Chapter 36 An Liya (Part 2)

The roundtable continues.

Boom, boom, boom.

The sound of fingertips tapping on the table inadvertently revealed the inner turmoil of this oldest scholar.

Over the years, facing the unremitting efforts and many research results of female scholars, even his heart gradually began to waver.

"Antonio once said that the development of faith lies in constant belief in oneself, and the development of knowledge lies in constant doubting oneself. Even the great pioneers admit that they are just a milestone on the road of human exploration of truth. The former law of truth In the future, perhaps it will just be the savages who discover the summer flames.”

The barbarians discovered the summer fire, is a story spread in the Principality of Sealand.

Legend has it that in a barren wilderness, a barbarian accidentally discovered that when thunderstorms arrived in summer, flames would ignite in the bushes before the rainstorm. This situation continued for many years. The barbarian thought he had discovered a great truth.

That is: the bushes will burst into flames in summer, so this barbarian is regarded as a tribal prophet by other barbarians.

Until one year.

In the summer of this year, thunderstorms did not ignite the bushes. Faced with the laws of truth being subverted by unknown supernatural forces, the barbarians were anxious and uneasy about the unknown. The prophet attributed everything to God's punishment and had to sacrifice sacrifices in order to survive. Get God’s forgiveness.

The barbarians offered sacrifices of cattle and sheep to the bush, but received no response from the gods.

So the prophet asked for more precious sacrifices, and in order to get God's response, the barbarians began to sacrifice human beings...

This story is said to have originated from Gauss Adolf of the Principality of Sealand, but the details cannot be verified.

In the story, the barbarian who discovers the summer flame is a metaphor for Gauss Adolf himself, a lonely explorer on the road of truth who also has his own fears, confusion, and at a loss.

The old man raised his head and glanced between the female scholar and Gu Bo.

Finally, the old man's eyes fell on Gu Bo.

"The reason why the college chose you to serve as the dean of this batch of enlightenment students is probably because the dean also hopes that you can prove your point of view with your results. We have all seen An Liya's efforts and achievements over the years. It’s time for us to face up to this great new academic proposition, what do you think?”

An Liya is the academic female tutor who announced alienation and spiritualism!

Gu Bo was silent. Unprecedented pressure was weighing on his shoulders.

The old man stared at Gubo for a long time, and continued in a low voice: "This matter is not only related to the academy, but also has a great impact on the laws of nature and the mysteries of evolution. We cannot help but act with caution. Let's do this, three years later, with Gubo's session The graduation assessment scores of freshmen, as the direction of academic discussion on alienated psychics, have been passed for more than ten years, and we can afford to wait for three years!"

"That's fine."

Another scholar who did not speak, after reconsideration, did not want this meeting to end hastily in a meaningless argument, so he said: "In this meeting, let's discuss how to face the pressure from the church first!"

After a pause, the man continued: "I think that although the church claims to visit a red archbishop and search the Royal Science Laboratory, its real goal is probably just to get the committee to compromise and isolate the Principality of Barda."

Gubo and Anlia were unwilling to speak in the next meeting because of their previous dispute.

Although the college's authority has some conflicts over academic issues, it still maintains basic unity when it comes to external forces, with no major ideological differences.

Su Yan put out the cigarette in his hand and murmured: "I don't know if this is the intention of the old pope or the will of the new pope who is about to board the plane. Anyway, we old guys tried our best to complete the task and put those few Once the arbiter has taken care of it, leave the rest to the committee and the dean."

Each royal family has its own Royal Academician Committee. Although it is not the authority of the academy, it has enough influence due to numerous connections, similar to the honorary president of the academy.

If the dean of the college controls the allocation of resources within the college, then the Royal Academician Committee will gain more resource investment for the college by influencing the politics of the principality.

Smash it.

Sulfur Rock relighted the smoke pot and continued: "I just hope that the committee will try its best to make a balance. On the one hand, it must not completely abandon the Principality of Barda, otherwise his today may be our tomorrow. On the other hand, the Royal Academy of Sciences' collection of documents and books , it has been passed down through generations of scholars who have painstakingly studied it..."

The church has a long history of searching the royal academies of various countries.

Ever since the pioneer Benevens was tried by the Inquisition and died at the stake for adhering to the truth, whenever there were some incidents in major colleges that the church could intervene in, the ultimate goal would always be to raid the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Once the church successfully enters the Royal Academy of Sciences, it will surely burn a large number of progressive books and even interrupt some large-scale experimental processes, causing the academy's years of research results to be burned.

no doubt!

The goal of the churches' negotiations this time is to isolate the Barda Natural Academy from the Principality of Gran. If their expectations are not met, they will inevitably suffer huge losses.

Who allowed those wizards who had disappeared for more than ten years to appear in the Principality of Gran again, collect sacrifices in front of everyone in the academy, and escape safely without even leaving a single person alive?

Speaking of which, it was the failure of Gu Bo's mission that led to the current predicament of the college.

I'm afraid it was precisely because of this that Gu Bo didn't show such an aggressive attitude in this round table meeting, and barely said anything, and was probably suppressed by An Liya.

"The scholars of the Principality of Barda have indeed gone too far in recent years. Although the church's prestige has dropped significantly in the past century due to the failure of two consecutive expeditions, atheism has become the limit that the church can endure. Those guys actually preach that human beings can Breaking through the shackles of one's own potential and becoming a god, although it has allowed the college to achieve great development in a short period of time, is looking for a dead end!"

The old man's words were full of anger.

Since the heliocentric trial incident in the Principality of Utoland, the royal families of various countries have compromised and surrendered to the church and burned a large number of progressive books that went against the will of the church. For many years, the two sides have been relatively peaceful.

The church was able to focus more on its will and expedition to the Night Land, and academies in various countries also developed vigorously during this period.

Although no new pioneers have been born, the number of basic scholars is far greater than before. Basic education in major colleges is booming, and the 'magician' has become a symbol of erudition, elegance, wealth, mystery, and power in people's eyes.

And now!

For the sake of temporary development, the Principality of Barda went beyond the unspoken rules of the royal academies and the church to compromise. Not only did it put itself in danger, but it also affected academies in other countries. How could the old man not be angry?

If it had been more than ten years ago that a similar incident involving wizards had occurred at the Glen Nature College, the church would not have taken such a big action.

"I suggest that before the Red Archbishop comes to the academy, on the one hand, through the mercenary association, we should do our best to capture some church fugitives, so that they can become our bargaining chips and reduce losses. On the other hand, we should step up contact with Barda Natural The academy, give pressure in exchange for some compromises from the church!”

One person interjected.

"There is also the fugitive wizard who can destroy corpses and escape under the eyes of Gu Bo and Su Yan. Even if he is not the legendary wizard king, he must be one of the most famous wizards in the dark world. Try to contact the dark world and talk about it. Let’s find out who it is!”