Chapter 80 The Nature of Magic and the Sound of Art

For the vast majority of people in this world, "what is magic" is not a question at all, and they think the answer is obvious and not worth looking into: magic is magic, one of the ubiquitous energies in this world, and it is The most precious wealth bestowed by the gods on human beings is also the standard by which humans can be divided into three, six, and nine classes.

Some priests will tell you that magic power is the power spread over the world after the fall of the gods, and it is the aftermath of the war of the gods recorded in the "Eternal Slate". Those defeated gods were torn apart in the war and fell to the earth. The body burns in mid-air, the flames and smoke are the original magic power, and the residue left after burning is the original monster; some scholars among the mages would say that magic power is the bridge between the elemental world and the real world, it is a kind of "Super-material", which can be perceived and used but invisible, comes from the turbulence of the etheric sea, and will show irregular fluctuations with the change of the relative distance between the real world and the element world, that is, the phenomenon of magic upwelling...

However, Gawain could not accept either of these two statements. He came from a modern world that advocates science and reason, and advocates clear interpretation of all mysteries. He believes that magic should have some kind of clearer, easier to understand, and even use Data quantification, interpretation with model specification.

It may not be possible to do this in the field involving gods, but since magicians can use magic in specific methods, and even use formulas to simplify the process of casting spells, then magic can definitely be analyzed in this way.

According to the current information, magic is indeed "ubiquitous", and every corner of the world is full of this invisible power, and people in this world mainly use magic in two ways, one is direct spell casting , the mages use mental power to build a spell model, and then let the spell model mobilize the original magic in the atmosphere to form a spell effect; the other is to use a facility like a charging circle or a magic well to first extract the magic , and then use the magic in magic rituals.

Either way, magic is "drawn" from nature, not something that humans can create out of thin air.

Therefore, Gawain once thought that magic might really be a special kind of "substance", or something with matter as a carrier, but the instantaneous magic power generated by Rebecca's "Rune Trigger" at the moment of switching on made the He had a different idea.

It's like something that happens in some kind of energy field - he boldly assumes.

What if magic was an "energy field," and the various working effects of magic could be viewed as a special kind of wave? The rune trigger is like an incomplete loop in the energy field. When it is turned on, the loop becomes complete, so a part of the energy field enters the loop, and in this process, the flow of energy is A "magic wave" that can be observed is generated, but since the loop of the rune trigger is closed, this process cannot continue, so the magic is instantaneous...

Thus, although the original source of magic remains nature,

However, the instantaneous magic power in the Rune Trigger is "created" by human factors, and there is no "absorption" process. This is why the Rune Trigger has no acquisition and charging structure, but produces a small amount of magic power.

Gawain frowned, took a black stone as a paperweight from the side, wiped it with his fingers, and the power of the professional easily drew a curved line like a vortex on it, and then he pressed down hard in the middle of the line. A dot, forming the element symbol of the wind system: breeze.

A slight airflow appeared around the black stone, and this cheap magic material that was only slightly more expensive than quartz sand began to work. Gawain felt that his wrist was being gently blown by the cool wind.

He wiped it casually, the rune was destroyed, and the breeze stopped immediately.

This is the most incredible place in this world. Just such a simple symbol, engraved on a specific material, can produce such an obvious effect... Why?

If I really explain it with the "energy field theory" I just proposed, it seems to be able to explain it: the magic power has already been filled, and it has an uninterrupted interaction with these natural magic materials. The original process is It is calm and has no special effects, but as specific lines are engraved on the surface of these materials, the balance between the "energy field" and the "action substance" changes, and the frequency of magic fluctuations changes accordingly, and the phenomenon occurs accordingly.

But if the energy field theory is true, there is no way to explain the principle of various energy storage crystals: how do they store their magic power? If the essence of magic is just a "field" that wraps the planet, and magic is just a "wave" of a specific frequency, what form does the magic stored in the energy storage crystal take?

Gawain's thoughts spread out, and he suddenly remembered the history of the origin of magic. Apart from the "divine gift of all magic" or "theory of the origin of magic in the dragon language" proclaimed by those magic sticks, in fact, there is another kind of magic in the academic world. This argument believes that the original magic of human beings actually came from the imitation of certain monsters: those monsters have special cuticle or exoskeleton structures, and there are natural magic lines (runes) on these structures, It is precisely because of the incredible coincidence in the process of biological evolution that animals whose bodies have evolved such structures have some magical abilities and become monsters. Humans in the primitive era created the earliest magic by imitating the runes on these beasts and engraving the runes on various stone tools.

And mastering the spiritual power and transforming the physical rune into the spell model in the spiritual world is the next thing.

This legend is a kind of legend that Gawain likes very much. Although there are many parts that are taken for granted, it abandons the unreasonable interpretation of gods and dragons, and instead tries to explore the origin of magic in a logical form, but unfortunately The thing is, it seems that many magicians don't like this theory, and theologians even less like it - it describes the human being of the spirit of all things as a kind of stealth who needs to follow the savage monsters. The extraordinary figures are very dissatisfied.

A breath of fresh earth and grass suddenly came from the side, awakening Gawain from the state of divergent thinking, Gawain didn't have to look back to know who was coming, and patted the side casually: "Don't touch my stamp. , the whole table is worth a little more than that."

A hand that was emerging from the air was firmly slapped by Gawain, and he retracted it with a swipe, and then Amber jumped out of the shadow state: "Oh, it hurts...you are still not human. Hey! How can induction be so smart?!"

Gawain rolled his eyes angrily: "I was a legend back then, even if I'm relegated now, I'm more reliable than you, a guy whose combat power is limited than that of a goose - and you have several ideas of hitting my silver seal. Do you think I don't know? You've been thinking about it since the day the craftsmen carved it."

Amber smiled shyly: "I just have some bold ideas, but I haven't put them into practice..."

"You practiced it twelve times, but I beat you back every time, okay?" Gao Wen glared at the unscrupulous half-elf, "Tell me, what are you looking for - now it's time for lunch. It's more than an hour, you must be back before dinner."

Amber immediately puffed up his cheeks: "Am I only eating in your mind?!"

"Nonsense, I'm using you as the clock for three meals now. Seeing you is like seeing the meal soon," Gawain said sadly, "Speaking of which, what's the matter with you?"

"Hey, the old man is really boring... Well, I just wanted to tell you something, I wanted to tell you two days ago, but I forgot - I found that entering the shadow world is much easier than before."

Gawain originally thought that this half-elf was just out fishing for too long and was bored to find him to make fun of himself, but he didn't expect this guy to be really serious when he opened his mouth, and he was stunned.

Amber was a little dissatisfied: "Hey, I have a little reaction. I am very serious about reporting the situation to you. What do you mean by being stunned?"

Gao Wen coughed twice, and quickly suppressed the "I just didn't expect you to be able to do business" eyes, and turned to look at the other party with a serious face: "I remember the first time you brought me into the shadow world. When I said it, you are also 'the first time to enter so deep'..."

"Actually, I told a little lie at the time... I was afraid that it would be too shocking, so I was humbled," Amber stuck out his tongue, "In fact, I have completely entered the Shadow Realm more than once, but to be honest, I have entered the Shadow Realm before. It's really not that easy, it takes a long time to meditate, or you have to resort to rituals and incense, and at worst you have to get half a bottle of shadow potion to get in..."

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: Half a bottle? ! Did you TM drink to death?

While amazed, he also realized one thing: what Amber said should be true, so it means that the barrier between the shadow world and the present world is becoming fragile?

To be honest, it is a bit unreliable to make such a conjecture at the level of world rules based on the one-sided words of a half-elf who has no morals. It takes a year and a half of expert and scholar research to come to a conclusion, but then again... Gao Wen doubts that even if he has organized half a division of experts and scholars, together they will not be able to use Amber's unreasonable talent.

It's like if you find 10,000 psychologists to study why your wife is angry, it's better to take a look at her shopping cart: there is a specialization in surgery here...

So he nodded solemnly: "You mean that the Shadow Realm is gradually 'approaching' the present world? Apart from your feeling about this, do you think those scholars who study the Shadow Realm will find out?"

"To be honest, I think this kind of 'approaching' is still in a fairly rudimentary stage, probably only someone like me can accurately perceive it, and those scholars... well, they are not all rice buckets, so those who are really Masters should also be able to sense some clues, but they probably don't see changes as intuitively as I do."

Gawain frowned. He didn't know whether Amber's report was good or bad, because no one in history has ever measured the "distance" or "gap" between the Shadow Realm and the present world, and no one has Knowing how this moat has changed, it is even possible that the Shadow Realm has been close to the real world more than once in history, but no one can perceive it, and this process will not have any consequences.

He rubbed his eyebrows and looked at Amber: "What do you think will happen if the Shadow Realm contacts the present world?"

"I don't know...but it's probably not a good thing," Amber rolled his eyes. "Anyway, most of the shadow spells are destructive. Shadow itself is quite a negative force, and normal people are definitely not suitable for touching it."

Gawain sighed: "Well, saying it means not saying it. By the way, why did you make a special trip to talk to me about this? I'm not a scholar, nor a wizard or a mage specializing in shadow spells, and I guess even with Gawain Sai In the name of Searle, I wrote a letter to the scholars of the Secret Law Society, and they would not take it too seriously..."

"Then I don't care," Amber pouted, "I just want to talk to someone, and I'll be much happier after talking to you. As for what you want to do after that, it's up to you."

Gao Wen's forehead suddenly jumped with blue veins.

But just when he was hesitating whether to beat the guy in front of him, a sudden explosion shocked both people in the tent.

"boom!"

Amber got under the table on the spot: "Wow! What's going on! What's going on!?"

Gawain ignored this cowardly guy, but strode out of the tent and looked in the direction of the voice.

He saw that a lot of alarmed soldiers were running towards the southeast corner of the camp, which was the direction of Hetty's magic laboratory!

Damn, art is blown up - Rebecca is super action-packed.

Gawain immediately ran over there.

Although there is the magic lab's own protective array and Hetty's protective magic, and Gawain has explained to Hetty about the safety of the experiment before, there should be no accident, but listening to the sound of the explosion , the precision instruments in the laboratory may not be guaranteed.

I have to go to the rescue before Rebecca is hanged and beaten by Heidi...

(Gosh, I actually updated another chapter!)