Speeding all the way in the form of an energy body, it took about forty minutes to reach the Northern Territory from the Royal Capital. This space-time was not in a mine, but in a valley.
However, like other places, due to the large influx of magic power, the entire area was transformed into magic crystals, making it look shiny.
In order to provide the logistics supplies for the crusade, the church also set up a camp and some necessary measures here, which now makes it easier for the parliament to manage it after it accepts it.
"Master Raphael, I didn't expect you to lead the team this time."
Entering the valley, Linn immediately saw Raphael and others gathered in front of the gate of surging time and space, listening to Sean explain the working principle of the quartz clock, and greeted them unexpectedly.
He knew that Raphael's name was on the next round of legendary wizard promotion list, so he shouldn't be so eager to get the credit for the time being.
Lin En also thought that the selected one would be a sixth-ring great wizard who was relatively low in the ranking and wanted to rely on his achievements to improve his promotion ranking.
For example, Arad...it would be quite appropriate if you don't take into account his slightly impatient personality.
"I am alone, without worries, and the apprentices I teach are all self-reliant, so I was chosen." Raphael shrugged and said helplessly.
Linn laughed, of course he didn't believe this was the reason.
At this time, Vittorio, who was responsible for opening and closing the space-time door, explained a few words. Raphael had a wide range of skills in various techniques. In addition to being proficient in elements and alchemy, he also had certain knowledge in electromagnetism and optics. Research, and trustworthiness are the reasons why we are entrusted with important tasks.
"It seems that the leader of this operation must be you." Linn nodded, fully recognizing Vittorio's judgment.
The strength of the candidates needed to lead the team is secondary, as long as it is enough. In other words, in this operation, fighting is something that needs to be avoided as much as possible.
In comparison, the comprehensiveness of abilities is more important. After all, no one knows what kind of situation they will encounter after entering the other side of the time and space gate.
Under the praise of Lin En and Vittorio, the helpless look on Raphael's face was wiped away, and he showed a slight smile. Being selected this time also represented to some extent It shows the importance and trust that the parliament attaches to itself.
Going to the Gate of Time and Space to explore intelligence was dangerous, but after all, it was not a head-on conflict with the Lord of Death whose strength was unknown, and he was still confident of escaping unscathed.
It just so happened that he still lacked a hard enough achievement to convince the public.
The reason why Raphael is ranked fifth among the more than twenty six-ring wizards is because he cooperated with the three Chancellors Linn, Harov and Vittorio to kill the Legend in the battle to defend the royal capital. The cleric Edwell, and fought off Ella herself who descended from the gate of heaven.
But many great wizards have objections to this, and some even think that his military exploits came from following the Speakers. Even if he put a dog there, he would still be able to achieve good results.
Raphael was naturally furious at the gossip of these jealous people. He almost lost half his life in exchange for this honor. Although he didn't gain anything, he still got a lot of assists!
This trip to the outside of the time and space gate is also to rectify his name.
Linn looked at the other wizards participating in the operation and found that many of them were familiar faces.
For example, Yolande, who was born in the school of prophecy and has extensive research on astronomy and geography, and Tik, who is good at mathematics, physics, and alchemy.
There is also a psychic wizard named Tika, who is said to be a linguist, proficient in hundreds of dialects in the empire, and a person who surprised him - Ivina.
"Why are you here?" Linn asked in surprise.
A week ago, after he revealed his identity to the girl and explained the reason clearly, the two of them stopped meeting. Later, when the attendant said that he was talking to Sean, Ivina left on her own.
Lin En didn't pay too much attention to it. This was actually better. After some things were settled, it would be awkward to meet again, but he didn't expect that the other party would actually join the exploration team.
This made him somewhat puzzled. As a former member of the God's Punishment Army, how on earth did Ivina manage to sneak in?
"She has your letter of recommendation. Didn't you arrange for her to come here?" Vittorio looked at Lin En in surprise. He thought Ivina was someone specially arranged by Lin En, so he considered agreeing. Come down.
The corner of Lin En's mouth twitched involuntarily. He wrote this letter of recommendation so that Ivina could be free from the restrictions of her previous status, regain her previous examination results as a affairs officer, work hard in a management position, and maybe even be able to be a city manager in a few years. Whatever it looks like, I didn't expect that the other party would actually use it here.
Seeing Lin's expression, Vittorio realized that he had misunderstood, and immediately frowned and looked at the brown-haired girl.
Under the pressure of a legendary wizard, Ivina showed no fear or panic at all, and her face remained calm as she explained.
"I heard Bard talk a lot about things outside the time and space gate, which may be of some help in this operation. And like Master Raphael, I have no worries, even if I die accidentally in time and space. There won’t be any negative impact outside the door.”
Lin En shook his head, sensing a hint of self-destruction in the girl's words.
Raphael, who was innocently causing trouble, suddenly turned dark. He said that he had no worries before, but it was just a joke. He felt that he was still a very important person. After his death, apart from other things, his friends and The apprentices should all be crying.
However, he was dissatisfied, so Raphael gave a rare word of help. "Her strength and speed are very good, which is what this exploration team lacks. She may be able to deal with some emergency situations."
Although Ivina holds Lynn's letter of recommendation, she has also gone through selection and ability testing.
When undergoing the combat power test, Ivina 'killed' three official wizards who joined forces alone. Such combat power is considered to be the best even among the three-ring shaping wizards who are proficient in close combat.
They also need a force that specializes in the physical body, so that if they encounter interference with spellcasting during exploration, they will not be helpless.
Seeing what Raphael said, Linn stopped saying anything. Since this was Ivina's own choice, he couldn't interfere. Instead, he looked at the surging space-time door and asked. .
"Have you tested it? Is there an upper limit to its expansion range? Can it accommodate the incoming and outgoing substances? Where does the energy to maintain it come from?"
Lynn's questions are undoubtedly many and critical.
Vittorio has naturally not wasted the past few days. He has already conducted preliminary experiments. The first is the expansion of the space-time gate. He predicts that there should be no upper limit, or that the upper limit is very, very large, just the consumption of magic power. It is also a synchronized increase.
Vittorio once expanded the diameter of the space-time gate to more than fifty meters, but it still did not reach the limit. Later, he was worried that continued expansion might cause some adverse effects, such as causing the space-time gate to be discovered by the opposite side, so he did not continue to try. Go down.
"In addition, we also tested the difference in the time flow rate between the two worlds." At this point, Vittorio glanced at Sean again, who was a little depressed. "This is all thanks to the quartz clock developed by Mr. Sean!"
In front of Lin En, Sean did not dare to accept the title of developer and said with a wry smile. "R&D doesn't count. Speaker Lynn has explained the principles of quartz clocks very clearly."
"I just provided a design idea. The quartz clock was finally made in your hands. It only took six days, which is very good!" Lynn comforted Sean and affirmed his efforts. , and then continued to ask Vittorio whether he had sent people to enter the time and space gate in advance, and how the flow rate of time was measured.
"No, we haven't sent anyone in yet, we just used some tricky methods." Vittorio explained with a smile.
Since this space-time gate can allow people to enter and exit, the object should also be able to, so they tried tying an object with a rope and threw it to the other side of the space-time gate, and then tried to see if they could pull it back.
There is no doubt about the result...
Failed!
The rope pulled back was broken. After several experiments, they analyzed that all objects entering the space-time gate need to withstand a tearing force, as if being drawn into the whirlpool of the sea.
So Vittorio had people change the rope to a stronger steel rope, tie a heavy object to the other end, throw it over at high speed, and then pull it back quickly.
This time, there were no accidents in the experiment. It went very smoothly. Then we added a quartz clock to the heavy object and placed it on the other side of the space-time gate for a period of time. After getting it back, we could calculate the time based on the time difference between the two quartz clocks. Easily calculate the flow rate multiplier.
Linn nodded, this was a good idea.
"According to our calculations, the difference in time flow rate between the two worlds is about 7.25 times, but this difference is decreasing at a slow rate. Based on the current rate, the time flow rate of both sides will be about 400 times. Complete unification in fifty years..." Vittorio kept explaining.
Since the slowdown in this difference was very weak, in order to measure it, they conducted hundreds of experiments and spent a whole day using a quartz clock that could be accurate to tens of thousands of a second. After combining the values from hundreds of tests and calculating the equations, I managed to calculate a corresponding value.
To be more specific, we have to wait for Raphael and others to return for further confirmation. If it completely corresponds to the value calculated by his time flow velocity decay equation, then it can be explained.
"Four hundred and fifty years? It seems that we have quite a lot of time." Raphael raised his eyebrows. The seven times difference in time flow rate is undoubtedly terrifying. This means that after seven years on their side, the world of the other side will be different. It's only been a year.
Vittorio poured cold water on him with words. "Just based on the current rate, I guess the more intense the surge of magic power, the faster the time gap will shrink accordingly."
In other words, if the time and space gate is controlled by the opponent, and expands it to increase the speed of magic flowing into this continent, then the difference in time flow rate between the two worlds will be further reduced, and their time advantage will no longer be so obvious. .
"In short, your mission this time is very difficult. You need to collect as much information as possible from another world. It is best to confirm whether the information told by the Star Messenger is correct, and you must also try to avoid contact with the enemy..."
Vittorio spoke solemnly, and then handed a strange sphere the size of a fist to Raphael. "I think you should have seen this thing and know its power, right?"
Of course Raphael recognized what this was. Back in the City of Fire and Oil, Linn used something similar to cast [Skyfall], which cleansed the radiation spreading across the land of death. Just the aftermath almost destroyed the fire. Oil City bulldozed.
Facing such a powerful weapon, when Raphael took it over, his wrists trembled slightly, fearing that it would be activated accidentally.
Vittorio explained the method of use and reminded, "Don't use it unless absolutely necessary."
Raphael rolled his eyes. With the terrifying damage radius of [Skyfall], I am afraid that this thing can only be used when we die together.
The main theme is a hero!
"By the way, you should also bring this ring." Lin En took out a special secret magic ring.
"What does it do?" Raphael asked curiously.
"It's just an experiment, it may not be useful." Lin En said casually, without any intention of revealing it.
Hearing what Linn said was so mysterious, Vittorio took a few glances, and then discovered that this ring was entirely dark gold. The color and texture made him feel extremely familiar.
"This should be the metal material used to make the Corona Medal, right?" Vittorio asked in surprise.
"Yes, I melted a corona medal and used part of the material to make this ring!" Linn nodded and admitted.
Did you melt the Corona Medal? As soon as these words came out, the wizards present widened their eyes, and Raphael's wrist holding the ring also shook.
The Medal of the Sun is the highest honor in the magic world. This magic star is willing to melt such a precious thing. It is simply a waste of natural resources!
Lin En didn't care much. He asked Harrov that this strange metal came from outside the door of time and space. They only got a total of twelve kilograms because it was rare and had strong energy carrying capacity, so It was divided into twelve corona medals.
Now there are only two coins left in stock in the parliament, and they have to keep them to distribute to others. He happened to have a spare one, so he simply melted one and used it for research and experiments. This ring was one of his achievements.
(End of chapter)
