576 Legendary Item (1/2)

Lucien smiled rather awkwardly, ”I had the feedback from the truth of the world when I wrote the paper on the general theory of relativity, which generated 'Time Stop', the space-time magic, directly inside my soul.”

The spells that involved time and space were an intersection of the schools of astrology, force field, transformation, electromagnetics and light-darkness. They were extremely complicated. The sorcerers who were not adept at the five schools could only construct the models with their mathematical expertise and spiritual power. They were much more difficult to learn than were the spells of the same level.

Lucien's original plan was to build 'Spell Sequencer', 'Raventi's Flame Hell', 'Meteor Swarm' and other spells he was good at when he advanced into the ninth circle, but out of his expectation, 'Time Stop', the ninth-circle magic that was as famous as 'Cracking (Advanced)', was generated on its own.

”Feedback from the real world…” After slight surprise, Fernando became solemn. Every grand arcanist was used to such feedback, which were repeatable and provable. That was also the reason why they were eager to figure out the mechanism of the feedback.

For the arcanists, writing a paper was the process of closure, which was accompanied by the confidence in the final result. They would finalize certain things that they considered for a long time and melt their spirits into it.

If the sketch and thinking alone could trigger the changes of the cognitive world, the wrong and flawed ideas at the beginning could be highly dangerous. It was possible that a grand arcanist's head might be blown up because of an error he had during his calculation despite his amazing ideas.

Regarding the enigma that only received enough attention a hundred years after the Congress of Magic was founded, Fernando asked for the details and realized that they were the same as before. Therefore, he held back his confusion and said, ”Now that you have already advanced into the ninth circle, you can change the reward for your general theory of relativity into the ritual of 'Origin of Magic'. You will stay in Allyn without going anywhere or telling it to anybody. After Douglas gets out of his demiplane and we decide the value of your paper together, we will hold the ritual of legendary advancement with the assistance of 'Origin of Magic' for you.”

For the archmages whose cognitive world had half-solidified, the Congress of Magic would reimburse them for the cost of the ritual of legendary advancement, but the archmages who planned to help their cognitive world half-solidify with magic rituals not only needed to pay for the materials and the legendary sorcerers in the ancillary rituals, but also had to cover half of the cost for the legendary advancement.

It was very realistic but equal. No archmages ever burst into fury because of that.

”Master, would there be any insidious problems?” Naturally, Lucien would love to advance into legendary in advance, which would mean that his safety would be perfectly ensured. Otherwise, even though he had two legendary items, his spiritual power would be drained after he used one or two legendary spells. However, if there were too many insidious problems, Lucien wouldn't mind staying in Allyn and Rentato for ten years. Natasha could pick up the Sword of Truth while level eight, but she also could only slash it two or three times in a battle.

Fernando cackled. ”It's such an expensive ritual that needs the help of six legendary sorcerers. How can there be any insidious problems? Well, the odds of failure are rather high, though. However, I'll ask Douglas, Brook, Hathaway, Oliver and Hellen to host the ritual with me. That's the most luxury lineup in the history of magic. The odds of failure will be greatly reduced. Also, since your foundation is not steady, it will take you more time for you to make advancement after you advance into legendary.”

”You have your own meditation skill, don't you? In such a way, after you advance into the level two of legendary, your foundation will be stabilized. Of course, you are only slow compared to other grand arcanists. For example, Douglas and Brook both reached the peak in only decades. It was much faster than the sorcerers whose match rate is low.”

There was no need to hesitate. Lucien nodded, ”I'll ask for the ritual of 'Origin of Magic' after the review of the general theory of relativity is completed.”

In the Congress of Magic, except for the seven grand arcanists, the legendary sorcerers were all below level three of level-one legendary. The Prophet, the Eye of Curse, the Master of Transformation and the Alchemy Master were in level two, and the Innovator, the Moon Scholar, Absolute Defense, the Monarch of Fate, the Sun King and the Light of Stars were in level one. Among them, the Light of Stars, who advanced only thirty years ago, was the weakest of all.

Seeing that Lucien had made up his mind, Fernando summoned other legendary sorcerers to help Oliver, and Hellen went to the laboratory to confirm the discovery of neutrons.

Soon, Hathaway and Brook arrived and asked for a copy of the paper from Lucien. Their mathematical abilities were exceptional and much stronger than Hellen, Oliver and Vicente's. If Fernando hadn't studied 'Nature' earlier, he wouldn't have understood any more than they did. As for the regular legendary sorcerers, only the Prophet had equal mathematical abilities.

”The subscribers of 'Nature' will probably soar tomorrow. At least, I'll be one of them.” Brook was not upset that Lucien made his cognitive world break and solidified at all but smiled gently.

Praised as the most incomprehensible journal, 'Nature' had only one thousandth of the subscribers that 'Arcana' did. More people only read it in the library when they needed to.

Even though it was funded by the Tower and Lucien and wouldn't stop publishing, Levski, Neeshka, Milina and other arcanists were quite upset that their work was not appreciated by the public. However, after Lucien's broadcast today, the discussion of the general theory of relativity would definitely be a hit. Everybody would get a copy of 'Nature' in case they couldn't follow other people in their conversations.

Lucien smiled. ”Mathematics are the tools and foundations of arcana studies and the brightest gem on the crown of arcana. That was why I decided to establish 'Nature'.”

”Yes, many arcanists today only have the mathematical ability to analyze magic models and refuse to work harder.” Hathaway was rather indifferent about the discovery of neutrons, because she had realized that neutrons must be introduced to the magic models when she reverse engineered 'Eternal Blaze' and 'Atomic Fission'.

However, she did speak a rarely-seen long sentence. She seemed excited for the explanation of the nature of gravity and the talented idea.

Brook nodded and said, ”Your idea that the speed of light is a constant reference is very enlightening, and so is your description on time and space. We have to figure out the nature of things.”