No wonder the wizarding realm guarded the formula for the "Source of Magic" so fiercely. If it were to be disclosed, it would probably lead to a witch hunt. Those apprentice wizards who lacked talent and were eager to advance would do anything to get their hands on it.
"So, this is the aning of 'Bloodthorn,' isn't it?" Lynn imdiately felt that the na was quite apt, just like the properties of this potion. Every official wizard who advanced within the Bloodthorn was nurtured by the blood of their companions.
As he pondered this, Lynn turned his attention to the remaining notes. Radak's research was mostly related to psychic magic.
For example, it covered how to use alchemical arrays to extract a person's soul, create revenants, and make containers for souls.
The reason Radak delved into these psychic magic experints was simple: he lacked the natural talent to advance to the level of a grand wizard. Thus, he resorted to so dark and unorthodox thods.
Radak's true goal was probably to place his own soul into a more talented body. However, this was clearly not an easy task, as the records of dozens of experints in the notes all ended in failure.
At this point, Lynn felt a bit embarrassed. Strictly speaking, he seed to have accomplished these things when he crossed over, but he didn't even know the reasons himself.
Regardless, the top priority was to raise his wizard rank. Lynn soon set aside his plans to explore psychic magic. Now that he knew the manufacturing process for the "Source of Magic," he naturally wanted to break through to beco an official wizard as soon as possible.
This way, he would eliminate his last weakness.
Throughout the entire night, Lynn was absorbed in the creation of magical potions. Thankfully, Radak's estate had a substantial stock of magical ingredients. He could simply instruct a few apprentices to fetch any materials he needed.
The only problem was Lynn's limited knowledge of potion-making. Although he had the recipes in hand, he had to slowly experint with each potion's properties, handling, and brewing ti. In just one night, he wasted the equivalent of over a hundred magical gold coins' worth of materials.
Lynn was surprisingly okay with this. After all, he wasn't using his own resources.
Potions made by his own hands would surely be more reliable than consuming ones made by others.
He continued to work until the early hours. The old cauldron was now filled with a chaotic-colored liquid. The potion required about three days of brewing. When the color beca completely transparent, he could add the most crucial component: a portion of the "Source of Magic."
With the opportunity to break through so close, Lynn forced himself to remain calm and began preparing the second potion.
Before he could consu it, he would need soone to be a guinea pig.
Just in case Radak had tampered with the recipe or done sothing else suspicious. Lynn didn't want to be caught in a trap.
...
While Lynn was brewing his potion, the entire wizarding realm was set ablaze by the latest issue of the "Magic Daily."
"Unearthing the Foundation of Magic - The Law of Free Fall," "A Roar from the Society of Mystical Arts: The Magic Theories of the Wizarding Realm are Outdated," "From Sails and the Sea Surface: Our Continent Might Be a Sphere," "The Dual Sphere Experint of Skyward Airships - Unveiling the Astonishing Oversight of Master Yade."
As a professional journalist, Rol knew how to grab attention. The extra copies of the newspaper were quickly snatched up, and it soon found its way to the desks of every wizard.
"This is simply absurd!"
In a grand magical workshop, Grand Wizard Raphael burst into laughter after reading the headlines of the Magic Daily. He couldn't believe that a three-ring wizard from the outside would claim to overturn the foundations of magic and question the outdated magical theories. It was nothing short of ignorance.
But was that person mad? How could they publicly publish such ludicrous statents?
Raphael felt so doubt, but he patiently continued reading, and his expression shifted from disdain and mockery to skepticism, until he saw the star map on the page. His entire deanor changed instantly.
Perfect. It was simply perfect!
As an architect with OCD, Raphael firmly believed that the truths of the world must be highly systematic and aesthetically pleasing.
The star charts produced by the astrologers, while showing the orbits of nearby celestial bodies in a beautiful way, beca chaotic when dealing with more distant stars. They could only be described as disorderly, and even featured bizarre phenona of sudden jumps in their trajectories.
So, almost instantly, Raphael was convinced that the star map in the Magic Daily was correct.
Crash!
Just as he was thinking this, two loud impacts suddenly ca from outside the door, accompanied by the sound of cracked tiles. Raphael, who was quite displeased, folded up the newspaper, opened the door, and saw two half-ter diater spheres hitting the ground below the distant tower.
Following that, a commotion rose from the top of the tower.
"It's true, they both fell at the sa ti!"
"Nonsense, I saw it very clearly; the small one was a tenth of a second slower."
One male wizard, craning his neck, spoke confidently. He had been using farseeing magic to watch, and he saw it very clearly.
"But it says here that it's due to the influence of air resistance. Master Yade's theory is actually correct!"
"But why aren't feathers and paper the sa then?"
"It's said that Master Herlram has already conducted experints. As long as you remove the air, everything will fall simultaneously."
...
A group of apprentices gathered on the tower, discussing the experints described in the Magic Daily. Many of them had flushed faces and were constantly arguing, on the verge of fighting right then and there.
Raphael, upon seeing the two falling spheres, understood that these apprentices were verifying the Law of Free Fall. Even though the height and weight obviously didn't match, the results were evidently the sa.
"Grand Wizard Raphael, is our continent really round?" A nearby male wizard, responsible for recording the experints, asked in confusion.
Since the Law of Free Fall had been confird, did that an the so-called theory of a spherical world was also true?
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