A mage? A spell engineer!

Chapter 494 Excellent Graduation Thesis Reservation

Luo Xia single-handedly did all the work for the team, and all the members of the Forest Tower saw and remembered his aerial figure.

As Rorschach slowly approached the hot air balloon, all the crew members on board perked up. Did the Archmage have some other requests?

"Excuse me, please make room for me. Thank you."

Luo Xia clung to the basket of the large hot air balloon with both hands, struggled for a while to climb inside, and plopped down, saying, "Ouch, I'm exhausted."

Among the apprentices present, there were some who looked older than him. Luo Xia casually remarked that many people wanted to complain but dared not speak up.

At this point, Rorschach was truly exhausted. His magical power was no longer an issue; unless he entered a dead magic zone devoid of environmental magic, he could draw upon as much magic as he had. The real limitations lay in the precision of his spellcasting, the range of its effects, and its duration.

Finally, the two [Natural Harmony] techniques, which prohibit strong winds and large-scale operations, consume a great deal of energy. Such a large-scale mobilization of magic power will cause extreme fatigue in the caster's mental will and the magic circuits within their body. At this time, one can faintly see circuits distributed like veins on Rorschach's skin, except that they also emit a ghostly light.

Rorschach was fairly satisfied with the results of his self-test. Even without covering the entire city and uncultivated wilderness, the range of his spell's influence was astonishing. Among the archmages he knew, there were those with similar abilities, but the Ancient Sage and Lord Isaac were different. One permanently changed the climate of a place, which was too exaggerated and could be said to be comparable to a weak god; the other cooperated with him to turn the entire Storm City upside down.

For reference, even when both Master Humboldt and Master Kopper's avatars combined their abilities to alter celestial phenomena, all they could manage was a large cloud with lightning, thunder, and hail. Could it be that mages skilled in evocation have an advantage in casting range? No, the old man is a polymath.

He pulled out his pocket watch: "The rain lasted for a total of twenty-one minutes, and the last patch of land to be soaked should have been cleaned for at least fifteen minutes. Is that enough?"

"The calculations are sufficient; the actual results will depend on testing," the powerful mage replied meticulously. Luo Xia nodded, then took out an energy potion from his ring, drinking it himself and distributing it to everyone involved.

"Thank you for your hard work." Luo Xia would say this to each member he handed the [Mage's Hand] to, since the "ecological restoration project" in the past few days was planned by the team who voluntarily stayed overtime, although it seemed that he was the one who mainly carried it out.

"Thank you, Master." The apprentices bowed and accepted the bottles, their postures somewhat reserved.

"You weren't like this at the beginning." Rorschach was a little disappointed; he still hoped everyone would relax a bit.

These gentian violet and sodas are both high in sugar, and the apprentices have been drinking them freely these past few days, so they've probably gotten used to it. As for the pancreas, it probably doesn't have any objections since it's not saying anything.

After removing the [Levitation] enchantment, the already overweight hot air balloon didn't need to reduce its firepower or open its vents to slowly descend. Finally, after Rorschach recovered some of his strength, he cast [Featherfall] on everyone, and the balloon was put away.

Upon landing, everyone felt the freshness after the rain. The apprentices went out in all directions to collect samples, while Rorschach and Ella went together to the main ditch to collect the most important water sample.

Another apprentice followed, and he saw that even with the roots of the illusory seed stabilizing the soil, the water in the ditch had become murky.

"Won't this carry harmful substances from the soil downstream? Won't it affect residents' water supply?"

"Probably not? Based on experience, [Natural Harmony] has a purifying function." Ella was a little unsure, but her past experience with casting spells told her that doing so would be fine.

Rorschach understood the spell's casting principle and could also deduce its mechanism of action: "The concentration of nutrients and salts in the water should be higher now, but it will soon drop."

"In nature, there is usually a negative feedback regulation. When prey proliferates, the number of predators also increases, eventually returning to a dynamic equilibrium. [Natural tuning] simulates and promotes this process. For excess nutrients or salts in the soil, tuning energy promotes the growth of microorganisms that can absorb and utilize these substances, and then causes them to wither."

"After this process, complex compounds that may threaten the environment and human health will be degraded into simple compounds that already exist in nature. Salts that cannot be degraded will also be enriched and washed away. After entering water bodies, they will continuously flow into larger water systems and be diluted. Once the concentration decreases, their impact on the environment will be negligible."

Of course, this excludes plastics with extremely long decomposition times, heavy metals with bioaccumulation effects, highly toxic substances and radioactive materials that are harmful wherever they are placed.

After the apprentice listened to the chick pecking at rice, Ella immediately chopped him off: "Nodding my foot! Why don't you write down what the master said? You can do a small-scale reproduction and explain the mechanism of action of [Natural Tuning], and that will be enough for an excellent graduation thesis. Isn't that much better than your topic, 'A Study on the Promoting Effect of Simulated Mother Dragon Roar on the Activity and Yield of Solanum nigrum'?"

"I didn't plan to submit my paper for the outstanding paper competition. Even if it's shortlisted, it will be blind-reviewed by mages from other magic towers. Apart from Mage Rorschach, which tower would respect us earth cultivators?"

Ella added insult to injury: "Even if you're not rated as excellent, you should at least use your dragon-dung-filled brain to think about where you're going to find a live female dragon these days. Also, learn some self-respect."

Luo Xia silently took a step back so as not to disturb the master and apprentice's conversation at the Forest Tower. He remembered that Ella was very quiet when she was still an apprentice. What made her become like this?

After reprimanding the unmotivated apprentice, Ella continued to ponder Rorschach's topic: "Assuming the mechanism holds true, it also means that it will still have an impact on a larger area of ​​the environment. Right now, it's just an experiment in one place, so we probably can't see it yet, but if the new agricultural technology is promoted, the problem will probably become more widespread and severe."

"Yes, so this is a long-term issue that requires continuous effort to ensure that increased production is sustainable." This is just the beginning; the benefits will come naturally once industry is fully developed. "I hope we can continue this long-term cooperation. The future definitely belongs to the era of nature magic!"

The last sentence is meant to encourage the apprentices, but in reality it's roughly equivalent to "the 21st century is the century of biology." He traveled back to the middle of the previous century, so has the time for biology arrived yet? Tathagata!

Environmental studies is such a trap that you don't even need to fill the hole with soil to bury the students inside; the hole is just too deep for them to climb out of.

Ella extended her hand: "Thank you. The warm hospitality and research value make Kempson one of our most desired field mission locations."

Forest Tower travels throughout the empire every year, just like apprentices secretly ranking their professors; all field missions also have their destinations ranked.

The place that the mages and apprentices of the Forest Tower least wanted to go was the western part of the Marin Kingdom, where the various manor owners were arrogant and stingy, and there were also self-righteous retired military mages who gave them bad advice on their work.

Even if Master Luo Xia could replicate "Natural Harmony" on the spot, he would never feel the urge to give instructions while they were working. He would always offer reasonable suggestions in a communicative manner or finalize matters in a consultative tone.

"Mage Ella? Shouldn't we let go?"

"Sorry, I was distracted for a moment."

Before Ella could even withdraw her hand, a spatial rift suddenly opened behind Rorschach, and a somewhat deep female voice came from behind: "Master Rorschach, so you were in the fields? Did you forget that the opening ceremony was waiting for your speech?"

(End of this chapter)