Admired And Feared
Life inside the empire kept advancing steadily and calmly with all signs pointing out towards its prosperity and growing strength. Right now the mages' academies were established by many leaders of the armies of the empire.
Gege didn't need to take them inside her garden world anymore. All those youths with potential were supported by the empire. In each city was a branch of these academies, with each favoring part of the mages' life.
Some focused on the innate talents, others focused on teamwork. But all were attentive to growing the entire strength of the individual and the armies.
During the past months, the sheer number of the new talents in the mage lines was just astronomical. Each academy had hundreds of thousands learning and training under the guidance of esteemed and capable mages.