BXBX NOVEL Chapter 82
[The separation of water properties is very dangerous. If you follow the system incorrectly, the circle will be destroyed due to the collapse of mana. In the worst-case scenario, all of the moisture in the body will evaporate. Therefore, sufficient simulation training is required for experimentation, and integrating a relationship with water into your life can be very helpful in separating attributes.]
In the process of understanding the dangers that stem from element extraction, Wayne Lapierre would have lost many researchers – time-limited wizards with little life left – perhaps terminally ill or old. Often those nearing death chose to make a sublime sacrifice for the advancement of magic. The recorded side effects of the circle’s collapse and extreme dehydration indicate studies of the direct biological experience. The result wasn’t dissimilar to the flame-circle formation, which generated an intense internal burning sensation. However, Wayne Lapierre had found a safe way to accomplish the separation, so the only matter left to figure out was how to tame the mana.
Kang Min-hyuk found himself remembering something Elisha had said.
“You have to be very cautious when you bring the Mana of Flames into the circle. You have to treat the essence like a fragile life; it must be soothed like a new-born baby and treated with the same tenderness and care. However, even in those circumstances, there is no guarantee of success. If it deviates a little from the existing circle, the result is disastrous.”
Fortunately, the delivery process did not differ much from the flame version. Kang Min-hyuk set the appropriate input value, and mana could be seen moving on the experimental monitor. The name Sarah Rock came to mind. The Pages in his mind flicked over in a book named “Exploration: Poseidon.” After getting to know Elisha, he learned about other wizards familiar with attribute separation.
[How can Poseidon use the power of water? The basis is the extraction of elements. A circle is formed purely of water properties, and Poseidon shows strong water control based on it. The separation of attributes is a hazardous method…Many have tried – myself included – and we have failed.]
Even the author had failed to separate the attributes. As such, it could be said that Wayne Lapierre had accomplished a great deal. Even for people living in a civilization with a 2000 year history, elemental extraction was an area that had to be treated very carefully. Naturally, successful people were born, but they did not publicly reveal their discoveries. Success was evidently rare and difficult. Experience of failure was a perfect fertilizer, though, and each failed attempt brought them closer to the goal.
Beep-!
[Failed.]
Beep-!
[Failed.]
Repeated failures occurred. In the simulation, the virtual circle continued to collapse. However, Kang Min-hyuk was not shaken at all. He didn’t think that the first drink would make his stomach swell. His knowledge, combined with Wayne Lapierre’s, was sure to end in a breakthrough. It would just take some time. After all, it was an experiment, and getting the right balance between all of the variables was never going to be easy. Each attribute has its own unique system, and in the world of Klinssman, the wizard had successfully separated the two features.
Kang Min-hyuk became immersed in the experiment to the point of obsession. His mind opened wide, and the brain powers he had strengthened in the Tower of Trials began to analyze the water circle.
Time passed quickly, and Kang Min-hyuk didn’t move at all. He repeated the experiment countless times, his gaze fixed on the monitor. John Wesley and Wayne Lapierre watched him from a distance; they were awe-struck.
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Wayne Lapierre spoke up, “Wow. I knew that Kang Min-hyuk was great, but he began searching for the answer so quickly. I doubt that I would have such determination.”
As the research progressed, Wayne Lapierre was increasingly impressed. John Wesley said that he couldn’t understand.
“Is he doing well? It seems to me that only failures are repeated.”
“Failures are indeed repeating themselves, but that’s the nature of a simulation. It takes thousands or tens of thousands of failures to find the perfect answer. What matters here is what comes from failure. Usually, the success rate increases by about 1% after thousands of experiments are conducted but look at Kang Min-hyuk’s results. At first, it succeeded in separating the attributes, and the success rate ended at 62% due to the runaway mana. That was a limitation of the research we developed, and in the last year, we haven’t gone beyond 62%.”
Researchers at the British Magic Association called the figure a wall of evil.
It seems that if you crossed the wall, you could proceed with the process, but people fell at the same hurdle every time.
Research fell into a slump. Studying Undine and succeeding in separating attributes was an outstanding achievement, but the study was only 99% complete – nobody knew how long it would take to complete the remaining 1%. Wayne Lapierre became frustrated by the stagnation, so he allowed Kang Min-hyuk to disclose his research. Kang Min-hyuk was fine with that. It didn’t matter that he was an ‘outsider’; the knowledge he had revealed to the entire world was priceless – to share and develop ideas with such a person could never be considered an unfavorable decision.
“It’s really quite amazing.”
John Wesley possessed a great deal of magical knowledge, but he hadn’t established his intelligence in a laboratory setting – it was an unfamiliar system to him. The monitor depicted Kang Min-hyuk’s experiment’s success rate, and John Wesley couldn’t figure out their meaning. However, after hearing Wayne Lapierre’s explanation, he could see how impressive the numbers were.
Beep-!
[Failed.]
[Success rate 63%]
Beep-!
[Failed.]
[64% success rate]
The success rate rose rapidly.
In the process of repeating the failure, Kang Min-hyuk surely meaningful results. Wayne Lapierre was enchanted by the miracle occurring before his eyes.
“Now, I think I know how Kang Min-hyuk made his great studies successful. He’s a form of genius that even the smartest among us can’t make sense of. Every BMA elite got stuck at the wall of evil. But he’s knocking it down, brick by brick! To be honest, before today, I was confident that I was the best researcher in the world…now, my mind had changed. Kang Min-hyuk is better than I am, and he is better, therefore, than everybody else.”
The seed of possibility was planted into Wayne Lapierre’s mind. He doesn’t know when the seeds will germinate, but now he looks at Kang Min-hyuk in a different light.
The experiment continued. John Wesley and Wayne Lapierre did not leave Kang Min-hyuk’s side. Mealtimes came and went, the sun set and rose again, and set again, and rose again…and then…
“It’s finished.”
Kang Min-hyuk stated the end of a long and arduous experiment. The results of the past three days glowed out of the monitor.
[98% success rate]
It couldn’t be called a perfect success, but Wayne Lapierre couldn’t hide his excitement.
“Amazing!! How did you succeed in directing mana? In the experiment, we repeated countless times, the mana that successfully split the attribute hit the circle’s mana, causing a disturbance. In just two days, you found a safe delivery method! I want to know the secret.”
There was no secret. Kang Min-hyuk repeated it based on his experiences and memories, and eventually, the results came out.
“It is all thanks to your success in separating the most important attributes. That was the main work – it solved the most dangerous problem. I estimated the correct answer by repeating the experiment based on the data you collated. Had the experiment been conducted without any basis, it would never have been possible to achieve meaningful results in a short amount of time.”
“No. Still, Kang Min-hyuk would have been successful.”
Wayne Lapierre’s expression was bright.
Kang Min-hyuk’s spiel was good, but the 98% success rate was remarkable. Only when perfect results came out could the clinical trial be carried out in earnest. They had to strive for 100%. The simulation was just a process of predicting outcomes, but there was a chance that different results could come out in practice. Still, the enormity of the progress was undeniable.
Progress had ceased after the successful segregation clinical trial, but they could finally see hope.
“98% is my limit. There was a problem in the circle, and I couldn’t meet the last 2%, but I think Wayne Lapierre can solve it.”
Kang Min-hyuk had succeeded in the experiment. A circle formed with artificial mana would never allow for a 100% success rate. One of the reinforced civilization’s core practices was that the world gained strength through the ingestion of fortifying liquid. The same was true for wizards. They inject mana into the body and artificially form a circle within it. Unlike Kang Min-hyuk’s method of directly assimilating nature’s mana, a stiff circle caused a 2% loss in the process of forming a circle of water. Therefore, the only way to solve the problem would be to utilize the strengthening of circles. However, Kang Min-hyuk wasn’t obliged to reveal everything…stopping right there would still generate a lot of gratitude and money.
“Thank you sincerely.”
John Wesley lowered his head as he expressed his thanks.
“Not at all. It was a pleasure.”
Kang Min-hyuk believed that he could, but he chose not to reveal the solution. Wayne Lapierre’s mana split method and Elisha’s Fire circle formation method provided useful information. Still, Kang Min-hyuk’s role was to combine both sets of information to reach the right conclusion. Klinssman did not pass that knowledge on, but he achieved a meaningful result with Kang Min-hyuk’s own ability.
The feeling of it was a little different from the Moon Hasim Method and Ungraded Magic. He was excited to think that he’d accomplished something like a real wizard.
Through combining the knowledge from both dimensions, he could create entirely new things. It seemed as though the moon method and the unclassified magic were created based on the Guardian Mind, and Wayne Lapierre’s Mana Separation and Elisha’s Fire Circle creation method could be used to figure out how to form the water circle.
Finally, Kang Min-hyuk felt like a true wizard. He was satisfied that going to England was the right choice. He showed his power to the people and planted the seeds of possibility in Wayne Lapierre. Aside from that, though, he had succeeded in his personal research, and that was what affected him most profoundly.
“From now on,” he thought to himself, “let’s keep the possibilities open. Rather than passively learning existing knowledge, I need to make my own path.”
His temperature rose; he was eager to return home.
That evening, when he arrived home in Korea, he successfully formed a circle of water.
A few days later, after spending a lot of time in the lab, the day of his meeting with Klinssman arose. It was time to travel through Instinct and open up as Klinssman.