Act II: The Travelers to the North (1)
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Frick was tired, not only because he had experienced a strange dream under the influence of incense, but also because the initiators had just treated it as something to be recorded, and had no intention of withdrawing him from the experiment - perhaps Frick was a suitable guinea pig for him.
The idea that a wizard would care about what went wrong with a spell during the development process was something that only ordinary people would have, at least William Kurt just hurriedly wrote down his words after hearing about what happened to Flick's dream, and then began a new round of calculations.
These algorithms, which are almost incomprehensible, are the most basic structure of a spell, but understanding it requires a considerable level of education. When magic works in the way described in the algorithm, the magic guided by the will of the individual constructs what is known as "magic".
A large number of incomprehensible spells and algorithms were lined up on the blackboard in the corner of the laboratory, but the magician was still not satisfied with the constant revisions.
Dr. Kurt asks Flick about what he saw in his dreams, altering the monotonous and complicated marks and ancient writing. As he made changes again and again, anyone who could perceive the existence of magic should also notice that the way the magic of the expression of the magic was working was changing.
However, the algorithms of these spells are obviously only a small part of the overall spells, and even if someone forcibly injects magic to work them, it is obviously not enough to achieve the full effect. But the most important thing is that Flick himself can't understand these strange structures that only the developers themselves can understand.
"No...... Even if this part is modified, there is no way to achieve complete isolation. But in the end, the mage still didn't get a satisfactory answer, "There is something missing, but is it the material or the catalyst itself?" or is it something else......
As he said goodbye to Frick, he was still muttering to himself, as if the problems that had arisen in this spell experiment had been bothering him for a long time. It was clear that he wanted to let Flick try it again, but there was some reason why he didn't continue experimenting.
After all, this is a spell in development, and even William Coulter, as a developer, can't guarantee that there will be some side effects that will adversely affect the recipient's body. And Flick's fit for this spell is quite high, which also makes him unwilling to waste "materials" easily.
"Thank you for your assistance, let's do it today. ”
Before leaving, Frick made a point of admonishing, "This experiment may have to be halted for a while, but I want you to come to me every day for the next day." You know, I need to observe your body for any adverse reactions, this is for the development of this technology, but also for your safety. ”
After a brief goodbye, Frick left Dr. Coulter's lab. After closing the door, he also heard the sorcerer knocking on the table, and a different smell of incense wafted through the door, as if he was experimenting again.
He had been traveling in his dreams for longer than he had ever imagined, and it was now approaching evening, long past his usual end of work. William Coulter's regular assistants had already told Director Black about his being dragged by the Wizards, so the Curator did not hold him accountable for leaving his post - and certainly did not offer him a special condolence payment for being the Wizard's guinea pig.
As he was about to leave the main building of the large library, passing by a small room borrowed by the school, he happened to see a teacher using a slide projector to show the students some pictures about the lesson. He pumped up the gas lamp on the slide projector, and the lamp hissed.
"Hmm...... Mr. Scrivener, could you please go and close the curtains on the side of the room, and turn down the lights in the room by the way?" and when he saw Frick, he opened his mouth to him, "As you can see, I can't spare my hands now, and these children are not very good at handling those tools. ”
Under his manipulation, a bright white circle had already appeared on the screen in the center of the room, but the room was too bright to show the picture clearly. Gas lighting is a dangerous thing for the younger students in the room, and Flick readily agrees to the teacher's request.
Gently rotate the screws near the lamp to slightly reduce the amount of gas entering the lampholder, and then reduce the amount of air entering the lamp, and the room will be darkened. Then the heavy cloth curtains by the window were closed, and the sunset was isolated, and the whole room seemed to enter the night.
"Thank you. ”
The teacher in the pulpit nodded to Frick slightly, then put the first chapter slide into the picture shelf and pushed it behind the street. In the next moment, a circular black shadow appeared on the screen, a fairly stark contrast to the bright white circle from earlier.
Feeling that this would be an interesting lesson, Frick didn't leave the small room immediately after adjusting the light, but instead found a small corner to sit and watch.
The picture projected onto the screen by the teacher looks like a slightly older photograph, and from that fairly clear picture, it is inferred that it was probably taken on the night of a full moon. Although the image in the center is a little blurry, it is still a small cabin located in two types of open space.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please turn to page seventy-two. ”
Adjusting the distance between the picture and the gas lamp, the teacher said to everyone: "As we said in the previous lesson, Grumman Laprar continued north after passing through the 'gate' and reached the northern wilderness farther away. There he observed many natural phenomena that could only be seen in the north, but in the end he was not heard from - one of the last messages he left us. ”
He asked the students to read the part of the textbook that was already there, and at the same time finally adjusted the slide projector. What appears on the screen is a makeshift wooden house, the walls of which have been deliberately painted black and look glaring in the snow all around.
The snow on the ground was thick, but the area around the hut was clean, and there was a large pile of magic equipment next to each other next to the hut. Large brass instruments were stacked on top of each other with a few sets of flasks that could not be seen clearly, and next to them were binoculars and urns large enough to hold a person.
If no one had reminded the photo of what it was showing, there was a good chance that the hut in the photo would have been seen as a sorcerer's laboratory. In Frick's eyes, they were like displays in the windows of the spell supply shops on the central street of the imperial capital, with little practicality.
He'd seen the picture before, and he knew what the lesson was teaching - albeit from a different angle. Grumman Laprar is one of the most famous adventurers in recent years, and his adventurous team has achieved many things in the end.
However, just like Frick's father, he eventually lost his sight, and all of the team members, including him, disappeared into the snowfields of the end of the north. People speculate that something happened to them - maybe a blizzard or an undiscovered monster that killed them in the north.
Even the most elite adventurers can die on the adventure, which is actually the end of the vast majority of adventurers. But even if you already know that this is a very dangerous journey, there is still an endless stream of people who go to unexplored places in search of honor and fortune despite the dangers.
The lesson was clearly a general knowledge of the geography of the end of the country, much of which was gathered during Grumman LaPlayar's adventures, as well as some of the maps drawn by the scrivener who accompanied the team. However, the photograph projected on the screen by the teacher with a slide is obviously not the original taken by the adventure party during the event, but a replica made by people later with spells.
"Yes, as the book says, after passing through the gates of the end of the north, there is very little flat ground in the north. Rolling mountains, dense forests with ancient trees, swamps covered with thick fog...... These are the most common scenery in the end of the north. "And below, I'm going to show you the most beautiful scenery Grumman LaPlayar has seen in the snowy fields of the North End." ”
He then changed to another photo, apparently also taken at night, but there was no trace of the white moon in the sky. On the low horizon there was a small row of tents, stacked crookedly with wooden boxes and sleighs, and a few sturdy horses.
However, they are not something to be noticed, because in the air, the light like a curtain has completely attracted everyone's attention. It was as if they were unfurled by an invisible hand hundreds of kilometers in the air, stretched out in the aetheric breeze.
They are illusions of "light" that can only be seen at the northern end, consisting of a storm of countless charged particles and extremely intense solar rays. Modern research has found that it is impossible to observe it when it exists alone, and only through its interaction with the atmosphere can we see such bright light - if we can observe it with our own eyes, they will not only be these monotonous colors, but will shine beautifully.
Undoubtedly, seeing this beautiful scenery that can only appear in a dream, the young students in the classroom are all kinds of amazements. Even Frick, who has seen this kind of photo many times, inevitably feels an inexplicable emotion in his heart when he sees it.
Perhaps this is also the reason why adventurers sacrifice their lives to go to dangerous places, and behind those dangers, there are also beautiful scenes that are rarely seen in ordinary life.