Chapter 681 - Forever Mordenkainen (1/2)

Chapter 681 Forever Mordenkainen

Roland studied magic in his own chamber.

Substance Transformation wasn’t hard to learn. At least, the spell model that the Magic Tower provided wasn’t.

But the problem was that it could only transform the four basic metals. To transform other substances, he had to figure out the different ratio of magic power.

Then there was a huge problem.

Roland didn’t really know the molecular formulas of other substances.

For example, Roland knew that water was dihydrogen monoxide.

But then, what did the oxygen atom look like? How should elementary particles be combined into that? How should they be rearranged into hydrogen atoms?

After thinking about that, Roland found it rather tricky to reassemble new substances with the spell.

Having no other choice, he could only ask the netizens on the Internet in a thread.

“I have a question for the experts in physics. What should I do if I want to create new substances with the elementary particles?”

He described the problem he encountered when he studied the new spell in detail in the thread, and asked what books he should buy if he wanted to learn the basic structures in matter.

All the replies were very interesting.

“I have no idea what Roland described. What are elementary particles? Is that a physics concept?”

“It used to be, but they don’t talk about it anymore, because the so-called elementary particles have complicated structures too.”

“I don’t think anybody can answer Roland’s question.”

“Me neither. It’s possible to combine different molecules with chemistry, but atoms are minimal and indivisible particles in chemical experiments. It seems pretty easy to turn a hydrogen atom into a carbon atom by adding a few electrons to its surface, but it’s chemically impossible. Even I, a doctor in chemistry, can’t do that.”

“Building a new substance or atom with neutrons, protons, and electrons? I think it’s an academic question in the micro world, which I’m told is a place predominated by idealism. But I’m not sure about that. I’m 27 and I’m already bald. You must know what I do for a living.”

“Hehe. Are you a coder?” “Idealism? Shouldn’t it be magic?”

“Mr. Roland, I don’t think you should worry too much about science. If the transformation of substances involves elemental particles, how was the Substance Transformation spell created? I don’t think the Mages in the game world understand molecules or atoms. They must’ve invented the spell with a magical principle or method.”

Roland was greatly enlightened when he read that.

Exactly like what the last netizen said, the magic world had its own rules, and science wasn’t the only way to comprehend the world.

Therefore, there must be secrets that he hadn’t unearthed from Substance Transformation.

It was because when Roland parsed the spell, he only discovered the energy flow but didn’t find any energy nodes concerning the transformation between different substances.

What had he missed?

He tried the spell again and again and explored the nodes repeatedly, but he always had the feeling that he was taking a part for the whole.

The spell wasn’t really hard, but it contained a lot of nodes that were expressed in the jargons of Mordenkainen’s age. It was slightly difficult to construct it due to the time gap.

Fortunately, Roland had a database to help him with confirmation and extrapolation. After he examined all the nodes, he found that they were all about input and output of magic energy, and the core energy transfer nodes were nowhere to be seen.

That didn’t seem right.

Roland examined the nodes again, and the result was the same.

Then, the research on the spell came to a halt.

On the second day, Roland went to the place they agreed upon and waited for Field.

After Field arrived, he showed him the Cloud Flight spell.

This spell which looked splendid and could carry multiple people won Field over instantly.

“I’ll take it! I’ll take it!” Field rubbed his hands excitedly with glowing eyes. “Mr. Roland, would you mind noting the design principle of the spell and the functions of every node?”

“Of course not.” Roland gave him a dozen pieces of paper that contained detailed designs and explanations of the spell. He then handed another piece of paper that was full of words over to him. “Those are all the magic materials I want. They aren’t easy to gather, but I think they’ll be worth it.”

Field carefully read through Roland’s list and was greatly relieved, “There are truly a lot of them, and some are quite rare, but it’s not really a problem for the Julian family. Your new spell is much more valuable. I’ve taken advantage of you.”

Roland nodded and felt that Field was keen enough to see the potential of the spell. “Not at all. We’ve done each other a favor.”

“In any case, thank you very much, sir.”

Field was extremely grateful and left with the spell model first.

Then, Roland left the woods and returned to the city where the Transmutation Magic Tower was located

He wasn’t in a hurry to resume his magic studies. He would rather take a walk first.

This city had been constructed because of the Transmutation Magic Tower. There was a similar city where every Magic Tower was located. Everybody in those cities was in the service of Mages. The people here lived a better life than those near the Red Magic Tower.

After all, there were many more resources in this subtropical forest than there were in the desert where the Red Magic Tower was located.

However, the Red Magic Tower, established in a desolate and destitute place, was apparently better at combat.

While Roland was taking a walk on the street, he couldn’t prevent himself from thinking about magic.

After a while, he found that Kujira, the mentor he chose, was sitting on the lawn, or what appeared to be a small part of a lawn, on one side of the street.

The mentor was surrounded by kids. He was playing a lot of level-zero tricks, such as Hands of Magic, Magic Servant, and Illumination, while he said, “Mental power is very important to a Mage. If your mental power is high enough, you can beat an enemy even with such level-zero tricks.”

All the kids looked at him with admiration in their glowing eyes. Those kids were all locals. They were even mostly the offspring of Mages or apprentices who longed for magic adventures.

Kujira continued, “Also, spells can be changed, as soon as we use different variables.”

After he said that, he cast a dozen light balls, and they gathered together and fell on the lawn.

Very soon, the grass around the light ball withered and blackened at a high speed.

“Do you see that? With enough mental power, you can hurt the enemy with tiny light balls,” said Kujira with a smile. “So, don’t rush to study any spells yet. Meditate and improve your mental power. If you lay a solid foundation, your future studies will be very easy and efficient.”

All the kids agreed with him in excitement.