Here, I must mention the composition of wizard power on the Main Continent.
As a resource-rich Main Continent, compared with the East Coast, the number of wizards holds a significant advantage, being several times greater. This reason, coupled with the prevalence of magic knights, results in low-level wizards holding a not-so-high status.
For example, on the Main Continent, a wizard apprentice without any background has a status much lower than that of nobles, as they find it difficult to withstand well-trained magic knights.
Only upon advancing to a first-level wizard can one qualify to be on an equal footing with nobles, usually referring to small nobles or middle-class nobles—powerful great nobles still disdain first-level wizards.
Thus, on the Main Continent, wizard apprentices and first-level wizards are considered the lower echelons of wizards.
