Ride and Cut

"So what you want to know is this. Just ask directly. There is no need to make such a big circle." Liola gently scratched her chin with her long, sharp nails. "Let me think about it. Where should I start with this? Now..."

"Lord Richard, how much do you know about the mad king Nero?" Liola asked a seemingly irrelevant question.

This question involves an ancient man thousands of years ago, who eventually became a mystery, but it stands to reason that his bones should have been rotten long ago.

"A mad and brutal king, and a genius magician. His behavior is unpredictable, but being able to advance to a magister when the elemental tide is at its lowest represents supreme talent and wisdom. All in all, it is a contradiction." Richard snapped his fingers.

Coincidentally - he happened to be reading a novel with Nero as the main character recently. This monarch was also a flirt before his death, and created a harem with rich connotations that was unprecedented in history, and supported a group of descendants who are holding a pen to specialize in his dirty work, and it is still a classic theme that is still selling well.

"The refined generalization sounds very imposing, but unfortunately it is not accurate."

"That's the prevailing view today."

"The mainstream belongs to the mainstream, and whether it is correct or not is another matter." Liola also wanted to learn how to snap his fingers, but he was too weak and his hands were weak, and it was more boring than farting after trying twice.

Liola retracted her hands silently, not seeing even the slightest bit of embarrassment on her face, and continued: "Nero once established a country called 'Utopia', and Pompeii was established on the ruins after the destruction of Utopia. As the successor, although not so direct, Pompeii's inner court also has a lot of materials. It understands Nero far more deeply than other countries, and has the qualifications and confidence to deny the mainstream."

"Richard." Sauron tapped the ground with his cane, "Master Liola should be the most authoritative expert on Nero at present. This is what His Majesty told me personally."

"Yes, please continue." The lord has always respected professionals.

"Why do you think that under the extremely barren elemental tide environment back then, why Nero was able to advance to the rank of Magister—a rank that is considered extremely prominent today?"

"Excellent talent." Li Cha replied without thinking.

"No." Liola shook her head slowly, denying the easiest answer, "A too barren elemental environment will suppress the spellcaster's advancement, just like in a pond with a width of ten blades, there is absolutely no big fish that may grow eleven blades in half. This kind of dilemma cannot be solved by talent alone."

"Wait." Before the lord could speak, Sauron's brows gradually knitted together. Obviously, it was the first time he had heard of Liola's theory just now.

"The lower the elemental tide is, the more difficult it is for a mage to advance. There is no doubt about it. But even if the elemental tide was at the lowest level in history during Nero's time, why do you conclude that there is no hope for an advanced mage? Why do you conclude that the 'reservoir' has only ten blades instead of twelve blades?"

"As a mage, even though my rank is not high, I have never heard such a statement." The mage badge on Sauron's chest was shining brightly under the candlelight.

"Have you studied mathematics?" After Liola asked, seeing the blank face of the other party, she had to sigh, showing a very depressed expression, "Then it is difficult for me to explain to you, how can a summer bug understand what winter is like."

At this moment, the lord of Gaoshan Castle who hadn't spoken for a long time suddenly said: "I have learned it."

Although these years have basically relied on fists for food, although it is always considered a typical example of ignorance, although it has been many, many years ago.

But if it is true, Li Cha has indeed received a systematic higher education that can be unmatched by everyone in this world, and it is not particularly special!

Some things never go away with time and a book read should be one of them!

"It's great that you have learned it before. It's so much easier to explain." Seeing Li Cha's expression of obvious surprise for the first time, Li La patted his hands lightly, "It's roughly like this—the advancement of magicians conforms to certain mathematical laws, and the element tide is the most important time variable. I first collect data from different eras to establish equations, and then use the data collected from Nero's era of mage associations to reverse the element tide parameters at that time. After bringing them in, I can naturally calculate the probability of advanced magisters! But because the project is huge, I didn't carefully Calculate the final result, but it can be assumed that it is basically equal to zero."

"Do you understand?" Liola asked cautiously, full of hope.

The lord leaned back, put his hand on his forehead, and retracted his face into the shadow that the candlelight couldn't reach. He remained motionless, like a statue in deep thought, silent for a long while.

He could be sure of one thing now—maybe some things wouldn't fade away with time, but the little bit of math that had been in his head certainly wasn't included!

"Understood." Li Cha said in a muffled voice.

"Great." Liola became excited all of a sudden, and sat up straight, leaning against the back of the chair, "Rhetoric can sometimes deceive people, but data won't, never will."

His weak but sonorous and passionate voice echoed in the room: "Your Alpine Castle's financial expenditure far surpasses that of other pioneering territories is abnormal, and Nero's exaggerated performance that crushes an era is also abnormal. No matter how reasonable it looks on the surface, there are often hidden deep-seated reasons behind this anomaly. Just as the financial support of Alpine Fort cannot be spoils of war, Nero can never rely on talent alone!"

"Then what exactly is it?" Li Cha finally heard that the conclusion was coming, and tried his best to cheer up.

"I don't know." Liola spread her hands.

"I..." The lord forcibly suppressed the urge to concuss him with a stick.

"I only know that there must be something that provides Nero with elements. It's hard to say what it is. You have to remember that reasoning is not omnipotent, and you can't create something out of nothing. But it is basically certain that it should be a very powerful magic item. I gave it a code name - 'Deep Blue Magic Well'."

"Deep blue magic well." Li Cha repeated it twice to deepen his memory.

"Yes, the Dark Blue Magic Well." Liola nodded, "It's very tempting, isn't it? It can create a powerful tool for a magister. Ever since I came to this conclusion, His Majesty has been sending people to secretly search for the whereabouts of this treasure, but unfortunately they haven't found any clues yet."

"But what does this have to do with the Ice and Snow Goddess Church?" The lord couldn't help being curious.

"I suspect that the church is likely to have some clues, and there is even a high chance of directly holding the dark blue magic well!"

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