Throne of Magical Arcana

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"The Ferryman" laughed and said, "Jeros Astor, the famous playwright of Sturk, is a scholar who owns six popular operas." He didn't care about the boatman in front of him, because it was also magic. The core staff of the council in Sturk.

"Magician?" Lucien asked curiously, thinking of his apparent identity.

"The Ferryman" looked sideways at Lucien, with respect in his tone: "Yes, he is a shadow instructor."

Lucien was a little surprised: "Mentor?"

In the ancient magic empire, those who could be called mentors were at least high-level magicians.

"Of course, although I don't know Mr. Astal's specific level, he is undoubtedly a high-level magician. In fact, there are several similar gentlemen in Sturk in the council, and they all have prominent figures on the outside. It’s just that they’ve been away for a long time, returning to Sturk in turn.” The ferryman turned his head and looked at the rippling canal water in front of him, “The parliament’s strength in Sturk is beyond your imagination, but their kind The strong will definitely not take action for trivial matters."

"The stronger the power of the council in Sturk, the more secure I will be." Lucien replied humorously. Although Sturk is important, there are only a few high-level magicians sitting here, enough It proves the description of the expansion of the power of the Magic Council in Rhine's discourse.

Amidst the hustle and bustle on both sides, the sharp boat crossed the water like a sharp arrow and turned into a quiet and beautiful city in Sturk.

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The sharp boat stopped in front of a three-story villa with a large garden, and Lucien and the ferryman walked to the gate on the water-soaked stone steps that were slightly slippery.

"Mr. Tom, you're here." The guard at the gate obviously knew the ferryman, and opened the iron gate without asking any further questions.

Lucien followed the ferryman with a smile. He didn't expect that he would give himself such a common and ubiquitous name, and it always reminded him of that poor cat.

The ferryman——Tom walked through the garden and the lawn, and said indifferently: "The more common the name, the less likely it is to be noticed, and for people like us who can't walk in the light, it is very difficult for people to be noticed. Attention often means death. Well, Mr. Evans, you are also very wise to use common names, aren't you?"

"In fact, sometimes it's safer to be noticed and valued by others, such as Mr. Astaire." Lucien looked around the seemingly ordinary villa, but found no traces related to magic.

Meow, a tiger-striped cat with its tail upright passed proudly and gracefully in front of the two of them.

Suddenly it said in a hoarse voice: "Astal told you to go directly to the second floor. He is studying arcane arts and has no time to come down to meet you."

The cat spoke so suddenly that it almost startled Lucien.

Tom replied, a little timidly, "Yes, Ms. Mercedes."

Then, he introduced to Lucien: "This is Mr. Astal's familiar, er, partner, Ms. Mercedes."

"Hello, Ms. Mercedes." Lucien greeted politely.

The tiger cat snorted as an answer, and then walked into the garden next to it with unhurried steps.

When Tom and Tom walked to the entrance of the villa hall in silence, Lucien looked back idly and saw the proud tiger cat jumping around trying to catch a butterfly. Signs of using magic.

"Sometimes, humans don't enjoy happiness more than animals." Tom said softly, and then pushed open the wooden door.

Lucien turned his head and said with a smile: "But the wealth of life is not just happiness."

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Under the sunlight, the second floor is transparent and bright, but when Lucien follows Tom through the corridor, there is always a feeling that this place is covered by shadows. This feeling is inexplicable, and it seems to be caused by the "Sun Crown" worn .

When he reached a dark wooden door, Tom knocked lightly: "Mr. Astaire, we are here."

"Come in. The door is unlocked." A low, hoarse voice came from inside the door.

Carefully pushing open the door, Tom turned around and signaled Lucien to go in together.

There were many balls of paper scattered on the thick gray carpet. This was Lucien's first impression of this study room, and he was shocked to see an unattended quill on the mahogany desk on the snow-white paper. Writing quickly, dipping ink into the bouncing ink bottle next to it from time to time.

"Where's Mr. Astaire?" Lucien was first slightly shocked by the magical scene, and then he was puzzled. He looked around, but only saw bookshelves full of books of various styles, but he didn't find the shadow instructor. .

Tom next to him bent down and picked up the paper balls on the carpet and put them in the wastebasket.

Lucien, who couldn't find Astar, was moved. He bent down curiously to pick up an unkneaded paper ball like Tom, and saw the densely packed mathematical formulas and calculation process through the gaps in the paper ball.

Since casually peeping at other people's arcane research is likely to lead to dire consequences, Lucien did not unfold the ball of paper, and threw it into the wastebasket after a glance, reaffirming the fundamental role of mathematics in arcane research.

"Wait a few minutes." The deep and hoarse voice just now seemed to come from every shadowy corner of the room. However, Lucien saw silhouettes protruding from the shadow between the curtains and the desk, forming the image of a gentle and elegant black-haired man. At a glance, he thought he was a young man in his twenties, but he looked carefully. I think he's in his forties.

The black-haired man was sitting on a recliner, concentrating on a book with a black hard cover. In the faint shadows around him, there seemed to be countless shadows of quill pens writing and calculating.

Lucien and Tom didn't speak. After waiting for about ten minutes, the quill on the desk stopped and was inserted into the pen holder like an ordinary quill. The shadow of the quill completely disappeared. That person might be Asta. Er's black-haired man closed the book and turned to look at the two of them: "Welcome, my new companion on the path of arcane and magic. I am Astar."

"Hello, Mr. Astaire." When Lucien saluted, he saw clearly the cover of the book, on which two words with special meaning were formed with bright silver and white lines: "Arcane?"

Astar erected the book: "Have you seen the "Arcane" journal?"

"The gentleman who told me where the Magic Council is located once showed me an issue of the "Arcane" journal many years ago." Lucien couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, "Mr. Astaire, can you let me see it?" Is this the content on this issue of "Arcane"? Is this the latest issue of "Arcane"?"

Astar got up from the recliner, with a gentle smile: "You are studying the ancient magic system, I am afraid it will be difficult to understand the content published in the "Arcane" journal, but if you can't read the "Arcane" journal, you must I can’t understand all kinds of new magic ideas in the "Magic" journal." He pointed to another hard cover book with a hexagram on his desk, "However, you are the only one in the past ten years. A magician who asked me to read the "Arcane" journal, I am very satisfied with your eagerness to learn, so you can read it casually, but don't hope to understand it."

While talking, he handed the "Arcane" journal to Lucien, and then looked at the ferryman: "Tom, what should I call this magician?"

"He is Mr. Evans, a ring magician." Tom was always a little restrained when facing Astor.

Lucien took the "Arcane" journal and turned to the catalog page, and the expression on his face froze immediately, because the first article was: "A complex variable function capable of describing and calculating the mental force field".

"Has the Magic Council studied complex variable functions so deeply?" Some of the books in Lucien's soul library that have been unsealed have complex variable functions. However, Lucien, who was not a mathematics major or a physics major before, had a hard time learning this knowledge. In addition, he believed that the Magic Council should still be in the stage of calculus rule in the late 18th century and early 19th century, and at most it had just begun to recover. The study of variable functions, so it is not too urgent to learn, "The Magic Council has entered the stage of comprehensive development of complex variable functions? It seems that I have to hurry up and learn..."

The complex variable function is a function with a complex number as an independent variable. The research on it has produced many results, such as the calculation of the plane field, such as the Riemann surface, etc., and the curved geometric space constructed by Riemann based on the non-Euclidean theory later, It is a mathematical tool of Einstein's general theory of relativity, which is used to explain the relationship among gravity, time and space.

Seeing Lucien's frozen expression, Astaire laughed and said, "It's normal not to understand. Ever since Lord Arcanist Brook discovered the relationship between electricity and magnetism and proposed the concept of electromagnetic field, many people in the council have started Research on various 'fields', such as when we cast magic and sense the surroundings, the mental power does not appear in the form of a single line, but a mental force field. However, we want to accurately calculate the strength of each point of the mental force field, etc. , we lack mathematical tools, so complex variable functions appear.”

"This is different from the appearance of complex variable functions on the earth. The needs determine the mathematical results." Lucien thought thoughtfully.

Astaire continued: "The shadow field I'm researching needs complex changes. Well, discussing this latest arcane knowledge with you will make you dizzy. In short, when you arrive in Allinge, Evans, the council will give Your current basic books on arcane and magic will allow you to transform from an ancient magician in two to three years. Of course, this requires your own efforts. I have seen many middle-level magicians who study ancient magic always resist the present The arcane and magic, the result was not transformed until old age and death."

"The council will give me basic books for free?" Because of the matter of Pale Hand, Lucien was particularly concerned about similar matters, fearing that there would be some undeniable request.

"There are a few small requirements, but you will not be asked to do dangerous things. The council has always held the view that it is best for magicians below the intermediate level to study and research with peace of mind. Your growth is the best reward for the council." Ah Starr replied kindly, "Tom, take Evans to the room on the third floor of the villa."

After he gave Tom an order, he looked at Lucien again: "On the third floor, there are more than a dozen magic apprentices who passed the examination and were sent to me in the name of studying drama. They either have good mental strength, or have a good talent for arcane arts. At that time, I will go to the Kingdom of Holm with you. Hehe, if you are not afraid of losing face, you can follow them to learn the basics of arcane arts now."

Saying goodbye to Astar, Lucien and Tom headed to the third floor.