Chapter 161 You Necromancers Are Not Finished yet, Right?

There was silence.

No one spoke in or outside the classroom. Apart from the sound of heavy and rapid breathing, there was the sound of the chair legs scraping against the floor. Grete's seat was in the last row. At this moment, almost all the students turned to look at him.

A dozen boys and girls standing at the door stretched their necks, held on to the shoulders of others, and crowded around to look at the last row of the classroom.

"Jury... Jury?" Behind Anthony, a brown-haired boy trembled and poked his back: "Anthony, are there any members of the Jury in your family?"

"My father's teacher is..."

Anthony's voice was also a little weak.

His father is a level 9 magician, and to outsiders, he is already quite prosperous. However, the great magician had more than a dozen disciples besides his father. He wanted to show his paper to the review committee purely by relying on his connections——

Don't even think about it, it's impossible even for the Archmage to see.

You must know that the great magicians in the review committee are all assigned by various schools and large research groups. Most of the 13th and 14th level experts are the direct disciples of the legendary mages. No matter how low the level of magicians are, they do not have such authority. Great magicians above level 15 and legendary magicians find it troublesome and are too lazy to attend the review meeting.

The job of the review committee is to review the Magic Council's budget for the year, pass or reject laws to be promulgated, respond to major emergencies, etc... What papers are qualified to be sent to them? What papers will they collectively review?

Not to mention, I just passed the review meeting yesterday, and I am sure that I will be admitted to "Arcane" today...

What is "Arcane"?

The two top journals of the Magic Council, one is called "Magic" and the other is called "Arcane".

It represents the most advanced and cutting-edge research results of the Magic Council. Those who post papers on it are generally archmages above level 15, or at least level 13 or 14, high-level mages who are about to reach the upgrade threshold.

Every mage tower will subscribe, and every magician who has requirements for himself will read it regularly. Of course, whether you can understand it or not is another matter. Gretel even remembered that he once saw the neatly arranged "Arcana" and "Magic" in the Temple of the God of War.

In Grete's concept, these two journals are almost equivalent to CNS in the previous life: the three top journals in natural sciences, "Cell" ("Cell"), "Nature" ("Nature"), "Science" ("Science") 》).

In the medical field, the Lancet and New England should also be added.

In the early years, publishing a CNS article before the age of 30 was almost equivalent to locking in academicians.

"This is "Arcane"..."

The students in the training class hissed and sucked in the air-conditioning. The fingers that reached out to touch the paper could not help but tremble, half in awe and half in envy.

First author: Gret Nordmark.

On the cover of the paper, the neat handwritten name is clearly visible.

He is actually the first author. Not a second author, a third author, or even a joint first author. In other words, this paper was Gretel’s idea and he organized the experiment alone. He deserves the honor.

Knowledge is eternal, but power is momentary. In other words, the review committee's attention is only temporary, but after the paper is published in "Arcana", decades, a hundred, or a thousand years later, future generations of magicians will still be able to read this article and see Gretel. ·Nordmark’s name!

The shock and envy of the surrounding classmates could not be concealed. Grete estimated that when he was in college in his previous life, he probably had the same expression when he saw classmates around him publishing CNS, "The Lancet", and "New England" as independent works...

"Gretel, this is your thesis, you go ahead and tell it." Master Edgar admired the students' shocked expressions, and a rare smile appeared on his cold, thin face that was very characteristic of a necromancer. . He took a step towards the side of the podium and motioned for Gretel to come up:

"No one knows your paper, your ideas, or your research methods better than you."

This... Gretel hesitated for a moment. Seeing that he didn't move, Master Edgar "tsk" impatiently and pointed down. After handing out the paper, the dark gold skeleton ran down and poked directly in front of Grete. He grabbed the paper in front of Grete with one hand, bent slightly, and made a "please" gesture with the other hand.

This skeleton is too flexible...is it from the same sect as Master Lin En? Really, Master, what is your relationship with Linn?

Gretel tried not to glue his eyes to the skeleton. Don't stare at it, don't study whether its pelvis and skull are original, don't touch it... Hey, why is this skeleton dragging people around?

He was chatting with skeletons in class, but it didn't look like him. Grete had no choice but to follow the skeleton and step onto the podium. He first bowed lightly to Master Edgar and the teaching assistant, then nodded to the students below, cleared his throat, and began to state:

"His Excellency the Archmage, dear classmates, hello everyone. My paper is not very good. It just involves the issue of diseases that magicians may contract during research. The Council cares about the health of magicians, so it pays special attention to it... …”

The commotion in the classroom gradually subsided. The students exchanged looks with each other, and their feelings of envy, jealousy, and hatred finally dissipated a little bit: it turned out that he just chose a good topic...

"Let's get to the point!" Archmage Edgar was impatient. The necromancer knocked on the skeleton next to him - the dark gold skeleton bent down considerately and handed the skull to the owner - making an "empty" sound:

"You're so young, you're so stable, you don't have any energy at all!"

Uh... I'm used to it. Gretel smiled sheepishly and opened the cover of the paper:

“This paper starts with cases among bat catchers, sellers and researchers, and through animal experiments, demonstrates the fact that contact with bats may transmit diseases, as well as the symptoms, transmission routes and prevention methods of the disease.

...The design idea of ​​the animal experiment...The experiment shows that this new disease is indeed caused by infection from bats...

...Based on the current cases, it is inferred that the incubation period of the disease is 4-14 days, and the main route of transmission is droplet transmission. There are also cases of contracting the disease from eating food contaminated by bat secretions.

… Among the cases collected so far, 90% of the sick are ordinary people, 8% are mage apprentices and low-level warriors, and 2% are first-level mages. No signs of the disease were found among level 2 mages and warriors above. No evidence of human-to-human transmission has been found.

From this, it can be preliminarily inferred that as the level of extraordinary people increases and their life force becomes stronger, they can effectively reduce the possibility of getting sick..."

He explained the idea of ​​the entire paper as concisely as possible, and after finishing it, his mouth was dry. With Master Edgar watching from the side, the students below did not dare to make any noise. However, as soon as Gretel finished speaking, three or five hands were raised:

"Why try it on animals?"

Well……

Gretel froze.

Should I say "because human experiments cannot be done", or should I say "because the microscope power is not high enough to isolate the virus?"

Nothing seems right...

This class made Grete sweaty. Even though it was inconvenient and impossible for him to talk about many things, the ideas and logic of the paper itself, as well as the powerful aura of "Arcana", still conquered all the students. No one was willing to leave after the class was over. They all looked at Grete eagerly, as if they were planning to let Grete correct their papers for them...

Fortunately, Archmage Edgar blasted everyone away. The students turned around and left in three steps. The classroom became quiet, and the decibel level dropped from 80 to below 40. Gretel rubbed his buzzing ears, and before he could rejoice, the Archmage looked into his eyes and gave him a dry smile:

"No wonder Linn has written to recommend you several times. Your research ideas and topic selection are really in line with the Necromancy School. - Are you willing to join Black Crow Swamp?"

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