My Endless Life

"That's how we... lost?"

Joe's voice was dry.

Derien sighed again:

"Yeah, did you see those soldiers wearing red gems? What they have on them is Uno's latest weapon, the magic orb that allows the gun to release magic cannonballs."

When he said this, he paused for a moment, slumped down on the chair as if he had lost all strength, and murmured:

"It has the same range as firearms and the same power as cannonballs, and judging from their appearance, this orb seems to be still experimental, and it can defeat our fleet with a magic shield...

"That's why the Second Highness changed her mind. She thinks...this is the 'future' of magic. Haha, the future of magic..."

Derien chanted repeatedly, his whole body became sluggish, as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant.

Li Qi didn't quite understand Derien's pursuit of magic. According to his idea, since the changes were irreversible, he might as well just follow the trend.

No matter in which world, firepower is everything, and caliber represents justice.

The future of magic orbs can already be foreseen. Whichever side's magic orbs are more advanced and can exert more powerful power will win.

If English continues to cling to the 'glory of magic', it is foreseeable that his position will be replaced by other countries.

And the country that replaces English is likely to be Uno.

Because they developed epoch-making weapons.

Magic Orb.

However, although Li Qi was confused, he did not ask the question in his heart.

He just stood aside and listened to the exchange between Derien and Joe.

After waiting for a while, Derien seemed not to want to continue discussing this matter, and turned to look at Li Qi:

"Oh, Kiri is here to learn alchemy, right? Sorry, I may not be in the mood to teach you today. Joe, you can teach him the basic theory of alchemy."

Derion left the job to Joe and pushed the two of them out of the alchemy room.

After leaving the alchemy room, Qiao Cai said helplessly to Li Qi:

"It seems that I can only teach you alchemy today."

Li Qi was silent for a long time. He looked back at the door of Derien's alchemy room, and finally couldn't help but ask:

"...Why is the professor...so excited? If Uno really popularizes this kind of orb in the army in the future, then we can only follow them to study together so that we will not fall behind them..."

"Kiri!"

Before Li Qi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qiao.

Qiao looked nervously at the door of the alchemy room and whispered to Li Qi:

"You just learned magic not long ago, so I won't say anything about you, but you have to remember not to say this in front of others in the future!"

"..."

Li Qi was silent again.

He took a deep look at Qiao, and finally nodded obediently: "I understand, senior, I won't ask anymore."

Perhaps Li Qi's performance was too obedient, which made Qiao feel a little guilty and felt that his attitude just now was not very good, so he added:

"...In this academy, magic is supreme. Everything is auxiliary to magic, including our alchemy, which is only a part of magic."

"I know this, but don't Uno's orbs count as alchemy?"

"It doesn't count."

Joe answered immediately without any hesitation.

Li Qi was even more confused after hearing this.

Qiao opened his mouth to explain, but something suddenly occurred to him.

He said: "Isn't there going to be a class next? I'm just going to tell you about the essence of alchemy."

With that said, Qiao led Li Qi towards a nearby empty classroom.

…

The alchemy of this world is actually not much different from the alchemy Li Qi understands.

They create new magic items or magic potions through various methods to enrich the magic system.

To put it further, the swords and armors of ancient times, and to put it more closely, modern firearms and trains, are actually derivatives of alchemy.

But in fact, firearms and other things born from modern science are not considered alchemy in English College.

According to Joe, the essence of alchemy is magic.

Only things created through magic can be called alchemy.

It is said that the most important thing about the so-called magic orb is that it can be made by ordinary people.

Although the user must be a person with magic power, if this thing is not made with magic power, it is not alchemy.

That is complete heresy.

"Isn't it okay to use magic power?"

Li Qi asked very puzzledly.

Qiao shook his head: "No, that kind of thing is not a product of magic, it is a creation of science. That so-called science... is inherently contrary to our magic."

Science, from the perspective of the Magic Academy in English, is a special discipline different from magic.

The most special thing about it is that it does not contain any magic power. Any ordinary person, as long as they work hard enough and do not even need to have magic talent, can participate in science and create something that can kill a magician. .

The most representative scientific creation among them is firearms, which are the most hated things by magicians.

In fact, there were no long-range attacks in the past.

Bows, crossbows, and even huge siege crossbows are beyond the range of magic and can pose a threat to magicians.

However, magicians with a little bit of strength can prevent themselves from being hurt by these things by creating magic shields or even casting "arrow avoidance" spells on themselves.

But guns can't do that.

The speed of bullets fired by guns is much faster than that of bows and crossbows, and the arrow avoidance spells of mages cannot deflect the direction of bullets.

Not to mention magic shields, these things are not much different from paper in front of bullets.

These are all products of "science".

This kind of thing allows ordinary people to have a way to forcibly kill magicians, and anyone can use it.

The same is true for the current magic orbs.

It is also a scientific creation. As long as ordinary people master the methods, they can mass produce it without magicians.

That's why it was denounced as heresy by magicians.

After talking to Li Qi, Qiao drank a sip of water to give Li Qi time to digest what he said.

Li Qi finally understood why England hated Uno so much that he even joined forces with Farol to attack Uno.

The reason is that Uno threatened the status of magic.

The appearance of the magic orb allows an ordinary, apprentice-level magician to have the ability to dominate the battlefield.

This was previously the treatment only for legendary magicians.

Legendary magicians are no longer respected, and they are not even as good as magic apprentices holding magic orbs.

This is something that England, who respects magic, absolutely cannot accept.

In other words, the high and mighty masters do not want to be dragged off the chair by the common people.

But...

Li Qi thought of something, and his face became a little strange. He asked Qiao in surprise:

"Since the reason we hate magic orbs is because they are not mixed with magic, why don't we create an orb that can be made with magic?"

"?"

Qiao was stunned.

Li Qi added faintly:

"Senior, you also said that the key to science and alchemy lies in whether there is magic in it. On the other hand, as long as magic is used to create scientific creations, can scientific creations also become magic props?"

"This..."

Li Qi's question made Qiao's brain crash. He subconsciously wanted to refute, but after thinking carefully, he couldn't find a reason to refute.

Seeing this, Li Qi said no more. He left Qiao time to think, and he took the alchemy book and started reading.

In fact, what Li Qi said to Qiao was what he wanted to do.

Although Li Qi couldn't understand the production of the magic orb, he could see from the dense metal gears on it that it was indeed a complete technological creation.

He knew nothing about science, but if it was magic...

Li Qi thought that he could try to use alchemy to create his own magic orb.