For the vast majority of people in this world, "what is magic power" is not a question at all. They think the answer is obvious, and it is not worth pursuing further: magic power is magic power, one of the ubiquitous energies in this world, is The most precious wealth bestowed by the gods on human beings is also the standard by which people can be divided into three, six, and nine classes.
Some priests will tell you that magic power is the authority that spread in the world after the fall of the gods. It is the aftermath of the war of the gods recorded in the "Eternal Slate". The body burns in mid-air, the flame and smoke are the original magic power, and the residue left after burning is the original monster; some scholars among mages will say that magic power is a bridge between the elemental world and the real world. "Super matter" can be perceived and used but invisible. It comes from the turbulence of the ether sea, and it will show irregular fluctuations with the relative distance between the real world and the elemental world, which is the phenomenon of magic power upwelling...
However, Gao Wen could not accept either of these two statements. He came from a modern world that advocates science and reason, and advocates the clear interpretation of all mysteries. Data quantification, interpretation with model norms.
It may not be possible to do this in the field involving gods, but since magicians can use specific methods to use magic power, and even use formulas to simplify the process of casting spells, then magic power can definitely be analyzed in this way.
According to the current information, magic power is indeed "everywhere", and every corner of the whole world is full of this invisible power, and there are mainly two ways for people in this world to use magic power, one is direct casting , mages use spiritual power to construct spell models, and then let the spell models mobilize the magic power already in the atmosphere to form spell effects; the other is to use facilities like charging magic circles or magic wells to first extract magic power , and then use the magic power in the spell ritual.
Either way, magic is "drawn" from nature, not created out of thin air by humans.
So Gawain once thought that the magic power might really be a special kind of "substance", or something with matter as the carrier, but the instantaneous magic power produced by Rebecca's "rune trigger" at the moment it was connected He had a different idea.
This is very similar to a phenomenon that would occur in a certain energy field, he boldly assumed.
What if magic power is a kind of "energy field", and the various operating effects of magic power can be regarded as a special kind of fluctuation? The rune trigger is like an incomplete circuit in the energy field. When it is connected, the circuit becomes complete, so a part of the energy field enters the circuit, and during this process, the flow of energy A "magic power fluctuation" that can be observed is produced, but because the circuit of the rune trigger is closed, this process cannot continue, so the magic power is instantaneous...
In this way, although the original source of magic power is still nature, the instantaneous magic power in the rune trigger is "created" by human factors, and there is no process of "absorbing", which is why the rune trigger is obviously not collected And the charging structure, but produced a small amount of magic power.
Gao Wen frowned, and casually took a black stone used as a paperweight from the side, wiped it with his fingers vigorously, and the power of a professional easily drew a curved line like a vortex on it, and then he pressed down firmly in the middle of the line A dot, forming the elemental symbol of the air system: breeze.
A slight air current appeared around the black stone, and this cheap magic material, which was only a little more expensive than quartz sand, began to work. Gawain felt his wrists being gently blown by the cool wind.
He wiped it casually, the rune was destroyed, and the breeze stopped immediately.
This is the most incredible place in this world. Just such a simple symbol, carved on a specific material, can produce such an obvious effect... Why
If you really use the "energy field theory" that you just put forward to explain it, it seems to be able to explain it: the magic power has already been filled, and it is constantly interacting with these natural magic materials. It is calm and has no special effects, but as specific lines are carved on the surface of these materials, the balance between the "energy field" and the "action substance" changes, and the frequency of magic fluctuations changes accordingly, and the phenomenon occurs accordingly.
But if the energy field theory is true, there is no way to explain the principles of various energy storage crystals: how do they store magic power? If the essence of magic power is just a "field" that wraps the planet, and magic is just a "wave" of a specific frequency, then what form is the magic power stored in the energy storage crystal
Gao Wen's thoughts diverged, and he suddenly remembered the history of the origin of magic. Apart from the "divine teaching of all laws" or "the theory of the origin of magic in dragon language" preached by those magic sticks, in fact, there is another kind of magic in the academic world. According to this theory, the original magic of human beings is actually derived from the imitation of certain monsters: those monsters have special cuticles or exoskeleton structures, and there are natural magic lines (runes) on these structures, It is precisely because of the incredible coincidence in the process of biological evolution that the animals whose bodies have evolved such structures have some magical abilities, thus becoming monsters. Humans in the primitive era carved the runes on various stone tools by imitating the runes on these monsters, thus the earliest magic appeared.
And mastering the spiritual power, transforming the physical rune into the spell model in the spiritual world, that is the next thing.
This legend is one that Gao Wen likes very much. Although there are many parts that are taken for granted, it abandons the unreasonable explanations such as gods and dragons, and instead tries to explore the origin of magic in a logical form. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, it seems that many magicians don't like this theory, and theologians even less like it. The bigwigs are very dissatisfied.
A burst of fresh earth and grass smell suddenly came from the side, waking Gao Wen up from the state of divergent thinking. Gawain knew who was coming without turning his head, and patted to the side casually: "Don't move me!" , This thing on the whole table is worth some money."
A hand that was emerging from the air was firmly slapped by Gao Wen, and he retracted it all at once, and then Amber jumped out of the shadow state: "Oh, it hurts... Are you still human?" ! How can the induction be so good?!"
Gao Wen rolled his eyes angrily: "At any rate, I was also a legend back then, even if I am relegated now, I am more reliable than you, a guy with limited combat power than a goose, okay? And you have been thinking about my silver seal for several days Think I don't know? You've been thinking about it since the day the artisans carved it."
Amber smiled mischievously: "I just have some bold ideas, but haven't put them into practice..."
"You practiced it twelve times, but I beat you back every time, okay?" Gawain glared at the unscrupulous half-elf, "Tell me, what do you want me to do? It's still more than one meal away. Hours, you must have something to do when you come back before dinner."
Amber suddenly puffed up her cheeks: "Could it be that in your mind, I only eat?!"
"Nonsense, I use you as a clock for three meals now. Seeing you is equivalent to seeing the meal soon," Gao Wen said sadly, "By the way, what's the matter with you?"
"Hey, the old man is really boring... Well, I just want to tell you something, I wanted to tell you two days ago, but I forgot that I found it much easier to enter the shadow world recently than before."
Gao Wen originally thought that the half-elf was just out fishing for too long and bored, and came to amuse him, but he didn't expect that this guy was really serious when he opened his mouth, and he was stunned.
Amber became a little dissatisfied: "Hey, I was a little bit reactive. I reported the situation to you very seriously. What do you mean by being stunned?"
Gao Wen coughed twice, quickly suppressed the look of "I just didn't expect you to be able to do something serious", and turned to look at the other party with a serious face: "I remember the first time you took me into the Shadow Realm When I said it, you are also 'the first time you have entered such a deep place'... "
"Actually, I lied a little at the time... I was afraid that it would shock the world, so I was humble," Amber stuck out her tongue, "In fact, I have completely entered the Shadow Realm more than once, but to be honest, it was really difficult to enter the Shadow Realm before. It's not that easy, it needs a long time of meditation, or you have to resort to rituals and incense, and at worst, you have to fill up half a bottle of shadow potion to get in... "
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: Bored? ! Did you drank to death
While being amazed, he also realized one thing: What Amber said should be true, so does that mean that the barrier between the Shadow Realm and the real world is becoming weak
To be honest, it is a bit unreliable to make such a conjecture at the level of world rules based on the one-sided words of a half-elf who has no integrity at all. Under normal circumstances, at least half a teacher must be organized for this kind of thing. It took a year and a half for experts and scholars to come to a conclusion, but then again... Gao Wen doubted that even if he organized half a division of experts and scholars, they would not be as effective as Amber's unreasonable talent.
It's as if you find 10,000 psychologists to study why your wife is angry, it's better to take a look at her shopping cart: it's here that you specialize in art...
So he nodded solemnly: "You mean that the shadow realm is gradually 'closer' to the real world? Apart from your sense of this, do you think those scholars who study the shadow realm will find it?"
"To be honest, I think this kind of 'approach' should still be at a fairly early stage. Probably only me can perceive it accurately, and those scholars... Well, they are not all idiots, so those true masters They should also be able to sense some clues, but they probably can't see the changes as intuitively as I do."
Gao Wen frowned. He didn't know whether Amber's report was good or bad, because no one had ever measured the "distance" or "gap" between the Shadow Realm and the real world in history, and no one had ever measured it. Knowing how this moat has changed, it is even possible that the Shadow Realm has been close to the real world more than once in history, but no one can perceive it, and this process will not produce any consequences.
He rubbed between his brows and looked at Amber: "What do you think will happen if the Shadow Realm and the real world come into contact?"
"I don't know... but it's probably not a good thing," Amber rolled her eyes. "Anyway, most of the shadow spells are destructive. Shadow itself is a very negative force. Normal people are definitely not suitable to touch it."
Gao Wen sighed: "Well, if you say it, you don't say it. Why did you come to me to talk about this? I am not a scholar, nor a wizard or mage who specializes in shadow magic, and I guess even with Gawain Se In the name of Syl, write a letter to those scholars of the Arcane Society, and they will not take it too seriously... "
"Then I don't care about it," Amber curled her lips. "I just want to talk to someone. I'll be much happier after talking to you. As for what you do after that, it's up to you."
Gao Wen's forehead suddenly popped with veins.
But just when he was hesitating whether to beat up the guy in front of him, a sudden explosion startled the two people in the tent.
"boom!"
Amber got under the table on the spot: "Wow! What's going on, what's going on!?"
Gao Wen ignored this cowardly guy, but strode out of the tent and looked in the direction of the sound.
He saw many alarmed soldiers running towards the southeast corner of the camp, which was in the direction of Hetty's magic laboratory!
Oh my god, art blows up Rebecca's action is really super powerful.
Gao Wen immediately ran over there.
Although there is the magic laboratory's own protective circle and Hetty's protective magic over there, and Gawain has also told Hetty to pay attention to the safety of the experiment before, there should be no accidents, but listening to the sound of the explosion , The precision instruments in the laboratory may not be able to save much.
We have to go to the rescue before Rebecca is hanged and beaten by Hetty...
(Omg, I actually updated another chapter!)