Throne of Magical Arcana

Lucien smiled rather awkwardly, “I had the feedback from the truth of the world when I wrote the paper on the general theory of relativity, which generated ‘Time Stop’, the space-time magic, directly inside my soul.”

The spells that involved time and space were an intersection of the schools of astrology, force field, transformation, electromagnetics and light-darkness. They were extremely complicated. The sorcerers who were not adept at the five schools could only construct the models with their mathematical expertise and spiritual power. They were much more difficult to learn than were the spells of the same level.

Lucien’s original plan was to build ‘Spell Sequencer’, ‘Raventi’s Flame Hell’, ‘Meteor Swarm’ and other spells he was good at when he advanced into the ninth circle, but out of his expectation, ‘Time Stop’, the ninth-circle magic that was as famous as ‘Cracking (Advanced)’, was generated on its own.

“Feedback from the real world…” After slight surprise, Fernando became solemn. Every grand arcanist was used to such feedback, which were repeatable and provable. That was also the reason why they were eager to figure out the mechanism of the feedback.

For the arcanists, writing a paper was the process of closure, which was accompanied by the confidence in the final result. They would finalize certain things that they considered for a long time and melt their spirits into it.

If the sketch and thinking alone could trigger the changes of the cognitive world, the wrong and flawed ideas at the beginning could be highly dangerous. It was possible that a grand arcanist’s head might be blown up because of an error he had during his calculation despite his amazing ideas.

Regarding the enigma that only received enough attention a hundred years after the Congress of Magic was founded, Fernando asked for the details and realized that they were the same as before. Therefore, he held back his confusion and said, “Now that you have already advanced into the ninth circle, you can change the reward for your general theory of relativity into the ritual of ‘Origin of Magic’. You will stay in Allyn without going anywhere or telling it to anybody. After Douglas gets out of his demiplane and we decide the value of your paper together, we will hold the ritual of legendary advancement with the assistance of ‘Origin of Magic’ for you.”

For the archmages whose cognitive world had half-solidified, the Congress of Magic would reimburse them for the cost of the ritual of legendary advancement, but the archmages who planned to help their cognitive world half-solidify with magic rituals not only needed to pay for the materials and the legendary sorcerers in the ancillary rituals, but also had to cover half of the cost for the legendary advancement.

It was very realistic but equal. No archmages ever burst into fury because of that.

“Master, would there be any insidious problems?” Naturally, Lucien would love to advance into legendary in advance, which would mean that his safety would be perfectly ensured. Otherwise, even though he had two legendary items, his spiritual power would be drained after he used one or two legendary spells. However, if there were too many insidious problems, Lucien wouldn’t mind staying in Allyn and Rentato for ten years. Natasha could pick up the Sword of Truth while level eight, but she also could only slash it two or three times in a battle.

Fernando cackled. “It’s such an expensive ritual that needs the help of six legendary sorcerers. How can there be any insidious problems? Well, the odds of failure are rather high, though. However, I’ll ask Douglas, Brook, Hathaway, Oliver and Hellen to host the ritual with me. That’s the most luxury lineup in the history of magic. The odds of failure will be greatly reduced. Also, since your foundation is not steady, it will take you more time for you to make advancement after you advance into legendary.”

“You have your own meditation skill, don’t you? In such a way, after you advance into the level two of legendary, your foundation will be stabilized. Of course, you are only slow compared to other grand arcanists. For example, Douglas and Brook both reached the peak in only decades. It was much faster than the sorcerers whose match rate is low.”

There was no need to hesitate. Lucien nodded, “I’ll ask for the ritual of ‘Origin of Magic’ after the review of the general theory of relativity is completed.”

In the Congress of Magic, except for the seven grand arcanists, the legendary sorcerers were all below level three of level-one legendary. The Prophet, the Eye of Curse, the Master of Transformation and the Alchemy Master were in level two, and the Innovator, the Moon Scholar, Absolute Defense, the Monarch of Fate, the Sun King and the Light of Stars were in level one. Among them, the Light of Stars, who advanced only thirty years ago, was the weakest of all.

Seeing that Lucien had made up his mind, Fernando summoned other legendary sorcerers to help Oliver, and Hellen went to the laboratory to confirm the discovery of neutrons.

Soon, Hathaway and Brook arrived and asked for a copy of the paper from Lucien. Their mathematical abilities were exceptional and much stronger than Hellen, Oliver and Vicente’s. If Fernando hadn’t studied ‘Nature’ earlier, he wouldn’t have understood any more than they did. As for the regular legendary sorcerers, only the Prophet had equal mathematical abilities.

“The subscribers of ‘Nature’ will probably soar tomorrow. At least, I’ll be one of them.” Brook was not upset that Lucien made his cognitive world break and solidified at all but smiled gently.

Praised as the most incomprehensible journal, ‘Nature’ had only one thousandth of the subscribers that ‘Arcana’ did. More people only read it in the library when they needed to.

Even though it was funded by the Tower and Lucien and wouldn’t stop publishing, Levski, Neeshka, Milina and other arcanists were quite upset that their work was not appreciated by the public. However, after Lucien’s broadcast today, the discussion of the general theory of relativity would definitely be a hit. Everybody would get a copy of ‘Nature’ in case they couldn’t follow other people in their conversations.

Lucien smiled. “Mathematics are the tools and foundations of arcana studies and the brightest gem on the crown of arcana. That was why I decided to establish ‘Nature’.”

“Yes, many arcanists today only have the mathematical ability to analyze magic models and refuse to work harder.” Hathaway was rather indifferent about the discovery of neutrons, because she had realized that neutrons must be introduced to the magic models when she reverse engineered ‘Eternal Blaze’ and ‘Atomic Fission’.

However, she did speak a rarely-seen long sentence. She seemed excited for the explanation of the nature of gravity and the talented idea.

Brook nodded and said, “Your idea that the speed of light is a constant reference is very enlightening, and so is your description on time and space. We have to figure out the nature of things.”

The two grand arcanists did not say anything else because they had to help Oliver get Douglas out.

Lucien waited for a while patiently. A while later, Hellen walked out of the laboratory and declared, “It’s indeed neutron. I’ll bring you to the treasury of the Congress.”

“Lucien, you may think of a tribute for yourself. If you do not want to waste your time on it, Oliver will be happy to do it for you.” Fernando smiled next to the portal.

According to the tradition of the Magic Empire, every legendary sorcerer had their unique tribute. In the age of the Congress, the range had been expanded to all the grand arcanists who hadn’t advanced into legendary.

Tributes were deeply associated with the legendary class and the specific fields. For example, Douglas’ tribute was ‘you are the elect of magic and dominator of space; your light illuminates the path of arcana.’, Brook’s was ‘you are the master of the kingdom of electromagnetism who writes poems for the goddess’, Oliver’s was ‘you let elements return to where they should be; you travel between time and space’, Hellen’s was ‘you are the spirit of snow who dances the most beautiful changes in the world’, and Vicente’s was ‘your eyes put souls to sleep; you are the dominator of death’.

Hearing his name being mentioned, Oliver smiled, “I already considered it for you. ‘You are the truth of elements and the staff that masters space and time’. How does it sound?”

Lucien discovered that it was surprisingly fitting, so he smiled, “It’s indeed a poetic tribute. So be it.”

After deciding the tribute, Lucien followed Hellen to the end of the thirty-fifth floor of the Allyn magic tower. He saw a black gate that was engraved with creepy stripes.

Hellen opened the gate with a magic key and led Lucien into a small room inside.

The room was empty except for four cabinets that contained four items. There was a magic robe which was so dark that it could almost absorb the soul, a grey staff entangled with weird decorations, a transparent crown embedded with seven alchemical gems, and a pair of silver gloves.

“The Robe of Grand Arcanists and the Grasp of Davey are the two legendary items created later, the former being a level-two and the latter being a level one.” Hellen briefly introduced the magic robe and the gloves. “The staff and the crown are both from the ancient Magic Empire. The former is named ‘Boundary of Souls’. It’s a powerful item of necromancy. The latter is ‘Thorny Crown’. It belongs to the school of transformation and astrology. Both of them are level two. However, if you choose a legendary item in the field you are good at, you may be able to improve its level with precious materials later, like your master and his ‘Robe of Dominance’.”

Lucien nodded. He knew that legendary items differed from regular legendary items in that they could grow, although the odds of failure could be quite high.

Reading the introduction to the few items carefully, Lucien abandoned the Grasp of Davey first, because it was only level one. Then, he gave up ‘Boundary of Souls’, because he already had ‘Congus Ring’.

In the end, Lucien abandoned the ‘Thorny Crown’, which could affect gravity, time and space and which was attached with prophetic magic. That was because he intended to craft his own legendary items with ‘Observer of Time and Space’, the legendary class he did not choose. Many of its functions would be redundant.

“Robe of Grand Arcanists, a level-two legendary item. Only usable for legendary sorcerers or archmages whose cognitive world had half-solidified, or the wearer’s head will explode.”

“This magic robe created by alchemy masters can reduce the cooldown of the spells below legendary by two seconds and that of the legendary spells by one to 0.5 seconds, depending on their difficulty.”

That was the quality most attractive to Lucien. It meant that there would be no cooldown for him when he used the spells below the ninth circle. Even the gap between ninth-circle spells would be reduced to within one second. It would be sometimes even more cost-effective than legendary spells.

“The master of the magic robe would boast the magic resistance of level-two legendary and a defense of level-nine gold knights against the knight-type attacks like longsword. It will double the recovery speed of spiritual power and provide immunity to confusion and chaos. When attacked, ‘Magic Absorber’ (8th circle) and ‘Elemental Skin’ (8th circle) will be triggered.”

“Terrible legendary force is also entailed in it, allowing it to perform Elemental Protection twice, Space Shackle twice, Grandeur Obliteration twice and Hellish Ball twice every day.”

“In the meantime, it will also bring the user a Spell Sequencer (9th circle), two Cracking (Advanced) (9th circle), and three Ruby Reversing Rays (7th circle).”

“The power of sorcerers is from wisdom!”

“By Veronica Claus.”