Chapter 214 – 214 – Wizards Look Down on Swordsmen

Wizards typically underestimate swordsmen.

When a wizard first steps into the realm of magic, they awaken to a new sense—something beyond their five senses. It’s like a new hand, a new tool, or a mysterious sixth sense. Through it, they shape their mental world, which they call the “inner world” or the “realm of magic.”

Accessing this realm requires no keys, doors, or paths—it’s simply within them.

By gazing at the heavens, flames, or glaciers, they refine their world. This process defines a wizard’s training and discipline.

The perception that wizards are mad often comes from the extreme methods they use to cultivate their inner worlds.

In the 48th year of the Empire, one wizard, who built his entire inner world around fire, burned an entire city to reach a new plane of existence.

That event, known as the “Flame Flood Incident,” claimed thousands of lives. The wizard responsible, later branded the Demon of Fire, did not burn the city for mass murder. After countless killings, watching people burn no longer inspired him. So, he escalated, burning the entire city in his quest for new insights.

Many knights and wizards perished trying to stop him, but he eventually met his end.

Such obsessive pursuit of knowledge defines wizards. They are driven to seek truth and revel in the euphoria of enlightenment, even at the cost of their sanity.

It is no surprise, then, that wizards look down on swordsmen. Wizards walk a world unseen by swordsmen.

A wizard skilled in magic, especially one specialized in certain areas, could easily dispatch even the most talented swordsmen.