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Reiner was in a daze, feeling like he was walking through the streets. Everything around him became extremely slow. Only he and the other party were still moving normally.

This feeling lasted for several minutes, and with a sense of inertial overweight, Reiner stopped.

He felt like his stomach was churning, and he almost vomited out what he had eaten for lunch. Reiner was swaying, unsteady on his feet, but still looking at the person in front of him.

This man had white hair and a beard. He looked very old. He was wearing a tattered and loose robe. His identity was unknown. He yawned, pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Boy, you are lucky to meet me."

He said, his voice low and seemed to echo in the small room.

Only then did Reiner notice where he was. It seemed to be a room somewhere, with simple furniture, but it was all covered in dust. It didn't look like someone had lived there for a long time.

The lighting in the room was poor, and it was quite dim in the evening. A ray of sunset shone through the gap in the window and fell right on the other person's face. The dust in the air was floating and shimmering. Half of the person's face was in the sunlight. The other half is still in the shadow, showing a wonderful sense of picture.

"you are?"

Reiner saw that the other party didn't mean any harm, so he stood and waited until his nausea disappeared before speaking. He always felt that he had seen the other party, but he couldn't remember where.

"You don't need to care who I am, I'm just here to pay you back a glass of wine."

As he spoke, the old man picked up an empty cup from the table and handed it to Reiner.

"liquor?"

Reiner took the cup, only to find that it was already full of a glass of ale.

"ah"

Only then did he remember that when he was attending the annual academic conference of the Mercury Balance, he had paid for a homeless man's drink at the bar. When he looked carefully, he found that the homeless man was the old man in front of him!

I didn’t expect that a random move at that time would affect me now.

Reiner looked at the clear glass of ale in front of him and took a sip. It was mellow and delicious, and it was the highest quality wine.

This old man’s magic level is extraordinary!

Although the old man's magical ability could be seen from his previous action of incapacitating Ampedkos, who was at least a fifth-level warrior, with one blow, it was this glass of wine that truly demonstrated his skill.

Depending on the specific situation, Void Creation involves everything from the simplest magic to the most difficult magic. The simple ones are like the fireball spell, which can create unstable compounds in a short time, and the difficult ones are like the glass of wine in front of you. Not only does it maintain the It is stable and has a specific composition. You must know that even the bread made by a high-level mage's food creation technique tastes no different from sawdust. For this level of ale, extreme effort must be expended to design the spell model. It is possible to make it.

However, the old man waved his hand gently, and a glass of fine wine appeared in front of Reiner, as lightly as breathing.

Who is this?

Reiner was confused. Although he didn't fully recognize the high-level mage, he basically knew the name and simple situation. However, he had never heard of anyone like this old man, wandering around the mainland like a vagabond. He usually travels around and even gets kicked out of a pub because he has no money.

Experience life? Private visit via incognito?

Reiner felt that he could not understand the other party's thinking.

"How did you find me? What do you want me to do here?"

This old man's magical power crushes Ampekos, and naturally also crushes Reiner. It is impossible to sneak away. Since the other party is unwilling to tell Reiner his identity, Reiner can only ask what the old man is going to do now. After all, if you are simply saving people, you only need to defeat Ampelkos. There is no need to capture Reiner here.

"I happened to be passing by and felt something familiar here, so I came here."

The old man's explanation did not reveal any information. He stroked his beard and said again.

"I need you to help me solve a few problems."

Hearing the word question,

Reiner seemed to understand something and asked.

"what is the problem?"

The old man glanced at Reiner and threw out a piece of paper.

There was a solid geometry problem on the paper. Reiner glanced at it and quickly gave the answer.

The old man glanced at Reiner's answer, nodded with satisfaction, and took out another piece of paper.

On the paper was a differential equation, and Reiner quickly gave the answer.

The two of them just asked and answered each other. Soon, Reiner answered the ten questions the old man asked one by one. All of them were correct. These questions involved mathematics, mechanics, and alchemy. Reiner noticed that, In fact, the current theories have complete solutions to many of these questions. It seems that this old man has not been exposed to the current magic theory for a long time?

"Yes, you are quite talented."

The old man nodded slightly, put away these questions, and then spoke quietly.

"I want to ask you, what is the nature of magic?"

"this"

When Reiner heard this question, he was speechless for a moment. He didn't know whether the other party wanted to discuss the philosophical meaning of magic with him, or whether he really wanted to clarify the theoretical nature of magic.

You know, the legendary mages have been trying to find the root problem for so many years, but they have found nothing, and they can't even come up with constructive conjectures.

Reiner didn't know enough about magic, so he couldn't have any ideas.

"My current knowledge is not enough for me to think about this problem."

He replied that it was not that Reiner was not curious about this issue, but that without sufficient understanding, he might make many extremely stupid and meaningless guesses.

"Not bad, a bit self-aware."

The old man nodded appreciatively and then spoke.

"The more I study magic over the years, the more I find that our magic continues to develop towards some unspeakable places. I understand some things, but I can't say."

His vague words aroused Reiner's curiosity.

"Boy, have you ever thought about why high-level magic can utilize magic power better than low-level magic? Why is magic power spontaneously attracted and used by high-level magic?"

The old man was silent for a moment and suddenly asked.

Reiner knew that the criterion for distinguishing high-level magic from low-level magic was magic power utilization. This was because magic power would be spontaneously used by high-level magic, but no one knew why magic power had such properties.

There are also people who are pursuing the so-called ultimate magic, which is magic with the highest utilization rate of magic power, reaching 100%. They believe that this way they can reach the essence of magic and get the answers to all questions, but unfortunately, the results of current attempts are not optimistic.

"Have you ever thought about this question, kid."

Seeing that Reiner didn't speak, the old man asked again.

"Why is the utilization rate of magic for magic so low?"

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