But a twenty-year-old Great Magician was exceptionally rare across the entire Continent. Even with outstanding talent and abundant resources, success still depended on luck.
As for rare professions like Arcanists and Wizards, it goes without saying. There were already few who practiced these arts, and the probability of encountering a genius was even lower.
Even when the Arcane Academy opened, influenced by prevailing attitudes, Noble Children still preferred to become Magicians or Knights.
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In the Mountain Domain, Hudson had already begun busy arranging for the autumn harvest. Compared to previous years, the biggest difference this autumn was that there was no need to purchase grain from outside.
The slaves had been sent to the construction sites, and Hudson no longer needed to export grain, which instantly reduced the number of mouths to feed by tens of thousands, and for the first time, the Mountain Domain achieved self-sufficiency in food.
