Chapter 135 What Is Magic?

Lin squatted down and reached out to grind the ashes. Each of the three piles of ashes was different.

After adding charcoal and saltpeter, and then simply relying on ordinary flames to burn the ashes, there are still many unburned materials.

It is the same as charcoal and nitre, but the ashes with the flame rune burn very thoroughly, but they feel a little grainy to the touch.

There are only ashes of charcoal in the flame rune, and the combustion is also incomplete, but it is much better than the first pile.

No matter which one it was, there was no explosion, but the toilet exploded. In other words, there must be factors that they had not considered.

Linn grabbed another handful of ashes and blew in. The soot blew away, leaving some particles behind.

He looked carefully and found that these particles were somewhat similar to crystal stones and had a faint luster.

Of the three piles of ashes, only this pile had particles in it, and the rest could not even see point crystal slag.

"Do you know what this is?" Lynn asked.

Hamid came closer and shook his head, "I've never seen him before. Maybe the alchemist will know him."

Unfortunately, there was no alchemist in the territory, so he could not answer their questions.

"You just said that the flame runes are driven by magic power. When the magic power is used up, the flames will dissipate. Why did the first flame burning last for so long? Where does the magic power come from?" Lin En asked.

Hamid shook his head again, "I don't know, it's really strange. I have never encountered this situation before. I just don't know if those alchemists who often use runes have experienced it."

Lin En can't find an alchemist now, not to mention that even if there is one, the other party may not know what is going on.

"What is magic?" Linn asked his doubts.

"Magic is magic, what else can it be?" Hamid was puzzled.

Lin En thought about it, this world is completely different from the world he was in before. There is magic power and elemental energy in the air. So is magic power like oxygen, existing in the air and a part of it?

But the question arises again, why are some people able to control magic while others are not?

Just like knights, according to Matthew, people with outstanding talents can gather life seeds to become knights, and continue to increase their strength and fully utilize their talents. People with ordinary talents will be trapped in junior or intermediate knights, without The method continues to improve.

If you don't have talent, you can't become a knight.

Darcy is another exception.

Now there is another accident. Old Billy has no magic power, but he exerts the effect of the runes and triggers an explosion.

"What kind of process do you use to inject magic power?" Lin En thought of the problem and asked.

Hamid became more and more confused, "It's just injecting your own magic power into the runes."

"Then let me ask you, your magic power is magic power, and there is magic power all around us. Why can your magic power make the runes work, but the magic power around us doesn't?"

Not only Hamid, but also several others were stunned.

They had never thought about this question and didn't know how to answer it for a while.

"Because after the magic is absorbed and brought into one's own spiritual power, it becomes no longer pure." Hamid quickly remembered a book he had read and replied, "In "What is the Essence of Magic?" There is a relevant explanation in this book. The magic that exists around us is natural magic. They will flow according to fixed rules and will not change unless they encounter some natural changes.

For example, when it rains heavily, water elements and thunder elements become active. Some special places, such as swamps, icebergs, canyons of the dead, etc., have unique elements condensed.

In addition, artificial interference can also be carried out, such as setting fire in the forest. The fire elements will continue to gather and gradually become unbalanced. Once the imbalance reaches a certain level, it will be difficult to extinguish.

After the magic power we absorb enters the human body, it is no longer natural magic power and can be used according to our own ideas, so this situation occurs. "

Lin En nodded slightly, this explanation can be used here.

"Is it true that runes cannot be used by ordinary people?" Linn asked.

"probably."

Hamid also lost the confidence to answer this question.

Linn asked Karis to draw a fire rune again, but it really had no effect.

He asked Matthew to draw it again, but flames appeared in the runes.

Matthew said: "Knights can use runes, they just need to inject their own power into them."

Lin En raised his eyebrows. He also drew a flame rune, then injected energy into it, and found that this was indeed the case.

"That is to say, the runes are not only driven by magic power, but also other energies."

The two flames dissipated quickly, and Hamid said: "Rune mainly uses magic power. Although other energies can be used, the effect is not very good. Basically few knights use runes."

After getting this argument, some of Linn's doubts dissipated.

In other words, when Old Billy was drawing the runes, he accidentally used other energy to activate the runes.

"Candle, candle!" Linn thought of this and went to find a candle.

Candles used by ordinary civilians were made of rushes and animal fat, and produced a large amount of black smoke when lit.

Lynn remembered what Old Billy said. He used candles to draw runes on the walls, which meant that he also needed saltpeter.

After spreading the saltpeter on the ground, Linn took the candle and drew the runes. Black smoke continued to rise, and burning dust fell on it. As Linn finished drawing, there was still no change.

"Isn't this right?"

Now, Linn had no choice.

Karis suddenly said: "Master, are you imitating Old Billy in drawing runes? I think you can go slower. When I taught Old Billy to read and write before, he learned very slowly and often thought about things for a long time when writing.

That’s what I mentioned, maybe speed has nothing to do with it.”

Linn followed his advice and drew slowly with a candle, pausing from time to time when the runes were finished.

A ball of flame burst out.

Lynn was shocked.

Hamid's eyes widened.

Karis's words were still in his mouth and were not finished.

Even Matthew, a former senior knight who had seen countless scenes, was stunned at this moment.

"It's really possible." Hamid stammered.

Lin En didn't say anything, and he experimented again, and the flames came out again.

However, the two flames did not burn for long and were quickly extinguished.

"I understand, that's how it is." Lin En suddenly realized, feeling excited that he had solved the mystery.

"What's going on?" Hamid asked impatiently.

"Candle flame, candle oil, burning ashes, and saltpeter, these things originally did not interfere with each other, but when they met by chance, they reacted and produced energy, and this energy was originally emitted directly. Yes, but by chance, old Billy drew a fire rune.

The runes require energy to activate, and they absorb this energy and then burn it, so you can see that the two flames were extinguished quickly. "Lynn explained.

"Oh, I didn't expect it to be like this." Hamid imagined that scene in his mind. Although it was a coincidence, such coincidences did exist.

"But what about the explosion?" Matthew asked.

"I don't know!" Linn answered very quickly. He still couldn't figure out the cause of the explosion and always felt that something was forgotten.

His eyes fell on those crystal stones, and he felt that the crystal stones must have some connection with the explosion.

"Business about your own business, don't get stuck here with such a problem." Linn said.

Matthew walked over and said in a serious tone: "Something happened to Jack."

Linn frowned, "What's the matter?"

"His face is swollen. He can only cause such a situation by slapping himself. He must have done this because he believed that he could not condense the seeds of life and that he was a waste. Once a person's beliefs change, it may cause some trouble."

Lynn asked, "What can you do?"

"No!" Matthew shook his head.

Lynn thought about it. Matthew is a holder of the standard talent theory view and believes that only talented people can become knights. In his eyes, it is impossible for Jack to break through. It is better to train like other members of the militia. , instead of focusing on the goal of the Cavaliers.

"Train as usual, I'll talk to him in the afternoon."

After Matthew left, Karis also went to work on things. Not only the livestock area, but also land reclamation, wild boar breeding and other matters needed him to deal with.

Linn stayed here, wondering what went wrong.

Unconsciously, time passed quietly and it was already afternoon.

Only then did Lin remember that he wanted to find Jack, and he went directly to the place where he was studying.

As white paper was created and production increased, they could also use it to study.

However, some people still use wooden sticks to practice and are not comfortable with paper and pencil.

Lynn called Jack out.

"Sir." Jack stood in front of him honestly.

"Why is your face swollen?" Lin En asked directly without any foreshadowing.

Although Jack was embarrassed, he still told the truth.

"You are envious of Miles and Darcy, and you are resentful of yourself, right? You feel like you are a waste."

Jack's eyes were red and he felt extremely aggrieved. "Sir, why can't I become a knight? Is it because I don't have this talent?"

It seemed that Lin En's words made him open up his heart and say everything in his heart.

"When I was training during the day, I didn't feel anything, but at night, I would think of Miles becoming a Cavalier. I was envious and happy for him. I never had any resentment towards him. I just feel that I am incompetent and a useless person. I am in a very bad mood and cannot sleep at all. I can only rely on fanning myself constantly. It seems that after the pain, I don’t have so many thoughts.”