226 The Reaction (1/2)

Chapter 226: The Reaction

Translator: _Leo_Editor: Vermillion

The highest council took this cooperative research project seriously, and also the project was related to the elements and souls, so most of the arcanists from Allyn that were familiar with these two fields were asked to join the research, including the middle-rank arcanists from the Arcane Review Board like Raventi, Gaston, Locklynn, and Pesor. They were the ones who were qualified and had the ability to verify the submitted articles.

A temporary article verification location was set up in a mansion in Sariva and all the arcanists who joined the project would be able to submit their research results without wasting any time.

Lucien saw Woods from Common Arcana journal coming from the other side of the hallway as he stepped out of the room that was full of magic circles.

”Greetings, Mr. Woods. I didn’t expect to see you here. I thought you were an expert in force field and astrology.”

”Greetings, Evans. I’m a subeditor of the Common Arcana and I need to find if any result of the arcanists can be published in our magazine. The knowledgeable arcanists of the element and soul department all joined the research project, but our journal is not big as Arcana or Magic, so I need to find the good articles myself.”

Woods smiled and nodded slightly, he had already become the subeditor of Common Arcana due to the matter of the periodic table about two weeks ago. The arcane points he received for finding a new element were high, and it also proved that the periodic table worked. Woods had stayed at level four for too long as an arcanist but it seemed he would finally have the chance to advance to the next level in about one year.

There was a golden mustache on Woods’ face. He looked at Lucien and said. ”I heard that you were ambushed by someone after I got here and I went to your room, however, the maid told me that you were here… Well, it seems like you’re doing fine and it’s great.”

Lucien’s face was still slightly pale and his body was almost recovered, however, his transformation robe needed to be repaired.

”Thank you, Mr. Woods. I was just caught in the fire, the assassins were going after Mr. Felipe, and they didn’t do any actual damage to me. I activated the elemental ring that was at a much higher level than myself, and that was why I got hurt,” Lucien walked as he explained.

After Raventi and Gaston took Lucien back to the mansion, Larry, Timothy, and Ulysses all visited him, but most of the others were not aware of the situation. Iristine, Arcelion, and other elves had no idea about what happened, so Lazar and some of his other friends had not come to visit him yet.

Woods’ brow furrowed. ”You can recover from such damage easily but there’ll be consequences for your soul and your body. Your life expectancy will be shortened. It may not be a big problem for you as you’re very likely to become a senior-rank sorcerer before the age of 50. Anyway, don’t do that again if you don’t have to.”

The two chattered as they walked to Lucien’s room. Woods chuckled as they stopped at the door, it seemed the room reminded him of something. ”Wait, you were stepping out of the article submitting location when we met, right? Did you just finish an article?”

”Yes, it was the result of this week’s research. It’s about the three alchemy substances that can help the food grow and how to make them in batches.” Lucien smiled and pushed the door open, it sounded like he was just talking about a regular article.

Woods was a bit surprised, he looked at Lucien. ”I’ve seen your reports of the project. It seems like you have reached the bottleneck. However, I can’t believe that you solved the problem like it was nothing just several minutes ago.”

”I got the idea from the research results on the reports submitted by the arcanists. I also analyzed the combination of wood, grass, fertilizer, and the feces. That was how I found the three water-soluble alchemy substances.” Lucien asked the maid to pour a cup of tea for Woods.

Woods sipped some black tea from the cup and smiled. ”Interesting. If the three alchemy substances can be mass produced, our food output would be greatly increased, so the sorcerers and knights will become richer. Also, Mr. Evans, your article will be recognized by the council.”

Woods grew up in Allyn as a member of a sorcerer’s family and he had no idea how hard life could be. The man was a middle-rank arcanist and he was at a much higher position than the farmers or the poor. It was just a temporary emotion that he had the compassion for farmers or the poor and Woods did not think Lucien’s article was that important. The project was taken seriously by the Congress simply because the members of the highest council wanted to study the divine spells of nature.

”I hope so,” Lucien sipped some tea from the cup and responded calmly.

Woods put down the cup and spoke in a serious tone, ”Evans, can you let us, the Common Arcana journal, publish your article? Although it’s still the first half of the month, next month’s Common Arcana will be cited a lot more than usual if one of the major discoveries of the project can be included in our journal ahead of the time.”

Lucien smiled. ”I’ve said that I’ll keep contributing to your magazine if I have the chance. Mr. Woods, you’re the first editor that talked to me today, so yeah, if my article can be verified by the members of the council, I’m willing to publish it on the Common Arcana.”

”I thank you on behalf of the Common Arcana, Evans. Can I have a look at the article, please? I want to see how I should arrange it in the next month’s journal,” Woods asked politely. Lucien just submitted his article and Woods did not want the man to get suspicious.

There was no point for Lucien to reject the request. He took out a copy of the article from the bag and handed it to Woods. ”Sure, it’s fine. I also submitted a report to the council members when submitting the article for reference and everyone will be able to read it tomorrow.”