In the City of Neverwinter, Graycastle.
Two days later, Vendy walked into Roland's office with the test records of the two new witches.
"I have to say, Your Majesty, their abilities are... very complicated," Agatha said as she handed Roland the report. "This is the first time I've seen so many variables in one ability. This is only a part of it. I'm afraid you'll have to wait a few more days to figure it out. "
"Oh?" Roland put down his work with great interest and quickly skimmed through the report. "In that case, the Taquila witches should be very interested, right?"
Vendy nodded and said, "They asked Phyllis to test the Chosen One as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the light beams of the two witches weren't obvious, and they were far from the 'key' of the instrument of Divine Retribution."
Upon hearing this news, Roland was actually relieved. He had just come up with a plan to electrify the whole city, and all the magic cores were being transformed into the Mystery Moon instrument. If the Chosen One suddenly appeared, Celine would definitely be full of resentment. After all, it would take decades to adjust the ordinary magic cores to the mode of Divine Retribution, and it would certainly not be a pleasant experience to squat in front of the magic cores every day.
According to Honey, these Senior Taquila witches seemed to be addicted to "sunbathing". Instead of lying on their backs under the noon sun, they would climb out of their caves at night and lie there until sunrise. Since the strong light would hurt the carrier, they should not like to go out. Although Roland did not understand why they were doing this, he could tell that they had been quite relaxed recently.
This was undoubtedly a good sign.
Roland quickly turned to the last page of the report.
Thylane's ability mainly affected emotions, which could only take effect after she had taken it. Like most enchantment witches, her ability had a time limit, which depended on the size of the object and the amount of magic power she had invested.
The test results showed that the "magic potion" could affect more than just joy and pain. It could also affect sleepiness, exhaustion, anxiety, fear... as long as it could be experienced by humans, it could more or less affect them. When the effect of the potion was over, these accumulated emotions would burst out all at once.
Roland could roughly understand why the effect of the magic potion was extremely complicated, but the light beam was ordinary. In a sense, it was equivalent to a kind of nerve blocker, temporarily delaying the time for the nerve conduction and hormone effect to take effect a little bit later. Some drugs in the future could also do this, but the side effects were great, and it was easy to get addicted.
Of course, the simplicity of the light beam was not enough to measure the value of an ability. If Thylane's "magic potion" was sold in another world, its effect and potential profits would definitely make all the pharmaceutical giants jealous.
The mechanisms of various mental diseases were far more complicated and difficult to cure than visible internal and external injuries. Although it could not eliminate the symptoms, it could accurately delay them. As long as it was properly controlled, the impact of the disease could be minimized. For example, anxiety, fatigue, and other negative states mainly hindered people's daily lives. If they could delay the onset of their symptoms until they fell asleep, they would be able to "stabilize the digestion" without realizing it. Once people no longer suffer from distractions and insomnia, the body's recovery speed is much faster.
Even if it was a life-threatening injury, the effect of the magic potion could not be underestimated. People would often lose their willpower in the face of severe pain, which would make it difficult for them to take effective emergency measures. As a result, they would miss the golden opportunity to rescue them. If they could give themselves first aid or hold on until the paramedics arrived, their chances of survival would be much higher. After that, the paramedics would only need to prepare for the severe pain and shock, and they would be able to safely get through the most difficult part of the initial period.
In addition, there was more than one witch who could treat pain. Roland remembered his sister mentioning that there was a witch named Della on Sleeping Island who could eliminate pain. There was also the Hero of the Witch Union who could transfer non-traumatic diseases to other living creatures. Although it was not clear whether she could transfer mental diseases, it was worth a try.
The key was that without Thylane's magic potion, they could not be used effectively. On the battlefield, the soldiers could be seriously injured at any time, but the witches could not do anything else. In fact, many soldiers of the First Army had died on the way to the hospital because they had lost consciousness after being injured and were unable to receive immediate treatment.
Now, this situation could be greatly improved.
According to Vendy's test results, Thylane could only control the direction of the magic potion, such as negative or positive, but she could not control a specific emotion.
This was what most new witches lacked the most — learning to understand and accurately control their own abilities. However, with Vendy and Agatha's guidance, Roland did not have to worry about this. When Thylane could make the magic potion work on a specific emotion, the last weakness of the magic potion would be eliminated.
Through the report, he could already see the rise of a giant in the pharmaceutical industry. The market for this industry would undoubtedly be bigger than Chaos Drinks.
As for the other witch …
Roland stroked the table at the end of the notebook and sighed with emotion.
"Your Majesty, this is …" Nightingale also noticed the various colors on the table. She looked up at Vendy and asked, "Are you sure about the content?"
"I can only say so. After all, we don't have enough samples to compare in such a short period of time," Vendy replied. "The only thing we can be sure of is that the numbers don't just decrease."
To put it simply, the strange numbers that Momo saw could be regarded as the natural time limit of a person's "current stage", and the colors represented different trends of decline. In the report, Vendy recorded the results of her and Momo's observation of the entire city of Neverwinter. The color of the residents in the residential area was lighter than that of the refugees in the temporary residential area.
She concluded that hunger, disease, defects, and other unhealthy factors could cause the color change, and the darker the color, the smaller the number. She also mentioned an example. After a migrant from the Kingdom of Wolfheart drank the purification water, the number above his head increased from a dark brown 5 to a 7.
If this ability was accurate, it could be assumed that this migrant was suffering from some sort of infectious disease. Based on his current state, he only had five years left to live. However, after the treatment with the purification water, the stage was changed, and the ability reevaluated the time limit.
Although Vendy did not know the specific meaning of the different colors, she could generally regard them as unhealthy.
"Your Majesty …" Nightingale's face revealed a worried expression.
"It's better than expected, isn't it?" Roland comforted her. "At least it can increase back to normal as long as we use the right method."
Vendy opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but she held back in the end.
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