In Dragon Root Hotel, in a large room that was temporarily converted into a magic lab.
"Mr. Evans, these are the two level-three divine spells you asked for, Bramble Growth and Harvest Spring," Iristine said coldly and gave Lucien two pieces of paper that looked like dried bark.
The elvish paper was made from the bark of the elvish tree, and it was a specialty of the elves. Many sorcerers in the Congress of Magic regarded it as one of the best materials for making senior-rank magic scrolls. It was almost as good as dragon skin. Unfortunately, there was only a limited amount of elvish paper.
The two druids from Nature's Abhorrence were indeed members of the Elven Court. They were so generous that Lucien, the bumpkin, was quite jealous.
Taking over the two pieces of paper, Lucien noticed that the symbols on them were very messy. Many parts of the symbols were missing and scattered. They did not have the balance and mystery that a model of supernatural power should have. Lucien frowned and said, "Prince Arcelion, Princess Iristine, I don't think these two divine symbols are complete. Since you're here to cooperate with us, you better show your sincerity."
"Our sincerity is to try our best to sabotage the cooperation!" Iristine cursed in her mind. Then she replied with an elegant but cold smile on her face, "Mr. Evans, we're druids, not sorcerers. The supernatural power we use is a gift from nature. Only those who love and protect nature can feel the will of nature and remember and build models of divine spells from it. We've never learned how to analyze and draw divine symbols, and we'll never learn how to do that in the future. We've already tried our best. "
Hearing his sister's explanation, Arcelion was very satisfied. Then he added proudly, "If you want to see the complete divine imprint, we can use the same way we make divine items to project the divine imprint. But that way, the divine imprint will be protected by the Will of Nature, and it can only be destroyed. Mr. Evans, do you have the ability to keep the divine symbols intact while going through the barrier of nature? "
He was telling the truth. The Congress of Magic had seized a lot of divine items, but they still could not decipher the secrets of divine spells. One of the reasons was that most high-grade mages were unable to stabilize the internal structure of the divine mark when bypassing the divine barrier.
However, the grand arcanists who had the ability to remove the divine barrier found that, according to the structure of the divine imprint, they needed to borrow some mysterious "power" from the unseen world. This power was temporarily unknown and unpredictable. Therefore, if the druids were to cooperate with the divine spells when analyzing the principles, they might be able to find something useful.
Lucien had a level nine divine item called Sun's Corona with him. However, he had never been able to analyze the divine imprint in the item other than Maskelyne's message. Therefore, seeing that the two druids were not very cooperative, Lucien said like a mad researcher, "Alright, Mr. Tyrell, Mr. Urian, and I will analyze this part of the divine imprint first."
"Since Mr. Evans and your team are ready to start, then there's no point for us to stay. We want to go out and observe the situation of the land and the other research teams to lay a good foundation for our future experiments." Although Arcelion was a little arrogant and impulsive and couldn't control his mouth, he was still quite talented at finding dignified excuses since he was born in the royal court.
Lucien pushed his gold-rimmed glasses slightly and said, "No, we can't do it. We need you to help us observe and sense the divine imprint during the analysis. Otherwise, we can't continue. Are you not sincere enough to cooperate? "
Before the Elven Royal Palace and the druid elders of Nature's Abhorrence gave further orders, Arcelion and Iristine did not dare to say that they were here to cause trouble, as that would give the Congress of Magic an excuse to put them under house arrest. Also, the Elven Royal Palace would not question them for something that they were obviously in the wrong.
Therefore, the two elves answered gloomily, "Of course we're sincere enough to cooperate. But Mr. Evans, when you're analyzing the magic, we have nothing to do. Are we just going to sit here and wait?"
"You can sleep, you can pray to the Will of Nature, you can talk in a low voice, and you can read the books I brought. Anyway, just stay here and let me know when I need your help." Lucien tried to imitate the image of an arcanist who was obsessed with experiments and said, "If you still feel that you have nothing to do, I have a few math exercises for beginners. Do you want to do them?"
It was a Mathematical Olympiad exercise for Annick, Sprint, and the rest of them to "train their minds".
Looking at the thick stack of paper in Lucien's hand, and the numbers on it that seemed to contain infinite mysteries and curses, Arcelion and Iristine, who gained the divine imprint by fusing with the Will of Nature, suddenly felt dizzy and painful. They were not good at math, and they hated it the most!
"This Mr. Elemental Order is an out-and-out gentleman when he's not studying arcana and talking about meat. He's humorous, knowledgeable, handsome, polite, and has good taste in art. He's much more charming than many male elves. However, as long as there's meat and arcana, he will completely show his evil and ruthless side, which is detestable and disgusting!" Iristine, who had a good impression of Lucien, now felt that it was a pity that this gentleman was not what he appeared to be. She hated him so much that her teeth were itching.
After Arcelion and Iristine sat in the chairs in the corner of the lab surrounded by the elves, Theodore glanced at the complicated divine imprints and used Message to tell Lucien, "I'm having a headache when I see these models. I'm counting on you for the rest of the analysis!"
This was a short-distance communication spell. It was only a second-circle spell in the ancient Magic Empire, but after being simplified and improved by many arcanists, it became an apprentice-level spell. It used special energy to cover sound waves and could be transmitted within ten meters.
At the same time, Lucien also heard Julian's voice through Message. Lucien was also scared of the mathematical foundation needed to reverse the analysis of the divine imprint.
After handing the heavy responsibility to Lucien, the two battle maniacs pretended to look at the divine imprints and wrote with their quills floating in the air. However, in fact, they were drawing the winter scenery with great interest.
"So, I'm the only one who's analyzing the magic, right?" Lucien was very disappointed in this arcana research team. Then, he took out a stack of white paper and started to solve the basic mathematical questions set by Raventi.
Since Lucien did not study advanced mathematics in his previous life, there were still many flaws in this field. With Raventi's guidance, he could quickly make up for it. After all, the Congress of Magic, which had started the research on complex functions, was at the level of the early 19th century on Earth, which was beyond the knowledge of most people.
Except for the books in the Library of the Soul that had not been unlocked yet, Lucien was only ahead of the Congress of Magic in a few fields of mathematics, such as linear algebra (matrix), axiomatic system, and some mathematical conjectures that he did not know the answers to.
In this world, mathematics fully embodied the spirit of exploration and the spirit of magic application, therefore, there were not many researches on number theory and conjectures. Lucien once thought that after he became a leader of the Congress of Magic, he would propose the famous mathematical conjectures one by one and publish them as a collection so that the arcanists in this world could enjoy the "feast of mathematics".
In the corner, Iristine and Arcelion looked at Lucien's serious face and the quill in his hand. "No matter how serious you are, no matter how talented you are, I'd like to see how you can reverse the analysis when the divine imprint is not complete!" Iristine thought to herself.
The two elves were very happy that their plan worked, and they felt that time was not too hard for them.
As time passed, Lucien suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Prince Arcelion, please cast the divine spell 'Brambles'."
Arcelion's face became serious, and he tried to cast the third-circle divine spell as fast as possible. Clusters of dark green bushes that looked like iron thorns appeared in the room and soon covered the whole floor of the lab, making it difficult for people to step on them. Also, the bushes were shining in a dim light, and it seemed that they could pierce through the defense of the Knight.
"Good, I'm inspired." Lucien nodded expressionlessly, and then he turned around and continued his mathematical exercises.
After a while, Lucien's emotionless request sounded again.
"Princess Iristine, please cast the divine spell 'Harvest Spring'."
"Sure."
Waves of divine power were generated.
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"Prince Arcelion, please cast the divine spell 'Harvest Spring'."
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"Princess Iristine, please cast the divine spell 'Brambles' again."
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The request echoed in the lab again and again, waves of divine power were generated again and again.
"It's time for lunch, Mr. Evans. How's your analysis going? Did you figure out the principles of the divine spell? "Arcelion stood up and asked tiredly. In order to stop the analysis, they used the excuse that they needed to rest from time to time, but by lunchtime, they had already cast the divine spell dozens of times.
Lucien put away the paper on the table and said to them seriously, "I'm sorry. Because the divine imprints are not complete, I haven't made any progress yet."
Arcelion and Iristine cheered in their minds, but at the same time, they put on an understanding expression, "It's okay, Mr. Evans. Everything is hard at the beginning. Don't worry."
"Okay. Let's have lunch first. "Lucien tried his best to keep a straight face. Now that they had solved one of the problems, they could enjoy the delicious food with a happy mood.
When lunch was mentioned, Theodore and Urian, who were about to fall asleep, rushed out of the lab like rabbits.
"By the way, Mr. Evans, please return the two elvish papers to us. I think you've already memorized the divine imprints." Iristine did not want to let this damn sorcerer take advantage of her.
Lucien's heart ached.
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Three days later, Iristine and Arcelion, who were "trapped" in the lab, heard that other research groups had already started to experiment with the soil. Therefore, they came to Lucien with a bit of suspicion.
Why did he not make any progress? Was Lucien just fooling them? (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to come to qidian.com to vote. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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