Chapter 83: FROM SCROLLS TO SHOPPING
It was midday, and the sun was right above Solvane—the capital of Arcadia.
The streets were quiet, shadows short and sharp under the blazing sky. Inside the royal palace, far from the noise outside, Logan and Prince Rowan had been in the library since breakfast. Books, scrolls, and silence surrounded them, but their minds were anything but calm.
The more Logan read, the more questions filled his mind.
One book mentioned how cultivation slowly began to fade long ago—but gave no clear reason why. At first, people thought it was connected to the appearance of the first dungeon. Many brave fighters went inside, trying to clear it, but none came back. Over time, something strange started happening.
Wherever the dungeon appeared, the spiritual energy in the environment began to drop. Slowly, that change spread to nearby areas. And just when people were still trying to understand what was happening—everything changed again.
In a city not far from the dungeon, someone accidentally threw a ball of fire during an argument. No spell, no scroll, no weapon—just raw power from their hand.
And that’s how, magic was discovered for the first time.
As time went on, people started to feel something changing in the environment surrounding them. They could feel a new existence. Mana. And soon they learned how to manipulate it. They discovered that the first fireball was formed due to accidentally manipulating it. After that they named this manipulation of mana as magic.
Magic or whatever it was—began to feel natural. Easy. Almost like instinct. While cultivation got harder and harder, magic slowly took its place. It spread fast, and within a few generations, spiritual energy was nearly gone from most regions.
Logan kept reading, fully focused. His eyes moved across the old pages like they held the key to everything. He was so deep into the words, he didn’t notice someone staring at him from the side.
Then suddenly—he turned his head and let out a small yelp, like he’d just seen a ghost.