Sword of Dawnbreaker

Chapter 1108: Chapter 1107: Each on Their Own Side

In a brightly lit large laboratory, Kamel is floating high in the air, monitoring the operation of the equipment in front of him—

An alloy device, formed by multiple rings and sleeves and resembling a nozzle, is fixed in the center of the room’s floor. Outside the device is a crystal conduit connected to the ceiling, with a large number of magic symbols and Mithril conductive structures embedded in an orderly manner on the ground around the device. Numerous control and auxiliary devices are displayed along the walls on either side of the room.

Kamel’s gaze is focused on the crystal conduit in the center of the floor, staring at the alloy ”nozzle” at the bottom of the conduit. A blue-white magic flame is quietly gushing out of the nozzle, forming a straight energy beam within the conduit. The crystal device at the top of the conduit is emitting a buzzing sound, continually releasing the pure, powerful energy into the high-energy circuits surrounding the laboratory, maintaining this dangerous yet precise balance.

Not far away, a Magic Web Terminal suddenly buzzes at this moment. Kamel glances at the mechanical clocks hanging on the wall, then descends to the communication platform. As the device activates, a clear projected image soon emerges above the Projection Crystal. A beautiful and mature elf lady with blonde hair tied high appears in the image: ”Master Kamel, good day.”

”Great Astrologer Vilanya, good day,” Kamel nods slightly—this manifested visually as his head’s Arcane Cloud bobbing up and down. ”Your communication is very punctual—how did the experiment turn out? Did our newly designed process work?”

”Regrettably,” the Great Astrologer in the holographic projection sighs, ”although we successfully created a shield force field that can isolate all magic effects, the darkroom set at the center of the force field was still interfered with by natural magic. The image displayed on the projection board was unreadably vague.”

The arcane brilliance flowing on Kamel paused for a moment, and then he let out a resonant sigh: ”Ah... this is truly bad news. Our experimental process was theoretically perfect.”

”It seems we underestimated the ’ubiquitous’ extent of magic in nature,” Vilanya said. ”None of the observation methods we’ve tried so far can eliminate the interference of the primal magic field, including entering the shadow realm, elemental world, semi-planes, going deep underground, climbing high mountains, and even...”

”Even conducting experiments in the shadow realm,” Kamel lamented, ”We can’t eliminate natural primal magic interference, so even after producing the purest ao energy, we can’t observe the theoretical interference patterns...”

A look of regret crossed the face of Great Astrologer Vilanya. Her gaze went beyond Kamel’s figure to the large-scale crystal conduit in the center of the room—the arcane ray in the conduit emitted a bright, steady glow, looking exceptionally beautiful, prompting her to involuntarily widen her eyes: ”You’ve successfully created a new emission source?”

”I modified the Gondor era’s Magic Focuser based on contemporary Mage theoretical technology, and the purity of the arcane jet produced is about three percent higher than before, with a greater increase in strength,” Kamel’s voice finally carried a trace of excitement, but this good mood only lasted a short time, ”However, as I’ve said before, as long as we can’t solve the interference problem, no matter how pure an emission source we prepare, we can’t prove the wave essence of magic...”

Tackling this particularly frustrating topic, the two great scholars simultaneously fell silent.

Proving the wave essence of magic... Kamel and Vilanya have been troubled by this issue for a long time, especially Vilanya, the Great Astrologer, who has devoted nearly half a century of effort to this.

What exactly is magic? Why is it omnipresent? Is it essentially a special kind of matter or an intangible wave? These questions which point directly to the essence hold a fatal attraction for the two great scholars, matching the difficulty they present. The most challenging part is not the theoretical deductions but the final proof—in theory, Vilanya completed the discussion on the wave essence of magic over forty years ago, but practically, she and Kamel have yet to find the corresponding evidence.