41 Chapter 41- Laws of the Universe (2/2)
Dubs held up his hands, and an orb of water formed that had a radius of about 1 foot. Slowly the water contracted, and the radius decreased to the point where it was only about a couple millimeters.
”You all clearly can see that this is a water spell, right!?”, Dubs asked, his eyes bloodshot.
The dwarves all nodded after taking a look, and after inspecting the orb, Drocai agreed.
”Yes, its a water spell. You won't be able to set that sulfur on fire though...” Drodus stated.
”If magic was dominated by some unknown forces or randomized principles...”, Dubs began to rant.
”Then it would be impossible for humans to master... but magic is not something of that nature... magic is nothing more than an expansion of science!! The laws of the universe are what govern the principles behind the magic I can perform... which means that magic can be enhanced, if one can figure out these governing laws!!”
Drocai shivered with worry, but continued telling himself that Dubs was bluffing.
”This guy is nuts... he things that magic and science are one and the same? Absurd! He will certainly fail!”
”And that also means... that if there are scientific laws that govern magic... that the other scientific laws of the universe will also apply to magic... particularly the law of friction.”
”...”
The dwarves began to whisper again among themselves.
”He is going to try to use friction to light the sulfur on fire!?”
”Its a sphere of water! How could it possibly produce enough friction to overcome the effect of dowsing the sulfur with water? The sphere would have to be rotating at an incredibly high speed!”
Dubs guided the small sphere over to the cart of sulfur. ”Stand back if you don't want any burn marks”, he exclaimed.
The sphere of water grazed the sulfur and immediately an explosion occurred. The radius of the explosion was enormous, and a ball of flame the size of a large building engulfed the terrain.
The sphere of fire expanded in all directions, except for one.
The direction that Dubs was standing.
The dwarves and knights were all standing behind Dubs, and an arc of the explosion had been completely blocked and nullified, and the dwarves and knights were all left completely unharmed.
Dubs stood, with his arms spread, and began to laugh hysterically.
”AHAHA!!! What a thrill!! How did that feel, Alt!? Did I get you good over there!?”, Dubs shouted.
Alt, who was on the mountaintop, had been slightly singed by the fire, as he was on the outer radius.
”HAHA!! So you manipulated the radius of your water spell so that the explosion would reach exactly the distance I was standing at!! Interesting! I didn't think you had the intuition in you to make a decision so precise!!”, Alt replied.
Drocar, the leader of the dwarf clan, and Arctus, rushed over to Dubs.
”My Lord, are you alright!? Surely you cannot be unscarred after defending us all from such a violent explosion!?”, Arctus exclaimed.
”I am terribly sorry for the rudeness of my son! To think you would go through such an ordeal to prove your strength to him! I beg of you, if you wish to punish him take it out on me!”
The others began to talk among themselves.
”Who is this man? He can create such a violent explosion and even survive and protect others from it!”
”I do not wish to punish anyone who keeps their word. As long as your son follows his promise and becomes a member of my coming empire, I do not intend to demean him.”, Dubs told Drocar with a kind voice.
Drocar kneeled and thanked Dubs. ”You are truly a kind leader, Lord Dubs! I will serve you to the end of my days!”
Drocai fell down, defeated.
”I have lost. Do with me as you will, Lord Dubs.”, he stated, drearily, with blank eyes.
Dubs looked down at himself, and gave a sigh.
”It looks like even I couldn't get out of this one completely unscathed...”, he proclaimed.
Turning around, Dubs revealed that his shirt and pants had been torn and singed, but his body remained perfectly intact.
”It looks like I wasn't able to stop the explosion from ruining my clothes!”