Throne of Magical Arcana

The evaluation result of another reviewer in the field of illusion, Zeny, is much more concise: "This paper confirms the existence of self-generated electric currents in the human body and electromagnetic waves in the brain, which are related to hallucinations. It is a groundbreaking and breakthrough achievement in this field. It cannot be strictly deduced to other illusion fields, and it lacks conclusive and logical multi-faceted evidence. It is extremely controversial and discussable, and it is difficult to judge the importance. It is recommended to reward 25 arcane points and 300 arcane points .”

"Based on the relatively unanimous evaluation results of the two committee members, the evaluation of Lucien Evans' paper is: It belongs to the groundbreaking and breakthrough achievements in the fields of brain waves, human alchemy substances, and hallucinations. The degree of importance cannot be generalized and deduced to other illusion fields for the time being. The logic of the whole thesis is clear, the experimental design is rigorous, and the magic analysis is accurate, but many important places are ambiguous. The reward is 28 arcane points and 300 arcane points. "

Seeing such an audit conclusion, Lucien couldn't help but smile. Although the committee members in the field of illusion don't seem to like such papers very much, and the rewards for arcane points are relatively low, but his first semi-original paper can It is very good to get three second-level evaluations. Strictly speaking, however, if you find the right direction, you will naturally have groundbreaking and highly discussable features. The breakthrough is to link the application of brainwaves in illusions with specific magical structures, and transform some illusions from Strictly included in the arcane system.

Seeing that Lucien's smile was not clouded, Eric shook his head and said, "The committee members in the field of illusion are too rigid and conservative. They don't like papers like yours and Ms. Isabella's. The point reward is also the lowest in the range. Normally, you can get at least forty to fifty arcane points for this thesis, and at least eighty points for Ms. Isabella's."

"How many arcane points did Ms. Isabella get in the end?" Lucien was mentally prepared for this, but he was not very angry. It is almost certain that the committee members' personal preferences will cause deviations in point rewards, as long as the evaluation words of different levels are not different. It's fine if there is "confusion", anyway, arcane points mainly come from references.

Eric has a deep network in the magician management department and knows a lot of things. While maintaining a serious and rigid expression, he lowered his voice and said, "Fifty is really too much. If Ms. Isabella is not a high-level magician, they are very Probably for the lowest forty."

Isabella belongs to the tower. She is a sixth-level arcanist and a seven-ring magician. She is good at the two factions of astrology and illusion. Failed to be selected for the Arcane Review Committee, her student was Rachel whom Lucien had met.

"It seems that it is a bit difficult for Ms. Isabella to get the wizard crown." Lucien commented casually.

Eric stared at Lucien seriously with his light gray eyes, and realized that he really had no idea about the wizard's laurels before he said: "So the winners of the wizard's laurels have always been less than the other awards, and most of them are from the wizard's family. Members. Their award-winning achievements are basically small-scale innovations or applications following the various theories of the three major factions of the ancient magic empire."

"However, Ms. Isabella's experiment this time is very rigorous. There are all kinds of evidence and magical evidence, and the logical deduction is also rigorous and correct. If the Wizard's House does not award the laurel crown to her and Rachel, I am afraid that the highest honor of the wizard's laurel It will become a joke, and will no longer be taken seriously by other arcanists."

Sometimes, awarding awards is also a kind of "political" consideration. Lucien shook his head amusedly. If he wants to win the laurels in the future, what should he start from? It is best not to deviate from your current research direction.

Lucien, who has always been a money addict and collector, occasionally thinks about similar problems in a divergent way, but it is not serious.

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Back home, just as Lucien handed the top hat to the housekeeper Leo to hang on the coat rack, there was a visitor.

"Mr. Drummond?" Lucien was a little confused when he heard the servant's report. He didn't know Mr. Drummond.

Leo hurried to the side and whispered: "Master, he is the editor-in-chief of the "Arcane" journal."

Yes, the editor-in-chief of the "Arcane" journal! Lucien clapped his hands together, remembering who Drummond was. For every arcanist who is interested in publishing a paper in the "Arcane" journal, he is a big man who must be remembered. Only a guy like Lucien who has no place to publish his paper will forget it.

"Why did he come to me? Leo, how do you know him?" Lucien asked suspiciously. Drummond is a seventh-level arcanist and an eight-ring magician. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal "Arcane". He actually came to the door in person?

Leo answered meticulously like most housekeepers: "Master, when I was an assistant to Ivanovsky, the most important thing to remember was the complicated personal connections in each place. Mr. Lazar has asked two hundred big names who need attention and is ready to give you the answers."

"Very good." Lucien praised with satisfaction, this is a good housekeeper, and then got up to greet Drummond outside the door.

Drummond was wearing a dark vest and suit, a top hat of the same color, and holding a black cane. He was clear and serious, with sharp black eyes like eagles.

"Your Excellency the Lord of Storms once taught me about force fields. He is a rare lord who has achieved many achievements in arcane arts. I am very happy for you to be his student, Evans." Drummond didn't put on a show. , as soon as they met, they used the matter dominated by the storm to narrow the relationship between the two parties.

Lucien saluted and replied humorously: "Every morning, I have to experience the teacher's thinking storm, and the time always seems to be long."

Drummond was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood what the strange phrase "thinking storm" meant, so he smiled lightly and said, "Not many people are willing to stay with Lord Stormlord when discussing arcane and magic issues."

The two walked into the living room while exchanging greetings. Lucien asked politely, "Mr. Drummond, it's a great honor for you to visit. To be honest, when I heard the name, I didn't expect it to be you at all. I should have Visiting you at the headquarters of the "Arcane" periodical."

The cane held by Drummond nodded forward: "I got news from the review committee that you have made a breakthrough in how to influence hormone secretion, and you have introduced electromagnetic theory into the field of illusion, so put your I borrowed the paper to take a look, and it turned out to be a very valuable article for discussion, which fits well with the theme of the next issue of our journal "Arcane". By the way, hormones are Ms. name."

"I was planning to send a letter of invitation to you, Evans, but I remembered that last time you were rejected by our journal staff beyond the scope of authority, we only expressed our apologies through Mr. Lavender and Mr. Gaston. Sincerity seems insufficient, so I came to visit you directly, first to apologize for that incident, the staff member has been fired, and second, to ask you for a manuscript face to face."

"Arcane" is the most famous and authoritative periodical in the wizarding world, and its editor-in-chief actually came to ask for a manuscript directly! This kind of treatment is probably not enjoyed by ordinary review committee members. This kind of treatment only happens when they compete with the journal "Magic" for the papers of legendary magicians and grand arcanists. Of course, Drummond had to make a full gesture mainly because of the impact of the last incident.

"I have accepted the last apology. Mr. Drummond, you don't need to be so grand." Lucien and Drummond sat down in the living room respectively, and then asked suspiciously: "The theme of the next issue?" Does the Arcane Journal have a theme?"

Before he figured out the situation, Lucien didn't agree to publish the matter because he was "tearful of gratitude". After all, Mr. Woods of "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly" is his old friend.

"After Isabella's paper passed the review, it caused great controversy. In the past week, many high-level arcanists have written papers on it, either doing experimental demonstrations or refuting it based on theory, so the next issue of " In Arcane, except for ten cutting-edge papers in other fields, the rest of the places are allocated to this matter, which can be regarded as the topic of discussion in this issue, in order to achieve the best results. Evans, your article is a great contribution to Isabel I hope to publish the most powerful supplements and proofs in our "Arcane"." Drummond said sincerely.

Ever since Lucien used Frontier to describe the latest achievements and directions of arcane research on a certain occasion, this term has gradually been widely used.

To achieve the best results? After hearing Drummond's undisguised statement, Lucien quickly understood what was going on.

It should be that most of the members of the Supreme Jury were dissatisfied with factions such as Illusion that have been drifting outside the arcane system for a long time, which brought a gap between the "wizards" of the wizard's family and the arcanists, so when Isabella's thesis was confirmed Finally, they planned to take this opportunity to create an atmosphere favorable to Isabella and put pressure on conservative wizards. As long as Isabella can win the laurel crown, it will be a major victory for arcane arts, which is equivalent to admitting that some illusions can be included in the arcane system in disguise.

Of course, the premise is that Isabella's thesis is rigorous and important enough, and she is qualified to win the wizard crown, otherwise, the Arcanists will lose face.

Lucien folded his hands and said in a serious tone: "Mr. Drummond, Mr. Woods of the "General Arcanist Journal" has helped me a lot, so I promised him that my paper will be published in their journal first. Commitment is a serious thing, and I'm stumped."

At this time, of course Lucien wanted to take advantage of the opportunity, since he had the backing of the Storm Master anyway.

"Evans, recently the Arcane Review Committee was discussing a matter. It is clearly a journal of different weight, but the citation points obtained after the paper is published on it are the same. This kind of fairness itself is a great unfairness. Therefore, they It is planned to introduce the concept of impact factor, and journals with different weights correspond to different impact factors, and papers published in journals in the future must be multiplied by the impact factor of the journal and rounded up when obtaining citation points."

Drummond said as expected: "The result of the preliminary discussion is to evaluate the impact factor once every five years, combined with parameters such as the average reward arcane points, number of citations, number of papers and other parameters of all papers published in this journal in the past five years... …No less than one, no more than three. "Common Arcanist Monthly" has been running very well in recent years, and I think their impact factor will be relatively high."

This kind of algorithm is completely different from what Lucien is familiar with. After all, there are more reward arcane points for each paper review, but no matter what, the better the journal, the more and more popular it will be, which is related to the arcane. The increase in points, and the increase in arcane level corresponds to the council's treatment and subsidies.

Seeing Lucien pondering, Drummond continued: "I think Mr. Woods will definitely agree with Evans that you submit this paper to us for publication. In order to thank you for your support, we are going to give Evans you a The number of places to publish papers directly on "Arcane", but the arrangement of the number of issues needs to be decided by us."

This is the treatment that at least members of the Arcane Audit Committee can get!

Lucien was not hypocritical. After all, this matter was probably the will of the Supreme Jury, so he smiled and said, "Since Mr. Woods will not object, then I have no objection."

After a few more pleasantries, Drummond left with a little regret: "If it wasn't for meeting Isabella's paper, if it wasn't for Evans, your research results are not rigorous enough, and there is no more evidence, I think The theme of this issue should focus on your thesis. In this way, you are likely to become the second arcanist to win two awards before the high level in the past hundred years."

"However, Evans, you are still very young, you have plenty of opportunities, and you are still a long way from being a high-level player. It is not impossible to achieve this achievement, especially since you are still learning from Lord Stormmaster."

"Okay, let me take my leave first, there are still many things to deal with in the "Arcane" journal."

After sending Drummond away, Lucien shook his head and went back to the study to continue his efforts in analyzing the magic of the five rings.