This dragon girl raising system is a bit strange.

Alice re-examined the properties of the flame from all angles.

After some time of reflection, she gradually understood.

"Mr. Thor, I have come to some conclusions."

Alice propped herself up on her knees, her dark, deep eyes looking at Thor.

Thor remained unmoved.

"Oh, what conclusion?"

Alice slowly explained:

"To some extent, it's not necessary to use fire directly to interfere with this horse's head."

"The flames altered the temperature and chemical reactions of the air around the horse's head, and the temperature environment can be a variable that affects some magical effects."

"In other words, by influencing physical and chemical properties, the effects of magic can be altered, ultimately achieving different goals."

"Is that what you think?"

Thor took a deep breath, his expression grave.

"Your understanding is too strong, Alice."

"As expected, you figured it out after all."

Alice smiled slightly.

"Of course, it's not difficult at all."

Thor noticed that the time had come.

Since the system's 30-minute requirement has been met,

He stomped out the burning flames and casually said to Alice beside him:

"It's good that you have some insights."

Alice nodded.

[Task 1: Introduction to Black Magic]

[Task Completed]

【1. Conduct the experiment on the Demon Horse Head for 30 minutes (Complete)】

[2. Exploring the relationship between the Demon Horse's Head and airflow (Completed)]

[3. Explore the fire resistance of the Demon Horse Head (Completed)]

4. Assist Alice in drawing conclusions from the experiment (completed)

[Reward: Tome - Heart of the Black Mage - Fragment 2]

"Mr. Thor, could you come to the lab with me? I'd like to talk to you."

Alice needs to speak with Thor.

......

Inside the laboratory, Alice stood before Thor, her face respectful and her tone sincere.

"I'd like to know, Mr. Thor, how you learned dark magic in the past."

Previously, Thor had already fabricated a story of "enlightenment through dark magic".

He could conveniently continue making things up along the way.

He also claimed that his other dark magic was the result of sudden enlightenment.

"Most of them have sudden realizations in life, without any professional learning process."

"Unlike you, you always have so many theories."

Alice was taken aback, almost thinking Thor was being sarcastic.

Thor's words didn't seem like a lie.

"A sudden realization..."

"It was an epiphany..."

Her tone was full of disbelief.

Indeed, there's something like black flames that no one else can teach you.

"There have indeed been a few dark magicians in history who were able to achieve this kind of enlightenment," Alice continued.

"Almost all of them were masters who founded their own schools of thought."

Thor became genuinely interested when the history of dark magic was discussed.

It would be best to learn more about black magic.

"For example?" Thor asked.

Alice explained to Thor in her clear, melodious voice:

"For example, Karel, the founder of black magic, had an epiphany about black magic from conventional magic."

"Karel was originally just an ordinary magician. However, through observing the dead, he suddenly realized a kind of magic that specializes in the soul. This magic can touch and refine the soul of the dead. He named it Black Magic."

The origin of black magic is not the result of countless scholars' day and night research.

It was merely an ordinary person's epiphany about the dead.

"And on this basis, the one who carried forward and popularized black magic was a sage named Dark."

Previously, the use of black magic was limited to touching the souls of the dying.

"Dark, on the other hand, broadened the scope of black magic and created the prototypes of spells such as dream invasion that are now widely used."

"After that, many sages gradually expanded the depth of black magic."

Thor nodded.

Indeed, the creation of magic is not something that can be done in a short time.

Alice paused, a look of regret on her face.

"Of all these geniuses, the most regrettable is John the Elder."

"John?"

Thor focused his mind and quickly asked:

"You mean John Farrell?"

Alice nodded, her voice sad.

"It was John's fault that black magic was directly condemned by everyone."

"It was because of him that black magic was subject to strict restrictions and management."

Judging from this statement, John should be considered a sympathizer of the dark sorcerer.

However, Alice's attitude was by no means like that.

Her face showed not hatred, but sympathy.

"Other black magic sages were magical geniuses, which is why they were able to comprehend black magic with similar attributes."

"But John, the sage, had extremely poor innate magical aptitude and was almost unable to cultivate magic."

"However, under such harsh conditions, he still became a dark magician."

Poor innate magical aptitude led to a switch to dark magic.

Thor felt that this approach was somehow a little bit similar to his own...

No, Thor thought of the books he had browsed in the school library back then.

The inscription states that John was a highly talented magician.

"I once read about John's story in a book in the school library. The book mentioned that John was exceptionally talented."

Alice shook her head and explained:

"Public books definitely need to be written like this."

"Otherwise, it would indirectly encourage people with poor magical talent to secretly practice dark magic."

indeed.

If someone with exceptional magical talent were to see John's case, they wouldn't be tempted, because they have many other promising paths to choose from.

Those who might take the risk of learning black magic are precisely those who lack the talent through conventional means.

"In short, although John was not very talented in magic, he was exceptionally creative in magic."

When things are at their worst, change is the only way to succeed; Thor understood this principle as well.

John seems to be a man who is good at using magic.

"The magic he created was finally put to use in one incident."

"The files on the incident have been sealed, and an apprentice like me has no way of knowing about it."

"What I do know is that one of his spells took the lives of millions."

"A spell? A million people?" Thor was slightly surprised.

It should be understood that spells like those used by Count Oscar, which involve large-scale human sacrifice, can take the lives of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people in a city.

A spell that takes the lives of millions—it's hard to imagine what kind of spell that is.

At certain times, the total population of some kingdoms was no more than one million.

Historically, there have been some "nation-destroying magicians," but their so-called nation-destroying level refers to a situation where a country has no rivals, and they can treat the remaining people as lambs to the slaughter, defeating them one by one, rather than destroying a country in one go.

"The magic that the Sage John used in the war against the Kingdom of Serrey killed their people."

"Therefore, this event is not actually recorded in our country's history books."

"This astonishing event is recorded in the history books of the Kingdom of Serre."

That concludes the discussion.

This is yet another contradiction.

"John is from the Kingdom of Serrey, why would he help us fight against his homeland?"

"I don't know about that," Alice said.

Thor realized that John was a very powerful magician.

However, he still didn't understand Alice's regret.

"Are you regretting that he used the wrong methods of dark magic?" Thor asked tentatively.

Sure enough, Alice nodded.

"John the Elder once said that he would make black magic great again."

"result......"

She didn't continue.

As a result, instead of making black magic great again, it was banned.

However, Thor remembered that the regulators had mentioned John's ability to "see the future."

Alice, however, did not mention these things.

What were the specific abilities of the Sage John? What magical spells did he create?

Thor wanted to get the answer from Alice.

Alice was also unable to give the correct answer.

It wasn't that she was unwilling, but rather that she didn't understand.

"The specifics of these things are beyond my knowledge."

"Mr. Thor, I still hope to learn black magic from you next time."

Alice didn't expect to have the same epiphanies as these geniuses.

But she also hoped to learn something.

Thor was happy to have this.

Later on, I can also do some system tasks.

"Studying or anything like that, of course."

"However, let's talk about that later."

"If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."

The system's task has been completed.

Thor has just acquired a new book of dark magic.

He rushed home to study the matter and left in a hurry.