I Created Scientific Magic

Chapter 62: Chapter 59: The Forbidden Spiritual Magic

The freefall experiment ended swiftly, and it was only after Helram had removed the vacuum domain that the assembly of professors began to come out of their prior amazement.

“It seems Kro was right, the theories in Wizard Land are indeed outdated compared to the outside world,” Helram remarked with a sense of wonder.

Beyond the planetary theory and the kinetic energy formula, there were several unverified theories in Lynn’s research manuscript, proven by many symbols he could not comprehend at all, which clearly differed from the existing computational methods in Wizard Land.

Theodore, Kevin, and the others, upon hearing this, had expressions of discomfort, but none spoke out to refute it.

“The population of Wizard Land is still too small!” Philip couldn’t help but sigh deeply on one side.

Despite hundreds of years of development, the once small refuge of fleeing wizards had grown into today’s Magic Holy Land. Yet even so, Wizard Land had only a population of six hundred thousand, with around seven thousand official wizards, even fewer great wizards, and a mere seven legendary wizards.

Outside Wizard Land, the Sekas Empire alone boasted a population of twenty million. Even with the pursuit and blockades of the church, the number of official wizards here must undoubtedly be several times that amount. It wouldn’t be impossible for them to have researched some theories before them.

“Mr. Lynn, I thank you for taking the risk to bring this precious research manuscript to Wizard Land,” Helram said, pausing for a moment before speaking again. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“I have an impertinent request. I would like to hire you as a professor at Yiyeta Academy, to create a separate subject teaching some of the novel knowledge from the Secret Magic Society.”

From the indecipherable symbols in the manuscript, it was obvious that the knowledge of the Secret Magic Society was systematic, requiring specialized learning to understand the meaning of these symbols.

If Lynn agreed, when these theories were published in the future, Yiyeta Academy could naturally gain great fame as well.

Facing the olive branch thrown by Helram, Lynn’s mind was a whirlwind of thoughts, weighing the pros and cons.

Joining Yiyeta Academy had many benefits; first, all his identity issues would be resolved and he’d have a reliable backer. Secondly, using the title of professor, he could access the academy’s magical books to supplement his own deficiencies in magical knowledge.

The downside, however, was that Yiyeta Academy was not one of the top institutions with a legendary wizard, and how much pressure it could withstand was unclear. If he were to propose yet another revolutionary theory next time, there was a good chance Helram might not be able to support it.

After a long consideration, Lynn nodded and accepted the offer.

Ever since entering the harbor and interacting with the great wizard, it was clear to Lynn that Helram was not an arrogant and stubborn person. The fact he could tolerate a group of halflings conducting flight experiments in the plaza and did not hastily question his various theories suggested he would be a suitable collaborator.

Reliability was always of utmost importance. If he had encountered someone like a certain famous inventor who liked to claim others’ research results as his own, that would have been a true disaster!

After Lynn agreed to take on the professorship, the atmosphere on the scene immediately relaxed. Even Kevin, who had been most opposed earlier, was no longer as confrontational as before. After all, if those pieces of knowledge could be validated, the entire Yiyeta Academy stood to benefit.

As for the explosion at the harbor town and the destruction of important transportation routes, no one mentioned it again. After all, even if they wanted to pursue responsibility, they would not know who to hold accountable.

Blame Lynn? That would be ridiculous. As Kro’s friend, he braved the risk of capture by the church and brought the novel knowledge of the Secret Magic Society as well as Kro’s apprentice all the way back to them. To then lay the blame on him, would that be appropriate?

This is inappropriate!

On the contrary, the entire Yiyeta Academy owed the other party a favor.

And Johnny and Laud, one was a Wizard Apprentice who knew nothing and was brought back, the other had worked for decades in the Nordland Territory for the Wizard Land, with no merit but certainly hardship, so it wasn’t easy to assign blame.

Given these points, they could only helplessly accept that the Wizard Land had lost an important transportation route.

“By the way, Master Helram, when we clashed with Bishop Anluoke in the harbor town, one of Kro’s apprentices suffered from magic backlash. I am not sure if there’s still a chance for treatment…” Lynn suddenly remembered this and spoke up.

“Then let’s go take a look!” Helram stood up, leading a few interested professors out of the reception room toward the exit.

Ten minutes later, Lynn and the others returned to the dock, where the sailors from the [Ship Gang] were still being detained. Laud calmed the sailors’ emotions, and then entered the lower deck of the sail battleship with everyone.

A gigantic ice coffin appeared before them, a girl of about thirteen or fourteen lay there quietly, her complexion pale as paper, her eyes tightly shut, making it hard to determine whether she was unconscious or already dead.

“Using freezing to maintain the most basic bodily functions, huh?” Professor Kevin of the Shaping Science nodded, suggesting that there might still be hope for treatment.

However, after thawing the ice and conducting a careful examination, Kevin became somewhat surprised and uncertain. “There’s nothing majorly wrong with the body; it seems like she’s suffered significant spiritual damage. Can you tell me what magic she was casting when she experienced the backlash?”

“It was [Soul Scream]!” Lynn explained.

“She’s a Spiritual Energy user?” Philip immediately furrowed his brows and asked abruptly.

“Is there something wrong with that?” Lynn asked, puzzled.

“It’s not exactly wrong, but there are no active Spiritual Magic witches in Yiyeta Harbor now.” Philip sighed and then began to explain to Lynn.

Three years ago, a horrendous incident took place at Wizard Land. The Spiritual Ability School founded by the Great Wizard Merck, in a particular experiment with Spiritual Energy, resulted in the deaths of thousands of villagers.

This event enraged the entire Wizard Council. After dispatching three Great Wizards to annihilate this school, they suddenly prohibited all schools from privately researching Spiritual Magic.

Those Spiritual Energy witches recorded in the directory had to join the newly established Spiritual Ability Academy in Wizard City if they wanted to continue refining their witchcraft, accepting the corresponding constraints.

“There are rumors that those Evil Mages researched a forbidden Spiritual Magic spell, but the exact reason is probably only known to those legendary witches,” said Philip with a sense of resignation.

And so, after Kro had left, Yiyeta Academy never recruited another Spiritual Ability professor because it was no longer necessary.

Hearing this, Lynn was also somewhat shocked. What kind of forbidden magic was it that prompted the Wizard Council to place such strict restrictions on an entire school?