The round table continued.

Knock knock knock.

The sound of fingertips casually tapping on the table exposed the turmoil in the heart of the oldest scholar.

Over the years, in the face of the unremitting efforts of female scholars and many research results, even his heart has gradually begun to waver.

Antonio once said that the development of faith lies in the constant belief in the self, and the development of knowledge is in the continuous doubting of the self, even the great pioneers admit that they are only a milestone on the road of mankind's search for truth, and that the law of truth in the future may only be the barbarians discovering the flame of summer. ”

The Barbarians discovered the Summer Flame, a story that has been circulated in the Duchy of Sealand.

Legend has it that in the barren wilderness, a barbarian stumbled upon a fire in the bushes before a summer thunderstorm, and for many years thought he had discovered a great truth.

That is, in the summer, the bushes would ignite a fire, so the barbarian was worshipped as a tribal prophet by the other barbarians.

Until there was a year.

In the summer of that year, the thunderstorm did not ignite the bushes, the law of truth was subverted by unknown supernatural forces, the barbarians were hesitant and restless in fear of the unknown, and the prophet attributed everything to God's punishment, and sacrifices were necessary to obtain God's forgiveness.

The barbarians offered cattle and sheep sacrifices to the bushes and did not receive a response from the gods.

So the prophets demanded more precious sacrifices, and the barbarians, in order to get God's response, began to sacrifice living people......

This story, which is said to have originated from Gauss Adolf in the Duchy of Sealand, is no longer verifiable.

In the story, the barbarian who discovers the summer flame is a metaphor for Gauss Adolf himself, a lonely seeker on the path of truth, who also has his own fears, confusion, and overwhelm.

The old man raised his head, glancing between the female scholar and Gu Bo.

In the end, the old man's gaze fell on Gu Bo.

"The reason why the academy chose you to be the dean of this class of enlightenment students, the dean's meaning, I am afraid is also to hope that you can prove your point with your achievements, over the years, An Liya's efforts and achievements, we have all seen it, it's time for us to face up to this great new academic proposition, what do you say?"

An Liya is the academic female tutor of alienation and psychic!

Gubo was silent, and the pressure was on his shoulders like never before.

The old man commented on Gu Bo for a long time, and continued in a low voice: "This matter is not only about the academy, but also has a great impact on the academic laws of nature and evolutionary mysteries, so we can't afford to act carelessly. In this way, three years later, we will use the graduation assessment results of Gubo's freshmen as the direction of academic discussion on alienation and psychic, and we can afford to wait for three years!"

"It's fine. ”

Another scholar who did not speak after reconsidering the meeting, he did not want the meeting to end in a meaningless argument again, so he said: "In this meeting, let's discuss how to face the pressure of the church!"

After a pause, the man continued: "I see that although the church claims to visit a cardinal master and search the royal scientific laboratory, the real goal is probably just to get the committee to compromise and isolate the Duchy of Barda. ”

Gubo and Anria were reluctant to speak at the next meeting because of their previous arguments.

Although the authority of the college has some contradictions on academic issues, it still maintains basic unity with external forces, and there is not much difference in philosophy.

Sulphur Yan extinguished the cigarette stick in his hand and muttered: "I don't know if this is the meaning of the old Pope, or the will of the new Pope who is about to board the plane, anyway, we old guys have done our best, completed the task, and dealt with those arbiters, and the rest of the matter will be handed over to the committee and the dean." ”

Each royal family has its own royal academician committee, although it is not the authority of the academy, but because of its inextricable relationship, it has enough influence to be similar to the honorary president of the academy.

If the dean of the academy holds the right to allocate resources within the academy, then the Royal Academicians Committee will win more resources for the academy by influencing the politics + governance of the principality.

Smash it.

Sulphur Rock re-lit the smoke pot and continued: "I only hope that the committee will try to make a good trade-off, on the one hand, it must not completely abandon the Duchy of Barda, otherwise his today is likely to be our tomorrow, and on the other hand, the treasured documents and books of the Royal Academy of Sciences have been painstakingly studied and handed down by scholars throughout the ages......

The Church has a long history of searching the Royal Academies of Sciences.

Ever since the pioneers of Whitevens were tried by the Inquisition and burned at the stake for the truth, the ultimate goal has been to search the Royal Academy of Sciences whenever there has been an accident in which the Church can intervene.

Once the Church succeeds in entering the Royal Academy of Sciences, it will burn a large number of progressive books, and even interrupt some large-scale experiments, which will burn the results of the Academy's research for many years.

No doubt!

The goal of the church's negotiation this time is the isolation of the Duchy of Glan from the Barda Academy of Nature, and if they do not meet their expectations, they will inevitably suffer great losses.

Who let those wizards who had disappeared for more than ten years reappear in the Duchy of Gran, and collected sacrifices in front of everyone in the academy, and escaped safely, not even leaving a living mouth!

Speaking of which, it was the failure of Gubo's mission that led to the current predicament of the academy.

I'm afraid it's precisely because of this round table that Gu Bo didn't show such an aggressive posture, almost didn't say anything, and was pressed by An Liya.

"The scholars of the Duchy of Barda, in recent years, their remarks have indeed been a bit excessive, although the prestige of the church has fallen greatly in the past hundred years because of the failure of two consecutive expeditions, but atheism is already the limit that the church can bear, those guys actually preach that human beings can break through the shackles of their own potential and become gods, although they have made the academy vigorously develop in a short period of time, but they are asking for their own death!"

The old man's words were full of indignation.

Since the heliocentric trial in the Duchy of Utolan, the royal family has compromised with the Church and burned a large number of progressive books against the will of the Church, and for many years the two sides have been relatively peaceful.

The Church was able to concentrate more on the will and expedition to the land of the night, and the colleges of various countries were also vigorously developed during this period.

Although no new pioneers were born, the number of basic scholars was far greater than before, and the basic education of the major colleges and universities flourished, and the 'magician' has become a symbol of erudition, elegance, wealth, mystery, and power in the eyes of the people.

And now!

For the sake of temporary development, the Duchy of Barda crossed the unspoken rules of the royal academies and churches of various countries and compromised, not only putting itself in danger, but also affecting the academies of other countries, how not to make the old man angry?

If it had been more than ten years ago, when a similar wizarding incident had occurred at the Glen Nature Academy, the church would not have made such a big move.

"I suggest that before the cardinal sect leader does not come to the academy, on the one hand, through the mercenary association, do everything possible to capture some church fugitives, so that it can become our bargaining chips and reduce our losses, and on the other hand, step up contact with the Barda Academy of Nature and give pressure in exchange for some compromises from the church!"

One interjected.

"And that fugitive wizard, who can destroy the corpse and escape under the noses of Gu Bo and Sulphur Rock, even if it is not the legendary Great Witch King, it must be one of the famous witches in the dark world, try to contact the dark world and talk about which existence it is!"