Chapter 246
"I believe I will get some divine assistance to answer your first question today, Silver Avatar. But after that, you’re on your own." I say and he smiles.
"The Gods are fickle at best, so I will have to make this one count. I have many questions for High Priest Karl about Arcane magic, but the most pressing one I am stuck on while trying to ascend has to do with the nature of the Celestial Body and how it interacts with the fundamental laws of the universe. Divine energy cultivated and Divine energy transferred are fundamentally identical, but only one can Merge with the Celestial body to solidify it and permanently enhance its power. What I don’t understand is why? Why can Celestial and divine energy gathered by me but not cultivated by me not be used to merge with my Celestial Body?"
The answer flows into my brain, the Primordial nature of this divine truth giving me a headache as my mind struggles to comprehend it. The only thing I can think to do is grab the Silver Avatar and share every bit of that knowledge with him, because there is absolutely zero chance that I can explain this in words. No wonder he was having troubles with it.
I also now know why he only gets one question. Not to limit him, but to limit me. A great deal of knowledge from the Gods is stored within the relic in the shrine, and I’m not exactly ready for a full dose of every divine truth an ancient academic might have wondered the answer to.
"That is, oh, yes, I see now. Thank you Nomad, and thank the Gods for this revelation." The Avatar says, beginning to cultivate to absorb this new revelation exactly where he sits.
The Blue Avatar looks at him with a grin. "I told him nobody could explain that in words, you had to understand it to understand it. Hopefully I get as lucky. What I am studying is the essential nature of all matter, the positive and negative energy don’t seem to add up, there is an inert mass that makes up much of the cosmos." She begins and I grin.
"No need for a divine revelation for that one. I believe Karl has a nuclear physics textbook with him somewhere. Earth’s science learned a number of essential truths without the aid of magic." I brag, looking to Karl to see if he’s got the necessary books with him. It seems he either does, or knows how to get them, because he’s already begun setting a creation circle.
Once the circle is done, he frowns in concentration and book after book appears, stacking up on the floor until they’re over a meter high.
"That should cover every question you’ve got in relation to nuclear physics and related fields of study. I also included a copy of the Nuclear Fission spell that I am certain you’ve heard of by now. That should help you relate the science to the possible practical magical applications." This seems to be much better than a direct knowledge transfer to the Blue Avatar, the Ancient Dragon looks like a little kid on Christmas staring at all the books.
The others seem to require a bit more time to formulate their questions, possibly under the assumption that since the Silver got only one question, so will everyone else. That works well for me, they’re bound to have a lot of questions that I’ll have to look to the relic for answers to.