Chapter Seventy-One: The Ritual

Seeing that several Grand Arcanists and Legendary Magicians had gathered here, Douglas asked with concern, "Did Benedict III take advantage of the past few days to do anything?" I don't think it was for nothing that he exposed his secret means to lock me up in the half-plane, could it be that he tampered with my conversation with him to deceive people or deceive any member of the Supreme Council?"

Hearing His Excellency the Speaker's question, Lucien couldn't help but praise it, even if he was locked up in a half-plane, he was still able to reason about most things.

The legendary magician present said in a loud voice, with Fernando being the oldest and most unscrupulous: "Douglas, no matter how confused you are about the nature of gravity, its source, and the driving force of the initial rotation, you can't lose confidence in finding yourself a supreme being to explain everything, right? This time the Church used parts of your conversation to make the Arcanists of the entire Council nearly lose faith. ”

Douglas frowned slightly: "Benedict III used the method of concealing the second half of the content to confuse people's minds?"

"I admit that there are times when I am confused and confused, and there are times when I can't see the way forward, but whenever I come back to reality and find that there are still so many things that have not been resolved, I am full of motivation, and the supreme existence is not the same as the God of Truth, and it may also be synonymous with the truth of the world. The starry sky is so vast and boundless, and under its backdrop, the entire world is so small, how can I believe in a god who robs believers and resources in such a small place?"

Fernando laughed: "This is the Douglas I know." I'll say you won't fall into believing in the God of truth. ”

Helen, who was next to her, quietly patted her cheek and exhaled, while the expressions of Brooke, Hathaway, and Oliver were more or less relaxed and happy.

In an organization's upward phase, many contradictions can be masked by this vigorous trend.

Douglas didn't talk nonsense about anything else, and said directly: "The whole council is affected? through Sky Radio? I'm going to clarify the matter and inform you of Benedict III's despicable methods." ”

I don't know if the delay of a day and a half will make the lie ferment to the point where it is beyond control.

"There's no need to be in such a hurry, the impact has been removed, you better tell me what happened first?" Fernando was eager to find out what was going on.

Douglas looked at everyone suspiciously: "Eliminated, Fernando, didn't you say that you almost made the arcanists of the entire council lose confidence?"

That's a serious description.

Due to the relationship problem with the teacher, Brooke has been listening quietly and has not spoken. Hathaway can not speak without talking. Helen was embarrassed to speak because of guilt in her heart, and only Oliver took over with a smile: "Your Excellency, the loss of confidence is due to the fact that the arcanists are confused about the nature and origin of gravity when they see you, the proposer of the theory of gravity. Thus seeking philosophical and theological sustenance. That's when he became suspicious of his own path. When someone explains the nature of gravity and invigorates people's hearts, it will naturally subside in terms of vacillation and helplessness. ”

"That's good. Douglas didn't react at first. Suddenly, he tilted his head and said, "Wait a minute, Oliver, what are you talking about? Someone explained the nature of gravity?"

He looked back at the "True Secret Realm" and asked inquiringly, "The time I have been locked up in the half-plane is a day and a half? Could it be that under the Pope's strange spell, the flow of time inside and outside is inconsistent? In fact, decades have passed?"

There had been no indication of the nature of gravity before, so the news shocked him, and he wondered if it was the effect of the time flow caused by the lockdown, otherwise how could such a thing suddenly appear in a day and a half?

It was a day and a half, but it was the result of several years of work by Lucien Evans, who came up with a theoretically supported explanation of the nature of gravity, and the theoretical derivation perfectly matched the observation of the superfluous precession of the morning star perihelion and the adjustment of the artificial planet at high altitude faster than the time on the ground. Oliver laughed.

Douglas was stunned, and then said urgently: "What about the paper, show me it!"

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten anything he wanted to do before.

Helen handed Douglas the rubbings of her papers and the contents of the book list that Lucien had written: "Your Excellency, Speaker, give." ”

After taking the paper, Douglas looked at it directly, his calm and calm expression gradually disappeared, his eyes were full of concentration, and a large area of shadows appeared around him, and he directly constructed an auxiliary calculation array.

From time to time, he reached out and scratched his head, making his neat white hair very messy.

Knowing his urgency on the subject, he was as impatient as Fernando did not bother him.

After a long time, Douglas pulled his bow tie half confused and half fanatically: "I understand the general meaning, the essence of gravity is the curved space-time caused by mass, and I have also read geometric language from the journal Nature, is the process of derivation reasonable?"

Although Douglas was one of the best in the field of mathematics and physics, he was able to grasp many new methods such as tensor analysis in depth just by reading the journal Nature, but in a short period of time, he could not understand the general theory of relativity.

Fernando replied: "At least neither Begner nor I found any loopholes in the mathematical derivation, but there are some places where Lucien uses a more cumbersome mathematical method and is not concise enough." ”

"Space-time bending...... Quality...... Energy-momentum tensor ...... Perturbations in the curvature of space-time are transmitted in waves......" Douglas muttered to himself as he fell into a state of 100,000 or something.

Lucian, Helen and the others kept complete silence and did not alarm His Excellency the Speaker, and after a long time, Douglas suddenly woke up, took a deep breath, restrained the little excitement and fanaticism that overflowed on his face, walked up to Lucian, and patted him on the shoulder: "I dare not say right now that your theory is correct, but you have undoubtedly put forward a genius idea that is ahead of its time, and is consistent with all observed phenomena." Gives us a deeper reflection on the nature of gravity. The biggest takeaway from the Magic Council in the past ten years has been to have you join, and I regret that I didn't stick to my idea and let Fernando become your teacher. ”

"All of this is based on the foundation laid by you, Your Excellency the Speaker. Lucien replied with a smile.

Douglas shook his head: "If it is the special theory of relativity, it may not be long before Oliver, me, or others can complete it, but the general theory of relativity is definitely a treasure that surpasses the current arcane foundation and relies on the soul of individual geniuses, without you, it would probably take decades, even centuries, to be established in the groping of generations of arcane masters." ”

"Privately. I am very grateful to you. I seem to have found my way to the gods. When I understand it, confirm the rigor of its derivation, and then solve part of the solution, I may be able to touch the god-like door with one hand. As for how many years it will take to take this step after that. It's something else. ”

"So. Douglas, once you've confirmed your paper, let's help Lucien perform the Magical Origin Ceremony. Fernando interjected. He had already invited the four Grand Arcanists who were present, Brooke, Hathaway, Oliver, and Helen.

Douglas has never been more surprised than today in the past thousand years, and looked at Fernando and Lucien a little stunned: "You say, Lucian is already nine rings?"

"What do you think? This kind of era-changing achievement, as well as the discovery of neutrons, has received a very rich feedback from the real world. Although Fernando himself is stingy with praise, he is very happy to see others surprised by the achievements of his students.

Douglas smiled and shook his head: "Lucian, if you succeed in your advancement, you will be the youngest legendary magician in the history of magic." Let's start the ritual in a moment, even if it turns out that this paper is very wrong later, the additional cost of the magic origin ritual will be borne by me, which is a personal thank you Lucien for quelling the effects of this incident. ”

"What is the situation with Franks and Benedict III?" asked Fernando again.

Douglas spoke roughly, and then said in confusion: "Franks is a surviving mage of the ancient Magic Empire, full of hatred for the Cult of Truth, and does some blasphemous things in the mouth of the church every day, so I never doubted that he would surrender to the church before, and there was no holy light when he died later." ”

"This is a bit wrong, Franks is the oldest member of the Affairs Committee, with very high authority, very generous subsidies, and he has also excavated many ruins, and he is not short of money, just because he has not been able to half-solidify the world and dare not take risks, he has not been able to advance, such an archmage is definitely not something that treasure can buy. Oliver, one of the members of the Supreme Council in charge of the committee, frowned.

"It's also strange to me that if an archmage like Franks hadn't been willing, Benedict III wouldn't have been able to project it into his soul from a distance, and Benedict III's most reluctantly half-plane spell was in the style of an ancient magical empire......" Douglas said of the other oddities.

Several Grand Arcanists, including Lucien, discussed for a while, but when they still didn't have a clear idea, they paused and waited for the Supreme Council to gather their wisdom.

Since it wasn't yet evening, and it wasn't time for everyone to listen to the radio, Douglas suggested that the Magical Origin Ritual and the Legend Advancement Ritual be started now. This was agreed by Fernando and Helen, while Brooke, Oliver and Hathaway were a little worried about whether it would be too rushed, but there was no strong opposition.

............

After half a day of preparation, the thirty-fifth floor of the Alinge Magic Tower, the hall opposite the Supreme Council Room.

As soon as he walked into this room, Lucien seemed to have come to the vast starry sky, the black was so boundless, as if it would never reach the end, and the stars were bright and bright, which made people feel awe from the heart.

Looking at it carefully, Lucien has the feeling that the trajectory of the stars is complex and mysterious, and this is actually a direct projection of the starry sky of fate!

"Lucien, find your Destiny Lord first, and then stand underneath it. Douglas's voice came from the depths of the starry sky.

Lucien closed his eyes, and the projection of the main star of fate in his soul appeared, and through the subtle sensing of the two, he took a step, and it took several minutes to reach the bottom of it.

The star was dazzling, but there was a deep darkness near it that no one else could detect, but Lucien could clearly sense the terrifying, all-consuming smell of destruction.

Once they had taken their feet, the six Grand Arcanists moved the magic origin ritual circle and stood in the corner of the largest six-pointed star.

"Are you ready?" asked Douglas kindly.

Looking at the four legendary pinnacles and the two legendary third-order grand arcanists, looking at this extravagant lineup, Lucien nodded slightly, restrained his emotions, closed his eyes, and said calmly:

"Ready. ”

After today, destiny will enter a new trajectory.

After today, I am no longer the object of design.

After today, life is truly legendary.

Do you hear fate......'s knock on the door?

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