wrist movements. He had to train from a young age, or he would never be able to reach the speed he displayed in battle.