Chapter 18: The Ginkgo Question

However, Kenneth and Mick ran out of the magic technology laboratory in a panic, Kenneth was fine, but Mick's face was pale, and his blue eyes were full of doubt. Mick wanted to run back to the dormitory, but he didn't stop until he reached the building with the sign "Monster Breeding House".

The Lutheran School of Magic covers an extremely wide area, the circumference of the entire academy is about eight kilometers, and the academy is divided into four areas according to the grade, the four areas are relatively independent, except for the use of laboratories, students of different grades rarely have the opportunity to come into contact, which is also the academy's hope to avoid the occurrence of senior students bullying junior students, but the facts show that this is just the wishful thinking of the academy.

Kenneth and Mick's first-year district is located in the northwest corner of the college. Kutrick Castle, the first-year school building, is located in the center of the first-year district, adjacent to the north avenue of the college, the magic prop warehouse and the monster breeding house to the north, the magic technology laboratory to the west, the first-year student activity hall and the cafeteria to the south (the activity hall is close to the north avenue, the activity hall is on the east side of the cafeteria), the cafeteria is south of the church and a grove, and the student dormitory is on the southernmost and westernmost part of the first-year student area, and the Phil Building is located on the west side of the dormitory area.

In other words, Kenneth and Mick ran in the wrong direction after running out of the magic technology laboratory, and actually ran to the northernmost monster breeding house.

Kenneth gasped slightly, and asked Mick, who couldn't straighten his waist, "Mick, why are you running this time?" ā€

"I—I don't know, I just think that place is terrible, and I always think that something bad will happen if I stay any longer......" Mick said with a palpitation, "Besides, Professor Duncan should be going back soon, and if he saw us messing around in his lab, he would probably lose his temper, right?" ā€

Kenneth also nodded, "That's right...... But, Mick, can you understand that magic circle? ā€

Both of them invariably remembered the black ** magic circle painted on the ground in the basement, and their spirits were stirred again, and there was a faint pain in their brains, which was proof that the magic array was effective, and the mental power of the two of them was not even enough to remember it.

Mick pursed his lips, and the tip of his right index finger couldn't help but rub his lower lip back and forth, which was his usual action when he was thinking seriously, Kenneth didn't want to disturb Mick, so he looked around.

Humans have a long history of raising magical beasts, dating back thousands of years, and the most typical one is undoubtedly the chiming owl. But humans are also trying to domesticate some magical beasts with powerful magic, and the key to taming is spiritual power and elemental affinity, so magicians are indeed the darlings of God, and animal taming has become a branch of magic. However, because of its high IQ, Warcraft is not only difficult to capture, but also difficult to tame, and the highest level of Warcraft that is known to be tamed is now the mount of His Majesty the Emperor - the third-order Warcraft Chiyan Horse. As for the demonic beasts above the fourth order, let alone capture, they have not even been found in the empire.

The Luther School of Magic's Beast Breeding House is also for students who take animal taming, most of which are first-order beasts, some of which are purchased in the market by the academy, and some of which are captured by the academy professor on a trip to the Tyrist Mountains south of Luther City, and managed by Professor Adolf Taymusson. But Kenneth saw that the door of the monster breeding house was closed at this time, and there was no light in the two-story house, so no one had come to work yet?

Suddenly, Mick, who had been silent for a long time, said to Kenneth, "Kenny, let's go back." It's better for us to forget about tonight's events, especially the magic array, and don't tell anyone. ā€

Kenneth frowned, "Mick, do you know that magic array?" ā€

Mick shook his head and said, "I don't know, it's a fifth-order magic array, and I don't know a lot of the techniques on it, so I can't remember it in my head at all, maybe it's related to Professor Duncan's experiment." Anyway, don't talk to anyone about it, just wait until later. ā€

Kenneth nodded, but although he didn't know anything about magic, he still knew some shallow common sense, so he couldn't help but wonder as he walked back to the dormitory with Mick: "Why did you draw that magic array, don't you just need to memorize it in your head?" ā€

Mick was a studious boy who had carefully read "History of Magic", so he explained to Kenneth: "This is because when humans first mastered magic, they did not recognize the existence of spiritual power, and only knew that the magic array could communicate with the elements to cast magic, and relied on the human body as a medium to control magic, so they kept drawing the magic array and then touching the magic array to cast magic." One of the advantages of this method is that the magic is persistent and stable, and as long as the magic circle is not destroyed, the magic will continue forever. But the disadvantage of it is that the speed of casting magic is too slow, after all, you need to draw a magic circle on the spot, and the more advanced the magic, the more troublesome it is. ā€

"Then a magician asked if he could engrave the magic array on something to facilitate the casting of spells, and it turned out that this was indeed a big breakthrough, but the magic above the third order needs to depict a large and complex magic array, and now when we go to the museum, we can also see a magic stone plate that was erected higher than you about eight hundred years ago, and it is engraved with the fire third-order magic 'Great Fireball Technique', which needs three horses to pull together. Therefore, the 'engraving' technology is indeed a great improvement over the previous one, but it is still not convenient enough. ā€

Speaking of this, Mick's expression couldn't help but have a hint of excitement: "Then more than a hundred years later, around two hundred and sixty years ago, there appeared a twenty-year-old genius magician named Adam Gabriel, whose mental power was far superior to that of ordinary magicians, and once he found that he could feel the objects in the room while sleeping, 'as if he had directly touched them'. This feeling had been raised by magicians before, but they all regarded it as their own delusion, but Adam felt that this feeling was extraordinary, and that there must be something important in it, and after repeated experiments and confirmations, he finally identified 'a power generated by the brain and transcendent from the body', which he called 'psychic power'. ā€

At this time, the two of them happened to pass through the magic technology laboratory again, and at a glance they saw the bronze statue of Adam at the innermost point of the showroom.

Kenneth was puzzled: "Mick, what does it have to do with discovering 'spiritual power' and the magic array that can be remembered in the head?" ā€

So Mick continued: "After discovering spiritual power, Adam completely overturned the understanding of magicians for three hundred years that the human body is the medium between the elements and the magic array, and he proved that as long as the human mental power communicates with the magic array, it can control the magic cast after the elements communicate with the magic array. However, this theory did not seem to help much in improving the magic casting technique, and Adam was left in a state of deep thought. At that time, Adam was meditating in the ginkgo grove behind his house, but he didn't have any ideas, and in his frustration, he broke off a ginkgo branch and waved it in his hand, but when he thought of a magic circle in his mind, he was surprised to find that the magic circle was actually manifested at the top of the branch through spiritual power and successfully cast. By chance, the modern magician's staff was born, and brought about a revolutionary change in the wizarding world, and Adam was praised by the world, and even his birthday May 12 was named 'Adam's Day' in recognition of his contributions. ā€

"But the magicians of the time only knew what it was, but they didn't know why, including Adam, who discovered it, and he attributed it to the revelation of the creator god Lariyar, which left the famous 'Ginkgo Biloba Question' in the history of magic. It wasn't until 500 years ago that the first Speaker of the Hexagram, Lord Abel Osiris, used his wisdom to solve the mysteries of magicians. It turns out that trees are not ordinary life, they are rooted in the earth, absorb a large number of earth elements, and absorb the other three elements contained in the air, so they themselves have the ability to communicate with the four elements, and because trees contain a large number of earth elements closely related to the spirit of life, they have the ability to concretize the spirit body. This also explains why the mountains and forests are prone to ghostly and scary incidents, but in fact, the trees concretize what humans think, because humans tend to be highly focused when they are afraid. Because Abel's theory solved the 'Ginkgo Biloba Question', his theory was called the 'Ginkgo Biloba Theory'. ā€

Hearing this, Kenneth couldn't help but say, "It turns out that everything is just a coincidence......

Mick smiled and said, "Yes, maybe there really is a creator god...... It's like we met Hephaestus. ā€

Although Kenneth and Mick are not Anglicans, about sixty percent of the Empire's population is Anglican, believing that the world was created by the creator god Laryar, which is why all four student districts of Luther School of Magic have churches.

"According to the 'Ginkgo Theory', sixty years later, magicians discovered that the ore also has similar properties to trees, and can also concretize spirits, strengthen magic with its own attributes, and speed up the visualization of magic arrays, so it is sought after by magicians. However, due to the expendable nature of ore, even after several uses, its internal elements will be depleted and rendered useless, so in order to satisfy the mage's demand for magic ore, the industrial age of the empire has arrived. ā€

"Wow, Mick, you really don't have a good memory! Have you memorized that History of Magic? ā€

Kenneth knew that Mick had been reading two books, one was Introduction to Magic and the other was History of Magic.

"It's just common knowledge to become a magician...... "But Kenny, you'll have to study hard when school starts, and I'll be there to supervise you!" ā€

"Okay, Mr. Mick!" Kenneth replied with a smile.

While talking and laughing, the two of them also forgot about the magic array for the time being, walked back to the dormitory building and came to the front of the Phil Building, facing the closed door, the two of them thought of the appearance of standing behind the door stupidly in the morning, and after smiling at each other, Mick took out the school registration card from the ring given to them by Professor Duncan, which was rightly engraved with Mick's name, and then held it up in front of the giant dragon head on the door. I saw a flash of brown-yellow light in the dragon's eyes, and the door opened with a "click".

The two of them looked at each other in wonder and walked back and forth through the door, but as soon as they entered, they saw Auston in the living room confronting a shabby-dressed teenager like a cockfight.