Graycastle, Neverwinter.
Two days later, Wendy walked into Roland's office with the test records of the two new witches.
"I have to say, Your Majesty, their abilities are... very complicated," she handed over the report, "This is the first time I have seen so many variables in one ability. This is only a part of it, if you want to fully explore it If so, you may have to wait a few more days."
"Oh?" Roland put down his work with great interest, and quickly read the report, "Since that's the case, Taquila should be very interested, right?"
Wendy nodded, "They asked Phyllis to be tested by the Chosen One right away, but unfortunately the light beams of both of them are not obvious, which is too far from the requirements of the "key" of the scourge instrument. "
Hearing this news, Roland felt relieved. He has just made a plan for electrifying the city, and all the magic cores are also transforming into the Mystery Moon Instrument. Now if a Chosen One suddenly appears, Celine will definitely be full of resentment. For years, squatting in front of the core every day will not be a pleasant experience.
Listening to the gossip about honey, these high-ranking Taquila witches seem to be obsessed with "basking in the sun" recently, not the kind of sunbathing lying on their backs in the midday sun, but crawling out of the cave at night and lying down until sunrise. until the hour. Since the strong light will cause damage to the carrier, they should not like going out. Although Roland doesn't quite understand why Pasha and others are doing this, at least one thing can be seen, their mentality is quite relaxed recently.
This is undoubtedly a good sign.
Roland quickly turned the notebook to the end.
Dailan's ability mainly acts on emotions and must be swallowed to take effect. Like most enchanted witches, her abilities are time-limited, depending on the size of the object and the mana invested.
The test results show that the "magic medicine" can interfere with emotions far beyond joy and pain, sleepiness, exhaustion, anxiety, fear... As long as it is a feeling that humans can experience, it can affect it more or less. When the effects of the drug are over, these accumulated emotions burst out all at once.
Roland can probably understand why the potion's effect is extremely complex, but the light beam is ordinary. In a sense, it is equivalent to a nerve blocker, temporarily delaying the time for the conduction of nerves and hormones to produce effects. a little. Some drugs in later generations can also do this, but they have great side effects and are prone to dependence.
Of course, the simplicity of the beam of light does not measure the value of an ability. If Dailan's "magic medicine" is sold in another world, its efficacy and profit prospects will definitely make all pharmaceutical giants jealous.
Various mental illnesses are far more complex and more difficult to cure than the visible internal and external injuries at the mechanism level. Although it does not eliminate symptoms, it can be precisely delayed, and with proper control, the impact of the disease can be minimized. Negative states such as anxiety and exhaustion mainly hinder people's daily life. If the attack is delayed until after falling asleep, it can be "stably digested" unconsciously. Once people are no longer troubled by distractions and insomnia, the body will heal itself a lot faster.
And even for serious, life-threatening injuries, the effect of potions cannot be underestimated. People often lose their will in the face of severe pain, and it is difficult to make effective emergency measures, so that the golden time for rescue is missed. If you can give first aid to yourself as soon as possible, or persist until the arrival of the medical staff, your survival rate will be much higher. After that, the rescuers only need to prepare for the severe pain shock, and then they can help the injured to get through the most difficult stage in the initial stage.
In addition, there is more than one witch who has the ability to deal with pain. Roland remembers that his sister mentioned that there is a witch named Della on Sleeping Island, who can eliminate pain. There are also heroes of the Witch League, who can transfer non-traumatic symptoms to other living creatures. Although it is not clear whether it can transfer negative mental symptoms, it is worth a try.
The key point is that without Dailan's potion, their effects would be difficult to exert effectively. Soldiers on the battlefield may be severely injured at any time, but witches are incapable of being cloned. In fact, many of the First Army's victims lost consciousness after being injured and were not able to receive immediate treatment, and eventually died on the way to the hospital.
Now, this situation may be greatly improved.
According to Wendy's test results, Dailan can only roughly control the direction of influence of magic drugs, such as negative or positive, but cannot be specific to a specific emotion.
This is also what most newcomers lack the ability to learn to understand and precisely control themselves. However, with the teachings of Wendy and Agatha, Roland didn't have to worry about this. When Dailan can make the potion work specifically for a certain emotion, its last flaw will disappear.
Through the report, he has already seen the rise of a giant in the pharmaceutical industry. The market share of this industry will undoubtedly be larger than that of Chaos Drinks.
As for the other...
Roland rubbed the table in the last appendix of the record book, feeling very emotional.
"Your Majesty, this is..." Nightingale also clearly noticed the many color divisions on the form. She raised her head to look at Wendy, "Are you sure about the content above?"
"It can only be said that this is the case. After all, in a short period of time, we lack enough samples for comparison." Wendy replied, "The only thing that is certain now is that the numbers are not only decreasing or increasing."
To put it simply, the strange numbers seen by Momo can be considered as the natural duration of the "current stage" of life, and the colors represent different decay trends. In the report, Wendy recorded in detail the results of her and Momo's observation of the entire Neverwinter City. The color of the residents in the residential area was obviously lighter than that of the refugees in the temporary residential area.
She concluded that unhealthy factors such as hunger, disease, defects, etc. can cause color changes, and the number of people with darker colors is generally lower. Among them, she also mentioned an example. After drinking purified water, the number on the top of the head of a wolf-heart migrator increased from a dark brown five to a seven.
If this ability is accurate, it can be considered that the migrant himself suffers from some kind of infectious disease. According to the state of this stage, he has only five years of natural lifespan left. But after treatment with purified water, the stage status was broken and the ability reassessed the duration.
Although Wendy has no way of knowing the specific meaning of each color, in general, it can be regarded as an unhealthy state.
"Your Majesty..." Nightingale had a worried look on her face.
"Better than expected, isn't it?" Roland reassured, "At least it can go back up as long as the method is right."
Wendy opened her mouth and seemed to want to say something, but she finally held back.
He turned his attention back to the report, and from the area of color distribution, Neverwinter could almost be called distinct. The North Slope mining area had the lowest average number, followed by the refugee residences, while the Witch Building and Sleeping Charm were ten to twenty points higher than the whole, which also confirmed the unique advantages of the Magic Awakened in terms of physical conditions.