Nearly all of Mercury Plain's members were gathered here, including Fleming and Garon.
Hearing Rainer's words, Garon trembled all over. Since he had already suffered a backlash when first reviewing the paper, Rainer's words did not cause any disturbance in his magic now. Yet he was still unwilling to accept it. Could a theory that had endured for three hundred years simply be abandoned, beyond repair?
He wanted to ask a question, but before Garon could raise his hand, another mage had already stood up.
It was Fifth-Circle Mage Velas. He was the first to rise while everyone else was lost in thought, asking in a low but clear voice.
"I have a question. In the latest issue of Alchemy, Lord Fleming proposed that fire elements possess negative mass, thereby explaining many problems in combustion reactions. Could it be that combustion reactions are actually divided into many types? Or perhaps only reactions involving fire elements are 'true' combustion reactions?"
Clearly, he was trying to defend the existing Combustion Theory. Its past achievements were simply too dazzling. If it were overturned so directly, it would not merely mean rewriting textbooks. Many accomplishments and some overlooked papers would need to be reevaluated. Even high-ranking mages might have to pay the price for errors they had once made.
"My lord, I would like to answer your question with something else."
Hearing Velas's words, Rainer smiled, then spoke in a confident tone.
"At this very moment, there is a dragon in this hall."
As soon as he said this, looks of astonishment appeared on many faces.
A dragon!?
These powerful creatures had not appeared in this world for thousands of years. The closest relatives of dragons that people could currently encounter were drakes, beasts that retained only a trace of dragon blood after countless