How do you get a few people or a dozen people to have a conversation on an equal footing, regardless of priority? The answer is a round table. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info So, how can hundreds of people enjoy such treatment, and they can't be too far apart?

The Parliament Tower did just that.

From afar, the tower is one of the most conspicuous of the St. Peter's Towers on the summit of St. Peter's Tower, and when you actually enter the tower, you will find that its interior is almost completely hollowed out, leaving most of the free space. The huge, 100-meter-high hollow hall in the tower is the stage for the exhibitors, and on all sides of it, there are dozens of densely packed circular viewing platforms, which make full use of this small space like layers of round tables, leaving no dead ends.

At this time, at the beginning of the conference, in the center of the hall, about 20 meters high in the air, a translucent arch bridge formed by condensed elements connects the floating platform, which is the lecture platform of the academic conference.

The hall was packed, but it was unusually quiet.

Accompanied by two traditional red-robed mages, an old man in a long robe with a white beard slowly walked across the Elemental Arch Bridge and stood on the platform, smiling and looking around at everyone present.

"I'm Ptolemy Neptunesius, and I initiated this conference, so as is customary, I have to make some opening remarks before the conference begins. ”

Ptolemy's old eyes were full of energy.

"I would say that I've been preparing for a day like this for a long time, just like all the other fellow magicians who will be on the stage tonight to show their results. We have a passion for elemental magic in order to explore its mysteries, all of which stem from curiosity about the unknown and a desire for something new, which has been the fundamental driving force behind the development of elemental magic for two millennia. I am confident that today's academic conference, whatever its outcome, will make it destined to become an indispensable page in the history of magic. ”

I declare the first academic council of the year 2733 to begin. ”

The archmage's opening speech was brief, and after announcing the start of the meeting, he slowly exited the stage amid reverberating applause, while the two red-robed mages remained on the elemental platform, standing quietly on the left and right.

"Fire magician, Owen Kutuzov, come to the stage. ”

After a while, the loud sound of the curtain reverberated in the hall.

As the words fell, a bald-headed middle-aged magician stood up from the crowd and, with a levitation spell, methodically made his way through the hall and landed on the elemental platform. As can be seen from the insignia on his mage robe, this fire mage is one of the 71 Magi of the Empire, and as the first to appear, he must have a discovery that can hold the scene.

The bald magician's eyes were sharp and his aura was sharp, and he looked around for a while before slowly speaking.

"As you should know, I and a few other colleagues were involved in the creation of the environment for this year's Magic Apprentice Wilderness Survival Trial, and I am here today not to show any research results, but because we found an interesting problem when we were returning and examining the virtual space. His voice was flat, and he couldn't hear any emotion at all, "We found that the total energy of the database has decreased, or lost one percent, although it doesn't sound like a big deal, but if this energy is taken out alone, the total amount of elements it contains can support the release of more than ten Nine Ring Forbidden Spell Magic." ”

Sure enough, it was worthy of the role of the town, and as soon as these words came out, whispers immediately sounded in the hall.

Soon, an old man stood up from his seat and used his wind magic to spread his decaying voice throughout the venue: "Mr. Owen, you mean, someone stole these elemental energies?"

This question naturally reached the ears of Su Wen, who was sitting in the seat below, and made his already tense spirit tremble, when the system was stealing the energy of the virtual space, it didn't tell him that there would be this next. Of course, on the surface, Su Wen was as calm as ever, both in his demeanor and movements, and even if he stared at his face, it was difficult to find anything abnormal.

Bald Magister Owen shook his head.

"We can't say for sure yet, but it's clear that the amount of energy disappears far exceeds the rate at which energy is naturally lost, and we've found traces of a directional surge of energy in our library. We don't have a lot of information at the moment, so I'm just going to make a brief mention of it, but we're going to continue our investigation into this incident and hold another academic conference to discuss it in depth after the results are available. ”

This news was like a depth charge thrown into the sea, stirring up layers of shocks, instantly igniting the nerves of all the magicians present, and the originally somewhat lifeless venue had already boiled. Until Magister Owen Kutuzov had left, the hall was still quiet for a long time, and almost everyone was discussing the famous virtual space of St. Peter's College.

It was at this time that Su Wen suddenly felt that his right hand was covered by something soft. Startled, he turned his head to see Shirley's left hand on his, a smile of tenderness and concern on his face.

"What's the matter?"

Su Wen frowned.

If he could, he would have moved his seat to the opposite side of the hall, as far away as possible.

"You seem to be a little nervous just now, did you steal it?"

"It's not funny, then please let go. ”

"Hee-hee. ”

Shirley playfully pinched the back of Su Wen's hand and let go, but still stared at him with a focused gaze, in fact, she had been in this position for a long time, probably since she entered......

However, Su Wen can guarantee that although she was a little surprised just now, her pupils did not even change on the surface, and Shirley actually saw something abnormal? If she really saw it, then her observation power was inevitably too strong.

Su Wen couldn't help but be a little more wary of this guy, and at the same time, he stopped thinking about stealing energy.

Since the pit daddy system is sure to do that, it is naturally certain that this group of magisters will not be able to grasp the actual handle, otherwise it will provoke the hatred of the entire St. Peter's Academy, and even cut off the way forward, just in exchange for those energies, no matter how you think about it, it will be a deal that outweighs the loss. Of course, Su Wen decided to go back and ask things clearly, but not now, there is still a Shirley staring at him - Donald personally sent her an invitation to the academic conference, and asked her to help Su Wen and Carlito deal with affairs, but Carlito seems to have a good impression of this "gentle, decent, and hardworking" girl, and appreciates it, Su Wen can't even ask for help, so he can only curse Donald silently in his heart, and then pinch his nose to spend this academic conference.

This situation made Su Wen feel so bad that he couldn't even focus on the next show of the magicians.

In the aftermath of the bombshell, the academic conference went on as normal.

There were nearly 1,000 magicians present, among which the magister-level characters were a minority after all, from the second time they came to the stage, a few people were just high-level magicians, they showed their own invented elemental magic, demonstrated the magic effect on the spot, and ushered in a lot of applause and questions. From time to time, mages who are happy to be hunted are invited to the stage to test the power of new magic with them.

This is exactly what the academic councils of the Duolun Empire were supposed to be.

The Eastern Continent Wizards' Guild has always encouraged elemental mages to reveal their new magic, and in return, new magic can be named by the mage who created them, and they can also write papers and earn honor points in the Guild Union, which will help the mage's honor status and rights in the guild. In contrast, the Duolun Empire is located in the northern continent, and naturally there is no real magician guild, but a similar system does exist, that is, the "magic sharing system" in the national focus: the magicians of the empire are obliged to disclose their new magic, and once these new magic are adopted by the empire's legions or magician academies, then its creators will be rewarded accordingly, including but not limited to material, status and reputation. As a result, few people keep their secrets secret, and most magicians can't wait to hold academic conferences, attend and make their new discoveries public, in order to gain appreciation and make their name famous along with the magic they have created.

So, after tonight, there will probably be a few new members in the army of thousands of elemental magic: Thomas Whirling Flame Chain, Leon Anti-Fireball Shield, Madburg Hemispherical Light Magic Amplification Mirror......

The purpose of the academic conference is to share and discuss new magic and magic theories, but more than ninety percent of the new magic is based on variants of the old theory, and this is not the Eastern Continent, where the magicians' guild is the leader of the emerging magic theory, so most of the time, the discussion at the Duolun academic conference is about new magic and the experience and skills of the use of existing magic. Although he couldn't perceive the elements, he basically didn't understand anything during the whole scene.

However, although I don't understand the in-depth content, Su Wen also confirms the status quo that the Ptolemaic Grand Magus said at the top of the tower, most of the new magic that is now available is born for battle, take the current academic conference as an example, among the more than 20 magicians who came to the stage to show their new achievements, only the fourteenth Turles Anderson, a middle-level magician who has entered the old age, showed his research results in the field of optical lenses for many years, and the rest are almost all theoretical ideas and inventions of combat magic。

But such an old man, who had no hope of becoming a great magician in his life, and thus devoted himself to the study of applied magic, when he published the results of his almost life's research, he received only polite applause, far less enthusiastic treatment than other magicians, and even few people asked questions about the research. That alone would allow Su Wen to know how weak functional magic is in today's Duolun.

He looked at the old magician's stiff back when he left the field, and thought to himself if he also had a chance to become a great magician, instead of stopping at the stage of a mid-level magician for life, then would he also be like all the great magicians present, painstakingly studying combat magic to make himself stronger, instead of tossing those optical lenses that seemed to be of little practical use?

Either way, that's the reality.

Finally, when the academic conference was about to come to an end, as the finale, the initiator of the conference, the Ptolemaic Grand Magister, once again came to the platform in the center of the venue.

It's just that, compared with not long ago, Ptolemy, who came to power this time, had bags under his eyes and looked a little disappointed.

"Colleagues, I am sorry that today's academic conference, as always, made me have once again had a boring evening. ”

He opened his mouth for a moment before he spoke slowly.

"Sometimes I am sad because since four hundred and fifty years ago, after the end of the Race War, elemental magic has died. ”

As soon as the word came out, all four were shocked!(To be continued.) )