——Make up for the lack at the third watch today, and add the extra shift at the end of the month tomorrow~ Ask for a monthly pass.
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Due to the importance that the Supreme Council attaches to this cooperative research project, and it mainly involves elements and necromancy, all the Arcanists of the two factions who are good at research in Alinge have been transferred, which naturally includes the Arcane Review Committee's authoritative Arcanists such as Ravendi, Gaston, Lochliny, and Pessol, as well as most of the intermediate Arcanists who are qualified and able to help them review papers.
Therefore, a temporary place for submitting papers for review was set up in the "Sariwa" manor, so that the arcanists participating in this project could submit their research results as soon as possible.
As soon as he came out of the room full of magic circles, Lucian saw Woods from "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly" appear at the other end of the corridor: "Good afternoon, Mr. Woods, I didn't expect to see you here, I remember that you seem to be good at force fields and astrology."
"Good afternoon, Evans. But I am also the deputy editor-in-chief of "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly", so of course I have to come and walk around to see which arcanist's research results can be published in our journal. Who told you that the two factions of elemental and necromancer who have the ability to write high-level papers are all concentrated here, and our "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly" is not like "Arcane" and "Magic" where you can sit and wait for others to submit, so you have to come over."
Woods smiled and nodded, because of the periodic table two weeks ago, he had gone from reviewing the arcanist to the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly", and at the same time found that the arcane points of the new element's papers had always been relatively high, and also verified the correctness of the periodic table, which made him stay at level four for a long time seem to have hope of breaking through within a year.
After saying that, Woods, who had a golden eight-beard, looked at Lucian with concern: "After I arrived here, I heard from a familiar arcanist that you had been attacked, so I went to visit you in your room, but the maid told me that you were here. Well, seeing that you are not too bad now, I am relieved."
In addition to Lucian's pale face, his body had almost recovered, but the "Transformation Robe" needed to be repaired.
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Woods. I was only the target of the affected, and the attackers mainly targeted Mr. Felipe and did not cause any substantial damage to me. The injury basically comes from the backlash of using the 'elemental' ring beyond the level." Lucian motioned for Woods to say as he walked.
Since he was brought back to the manor by Ravendi and Gaston, the people he knew Larry, Timothy, Ulysses and others had come to visit one after another, but because the news was still blocked nearby, even the elves such as Estine and Exilion did not know, so Lazar and other friends did not come.
Woods frowned slightly: "Don't look at the recovery of this backlash, in fact, there are hidden dangers that cannot be eliminated for your soul and body, Evans, and will shorten your life. But Evans, you hope to become a senior before the age of fifty, but it's not a big problem. In the future, it is best to use less if you can use it less."
As soon as they arrived at the door, Woods smiled as if he remembered something: "It was the place to submit papers before, could it be that you wrote another research paper, Evans?"
"Yes, this week's arcane research results about the three alchemy substances that can promote food production and their large-scale production methods." Lucian smiled and pushed open the door, as if he was talking about a very ordinary paper.
Woods looked at Lucian with slight surprise and amusement: "I have seen your project briefings in the past few days, and it seems that I have encountered a bottleneck, but as soon as I turned around, I heard that you have researched Evans, which really makes me a little unbelievable."
"I was also inspired by the research results of the arcanists in the project presentation, and combined with the results of the analysis of the composition of fertilizer and manure after the burning of plants and trees, I switched to three alchemical substances that can be dissolved in water." Lucian asked the maid guarding the door to pour Woods a cup of tea.
Woods picked up the tea and took a sip, laughed: "So that's it. If these three alchemy substances can really be mass-produced and popularized, then the production of food will be greatly increased, making many magicians and knights richer, and Evans, your paper will also be evaluated by popularity."
As a man from a family of wizards, Woods grew up in Alinge, had no difficult life experience, and had no business acumen, plus he was a mid-level arcanist, and he was in a completely different class from the bottom farmers, the poor, etc., and he may care and have pity for them, but it is only an occasional emotion, so he does not think Lucian's thesis has any great significance. This project can be valued by the Magic Council, mainly because the Excellency of the Supreme Council wants to study natural divine arts.
"I hope so." Lucian took a sip of black tea and replied without any ostentation.
Woods put down his teacup and said with a smile but solemnly: "I wonder if Evans, can you give this paper to us for publication in the "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly"?" Although only half of this month has passed, if one of the main results of this high-profile research project can be included in advance, then the total number of citations in the next issue of "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly" will definitely increase significantly.
Lucian replied with a smile: "I once said that if I have the opportunity, I will continue to submit to you, Mr. Woods, and you will be the first to come to me, Mr. Woods. Well, as long as my paper can pass the review of the committee members, I am personally willing to publish it in the "Ordinary Arcanist Monthly".
"On behalf of Ordinary Arcanist Monthly, I would like to express my gratitude to you, Evans. By the way, can you show me the content of the paper? I'm sure it's in the journal rankings." Woods asked deliberately, after all, Lucian's paper was only submitted for review, and such a request was suspected of bad intentions.
Lucian did not refuse, took out a spare document from the storage bag and handed it to Woods: "It's okay, I also gave a 'project briefing' when I submitted it to the Arcane Review Committee for review, and everyone can see it tomorrow."
Although Lucian Evans was only a newcomer who had just been exposed to arcane for a few months, his only two papers were taken seriously, especially the second one, which caused a storm in the field of elemental magic and had an extremely important position, so his thesis could not be ignored.
"What elements do plants seem to be able to absorb only from substances that can be dissolved in water?" Since the author of the paper was in front of him, Woods discussed it with Lucian while watching.
Lucian did not diverge his thoughts, and said on the matter: "Judging from the experimental results, this is indeed the case."
Woods took a sip of black tea, slowly turned to the next page, and continued to discuss with Lucian, admiring the control experiment designed by Lucian.
In your words and I sentences, Woods saw the last part of the paper: a discussion of the large-scale preparation of several alchemical substances.
After the first experiment of using sulfuric acid to treat phosphate ore to obtain alchemy substances, Woods picked up the black tea, took a sip, and was about to discuss with Lucian the design of the magic circle prepared on a large scale, but at this time, his eyes suddenly caught the title of this page: "Experiments and Discussions on Synthetic Urea".
Poof, the black tea in Woods' mouth spurted out, spraying a mist in front of him, and even Lucian, who was sitting on his right hand, was affected a little.
Lucian wiped his face in embarrassment and asked, "Mr. Woods, what's wrong with you?"
"Evans, do you know what you're writing?!" Woods looked at Lucian with horrified eyes, then lowered his head and quickly read the rest of the content, looking at the experimental design and results.
"Did you really synthesize urea from several inanimate gases?" Woods muttered in disbelief, fortunately, he was not a necromancer, and after stabilizing his emotions, he stared at Lucian seriously and solemnly, "Evans, did you complete this experiment yourself?"
Lucian replied "blankly": "Yes, I did it with the magic circle and alchemy circle in the laboratory. Mr. Woods, what's the problem?"
"Evans, don't you understand the significance of this experiment and the serious problems that will inevitably arise?!" Woods roared uncontrollably.
Lucian shook his head with an "innocent" face: "I don't understand."
「XXXX。 Why is it you again?" Woods burst into foul language again, pinching the corner of his forehead with his right hand, as if to calm his emotions.
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After a morning of investigation, Ravendi and Gaston, who had no other gains except for confirming that the attacker was Traquel, returned to their study respectively.
"Mr. Gaston, this is the paper that needs to be reviewed today." The elemental servant took the three papers and placed them on the desk in front of Gaston, and the rest of the papers had been distributed to Larry and other intermediate arcanists who were currently in the manor.
Gaston picked up the first paper and saw the familiar name: "Lucian Evans X".
After the last incident, Gaston ordered his elemental servants to leave the papers submitted by Lucian Evans X for his own review.
"The young people's experiments are progressing well, but we have not made any progress in cooperating with the Great Arcanists to study the source of divine magic and natural will, is it really unknowable and unfathomable?" Gaston lamented that the Great Arcanists were not going well while flipping through the papers, especially since Malfurio was returning to the Stroop Forest tomorrow.
While everyone knows that this may be a bluff by the Church, the Elven Court and the Druid Elders will find it difficult to refuse this excuse unless there is a breakthrough development.
Flicking Lucian's paper with his fingers, Gaston thought to himself: "If we use the excuse of finding an alchemical substance that can increase food production that can be popularized, will Malfurion withstand the pressure and stay for a few more days? But in this way, even if he stays, he will not use magic to cooperate, because his goal has been achieved."
While thinking, Gaston turned to a new page, and the title on it was: "Experiments and Discussions on Synthetic Urea".
It was as if an electric current was rising from the back of his spine, and Gaston felt a strange slight tremor, his back leaning against the back of the chair straightening abruptly, forgetting anything else as he read the rest carefully.
Then he got up with a solemn expression and rushed into the magic laboratory with extremely fast movements.
(End of this chapter)