For the vast majority of people in this world, "what is magic" is not a question at all, they think that the answer is obvious and not worth delving: magic is magic, one of the ubiquitous energies in this world, the most precious treasure bestowed by the gods on mankind, and the standard by which people can be divided into three, six, nine and so on.

Some of the priests will tell you that magic is the power that has spread throughout the world after the fall of the gods, and it is the aftermath of the war of the gods recorded in the "Tablet of Eternity", in which the defeated gods were torn apart and fell to the earth, their bodies burning in mid-air, the fire and smoke were the first magic, and the remnants of the burning were the original monsters; Some mage scholars will say that magic is the bridge between the elemental world and the real world, that it is a "supermatter" that can be perceived and used but is not visible, that it comes from the turmoil of the Aether Sea, and that it will show irregular fluctuations with the relative distance between the real world and the elemental world, that is, the phenomenon of mana upwelling......

However, Gawain could not accept either of these two statements, he came from a modern world that admired science and reason, and advocated a clear interpretation of all mysteries, and he believed that magic should have something more understandable, more understandable, and even quantified by data, and explained by model specifications.

This may not be the case in the realm of gods, but since magicians can use magic in specific ways, and even use formulas to simplify the spellcasting process, then magic can certainly be analyzed in this way.

According to the current information, magic is indeed "everywhere", and every corner of the whole world is full of this invisible power, and there are mainly two ways for people in this world to use magic power, one is direct spell casting, mages use spiritual power to construct a spell model, and then let the spell model mobilize the original magic power in the atmosphere, so as to form a spell effect; The other is to use a facility similar to a charging circle or mana well to first extract mana and then use it in a spell ritual.

Either way, the magic is "drawn" from nature, not something that humans can create out of thin air.

So Gawain once thought that magic might really be a special "substance", or something based on matter, but the instantaneous magic generated by Rebecca's "rune trigger" at the moment of connection made him think a little differently.

It's a phenomenon that happens in some kind of energy field—he boldly assumes.

What if mana is an "energy field", and the various effects of mana can be seen as a special kind of fluctuation? The rune trigger is like an incomplete circuit in the energy field, when it is connected, the loop becomes complete, so a part of the energy field will enter the loop, and in this process, the flow of energy produces "magic fluctuations" that can be observed, but because the loop of the rune trigger is closed, this process cannot be continued, so the magic is instantaneous......

In this way, although the original source of magic is still nature, the instantaneous magic in the rune trigger is "created" by human factors, and there is no process of "absorption", which is why the rune trigger does not have a collection and charging structure, but produces a trace amount of magic power.

Gawain frowned, casually took a piece of black stone that served as a paperweight from the side, and rubbed his fingers on it, and the power of the professional easily drew a curved line like a whirlpool on it, and then he pressed a dot in the middle of the line, forming the elemental symbol of the wind system: the breeze.

A slight gust of air appeared around the black stone, and the cheap magic material, which was only slightly more expensive than quartz sand, came into play, and Gawain felt his wrist being gently blown by the cool wind.

With a swipe of his hand, the runes were destroyed, and the breeze stopped.

This is the most incredible thing about this world, that such a simple symbol, carved on a specific material, can produce such an obvious effect...... Why?

If you really use the "energy field theory" that you just put forward to explain, it seems to be able to explain: the magic is already full, and there is a continuous interaction with these natural magic materials, originally this process is calm and has no special effect, but with the carving of specific lines on the surface of these materials, the balance between the "energy field" and the "acting matter" changes, and the frequency of magic fluctuations changes accordingly, and the phenomenon occurs.

But if the energy field theory is true, there is no way to explain the principle of the various energy storage crystals: how do they store their magic? If the essence of magic is just a "field" wrapped around the planets, and magic is nothing more than a "wave" of a specific frequency, then what is the form of magic stored in the energy storage crystal?

Gao Wen's thinking diverged, and he suddenly remembered the history of the origin of magic, and removed the "Ten Thousand Laws of Divine Grant" or "Dragon Language Magic Origin Theory" advocated by those magic sticks, in fact, there is a theory in the academic community, which believes that the original magic of human beings actually comes from the imitation of some magical beasts: those magical beasts have special cuticles or exoskeleton structures, and there are natural magic patterns (runes) on these structures, which is due to the incredible coincidence in the process of biological evolution, Animals that have evolved their bodies with such structures have certain magical abilities and thus become magical beasts. Humans in primitive times appeared the earliest magic by imitating the runes on these magical beasts and carving the runes on various stone tools.

And mastering the spiritual power and transforming the runes of the entity into a magic model in the spiritual world will be a matter for later.

This legend is one of Gawain's favorites, and although there are many presumptuous parts, it abandons the unreasonable way of explaining gods and dragons, and instead tries to explore the origin of magic in a logical form, but unfortunately, it seems that many magicians do not like this theory, and theologians even less - it describes the spirit of all things as a kind of stealer who needs to follow the path of savage monsters, which is very dissatisfying to the self-proclaimed great men.

A breath with the smell of fresh earth and grass suddenly came from the side, waking Gao Wen from a state of divergent thinking, Gao Wen didn't need to look back to know who was coming, and slapped it to the side casually: "Don't move my seal, this thing is still worth some money on the whole table." ”

A hand that was emerging from the air was struck by Gawain, and he immediately took it back, and then Amber popped out of the shadow: "Oh, Mom, it hurts...... You're still not human! How can induction be so smart?! ”

Gawain rolled his eyes angrily: "I was also a legend back then, even if I drop the level now, is it more reliable than you, a guy whose combat power is stronger than a goose - and you have been beating me for a few days with the idea of this silver seal, thinking I don't know?" From the day the craftsmen carved it out, you made the idea. ”

Amber smiled wryly, "I just had some bold ideas, but I didn't put them into practice......"

"You've practiced it twelve times, but I've beaten you back every time, okay?" Gawain glared at the undisciplined half-elf, "Say, what's the matter with me - it's more than an hour before the meal, and there must be something wrong with you coming back before the meal." ”

Amber puffed out her cheeks suddenly: "Am I only going to eat in your mind?!" ”

"Nonsense, I'm using you as a clock for three meals now, and seeing you is almost the same as seeing the meal," Gawain said bitterly, "What the hell is the matter with you?" ”

"Hey, the old man is really boring...... Well, I just wanted to tell you something, I wanted to tell you two days ago, but I forgot - I've found it so much easier to get into the Shadow Realm lately than it used to be. ”

Gawain originally thought that this half-elf was just fishing outside for too long and was bored to find himself to tease him, but he didn't expect this guy to be really serious when he opened his mouth, and he was stunned for a moment.

Amber was a little dissatisfied: "Hey, it's a little bit of a reaction, I'm very serious about reporting the situation to you, what do you mean by being stunned?" ”

Gao Wen coughed dryly, quickly suppressed the "I just didn't expect you to do business" look, and turned to look at the other party with a serious face: "I remember when you first took me into the Shadow Realm, you also 'entered this deep for the first time'......"

"Actually, I told a little lie at the time...... I was afraid that it would be too shocking, so I was modest," Amber stuck out her tongue, "Actually, I have completely entered the Shadow Realm more than once, but to be honest, it was really not that easy to enter the Shadow Realm before, it took a long time of meditation, or you had to use rituals and incense, or at worst, you had to stuff half a bottle of Shadow Potion to get in......"

Gawain raised his eyebrows: Half a bottle?! You're too drunk to death, aren't you?

In addition to his amazement, he also realized one thing: what Amber said should be true, so what does it mean that the barrier between the Shadow Realm and the present world is becoming fragile?

To be honest, it is a bit unreliable to make such a conjecture at the level of world rules just by relying on the one-sided words of a half-elf who has no discipline at all, and under normal circumstances, this kind of thing has to be studied by experts and scholars of at least half a division for a year and a half before a conclusion can be reached, but then again...... Gawain was very suspicious that even if he organized half a division of experts and scholars, they would not be able to use Amber's unreasonable talent together.

It's like if you get 10,000 psychologists to study why your wife is angry, it would be better to take a look at her shopping cart: this is where you specialize......

So he nodded solemnly: "You mean the Shadow Realm is gradually 'getting closer' to the present world?" Aside from you, do you think scholars who study the Shadow Realm will find out? ”

"To be honest, I think this kind of 'proximity' is still in its infancy, and probably only someone like me can accurately perceive it, and those scholars...... Okay, they're not all rice buckets, so the real masters should be able to sense some clues, but they probably don't have as much of a visual change as I can see. ”

Gawain frowned, he didn't know whether Amber's report was good or bad, because no one in history had ever measured the "distance" or "gap" between the Shadow Realm and the current world, and no one knew how this moat had changed, and it was even possible that the Shadow Realm had been close to the real world more than once in history, but no one could perceive it, and the process would not have any consequences.

He rubbed his eyebrows and looked at Amber, "What do you think will happen if the Shadow Realm comes into contact with the present world?" ”

"How do I know...... But it's probably not a good thing," Amber rolled her eyes, "Anyway, most of the spells of the Shadow system are destructive, and the Shadow itself is a rather negative force, and it is definitely not suitable for normal people to touch it." ”

Gawain sighed: "Okay, if you say it, you don't say it." Anyway, why did you come to me to talk about it? I'm not a scholar, nor am I a wizard or mage who specializes in shadow spells, and I don't think even if I wrote a letter to the scholars of the Secret Orders in the name of Gawain Cecil, they wouldn't take it too seriously......"

"Then I don't care," Amber pouted, "I just want to find someone to talk to, I'll be much happier after I finish talking to you, and what you're going to do after that is your business." ”

Gao Wen's forehead suddenly jumped with green muscles.

But just as he was hesitating to beat up the thing in front of him, a sudden explosion startled both people in the tent.

"Boom!"

Amber went under the table on the spot: "Wow! What's going on!? ”

Gawain ignored the cowardly creature and strode out of the tent and looked in the direction from which the voice came.

He saw a lot of startled soldiers running towards the southeast corner of the camp, which was in the direction of Heti's magic lab!

Damn, art has blown up - Rebecca is really super mobile.

Gawain immediately ran over there.

Although there is the protective circle of the magic laboratory itself, and Hetty's protective magic, and Gawain has also explained to Hetty before that he should pay attention to the safety of the experiment, and people should not have an accident, but listening to the explosion, the precision instruments in the laboratory may not be able to save much.

Gotta go over to save the game before Rebecca is hung by Hetty......

(Oh my God, I've got another chapter!) ）