Act VII: William Coulter's Quest (4)
However, the practice that William Kurt taught Frick was so simplistic that he wondered if it really worked. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The sorcerer casually picked a wooden cup from the frame placed next to the table and threw it into Frick's hand, asking him to tell him how much information he had about it. Although he didn't know what the meaning of this behavior was, he was stunned for a moment and still said the news in his mind one by one.
"Rough wood work, imitation of a certain fruit, and specific data on various indicators, these are all good you say - but not enough. ”
Apparently Dr. Kurt was not satisfied with Frick's answer: "You should have noticed that the information you mentioned earlier can be seen by the naked eye even if ordinary people without special abilities, and some relatively accurate data can be easily grasped with measurement tools. In other words, you are not trying to use your abilities when you get information, and you are still relying solely on ordinary senses, as most people do. ”
In his words, intelligence is the knowledge or facts that exist in all things in the world, and interpreting them requires the use of specific knowledge to understand.
Frick's talents, on the other hand, have only recently awakened, but they can easily transcend the carriers of time and space and absorb information directly from the objects themselves. Even fragments left behind by the Age of Mythology can be activated with this ability, creating a highly graphical environment.
Immediately, he took the cup from Frick's hand and placed it on the table, and then tapped the rim lightly, signaling him to look more closely at the information hidden in the form. This time, instead of observing with both eyes, we are throwing consciousness into an extension of the senses and throwing it at the cup on the table.
He followed Dr. Coulter's instructions many times, and it wasn't until the seventh that he got the hang of it a little. It must be admitted that this feeling is difficult to describe, because he exactly felt something rising from his body, slowly spreading in the direction of the target.
It was as if it was some kind of tentacle-like organ that existed in the spirit, directly connected to the soul hidden in the depths of the mind, and fed back to him the information he felt. In a trance, it had already "touched" the cup, bringing back news that could not be known only by the naked eye.
The first is the material from which it is made - the wood used to carve the cup is a fir plant, unlike all the trees that grow widely in the North today. In particular, the habit of preferring warm and humid climates is almost impossible to survive in today's north.
The fruit it mimics is the main source of food for the city's inhabitants, who mix it with other ingredients in addition to bread-like food to make drinks. However, the plant was extinct in Frick's time, and there is not even any proof of existence.
It is a wooden cup made from materials that cannot be found in modern times, and the craftsmen who make it imitate the shape of the fruit and deliberately carve many patterns on the body of the cup as decoration. Through it and the process of making it, it is possible to speculate not only what level of processing power this people have, but also how drastically the environment of this planet has undergone some drastic changes after the end of the mythological age.
There's a lot of information to be revealed from this cup alone, and if you follow the clues they provide, you'll be able to learn more. So Frick used the information he collected as a vehicle to send his consciousness to deeper intelligence, trying to grasp more information about this civilization.
Through the tentacles extending from his consciousness, Frick almost saw with his own eyes the raw materials being grown, a world that cannot be understood with both eyes. Tall trees create a green labyrinth, and the scenery that appears in front of you makes it impossible to believe that it is the north.
This people, who can almost be called giants from a human point of view, toiled in the mountains and fields, having long mastered the art of forging steel, and were able to use spells to drive clay figures about their size to work for them, building many amazing projects.
Frick's consciousness roamed in a sea of information, and through this wooden cup he could learn all kinds of information related to it, a feeling he had never experienced before - the only downside was probably the headache that struck with the flood of information in his mind.
It was only a slight vertigo at first, so Flick just dismissed it as normal, but it turned into a sharp pain that would make his brain unable to think. It seemed to remind Frick that with his abilities he was not yet able to process so much information, that this was the limit of physiology as a human being, especially when he tried to go further than what he had already built, and that he was always stopped by severe pain.
Pain is a sign of danger, and if there is a sharp pain in the head that looks like it has been stirred by a red-hot iron rod, should you give up thinking or go to the hospital for a closer examination?
"Looks like you've mastered the basics...... But it's best not to think that you can simply create this feeling and continue, it will be too dangerous for beginners. ”
Looking at Frick, who fell to his knees with his head in his hands, Dr. Kurt said to himself, as if he had expected this: "The pursuit of knowledge by both scribes and sorcerers is an instinctive act that permeates all actions, but it is precisely because of this that we must not forget the danger that there is in it - absorbing too much information in a short period of time as a human body can burn your head. ”
The sharp pain that stirred his brain almost penetrated his soul, but even then Frick did not wake up from the dream, and could only endure it to fade away. And after he finally caught his breath, William Kurt immediately moved on to the next step.
Realizing that the environment they were in now was nothing more than a dream constructed by his abilities, that the power of dreaming was only a visualization of fragments of thought that were shattered to the point of being almost unreadable, and that it would take a lot more to extract usable information from them.
Although the method of directly touching the tentacles of perception and then using an object as the focus to obtain information layer by layer is quite simple in operation, because this search method involves a considerable amount of information, it is impossible to accurately find the necessary information in a short period of time. In addition, because the total amount of information that needs to be processed is very large, it may not only be futile, but it may also damage the body like Flick.
In order to train Frick, Dr. Kurt came up with some strange things, allowing him to discern more information through the perception of consciousness. Compared to the first time, he no longer let Flick perceive all the information extensively, but instead let him concentrate on one point and extend it further in a specific direction.
Sure enough, with a targeted perception effect that is far stronger than extensive probing in all directions, Flick soon penetrates deep into the depths of the sea of intelligence, effectively selecting the necessary information. And after adjusting again and again, he realized that he was finally able to control his ability to detect...... Although it is only barely enough.
Spells are the technology of knowing the world, almost the logical unity of this universe, it is everywhere, it shapes and defines a higher level of reality, and at the same time it is the highest manifestation of the laws of nature. The sorcerer wants to express the construction of phenomena through his own will, and aspires to become the master of matter and space-time, and the premise of constructing a magical distortion of reality is to understand their basis with his own mind.
Obviously, the knowledge of the mages everywhere is far less than they think they know, especially the newly researched magic theories are always questioning the achievements of their predecessors, revealing that there are still a lot of flaws in these things that were once believed to be "correct". There are even some radical researchers who believe that it is the humble souls and poor senses of mortal things that hinder the path to ultimate knowledge and revelation.
William Kurt didn't tell Frick that the methods they were using were actually techniques developed by these radical magicians. They hope to be able to rely on their souls to absorb a large amount of information in the spirit world to exceed the limits of their physical bodies, so as to sublimate themselves into beings far superior to mortals.
Of course, this kind of behavior is dangerous, and even from his point of view, he must admit that the radicals have gone crazy. They are incomprehensible and ruthless, and most of the techniques they use are illogical, as if there is nothing in this world that is worth their attention except the search for truth.
Frick Sierra Leone has this special talent, but there are many people with similar talents in history, and there are also people who have participated in similar experiments. Since they have not achieved results, it may be asserted that this approach is still not enough to discern the truth.
In fact, he was gambling in the hope that Flick would overcome all the difficulties that arose on this path and steer him in the right - or at least similar - direction. Until then, he will keep Frick safe as much as possible and teach him how to control his abilities.
"You're doing a great job, there's no longer any need to stay in this room. ”
When Frick collapsed again because he didn't control the strength of his mana and caused him to probe too deeply, he stepped forward and said to Frick, who was still bothered by a headache. It only takes a dozen times to be able to manipulate this difficult technique, which is already a great talent, and it cannot be rushed.
And this dream is coming to an end.