Chapter 430: 430
Douglas's demiplane was very different from Thanatos's The Resting Place, Fernando's Thunder Hell, and Hathaway's Element Paradise . When Lucien first stepped in the demiplane with Norman, a member from the Affair Committee who was here to guide Lucien, he did not even realize that they had arrived in a demiplane . Douglas's demiplane looked just like an extension of the real material world . Everything in here functioned following the same rules . Although they all looked plain and normal, fascinating secrets were hiding behind .
Although the demiplanes all looked different because the legendary sorcerers had different understandings of the world and different preferences, they all represent unique features . Yet in Douglas's demiplane, there were lush black forests, and mirror-like lakes, connecting to tall green mountains at the other end of the sky . The magic tower was surrounded by a green lawn that was like a fuzzy carpet . This place had no difference from the real material world .
"My teacher's dream is to understand the world . So his demiplane resembles the real world the most . " Norman smiled and explained .
Lucien nodded slightly and looked around . "No wonder Mr . President chose to name this place Linsorde . "
In the language of the ancient Sylvanas Magic Empire, Linsorde meant the truth of the world . Therefore, Douglas's demiplane was also called the Land of Truth, and the World in Mirror .
Entering through the magic gate guarded by two mythril golems, Norman led Lucien into a small living room . Two guests, one male and one female, were already sitting there .
The living room was decorated with scarlet carpets, scattered armchairs, tea tables, and several rows of bookshelves . The arrangement was rather casual and cozy . This place looked like Douglas's private meeting room for seeing his friends and the juniors .
"Mr . Douglas, His Excellency the Lord of Storm, and His Excellency the Prophet are still doing the last test . Let's wait here for a moment . " Norman explained, and then he introduced the two guests to Lucien . "They are Mr . Douglas's students as well . They happened to be in town right now and are thus here to witness the historic moment: If the planet created by Mr . Douglas can revolve around this world, and be observed by the astrology towers on the ground, it will be a powerful proof for his celestial bodies motion system . There'd be no more queries or suspicions . "
Norman was, obviously, so excited that he almost forgot to continue the introduction . Thankfully he realized in time and, pointing to the middle-aged man with grizzled hair, hurriedly said to Lucien, "This is Artil, the student who has followed Mr . Douglas for the longest time . He specializes in Astrology, Force Field, Transformation, and Light-darkness . "
Artil had a thin face and protruding cheekbones . His eyes were narrow, and so were his lips . The badges he wore showed that he was a level-eight arcanist and ninth circle archmage, but was not a member of any board or committee, nor of the Highest Council .
He nodded and said in a plain but slightly biting tone, "I'm not the student who has followed Mr . Douglas for the longest time . There is one who's elder than me and has been the student of Mr . Douglas for even longer . "
Hearing that, Norman and the female were quite embarrassed, having no idea how to respond . Lucien realized who Artil was talking about: He was referring to the Emperor of Control, the Poem of the Goddess — Mr . Brook . It was said that now Brook and Douglas had become strangers because of their divergence over the particle or wave nature of light .
Norman and the female arcanist were still relatively young, and they never experienced this with their own eyes . To them, the past between Brook and Douglas were written legends and, without experiencing it by themselves, it is difficult to hold extreme disgust and hate towards Brook . Artil, however, had been following Douglas for a long time and probably had also been classmates with Brook for a long time . In his eyes, Brook's behavior was a filthy betrayal . No wonder Artil was showing no respect to Brook at all .
Seeing that Lucien did not try to dig further into the topic, Norman hurriedly turned to introduce the young lady to Lucien . "This is Luciana, also a student of Mr . Douglas . She specializes in Element, Astrology, Force Field, Summoning, and Transformation . Also, she has an in-depth study in math . She should share many topics with you, Evans . "
"I've just finished reading Nature, and I'm very interested in the new geometry systems put forward by you and Mr . Levski . I'm planning on further developing them . " said the young lady with red, flame-like hair . It seemed that she was not even twenty-five, but her badges showed that she was a level-seven arcanist and an eighth circle sorcerer, as well as a member of the Arcana Review Board .
Before Lucien could reply, Artil smiled and said, "Luciana, why waste your time on math? It's useless for practical arcana and magic . Time is precious to everyone . Although we live quite long, we need to spend hundreds of years to get an inch closer to the truth of the world . So, we can't afford wasting time at all . If our teacher's experiment on artificial planets works, it's going to be a huge breakthrough in both Astrology and Force Field . You'll be overwhelmed by the new research projects . "
The new geometry systems were nothing important to him, obviously .
Norman, standing beside, nodded imperceptibly . He seemed to agree with Artil, but he could not speak it out right in front of Luciana like Artil, especially when Lucien was present .
"It's my habit . It's what I like to do to relax," refuted Luciana coldly . She loved studying the beauty of math, but, in fact, she also had not seen the practical value of the two new geometry systems for arcana and magic .
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