Light Burst is a second-level Light magic, one of the basic spells that official mages must master.
This magic isn't high-level, but it's extremely practical.
On a pitch-black night, casting one into the sky can illuminate half a small town.
When released suddenly in combat, its short-term blinding effect can rival the vision blockade of a third-level Dark magic.
Therefore, Light Burst is also considered one of the standard opening spells, but there's no need to combine it with Thunder magic.
Especially for Stanford, who is an Archmage.
After all, this is just a second-level spell that can be cast casually, so why combine it into a magic spell, increasing the difficulty of casting?
After all, every magic pattern is refined through countless trials, and adding to it arbitrarily, especially with patterns from other systems, can easily cause various unexpected accidents.
Stanford should understand this principle.
Indeed, after posing the question, Stanford explained:
"I am about to be sent to Tweit Town to oversee the construction of a magic tower.
The environment there is very harsh, and I need long-term illumination magic, but I specialize in Thunder magic, and the magic tower will inevitably be based on Thunder magic.
Adding Light magic will not only interfere with the operation of the Thunder magic patterns but also cause a huge waste of magic power."
Stanford's explanation made everyone suddenly understand.
Everyone knew about Tweit Town; four percent of the empire's magic materials came from there, but the empire's control over it had always been very weak.
There were two reasons:
First, its remote geographical location, harsh environment, and surrounding beasts made effective control difficult;
Second, the town was located on the edge of Tweit Forest, bordering no other countries on all sides, so the empire naturally didn't want to invest too many resources.
Anyway, those who went there to make a living were adventurers and outlaws; if they died, they died, and the empire didn't feel bad about it.
Now, the empire suddenly decided to dispatch an Archmage and even build a magic tower.
This action seemed to have deep meaning.
Smart people subconsciously looked at Dandaner, realizing something.
Since the empire's four major pillars collaborated with the mysterious Internet God, the empire had undergone earth-shattering changes.
The most direct change was the Archmage's increasing control over various regions.
In the past half month, multiple noble scandals erupted within the empire, including tax evasion, conducting evil magic experiments, contacting evil gods, colluding with enemies and betraying the country, and so on.
Behind the rolling heads were the rise of a large number of mages and the redistribution of resources.
Now the empire decided to invest in Tweit, building a magic tower.
This was a move to expand after stabilizing internally, transforming the town into a city, and opening up new territory!
No wonder the powerful Thunder Archmage Stanford was sent!
One must know that Thunder and Fire magic are natural enemies of forest beasts.
Sometimes, beasts that cannot be scared away by fifth or sixth-level magic can be scattered and routed by a simple peal of thunder.
"Have you tried the Orkot combination method?"
"I've tried it.
It affects the construction of the [Thunderstorm Domain].
Even using a three-dimensional magic structure reduces the range of the [Thunderstorm Domain] by more than ninety feet!"
"How about solidifying a Light Burst spell separately at the top of the tower?"
"Not ideal.
This requires opening up a separate magic power supply chain, which would interfere with the operation of the magic power pool."
"Any combination of two or more magic systems will more or less affect each other.
Tweit is not just any place.
Every inch added to the magic tower's coverage is an inch of deterrence.
Sacrificing the magic tower's power for illumination is undoubtedly the worst choice."
"Yes, if you think illumination is really important, I suggest building a twin tower or satellite towers!"
"Twin towers and satellite towers are too costly!"
Everyone discussed for a while, but the results were all very unsatisfactory, and the atmosphere on the scene became slightly heavy.
"Has there been any breakthrough in the research of St. Elmo's Fire?
Can St. Elmo's Fire be used for illumination?"
Someone brought up a mysterious discovery in Thunder magic.
Several Thunder mages present exchanged glances.
They all shook their heads.
St. Elmo's Fire, though called fire, is actually a kind of cold light.
Thunder mages discovered that sharp objects in a thunderstorm environment emit a blue-white light, including masts, antlers, dragon horns, and so on.
At first glance, it looks very much like flames, so it was named St. Elmo's Fire.
This discovery led many mages to firmly believe that Thunder magic might possess Light attributes and could even be converted into light energy.
Perhaps it could even open up an Ice branch, like Water magic.
Unfortunately, until now, no one has made breakthrough progress with St. Elmo's Fire.
The conversion of lightning into light energy is naturally still a long way off.
"Next proposal!"
After a moment of silence, Dandaner tapped the table, preparing to end the discussion.
Upon hearing this, Stanford's expression immediately became somewhat dejected.
Through the Internet, he had already gained a relatively intuitive understanding of Tweit.
It was a paradise for adventurers and outlaws, and also a place favored by the God of Death.
It was common for beasts to rush into the town at midnight and carry away residents.
This was the fundamental reason he wanted to add long-term illumination magic to the magic tower.
As long as light was maintained, humans' ability to resist beasts would undoubtedly greatly increase, but precisely because it was long-term illumination, this was very difficult to replace with magic items.
Of course, he could forcefully add the Light Burst magic pattern, but this would affect the magic tower's coverage and power, which he certainly didn't want to see.
In the end, you can't have your cake and eat it too!
"Wait a moment!"
Just then, a shout attracted the attention of everyone in the joint research society.
Everyone followed the sound and found that the person who spoke was none other than the usually taciturn Ajev!
Yu Shengan looked at Stanford and said, "If it's just to solve the problem of long-term illumination, I have a way to solve your problem."
"Hmm?"
Everyone was immediately filled with doubt and uncertainty.
After the previous discussion, everyone didn't believe Ajev was unaware of the difficulty of this matter.
This matter wasn't difficult to solve, but rather a case of not being able to have your cake and eat it too; Stanford wanted precisely to have both.
Given this, Ajev still dared to claim he had a way to solve it.
Could it be that he had some ingenious idea?
Everyone became interested.
Dandaner also looked at Yu Shengan with a surprised expression.
Dandaner, who held the title of "God," could only be considered a demigod.
However, even so, he was one of the groups who understood deities the most.
Gods, in a sense, are beings who have stolen authority over one or more domains of the world.
In that domain, no one can resist them.
But in other domains, a god might not even be as good as a mortal.
For example, in the domain of magic!
This was one of the fundamental reasons why the Kvir Empire could maintain its independence under the watchful eyes of the five major True Gods.
The Internet God had shown astonishing power in the Wood Spirit system and Summoning system, which had already made Dandaner very wary.
Now he even dared to claim to solve the problem of Thunder and Light magic?
Could it be that he also had a very deep understanding of Thunder and Light magic?
Thinking of this, Dandaner's mind immediately became a mess.
He even thought, could this be the fundamental reason why the Internet God chose to spread divine techniques in Kvir?
After all, only by understanding would one not be wary!
Stanford didn't know the thoughts growing in Dandaner's mind; he said with a surprised and happy expression, "What method?"
Yu Shengan smiled: "Converting lightning into light energy, wouldn't that solve the problem?"
As his voice fell, the joint research society immediately became so quiet that a pin drop could be heard, a deathly silence!