Chapter 32: The Controversy
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Time seemed to freeze in the halls of the Wizard's Management Department, and it wasn't until the other magicians came in that the strange atmosphere was broken, and Eric came back to his senses, and he quickly flipped through the back of the paper, not caring that he was right in front of the reception desk.
If he's not mistaken, Lucien Evans? X is the young man he knows who has only been exposed to arcane for three months!
And the rank of that level of Arcanist and One-Ring Mage is so dazzling and impactful compared to the rewards of 300 Arcane Points and 2,000 Arcane Points.
As the pages of The Elements turned the page, Cindy and Donna came to their senses, and their eyes widened to see what their friend Lucien could get such a high rating.
The contents of the periodic table were shaken by the fact that Eric was shocked by the mysterious periodic regularity, and his blood flow was quickened, because of the previous review, he naturally thought that the content of the paper was correct—it was not just a very discursive description.
It can be read that when the prediction and correction of the atomic weight error is read, Eric, Cindy, and Dona are full of doubts, some elements are old, and they are measured and matched by several methods, so that later arcanists are superstitious and the authority does not use new methods to measure them, they may indeed be wrong, but some important elements will be used by the arcanists for experiments as long as there are new measurement methods in recent years, how can the data be wrong?
"But Mr. Gaston and Mr. Ofrey have almost the same assessment, and they can't make the same mistake at the same time?" Cindy, who has a lively personality, also seemed calm and confused in the face of such a confusing thing, "If you value the previous cyclical idea, think that it is discussable." There are also a maximum of one or two bonus points. ”
After nearly two years of working at the Magic Council headquarters, Cindy had read the results of many papers and could barely guess the approximate standard.
Dona nodded: "It's impossible for an arcanist of a journal of this level to publish it without experimenting and verifying it. And it's the first one!"
Eric put away his doubts and continued to flip through, and soon saw the experimental report attached by Lucian, and was shocked by the atomic weight correction data inside.
"But there is still no conclusive evidence......" The voice just fell. Eric's eyes widened again as he saw the title of his next paper: "A New Element Discovered According to the Periodic Table and Its Determination" by Woods. Fourth-level Arcanist, Four-Ring Magician. - Papers of equal importance, according to Lavendi, should be preferably in chronological order.
While looking at the paper, Eric flipped to the front with a slight trembling hand, and directly compared the content of Lucian's paper, afraid that the citation in Woods's paper was wrong. Looking at it, his face turned red as if he was drunk. The blue tendons on the forehead are bursting, this is simply a magical "prophecy" to the extreme!
Later, the discovery of new elements by Lavendi and the determination of atomic weights by Arcanists such as Lazar completely shattered all disagreeable ideas with indisputable facts, firmly opened a new door to the field of elemental magic, and also made people wonder the reasons for the errors in the atomic weight data of the previous elements.
Turning back to the periodic table, Eric looked at the apparently periodic changes in the arrangement. I couldn't speak for a long time.
Magical apprentices like Cindy were much less shocked than full-fledged arcanists, unable to comprehend the significance of the periodic table, only frightened by the precise "prophecy" and neat periodic changes.
"The cyclical nature of the elements looks amazing, and like the Brooke equations, it has the ultimate sense of simplicity, symmetry, depth, and mystery. Cindy couldn't help but compare it to Brooke's equation, which has the title of "poetry of the goddess".
Dona also sighed: "It's as if there is a god, uh, something we can't understand that is manipulating all this, otherwise how could the elements change so periodically?"
Although the power of the Church in the Kingdom of Holm was suppressed by the Magical Council, they still had a great influence among ordinary people, and girls like Dona and Cindy, who came from ordinary citizens and peasant families, were more or less influenced by the beliefs of the people around them before being selected to study in the magic school. It's just that after they saw the magic magic, their faith was already weak, not so much believing in God, but seeking solace and peace in their hearts.
"It's no wonder that Evans was able to earn three iconic important ratings and a reward of three hundred arcane points and two thousand arcane points. Eric was calmed down by the discussion between the two girls, and sighed softly, "In the past few years, the only papers that can far exceed this arcane point reward are only the papers of Lord Brooke who verified that electromagnetic waves are light with magical experiments and determined the speed of both, and even the papers of Lord Donald discovering that the spectrum can be used for discovering new elements and the papers of Lord Storm Juggernaut opening a new door to electromagnetic wave magic are only about a hundred arcane points. ”
The vast majority of high-level arcanists don't even think to get enough arcane points from the review committee's assessment rewards, and their main source of points is to be cited, which causes their arcane level to be generally lower than the magic level, and only the authorities can have the arcane level equal to the magic level.
"Hehe, the arcane level of Mr. Evans is 'far' higher than the magic level, and there seem to be only eight people in the more than three hundred years since the council established the arcane level, and nearly half of them are the current Great Arcanist and Legendary Magician. Cindy longingly recalls the legends she's heard. She didn't dare to call Lucien directly.
At the low level, because of the importance of a certain paper, it is normal for the arcane level to be occasionally higher than the magic level, but much higher than the normal person can do it, among those eight people, there are two great arcanists, one legendary magician, one died of illness, two died in battle, and two later lost their luster and became the same as other arcanists.
Eric's light gray eyes rolled, and he looked at the paper spread out again: "Fourth-level arcanist, I didn't expect that Evans had only been in Alinge for more than two months, and the arcane level surpassed me. "It took him a full thirty years to become a Level 3 Arcanist.
Then he closed the Elemental journal and smiled suspiciously, "Now Evans is famous throughout the Magic Council. Even without the addition of an X as a distinction, the mention of Lucien Evans will directly identify him as him. ”
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At the headquarters of the Arcane journal, the editor-in-chief Drummond threw the Elemental journal in his hand on the desk with a gloomy face, and a paper of this grade was not actually published in his own issue. This is simply an insult to the reputation of the most authoritative and influential journal in the wizarding world.
Drummond is a high-level arcanist at the seventh level of the arcane system, and an authority on force field and astrological magic, if not for the choice to be the editor-in-chief of the arcane journal. Definitely qualified to enter the Arcane Review Council.
At this time, his anger burned in his heart, although it was mainly because the two members of the Arcane Review Committee made a mistake during the first review, so it was not his journal's fault that he did not ask the author of this paper, but yesterday when he met Gaston and Ofrey, who returned to the committee to deal with the reassessment. They even laughed at themselves, saying that the author of the paper personally came to the Arcane journal to submit his manuscript, but was scolded for it!
Drummond's black eyes looked coldly at the audit arcanists in front of him, and the words spat out one by one: "Who did the audit? Why don't you submit it to me, not to the special arcanist?"
As the most authoritative journal, Arcane has a good relationship with the vast majority of high-level Arcanists, and when it is not possible to judge whether it is valuable enough to be published in the Arcane Journal, in addition to referring to the evaluation results, it will also be submitted to the high-level Arcanists in the corresponding field, and even legendary magicians and Grand Arcanists for a third review. Minimize the loss of valuable papers.
Swept away by Drummond's cold gaze, the audit arcanists were a little apprehensive, but they were not too afraid, and there were several times a year when valuable papers were lost due to audit errors, and at most they were scolded. Deduct the reward.
"I didn't audit it. One of the audit arcanists was the first to answer, and the rest of the arcanists said, "I haven't reviewed it. ”
Drummond pulled the corners of his mouth and looked at them with a cold smile: "Who audited that?"
At the reception desk outside the Arcane journal, Gavin looked at the Elements journal in front of him, his face as pale as that of an undead, and his eyes were unfocused.
Heidi next to him shook her head with some sympathy: "At that time, why didn't you just ask him to deliver it to the corresponding mailbox according to the process, and let Beriel, who was in charge of distributing the papers, send it to the arcanists for review, like I just told him the reason according to the regulations." ”
"Don't you understand that in a place like the Arcane Journal, which is full of mid-level arcanists, we must strictly follow the prescribed authority, and we must not exceed it. The more we do things, the more wrong we are, and we don't make mistakes when we do nothing. ”
Gavin looked up blankly at Heidi, who had the name of the public, and she usually seemed to have a big heart.
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The aristocratic district of Rentat stands an ornate magical tower in the style of the Trian court, with the golden words "Royal Magic Court of Holm" written on the outside.
In the ninth layer, early Monday morning, more than a dozen high-level executives of the Elemental Will and the Royal Demon Court of Holm who had the right to decide and did not go out were gathered.
After becoming a high-level mage or high-level arcanist, no matter which organization you are in, you can naturally become a high-level, but only strong people like Gaston and Ofrey who have authority in the field or whose magical strength has reached the eighth or ninth ring are qualified to become one of the decision-makers.
Lavendi rushed from the Rose Manor before it was dark, and when he saw everyone arriving, he said in a loud voice: "Everyone, I think everyone has already read Evans's paper and the subsequent paper on the discovery of new elements, and no one should object to giving him the 'Holm Crown Award', right?"
"I don't think it's too good. "The head of the Royal Demon Court of Holm, the president of the Kingdom of Holm of the Magic Council, and the other president of the Elemental Will on the surface, the eighth-level arcanist, the nine-ring magician Maurice Hoffenberg frowned slightly, "Although this discovery is important, it is only an inductive summary of the properties and atomic weight of the elements, and does not involve high-level arcane knowledge, it is an important but simple achievement, and only needs an inspirational idea. ”
"This Evans himself has only just passed the arcane basic examination, if the 'Holm Crown Award' is awarded to him, is it not in line with the authority and highest honor symbol of this award in the field of elemental and alchemical magic?"
Maurice Hoffenberg has the silver-gray eyes characteristic of the Holm royal family, which resemble Natasha's silhouette, and looks like a handsome middle-aged man.
Lavendi looked at Morris and suddenly roared, "Very simple achievement?Morris, do you mean to say that the arcanists who have studied the laws of the elements in the past few years without any gains are stupid? Or do you want to say that I am a fool?
Gaston, O'Forry and the others next to him laughed silently, every time there was a dispute, if he stood on the side of Lavendi, he didn't need to think about anything, just listen to his roar on the side, and then say a few words at the critical moment, he was really a good teammate. (To be continued.) )