Gwen's questions came one after another. After a series of 'why's, Heti felt that the excitement and joy in her heart had cooled down a lot. Not long ago, she thought that she had come into contact with a field in the world of magic that no one had ever set foot in before and had mastered new knowledge that she had never imagined in the past. However, after Gwen's questions, she found that there were more things that she did not understand.
Instead of revealing the truth of the world, she became more aware of her ignorance of the truth.
Even though this was not the first time Gwen threw out a series of 'why's, Heti still felt a lot of pressure.
But Kamel, who was next to her, did not have any expression on his face. After hearing Gwen's questions, the ancient magus fell into deep thought. These questions echoed in his mind, and he suddenly felt a passion that he had not felt for hundreds of years overflowing from his heart. He thought back to a long, long time ago, when he was still a magic apprentice. He thought back to the time when he first understood that there were so many mysteries in this world. His mentor had once said something to him, "You're right.
Humans always go from the unknown to the known, and then from the known to another unknown. As long as you have new doubts about the world in your mind, then you will never stop moving forward.
Kamel did not expect that the person who gave him a new motivation in the world of magic was the Lord of Knight. He sighed sincerely. "My Lord, your pursuit of the truth is admirable. It even surpasses many conservative magic researchers."
"I'm just curious and can't help but think about a lot of things." Gwen smiled and shook his head. He looked at the magic obelisk in the middle of the room. "A long time ago, I had this question — what is the 'magic power' that pervades the world? Why can only a small number of humans naturally sense magic power? How does magic power affect everything? I have tried to find the answer from the ancient books, but I found nothing … People seem to be obsessed with the unilateral use of magic power, but few people think about its essence … "
Kamel sighed. "I believe that in the long history, there have always been people who have raised this question, but unfortunately … our civilization has still not been able to take a critical step in this field of essence."
Gwen pondered. The appearance of the magic obelisk had actually made some associations, and this association coincided with some of his conjectures about magic power a long time ago.
Is magic power a kind of 'wave'? Or is it something similar to 'wave' in nature? Or is the phenomenon of 'magic' itself a kind of wave?
But in this strange world of physics, does the ubiquitous' wave 'completely follow the laws that Gwen knew? Picking up a stone and throwing it into the water, the ripples on the water would seem to be no problem, but in the field of magic power that was invisible to the naked eye, would everything still operate like the physical world?
Even the legendary Knight could only sense the vague and chaotic magic environment in nature with his ability to sense magic power. At present, there was no technology that could accurately observe and test magic power … But, maybe Kamel could?
Thinking of this, he looked at Kamel and Heti, trying to get their inspiration. "Have you ever thought about how magic power spreads when the magic obelisk is in operation?"
"What 'by'?" Heti frowned thoughtfully. "The transmission of magic power needs a medium … But without a medium, how does it spread?"
Kamel was also deep in thought. "The ancient communication spell was the first to break through this bottleneck. Using magic power as the carrier, the message could reach faraway places in an instant. But its appearance was just a product of coincidence. The ancient sorcerers only discovered it by chance and thought that it was very useful. But until today, no one has figured out the principle of this spell … Those ancient rune combinations have not been improved for thousands of years."
Gawain's heart seemed to be lit up. He seemed to have seen a glimmer of hope in the ancient communication spell and the current magic obelisk to unveil the mystery of magic. He also saw the dawn of solving the communication problem. "Although the actual effects are different, they both involve the 'gratuitous' transmission of magic power. I think there is something in common."
Heti looked down at the 'receiver' in her hand. The small piece of Holm Crystal inlaid in the middle of the receiver had dimmed as the 'transmitter' went out. But her mind was more active than before.
What kind of mystery was hidden in this little device?
"Actually, I have a guess." Gwen cautiously put forward his opinion when he saw that Kamel and Heti were both in deep thought. "Do you know about ripples in the water?"
"Ripples in the water?" Heti could not connect the dots at first. "What does ripples in the water have to do with magic power?"
"Ripples will spread out!" The arcane light on Kamel's body lit up for a moment, but then he fell into hesitation and confusion. "Is it that simple? Magic power … sets off ripples, so something spreads along the ripples? Is it information … or energy? What is the 'medium' that carries the ripples? There are ripples on the surface of the water because there is water. But what is in the empty space? Is magic power itself its medium? "
"Or maybe it doesn't need a medium?" Don't be affected by my words. "Gawain said tentatively, but he quickly stopped himself." I was just saying. Don't be affected by my words. "
"We are just guessing. Don't take all the assumptions we make at the stage of guessing seriously," Kamel said solemnly. "My liege, every word you say is highly referential. If you have any other guesses, just say it. I can see that you have thought a lot about this problem. I'm afraid you have already come up with some hypothetical things."
Gwen did not expect Kamel to be so sharp. He hesitated for a moment. It was not that he did not want to say it, but he knew that the rules of this world were very different from the ones he knew on Earth. He was worried that if he came up with a set of almost complete theories based on the experience on Earth, it would mislead the local researchers and lead them astray. But Kamel's words made him determined: a real researcher must be able to make bold assumptions and carefully verify them.
As long as he emphasized that everything he said was just speculation and did not interfere with Heti's or Kamel's research ideas, then there was nothing to worry about.
So he roughly explained the concept of waves and fields. He deliberately made his description simple and straightforward, on the one hand, to make it easier to understand. On the other hand, it made the knowledge more like he came up with it himself, which would make it more realistic.
"To be honest, these are all guesses I made based on my daily experience and my superficial understanding of magical phenomena," Gwen emphasized after he finished. "But I think that's how it is to search for knowledge and truth, especially in the field that we can't directly observe. All we can do is to assume the unknown based on what we know, boldly assume — and then seek confirmation or falsification."
"Assume … and then seek confirmation …" Kamel muttered. "In the past, we did the same."
Gwen smiled slightly, but his heart twitched a little. He did not succeed in pretending to be a b * stard.
However, Carmel continued, "But there aren't many people who can understand it as well as you do. Especially when you're a knight overlord who started out as a warrior. To think that you're able to have this kind of awareness on the path of truth, you've already surpassed many mediocre so-called 'scholars'."
Gwen was just about to say something when Heti had already reminded Kamel with a serious face. "Master Kamel, Knight is more than a mage —"
Gwen had cold sweat on his forehead when he heard the first few words from Heti. Before she could finish, he coughed and said, "Ahem! Curiosity is a human's instinct. As long as the motivation to explore is stimulated, Knight is no different from a mage. "
Carmel was actually very curious about what Heidi was going to say, but he immediately chose to ignore this question because of the oppressive aura emanating from Gawain. He nodded seriously and said, "I definitely didn't agree with this sentence before, but now I have to agree with your point of view."
Gawain did not continue the topic. He had already given enough pointers. He believed that with Kamal's intelligence, as long as he could find one or two breakthroughs, coupled with his own 'talent ability', he would definitely be able to find his own path in the field of the essence of magic. If he continued to instill knowledge into Kamal, it would only restrict or affect the thinking of this ancient scholar.
Kamel left with the transmitter and receiver of the magic obelisk. The ancient master could not wait to throw himself into a new round of research. He had found his way forward in this unfamiliar new era. But before that, he first had to hand over the relevant technical information to Nicholas Egg of the Mechanical Research Institute, so that the results of the current stage could be converted into practical technology that could be used in the territory as soon as possible.
There were too few talents in the territory. If he could have a few apprentices as assistants, he could send them to run errands and save time in the laboratory. Kamel used the Evocative Hand to carry the 'prototype' and flew away quickly. At the same time, he was thinking about how to increase the number of mages in the land.
Heidi, on the other hand, stayed in Gawain's office. The elegant lady stood quietly beside Gawain's desk and said softly, "Ancestor, actually, I think your ancestral teachings are quite …"
The elegance was fake. Rebecca's thinking was real.
"Don't spread the nonsense that you bragged after you got drunk." Gawain felt a headache coming on. He felt that he had to find time to correct his granddaughters' worldview. "Have you found out what I asked you to investigate?"
"Yes, it's just as you expected. Among the refugees who arrived at the territory after the first snow, there are quite a number of people whose identities are doubtful. Moreover, these people with doubtful identities came from all over the Southern Territory except for Leslie and Kant."
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