Around the City in the Sky, the white clouds were covered in gold by the bright sunlight. It was no longer as dark as before, as if it had returned to the normal world from the abyss.
Deep inside the clouds, Rudolf II, who looked majestic and arrogant, looked at Allyn in silence. After a long time, he sighed and disappeared in the sky.
Although he had regained the strength of a top legend, he still needed to accumulate more experience and seize good opportunities in order to advance into a demigod again. Also, the way to become a demigod that he had improved was still a path of faith after all. Even though he had recovered the memories of Thanos' advancement, the odds of success were still not high. One moment of carelessness and he might be killed in the process.
Therefore, after witnessing Douglas successfully become a demigod with the traditional cognitive world of sorcerers, Thanos, who used to be the most talented consul of the Magic Empire, felt that he could not keep up with the wheel of history anymore. He felt that he had been drowned in the river of time. Faced with the brand-new "sun" of the new era, he felt that it was too dazzling for him to see. He subconsciously wanted to turn around and avoid it.
But in the end, the arrogance and confidence in his heart prevailed again.
"Inviting us as guests?" Ogre, the Umbra King, saw that the defense of Allyn was closed and heard the loud voice of the alchemical life echoing in the sky.
Floating in the sky, Dracula looked down at the neat and modern Allyn and sneered, "Do you want to go?"
"Hehe." Ogre, the Umbra King, chuckled in embarrassment and opened the gate to his own demiplane. Douglas had already become a demigod and an authentic one of sorcerers. How could he dare to visit him? He wouldn't even be able to run away if anything went wrong!
After Ogre left, Dracula, Danisos, Belkovsky, and the other experts returned too. Although the City in the Sky was like a lamb that had been skinned without the protection of the defense, it was still as dangerous as the Holy City in their eyes.
Thinking for a moment, Aglaea lowered her altitude and landed at the Allyn magic tower.
…
Hardly had the defense of the City in the Sky been closed when space-time waves spread out from the thirty-third floor and the thirty-fourth floor of the Allyn magic tower. All the members of the Highest Council who were in the main material world and not in the relics hurried back, partly to congratulate him sincerely and partly to learn the mysteries of the demigod level as soon as possible.
When Lucien and Natasha, who was equally curious about the status of demigods, arrived, more than half of the members of the Highest Council had already gathered in the conference room.
Douglas, who was receiving congratulations from Oliver, Helen, Vicente, and the others, immediately stood up when he saw Lucien walk in, and walked over to greet him with a smile.
"Arcana above …" Before Lucien could congratulate him, Douglas walked up to him and gave him a warm, gentlemanly hug.
"If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have been able to advance into a demigod so easily. I don't even know when I can find the path of demigods." Douglas patted Lucien's shoulder and loosened his arm, thanking him sincerely.
Lucien smiled shyly. "I only provided dessert. What fills the stomach is always the main course."
"Huh?" Douglas understood what Lucien was trying to say, but Hathaway was confused by the metaphor. She had never been good at literature.
Lucien explained with a smile, "Mr. President, the studies on the celestial bodies' motion system and gravity are like the main course, and I discovered that the sun is like dessert. I can't ignore the main course just because I feel full after dessert every time. In fact, that's the most important reason."
Hathaway frowned indifferently, as if she did not understand why Lucien had to explain it in such a roundabout way when he could have expressed himself directly.
"Lucien, it's not good to be too modest. Your arcana studies in the past ten years are the most brilliant and important period in the history of magic." Douglas had mixed feelings.
"Whether or not I'm modest is not a question that needs to be discussed right now. I believe that the most important thing right now is to satisfy our curiosity. Everybody can't wait to hear the mysteries of demigods from you, Mr. President." Lucien led the topic back to the main track.
Fernando, who had arrived as quickly as possible, returned Lucien's equipment to him and said loudly, "You can thank me in private. I'm only interested in the specialties of the demigod status, the points that need attention during the advancement, and the corresponding arcana principles."
Douglas clapped his hands with a smile. "Before that, I have to ask you something. Where are our guests?"
"Nobody except Aglaea has the courage to visit Allyn," Hathaway replied coldly.
"Then, let's ask Aglaea to come and listen in case she takes the wrong path in the future." As he spoke, Douglas became solemn and said to the members of the Highest Council who were almost all present, "I hope that you won't take the wrong path, too."
"In the past, because our path was enshrouded in mist, we made more or less mistakes in our exploration. That was understandable. But now that the mist is gone, and a straight path is before us, there will be no reason for us to go in another direction. The Congress will not allow such sorcerers to exist."
The atmosphere was slightly frozen, but the members of the Highest Council on the spot did not change their expressions at all.
"After seeing that Mr. President has successfully advanced into a demigod through his cognitive world and his demiplane, I don't think any sorcerer will make an unwise choice," Oliver replied with a smile. Vicente, Hellen, Atlant and the other legendary sorcerers expressed their opinions too.
After Aglaea came in, Douglas began to answer everybody's questions about demigods, which was similar to what he described to Brook and Hellen earlier.
"… So far, demigods do not have corresponding arcana principles, and there is no place for demigods in the arcana system. It is the direction that we need to study in the future, just like the nature of magic." Douglas concluded in the end.
Lucien listened attentively. When Douglas described that he had to 'collapse' in order to appear in the main material world, he even scratched his chin, deep in thought.
"Does a legendary Knight have to be transformed into such a state too?" Natasha asked. She was very persistent and passionate about such matters.
Douglas nodded. "All demigods should be close to such a state. So, how to transform into such a state step by step is the main theme of the growth of a legendary Knight. I believe that you should associate training and fighting with it."
The first legendary Knight was born under the guidance and experiments of sorcerers. Therefore, Douglas, who was born in the ancient Magic Empire, knew a lot about the issue.
Including the elven queen, all the experts on the spot had asked what they wanted to know. At this moment, they were all in the state of digesting and absorbing. Nobody asked any more questions.
Seeing that, Douglas stood up and said, "Are there no other questions? In that case, I'll have to continue exploring myself. "
Chewing Douglas's description, Aglaea came back to herself and had a lot of mixed feelings. The Congress of Magic right now was already the most powerful force that was on par with the South Church. One demigod and four top legends. To some extent, it was even more powerful than the South Church!
Of course, Viken's feature of being able to carry out his full strength in the main material world and God's Arrival with Mountain Paradise still put the two parties on the same level.
Right when Douglas was about to 'leave', Fernando suddenly opened his mouth. "I remember that you designed the delayed choice experiment and the erasure experiment earlier, but you couldn't complete them because of the high requirements. What about now? Can you do it now? "
Most of the sorcerers looked at Fernando in shock. The two experiments were likely to shake the current arcana system. If the results were not right, everybody's worldview would be completely overturned. They had to consider Lucien's' observer 'theory carefully.
There was no need to be so fast, right? You should've prepared everybody!
Douglas's gentle smile was gone. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "The requirements have indeed been met, but I won't know whether or not they can be completed until I verify them. I'll tell you later."
Fernando said solemnly, "If an arcanist does not dare to carry out an experiment because he is scared of a certain result, he doesn't deserve to be called an arcanist. Exploring the unknown and the truth is the fundamental reason why I chose the path of arcana. I will not violate that. So, I'm very curious about the results of the two experiments and whether or not they reveal the truth of the world. "
"In fact, it's not a big problem. The microscopic domain is a brand-new field, and many issues are controversial. Nobody will construct their own cognitive world under such circumstances. Therefore, even if the results of the two experiments overturn our understanding, it will only shake our worldview and values. Our heads will not explode, and our cognitive world will not be broken and solidified." Oliver pondered for a moment and echoed. Intense desire of exploration was beaming out of his eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses.
Hellen did not show any distraction at this moment. She said coldly, "The shaking of our understanding of the world will also make the arcanists feel disillusionment. Their cognitive world will be unstable, and their strength will subtly stagnate."
She did not give an example, but there were still a couple of members of the Highest Council who couldn't advance into legendary because of the results in the microscopic world.
"However, even if our strength stagnates, I still want to know the result." Hellen added and looked at Douglas firmly.
For the arcanists, the thirst for knowledge and exploration was what made them stronger than ordinary people. If the answer was right in front of them but they could not reach it, they might as well kill them. As for whether or not they could accept the answer, that was another matter.
Douglas looked around and saw the same expression on everybody's face. So, he heaved a sigh, half comforted and half worried. "At the very least, let me prepare the experiment equipment."
"In that case, let's stream the experiment." Lucien suddenly interjected, raising the astonishment of everybody.
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