During breakfast, Zach was sitting behind his desk with information about the Grand Funeral Home on the West Side. Life is quite interesting. Just yesterday Zach told Derek that he didn’t know much about Grande in the West Side and had no experience. When they came to Grande, the two old men were already living alone in the South Side, waiting to die. life.
Now, Zach is tinkering with West Grande's personnel files.
Old Hank's evaluation of Hardy seems to be quite correct. This 'missing' Woody must be capable but not capable, and hardworking but not diligent. It is also through the relationship between Hardy and Old Grand that he got a doorman. Something like working as a janitor and then working in a funeral home as a mixed wage.
Zach was helpless. The Grande in the West District was similar to the Grande in the South District. Moreover, the people in the West District were much more respectable than the people in the South District. He didn't know what the meaning of this doorman was.
Benjamin walked into the office carrying a dinner plate, sat down at his desk without saying a word, and chewed the food in his mouth silently.
Zach raised his eyes, glanced at Alpha, and curled his lips, "What?"
Benjamin didn't look at Zach, and spoke without emotion, "I was wondering, what kind of magic..." Alpha's fork shook, "Or the illusion you said can fool our entire wolf pack."
Alpha used 'fool', and although his tone was calm, it was obvious that he cared about the truth he had inadvertently obtained!
Zach shook his head and smiled, "Don't think about it, Benjamin." Zach waved his hand, "I said that was Rimmer's exclusive trick. No one knows how they did it. Even I can't answer it. Your questions."
Alpha tugged at the corner of his mouth in displeasure, not wanting to give up. He had an unpleasant dream last night - a group of werewolves were running in the woods, and several pale, ugly humanoid things stood on the high ground in the woods, looking down and watching their futile efforts. Hunting.
Considering that Alpha is currently undergoing a magical 'secondary development'. I think this can be compared to a teenager dreaming of being stripped naked and thrown into the crowd...
"What kind of potion is it? You said that Rimmer didn't give up his soul, and he still acted like a wizard."
Zach looked at Benjamin and realized that Alpha was not going to let him go easily, so he closed the document in his hand. After thinking for a while, "Is it like a wizard? I don't think so." Zach shook his head, "But I think it's something similar. After all, they are magicians."
"Magician." Benjamin glanced at Zach, "Just like James."
Alpha is talking about James in the dungeon game on Wednesday game night, the storm mage who sells teammates at will with dice and a bag of magic dust.
Zach couldn't help but laugh, even though it was a very jumping association. Just like Zach finds prototypes in his own characters. But you can't blame Alpha for guessing like this. The magician has disappeared for a long time. No, his name has been changed for a long time.
"No, Benjamin." Zach smiled and waved his hand, "It's not something that exists only for attack points. Magicians refer to scientists in ancient times."
Have you ever heard of the saying that magic is just undiscovered science? This is what Zach meant when he said, "It was just a few centuries ago. There was no science, just people who studied current chemistry, physics, biology... subjects that humans at that time could not understand."
"Occasionally. These people will show their skills in front of people, turning stones into metal, making rabbits grow mouse tails, making potions that can make people forget time, trapping people in frog bodies..." Zach Raising his eyebrows, he revealed his age and started talking about something that happened at an unknown time, "Then they got a title, Alchemist."
"I studied history." Benjamin glanced at Zach, "Tell me something I don't know."
Zack smiled and raised his finger. "The disciplines that were once mixed together have been differentiated by human civilization. Now, there are chemistry, physics, geography, astronomy, biology... Think about what is missing?"
Benjamin fiddled with the things on the plate and understood, "Soul."
Zach nodded. "This is the magician, the only 'scientist' who has not given up on this in the process of civilization and has not been able to become a subject until now."
"So they are wizards under the faith of the Holy Lord. Is that what you mean?" Benjamin concluded.
Zach tugged at the corner of his mouth, "I don't think Rimmer would be happy to be classified under the Holy Lord Faith. They are just interested in the ability of immortality and guys who accidentally become half vampires and half humans. I don't think they If they have faith, the only thing they believe in is their own knowledge.”
Benjamin shook his head, "Even though you said that, they still became colonists of the Holy Lord's faith and came here."
Zach also shook his head, refuting Alpha's conclusion, "Morrell will come because there is similar 'science' on this continent - witchcraft, whether it is the use of matter (potion making) or the use of soul power. Exploit (spell). They come with the plunder of knowledge in mind."
"plunder?"
Zach nodded and smiled, "The plunder failed because we lost."
In the colonial war, the alien races related to faith lost, but ordinary humans won. The mutually involved interests contributed to the birth of the final federation.
Benjamin shook his head, "So the plundering turned into learning from the Indians, and Morel joined the secret alliance that advocated federal independence and peace."
Zach nodded, it's that simple. The 'scientist' who only believes in knowledge changes his position at will for the sake of knowledge. I wasn't kidding when I said Rimmer was an outlier among vampires.
"I guess Toledo and Rimmel have nothing to do with each other in hiding the alliance." Benjamin glanced at Zach and teased.
"Unfortunately, you are right." Zach did not deny it. "They never attend alliance gatherings and rarely show up. Unless they use research as a reason to ask for our blood, most of the time they will not talk to anyone."
"It's useless to ask you." Benjamin twitched the corner of his mouth, "I might as well ask Sibella." He stood up with the plate and was about to leave.
Zach pursed his lips and smiled bitterly, "I don't think Sibella would know anything. It's an illusion, just a little trick based on the Eye of Charm. Your wolf pack once had wizards, right? They had Did you mention something similar?"
Benjamin frowned. It was indeed not true. In fact, the only time he encountered Rimmel, he was not Alpha. There were also wizards in the wolf pack. They still walked around for three days without realizing it, hunting for something that did not exist. .
"Don't worry about it." Zach waved his hand, "Remel's little trick is not worth the trouble. It is just a means of escape created by them to make up for their lack of combat effectiveness. They will use illusions to show that your wolf pack is powerful enough for them. No ability to fight, you should take that as a compliment.”
Benjamin clicked his tongue, thinking that he was the only one left in the once powerful wolf pack, so he took the plate and left without bothering to discuss it any more. (..)