Chapter 83: Chapter 74: You and I Are One Step Closer to the Truth (Two in One)
Under the intense gaze of the crowd, the flying ship began to descend slowly, soon hovering about two or three hundred ters above the plaza.
All the wizards in the plaza and the town residents with good eyesight could see the two spheres hanging from the bottom of the flying ship.
The forr, with a diater of about one ter, was made entirely of tal and was tethered by a sturdy leather rope that was stretched taut, as if it would snap at any mont.
The latter sphere, though the sa size, was made of a lighter, hollow wood and was red in color; the huge difference in mass between the two could be discerned from the tightness of the leather ropes.
Lynn waited until the sea breeze that was blowing beca weaker and the flying ship truly hovered steadily, then he picked up a red flag and waved it a few tis.
Lydia, who was perched on a stool at the edge inside the flying ship, also hurriedly waved the flag in response…
“It’s starting!” Lynn announced.
At this mont, everyone’s attention was focused on the two spheres floating beneath the flying ship.
As Lydia pulled another lever, the two ropes were almost severed… The iron and the wooden ball fell at the exact sa mont…
“The iron ball is faster, the iron ball is faster!” the young male wizard shouted excitedly. With the aid of a long-distance viewing spell, he could clearly and accurately see that at the mont the ropes broke, it was the iron ball that fell first!
However, his excitent froze on his face in the next second because, contrary to his expectations, the iron ball did not speed ahead but rather maintained a very close distance to the wooden ball.
Rather, it could be explained that the rope bound to the iron ball was tighter, so it caused the ball to fall a bit faster for that instant, plus the slight sea breeze affected the wooden ball’s fall, creating this illusion.
Lynn had been unworried from the beginning; compared to the mass of the two spheres themselves, air resistance and a bit of breeze were almost negligible. Unless a strong wind of level five or above were to occur suddenly, the outco would not be affected.
And indeed, by the third second, both had reached their terminal velocity of descent, and the height of the wooden ball was still exactly the sa as that of the iron ball.
“This can’t be, this isn’t right!”
The wizards, having seen this scene, had faces filled with disbelief, and so even suspected that Lynn had secretly applied the “Slow Fall Technique” to the iron ball, which resulted in this surprising effect.
Hardly had this thought passed when, after more than twenty seconds of falling, the massive iron ball, weighing two or three tons, smashed directly onto the plaza.
In an instant, the entire plaza seed to shake, the huge impact force causing the iron ball to embed deeply into the sand at the mont of impact, sending the surrounding sand flying out in all directions like a continuous spray of sand and stone rain.
An invisible magical barrier had enclosed the central part of the plaza, with the sand and stone striking the barrier, producing a plethora of crackling sounds.
Out of trust in the great wizard, not many spared any attention for the flying sandstones, all of them staring unblinkingly at the two spheres in the center of the plaza.
The huge iron ball had embedded itself deeply into the center of the plaza, with the displaced sand forming an impact crater about three ters in diater, while fine sand continued to pile into the central area.
Beneath the other wooden ball, the impact crater was only half a ter, quickly filled up by the sand.
Just like Lynn had said, the two spheres, with a mass difference in the dozens of tis, had crossed a distance of three hundred ters at the sa mont, reaching the ground!
“Professor Helram, could you let confirm it?” the young male wizard asked eagerly.
The great wizard did not respond but turned to look at Lynn, and seeing the other nod, he then dispelled the magical barrier.
The male wizard imdiately ran over, not minding that his ankles were buried in sand, and squatted down to wrap his hands around the hollow wooden sphere, straining to lift it.
He had thought the object would be very heavy, but contrary to his estimation, he managed to hold the wooden ball in his arms with just a bit of effort.
“This is too light!”
The wizard exclaid in astonishnt, estimating roughly that the wooden ball weighed just about seventy pounds, with no signs of magic on it.
Could the other iron ball be the problem?
Doubtful, the wizard put down the wooden ball, squatted down, and tried to lift the iron ball that was one ter in diater. No matter how hard he tried, he could not move the object from the sand. In the end, he even used the “Mage’s Hand,” but the large iron ball still did not budge.
Hiss—just how heavy is this thing?
The young male wizard couldn’t help but be astounded, now certain there had been no skimping of effort.
“If anyone still has doubts, feel free to go up and check for yourselves,” Lynn said indifferently.
With the approval of Lynn, wizards and even the townspeople who were skeptical about the experint stepped into the sand to verify the weight difference between the two spheres with their own hands.
Adults with slightly more strength could even lift the wooden ball over their heads, but they were helpless with the iron ball.
In the end, it was Helram who, using the “Mage’s Hand,” pulled that thing out of the sand and weighed it in his hands.
“It weighs about three tons!” Helram speculated for a mont and made a relatively accurate estimation.
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