Lucien was stunned. Lazar almost bumped into Lucien's back. Fortunately, he reacted in time.
"What's wrong?"
"There's a curse on the vase." Lucien had no time to identify it, so he chose the easiest way for Lazar to understand.
"What? A curse?! " Lazar's voice suddenly became high-pitched. He could not understand Lucien's calm and collected attitude at all. Lucien even seemed to be a bit excited?!
"Arcana above! Lucien, this is a curse to kill you! Why are you talking about today's weather? " Lazar pulled Lucien away from the vase, and he was sure that he saw the excitement in Lucien's eyes.
Lucien held back his excitement and stopped himself from drooling. Pretending to be a victim, he said angrily, "Lazar, close the Atom Institution. Don't let anyone out. Gather all the gifts we've received recently. I'll report to the Affair Committee. "
"Okay!" Lazar seemed to be cheerful and enthusiastic, but he was never long-winded at the critical moment.
After Lazar left, Lucien turned on the magic circle and asked Rock, Annick, and other sorcerers and apprentices to put all the gifts they received in the small meeting room. Lucien then started to observe the elegant vase carefully.
Since the vase had triggered the electron induction in his cognitive world at such a short distance, it was very likely to be a beta ray (also a stream of electrons). Therefore, it was most likely to be a radioactive element.
As a matter of fact, Lucien had been looking for a highly radioactive element among the dozens of elements that he had discovered a long time ago. After all, no matter whether it was the nuclear bomb that people on Earth were most familiar with, or many other purposes, such elements were indispensable. However, even though many unstable isotopes were radioactive, none of them met Lucien's requirements. Lucien did not find anything until he was cursed today.
Without wasting any time, Lucien pushed the monocle on his left eye and said, "Thompson, I found a cursed vase in my office in the Atom Institution. I suspect that it's an assassination by the Church. Send someone to investigate as soon as possible."
"I'm outside right now. Ask the investigator from the Department of Punishment to come here. I'll be back as soon as possible. " A member of the Arcana Review Board was assassinated with a curse. Not to mention that the assassin was his classmate and the most promising senior-rank arcanist. Even though Thompson had just submitted his paper and was about to leave, he still gave up his work and went back without any hesitation.
In the headquarters of the Congress, the investigators of the Discipline Department entered the Atom Institution in no more than three minutes.
There were five investigators in total. The leader was a dark-skinned middle-aged man with brown curly hair. On his chest, he was wearing the Black Scepter badge of the Punishment Department, the Arcana badge with four silver stars, and the Magic badge with six black circles.
"Mr. Evans, I'm Bellak, the deacon of the Punishment Department. I'm on duty today, and I'm here to investigate the curse under Mr. Thompson's order." The dark-skinned Bellak, who seemed to be from the southern desert of the Duchy of Calais and the Kingdom of Brianne, looked very serious.
The Discipline Department did not have a minister, and it was directly under the Affair Committee. There were only twelve deputy ministers, whose arcana level was not high, and whose magic level was between the seventh circle or the eighth circle. Therefore, even though Bellak was a senior-rank sorcerer, he could only be a deacon.
Lucien asked Rock and the other sorcerers and apprentices to gather in an office for another investigator. Lucien and Lazar then led Bellak into a small meeting room. Lucien pointed at the vase in his room and said, "Bellak, this is the vase that was cursed."
Bellak released the inspection spell, but the vase did not respond.
"No problem?" Bellak murmured as he activated one of his magic items. Pale green light sprinkled on the vase, but the vase still did not respond.
Bellak tried several different inspection spells, but still found nothing. Therefore, he turned to Lucien and asked in confusion, "Mr. Evans, I've checked the vase. There's no curse on it. Or do you have any special inspection spell? Can you activate the curse? "
Although Lucien was talking to a member of the Board, Bellak, as a senior-rank sorcerer, still had the courage to express his opinion.
"I don't have the corresponding spell, but I can use the magic circles in the lab to detect a kind of ray." Lucien explained.
Bellak did not believe Lucien directly, "Can you show me, Mr. Evans? As an investigator, I have to check every detail. "
"No problem." Lucien asked Bellak to take the vase and the other cursed items into the lab.
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"Isn't … Isn't this the cathode ray? No, the energy seems to be much higher! "Seeing the familiar reactions and properties, Lazar could not help but exclaim out loud.
Then he realized something, "No wonder Lucien could sense the curse. The rays that we touch every day always feel familiar to us!"
It was not an exaggeration. For a sorcerer whose soul was mutated, his spiritual power was enhanced, and his cognitive world could reflect reality, it was very easy for him to feel familiar with something when he had been in contact with it for a long time. However, this kind of familiarity could only be felt by a senior-rank sorcerer whose cognitive world had just begun to substantialize, because the reflection of the object in their cognitive world could enhance the sense of familiarity.
"But what does this have to do with the curse? Isn't it you who discovered the new particle, Mr. Evans? " Bellak still did not believe that this was a curse, "Maybe it's because the vase is made of a special material that allows it to freely emit electrons? I think you're being too sensitive. It's probably just a coincidence. "
"I insist that it's a curse. My Star of Destiny sensed the danger." Lucien blamed his Star of Destiny and astrology. After all, no one knew how good he was in astrology.
Bellak took out his notebook and recorded in detail, "I'll ask the Affair Committee to send some senior-rank sorcerers or archmages to help us confirm this. Mr. Evans, please be patient. Even if we can't confirm it, we'll still investigate the origin of the vase. We won't delay the investigation."
This was the treatment that a member of the Arcana Review Board deserved.
"Okay." Lucien, Lazar and Bellak went back to the small meeting room.
Bellak did not let Lucien and Lucien in because of the curse. Instead, he went to check the other investigators.
"What on earth is the vase made of? How can it emit cathode rays by itself?" Lazar was both amused and confused, "If we had known about this, we wouldn't have worked so hard to study it with gas discharge."
Lucien covered his mouth and said, "It's probably a special material. I hope it's not a curse. After all, I've been assassinated."
"No wonder I thought you were very excited. Lucien, you're becoming more and more greedy. One day, you'll become like a dragon." Lazar suddenly realized what was going on and teased Lucien.
Lucien looked at him with disdain, "That's because you haven't seen a real dragon."
After waiting for more than ten minutes, when the investigators sorted out the preliminary statements, the gate of the Atom Institution was opened without any sign. Thompson walked in with a tall and thin old man.
The old man's face was very ordinary. His eyes were closed, and his hair was covered by a hood. His black magic robe was as pure as the darkest night.
"Mr. Eye of Curse?" Lucien recognized that he was Atlant Forman, the Eye of Curse, who had been to the Atom Institution before.
"I haven't returned to Calais yet. I'm going to stay in the headquarter for a while. I heard from Fernando that you've encountered some strange curses, so I'm here to have a look. It's my hobby to collect all kinds of strange curses. "Atlant's voice was calm and gentle, but he did not seem to be tired of talking.
"Thank you, sir." Facing the Eye of Curse, who had left behind all kinds of weird legends, even though Lucien had seen a lot of legends, he still felt scared from the bottom of his heart.
Atlant nodded leisurely and slowly walked to the vase. After pausing for a few seconds, he suddenly opened his eyes, and the whole vase was suddenly covered in a layer of green.
When he opened his eyes, Lucien felt that he was in a trance. There seemed to be countless shadows reflected in his black pupils, which were deep and creepy!
"It's indeed a curse." Atlant, the Eye of Curse, made the judgment, "The magic model itself is very simple. It mainly depends on the uniqueness of the materials, so it can't be detected by most inspection spells. It's preliminarily confirmed that if one is affected by the curse for a long time, he or she will suffer from all kinds of diseases until he or she dies. "
Lucien nodded. Finally, he was sure that radiation was part of the curse. As for the weirder ones, Lucien had no idea.
"Thank you for your confirmation, Mr. Atlant. I've also asked a few sorcerers, but I'm not sure if they did it on purpose or not. The cursed items that contain the special materials are all produced by the same company, and the details are very similar." Bellak reported to the Eye of Curse, Thompson and Lucien.
"Investigate thoroughly!" Thompson was usually gentle, but now he was as cold as ever.
Atlant said with a smile, "I won't be involved in the investigation. Can you give me a Cursed Vase? I'm very curious about the curse and the special materials. "
"No problem. There are many cursed items." Thompson would never turn down the request of a legend.
Lucien hurried to chime in, "Can you give me a few cursed items, too? I'm very interested in the special materials. They have a lot to do with the 'electron' that I've been studying recently."
"No problem. The exploration of the microscopic world is the focus of the Congress right now." Thompson was very impressed by Lucien's passion for research. Even though he was assassinated, Lucien did not care about it at all. No wonder he could get so many honors at such a young age.
After leaving one investigator to guard the scene, Bellak led the other three to start the investigation.
Except for Lucien, Lazar, Rock and the rest of the apprentices were asked to stay overnight in the headquarter of the Congress. Therefore, Lucien comforted Heidi, Katrina, Annick and the rest of the apprentices for a while and told them not to worry, and that everything would be solved in no time.
After that, it was getting dark. Lucien decided to stay overnight in the magic lab as well. He wanted to seize the time to analyze the radioactive elements in the vase.
It had only been a few days, and now a cursed item had been sent to his door. Lucien could not help but feel a sense of danger. Therefore, he temporarily stopped the creation of the fourth-circle spell, X Ray, which was attached to Cathode Ray. Instead, he planned to create a couple of unique offensive or defensive spells in case he needed them.
There were many kinds of spells that could be brought by the radioactive elements. Except for the theory of relativity and the mass-energy equation, which Lucien was not able to deduce at the moment. The corresponding books in the Library of the Soul were still sealed, and Lucien had never read them before. Also, even if he could create a new one, it would probably be a legendary spell. There was also the "curse" spell and the discovery of the element "helium".
If the element "helium" was discovered, Lucien would be able to reduce the limit of the ultra-low temperature again, and it might even be only three or four degrees Celsius away from absolute zero.
This ice spell might be even more powerful than a senior-rank one!
The only problem was that the casting of the spell might require a lot of materials, and the caster would be frozen to death if the range was not right.
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