According to His Majesty's instructions, I conducted a dangerous experiment .
I put 30 roosters on the work station, one of which was placed under the direct radiation of the red light .
The roosters were subject to the radiation for five minutes .
The rooster subject that took direct radiation reacted violently . It threw itself against the cage fiercely, whereas the others did not show any visible response .
I smelled a whiff of burned flesh in the laboratory .
After the experiment, I found that the feathers that came off the subject rooster were slightly burned . As the burn was fairly minor, I judged the cause of the feather loss to be from the struggle and not the radiation .
As for the subject rooster itself, it seemed normal except for being a little crestfallen .
"From my point of view, a torch is even more lethal than the radiation . "
Recorder: Celine .
. . .
The 13th, Day 2 of the experiment .
Something happened .
The subject rooster started to have symptoms of diarrhea and also began to wail as if it was infected by the demonic plague .
The other roosters acted normal .
His Majesty looked grave and sober (delete this sentence in the official report) .
No new experiment today .
. . .
The 14th, Day 3 of the experiment .
The subject rooster died .
The autopsy showed that there was fluid accumulation and internal bleeding in the rooster's body . Signs of decomposition had also been found in its hypodermis, which would normally take place one day after an animal has died .
In other words, the red light killed the rooster's skin when it was still alive .
Things are becoming a little interesting now .
Considering what had happened in the Temple of the Cursed and Thorn Town as well as the drawings on the murals, the findings did explain some things .
The cursed ones seemed to be enduring excruciating pain, although they looked fine physically, until every inch of their skins peeled off and festered . It must be awful to watch yourself die little by little and be unable to do anything to stop it .
I take back my previous remark . The radiation was more lethal than a torch, and it killed in a more subtle and sinister way .
However, His Majesty had his own opinion on this matter .
He believed the red light had a detrimental effect on the self-renewal process of living beings .
Our body was constantly growing and dying on a microscopic level to make sure these two process were balanced . The termination of cell growth would immediately result in massive acute necrosis of skins and organs . That was probably what the curse really was .
I agreed with him given that no other evidence proved otherwise (please delete the following paragraph in the official report) .
Microscopes are fascinating .
The materials collected from the Dream World also corroborated my research findings and showed that living beings were made of numerous tiny growing cells .
The reason that the light could penetrate a body was that our cells are not tightly packed in our body but instead in a loose formation .
I feel like I have entered a new realm .
It is a pity that I can't visit the Dream World .
I have learned that it would normally take nine years to complete the "high school" curriculum and have a thorough understanding of the human body .
So it will probably be a little hard for Phyllis, Elena, and the other witches to learn all the courses in such a short period of time .
. . .
The 16th, Day 5 of the experiment .
All the roosters, both alive and dead, were buried deep underground .
The laboratory was thoroughly cleansed .
I continued with the experiment the following day .
This time, I used three cows as my research subject . The purpose of the research was to see whether the Magic Ceremony Cube could be used as a weapon and how well the cows could hold up when exposed to the red light .
. . .
The 20th, Day 9 of the experiment .
The result was frustrating .
The three cows were each exposed to the red light for 10, 15, and 30 minutes respectively .
However, even the cow with the highest exposure lived for four days .
Whether this red light would cause harm to the demons remains unknown, but one thing was certain: the demons would never stand transfixed to one spot waiting for the light . Even if the "curse" did affect the demons, the demons would only be exposed to the red light for a fraction of a second on the battlefield .
The murals in the temple, which depicted that the Magic Ceremony Cube had defeated giant monsters, were indeed exaggerating .
Or another possibility is that . . . those monsters were particularly vunlerable to the "curse" .
. . .
The 21st, Day 10 of the experiment .
Testing the radiation range .
King Roland agreed to conduct the experiment outdoors after I assured him that the radiation would not travel to the surrounding areas .
The test site was still in the valley at the base of the Impassable Mountain Range .
The outcome was very disappointing .
The red light could not travel more than 100 meters, and basically anything could more or less block it .
For some metals, the red light could not penetrate them at all .
For example, a stack of ten gold royals .
Even water could somewhat block it .
I thus concluded that the light could not be used as a weapon .
. . .
The 26th, Day 15 of the experiment .
Since Nana has returned from the front, we conducted a healing test .
The damage caused by the radiation was curable, but not completely .
For instance, Nana could not repair the damaged skin or heal the contaminated organs of the subject cows . Their conditions would continue to deteriorate, and the parts that had been healed would be contaminated again later .
However, if we implanted a healed organ to another healthy cow, the health of the subject cow's organ would cease to decline .
In other words, the "curse" could potentially be removed provided that we reconstruct the infected body .
However, such a task was beyond Nana's ability .
To do so, we had to utilize Spear Passi's channeling ability, so we had to set this idea aside for the time being .
I put it as "incurable" for now just in case .
By the way, the first cow died 10 days after being exposed to the red light .
. . .
The 28th, Day 17 of the experiment .
The Magic Ceremony Cube emanated the blue light again .
The coin was gone .
Fortunately, His Majesty had another coin that was exactly the same as the previous one .
However, as this was the source material to produce "the Glory of the Sun" and it was extremely hard to collect, I felt I was wasting the most precious resource in the world .
Furthermore, the Magic Cube had exhausted its magic power, but, like a Sigil, it could be recharged .
Considering the test was resource-consuming, I did not think it a good idea to continue with the experiment .
I hope that we can dismantle it after we finished the resistance test .
. . .
Roland closed the "Official Research Journal" and heaved a sigh .
"You're reading it again," Nightingale said while snacking on dried fish on a recliner . "Isn't it obvious? The ancient treasure is merely an instrument to torture captives . It doesn't possess any incredible powers whatsoever . "
As the murals had suggested, the only reason for this invention was to torture enemies .
The mechanism of this Cube was probably very similar to that of ionizing radiation . Its source material was the uranium coin . Although what activated the Cube remained a mystery, the result was pretty much the same as only the Magic Ceremony Cube could direct energetic particles to a certain spot .
Roland suspected that the red light was just an indicator, similar to a laser beam, rather than the actual radioactive ray . It was highly unlikely that human beings could detect neutron beams or high energy electrons with the naked eye .
Now, he unveiled the truth pertaining to the Temple of the Cursed and the mysterious death of the Thorn Town residents .
A civilization who had heavily relied on radioactive elements had created the Cube with magic power . The device could release energetic particles after being activated by enriched radioactive materials . As to why the beam could only travel 100 meters, it might have something do with magic power .
Roland was a little discouraged by this conclusion .
He expected to find something more extraordinary than this since the nature of this device concerned knowledge of advanced physics . Perhaps, the original owner of this treasure had never taken it seriously, but simply used it as another instrument of torture just as they used a whip and a guillotine .
This was probably the difference between civilizations .
Just then, Sean came in and reported to him, "Your Majesty, the Taquila witches sent in another experiment report . "
"Give it to me . "
According to the schedule, this was the last test .
They subjected different animals to the radiation for the same amount of time to determine the relationship between the body type of the animal and its radiation tolerance .
After that, they would terminate all the tests with respect to the Magic Cube .
Since uranium was a rare element, he should make the best use of it .
Roland opened the journal that was handed to him by Sean and took a sip of the tea .
It was in Celine's handwriting again .
The 30th, Day 19 of the experiment .
The experiment was finally drawing to its end .
The result indicated that the larger the animal was, the higher tolerance it had to the red light . However, at this point, I was not able to develop a specific formula to address this relationship . It might take some time for me to do so .
Also, I had experienced a little hiccup during the experiment .
The incident was actually kind of amusing . I planned to use the remnant of the materials to see if it was fatal, so I directed the beam at a fish tank .
Five minutes later, I noticed wisps of steam that escaped from the surface of the water, although the fish were still alive .
That meant that the light was not even as deadly as boiling water . If I had continued with the experiment, the water would have been boiled and the fish cooked .
Perhaps we could use it to make soup?
"Haha!" Roland choked in his mug .
"What's so funny?" Nightingale asked in surprise .
"I almost forgot about that . . . " Roland mumbled . He had been too focused on the potential military application of the red light to realize that it was also a form of energy . Any form of energy could heat up water .
The history of the human civilization was, essentially, a process where men continuously developed different methods to boil water .
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