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Johnny was completely confused. What did it mean to be able to fly only a little bit?
Theodore shook his head. He felt that this thing could not fly at all.
Independent flight is the privilege of high-level wizards. Except for the griffin knights trained by the Sekas Empire, no one can soar freely in the sky.
Under everyone's attention, the huge aircraft accelerated faster and faster and rushed across the city square.
On the opposite street, there was a very long slope to provide a height difference. Lydia was extremely nervous, her eyes staring at the front under her goggles.
When the aircraft below her reached the top of the slope, the girl pressed the controller hard. The aircraft shook its huge wings violently like a bird, and flew directly over the slope with the last lift.
“It actually flew!”
Theodore was in a state of complete disarray, with a look of disbelief on his face, and the civilians who were also watching the scene were also shocked.
"Oh my god, she really did it!"
"As expected of Lydia, you are a skilled hand. You are amazing. I have bought some of the gadgets she made. They are as magical as the wizard's magic tools..."
"She will definitely be able to pass the selection this year..."
……
The halflings below were all overjoyed, dancing and cheering loudly, "Lydia is the pride of the halflings..." "She will definitely become the first halfling wizard..."
However, they celebrated too early, as countless problems emerged after the aircraft took off with the help of thrust.
Lydia was happy about her successful launch and adjusted her course, intending to fly around the Yieta Harbor, but after just a few seconds she found that her aircraft had lost balance and was falling rapidly.
Lydia hurriedly pulled the wrench, trying to control the wings to swing up and down, imitating the flying of a bird to provide lift, but unfortunately this only made things worse. The flight path of the aircraft immediately became distorted, like a dragon hit by magic, spinning and falling from mid-air...
Chapter 54: Great Wizard Hellram
"I knew it would be like this."
Seeing the aircraft falling from the sky, Theodore couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then complained in a low voice, "Master Hellram shouldn't indulge her like this..."
Lin En stared at the sky. The huge aircraft was shaking in the air and was falling towards this square.
However, the people gathered in the square did not show any panic on their faces, so Lin En gave up the idea of taking action. It seemed that someone would come to clean up this mess.
Sure enough, just when the aircraft was about to fall to the ground, several wizards in the square took action and released the slow-fall spell together, allowing the aircraft in the air to land smoothly in the center of the square. However, the battered wings had already fallen apart, and the camel leather covering it had long been blown away by the wind.
"It really can only fly a little bit..."
Johnny watched the aircraft take off and land, then turned to look at Lynn, very curious about how he knew it so clearly.
"Steam alone is not enough power to sustain flight, and the design of the entire aircraft is not very aerodynamic... falling is inevitable." Lin En shook his head and replied softly. He naturally saw the problem with this aircraft at a glance.
However, this half-orc girl named Lydia was able to use such simple materials to make this aircraft and make it run. She is definitely an engineering genius.
It is also a good idea to imitate birds flapping their wings to provide lift, but it is too taken for granted and only stays at the most basic morphological learning, knowing the result but not the reason.
In general... history has proven that there is no future in developing steam airplanes. They lack power and cannot fly high or far...
"You mean, if we change the power source and redesign the structure, this... um... aircraft will be able to fly freely in the sky without relying on magic?"
As the two were chatting, a gentle voice sounded behind them.
Lynn turned his head and saw that the person who was speaking was an old man wearing a black robe and a bowler hat, about sixty or seventy years old, with a very neatly trimmed beard and an inexplicable gleam in his eyes.
Theodore bowed to the man as soon as he saw him. "Master Hellram!"
The person who came was the controller of Yieta Harbor, Herram!
As an extremely noble wizard, he was dressed too plainly, so much so that the residents of the harbor town around him were unable to recognize him at first.
"It's a great honor to meet you, Lord Hellram." Lin En bowed his head and saluted, expressing his respect for the great wizard according to the local custom. Then he did not directly answer the other party's question, but asked back.
"Can't an alchemical ship that also uses steam as its power source and does not rely on magic still sail on the sea? Why can't it fly?"
Helram raised his eyebrows, finding the question very interesting, while Theodore on the side spoke impatiently.
"Who told you that those alchemical ships have nothing to do with magic? It seems that you must not have learned alchemy very well..."
As he spoke, Theodore introduced to Lynn, the outsider, two ways of operating the alchemy ship.
Either a formal wizard is responsible for operating the alchemical machine, or magic stones are used as energy to activate the corresponding alchemical array.
In other words, magic power is used to create steam? Lin En was ashamed. He really didn't expect that those alchemical ships were not coal-fired.
Is this the legendary magic that consumes a wizard's power per 100 kilometers?
Helram looked at Lin En in surprise. More than 20 years ago, when the steam engine was first invented, it did not require the consumption of any magic power. Later, using magic stones as energy was just more convenient.
In fact, the steam engine that Lydia installed on the aircraft did not use any magic, but there were few new generation wizards in the port of Yieta who were willing to specialize in the basic principles of these alchemical formulas.
"Master Hellram~"
As they were chatting, Lydia had already broken free from the deformed cabin with the help of a group of halflings. The sleeve of her robe was torn, but the girl didn't care. She hurried to Hellram and asked expectantly.
"Did I succeed? I really flew up just now. You should have seen it, right?"
"This can't be considered a success, it can only be said to be..." Hellram paused and jokingly repeated Lin's words. "It flew a little bit!"
Lydia's little face immediately fell, like a defeated ostrich, and then she quickly said that she had made great progress this time, and as long as she modified it a little bit, this thing would be able to fly successfully.
Hellram listened patiently to Lydia's story and complaints, then turned to look at Lynn and the others.
"It seems that you have something to discuss with me. How about this, Theodore, you take a few guests to the academy first, I will be there in a while!"
Theodore nodded. This was indeed not the place to talk. But before he turned around and left, Hellram's voice rang out again.
"Also, Theodore, if you have any dissatisfaction with me, you can tell me in person."
Obviously, just now, Helram not only heard Lin's evaluation of the aircraft, but also heard the other party's complaints.
"No, Master, what I mean is that Lydia is doing flying experiments in the square, which is too dangerous. If any accident happens, it will not only easily hurt the townspeople, but... and... " Theodore's expression suddenly froze, and he hurriedly explained, but Helram waved his hand and interrupted him.
"Okay, I understand what you mean. Next time I will set up a magic barrier. Your consideration is not entirely unreasonable."
As the aircraft fell to the ground, the "farce" in the square came to an end, and the townspeople, having satisfied their desire for novelty, gradually dispersed amid a burst of noise and gossip.
Theodore was quite depressed and took a few people to the nearby Yieta Magic Academy.
It was a huge building complex standing in the center of the city, with tall spires, thick black walls, and the most conspicuous landmark building that could be seen even from outside the harbor - the Screaming Tower...
"Is it so difficult to become a wizard apprentice in Yieta Harbor?"
Stepping into the gate of the academy, Lin En thought about the flight experiment he had just seen and couldn't help but ask.
He had heard before that the girl named Lydia must complete this experiment to be qualified to join the magic academy, which was a bit too difficult.
Isn't it so troublesome for everyone to enroll?
"No, that was just a test for Lydia," Theodore explained. "Actually, Master Hellram had good intentions. These halflings don't have any magical talent, so letting her enter the academy is a complete waste of time..."
Chapter 55 My name is Lin En, and I am a scholar
Theodore seemed to have an extraordinary desire to perform. Seeing that Lin En and others were interested, he began to talk with a slight complaint.
In recent years, Lydia has become a well-known figure in the entire Iyeta Harbor. This half-ling kid is very keen on studying some strange and weird things.
For example, last year, we imitated the propellers on alchemical ships and made a small gadget called a fan. It can be driven by an alchemical steam device to bring a cool breeze, which is very useful on hot summer days.
But who would keep such a large and expensive alchemical machine at home just to enjoy the breeze?
For a wizard, casting a wind-controlling magic is much more convenient than this.
Of course, it is not impossible to operate it manually, so some townspeople who are looking for novelty are willing to buy these gadgets, which is also the source of funds for Lydia to manufacture the aircraft.
"With Lydia's talent, she could get good treatment as an assistant in any alchemy workshop, but she just wants to become a wizard. This is just asking for trouble..."
Theodore shook his head. Even he had to admit that this little halfling girl did have many wonderful ideas, but in the wizarding land no halfling had ever been able to successfully become a wizard.
Listening to Theodore's story, Lin En vaguely understood why the "technology tree" in the wizarding land was so messy, because magic was too convenient, and many things were not impossible to make, but wizards simply could not use them.
The few of them walked into the lobby of the academy, and along the way, apprentices in plain clothes kept bowing and greeting Theodore.
The ages of these apprentices vary, the youngest looks only eleven or twelve years old, and the oldest is no more than thirty years old. In other words, if they are over this age and have not yet become formal wizards, they will be judged as having no talent and will be expelled from the academy.
"Here it is. Please wait a moment. I will go and inform other instructors in the academy." Theodore arranged several people in a large lounge, asked his apprentice assistant to serve tea, and then hurried out the door.
Lin En sat down in a seat at the back. There were several magic books scattered on the mahogany table in front of him. They should be those that a wizard had read but did not have time to take away. In addition, there was a page of paper thrown aside casually.
Lynn curiously flipped open the folded paper, and immediately discovered that it was a newspaper called "Magic Weekly".
I didn't expect that the wizarding land even had this thing.
The contents on the front are some interesting things that happened in the wizarding land, while the back is the latest theories about magic, and the author's signature is also marked below.
"Are the magical reactions of electricity and magnetism consistent?", "Experiments on 24 basic elements", "Kozer Force - the power that holds up the world", "The relationship between the movement of objects and gravity"...
Lin En flipped through Magic Weekly for a few times and was soon immersed in it. This unique perspective of analyzing the world through magic felt very novel to him.
Johnny, who was standing next to him, was sitting upright, extremely nervous, not as casual as Lynn.
Not long after, the sound of the door being pushed open was heard again, and Herram, whom he had met before, walked in with several tutors from the academy.
After sitting down at the main seat, Hellram didn't say anything polite, but looked at Loud and asked directly, "I heard from Theodore that you have something very important to report to me in person. Did something happen in the harbor town?"
"I'm afraid the situation is more serious than you imagined. The entire harbor town's dock has been destroyed, and even the [Ship Gang] has been destroyed..."
Lord spoke carefully, but before he finished speaking, a hoarse voice sounded.
"Could it be that the [Ship Gang] made some mistakes while transporting supplies and was caught by the Vatican?"
The one who spoke was Kevin, the professor of plastic arts at the Iyeta School of Magic. He looked to be about forty years old, tall and thin, wearing a gray robe and a shining badge on his chest with three mysterious stripes engraved on it, which was the symbol of a three-ring wizard.
Lord quickly shook his head. He didn't want to take the blame, so he quickly explained.
However, from his perspective, the information he knew was very limited. He only knew that the beginning of all the events was that Bishop Anruk caught Colu who was trying to abduct the Duke's daughter in Nordland, and then tracked him all the way to the harbor town.
"I knew that Kelu would cause trouble. We shouldn't have let him leave the wizarding land in the first place." Philip, the professor of elemental studies, complained rather dissatisfiedly.
Of course he knew Kelu. Before leaving the Land of Wizards, Kelu had been a professor of psionics at the Iyeta School of Magic, and had also made great achievements in elemental, alchemy, and shaping magic.
If he continued to devote himself to the study of magic, he would most likely reach the level of a great wizard in the future.
However, just a few years ago, this guy went crazy for some unknown reason and suddenly abandoned everything, preparing to cross the Sea of Misty Sea and head to the Sekas Empire.