Chapter 28: Element (2)

If Ophelia didn’t see the gaze cast by everyone, she would have let go of her worry. For one year, three magics, no matter how you say it, this standard is not high, even if she has studied elemental magic. The speed is not fast, and there is no worry of being removed.
　　 In fact, this is only the minimum standard, and very few apprentices in the past have been removed for this reason. The real reason for the decrease in the number of apprentices is the pressure of multiple course assessments.
　　Mage Black talked eloquently: "The elements are all-encompassing. Your naked eyes, the perception of the mage, the touch of mental power, and all the phenomena that exist in the plane and outside the plane discovered through these methods are all elements."
　　 "Fire." Mage Black spread out his palm, and a cluster of flames burned above his palm.
　　 "Water." The flame disappeared, replaced by a ball of water.
　　 "Ice." The water ball solidified and turned into a piece of ice.
　　 "Earth, light, darkness..." Mage Black showed them one by one, and everyone looked mesmerized, immersed in the magic of magic.
　　 "And, wind." With a wave of the mage's hand, everyone felt a faint wind whirling past their ears.
　　 "These are all element phenomena that you can see directly with your naked eyes, and elemental magic is the magic that applies them."
Master Black went on to say: "In the age of ancient wizards, ancient wizards used very crude methods to turn phenomena into magic through day-to-day observations. This method was inefficient, because even if they understood magic from it, they still I don’t understand the principle, which also caused the inheritance of magic in that era to be extremely difficult. A kind of magic is often immutable and unstable, and the magic of the wizard may even be in danger of backlashing itself."
　　Everyone listened attentively to the words of Mage Black. Before they entered the path of the mage, everyone's intuitive experience of the mage and magical magic came from elemental magic. The great power of manipulating nature was their original source of worship.
　　 The optical projection behind Master Black lit up, and three familiar runes appeared in the projection.
　　 "Fireball, everyone should be familiar with it."
　　 Everyone nodded, especially the apprentices from the deserted island. The reason they were able to reach the academy alive was because of the power of fireball.
　　 "This is the first magic mastered by a mage. When the mage plane was in ancient times, human beings were slaughtered by various beasts. When they were on the verge of extinction, it was precisely because of the creation of fireball that they could barely multiply."
　　Fire is the source of civilization. This seems to be the same no matter in which world it is, the same is true on earth. It is because of the application of fire that weak individuals like humans can escape from barbarism. Adam thought.
"The fireball technique at that time was different from now. You should know that as long as you master these three runes proficiently, then the fireball technique you used will be successful and stable, but in ancient times, the use of magic by wizards was dangerous. A lot."
Mage Black paused and held his hand in the air. Afterwards, a simple, nearly one-person-high staff appeared in his hand. Mage Black took out a fire energy stone and placed it on the top of the staff. They said,
　　 "The original wizards relied on energy stones and magic wands to cast spells. They used their voices to concuss their mental power, and used their mental power to excite the low-level energy stored in the energy stones, using magic in this way."
　　 Mage Black signaled the apprentices to pay attention, and then opened his mouth to say a few simple syllables, then waved the staff, the energy stone was lit, and a burning and unstable fireball appeared at the tip of the staff.
　　 Adam noticed that although those syllables sounded simple and meaningless, they were able to extract energy from the ore because of the change in pitch and resonance with the spiritual power.
　　 The spellcasting of the ancient mage seems to have nothing to do with ether and magic.
Mage Black put away the staff and held up the unstable fireball with one hand: "This is probably the original fireball technique, because the age is too old to be verified, and modern wizards can't fully restore it. You can. Seeing its state, it is unstable, and it may be broken at any time. This kind of magic may even dissipate before it hits the enemy."
　　 A target was raised in front of Mage Black. He waved his hand and threw the fireball onto the target. The target remained motionless, and then a numerical value-0.25 was displayed on it.
　　 Mage Black spread out his hands and said, "The power is very low. This kind of magic is incapable of killing even an ordinary person."
　　 Adam looked at the target and guessed that it was an alchemy product similar to the principle of a crystal ball. This data-based approach is undoubtedly advanced and intuitive. The precise value can accurately show the data, out of possibility, probably, this vague description.
　　 Adam was still thinking about this, and he heard Master Black say: "Next, is the improved fireball technique."
　　 This time without any spell casting action, an orange fireball appeared out of thin air and hovered firmly in front of Mage Black.
　　 "I only mobilized the mental power of the apprentice stage, this fireball is no different from what you used, pay attention."
With a bang, the fireball hit the rake and exploded, this time the value displayed was 1.
　　 "Modern magic supported by knowledge and constructed from runes has the lowest power of one. The same low-level magic has four times the power of ancient magic."
　　 "This is the power of knowledge." Mage Black concluded.
Most people didn’t know the meaning of the word
knowledge
that has been stalked by the wizard before, and they don’t understand it now, but this does not affect their vision of knowledge from now on. It turns out that the wizard is not mysterious or strange. As long as they have'knowledge', they can do the same thing.
"The essence of fireball is combustion, and the source of its power is temperature. It is an exothermic reaction produced by the action of combustibles and combustion agents. In fireball and most fire magic, combustibles are ether, and combustion agents are magic. The magic power mobilizes the ether to release magic."
Adam felt that Mage Black did not fully explain the principle of fireball, at least he did not introduce the mysterious and great substance of ether. According to the theory on earth, combustion is an exothermic reaction of combustibles and oxidants. In the world of wizards , Ether obviously replaced these two conditions.
　　 So, instead of saying that the power of the teacher comes from knowledge, it is from the ether?
Adam listened to Master Black’s narration while recording them in a way he could understand. Obviously, there is no essential difference in the basic physical quantities in the world of this plane form. The biggest reason is that this kind of world has extraordinary The cause of power is the mysterious ether.
"No, we have to add spiritual power. In other words, in addition to the four basic powers that do not yet know how they exist, there are also the fifth basic power spiritual power and the sixth basic power ether. The six powers together build high Demon world."
　　Mage Black did not show other magic and teach other knowledge. He is still introducing based on fireball. The ether is constantly mentioned by him, and Adam has determined the importance of ether.
　　 "So, can it be said that everything in this world is created and integrated by the ether? The mages are only exploring the ether through knowledge?"
　　 Adam knew that his current shallow understanding of the world was not enough to study this problem of reaching the essence of the world. He didn't even know whether the problem itself had practical significance, but he could completely determine one thing now.
That is, the value of the broken knowledge obtained from the
virus
has been reduced again. Because of the existence of the ether, the magical science and earth science unique to this world have taken different paths from the beginning. Can those knowledge in this world The establishment is uncertain, maybe there is only a little reference significance?
At the end of the course, Mage Black released three sets of three runes, namely the water curtain of the water system, the defensive magic, the wind blade of the wind system, the magic that William used to inspire with magic items on the ship, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com earth thorn, attack magic.
"The elementary knowledge in the free phase of the first year will not teach you advanced content. Your task in this year is to learn the three elemental magics. You can also choose to pay for the runes of the other low-level elemental magics in the library. Group, but three are the minimum requirements."
　　 "In the next course, you can consult me ​​about the problems encountered when constructing the rune. Of course, don't delay my time with stupid questions. I bet you will not want to bear the consequences."
　　Mage Black left the classroom after speaking. This time the apprentices' enthusiasm was even higher. Unlike the meditation in the morning, seeing the power of magic directly makes them more excited, especially when they have the opportunity to master this power.
This kind of simple magic seemed to be no difficulty in Adam's view. He found the commonality among the rune groups, including fireball. One of them is similar or even the same, and that is the one that guides the magic. .
　　 "Sure enough, ether is the source of magic."
In the next week, the apprentices listened to all the free courses. Every tutor had their requirements. All the unsuccessful results were retired. Although it is not difficult, it is still for some unsmart apprentices. It is a huge test.
For Adam, there is no difficulty, but he discovered the meaning of the first year of learning. This method is similar to the preparatory class on earth. It is used to select good seedlings from the spiritually qualified apprentices who are suitable for the practice of the mage. , And then return the defective product.
　　 Because of the pressure, the apprentices became nervous, and the learning atmosphere was unprecedentedly high. With everyone studying, Adam became an outlier again, and the apprentices thought that he had abandoned himself.