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The magic-stimulated lapis lazuli stood on the table and kept spinning, making a slight vibration. Several rays of blue light projected onto the table as it rotated, slowly putting together a wonderful polygonal light spot, and an eye-like figure floated in the blue light and shadow.

A theory believes that the symbol of "eye" represents mysterious knowledge and gaining intelligence, so many spells groups like to use it as their symbol. However, this image surprised Curt, because the Ultramarines happened to be one of the groups that did not use "eye" as their representative.

"Miss Leinster, before you entered the college and became an apprentice in the theory department, you must have been exposed to many related fields." Dean François smiled gently, then looked at Liqi and said, "Then now, I want to ask you a simple question... How many groups of spells do you know?"

Will you still have to beat around the bush at this time?

Liqi looked at the mark cast from lapis lazuli quietly, then looked at Dean François and began to consider the question he raised. Although she didn't know much about François' intention to ask this question, it would be enough if she just wanted to understand the level of knowledge between the two.

The spell is just a general term, but if you want to analyze these people in detail, then those who master supernatural powers can be divided into various identities. They unite under different identities and strive for common goals, which forms a group of spells.

From soldiers in the army to researchers in the research room, the sorcerers are active in their respective fields. If they are classified from the direction of research, they can be divided into dozens or even hundreds of schools. Each of these huge schools is an important existence in the professional field.

For example, the "Stargazers" school that attempts to peek into future fragments from the trajectory of stars. Their research on astrological signs allows the world to understand the composition of the world. For example, the "sculptors" who specialize in shaping mineral structures not only have amazing achievements in architecture, but also provide an indelible contribution to the further gaining powerful power of the empire's Graeme Legion.

But the "correct answer" that François wants to know is never that simple. After all, the school is just the "research direction" of the magicians. As a research group, they value most of the things they value is knowledge and technology, rather than the combination of power and power.

"Schools, underground societies, ascetics or schools - no, if you combine your context, these groups are too small and should be more aggressive than them." Liqi pulled her finger and said one by one, "That is, at least it is the level of association or sect."

Above their respective schools, there is also a group of magicians who control the resources of pang warlocks and monopolize the resources they need. Different groups of magicians are united by one or more magicians with important influence because of their own interests or ideas, forming groups with certain organizational forms and clear purpose. This has become a so-called magician sect.

Sects are a group of sorcerers. Unlike schools that specialize in spell research, Sects attach more importance to the secular benefits obtained by their own forces. Sects who join Sects need to obtain the resources and exclusive research results owned by these Sects, and Sects use this as a condition to control the behavior of spells.

Generally speaking, the faction and the spell are in a mutually beneficial relationship.

The subordinate members of the sect need the support of their superiors to take a look at some confidential research records or obtain sufficient funding resources for research. On the other hand, the sect must obtain enough magicians to consolidate their rights and interests. For this reason, they will not only give priority to selecting members of the sect to take important positions, but also cultivate promising newcomers.

According to official records, there are more than a dozen factions in the empire, both of which are large and small. These are just factions recorded in the empire's official records. In addition to them, there are many underground societies that have not been registered. Their demands cannot be protected by law.

In order to distinguish these unregistered secret societies from factions with obvious secular influence, they are generally called underground associations.

"You said that the group has a scale of 'can match a country'. Is this level a bit exaggerating?" Curt glanced at Liqi awkwardly, pretending to be ignorant and said to François. "And if this is true, then they are not able to go to war at will."

Because the sect has a large number of magicians, it is still difficult for them to use the country as their opponent. Taking the "Daishi Spell Research Society" currently in the empire, as an example, although this group, which is officially called the "Muyao sect", has touched various industries in the empire society and economy, at best, they only have a certain political influence and are far from comparable to the country.

Even the "ultra-elegant youth clan" that was disintegrated by Curt and others. Although they are huge and difficult to deal with, their overall strength is not comparable to that of a country. Or so to say - if it really has this strength, the party being solved should change its position.

"What did I think before?"

Cruise Francois showed a bleak look on his face: "But when he was commanding the young men under his command to work hard for the reformists in the past, we accidentally came into contact with an underground association called "ultrasound". The supporters behind them were more difficult than the conservatives who were small-scale. Only when we found that almost all the events related to them were resolved by some "senators" did we doubt their strength."

Although the empire only allowed citizens to have the freedom to form association and speech after decades of reform, these groups had been in the forefront of a long time ago. From the beginning of the empire's establishment... it is even possible that these individuals with far superior human power had formed many underground societies before it.

Among the Dominion of Osatalia, Curt and Liqi may have the deepest understanding of the Ultramarine clan. However, behind the Ultramarine clan, there are actually some countries' helmsmen. The information given by François was indeed unexpected by both of them.

Indeed, the Ultramarines are more difficult to deal with than the ordinary spells, and the power they hold is not just the magicians on the table. There are many things that violate the laws of the imperialists. What they didn't expect was that when they and their former partners were busy fighting these already crazy magicians in the old continent, François, who was far above the distant ocean, was also fighting the same enemy.

"To put it bluntly, maybe some of the people above may even be hidden behind the terrorists. After all, this is not a rare thing. Some politicians do not hesitate to join forces with criminals for their own interests. It is not surprising that even if they cultivate such a group."

When he said these words, François pointed at himself as if he was self-deprecating, and then applied a pattern of Eizhi's purpose on the table with the neutralizer at hand.

In fact, whether it is the English-Known Eye or the conservative group, they are just hunting dogs raised by those in power. If the actions of the True-Visian Eye are now terrorist attacks or atrocities-then the actions of the spells under François have not been cleaned up.

Seeing that Curt had not expressed his opinion, he continued: "Time was probably the sixth year after the war began. It happened to be the most intense time of the war. At the same time, the dispute between the reformists and the conservatives within the empire gradually became more intense. Not only the land of the empire, but also here, there were also open and secret struggles in the domination thousands of miles away - it was a period full of chaos."

At that time, Yingzhizhi was just a vanguard of the reformists who had not yet gained the upper hand, and if their enemies were assisted by the power, it would be quite unfavorable for them.

The political power of this country, which is named "empire", is not entirely concentrated in the hands of the emperor - even the emperor, who claims to be "will is the law", is impossible to decide the affairs of the country at will now. The emperor has supreme real power, but the parliament also shares similar rights with it. Except for the emperor himself, the rest of the royal family exists as "decorations".

More than fifty years have passed since the former emperor delegated the ruling power, but there are still some conservative veterans who want to seize the authority of the dictatorial monarchy era. The reformists who now occupy the main seats in the parliament have a fierce confrontation with them in the conflict of consciousness.

"That was the enemy we were unable to fight against at that time - but it was too late when we realized our situation, and their counterattacks were faster than we thought." François' expression was a little nostalgic, probably thinking of his former companions, "The purpose base of Eizhi... About seven or eight were razed to the ground overnight, and even the innocent civilians living around were not spared."

It's funny that most conservative and old antiques often shouted to death under the banner of restoring the imperial government, but the emperor himself is the primary supporter of the reformists. The purpose of these people is never just "for the emperor". After all, they only value their own interests.

Factional struggles were complex and fierce, and no matter which side had made a lot of sacrifices, the Ultimate was the group that posed the greatest threat to the reformists in the dominion. It was not until the war entered the late stage, and the reformists came to power and led the empire to win the war that the organization gradually sank into the darkness.

Listening to François telling the story of the past like a memorial, Curt and Liqi couldn't help but look at each other. It was not until now that they realized that the results they had achieved through a lot of efforts... were just a small part of the Ultimate Sect who took advantage of the wind. Whether it was the Dominion of Osatalia, the Empire, or the border areas where they were located, there were different forces fighting against this huge organization.

The crushing of the Ultramarine Corps was not just due to their strength, but now, this lapis lazuli, which has turned into countless fragments, seems to be seeking regain power.

After looking at the storm of lightning and thunder outside the window, Curt could only sigh and said, "The Universal Green Sect... It seems that this storm is even bigger than I thought." (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!

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