For most people in this world, "what is magic power?" was not a question at all. They thought that the answer was obvious and not worth delving into: magic power was magic power. It was one of the ubiquitous energies in this world, the most precious wealth that the gods had given to human beings, and also the standard to divide people into different classes.
Some of the priests would tell you that magic power was the authority of the fallen gods that spread across the world. It was the aftermath of the war of the gods recorded in the Eternal Slate. The defeated gods were torn apart and fell to the earth in the war. Their bodies burned in the air. The flames and smoke were the original magic power, and the remains of the burning were the original monsters. Some of the scholars among the mages would say that magic power was the bridge between the elemental world and the real world. It was a kind of "super-substance" that could be sensed and used but could not be seen. It came from the turbulence of the sea of aether, and it would show irregular fluctuations as the relative distance between the real world and the elemental world changed. In other words, it was the appearance of magic power …
However, Gwen could not accept either of these two sayings. He came from a modern world that advocated science and reason, and advocated a clear understanding of all mysteries. He believed that magic power should be more clear and easier to understand. It could even be quantified with data and explained with model specifications.
Perhaps it could not be done in the field of gods, but since sorcerers could use magic power in a specific way, and even use formulas to simplify the casting process, then magic power could definitely be analyzed in this way.
According to the information currently available, magic power was indeed "everywhere." Every corner of the world was full of this invisible power, and people in this world mainly used magic power in two ways. One was direct casting. Sorcerers used their spiritual power to construct spell models, and then let the spell models mobilize the magic power that originally existed in the atmosphere to form the spell effect. The other was to use facilities like charging circles or magic wells to first extract magic power, and then use the magic power in the spell ritual.
Either way, magic power was "drawn" from nature, and could not be created by human beings out of thin air.
So Gwen once thought that magic power might really be a special "substance," or something with substance as a carrier. However, the instantaneous magic power produced when Rebecca's "rune trigger" was turned on gave him a different idea.
It was like something that would happen in an energy field, he ventured a guess.
What if magic power was an "energy field", and the various operating effects of magic power could be seen as a special wave? The Runic Trigger was like an incomplete circuit in the energy field. When it was connected, the circuit would become complete, and a part of the energy field would enter the circuit. During this process, the flow of energy would produce observable "magic waves". But because the circuit of the Runic Trigger was closed, this process could not continue, so the magic was instantaneous …
In this way, although the original source of magic power was still nature, the instantaneous magic power in the runic trigger was "created" by human factors, and there was no "absorption" process. This was also why the runic trigger could produce a small amount of magic power even though there was no collection and charging structure.
Gwen frowned and took a piece of black stone that was used as a paperweight. His finger swiped across it, and the power of a professional easily drew a curved line like a whirlpool. Then he pressed a dot in the middle of the line, forming the elemental symbol of wind: breeze.
A slight airflow appeared around the black stone, and this cheap magic material, which was only a little more expensive than quartz sand, began to work. Gwen felt that his wrist was being gently blown by a cool breeze.
He swiped his hand, and the rune was destroyed, and the breeze stopped.
This was the most incredible thing about this world. Such a simple symbol, engraved on a specific material, could produce such an obvious effect … Why?
If it was really explained by the "Energy Field Theory" that he had just proposed, it seemed to make sense: magic power was already abundant, and it was continuously interacting with these natural magic materials. This process was originally calm and had no special effect, but as a specific pattern was engraved on the surface of these materials, the balance between the "Energy Field" and the "active material" changed, and the frequency of magic waves changed, and the phenomenon followed.
But if the Energy Field Theory was true, there was no way to explain the principle of various kinds of energy storage crystals: how did they store magic power? If the essence of magic was just a "field" that enveloped the planet, and magic was just a "wave" of a specific frequency, then what form did the magic stored in the energy storage crystals take?
Gwen's mind wandered, and he suddenly remembered the history of the origin of magic. Apart from the "Divine Teaching of All Spells" or the "Dragon-Language Magic Origin Theory" preached by the charlatans, in fact, there was a theory in the academic world. This theory was that the first magic of human actually came from the imitation of certain magical beasts: those magical beasts had a special stratum corneum or exoskeleton structure, and these structures had natural magic patterns (runes). It was due to the incredible coincidence in the process of biological evolution that the animals with such structures had some magical abilities, and thus became magical beasts. Primitive human beings imitated the runes on these magical beasts and engraved the runes on various stone tools, and thus the earliest magic appeared.
Mastering the spiritual power and transforming the physical runes into spell models in the spiritual world was a later matter.
This legend was one that Gwen liked very much. Although there were many parts that were taken for granted, it abandoned the unreasonable explanation of God and the Giant Dragon and tried to explore the origin of magic in the form of logic. Unfortunately, it seemed that many magicians did not like this theory, and even more so theologians. It described human beings, who were the wisest of all things, as a kind of people who needed to follow behind barbaric monsters and steal their knowledge, which was very dissatisfactory to the big shots who boasted of being extraordinary.
A smell of fresh soil and grass suddenly came from the side, waking Gwen from his divergent thoughts. Gwen did not need to look back to know who was coming. He patted the side and said, "Don't touch my stamp. This is the only thing on the table that's worth anything."
A hand that was emerging from the air was firmly patted by Gwen and retracted. Then, Amber jumped out of the shadow state and said, "Ouch, it hurts … Are you still human?! How can your senses be so sharp?! "
Gawain rolled his eyes in annoyance. "I was a Legend back then. Even though I've dropped a level, I'm still more reliable than a guy like you whose combat ability is limited. Besides, you've been eyeing my silver seal for days. Do you think I don't know? You've been eyeing it since the day the craftsmen carved it out. "
Amber smiled embarrassedly and said, "I just had some bold ideas, but I didn't put them into practice …"
"You've put them into practice twelve times, but I beat you back every time, okay?" Gwen glared at the shameless half-elf and said, "Tell me, why are you looking for me? There's still more than an hour before mealtime. You must have something to say if you're back before mealtime."
Amber suddenly puffed up her cheeks and said, "Do I only know how to eat in your mind?!"
"Nonsense, I'm using you as a clock for my three meals. Seeing you is like seeing my meals soon." Gwen said bitterly. "So, what's the matter?"
"Tsk, 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 it's much easier to enter the Shadow Realm recently."
Gawain originally thought that this half-elf was just bored after slacking outside for too long and came to find him to tease him. He didn't expect this fellow to actually have a serious matter to discuss. He was momentarily stunned.
Amber was a little dissatisfied and said, "Hey, you're reacting a little. I'm reporting to you very seriously. Why are you stunned?"
Gawain coughed dryly and quickly suppressed the 'I just didn't expect you to actually do such a thing' look in his eyes. Instead, he looked at the other party with a serious expression. "I remember that when you first brought me into the Shadow World, you said that it was also your first time going so deep into it …"
"Actually, I lied a little at the time... I was afraid that it would be too shocking, so I was a little humble." Hu Po stuck out his tongue. "In fact, I have entered the Shadow Realm completely more than once, but to be honest, entering the Shadow Realm in the past was really not that easy. It required a long period of meditation, or the use of rituals and incense, or at least half a bottle of Shadow Potion before I could enter..."
Gwen raised his eyebrows and said, "Half a bottle?! Are you f * cking drunk to death? "
While he was amazed, he also realized one thing: what Amber said should be true. So it meant that the barrier between the Shadow Realm and the real world was weakening?
To be honest, it was a bit unreliable to make such a conjecture based on the one-sided words of a half-elf. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least half a division of experts and scholars to study for a year and a half to come to a conclusion. But then again … Gwen doubted that even if half a division of experts and scholars were organized, they would not be as effective as Amber's unreasonable talent.
It's like looking at your wife's shopping cart is more useful than looking for ten thousand psychologists to figure out why she's angry. That's where the experts in the field come in … "
So he nodded seriously and said, "You mean that the Shadow Realm is gradually 'approaching' the real world? Apart from you who can sense it, do you think those scholars who study the Shadow Realm will notice it? "
"To be honest, I think this' approaching 'should still be at a relatively early stage. Probably only people like me can accurately perceive it, and those scholars … Well, they are not all good-for-nothings. So those real masters should also be able to sense some clues, but they probably can't see the changes as intuitively as I can."
Gwen frowned. He did not know whether Amber's report was good or bad because no one in history had ever measured the 'distance' or the 'barrier' between the Shadow Realm and the real world. No one knew how this barrier changed. It was even possible that the Shadow Realm had been close to the real world more than once in history, but no one could perceive it, and the process did not have any consequences.
He rubbed his eyebrows and looked at Amber. "What do you think will happen if the Shadow Realm and the real world come into contact?"
"How would I know … But it's probably not a good thing." Amber rolled her eyes. "Anyway, most of the shadow spells are destructive. The shadow itself is a very negative force, and it's definitely not suitable for normal people to come into contact with it."
Gwen sighed. "Well, it's as good as not saying anything. Speaking of which, why did you come to me specifically to tell me this? I am not a scholar, nor am I an adept or mage that specializes in shadow magic. Moreover, I believe that even if I wrote a letter to the scholars of the Secret Spell Society in the name of Gawain Cecil, they wouldn't take it seriously. "
"Then I don't care." Amber pursed her lips. "I just want to find someone to talk to. After that, I'll feel much better. As for what you want to do after that, it's your business."
Gwen's veins popped out on his forehead.
But just as he was hesitating whether to beat the fool in front of him up, a sudden explosion startled the two people in the tent.
* Boom! *
Amber immediately went under the table. "Woah! What's going on? What's going on?! "
Gawain didn't care about this cowardly fellow. Instead, he strode out of the tent and looked in the direction of the sound.
He saw many alarmed soldiers running towards the southeast corner of the camp, and that was the direction of Heti's magic lab!
Oh my, that was an explosion. Rebecca's actions were really amazing.
Gwen immediately ran in that direction.
Although there was the magic lab's own protection array and Heti's protection spell, and Gwen had told Heti to pay attention to the lab's safety, she should be fine. But from the sound of the explosion, there was no telling how many of the precision instruments in the lab were saved.
He had to save Rebecca before she was hung up by Heti.
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