After the speed of light measurement experiment was completed, this year's academic seminar finally came to an end, but the method of using gears to measure distance is still talked about with great interest.
What followed was an award ceremony held in the Sky Realm, where the three nominated people, Fulla, Glenn and Yolande, all successfully received the Morning Star Medal.
Lin En also won another Silver Moon Medal for his light speed measurement experiment! However, the wizards were very divided at this awards ceremony.
Most wizards think that the beam measurement method proposed by Lin En can only be described as a genius! Although this experiment alone is far from meeting the requirements for obtaining the Silver Moon Medal, it is no big deal to be a little more tolerant of geniuses.
Not to mention that the other party has even won the Corona Medal, so it won’t cause jealousy.
However, some wizards were dissatisfied with the fact that this magic star was awarded the Silver Moon Medal. Although Lin En's experiment was very exciting, even amazing, the final result was just to measure the speed of light.
This medal is usually only awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to the wizarding land, developed legendary magic, or made important additions to the existing magic system.
In their view, the speed of light measured obviously does not correspond to any of them. It can be said that the parliament has made a very bad start this time...
As the center of the torrent, Lin En did not focus on gaining praise or refuting slander. He continued his research on basic elements. Occasionally, he was pulled out by Raphael and others to get acquainted with the great wizards stranded in the Wizard City.
Lin En did not refuse the communication between great wizards. These people were the best among wizards. Some of them had won the Morning Star Medal or even the Silver Moon Medal many times. In a sense, they were the Newton and Einstein of another world, and the backbone of the development of magic.
On the third day after the academic seminar, all the members who stayed in Greenrail City received invitations from the parliament. Lin En was no exception. He knew that the purpose of this meeting was probably to discuss how to deal with the massive invasion of the Holy See...
However, just before Lin En went out, Darren, the half-orc who should be far away in Yieta at this moment, came running over in a panic with his men.
"Master Dean, something bad has happened, something bad has happened!"
"What's wrong? Darren?" Lynn frowned, already having a guess in his mind.
"It's information from the Kingdom of Hadrata... Just yesterday morning, the imperial army suddenly crossed the border!" Darren said breathlessly, handing over a sealed letter.
This was much faster than he had expected... Lin En pondered and opened the envelope directly. After reading it, his expression suddenly became very solemn.
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A day ago, at the border of the Kingdom of Hadhrata, two huge airships were hovering a thousand meters in the air on a routine patrol.
As a glorious airship pilot, Hami has dreamed of flying freely in the sky like a bird since he was a child.
However, as he had no talent for magic, he knew very well that it was an unrealistic fantasy. A hoe and a piece of farmland were the foreseeable future for him. If he was lucky, he might even be able to buy a camel, which would save him some effort when farming.
But everything changed since the new dean arrived in Yieta two years ago!
Hami couldn't believe his ears when he got the news. In his opinion, these airships, which were bigger than a house but could rise into the sky, were the greatest magical creations of the wizards.
It is a great blessing to allow them to spend money to experience it.
Could civilians like them who didn't know magic also control such a magical creation? However, despite being confused, Hami immediately quit his job at the workshop and joined the driver training.
In addition to figuring out how to control this behemoth and understanding this magical alchemical instrument that always points to the north and south, you also need to learn counting and Olympiad mathematics knowledge.
For example, how to estimate the distance between the airship and the target through appropriate reference objects and some "simple" formulas, and this is only the most basic reconnaissance subject.
Poor Hami had spent most of his life tilling the fields, so naturally he was confused by what he was learning. According to some gossip, even some wizards found this so-called Olympiad mathematics difficult...
These efforts obviously brought him extremely generous rewards. His monthly salary increased from ten silver coins to twenty. He no longer needed to work day and night in the factory. His long-cherished dream was realized in another way!
So when he heard that Dean Lin En was going to select some airship pilots to carry out dangerous missions, Hami chose to participate without hesitation.
Half of it was to repay the dean's kindness, and the other part was because during the mission, the remuneration would be doubled. If they died accidentally, their families would receive a pension of ten magic gold coins, and would receive the best care in the future, and could even go to civilian schools for free.
Hami and the other pilots undoubtedly carried out the mission with the mentality that they would die, but after wandering around the border of the kingdom for more than a month, their tense minds gradually relaxed, and they even felt that what the wizard said might be a little too exaggerated.
They were thousands of meters in the sky at the moment. They only needed to see the empire's troops crossing the border from a distance, gather intelligence with binoculars, and then return to Yieta to report. What danger could there be...
However, during this month, Hami felt bored from patrolling back and forth in the same area. Although he liked the feeling of flying in the sky, he became a little bored of flying in the same place for a long time.
Hami fantasized in his mind, if only he could fly to the other side of the world to take a look...
"Wait, Hami, what do you see over there?" The deputy next to him suddenly shouted loudly as if he had discovered something.
Hami immediately turned his head and looked over. In the distant sky, there seemed to be a golden cloud floating towards them.
Why does it look so strange...
Hami used the telescope mounted on the airship to observe, and then his pupils shrank. This was not a cloud, but a large group of monsters with eagle-like heads and fire lion-like hindquarters. The bright golden eagle feathers showed a golden halo under the sunlight. From a distance, it looked like a cloud moving...
That's a griffin, the Griffin Knights of the Empire! (End of this chapter)