Jingle Bell –

A bell rang, causing Sullivan, a high-ranking judge, to look up from his book, only to see a blue flame flickering on the teleportation circle, and a paper appeared in the circle along with a note.

"It's a real rarity."

Sullivan is a five-ring mage, a senior reviewer in charge of the alchemy department, and whenever there is a disagreement among the ordinary reviewers, the papers will be delivered to him for review.

However, alchemy is an experiment-based faction, and most of the laws and theories are summarized through repeated experiments many times, so the means of verifying the paper are also quite simple, that is, according to the paper, do an experiment, if the experimental phenomenon is in line with the description, then the paper is self-evident, if it does not match, it means that there is a problem.

Therefore, in the vast majority of cases, it is difficult for the papers of the alchemy department to be sent to the hands of the higher-level reviewers, because the experimental phenomena basically do not have much disagreement.

"I'll see, is it a paper on new substances? And the discussion of combustion reactions? ”

Sullivan frowned slightly at the title of the paper, then looked at the note.

On the slip of paper are the comments of the previous three judges for reference.

"Hey, what's going on?"

Most of the time, the papers that are passed to the higher-level reviewers are mostly mixed with the opinions of approval and rejection, but the review opinions in Sullivan's hands are clearly three "papers approved".

Obviously, they have all been unanimously approved, why are they still passed here, is there a problem with the paper review channel?

Still in doubt, Sullivan looked at the bottom of the note and understood the reason for the matter.

The problem is with the audit points.

Of the three review opinions, one gives a high evaluation of 200 points, one is 100 points, and the last one is 10 points that can be passed.

This gap is too big, and it is naturally impossible for the judging system to remove the highest score and the lowest score and then take the average, so it can only be transferred to Sullivan.

"Since they are all approved, it means that there is no problem with the paper itself, so is there a disagreement about its value?"

This is rare, especially in the field of alchemy.

Putting aside his doubts, Sullivan decided to read the paper from cover to cover.

At first, he was still taking pleasure in the paper's neat format and precise sentence description, but soon, when the main character of the paper, that particular gas, appeared in the paragraph, the soft expression on Sullivan's face disappeared.

Instead of seriousness and concentration, he reviewed the paper word by word, sometimes pausing to think, sometimes reconsidering, and when he had read the entire paper, Sullivan stood up and immediately went to the lab to carry out the experiment described in the paper in its entirety.

When Sullivan saw that the gas produced in the experiment had extinguished the match and made the clear white rock aqueous solution cloudy, he felt his brain buzz.

In fact, alchemy mages have been trying to find a more accurate description of combustion reactions, and although Master Hohenheim's combustion theory is universal to most reactions, there are always some special alchemy reactions that do not conform to this theory, which is no secret among the mid-level alchemists of the Rainbow Tower.

Of course, the vast majority of alchemists still hope to be able to repair and complete this theory rather than completely disprove it, after all, this is the cornerstone of modern alchemy, and if it is really to be overturned, Sullivan even thinks that it is possible to see the grand scene of brain explosion in ancient times.

"Which of your Excellency's disciples is this?"

It was only at this time that Sullivan thought to go to see the author, and sometimes, some masters would send their research topics to promising students as a way to help them improve their standing in the academic world, and Sullivan subconsciously thought that this paper was also of this type.

But he saw the author column of the paper, "Reiner. The name "Ian Gray" made him even more confused.

"Ian Gray? Isn't that the name of the man in charge of that business empire? ”

After thinking about it, Sullivan summoned the elemental servants of the Rainbow Tower.

"Look up this Reiner. Ian Gray's spell rank and past papers. ”

The Elemental Servants assigned to each of the Rainbow Tower's Auditors are creatures known as Crystallizers, from a half-plane discovered by mages, in the form of a grayish glow, with a certain amount of intelligence and excellent memory.

The food of the crystalloid worm is also very special, that is, the sleepiness of living beings.

Whenever a mage feels sleepy and wants to be lazy and fishing, the crystallized worm will suck away their sleepiness and make them feel more energetic, so that they can focus on their studies and work.

In the past, these elemental creatures were often used by mages as a refreshment item, but it is worth noting that although the crystallized worm can suck away drowsiness, it cannot eliminate fatigue, and relying on this thing for a long time is like a coffee addiction, which can easily lead to exhaustion.

"Yes, my lord."

The crystallized worm made the sound of urns and urns, and wandered in mid-air for a moment before replying.

"According to the list of mages in the latest edition of the Rainbow Tower (revised version of the fifteenth day of the primrose month in the year 2318 of the Cangyue calendar), Reiner. Ian Gray has three people, one of them is a mage apprentice, a first-ring mage, and a second-ring mage. ”

The Crystal Worm broadcasts the internal data of the Rainbow Tower, which is updated once a week, and contains the data of all registered mages and their skills in spells, as well as a list of papers of mages above the fourth ring, which is very convenient for querying basic information.

"Report on the situation of the Second Ring Mage."

Sullivan subconsciously eliminated the apprentice and the one-ring mage, not to mention the rich knowledge in his hand, at least it also requires a lot of experimental accumulation to write, unless he is a genius in the alchemy department, otherwise a one-ring mage will not be able to write such a beautiful paper anyway.

"Reiner. Ian Gray, the Second Ring Mage, is taught by the Fourth Ring Mage Brown. Ainut, who specializes in spells such as necromancy and change. ”

"Necromancy and Change?"

Sullivan was even more confused, the necromancy and the change system were inherited from ancient magic, and there were not many theoretical explanations of modern magic, and how could a mage who specialized in these two systems of spells write this alchemy paper?

"What about the data of the First Ring Mage?"

"Reiner. Ian Gray, the First Ring Mage, is taught by the Four Ring Mage Bolívar. Ceci, who is good at spells, is mechanical. ”

The crystal worm reported in a deep voice, causing Sullivan's brow to tighten.

"Mechanical, that's even more impossible, how can those guys who want to marry metal know alchemy?"

Sullivan, who had rarely become a little irritable and had never been on good terms with the mages of the mechanical department, muttered to himself, but there was only one possibility next.

"A mage apprentice?"

Since the mage apprentice has no formal mentor, he does not have the data to be good at spells, but excluding the first two people, the third one is undoubtedly the most likely, Sullivan looked up the second author Xia Luo again. Cluane's information, which revealed that he was also a mage's apprentice, further confirmed this view.

"It's a lot of fun."

Sullivan thought, turning his gaze back to the paper's review.