Light and Dark Magi

The South Coast was divided by two kinds of Magi with different ideals. The Dark Magi valued strength, survival of the fittest, and the legacy of their predecessors, while the Light Magi cherished harmony, scientific inquiry, and the advancement of their successors.

These two kinds of Magi had various subgroups and schools within them, which often disagreed and competed with each other. However, they would always unite against a common foe.

The Light Magi controlled the core area of the South Coast, where the land was fertile and prosperous. The Dark Magi occupied the peripheral regions, where the environment was harsh and barren.

The Light Magi's domain was generally more developed and stable than the Dark Magi's. The ordinary people in the Light Magi's domain also enjoyed more peace and security. In terms of governance, the Light Magi had more responsibilities and challenges than the Dark Magi to maintain their large and wealthy domain.

The Light Magi domain was a place where the Magi enjoyed respect and friendship from the civilians. In contrast, a kingdom under the Dark Magi's control was a place where the Magi inspired fear and violence. Even an acolyte could make a whole town of people flee in terror.

The Light Magi domain also had Purification Towers. The towers could purify the radiation from the Magi, which was essential for allowing the Magi and regular humans to coexist.

The Dark Magi domain also had the knowledge to build Purification Towers, but they chose not to do so in their territories. Apart from the problem of the expenses of building such towers, the Dark Magi preferred to dominate the commoners with a bloody and terrible regime.

The way the Light Magi saw it, the normal people who were alive were also a type of resource. Besides, as long there were sufficient people, they could serve the Light Magi at all times, procuring resources, and in addition, sow the seeds and produce acolytes of excellent quality, increasing new blood.

Hence, in the middle of the Light Magi region, not only were there Magi specialized in the solidification of innate spells to be used for preventing all kinds of natural disasters, there was even a full-time Magus in charge of farming lands and increasing harvest yield.

Though the Light Magi were more good-natured, they still considered themselves superior to regular humans, similar to how Dark Magi thought.

The one difference they had was in their system.

Akin to the herding of sheep, Dark Magi tended to operate in a more boorish manner and would reap the harvest at irregular intervals. In comparison, light Magi adopted a mirco-management style, taking special care of each and every sheep.

But they both had the same purpose - to obtain the needed resources from regular humans. Overall, the regular humans in the Light Magi region had a more comfortable life as compared to those in the Dark Magi region.

In the dark Magi domain, regular humans had no more value than wild grasses. They were left to grow on their own, except when they were needed for some purpose.

In contrast, the light Magi domain regarded regular humans as assets that could be cultivated and improved. They spent a lot of time and resources to manage them and increase their productivity.

However, even in the most open-minded domain of the light Magi, the Magi always enjoyed a superior status over regular humans. The difference in their positions was greater than the difference between regular humans and nobles.

## Power Comparison

Although the Dark Magi grew up in a bloody and vicious environment, it was undeniable that having grown up in such conditions, these Dark Magi were more powerful than the average Light Magi.

In the eyes of the Dark Magi, whose methods involved preying on the weak, the resources of the Light Magi were a veritable gold mine.

Every year, the Dark Magi would organize successful raids to steal the Light Magi's resources. Moreover, these kinds of smaller-scale battles could even be used as a way for the Dark Magi to train their forces.

If the Light Magi had not been well organized and united, and the Dark Magi themselves also had flaws and trust issues, perhaps the balance of power of Magi in the entire South Coast may have been altered.

## Known Light Magi Organizations

* Ennea Ivory Ring Tower
* Mercifura Academy
* Four Seasons Garden
* Hand of Femke
* Human Faced Lion's Eye
* Aide Society

## Known Dark Magi Organizations

* Abyssal Bone Forest Academy
* Sage Gotham's Hut
* Whitewoods Castle
* Lighthouse of the Night