Elashia's expression was extremely serious.
"Candice, do you remember that huge royal garden just now?"
Candice nodded.
"What do you think of it?"
"A miracle of humanity stained with blood."
Just walking around inside it once would shock even the Iron Empress with such luxurious human miracle.
Its terrifying area where even the weather differed from east to west in the same day, dozens of palaces as huge as the imperial palace, various buildings connected by countless aerial walkways, the magic lake situated in the center, forests full of vitality irrigated by magic springs...
Behind all these was the blood of generation after generation of citizens under the Elasia Empire.
Was the Elasia Empire's royal garden beautiful?
Candice's answer would be without any hesitation.
Of course it was beautiful.
But behind it was the ugliest desire in the human world.
"Actually, I plan to expand it."
Elashia smirked, wanting to tease Candice.
And then received Candice's merciless iron fist.
"Oww..."
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Candice withdrew her merciless iron hand.
"Speak properly, I'm not stupid."
Seeing that she really couldn't tease Candice, Elashia had to speak seriously: "I really do want to expand it."
"I want to build a huge magic academy, and accept all kinds of beings."
"All kinds of beings?"
Candice's voice sounded somewhat puzzled.
"Any race that can be united, whether from other human countries, or elves, dark elves, orcs, goblins, half-beasts, dwarves, or fairies—any race that can be mobilized to fight against the Undead Calamity, those with magical potential among them can all enroll."
"And what we'll teach is all of Elasia's magic, all the magic we possess."
Although Elasia's national power was indeed extremely weak, it still had over a thousand years of heritage, and the magic passed down was vast as smoke and clouds.
"You mean you want to make public the foundation of the Elasia Empire?"
Light flashed in Candice's eyes.
On the Abyss Marsh continent, common people in human countries had only two main channels for advancement.
Becoming a warrior or a mage.
And far more commoners became warriors than mages.
Because if a commoner wanted to become a mage, they had to create spells from scratch while desperately cultivating magical power without any resources.
Even nobles could only obtain very few ready-made spells.
Each country's first requirement for training mages wasn't talent or endurance, but whether they could guarantee not to leak spells outside.
The absolute secrecy of magic itself determined the closed nature of each country in terms of spells.
She had proposed a plan to build a magic academy to her Imperial Sister earlier, but it was ultimately rejected.
Because it might threaten the Iron Empire's dominant position.
After all, not sharing magic with other countries was fundamental to human nations.
Making a country's magic public could immediately enhance the national power of all human countries.
This was indeed good.
And the only problem was—it absolutely couldn't be just one country doing this.
In the give-and-take, the international status of a country sharing its trump cards with others would greatly decline.
Building a magic academy was indeed good, but the problem was—how to ensure that magic, as a national secret, wouldn't be leaked?
This was why her Imperial Sister had rejected her proposal.
As the strongest human country on the Abyss Marsh continent, if those thousand-year-old spells were leaked, the Iron Empire would not only face the threat of losing its dominant position. With the unclear attitudes of other countries, it might also threaten the great cause of resisting the Undead Calamity.
Even now, Candice hadn't found a way to solve this problem.
How to train a large number of mages while ensuring magic wouldn't be leaked.
And now, this seemingly reckless pink-haired girl had provided the answer.
Actually, the best method of secrecy was—directly making the secrets public.
"That's right, just as you're thinking."
Elashia gave an affirmative answer.
"You know, I don't care at all whether Elasia is strong or not. Even if Elasia becomes part of the Iron Empire, I don't mind."
"I only care about—whether humanity can survive."