Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0051 The Power of Magic
This kind of plot often appears in TV dramas, where the protagonist tells his enemy that something important is in his pocket. Then, when the enemy comes to look for it, he suddenly attacks, and a fierce fight ensues.
The fight was very exciting and full of punches - the protagonist was beaten up by the enemy first, then suddenly his inner strength exploded and he launched a fierce counterattack. Then the bad guy was knocked to the ground, and the protagonist, with scars all over his face, won the battle with difficulty...
Another classic scene is: the wise villain will not go up to the protagonist and search his pockets, but will let him take it out himself! Then the plot will turn around, either the protagonist takes out something and threatens the villain to destroy this important object, or the protagonist takes out a pistol from his own pocket to turn the tide.
However, this kind of thing is unlikely to happen in reality... because Chris is a man who has watched countless TV shows and movies. He spoke righteously and gave a safe answer: "Tell me what's in your bag first!"
Franzberg felt that the Chris in front of him did not seem like a generous and magnanimous emperor, but rather a despicable man with no sense of security.
He has sworn allegiance, hasn't he? Could it be that in the eyes of this monarch, a magician's oath is so worthless? He is a great magician after all! A god-like existence in the mortal world! How could he treat the words of a magician as a joke?
With shame and anger, Franzberg said solemnly: "My great master, His Majesty the Grand Duke of Ailanhill! I must reiterate that as a magician! Our oath is based on our supreme glory! Do not question our loyalty, at least after we swear allegiance to you, please do not doubt our..."
"I'm sorry!" Chris immediately apologized and said, "I don't know much about magicians! But we have a lot of time to get to know each other slowly, don't you think?"
"Okay..." Frunzberg let out a breath of depressed air, relieved his inner depression, and slowly said: "A magician's time is precious, so we used magic to create a magic ball that helps magicians accumulate experience."
"We call this kind of magic ball the magic ball of knowledge." As he spoke, Frundsberg took the backpack from William, opened the lid, and showed what was inside: "This time we came here, in addition to a lot of magic reserve liquid, we also brought a few magic balls like this."
He took out a transparent crystal ball that looked about the same size as a light bulb from a pile of bottles of liquid that were shining with pale blue light, held it in his hand and said, "It is the Magic Ball of Knowledge, a blank Magic Ball of Knowledge that has not yet been infused with knowledge."
"The user can input some of the knowledge he wants to pass on to the apprentice into this magic ball, and then it can completely instill this knowledge into the apprentice's mind, and he will never forget it for the rest of his life!" Frundsberg stretched out his hand and handed the crystal ball to Chris in the distance: "The power of the Holy Demon Empire is much more terrifying than you can imagine!"
"Fuck..." Chris cursed in his heart. He was already shocked by this super learning machine that was like a human USB flash drive. If the Earth civilization had this thing, it would no longer be a dream to have academic geniuses everywhere.
Such a simple tool that can copy a person's knowledge can definitely allow Chris to spread his knowledge a million times faster! He can quickly build the knowledge system of this world without forcing people to learn, or training talents every day.
As long as he has this thing, his knowledge can be passed down, branch out and finally change the whole world! This world will not need elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, or even universities. Everyone is born a genius, a genius of scientific civilization!
The power of modern civilization lies in the fact that knowledge is organized into systems. Once these systems are mastered, the results can be inherited and promoted. When the promotion begins, everything that stands in the way will be crushed.
To put it more intuitively, the Magic Ball of Knowledge can help Chris mass-produce artificial time travelers, turning many aboriginals into a "time travel army" with the accumulation of modern civilization technology. And this army cannot be stopped by the backward civilization of this era.
Judging from the extent to which the Magic Empire uses this knowledge magic ball that is more magical than a magic weapon, the opponent's knowledge cannot be promoted in a systematic manner, so the power of this magic ball cannot be maximized.
What the enemy couldn't do, I could do. This was really exciting news. However, Chris didn't go over to take the knowledge ball that might be a bomb. Instead, he asked, "Is it so useful?"
"It's not without limitations." William, who had used this thing since he was a child, seemed to have more say when talking about it: "It can pass on some fixed knowledge. In other words, things like mastering it... require the successor to comprehend it himself."
"Uh..." Chris understood that this thing was just a memory device. How much one could comprehend depended on the individual. It could only instill some things into a person's memory, but it could not think for them.
In other words, it can not produce super academic masters who know everything, but a group of "nerds" who have only memorized books. Chris suddenly felt a little disappointed, but then he suddenly understood: a group of nerds is better than a group of natives who have to learn everything from scratch!
Nerds are nerds... Chris complained in his heart, and then thought that it would be better to ask more about the instructions before using it. After all, this thing is like taking medicine, no one wants to grab a handful of white pills and put them in their mouth without reading the instructions...
"So, does it have any side effects? Can mortals use it?" Chris asked, "Or will the user be indoctrinated with other things, such as being required to be loyal to someone?"
He didn't want to cultivate a large group of die-hard fans of the Magic Empire, as that would be a gift to others. Even if he asked at this time, he didn't dare to trust Frunzberg and use this kind of thing on a large scale.
"There are side effects. The user will vomit, cry... In short, there will be adverse reactions, which will last for about a day..." Thinking of his appearance at that time, William felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.
Frundsberg continued to explain: "Of course mortals can use it, because we in the Magic Empire use this thing to 'enlighten' magic apprentices. Those apprentices have never been exposed to magic before, so their status should be no different from that of mortals."
"And what you said about changing people's minds is impossible. Otherwise, wouldn't it be easy to control other people's thoughts? If we have such a good thing, wouldn't it be easier for us to directly use this magic ball of knowledge to control all mortals?" Franzberg said.
The question that Chris had thought about had already been thought about by countless wizards in the Magic Empire. Since the day the Magic Ball of Knowledge was born, some people have been studying the feasibility of implanting "mind control".
Because it is a shortcut to effectively control others and consolidate rule. Unfortunately, this research ultimately failed. The magic to control others is too advanced and consumes too much magic. It is basically a flashy and useless thing, and it cannot be applied to low-level magic consumables such as the Knowledge Magic Ball.
"As for the limitations of this thing, apart from the side effects, the biggest problem is 'capacity'. It can only impart a limited amount of knowledge, and each person can only use it once in their lifetime, so..." Frunzberg turned around and took out two more from his backpack: "It's very cheap."
In any society and at any time, the cost is always a factor that restricts the use of a thing. Whether it is easy to manufacture or easy to use, whether it is manufacturing cost or use cost, are the main factors in whether a thing can become popular.
"It cannot be used repeatedly. After use, it will become dull and turbid and no longer so transparent. Its main production material is magic concentrate. Now you know why the ore that mortals have been mining for magicians is so important..." Franzberg continued to introduce it knowledgeably.
After hearing this, Chris finally understood why the magic concentrate in the hands of the Alante Empire and the Doson Empire was so important, because it was a consumable that many magic empires had always needed to use. How many babies were born in a year, how many teenagers became magic apprentices, how many knowledge magic balls were needed, how much magic concentrate was needed!
According to Franzberg, magic ore is needed not only for the manufacture of the Magic Ball of Knowledge, but also for the manufacture of magic reserve fluid and magic coins commonly used in many magic empires.
This demand is endless, so magicians tolerate mortals to survive in the forbidden land where magic does not flow.
Now, in addition to the Holy Demon Empire, or those magic empires, there is another person who has set his sights on the magic concentrate. Chris really wants to own such a mine, and then produce knowledge magic balls to quickly improve the quality of his people!
"Let Smith come here!" Chris has decided to try to experiment the feasibility of spreading industrial knowledge. Among all his subordinates, Smith has the most and best industrial knowledge, so it is normal to let him do this experiment.
"There's no need to be so troublesome!" Franzberg pulled out a junior high school physics book from the bookshelf, pressed the knowledge magic ball on the book, and magical things began to happen.
