"Gnostic Sect?"

Upon hearing Nikita’s comment, Thomas was evidently taken aback, but quickly regained his composure and shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, I am not a follower of the Gnostic Sect, nor do I believe that ’spiritual knowledge’ can free us from ignorance and the present world. I simply think that the concept of the ’Gospel of Judas’ can help you understand our choices."

"For a greater good?" The female demon’s face revealed a strange expression.

Thomas earnestly corrected, "No, it’s for a greater plan—God is all-knowing and all-powerful, so the reason evil exists is that God has a greater plan, and in this plan, evil is a necessary condition for the existence of good, doing evil is actually doing good. Of course, this level of goodness has transcended the ’small goodness’ concept of ordinary people; it is the great goodness of the world..."

A few minutes ago, Zheng Qing was left dumbfounded and chilled by Nikita’s fallacies.

Now, after hearing Thomas’ speech, Zheng Qing suddenly found the demon’s words about ’cannibalism,’ ’morality,’ and ’blasphemy’ seemed less difficult to accept.

Without comparison, there is no compromise.

It’s like being denied opening a window, but when you ask to open the roof, you are suddenly allowed to open the window.

Thomas’s outrageous comments effectively lowered Zheng Qing’s expectation of the moral standards of black wizards. So much so that lying on the test bench, watching Thomas and Nikita, he inexplicably felt it made sense that the two had been in love.

The young female demon lacked the boys’ concerns entirely.

She rested her chin, watching the scene of the ’pair of heavenly lovers’ happily chatting, her eyes sparkling.

The pain in the wounded area throbbed, stimulating the nerves of the young warlock, preventing him from completely losing consciousness. The laboratory song drifting around had somehow transformed from pure music into melodious and rhythmic singing—

Choose a straight and strong road∮

Walk it until the end of your life∮

Let the White Queen run all the way∮

She has no time left∮

Become my wife∮

Now is the time, it is time∮

Your time and news∮

Captured∮

Dedicated to the Queen∮

I see good people turn their heads every day∮

I am already on the road, content∮

...

Listening to the profound song, Zheng Qing somewhat lost himself in thought.

Not everyone in life can walk the chosen path until its end. Only faith can uphold such tenacity.

The opposite of faith is not doubt, but fear; similarly, the opposite of talent is not stupidity, but mediocrity. People can tolerate others’ stupidity but find it hard to accept their own mediocrity.

Understanding this connection, those deviant remarks heard tonight, and the strange choices witnessed in the past, seem less perplexing.

"Is it worth it?"

He unconsciously opened his mouth and asked.

The moment the words left his mouth, he immediately regretted it. If traditional fallen black wizards pursue mere evil and destruction as their aim, the ’Thomas-style’ black wizards aim higher, with the evil seen by the world only a byproduct of this pursuit.

For this latter type of black wizard, the most unnecessary doubt is concerning their determination.

Indeed, hearing the boy’s question, the laboratory owner chuckled lightly.

"Do you know about North American salmon?"

Thomas raised an example as if he were teaching a class: "Salmon have an interesting bad habit. When spawning, they refuse to swim downstream and spawn comfortably in smooth river paths, but instead insist on struggling upstream to find the imagined clearer and cooler water pond... only to be killed by waiting bears... then die in shallow ponds, their bodies completely devoured by the fish eggs."

From the salmon’s perspective, this behavior is undoubtedly not worthwhile. But from a higher perspective, from the standpoint of the species, reproduction, and ecology, every sacrifice of these salmon is worthwhile.

Returning to your three-word question.

On many a late night, I’ve asked myself the same thing—Is it worth it?

Great Wizard Stephen once said something I find very profound, which can answer your and my confusion—If the universe is not a home for those you love, then this universe isn’t worth exploring. If magic cannot fulfill the miracles in our hearts, then this magic isn’t worth continuing to pass down."

Zheng Qing silently sighed.

Nikita gently looked at the warlock, and the earlier hint of hostility disappeared completely. She took a handkerchief, quietly wiping Thomas’s forehead sweat.

Thomas seemed oblivious.

He felt as though he were an impoundment lake, filled with too much he couldn’t share with others, and tonight’s events seemed as though someone had cracked the dam open with a chisel, allowing him to pour forth tirelessly:

"... Speaking of inheritance. To train a wizard, it takes at least ten years, depending on their aptitude. Only when they graduate, walk out of the Ivory Tower, and dare to draw their law book before demons, can they be considered truly qualified—then they would go to various branches of the Alliance, stay at First University, enter big companies, return to First University or those ancient Mage towers, and of course most would enter hunting teams to partake in the Alliance’s new world development endeavors.

Then, the wizard whom the Alliance has spent ten years training, might perish on the first night upon entering the new world due to an attack by the natives.

Not everyone can escape the shadow of the God of Death.

In recent decades, what the Alliance has focused most on is increasing the number of formal wizards—including recognizing Northern District Wizards, Mouse People, supporting the establishment of the Edge Academy at First University, and other such initiatives—all fall under this scope—bloodline modification is also part of it. Because it is the most reliable and most likely to be realized, it enhances wizard aptitude en masse, allowing many previously ineligible wizards to be certified.

This is the objective need within the Alliance.

Subjectively, no one wishes to walk a dead-end road.

Nothing is more despairing than knowingly walking a dead-end road and having no choice but to continue. Especially when those walking on it can see the silhouettes of companions walking on the broad avenues.

You asked me earlier ’who the Professor is’.

I won’t answer that question for you, but I can tell you, in this world, anyone can be a crow, as long as they are dissatisfied with the order that shackles our thoughts and abilities, anyone attempting to change this order can become one of us.

The Great Wizard from the North District was initially intended to become a member of the crow development line, only she grew too rapidly, advancing to Great Wizard before graduation, becoming part of the established rules, no longer fitting the Professor’s recruitment criteria..."

Saying this, he sighed lightly, shaking his head with some regret.