It took him about forty minutes to travel from the royal capital to the Northern Regions, not in a mine, but in a valley.

However, as in the rest of the world, due to the massive influx of mana, the entire area has been crystallized, and it looks shiny.

In order to supply the logistical supplies of the crusading army, the Church also set up a camp here and some necessary measures, which are now convenient for the council to administer after acceptance.

"Master Raphael, I didn't expect you to lead the team this time."

Entering the valley, Lynn saw at a glance Raphael and the others gathered in front of the surging space-time gate, listening to Sean explain the operation principle of the quartz clock, and greeted him quite unexpectedly.

He knew that Raphael's name was in the next round of the list of legendary wizard promotions, so he shouldn't be so eager to get credit for the time being.

Lynn also thought that the one who was selected would be the Great Wizard of the Six Rings who was relatively low in the ranking and wanted to rely on this merit to improve the ranking.

For example, Arad ...... It would be appropriate not to consider his slightly impatient personality.

"Who made me alone, without worry, and the apprentices I taught were already self-reliant, so I was chosen." Raphael shrugged his shoulders and said as if helplessly.

Lynn laughed, he certainly didn't believe it could be the reason for this.

At this time, Vittorio, who was in charge of opening and closing the space-time door, opened his mouth to explain a few words, Raphael has a wide range of spells, in addition to being proficient in elementalism and alchemy, he also has a certain amount of research in electromagnetism and optics, plus he is trustworthy, so he will be entrusted with important tasks.

"So it seems that the leader of this operation is indeed none other than you." Lynn nodded, also very much in agreement with Vittorio's judgment.

The strength of the candidates needed by the team leader is secondary, as long as it is enough, or in this operation, the battle is something that needs to be avoided as much as possible.

In contrast, the comprehensiveness of the ability is more important, after all, no one knows what will happen to them after entering the other side of the space-time gate.

Under the praise of Lynn and Vittorio, the helplessness on Raphael's face was also swept away, and he showed a little smile instead.

The operation of going to the space-time gate to investigate the information is certainly dangerous, but after all, it is not a head-on conflict with the Lord of Death whose strength is unknown, and he is sure that he will escape with his whole body.

It just so happens that he still lacks a hard enough merit to convince the public.

The reason why Raphael was able to rank fifth among the more than 20 wizards of the Six Rings was because he had cooperated with Lynn, Haroff and Vittorio in the defense of the royal capital to kill the legendary priest Edwell and repel the Ella himself who descended from the Heavenly Gate.

But many great wizards have quite an opinion on this, and some people even think that his combat exploits are mixed with the speakers, and even if he let a dog there at the beginning, he can follow up and play a good record.

For the gossip of these jealous people, Raphael was naturally angry, he almost lost half his life in exchange for this glory, although he didn't win, but he did make a lot of assists!

This action to go outside the space-time gate is also to justify himself.

Lynn looked at the rest of the wizards involved in the operation, and saw that several of them were familiar faces.

For example, Yoland, who was born in the school of prophecy and has a lot of research in astronomy and geography, and Tik, who is good at Olympiad mathematics, physics, and alchemy.

There is also a psionic wizard named Tika, who is said to be a linguist who is fluent in hundreds of dialects of the empire and a person who surprises him - Avina.

"Why are you here?" Lynn asked in surprise.

A week ago, he blew up his identity to the girl, and after explaining the reason, the two had not met, and then when he heard the attendant say that he was talking to Sean, Ivina left on her own.

Lynn didn't care too much, it was better this way, some things were said to be embarrassing again, but she didn't want the other party to join the exploration team.

This made him somewhat puzzled, as a former member of the Divine Punishment Army, how did he manage to get in?

"She has a letter of recommendation, didn't you arrange for her to come over?" Vittorio looked at Lynn in surprise, he thought that Ivina was someone Lynn had specially arranged, so he considered agreeing.

The corners of Lynn's mouth twitched, he wrote this letter of recommendation so that Ivina could not be restricted by her previous status, restore the exam results of the previous affairs officer, do a good job in the management position, and maybe be able to be a mayor or something in a few years, but he didn't expect that the other party would use it here.

Seeing Lynn's expression, Vittorio also realized that he had misunderstood, and even frowned and looked at the brown-haired girl.

Under the pressure of a legendary wizard, Ivina did not show any fear or panic, her face was still calm, and she opened her mouth to explain.

"I've heard Bard say a lot about things outside the space-time gate, maybe I can help some in this operation, and I, like Master Raphael, are carefree, even if I die outside the space-time gate accidentally, it won't have any negative effects."

Lynn shook her head, hearing the girl's words with a slight intention to self-destruct.

Raphael, who was innocent on the side, suddenly darkened his face, he said before that he had nothing to worry about was just a joke, and he felt that he was still a very important number one person, after he died, not to mention anything else, his friends and apprentices should all cry bitterly.

However, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and Raphael still has a rare help. "She's got a lot of strength and speed, which is exactly what this team lacks, and maybe be able to deal with some emergencies."

Although Ivina has Lynn's letter of recommendation, it has also been selected and competency.

During the combat power test, Ivina single-handedly 'killed' the three official wizards who joined forces, which is considered to be the best among the three-ring shaping wizards who are proficient in close combat.

They also need a physical strength so that they won't be helpless if their spell casting is interfered with while exploring.

Seeing Raphael say this, Lynn didn't say more, since this was Evenna's own choice, he couldn't interfere, and instead looked at the surging space-time door, and asked.

"Have you tested it? Is there a limit to the range of its expansion, what can it hold in and out of it, and where does the energy to sustain it come from? ”

Lynn's questions are undoubtedly many, and they are critical.

In the past few days, Vittorio has naturally not wasted his time, he has already carried out preliminary experiments, first of all, the expansion of the space-time gate, he predicted that there should be no upper limit, or the upper limit is very, very large, but the magic power consumed is also increasing synchronously.

Vittorio once expanded the diameter of the space-time gate to more than fifty meters, but still did not reach the limit, and then worried that the continued expansion might cause some adverse effects, such as causing the space-time gate to be discovered by the other side, so he did not continue to try.

"In addition to this, we also tested the difference between the two worlds in terms of the speed of time." Speaking of which, Vittorio glanced at Sean, who was a little sluggish. "Thanks to Lord Sean's development of the quartz clock!"

In front of Lynn, Sean didn't dare to respond to the title of developer, and said with a wry smile. "R&D is not counted, the principle of the quartz clock has been explained very clearly by Speaker Lynn."

"I just provided a design idea, the quartz clock was made in your hands after all, and it only took six days before and after, which is very good!" Lynn comforted Sean and affirmed his efforts, and then continued to ask Vittorio if he had sent someone into the space-time gate in advance, and how the flow of time was calculated.

"No, we haven't sent anyone in yet, we just used some tricks." Vittorio explained with a smile.

Since the portal could allow people to enter and exit, it should be okay, so they tried tying an object with a rope and throwing it on the other side of the portal, and then tried to see if they could pull it back.

The results are beyond doubt......

Failed!

The rope was broken, and after several experiments, they analyzed that all objects entering the space-time portal had to withstand a tearing force, as if they had been swept into a whirlpool of the sea.

So Vittorio had the rope replaced with a stronger steel cable, and he tied a heavy object to the other end, threw it at high speed, and pulled it back quickly.

This time there were no accidents, and the experiment went very smoothly, and then a quartz clock was added to the weight, placed at the other end of the space-time gate for a period of time, and when it was brought back, the flow rate could be easily calculated according to the time difference between the two quartz clocks.

Lynn nodded, it was a good idea.

"According to our calculations, the difference between the two worlds is about 7.25 times, but this difference is decreasing at a slow rate, and at the current rate, the time flow of the two worlds will probably be completely unified in four hundred and fifty years......," Vittorio explained.

Because the slowdown of this difference is very weak, in order to calculate it, they conducted hundreds of experiments before and after, spent a whole day of effort, and with the help of quartz clocks that can be accurate to tens of thousands of seconds, the values of hundreds of tests were integrated, and the equations were calculated, and they barely calculated a corresponding value.

More specifically, we will have to wait for Raphael et al. to return for further confirmation, and if it corresponds exactly to the value calculated by his equation for the decay of the flow of time, then it can be explained

"Four hundred and fifty years? Looks like we've got plenty of time. Rafael raised his eyebrows, the seven-fold time flow speed difference is undoubtedly terrifying, which means that seven years have passed on their side, and only one year has passed in the other world.

Vittorio poured cold water on him by his words. "Just at the current rate, I guess that the more intense the surge of mana, the faster the gap in time flow will become."

In other words, if the space-time gate is controlled by the other party, and expands it to increase the speed of magic power pouring into this continent, then the difference between the time flow rate of the two worlds will be further reduced, and their time advantage will no longer be so obvious.

"In short, your task this time is very difficult, you need to collect as much information as possible from the other world, it is best to be able to confirm whether the information told by the star messenger is correct, and try to avoid contact with the enemy......

Vittorio spoke solemnly, then handed Raphael a fist-sized strange orb. "I think you've seen this thing and know its power, right?"

Of course, Raphael recognized what it was, when he was in the City of Oil, Lynn used something similar to cast [Skyfall], and carried out a major purge of the radiation that spread to the Land of the Dead, and the aftermath almost bulldozed the City of Oil.

In the face of such a big killing weapon, when Raphael took it, his wrists trembled faintly, for fear that one would be activated by accident.

Vittorio explained the method used, and then reminded, "Don't use it until you have to." ”

Raphael rolled his eyes, with the terrifying damage radius of [Skydome Fall], I am afraid that this thing can only be used when they are all gone.

The main thing is a heroic!

"By the way, you can also bring this ring." Lynn took out a special arcane ring.

"Does it do anything?" Raphael asked curiously.

"It's just an experiment, and it may not come in handy." Lynn said casually, not revealing it.

Listening to Lynn's mystery, Vittorio also glanced at it a few times, and then found that this ring was full of dark gold, and the color and texture made him feel extremely familiar.

"This must be the metal used to make the Corona Medal, right?" Vittorio asked, surprised.

"Yes, I melted a corona medal and made this ring out of some of the materials!" Lynn nodded in acknowledgement.

You melted the Corona Medal? As soon as these words came out, the wizards present widened their eyes, and Raphael's wrist holding the ring also trembled.

The Corona Medal is the highest honor in the wizarding world, and this magic star is willing to melt away such a precious thing, it is simply a tyrannical thing!

Lynn didn't really care, he asked Haroff, this strange metal came from outside the space-time gate, and they only got a total of twelve kilograms, because it was rare enough and had a strong energy-carrying capacity, so it was divided into twelve corona medals.

Now there were only two stocks left in the council, and they had to be kept for others to distribute, and when he happened to have a surplus, he simply melted one piece and used it for research and experimentation, and this ring was one of his achievements.

(End of chapter)