48 Magic Application (1/2)
The argument about whether magic can exist dies the moment Alex demonstrates the magic.
He takes a small paintbrush and paints a strange symbol onto the front of a bullet. This same bullet is then loaded very carefully into a handgun before firing at the ground in front of him.
The gunshot forces everyone to pull out their personal firearm, but what remains of the ground makes them all speechless.
The moment the bullet impacts the earth, a chunk of the ground is vaporized. A semi-spherical hole is what remained.
There is no sound or explosion.
The ground is simply gone – annihilated.
I slow down my perception of time to see exactly what had happened.
When the front of the bullet pressed against the hard dirt, the symbol glows brightly. Powerful energy radiates from the symbol, forming a black sphere. The sphere shaves away the ground and vanishes.
All of this happens within a fraction of a microsecond. To the outside observer, the earth just vanishes shortly after the gunshot.
”Please demonstrate it again, Mr. Mercer. This time, someone please record the action so our esteem scientists can explain to us why magic couldn't possibly exists.”
I am open-minded despite being somewhat of a scientist myself. There are still many things out there in the universe that science cannot explained yet.
Although science will have a plausible explanation for them eventually, I still want to believe that God works in mysterious way.
Oh, I am not religious. I am not an atheist either.
I just believe there is a higher being. That being is to blame for everything shitty happens in my life.
The being is probably the one who has granted me my power, so it balances out.
Hydra scientists are speechless after viewing the recorded video at a slowest playback speed.
Within a fraction of a second, a black hole is magically formed and dissipated. It absorbs the mass from the ground, crushing the dirt and grass into a singularity before fading away.
”Where did the energy go?”
One of the scientists asks, referring to Einstein theory of mass-energy equivalence.
The man theorises that mass must have been converted into energy by the black hole. This energy will be released since energy cannot be created or destroyed – only is transformed.
While the Hydra scientists are debating and exchanging their theories, the military side of Hydra sees things more practically.
”If this is just an application of magic aiding their technology, I assumes that their technology is not at the level that we have given them credit for.”
Thomas points out.
He also makes a comment about how primitive the submachine looks. The evolution of gun design has make the model obsolete even by 1990s standard.
Its bullet capacity as well as rate of fire cannot compare to the 21st century firearms let alone the 25th century – this is the current level of Hydra technology.
I agree with his assessment as I scrutinize the glowing blue liquid in a vial.
The discovery of magic regardless of how unfathomable that might have sounded has allowed Nazi Germany to bypass some of the technical aspects in their scientific progress.
Their seemingly endless supply of nuclear weapons is also likely have something to do with the utilization of magic.
If magic can create black hole effortless, splitting the atoms shouldn't be too difficult.
As long as they have the technical knowledge and the right theory, they just needed to make it work somehow.
There is probably a spell symbol or some sort of rune that when activated tells the uranium atoms to split and release all the thermal nuclear energy and radiation.
Is it that simple though?
Say fire and there shall be fire. Sound magically – it is magic.
I suppose that this is the advent of Magic Tech – Magitech?
Let's go with that for now.
”It appears that there is a sufficient reason to go ahead with the operation, Supreme Commander. Whatever this substance is, we should utilize it for ourselves. It will helps us in our goal of securing our place in the universe.”
I look at the man and simply smile.