At the first academic meeting in the year 2733, Ptolemy, the previously low-key reclusive Grand Magus, finally showed his strong side. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

No one dared to dispute his decision, and the hundreds of people present, whether it was the commander of the powerful military mage warband, the elemental scholar who lived deep in the tower, or the famous magister, all of them seemed to have returned to their apprenticeship days, and the conference hall of the university seemed to have become a school, and the gray-haired old man in the center of the hall who had lived for an unknown number of years became everyone's mentor.

This day may be remembered in the future, but now, everyone is quietly listening.

"The popularization of elemental magic, since the exodus of elemental mages from the dark ages of ignorance, has become the final proposition of generations of elemental researchers, and unfortunately, almost all attempts and experiments to allow ordinary people to gain 'elemental perception' and 'stable magical energy storage' have failed. The reasons behind this are complex, the experts in human alchemy and biology have paid the price and countless ordinary people have lost their lives to it, and the intrigues of various forces are intertwined, it is perhaps the most chaotic part of the history of elemental magic. But it also tells us one thing conclusively, that is, ordinary people cannot become real magicians, because in all the experiments for which there are materials, we have created all kinds of monsters, some of which are even as destructive as the seven-ring demonic beasts due to elemental charging, but we have not created real magicians. ”

"There aren't many earlier sources, because in the Race War, the fall of the Eastern Continent once destroyed them like the rest of the materials, but fortunately, this proposition is very much in line with the needs of today's new magical world, so he has not been forgotten by history. As far as I know, there are still many secret laboratories in the Eastern Continent today, and the research they are conducting is exactly that. Ptolemy paused, then laughed self-deprecatingly, "I know you're wondering why I, an old fellow who never left St. Peter's College, know all about this history, and the answer is simple, because I was one of them. After the Race War, I worked at a research institute in the Panla Empire, nearly a hundred years before I settled in Toron. ”

"But later, I found out that they were on the wrong path, their real purpose is not to make ordinary people transform into magicians, but more like to create an efficient and stable war machine, I'm not sure if all the relevant research institutes in the Eastern Continent think so, but after learning from many sources, I realized that it seems that all magicians engaged in related research have reached a consensus, that is, the attempt to make ordinary people have talents is futile. Later, disappointed, I left the Eastern Continent and became a traveling mage, trying to find evidence to refute this: if the elements are everywhere, and since they are the most basic components of all things, why should some people have the ability to communicate with them, while others can only live as ordinary people for the rest of their lives?"

"Ironically, to this day, I haven't been able to find the evidence I've been looking for – but I don't need to. ”

Ptolemy suddenly changed his words.

"I'm going to ask everyone present, what is elemental magic?"

After a moment of silence, an old man who did not look amazing and had no sense of presence replied: "Touch the changes of the element, perceive its essence, interfere with its form, and thus produce more changes." ”

This man, Suwen, had seen it, one of the four Magisters he had seen in the town of Certoris.

"Judge Keeling, your answer is more thorough than I thought, but why do people call it magic?"

Asked again by Ptolemy, the old man smiled slightly: "The old name of magicians inherited from the Dark Ages, people originally thought that the masters of the elements were devils from hell, so they were called magicians. ”

"Fear comes from the unknown, doesn't it?"

"That's right. ”

"So, if someone is equally capable of driving the elements and changing the elements themselves, is they also qualified to be called a magician?"

"Not necessarily, because depending on whether they actually touch the magic or not, ordinary people can use elemental gems plus magic circles to release spells, but we don't usually call them magicians. ”

"So, what about this one?"

When Ptolemy uttered these four words, Suvin knew he was talking about himself.

In the next second, the guardrail in front of Su Wen's eyes slowly sank, and an elemental staircase appeared in front of his seat, leading all the way to the center of the conference hall, on the platform where Ptolemy was.

The archmagus looked at him and nodded and smiled at him.

The eyes on the field instantly focused on Su Wen, this was the gaze from hundreds of imperial elites, his aura and pressure were far from being comparable to ordinary people, Su Wen felt that he was being looked at from head to toe, and there seemed to be no secret in his whole body that could be kept. Although there was no real elemental coercion, if it was an ordinary person who had not made a big scene, at this time, Bacheng was already weak in his legs and sweating.

Su Wen made himself look slightly nervous, he stood up, crossed the steps with slightly stiff steps, and then gave the mage salute to the magicians on the field.

When Suven was finished, Ptolemy continued to say to everyone: "His name is Suvin Alayah Markovich, and he is the man I am going to introduce to you to-night, and some of my colleagues present have already heard another of my nagging some time ago, so they should be familiar with him. Below, you will see how this new magician performed in the entrance trial a few days ago. ”

With a wave of his hand, ten meters above his head, the empty space above the hall was torn apart, and a white curtain of light similar to that on the original Ring Arena replaced the empty air.

The scene was quickly shown on the light curtain, it was the scene where Su Wen was in the underground mine and the meat ball monster, Su Wen in the image first gave this monster a double heaven of ice and fire with the help of Erin, and then in the face of the monster's deadly charge, he reached out and condensed a large number of ice crystals on the ground of the mine, so that the monster hit the stone pillar of the wall because of inertia.

The image lasted for approximately a minute before vanishing into the void along with the white light curtain.

"Does anyone see anything?"

Ptolemy asked.

"He shouldn't be able to unleash magic, it's cheating!"

It was still Chief Judge Keeling who answered, and there was a slight anger on his unremarkable old face. This anger was not sudden, just about half a minute ago, when almost all the great magicians were still staring at the light curtain, Su Wen noticed that the old man's emotions were suddenly a little excited, and he grabbed an old magician next to him to say something.

He waved his arms and continued in a loud voice.

"I believe that this young man is cheating, if he is the same as you said, he does not have the ability to perceive the elements, then it is impossible to summon a high-purity fire element, and it is impossible to release the Ice Condensation Technique, the trial space will clear the things outside the entrant's body, so it is very likely that the tool for cheating is hidden in his body. Archmagister, we need an explanation!"

The crowd was in an uproar, and Ptolemy calmly suppressed all voices.

"Don't worry, Chief Killing, you're mistaken, it's not a fire tongue, it's not ice condensation. ”

"What's that?"

"The elements of nature. Although it seems to be no different from the Fire Tongue Technique, and there is no difference in actual power, these elements have not been interfered with by anything other than the element itself, and their appearance is not caused by the magic array, nor is it caused by the magician, they have only been interfered with by the element itself, just like lighting a wood with fire, the fire element will naturally appear from it. ”

The field became noisy again, and many of the great magicians began to talk to each other, but Ptolemy remained quiet, watching the scene as if he had expected it.

Breton, the dignified old man who had not long ago taken the lead in questioning Ptolemy, stood up again.

"Archmage, please tell us how this is done, and how it works, since regular elements can perform mechanical calculations, what does this kind of operation mean, and why can elements produce such changes through calculations?"

"Mechanical calculations alone can't produce complex effects, and they won't take me years. In fact, it is no secret that the use of elements for calculations has long been discovered, at least a thousand years ago by the Magus of the time. However, the elements only have the form of excitation and closure, in other words, they can only perform binary operations, and they are not stable enough to be applied to the mathematical arithmetic of the time, so they were considered a flashy function at the time, and few people have studied these excitation and closure elements in depth, otherwise the world today may have been very different. ”

"Computation can only produce some numbers, and even if they are regular, you have to give them more power if you want to make these regular numbers change more. I divided my findings into three modules: combinators for core operations, controllers for controllable outputs of the results, and registers for temporary and permanent storage of these results so that they are not lost. In this way, even ordinary people who can't perceive magic can change the elements through a window, even if they don't touch the essence of the elements and can't have a direct dialogue with the elements, they can still use the element's computing function to output, and the interface of this output represents an infinite number of possibilities. ”

"For example, the Fire Tongue Technique you see is only because the output data changes the state of the magic energy - because the carrier of the data is the element itself, so even without the help of magic gems, they can filter out the mixed fire elements in the magic energy, and then order them to be sprayed out in a embodied form, thus forming a phenomenon that is no different from the two-ring magic flame technique. ”

"You can understand that ordinary people approach the elements in a completely different way, which is superfluous for magicians who can directly control the elements, but for the former, it is the only opportunity to actually interfere with the elements. The project is still in its infancy and there are still many difficulties, but I think the time is ripe for it to be published and more people can be involved in this work. ”

"But before I dive into the subject, allow me to say a few words to this young man. ”

Ptolemy's gaze fell on Su Wen beside him.

"Kid, I'm sorry, if you understood what I said today, you might find that it's not exactly the same as what I explained to you before. I lied that I didn't actually modify your body, but only implanted a prototype elemental chip that I invented in your arm, which can be removed from your arm at any time. I must regret to tell you here that my task is not to solve the puzzle of the elements that you cannot perceive, but your unique talent will allow you to do more with less on this path. ”

He spoke slowly, steadily, softly.

"During this time, you passed some of my tests without knowing it, because I chose to put the official induction ceremony at this meeting. If you accept to be my student, then what you have learned from me is probably not traditional elemental magic, but a new and uncharted territory, which is difficult, but full of opportunities, infinite possibilities, and most importantly, a good fit for you. ”

"Are you willing to accept this special status?"

Su Wen was silent for a few seconds, as if he was thinking.

He then replied in the affirmative.

"I beg your pardon for refusing. (To be continued.) )