223 Unexpected Change (2/2)
”There is no point in supporting the Human Vitality Theory anymore.” Felipe forced a smile on his pale face. ”I wonder how many old fellows in the organization will admit that they‘re wrong. They need to redefine the meaning of the living substance, otherwise, they’ll have to accept this new finding. I guess I should be the one to publish the result so it‘ll be easier for the other necromancers to accept the change.”
Felipe proved that the theory he had been supporting for more than 30 years was wrong and he had mixed emotions about this. He was happy, confused, sad, and excited at the same time. Professor successfully synthesized the urea and it was an eye-opening experience for him. The artificially synthesized urea changed his opinion on the theory and that was the reason why he decided to do an experiment himself.
A man wearing a long back robe knocked on the door of the laboratory softly.
”Who is it?” Felipe was startled by the noise and he questioned with confusion in his eyes.
A deep and hoarse voice came from the other side of the door, ”It’s me, Traquair.”
”Mr. Traquair? Why are you here? It’s still early in the morning,” Felipe responded and he started unsealing the magic circle that locked the door.
Traquair was a sixth-ring necromancer from the Hand of Paleness, but his arcana level was just three, as he spent a long time trying to advance to the seventh ring. He was sent here to help Felipe deal with the druids.
Felipe suddenly realized something as he opened the door. He could feel that something terrifying was coming for him.
”Crap!”
Black tentacles that were formed by the power of death appeared in the laboratory, the sorcerers‘ souls would be tainted if they were touched by the tentacles, and they would no longer be able to cast the strongest spells they knew.
Also, mummies that were covered with black linen strips stood up in the sea of tentacles and they started charging toward Felipe.
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In the Dragon Root Inn, Lucien was reading the report of the program. The questions the arcanists encountered when trying to simplify the procedure were listed on the paper. They described the unsolved problems that were stopping them from progressing without hiding anything. They would be able to obtain the arcane points after publishing their research results as long as the report was still here.
”The elements can be found in the feces and fertilizers used by the farmers but the result was not good enough. We’ll have to keep a lot of animals if we want to get enough feces to mass produce the elements. However, the animals will consume a lot of food…
”The previous experiments proved that the plants need water and sunlight to grow, with the help of the divine spell analysis, we found out that they also need to absorb the elements from the soil. However, the mineral powder that was splashed on the soil was not effective.”
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After they finished analyzing the structure of the divine spells, the sorcerers started doing experiments with the help of the druids. However, the mineral powder of the elements that could be mass produced was useless, and they decided to do experiments on the alchemy products that contained those elements.
”With the foundation of the divine spells and the help from the druids, I think the arcanists will find the alchemy products they need sooner or later.” Lucien put down the report and put on a coat. He wanted to go back to Allyn and teach the apprentices after the breakfast.
Lucien saw Iristine and Arcelion walking toward him with smiles on their faces as he opened the door.
”Mr. Evans, we’re sorry that we can’t help you with the experiment anymore. The elders from the royal palace ordered us to return to the forest immediately and we need to help defend the incoming attack from the Church.” Arcelion bowed to Lucien elegantly as he already knew the background of the attack.
Lucien knew that it was not an emergency as the two druids did not look like they were in a hurry, so he smiled and responded, ”It‘s fine. I already found the path after checking the data of the experiment.”
”What?” Iristine and Arcelion were surprised. It was them who changed the data.
Lucien still had the smile on his face. ”With the help of the substances that were soluble in water and the divine spell that helps the plant grow, the oats are doing very well. Also, I compared the result with the other research teams and eliminated some unreasonable data.”
With the analysis result, Lucien easily found out that the data was changed by someone.
”Well…” The two druids looked a bit disappointed.
Lucien took out the thesis he finished a long time ago, called 'The Conclusion of Comparing the Data Obtained from the Oats that Were Fertilized by the Sulfuric Acid Infused with Phosphate Ore', and said, ”I need to submit the report to the senior-level arcanists outside the mansion. Prince Arcelion and Princess Iristine, do you want to go with me?”
”Go ahead, we need to leave.” Iristine looked tired. She wanted to destroy the thesis but she feared Lucien’s power. Also, Tyrel and Urine already appeared on the other side of the hallway.
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The carriage was slowly advancing on the bumpy road outside the town. It was winter, so the light from the rising sun had not yet brightened up the area.
Suddenly, Lucien noticed the heat coming from Sun‘s Corona on his chest and the Host Star of Destiny started warning him about an incoming attack.
Lucien had no time to think, he jumped out of the carriage and activated the fifth-circle spell Powerful Fire Shield contained within ring.
A dark shadow that was surrounded by some rotten gas appeared from the sky and hit Lucien’s carriage hard. The iron strips and wooden planks on the carriage started decaying quickly.
”Huh? I didn’t expect you to dodge the strike,” a deep and hoarse voice echoed in the cloudy sky.