A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 474 The Soth Society

From then on, Jiang Shuzhou became a legend, and he was qualified to establish his own school of thought, standing at the pinnacle of the mortal world.

Before Jiang Shuzhou reached the Legendary level, it was quite difficult to recruit mages. After all, if they really wanted to join a faction, why would they choose to join you instead of a Legendary faction?

Even in terms of benefits, Jiang Shuzhou couldn't compare to what Legend offered.

Things are different now. Jiang Shuzhou has become a legend, and he himself is a living advertisement. Now he naturally has the qualifications and ability to build a force to recruit mage talents.

Previously, Jiang Shuzhou was busy with experiments and his own plans, and he himself didn't care much about these things, so he didn't directly create a force.

This is normal; many mages are like this. After all, they have just been promoted and have a lot of things to do and many experiments to conduct.

Only now, when Jiang Shuzhou managed to steal a moment from his busy schedule to visit his hometown, did he realize that he should be recruiting heroes from all over the world.

"The Soth Society, that's the new name."

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Shuzhou decided on the name of the faction.

What followed was a series of reorganizations.

Jiang Shuzhou certainly wouldn't completely disrupt the administration of Hamlet Territory; in fact, he only intended to incorporate the high-ranking officials into the academy.

From this point on, Hamlet will no longer be the name of a power, but will become a place name.

In Jiang Shuzhou's vision, the Sothe Society will have three levels.

First, there's the top level, the Supreme Council, which is responsible for overseeing all operations and managing everything. Jiang Shuzhou serves as the chairman, while Grace and Chahara serve as council members. Later, when Denorchi becomes a legend, he will also absorb Nadernozhi.

Judging from this lineup, it's clear that it's basically Jiang Shuzhou's one-man show.

However, this is normal; the power Jiang Shuzhou created was naturally his personal fiefdom.

There are three departments at the middle level.

Focused on academic research, the Academic Council, composed of mages and alchemists, is responsible for reviewing internal papers, conducting cutting-edge research on magical theories, developing experimental spells and assessing their safety, classifying knowledge, and determining which knowledge can be accessed by which basic members.

The leader is the chief scholar, a position Grace holds concurrently, since she loves spending all her time in the lab.

An executive council focused on combat, maintaining internal discipline, and managing resources.

It is mainly composed of mages or warriors skilled in combat.

The supreme leader was the consul, Pierre, with Hayes as his assistant.

Finally, there is the educational council responsible for education, talent cultivation, textbook writing, course allocation, and assigning mentors to graduates based on their specific circumstances.

It's basically equivalent to a school.

The highest leader is the Grand Master.

Without exception, Jiang Shuzhou handed the job over to Booker. As a magic book, Booker is now at the Saint level, which is more than enough. He can even cosplay the Sorting Hat and let it assign students to either academic research or civil engineering.

The lowest level, naturally, consists of ordinary mages.

Low-level mages are considered to be at the grassroots level, and can only work as a junior researcher in the Academic Council or as an action specialist in the Executive Council.

Only when one reaches the middle level can one be considered to have reached the middle class, and be able to hold certain positions and powers in the Academic Council, the Executive Council, and the Education Council.

Finally, at the very bottom are the apprentices who are not yet mages.

They will be sent to the Educational Center as fresh blood for various kinds of learning. After seven years of training, their next path will be decided.

If you successfully advance to become a mage, you can stay; otherwise, you can only become one of the lowest-ranking field staff.

Promotion is based not only on ability, but also on academic achievements and contributions to the organization.

After all, Jiang Shuzhou didn't create the organization for charity.

"Alright, you two are responsible for formulating the specific rules of conduct. First, all power must be vested in the Supreme Council, which has the highest authority for interpretation. Then, a relatively fair evaluation system must be established, and..."

After completing the general framework plan, Jiang Shuzhou handed over the rest of the work to Pierre and Hayes without hesitation.

After all, they are the governing officials of the executive council. As the top leader, Jiang Shuzhou only needs to take charge of the overall situation, and the remaining details can only be handled by Pierre himself.

Pierre didn't say anything upon hearing this, after all, Jiang Shuzhou had done this more than once or twice, and he was used to it.

"Yes, my lord, I will certainly complete it."

"Also, try to fill in some staff first to establish the organizational framework."

"Yes."

Pierre responded and then left with Hayes.

Jiang Shuzhou nodded, then frowned.

For some reason, he felt that something was wrong.

Where exactly is it?

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Shuzhou then established a department under the Supreme Council that was solely his responsibility.

Academic Ethics Assessment Department

The name suggests it's related to research, but that's not entirely true.

This department will be composed of imposters who will infiltrate other departments while also serving as members of the Academic Ethics Committee.

In short, it's the same old story: spies.

If they find that someone's "academic ethics" are not up to standard, then as long as Jiang Shuzhou nods in agreement, that person will immediately disappear.

Of course, if possible, "he" will come back the next day.

Sure enough, this feels much better.

After dealing with these issues, Jiang Shuzhou established some corresponding legal measures, such as subsidies for mages and the popularization of knowledge education for mages within Jiang Shuzhou's territory.

At least this way, those children who are naturally talented will not have their talents wasted.

After all, sometimes, the downfall of a genius might simply be because his parents couldn't afford to eat, so they sold him.

This is not impossible; it is possible as long as poverty exists.

There are other examples like this within the league.

It's common for people to only realize when they're in their seventies or eighties that they actually have the talent to become a mage, the kind of talent that would guarantee them a place in a prestigious university.

By the time Jiang Shuzhou finished dealing with all of this, a whole day had passed.

After all, the territory is too large, there are too many things to do, and there are many things to consider.

Despite the difficulties, Jiang Shuzhou persevered and successfully completed the task.

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Time flies.

That day, there were only five days left until Helix's invitation.

"My lord, what should we do with these stubbornly resisting races?"

At this time, Hayes is organizing an army to invade another dimension.

We can send fake androids to infiltrate the area, and the dimensional beacon will be installed in no time, followed by the invasion.

Jiang Shuzhou looked at the stubbornly resisting races without a shred of pity; there was not a trace of sympathy in his eyes.

"Extinction! They dare to put up such a stubborn resistance. This is no ordinary alien race. We must strike hard."