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This is a completely crazy move.
Compared to the wizarding land where people live comfortably and can study magic freely, the territory of the empire is completely the other extreme. I heard that people there live in stinking rotten wooden houses, accept the ignorant rule of the Church, and don't even know what elements are.
Philip was about to continue speaking, but was stopped by his colleague next to him.
You must know that Kelu's move to the Sekas Empire was approved by Master Hellram!
Lord did not dare to have any opinion about the frequent interruptions of his speech by the wizards. He could only tell the whole story as fast as he could when no one was talking, not daring to hide anything.
After hearing that Lynn had used an extremely powerful magic to kill an archbishop, destroy three thousand elite armored guards, and even razed half of the city to the ground, all the professors showed expressions of disbelief on their faces, and even Hellram was a little moved.
Theodore even suspected that it was Lord himself who messed things up, and then teamed up with the wizard named Lynn to make up a reason to conceal his mistake.
With all kinds of thoughts in mind, all the wizards present looked at the two people who had never spoken.
Johnny and the others knew each other.
Four years ago, when Kelu returned to the wizarding land, Johnny followed him, but he had no impression of Lynn and the others.
"I haven't been introduced yet. I'm Lin En, a scholar from the [Society of Mysticism] in the Sekas Empire, and a good friend of Kelu." Under the attention of everyone, Lin En put down the "Magic Weekly" in his hand and spoke freely.
This was the identity that I had agreed upon with Johnny on the ship.
Chapter 56: Excuse me, but the magic theory in the wizarding land is already outdated!
Kelu's friend, a scholar of the [Secret Society], and an official wizard...
These are the three identities that Lin En gave himself, which can eliminate most of the troubles that may be encountered.
It is not easy to expose these lies. For the people in the Land of Wizards, Kelu's experience after going to the Secas Empire is completely blank. Even if he can use magic to communicate, it is impossible to know everything. It makes sense to say that he has only recently met the other party.
Anyway, his mentor has been captured by the Vatican and taken to the Holy City. Calculating the time, he is either being tortured or going through the trial process. It is hard to say how many days he can live. In any case, he will definitely not be able to jump out and correct his words.
Johnny, the only person who knew about the incident, had been saved twice by him, so they could be considered to have a life-and-death friendship. More importantly, they were now in the same boat, and even in order to avoid being held accountable, the other party had no choice but to keep silent.
As long as he could prove his identity during this period, who would believe the words of a wizard's apprentice?
Sometimes the truth is not as real as a lie.
No one was willing to believe that an apprentice who had only been exposed to magic for half a year could kill an archbishop, destroy half of the harbor town, and possess extremely profound knowledge...
After Lynn gave a brief introduction, the professors present looked at each other, and Theodore spoke first, questioning the question.
"You're not a great wizard yet, are you?"
In Theodore's impression, witchcraft that can cause such large-scale destruction must be at least fifth-ring magic, and only a great wizard can defeat an entire army alone.
But Lin En looked too young, probably only around twenty years old.
This is obviously unreasonable. You should know that the most talented wizard in the wizarding land, Ogest, known as the "Magic Star", only became a great wizard at the age of 24. Now he is regarded as the hope of the entire wizarding world and the person who is most likely to reach the realm of legendary wizards in the future!
He didn't believe that this guy who came out of nowhere could have a higher talent than the Magic Star.
"Of course I'm not a great wizard. I was able to destroy the Harbor Town just by taking advantage of the situation. It was all thanks to the help of Mr. Lord." Lynn's tone was flat as he explained casually.
"Taking a shortcut?" Theodore was stunned for a moment, then he remembered what Laud said. Before the conflict with the Holy See broke out completely, Lin En ordered him to collect a lot of basic raw materials.
Is it the blessing of some powerful alchemical array?
A group of professors from the academy pondered but could not think of any kind of powerful alchemy array that would require these basic raw materials. Finally, they all looked at the great wizard Hellram.
The latter pondered for a while before speaking. "I heard that a few years ago, the alchemists in the Wizard City discovered a unique alchemy formula that doesn't even require the use of magic power. As long as the number is large enough, the power that can be unleashed can be comparable to some high-level magic."
There was a hint of surprise on Lin En's face. Did the alchemists in the wizarding land actually develop gunpowder technology?
But it's normal to think about it. Black powder is not some advanced stuff. It was discovered at the end of the 9th century in the previous life, and its power is just average.
When he was in Harbor Town before, it was mainly because the quantity was large enough, and he mixed white phosphorus into it to increase the strength, that it had such a good effect.
In fact, if time wasn't so limited, he would have given these natives a whole job.
After Helram spoke out and testified, Theodore and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It turned out to be some kind of alchemical product, which required the employment of thousands of people and took several days to prepare before it could exert its power. This thing could only be used as a trap and would definitely not be used in battle.
Regardless of what the college professors thought, Lynn continued to speak.
"The reason Kelu went to the capital of Nordland this time was actually to meet with another scholar from the [Society of Mysticism] to discuss a very important magical theory. As for the abduction... ahem... as for the disciple-taking, it was just a cover-up. I didn't expect that the Vatican would still find out..."
"Just before leaving, Kelu begged me to compile a manuscript of the [Secret Law Society]. He had anticipated that this meeting might not be easy. If he couldn't come back this time, he asked me to send these precious manuscripts to Yieta Harbor at all costs."
At this point, Lin En sighed with regret, looked at the professors around him, and said in a low voice: "Kelu told me that the Wizarding Land is too closed, and many magic theories are probably outdated! This new knowledge may bring changes to the Wizarding Land!"
"Ridiculous! How dare he say that!" Kevin stood up immediately after hearing that, his eyes widened, and he was about to start scolding.
What is the Land of Wizards? This is the birthplace of countless top schools! It is the center of magic development and the temple of wizards!
It took them hundreds of years to transform this wild island into a magical paradise, where every wizard strives to pursue the truth and new elements or magical theories are discovered almost every week.
Now the other party dared to say that their magic holy land was outdated and could not keep up with the times...
This is simply ridiculous!
"Kelu must have been away from the land of wizards for too long, so he doesn't have a thorough understanding of today's magic theories..." Kevin said sarcastically. He felt that Kelu's thinking must still be stuck in the first time he traveled to the Sekas Empire, so he was amazed when he saw one or two new theories.
Little did people know that over the years, the magic theories developed by those great wizards and legendary wizards are enough to fill an entire bookshelf!
The other professors also began to accuse Kelu of talking nonsense and tarnishing the reputation of the wizarding land...
Lynn did not give much explanation, but took out the "research manuscript" he had prepared earlier and placed it on the table.
Kevin took a manuscript immediately. He wanted to see what kind of novel theory could make Colu come up with such an unrealistic idea.
"The law of free fall? The kinetic energy formula? Ha, I knew that when Kelu was in Yieta College, he definitely hadn't read Master Yade's magic book. As early as two hundred years ago, he had proposed that the falling speed of an object is proportional to its weight, which is also the basis of the gravity formula..."
Kevin just opened the first page and saw the title, he couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, but after taking a closer look at the content, he froze in place.
Because the law of free fall in the manuscript is completely opposite to Master Yad's theory. The other party believes that when two objects of different weights are in free fall, their acceleration is the same and they will land at the same time.
"Absurdity, what absurdity!" Theodore was so angry that he laughed. Could it be that if Mount Kogar and a stone were thrown into the air together, they would fall to the ground at the same time? How ridiculous!
Chapter 57: The water ball in my hand is this continent!
Theodore's violent words immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Facing the surprised eyes of the crowd, Theodore didn't say much and directly handed over the so-called research manuscript. Kevin and others took it and looked at it one by one, with sarcastic expressions on their faces.
When the manuscript was handed to Hellram, the great wizard did not laugh, because he found that the manuscript mentioned something called air resistance...
Lin En just took a sip of tea and did not rush to explain. Instead, he waited for the professors to finish reading all his "research materials".
Although he didn't know much about the level of "magic" in the wizarding land, Kelu had left him two basic books, "Element Analysis" and "Basic Magic General". These manuscripts he wrote were all extensions of the existing theories in the wizarding land, and they were very easy to verify.
In just five or six minutes, the wizards finished reading the dozen pages of the manuscript. As the so-called law of free fall was too unreliable, they only glanced through the rest of the content. Then they were surprised to find that there was an argument in the manuscript that was even more outrageous than this.
"Listen, your name is Lin En, right? I don't know what Kelu was thinking when he asked you to give this ridiculous manuscript to the Land of Wizards, but if I may be frank, the magic theory of the [Secret Law Society] is full of loopholes..."
Kevin threw the paper in his hand casually on the table and said speechlessly, "And you actually think that the continent under your feet is a sphere? This is ridiculous!"
"Why can't this world be spherical? I think no one has verified it yet." Lin En slowly put down the teacup in his hand.
Although due to his ability constraints, he is unable to fly into space to confirm this thoroughly, but the fact that he can stand here already explains a lot of things.
For example, the mass and gravity of the planet under his feet must be very close to those of the Earth, because the gravity he feels is almost the same.
The changes of the four seasons and the sun and moon can also serve as evidence of the planets' rotation and revolution around their stars. After leaving the Sea of Misty Ocean, the first thing he saw when he looked towards the port was the top of the Howling Tower, followed by the tower body!
The most crucial thing is the star map. As long as the stars are placed in the center, a perfect galaxy operation map can be constructed. This is the most direct evidence!
If the star map hadn't indicated that this star had only five planets orbiting it, Lin En would have begun to wonder if this was the Earth from another parallel world.
Because they look so similar!
"Since the Yieta Harbor faces the sea, I wonder if you have used farsighted magic or alchemical eyepieces to look out at the sea. If so, I think you should have noticed that when a sailboat approaches from a distance, you must see the sail first and then the hull!"
As he spoke, Lin En opened his hands, and under the surge of magic power, a huge and turbid water ball appeared in front of everyone, and then he inserted a feather straight into the water.
Then the water began to flow, and the feather pen rotated straight from the bottom to the top. The first thing I saw was the tip of the feather...
The wizards present immediately understood what Lin En meant. The entire huge water ball was like the continent under their feet, and the feather pen was the ship. If the continent was flat, then they would be able to see the entire hull from far to near.
The sails will only be seen first if the surface is curved.
"It seems to be true..." Theodore frowned. Every Sunday he would go to the port to greet new visitors. Sometimes he needed to use farsighted magic. It was just as Lin En said. He would always see the sails appear on the sea level first.
This theory seemed to make some sense, but Theodore always felt that something was wrong.
"That doesn't mean the continent is a sphere. It could be a semi-arc... that makes sense, doesn't it?" another professor retorted eagerly. "And according to what you said, under the influence of gravity, the seawater above should have flowed down long ago..."
As he spoke, the college professor also followed Lin En's example and directly made a ball of soil to simulate the continent, and then attached a layer of water to the surface.
Then he released the [Hand of the Mage], and the water immediately flowed downwards, leaving the soil ball and forming a puddle on the table.
"Look, it's like this... this is not going to work!"
The college professor said complacently, and Theodore and others nodded.
"If the continent is a semi-arc, won't the water fall downwards?" Lin En asked speechlessly.
A group of college professors were immediately stunned. The farsightedness of the ship at sea meant that the seawater was most likely attached to the curved land. Then the water would inevitably flow downwards and it would be impossible for it to stay in the same place. This was totally contrary to common sense!
Before they could figure it out, Lin En continued to speak. "Also, how can we determine which side is next?"
"Need I say more? Of course the sky is up and the land is down. This is guided by gravity!" Theodore said with a frown. He didn't understand why the other party asked such a stupid question.
"Really? How about this?" Lin En raised his eyebrows, removed the water ball, placed his hand on the earth ball made by the academy professor, and activated the [Mage's Hand]. The originally soft earth ball slowly compressed inward and finally turned into a solid sphere.
"If the force given by the [Mage's Hand] is regarded as gravity, then for the exact center of the earth ball, which side is up and which side is down?"
Theodore was completely stunned. Lin En's metaphor of the continent as a ball of earth was very simple and easy to understand. Naturally, he saw it very clearly. But it was precisely because he could understand it that he could not hide the shock in his heart.
For the center of the sphere, there is gravity on all four sides, so the front, back, left and right are all up, and the bottom is at the center of the sphere, so the water flow will inevitably attach to the sphere.
The professors present also noticed this and started a heated discussion. Kevin was completely unwilling to believe this so-called planetary theory and insisted that the continent was flat and that the farsightedness of the sailboat was just a coincidence and could not be used as direct evidence.
Philip and others hold the opposite opinion. They believe that what Lynn said may not be unreasonable. At least it is a plausible theory that can be used for reference research to confirm its authenticity.
When everyone was arguing with each other and almost quarreling, Theodore looked at Lin En and asked again. "You mean there is a force that compresses everything towards the center of this continent? So the water can stay on the surface of the continent?"
Before Lin En could answer, Hellram, who had been flipping through the manuscript, finally spoke.
"The truth should be the opposite. There is some kind of force in the center of the continent that spreads out in all directions, forming a gravitational field... dragging everything inward. This is what you want to express, right?"