After returning to Allyn, Heidi did not report to the Mission Zone, nor did she go to the Sorcerer Administrative Department to ask the senior-rank astrologers to deal with the files and items related to the case of evil magic rituals. Instead, she went to the outer layer of Babel and entered the Atomic Universe under the guidance of her servant.
She felt that the whole thing was rather weird and that it was necessary to report it to her teacher.
In the Atomic Universe, the real Tower of Babel rose into space on the iron planet, emitting a fantastical sense of beauty.
"Good afternoon, Your Majesty." Heidi saw Natasha the moment she entered the door and greeted her in a hurry. She liked and admired Natasha's personality and style very much, so she was rather nervous when she was with her.
Natasha was amused by Heidi's uneasiness. Scratching her chin, she said, "I'm not a man-eating monster. Do you have to be scared?"
"No, I'm just …" Heidi explained in a hurry.
Natasha waved her hands and interrupted her. "Your teacher is waiting for you."
"Well, did he know that I was coming?" Heidi was soon calmed down when it came to business. She asked in confusion. Then, before Natasha replied, she said to herself, deep in thought, "I summoned the power of my teacher's demiplane. Perhaps my teacher paid attention to the scene because of that."
While thinking, she was led to the library by Natasha. She saw that her teacher was smiling at her from the chair behind the desk.
Lucien was still wearing his double-breasted suit. His hair was slightly longer, and the monocle on his left eye was shimmering vaguely under the light from the window. "I know what happened. Give me the files and the items."
"Master, I don't think it's as simple as it seems. The magic ritual seems to hide something deeper …" Heidi gave the files and the items to Lucien.
"I know. I'll discuss it with Mr. President, my teacher, and Granny Hathaway. Well, you're very keen. Such an evil magic ritual cannot be judged by its surface." Lucien leafed through the files casually. "Hand over the mission. You're not qualified to be involved in what happens next."
Heidi nodded solemnly. "Yes, teacher."
As the queen of the Kingdom of Holm, Natasha was naturally concerned about this matter. After Heidi left, she looked at Lucien seriously and said, "I feel that it's very similar to the Seven Primeval Devils. Removing the internal organs is just a ritual step on the surface, but in fact, it's about pain … Viken knows that you've discovered his identity, so he leaked the method of transforming the Primeval Devils to a large extent without caring about anything else, causing internal strife between the Kingdom and the Congress?"
"Greed is the root of everything." Lucien sighed. "As for whether it was Viken who asked the night watchers to spread the news, or if there was someone else behind the scenes, we can't find out for now. We can only strike them in other ways first."
Natasha nodded her head and frowned. "The primeval devils are very troublesome and hard to eliminate. Thankfully, the blood power of 'Sword of Truth' is quite effective against them. Lucien, have you finished analyzing your legendary spells? Are you ready to advance into level-three legendary? "
For the grand arcanists, advancing into level-three was barely an obstacle. Lucien had published enough important papers in the past two years, so he was only half a step away from level-three. However, it was a major barrier from level-three to the peak. Before Lucien's new alchemy was published, only two of the seven arcanists of the Congress were at the peak of legendary! Also, Oliver, Hellen, and Vicente never made a breakthrough in the age of arcana development.
As for advancing from the peak to the demigod level, of all the top legends in history, only Thanos and Viken had succeeded. It was not hard to imagine how difficult it was!
"The two legendary spells, 'Snow Goddess's Fury' and 'Silent Blue', have been analyzed, and the information that I need has been obtained. I'm improving 'Snow Goddess's Fury' with the trophies and turning it into a brand-new legendary spell." Lucien did not hide anything from Natasha and talked about his current work.
As a matter of fact, it would be easier for him to advance than for other grand arcanists because 'Eternal Blaze' was a spell that could only be learned in level-three legendary, and it had already taken shape in Lucien's cognitive world. He could make a breakthrough with the help of magic rituals.
So far, Lucien had constructed nine legendary spells inside his soul, namely 'Atomic Fission', 'Vengeful Gaze', 'Space Staff', 'Evans's Hand of Uncertainties', 'Luxury Cracking', 'Abrupt Reverse', 'Mental Blast', 'Storm Barrier', and 'Mirror of Fate'. After the improved 'Snow Goddess's Fury' was completed and successfully constructed, he would reach the peak of level-two legendary and advance with 'Eternal Blaze'.
Natasha looked at Lucien curiously. "Improved? You've learned a lot from the two legendary spells of ice and snow? "
"Temperature is a manifestation of the thermal motion of molecules. The more intense the motion, the higher the temperature will be, and vice versa. In the legendary level, the regular processes of cooling and the casting media cannot achieve a better effect. So, I need to analyze the two legendary spells of ice and snow and find the partial models that lower the temperature and correspond to the real arcana significance …"
"The result is more or less what I expected. It saves me the trouble of reconstructing the models. I only need to make some improvements. Also, such an approach plays an important role in the studies in the microscopic domain too." Lucien pointed at the files on the desk and said.
Natasha was not disgusted by what Lucien said. She was even rather interested in it. "I'm told that the legendary sorcerers in the Cabin of Palmeira were relatively weak because they did not have a clear understanding of the arcana significance of the legendary spells of ice and snow. Because they could only construct the spells with their spiritual power and their shallow understanding, many legendary spells of ice and snow could not be fully carried out."
"Ms. Hellen is one of the most distinguished arcanists, but when she learned 'Fury of the Snow Goddess', she basically constructed the spells by force."
As she spoke, she asked even more curiously, "What did you learn exactly?"
"…" Lucien thought for a moment and described the idea of restricting the motion of atoms and molecules through magnetic fields or lasers as simply as possible, which would make the legendary spells of ice and snow closer to absolute zero.
Natasha's eyes lost focus after hearing that. She stood up abruptly and laughed. "I need to go for blood power refining. I feel that I'm getting closer and closer to the legendary level!"
Amused, looking at Natasha's back as she left in a hurry, Lucien shook his head and took out an invitation from the drawer.
"Mr. President: The sorcerers in the college are full of confusion and puzzlement about the development of the microscopic domain and the theories of the new alchemy. Even the lecturers find it hard to understand them … I wonder if we have the honor of inviting you to hold an open class to clear the mist on the way forward for the teachers and the students …"
Lucien was deep in thought. Suddenly, he tapped the invitation and said, "Pinocchio, ask Leo to go to the Holt Magic College and tell them that I will hold an open class on the microscopic domain in a week."
While talking, he looked at the magic laboratory. The materials that he exchanged for with the 'Hundred-Eyed Ghost Lord' and the countless magic improvements and adjustments should be put to use now …
"Yes, master." Pinocchio replied delightedly, as if he were always so carefree.
… …
Inside the meeting room of the Highest Council …
Lucien basically talked about Heidi's mission report. In the end, he said, "It's not hard to tell that it's very similar to 'Viken's special summoning ritual'. The ritual of cutting off the internal organs and turning the sorcerer into a living dead is designed to fill the sorcerer with pain. His strength has been improved not because of the ritual but because the devil of pain has been projected into his heart."
Douglas took over from Lucien and looked around at all the members of the Highest Council. He said solemnly, "The detailed files of the primeval devils can only be read by senior-rank sorcerers, and the sorcerers of such a level will not deal with such unpredictable devils without special reasons. Therefore, I suspect that Viken intentionally leaked the real way to become a demigod, which tempted some sorcerers …"
"Based on the incomplete files that we know, in order to become a demigod, it is not enough to transform into a primeval devil. The corresponding power of faith has to be gathered. Therefore, we have to investigate the cults. I'll ask the Holm Orthodoxy to cooperate with us on that. I hope that you won't neglect the problem. "
Hearing their conversation, except for Fernando and Hathaway who had known it beforehand, the rest of the members fell silent for a moment. There was no telling whether they were shocked or for other reasons.
After a minute, Brook broke the silence. "Such cults are highly harmful and must be contained. Even if the members of the Highest Council are involved, we should not show any mercy."
He seemed to be suspecting that a legendary sorcerer or an archmage was behind it. Therefore, he warned them in advance.
After reminding them for a while, Douglas intentionally mentioned, "Judging from the state transitions that the Pathway of Immortality and Lucien experienced, the mysteries of demigods are related to the quantum superposition state. We can find safer and more reliable approaches by studying the microscopic domain. There's no need to move forward at the risk of being corrupted by the primeval devils."
Hearing that, the other members of the Highest Council, including Vicente and Atlant, nodded in agreement. In the past year of development, they had respected the experiment results and acknowledged the probabilistic interpretation. However, like Douglas and Fernando, they believed that probabilities and uncertainties were not the nature of microscopic particles but other hidden factors. As long as the "external conditions" were found, the microscopic state would be extended to the macroscopic state, and they would embark on the path of demigods.
With dawn and hope ahead of them, naturally, nobody was willing to take the most dangerous path.
After the meeting, Lucien, Douglas, Fernando and Hathaway walked in the end and discussed the previous problem. Suddenly, Douglas said, "I constructed the model of 'gravitational lens' and found that the distance of planets calculated before was wrong. So, I plan to spend a year or two preparing for another super long-distance space jump to search for the traces of planets."
Lucien looked at Douglas without being surprised. "Mr. President, I believe that planets exist, but I don't think that you will succeed this time. If it were just a simple problem of gravitational lens, the mysteries at the end of the Boundless Ocean wouldn't have existed, and the planet we were on wouldn't have been lost after we jumped to space.
Lucien had some speculations about that, but he had to verify a lot of things first.
Douglas nodded. "I know, but we have to give it a try. Maybe we will find something interesting at that distance that will provide clues to further unravel the mysteries."
As he spoke, his voice became lower. "I've improved a few legendary spells and almost made a legendary alchemical device for the double-slit experiment. I believe that there will be a preliminary conclusion in the microscopic domain soon."
"Okay." Lucien took a deep breath.
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