ACT077: A world shrouded in magic
Edward's original name was Liang Hanguang, and he was a Chinese like Weiss before the crossing, and settled in the Republic of Langsen after the crossing. Originally, he wanted to go to live in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, where Han people were the majority, but he had no money at hand, and later made a career with hard work and talent, and he was not ashamed to open **, so he didn't want to leave. The reason why the name was changed is purely due to the "spoof" that came when he opened a fake account.
That's right! This old man was born in an anime nerd! It's just that he transformed into a technology nerd in the later stage.
Now the old man is 80 years old, and he lives a happy life with several old wives and children, and among his many descendants, the talented Litis is his favorite granddaughter, who was awarded the "Scholar" pawn at the age of 12 and has been studying with Edward. At the age of 16, Lytis officially graduated from the National University, a full 5 years earlier than the average student, and is the youngest researcher at the Prometheus Institute.
When Edward developed the Guiding Force, it was a constant explosion, after all, the Guiding Technique is a combination of machinery and magic, and like magic, it needs to bear the risk of exploding at any time. Litis, on the other hand, is even more intense, and she has a soft spot for the magical storm known as "the strongest natural disaster in the world", hoping to "turn harm into treasure" by mastering its mysteries and providing humanity with an almost inexhaustible source of energy.
The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is that it took her less than one year to break the explosion record set by her grandfather with a round lake with a diameter of 120 meters. If it weren't for Edward's foresight, he called a few "military-level" warlocks in advance to stare at him, and the consequences would have been unimaginable!
If he could choose, Weiss really didn't want to have anything to do with this pair of "demon ancestors", but the cruel reality was that it wouldn't happen if he didn't want to. First, his identity was discovered by Edward, and he went to make a record, but when he came back, he found that Lena and Lytis were on the bar for unknown reasons, and this situation didn't look like he could get out of the way.
"Nima!
Gritting his teeth, Weiss held the fearless spirit of "sacrificing his life for righteousness (fog)", and walked towards the two girls who were still fighting with momentum, but at this moment, there were suddenly two crisp sounds of breaking in the martial arts arena, and then two black shadows flew in front of Weiss and the back of his head. Stunned, Weiss turned his head to look and saw that two spear heads were stuck deep in the granite stone steps outside the field, and he couldn't imagine what it would be like if this thing hit his head.
Ling Lan and Wendy on the field fought too fiercely, and the practice weapons that were known for their sturdiness only lasted less than 40 minutes before they were broken, and Weiss felt that his luck value at that moment had definitely broken through the EX+ level, whether it was faster or slower, his head had to bloom on the spot, which made him feel a little afraid.
"Wright, are you alright?"
Seeing that Wess was still standing there and not moving, Ling Lan thought that he was in trouble "again", and hurriedly ran over to check on Wes's situation, and saw that the other party was just a little red on the tip of his nose, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and Wendy also came over to apologize to him.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little out of control, you're not hurt, are you?"
"Uh...... I'm fine, it's just a little too sudden, so I froze for a moment. How are you doing?
"It's a tie, but strictly speaking, I should have lost. ”
"No, no, no, it's actually right to lose, I've done my best, and Wendy, you, as a knight, have never summoned a mount, which is already a great humility. ”
"You're younger than me, and when I was your age, I didn't have this kind of strength at all, so it was indeed me who lost. ”
"How can victory and defeat be counted like this......"
Humbling each other to victory, Ling Lan successfully "met friends with martial arts" and made friends with Wendy. On the other side, although Lena and Lytis stopped looking at each other because of the end of the competition, they were still competing with each other because the radio waves were not matched, and they walked side by side with their heads held high, and as a result, Lytis lost the game first because she was slightly inferior in bust.
"Tsk!"
"Humph!"
Those who fight become friends, and those who stare become enemies!
As soon as the competition ended, Wess was about to leave, and Adele, who was afraid that Lena would make trouble, also seconded it, but Ling Lan wanted to talk to her new friends again, and Wendy also asked them to wait until they finished lunch before leaving. The two of them looked at Ling Lan's expectant gaze, and said in their hearts that it was just a lunch, and there shouldn't be any problems.
Lunch was held on the sunny lawn of Elric's house, and everyone feasted on a sumptuous and delicious meal, and Edward was among the students, without the slightest hint of the headmaster or dean. But if one looked closely, they would have found that Edward's location was always around the vicinity of Weiss, and Weiss knew very well what the old man was thinking.
"I said, senior, what are you doing staring at me like this?
Pointing to the boys who were not far away around the girls, Weiss thought that Edward's preconceptions about him were wrong. He is not the kind of person who eats in the bowl and looks at the pot, and he has not done any of the three around him, so he will be empty-handed if he rashly expands the "hunting" area!
"Hmph, those stinky boys don't have to worry, you're the one who is the most threatening. ”
"Okay, okay, I'm going to get away, right?
Wei Sixin said, your two granddaughters, "kissed" have already been on a par with Lena, "dry" is fighting with Ling Lan, no one has ever looked at me with a straight eye, what kind of reaction are you like when you are facing a great enemy!?
"Okay, what do you want to talk about?"
The two of them walked to one side of the bench and sat down, while Lytis was demonstrating her unique insight into the magical element, which had successfully attracted most people's attention, and she glanced at Lena demonstratively, as if to say more. "My chest is not as big as yours, but my brain capacity is n times stronger than yours!"
"How about talking about magic? I've had very limited access to information in the past 16 years, and I don't have the talent of a magician, so my understanding of this kind of thing has always been half-understood, what is the essence of this energy?"
"The nature of magic? This is a question that even the elves who have been dealing with magic for 6,000 years can't answer you. In my opinion, magic is a kind of energy that is ubiquitous in heaven and earth, with a spiritual surname, but no consciousness!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"You must have done a lot of experiments when you first arrived, for example, mixing black powder or something, and what were the results?"
"There was no reaction at all, the charcoal powder was burning well, but the sulfur and potassium nitrate were like sand. Thinking about the experiments he had done, he often doubted the chemistry in his head when he had incomplete memories.
"Do you know why that's happening? Because of the magic! They don't appear in your mixture, but they affect the chemistry that progresses, and they can affect more than just chemistry. ”
Reaching out and pulling out two metal balls, one large and one small, Edward handed it to Weiss and asked him to feel it, then took it back, raised his hand on the same level and asked Weiss.
"Which do you think will land first?"
"Under normal circumstances, it should be landed at the same time, but that normal environment is on Earth, here...... I couldn't guess. ”
Without speaking, Edward let go of his hands at the same time, and two iron balls of the same mass fell at the same time, but the big one fell to the ground first, just as Wess wanted to say something, Edward picked it up and did it again, but this time the small one landed first, and Weston was confused.
"This ......"
"I've done a lot of experiments, do you know what pattern I've found?"
"What pattern?"
"There is no pattern to the whereabouts of this thing, who is fast, who is slow, who is faster, faster and less, and there are very few cases that are exactly the same. ”
"But doesn't that mean that the gravity of this world is very disordered?
"No, the gravity of this world is not disturbed, and the reason for this phenomenon is magic, which is active, sometimes clinging to some objects, but not long before leaving again. Under their influence, there is always a subtle difference in the quality of the two iron balls, and they change all the time. ”
"What about us humans? Besides, the difference shouldn't be too big, right? Otherwise, the world would have been in chaos a long time ago. ”
"Remember what I said, magical elements are spirits, and in general, they will actively cooperate with any thinking individual, rather than hinder you. The elves were the first to realize this, and some of the affinity enough took advantage of this obedience to the surname and invented the technique of controlling the magical element, which is the origin of magic, and for those objects without thinking, their effects are still within the acceptable range. I don't want to admit it, but it's most likely the work of the gods who tease the gods, who are the defenders of this world. ”
"Wait a minute, you say this is a normal situation, that means there are 'unusual' situations?" asked Weiss hurriedly.
"That's right! Under normal circumstances, the magic elements are very mild, but if these energy bodies fall into a collective rage, in the area where they are furious, most of the laws will be shattered by them, and even the gods dare not set foot easily!"
"You mean Mana Storm, right?"
"The several magical storms recorded in history have been unimaginable catastrophes! A large number of creatures have mutated into monsters, and all kinds of visions that can kill people are frequent, and finally the 'boom' is all wiped out in the explosion. You can look at the map, and the extraordinarily round lakes on it are almost all traces left by magical storms, the largest of which is even three times the size of Hitchmanas! That explosion may have occurred 30,000 years ago, and the shock wave blew a quarter of Xiyan Continent into a bare plain, which is enough to destroy any country in Xiyan Continent in an instant!"