Chapter 356: The Two Documents and Two Badges
Translator: Kris_Liu Editor: Vermillion
Knowing Lucien quite well, Lazar was aware that sometimes Lucien would say things that they did not understand. So Lazar smiled and said, “Mr. Eric, please take a look at the first paper. You’ll see what Lucien’s inscription mean.”
Eric hurriedly opened the journal and jumped to the first paper. He saw Lucien’s name on it—Lucien Evans X, fifth-level arcanist, fifth-circle sorcerer.
The title of the paper was: The Discovery of a New Particle.
Thinking of all the rumors that he had heard during that month, Eric suddenly felt quite nervous.
“You probably want to calm down a bit first, Mr. Eric.” Lazar joked. Knowing that Eric was not an expert in element spells, he had no worries at all that Mr. Eric would get hurt from reading it.
After Eric quickly scanned the paper, he suddenly looked up and his gray eyes were shining with the light of excitement, “It’s way smaller than an atom! It’s a new particle! Evans, your contribution is so great that can definitely be compared to the discovery of planets! The world is way more complex than we thought!”
For the arcanists, the finding of the new particle was way more meaningful than that of the periodic table of elements. The latter was just a summarized finding, while the former had led them to the new era of arcana study.
Lucien did not expect that, after working in the office for so many years, Mr. Eric was still this passionate about the study of arcana and curious about the truth of the world. However, Lucien was still holding the suspicious attitude toward whether other planets really existed in this world.
“I’m not sure if the existence of other planets is true…” Lucien murmured.
“No… I mean… yes, we haven’t figured out if the planets are really there.” Eric quickly corrected himself and said, “The value of the discovery of electron should be compared to that of the finding of the fact that light is a kind of electromagnetic wave, the proposal of electromagnetic equation, the establishment of the three laws, and Miracle Experiment! The world is so big and at the same time so small. But we’re even smaller living in this world!”
Eric used some quite long sentences. He was being a little too excited.
Lazar grinned at Lucien, “I’ve never seen Mr. Eric acting like this before.”
After a few minutes, Eric slowly calmed down. He combed his think hair a bit with his hand and said, “Your inscription is definitely valid! You’re right—the gate of the microworld is opening for us. How small can a particle be?”
“Our knowledge’s still rather limited,” said Lucien with his fingers crossing. “We can talk about it later, but Mr. Eric, can you please take out the documents and badges for me?”
Lucien’s words reminded Eric what his true job was. When he hurriedly reached the badges and documents in the cage, he said to Lucien, “There’s another line on the cover—Vol. 10, 789, for Mr. Evans.”
Lucien realized that this issue of Arcana was a special edition for him.
“Le… level six?!” Eric stammered a bit when he saw the dazzling stars on the badge.
Lazar was also shocked. Although he knew that the discovery of electron could bring Lucien a very good credit reward, Lazar never really expected that Lucien could become a level six arcanist this fast.
Lucien was now a senior-rank mage. He was now a member of the upper class in the Congress!
“Credits… Three thousand and sixty-nine…” Eric double checked to make sure this was not a mistake.
Lazar put on a confused smile and said, “Maybe the discovery of electron is so important that the reward is even more than what we expected.”
“Can I take a look at the document, Evans?” asked Eric politely. After all, Lucien was already a level six arcanist.
Lucien did not mind, “If you want, please read to us, Mr. Eric. I think Lazar wants to know as well.”
Lucien just turned in the paper a few days ago. The review comment was sent back together with the journal.
“Sure I want to know the comments.” Lazar grinned.
“The comment from Mr. Raventi is: ‘Simple but classic experiment. It has discovered a new particle which is smaller than an atom. The experiment has shown us a brand new field with endless possibilities. It has pushed open the gate of the microworld for us. The finding will probably change the world we live in, and maybe not until many years later can we see the true value of it. The paper is worthy of in-depth discussion and it has overturned atom theory. Six hundred arcana credits and five thousand arcana points are suggested to be given to Lucien Evans as the reward’,” Eric read the comment.
The comment from LockLynn was close to that of Raventi, and the suggested credits given was also six hundred. The combined review comment was:
“The groundbreaking finding in the microworld. The finding has proved the theoretical limit of atom theory and is of great significance to the school of Element. Worth of detailed discussion. A new era shall begin. Six hundred credits and five thousand arcana points are given as the reward.”
The given credits were not much higher than their expectation.
“These are really high comments, even higher than that of the periodic table of elements! You’re really putting great pressure on us!” Lazar joked, “But… the finding of the electron has just brought you six hundred credits. What about the other a thousand credits?”
“There’s another document.” Lucien pointed at the file in Eric’s hand. Since the document was directly sent to the office, there was no need for Lucien to keep it as a secret.
Eric hurriedly opened it. After he scanned the file, he suddenly looked up and said to Lucien in the trembling voice, “You… You designed Miracle Experiment?”
“What?!” Lazar could not believe his ears. Although he was not on the scene when Raventi conducted the experiment in the manor, Lazar repeated the experiment on his own in the lab. He was deeply shocked by the result—the secret of life was so charming!
“I was not able to handle the consequence brought by the experiment, so I chose to keep it as a secret. But now things are different.” Since Lucien’s cognitive world had started to substantialize and the existence electron had become part of the structure of his mental world, the efficiency of Lucien’s meditation practice had doubled. Now, Lucien had enough money to buy all the potions and materials. Maybe in four or five years, Lucien’s soul and spiritual power could become strong enough to directly interfere with the reality.
“You… You’re such a monster!” Lazar was more than shocked.
Eric was absent-minded for a while and then he forced a smile on his face, “Miracle Experiment almost dragged the God of Truth down from the throne. Lucien, you’re a genius arcanist.”
“And also crazy…” Eric thought to himself.
Then, Eric reminded Lucien, “Be careful, Lucien. The church must be watching you, and some of the crazy sorcerers might go extreme as well.”
“Thank you, sir.” Lucien nodded, “I am prepared.”
“The final comment on Miracle Experiment is: ‘The experiment has shown us a possible answer about how life first came to this world. It is simple yet very mysterious, just like a miracle. The experiment is pioneering and pathbreaking and is of great value. Six hundred arcana credits and five thousand arcana points are given’,” once again, Eric read the comment.
Plus all the citation credits that Lucien had got, he had obtained enough credits to become a senior-rank.
“Congratulations, you’ve become a senior-rank arcanist.” Eric handed Lucien the badge, the two files, and the journal.
As for Eric, he never expected that one day he would become a senior-rank arcanist. His only wish was to become a sixth-circle sorcerer before his soul was drained up, so he could prolong his life-span.
Lucien left his own spiritual mark in the badge and found that there was another permanent magic effect enchanted in the badge. The wearer was going to be immune to the common magic spells restraining one from moving such as Slow, Spider Web, and Grease.
The magic effect was a good one. Lucien nodded, feeling satisfied. Obviously, this precious badge was previously made. The original data saved in the old badge was transferred to the new one.
Lazar took an envious glance at the badge on Lucien’s chest.
At this time, Heidi knocked at the door. She saw it from the gap of the door that Mr. Evans and Mr. Lazar were just about to leave. She gently pushed the door open and walked into the office, “I’m an arcanist now.”
The black badge with a silver star on it was shiny.
“Good for you.” Lucien nodded approvingly.
“Six… six stars…” Heidi was very surprised, “Are you already a level six arcanist, Mr. Evans?”
In the corridor, Felipe walked past with his hands in the black pockets. He looked quite sick. On the first day of October, he was also here updating his arcana badge and borrowing some books from the library.
When walking past the door, the corner of Felipe’s eyes saw Lucien standing in the office. Felipe saw the arcana badge with six stars on it in front of Lucien’s chest on the left.
Lucien also noticed Felipe and the six silver circles on his magic badge. Lucien smiled and nodded as his greeting.
Felipe looked the same gloomy so he would not show Lucien his surprise and bewilderment. After a quick nod, Felipe walked past the door.
“There’s another badge?” Eric picked it up and saw the badge on which a quill was drawn.
Lucien thought that there was going to be a formal procedure for him to work in the review board. He did not expect that the badge was directly given to him.
“Arcana Review Board, Lucien Evans…” Eric read out the words and could not believe his eyes
Felipe was still not far away from the door. In the corridor, he heard Eric’s voice. His hands in the pockets clenched tight for a moment, but the look on his face remained the same. Calmly, he left the corridor.
