Chapter 45: Brainstorming
"So, do you have an idea?"
"Nope. ”
The countess seldom gave up so directly, but Magellan was not surprised, after all, the problem in front of them was really difficult to solve this time.
Shroud the entire temple of Isitar with a highly concentrated essence and let what the goddess has hidden reappear.
This is probably the most expensive plan in the world, and according to the current Essence Industry, the Countess needs to burn a ton of magic gems, enough to wipe out two years of her income, and such a thing needs to be repeated at least three times in order to achieve the purpose of research.
"The most troublesome thing is that we know that the only reason for all the changes is the extremely high concentration of essences......
"And what about that Essence Stream we've encountered?" Dontès and Chef Pitt joined the discussion, after all, the journey was a bit boring and the dunes were almost the same, "We don't know how they'll be affected, but if it's like a river, can we dig a canal to divert water?"
"You can't let the water flow to a high place," the countess shook her head with a smile, "and for the essences, the place where they gather is the lowest place, and in fact, the only place in the world where the essence gathers is that means ......"
"It's like the deepest trench under the world's oceans, and to get the water out of it, you need to dig a trench deeper than it......"
Magellan shrugged and didn't finish his sentence, but all three people on deck knew what he meant—it couldn't be.
"The essence itself is a miracle, magic is omnipotent, isn't there a magic that can make the essence gather?"
"It's not that there is no such magic," said the countess with a laugh, "Professor Magellan has seen it." ”
"But the essence of that magic gathering is not stable, and if we use this magic in the temple, after the temple returns to its original state, it will be completely destroyed by the turbulence of the essence. ”
Magellan may never forget the magic of the Morning Star.
"That magic, how did you do it?" said Dantès, who had begun to show her scholarly temperament, and had learned a lot from the countess, much to the benefit of the young biological researcher, "It's at least half done, and we can modify it on that basis." ”
"This ......"
Magellan smiled helplessly and shook his head. Morningstar's magic is so simple, and because of this, everyone knows everything about this magic, but no one can model it, and it is impossible to improve it.
"But," Magellan suddenly thought it was a good idea, "maybe you're right, magic is always capable of doing the impossible." ”
"But the essence is different," the countess shook her head, "the power of magic itself comes from the essence, and appearance can never affect essence. ”
"Exclusion method. ”
Magellan suddenly had the feeling of standing in front of a blackboard, and he felt that his mind was moving in the right direction.
Then the countess raised her right hand, and a blackboard appeared beside Magellan, along with chalk.
"What magic do we know?"
Magellan wrote the first word on the blackboard: "gemstone magic".
"It can't affect the essence, the next ......"
The second word is "the spirit of words".
"It is very foolish to play with the spirit of words," the countess shook her head, and Magellan immediately crossed the back of the word, "anyone who tries to take advantage of it will end up finding himself self-defeating." ”
The third word is "alchemy".
"It's too broad, but most of the time, they're just a product that borders on magic gems and can't really affect the essence. ”
The countess was a true master of magic, and everyone here believed in it, so Magellan gave up once again.
The fourth word is "witchcraft".
"Including curses, potions, magical creatures, in short, they are the product of essence, lack of power to affect essence, old problem. ”
Magellan sighed and shook his head, he couldn't remember the fifth word, but since the countess said so, Magellan was still ready to honestly draw a cross on the blackboard.
"Wait......" Dantès suddenly rushed into the cabin.
Magellan glanced at the countess and saw that she did not know what the young naturalist wanted to do.
It wasn't long before Dantès rushed to the deck with a flower pot in his arms.
"Look!"
"What?"
Magellan didn't know what Dantès wanted him to see, but the countess's expression seemed to imply some kind of strange possibility.
"The essence gathers in the soil, that can't ......" the countess shook her head, she couldn't be mistaken, that is, the impossible did happen, "the soil is not a good conductor of the essence at all, let alone let the essence gather." ”
"Aha," Magellan scribbled the fifth word on the blackboard, "magical creatures." ”
"Yes......" the countess sighed with a smile, "just like humans, all magic manipulates the essence, and it is humans who do it all in the end." ”
"The perfect first step, add a hundred points to the ladies," Magellan laughed, "and the man standing in front of the blackboard rarely has the opportunity to meet a genius, let alone two." ”
He wrote a few new words on the bottom half of the blackboard: "plants," "animals," "intelligent beings," and "microorganisms."
"Potions," the countess said directly, "the effects of magical creatures on essences are mostly slow, and the fast ones are certain magics, and we don't have time to wait for a powerful magical creature to arrive, so the best thing to do is potions." ”
"Hmmm......"
"I know that's not your forte," the countess smiled and shook her hand, and the chalkboard slowly fell, eventually disappearing below deck, "Enjoy this short vacation, Professor Magellan, there is a lot of work waiting for you at the ruins." ”
......
Magellan watched as the water flowed over the dunes and then slowly seeped into the sand until it was gone.
He felt like a farmer who had to plant trees in the desert, and his heart was full of helplessness.
Although Magellan had a full set of magical items from the countess in his hands, he felt like a Red Army who could overcome everything.
But the reality is that water seeps into the sand.
It is difficult to say whether Magellan was lucky or bad, and under this large pit that appeared to excavate the ruins, he found wet sand and found a water source, but unfortunately, the water source was still some distance from the temple, and there was sand in the middle.
According to the countess's plan, there was only one thing Magellan needed to do, and that was to flood the temple with water, and the rest was Helen's problem, where her potion would dissolve in the water and take the temple back thousands of years ago.
Whether the goddess will emerge from the bottom of the water is another question.