221 Wasting Each Others Time (1/2)
Chapter 221: Wasting Each Other's Time
Translator: _Leo_Editor: Vermillion
Dragon Root Inn, inside a large room that was temporarily outfitted as a magic lab.
”Mr. Evans, these are the two level three divine spells you asked for, the ‘Growing Brambles’ and the ‘Harvest Spring’,” Iristine spoke in a cold tone. She handed two pieces of a dried yellow paper over to Lucien. The paper looked old but elegant.
The elf paper was made of the elven tree bark that naturally dropped to the ground. It was a specialty of the elves and the elven paper was one of the best materials for high-level magic scrolls.
The two druids were part of the Nature Rebellion Sect and they were members of the Elf’s Royal Palace. ”Bumpkin” Lucien was quite surprised to see them using expensive materials as if it was nothing.
Lucien grabbed the two pieces of paper with the divine spells recorded on them and noticed that the three-dimensional imprints were complicated. It seemed like some of the imprints were broken and there was something missing. The supernatural model was unbalanced and the whole thing was a bit strange. He scrunched his eyebrows and said, ”Prince Arcelion and Princess Iristine, I think the imprints of the two divine spells are incomplete. You'd better be honest if you are here to cooperate.”
”Cooperate? We’re here to ruin your plan!” Iristine cursed in her mind.
”Mr. Evans, we’re druids, not mages, and our superior power is a gift from the mother nature. You’ll be able to detect the mind of nature and construct the divine spell model from your memory if you love the nature and you’re willing to protect her. We have never and will never learn to analyze and draw the imprints of the divine spells. This is the best we can do,” she responded with a cold but gentle smile on face.
Arcelion was satisfied with his young sister’s explanation.
”If you want to view the complete version of the divine imprints, we can try to craft a divine power item and show you the divine spell directly. However, the mind of nature forms a barrier that will destroy the content inside as soon as you try to analyze the item. Mr. Evans, do you have the ability to keep the divine imprints safe while passing through nature’s barrier?” he added in an arrogant tone.
Arcelion was telling the truth. The Congress of Magic had confiscated many items that were infused with divine power, but they were still having trouble studying the mystery of the divine magic. One of the reasons was that most of the senior-level sorcerers could not stabilize the structures inside the divine imprints while bypassing the divine barrier.
Only the grand arcanist had such abilities, however, they realized that they would have to rely on the mysterious power after eliminating the divine barrier and studying the structures of the divine imprints. The mysterious power had not yet been studied and analyzed, that was why the druids’ spells were so important during the procedure.
Lucien had a level nine divine item, Sun’s Corona, however, the only way to activate its divine spell was by using the mentality mark left by Maskelyne and he had never found a way to analyze the divine item’s divine imprints. He noticed that the two druids were not willing to cooperate and spoke in a tone that was usually used by the crazed alchemists, ”Alright, I will try to analyze part of the imprints with Mr. Tyrel and Mr. Urine.”
”There’ll be no point for us to stay here if Mr. Evans already has the plan in mind. We’ll go check the land research team and the other research teams’ situations. We need the information for our future experiment.” Although Arcelion was an arrogant man from the royal palace, he had some talent on finding himself ridiculous excuses.
Lucien pushed his wire-rimmed glasses slightly. ”That’s impossible. You need to cast the divine spells while we’re doing the analysis, as we need to observe and learn the spells with our own eyes. Otherwise, we won’t be able to complete the procedure. You’re here to help us, right?”
Arcelion and Iristine could not reveal their true intention before the druid elders from the Elf’s Royal Palace and the Nature Rebellion Sect gave them the next order. They were here to ruin Lucien’s plan, however, they did not want to give the Congress of Magic the excuse to arrest them. Also, the Elf’s Royal Palace would not want to be put in the wrong just for such a boring reason.
The two druids looked a bit disappointed, but they still responded, ”Yes, we’re here to help you, but there’ll be nothing we can do when you’re analyzing the spells. Do you want us to just sit here and watch?”
”Well, you can take a nap, pray to the mind of nature, have a short conversation, or read the books I brought here. Anyway, you need to stay here so we can find you when we need assistance.” Lucien tried to imitate the expression of an arcanist that focused only on his experiments. ”If you really need something to do while waiting, I have some basic math problems. What do you say?”
The math problems were designed to help Annick and Sprint train their minds.
Arcelion and Iristine looked at the thick pile of paper in Lucien’s hand for a moment. The complicated numbers and formulas on the paper were like a curse to them, as the druids learned from the mind of nature and thus the numbers would give them headaches.
”Mr. Elemental Order is a true gentleman when we’re not discussing the arcane power and the meat dishes. He’s humorous, handsome, knowledgeable, and polite. Also, he’s artistic and calm, the man is more attractive than most of the male elves. However, the gentleman will become a greedy devil if there is either arcane power or a meat dish involved, a devil that is hated by everyone!” Iristine sighed with mixed emotions, her first impression of Lucien was good, however, the man’s different standards of treating different things were making things worse.
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Tyrel looked at the complicated divine imprints as Iristine and Arcelion sat down in the corner of the lab with the elf guards, and he quickly communicated with Lucien using the Messaging Spell, ”Those models give me headaches. I’m counting on you!”
The short-ranged messaging spell was categorized as the second circle, however, it became an apprentice-level spell after being improved by many arcanists. It could deliver the message to the target within ten meters using a special energy.
Urine’s voice echoed in Lucien’s ears at the same time with the help of the Messaging Spell, he was also not happy with the physics and the mathematics involved in the analysis of the divine spell.
The two combat maniacs started looking at the divine imprints after sending messages to Lucien, and although it looked like they were writing with the quills, they were just drawing the beautiful winter scenes.
”Well, it seems like I’ll be the only one working.”Lucien lost all the hope for the arcane research team. He took out a pile of white paper and started to solve the basic physics and mathematical problems given to him by Raventi.