As dusk settled in the city of Greeneral the next day, thousands of wizards and civilians congregated outside the streets, observing Glenn and others as they covered every wall of the streets with smooth mirrors...
"Only fifty mirrors left! Put them precisely as per the blueprint, not a fraction off on the angles!" Glenn commanded loudly, orchestrating Nancy and others to place the mirrors in their designated spots and adjust their angles precisely as he had calculated.
Thanks to the steady hands and high precision of the wizards, if they said fifteen degrees, it was exactly that, not a fraction more. Linking the reflections of hundreds of mirrors wasn’t an easy feat.
Just determining the various angles of refraction took a whole day with the seven wizards working together!
Glenn felt a bit relieved because borrowing the mirrors went smoothly. When many curious wizards learned they were for a light speed asurent experint, they generously contributed their purchased round mirrors. They even got the council's approval to use the streets and squares of Greeneral for the experint after sunset when the shops closed.
It took over an hour for Glenn and the team to position the final fifty mirrors. By the ti they finished, the sun had set, enveloping the whole city in darkness.
At Glenn's request, there were no candlelights in any house. Everyone relied on the faint moonlight to see their surroundings.
"Glenn, spill the beans now, will you? Why did you borrow so many mirrors? Planning to asure the speed of light with this?" a wizard familiar with Glenn couldn't contain his curiosity, prompting the others to eagerly await Glenn's response.
Facing the expectant gazes, Glenn seed a bit nervous but launched into an explanation nonetheless. "My plan is to use the principle of light reflection from mirrors to increase the distance light travels, thereby asuring the speed of light..."
He had placed nurous mirrors across Greeneral. They would create a beam of light from the entrance of DC district, reflecting through the mirrors to XC district, then to the southern district, forming a loop...
"A total of a thousand reflections over a hundred kiloters!" Glenn said proudly.
He ticulously calculated each mirror placent. They only needed to stand in place and watch as the light circled within Greeneral. The final stop would be the tower above their heads!
"I've placed a white cloth at the top of the tower. Once we see a conspicuous spot of light there, it ans the light has completed the circuit, traveled a hundred kiloters, and by asuring the ti taken, we can calculate the speed of light..." Glenn explained.
"What a novel idea! To think it could be done like this..." Raphael exclaid, admiring Glenn's creativity. Using just a few streets to simulate a hundred kiloters for their experint.
The other wizards beca interested; Glenn's plan seed feasible. After all, even light elents would take a second or two for such a distance, right?
"Lord Lynn, do you think this can asure the speed of light?" Elok couldn't resist asking. He knew the Headmaster had been preparing similar experints lately, crucial for the Silver Moon dal.
"It's possible, yet impossible..." Lynn smiled mysteriously, not revealing the answer.
Glenn was indeed imaginative, coming up with such a thod. However, he lacked so considerations...
Seeing Lynn's ambiguous response, the wizards present couldn't help but roll their eyes. It seed even the esteed magical star wasn’t sure of the outco, resorting to such explanations just to save face.
But it made sense—if the other party knew beforehand, they'd probably have already asured the speed of light. After all, this experint wasn't complex. With enough mirrors, anyone could replicate it easily.
Glenn paid no heed to the murmurs. Double-checking the blueprints in his hand one last ti, he took a deep breath and focused.
As ti ticked away, when it struck midnight and was about three seconds in, Glenn raised his hand. A blazing fireball appeared in the air, illuminating the entire street.
But this was just the beginning. Glenn, along with five other wizards, worked their magic. With surging magical energy, layers of reflections ford around the fireball, creating a closed spherical structure, leaving only a one-centiter diater hole...
All the light emitted by the fireball converged and shot through the tiny hole, targeting the first round mirror.
Glenn tid it perfectly. At that mont, when all eyes were fixed, dazzling beams of light appeared within the street, continuously reflecting off the mirrors, extending all the way to the horizon.
Nancy, facing away from Glenn, kept her gaze fixed on the top of the tower, not daring to blink, holding a magical clock. The mont she saw the light spot, she had to stop it. The final ti taken would be the duration for light to travel a hundred kiloters.
One second... Three seconds... Five seconds... Ten seconds...
Nancy strained her eyes; the white cloth atop the tower remained empty, devoid of any light spot.
"It seems the speed of light isn't that fast after all... It's been over ten seconds, why hasn't it arrived yet?" Elok grumbled.
"Even if it's fast, for a hundred kiloters, it should take at least half a minute, right?" Pearce chuckled.
However, Raphael and others furrowed their brows, a thought creeping into their minds—could sothing have gone wrong with the experint?
Thinking so, several grand wizards took flight, intending to survey the entire city from the skies, searching for the source of the problem.
Down below, Glenn also sensed sothing amiss. The intensity of the light, as it passed through multiple reflections, was diminishing far more rapidly than he had expected...
About ten seconds later, Raphael and others returned from the sky, wearing sowhat resigned expressions.
"Master Raphael, what's the situation? Has the light not arrived yet?" one of Glenn's friends hurriedly inquired, curious.
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