my armed maid

Chapter 117 Chapter 114: Are you here to cause trouble?

On the morning of February 78th, 2th year of the Roland Calendar, Flamel.

More than three hundred senior alchemists gathered at the lecture venue of the Alchemy Society, where a legendary level of alchemy results conference was about to begin.

Affected by the assassination a few days ago and the tense atmosphere of this year's civil war, Flamel attached great importance to the security issue of this conference.

The Alchemy Society is guarded by the Knights of Flamel on three floors outside. Every guest present will have their identity carefully checked and cannot bring any followers into the society.

At the same time, each area in the venue is equipped with an independent special magic barrier, which can prevent someone from suddenly attacking during the meeting.

Although these strict security measures this year have caused dissatisfaction among many people, for example, the inability to bring followers will make many people's daily movements inconvenient, and the magic barrier raised in the venue may affect the view of the stage...

However, under the persuasion of Fang Xiaozhi of the Society with reason and emotion, everyone finally obeyed the rules of the Society, and no one was absent in the end.

At this moment, at nine o'clock in the morning, the alchemy press conference started on time with the sound of the bell.

As Bach led the directors of the Alchemical Society onto the stage, the noise in the audience quickly fell silent.

Although Bach is not a legendary alchemist, he is the lord of the alchemical city of Flamel and the president of the headquarters of the Alchemy Society. His voice and influence are probably even better than those of the legendary alchemist.

"At the beginning of the new year, thank you all for taking the precious time out of your busy schedule to visit Flamel and attend this special alchemy results conference..."

Bach gave a eloquent opening speech and then got to the point.

"...According to the project report submitted by the Linfeng City branch some time ago, we discovered that Master Nolen has completed a special research result.

"In the field of magic circle science, he independently invented a new set of runes that are completely different from the existing rune system. If the magic circle is drawn using the new runes, its size will be significantly reduced compared to the traditional magic circle. .

"Based on the research results of this new rune system, Master Nolen created a new type of magic weapon with practical properties.

“After internal discussions within the Alchemy Society, this special research result has become mature and practical, so it is determined that its inventor and creator, Nolen Vishay, is qualified to apply for the title of legendary alchemist.

“So we held this alchemy results conference, and in this public meeting, we will make a final review of the research results.

"This will be a meeting that will go down in history. Everyone present is asked to uphold the principle of fairness and cast a prudent vote for the outcome of this meeting...

"Then, the society will invite Master Nolen Vishes next, and ask you to show your research results to everyone present."

As he spoke, Bach turned sideways and stretched out his hand towards Nolen in the stage preparation area.

"come on."

Yuna, Yaland and others on the side all smiled at him and encouraged him. Nolen nodded, took a deep breath, and then stepped forward steadily.

The protagonist came on stage, and there was sparse applause in the venue, while more people looked at him with suspicion. Although they didn't boo, they didn't show much enthusiasm either.

This is natural. Nolen has no background or past achievements. He is like an unknown person who jumped out of a crack in the rocks. He is probably not as old as the children of everyone present.

If anyone else had told them that such a young boy would become a legendary alchemist that would go down in history, they would have definitely dismissed it as a joke.

Only with the guarantee of a powerful academic force like the Alchemy Society can they come to the meeting with hesitation. On this basis, if you want them to be enthusiastic... then don't even think about it.

Especially after seeing Nolen himself, who was indeed a very young alchemist as mentioned in the intelligence, many people shook their heads, and the doubts on their brows became even heavier.

How much ink can such a young boy hold in his head?

Nolen was mentally prepared for the unenthusiastic scene in front of him. He stood in front of the loudspeaker in the center of the stage without changing his expression and gave a slight salute to everyone:

"First time meeting me, I am Noren Viches, an alchemist from Linfeng City.

"I need to take up a little time to introduce my alchemy results. This is a new rune system that can reduce the area of ​​the traditional magic circle dozens of times..."

He had rehearsed this opening remark many times in his mind, but before he could finish speaking, a sudden "beep" sound came from the audience.

Someone pressed the "Speak" button on his position. It stands to reason that this is not an interactive session, and pressing the "Speak" button at this time is against the rules.

The "beep" sound interrupted Nolen's words and made everyone present turn their attention to him.

A middle-aged man in green robes with an arrogant expression stood up from his seat and sneered:

"I thought it was a mistake in the information, but I didn't expect that the society actually held a results conference for a brat who didn't even know what to do. What a joke!

"Looking at your resume, you have been an official alchemist for less than half a year, and you have not even been promoted to a senior alchemist yet. If you still want to become a legend, I think the society and you are simply crazy!

"You are willing to mess around with these lunatics, but I will not accompany you. If the Alchemy Society continues to degenerate like this... hmph, I think it is not far from being finished!"

After saying that, he left the table directly, held his head high and walked away.

Seeing people leaving the seats as soon as the show started, the discussion in the audience suddenly became louder.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that if someone really didn’t believe in the gimmick of the society, they would not have attended this conference from the beginning;

And those who are willing to participate in the press conference will not rush to draw conclusions without even seeing the research results.

I'm afraid this commotion was secretly planned by someone. As for why...

If anyone is paying attention to the recent situation, they will know that the person leaving the meeting is a senior alchemist from Broken Star City.

Broken Star City has been at odds with Peak City and Flamel recently due to the murder of the envoy, and it seems not unreasonable to want to hinder the progress of the meeting.

Excluding the issue of stance, what he said is indeed reasonable.

Judging from Nolen's young age and brief resume, it is simply a fantasy that he could become a legendary alchemist.

Even the senior alchemists in the prince's camp who were willing to support him had doubts about this and could not refute this.

Just as the alchemists who were hostile to him could not oppose him without any basis, they could not support Noren when he was obviously unqualified.

What's more, they had never even met Nolen before. They didn't even know his details, so naturally they couldn't completely trust him.

Faced with the commotion caused by someone leaving the table angrily, Nolen's expression remained calm and he smiled easily:

"Obviously, this colleague is here to cause trouble. If he said this sincerely, I can only regret that he has gone astray in his thinking. "The alchemy community has always advocated that there is no priority in learning, and the master is the teacher. If If we only rely on seniority to determine everyone's abilities and achievements, the entire alchemy world will become a stagnant pool, and it will be difficult for alchemy to make further progress.

"Today we are gathered together because of alchemy, and the content we are talking about should also be about the results of alchemy. If he talks about it in a negative way and uses it to criticize the resume and life experience of others in the meeting, I think it is a sign of evil in his heart.

"What, is it possible that once alchemy itself is discussed, some people become speechless and resigned to defeat?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience couldn't help but became a little quiet. The middle-aged man in green robe who had already reached the door of the conference room suddenly turned around and glared at Nolen with eyes that seemed to be cannibalistic.

In the box on the second floor, Fred, the chief alchemist of the palace, saw Nolen's response with a gun and a stick, and couldn't help laughing:

"How brave this kid is to say harsh words in front of so many people."

Although this stumbling block by the Broken Star City envoy could not stop the progress of the meeting, it could give Nolen a blow and disrupt the rhythm of his speech.

Young alchemists may be talented, but they usually have little life experience. Being questioned like this in public is likely to cause confusion and affect subsequent performance.

But Nolen was not only unaffected, but also ridiculed the other party. Isn't this a manifestation of another talent?

"Of course I welcome any colleagues to discuss alchemy with me, but if it is too superficial a question, I will not respond."

Nolen was still typing, "If anyone here has the same attitude and thoughts as this gentleman, you'd better leave here now to save me from chasing them one by one later."

Just kidding, every time he leaves an enemy who opposes him, it is equivalent to giving away an abstention vote for free. He hopes that the more people who leave, the better!

"...No one is leaving, right?"

After waiting for a few seconds, Nolen shrugged regretfully, "Then I will start to introduce my alchemy results. After that, everyone please speak according to the rules. Thank you for your cooperation."

People have to show some momentum at critical moments, otherwise they will really look down on others.

Moreover, his ability to maneuver on the court with ease is not a bluff. He does have real alchemy results.

In the face of undoubted strength, these doubts and dirty water are as worthless as pebbles on the roadside, and he will not take them to heart at all.

As he spoke, the commotion in the venue gradually subsided, and his fearless attitude in the face of danger at least temporarily calmed the place.

A young and beautiful maid then walked up pushing a mobile blackboard. The blackboard was very large, with a two-meter-sized magic circle base hanging on it.

"As you can see, this is a second-order "acceleration" magic circle drawn using the traditional rune system. It is two meters long and wide, which is also the common size of second-order magic circles. "

Nolen pointed at the huge magic circle base with the pointer in his hand, "Originally, the acceleration magic circle can be applied to many fields, but due to size limitations, its scope of application has been greatly reduced.

"In order to solve this problem, I invented a new rune system. Using this new rune system to draw a new magic circle, we can reduce its size to this extent——"

As he spoke, he took out a flat box about thirty centimeters long and wide from the back of the blackboard, opened it and hung it next to the traditional magic circle.

What is also drawn in this box is a cyan wind array, and the complexity of the runes on the array is obviously much more profound than the runes of the traditional array on the side!

"Thirty centimeters, that's right. If you use new runes, you only need thirty centimeters to draw this "acceleration" circle! "

Nolan said loudly, "Not just "acceleration", I can guarantee that all magic circles of the same level can achieve this size, because the new rune system has been researched very maturely.

"Furthermore, this size is far from the limit of the new magic circle... I hope you can think carefully about how much practical value this research result can bring."

The auditorium fell completely silent. Everyone craned their necks and looked at the blackboard with incredible eyes.

If the data on paper said that the two-meter-long traditional magic circle could be streamlined into a thirty-centimeter new magic circle, they still had a sense of unrealistic fantasy in their hearts.

But at this moment, I saw the entity of the new magic circle on the scene, especially when the two-meter traditional magic circle and the thirty-centimeter new magic circle were displayed side by side——

They finally felt the shock visually.

The length and width of the entire new array are only about one-seventh of the traditional array, and the total area is more than forty times the difference.

At first glance, it looks like a fragment of a traditional magic circle.

It's hard to imagine that these two things with huge size differences would ultimately trigger the same spell.

Seeing that everyone present had not recovered from the shock, Nolen then snapped his fingers and struck while the iron was hot:

"In order to prove to you that this new magic circle can indeed be activated smoothly, I also brought experimental equipment to the site."

The maid on the side then launched a mobile experimental bench. He removed the new magic circle base on the blackboard and placed it into the magic circle structure compartment on the experimental bench.

"As you can see, this is the most common experimental device in magic array experiments. It contains three basic components: the magic array structure chamber, the magic source, and the control switch."

Nolen explained, "A crossbow launcher is installed on the right side of the experimental platform, and a fixed target is placed on the left side. Without any external interference, this is how they operate -"

As he spoke, he pressed the switch of the launcher, and a small crossbow arrow shot out and hit the fixed target on the opposite side.

"The crossbow arrow sank three centimeters into the fixed target." Nolen measured the data in public, then replaced the target with a new one and reloaded the launcher with the crossbow arrow.

"Now, I want to activate this new "acceleration" circle for the launcher——"

Nolen turned on the magic device control switch on the experimental table, and with a "buzz" sound, a cyan magic circle unfolded.

Then, he pressed the switch of the crossbow launcher again, and a small crossbow shot out.

"Fuck!"

Witnessed by everyone at the scene, the fired crossbow arrow suddenly accelerated after passing through the cyan circle, and finally hit the fixed target. This time, almost the entire arrow was submerged in the target's filling!

"As you can see, the new "Acceleration" array has been successfully activated. "

Looking at the silent audience, Nolen smiled and bowed, "And, I think based on the results of this experiment, it should have full practical value."

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(End of this chapter)