I Pioneered Scientific Magic - Chapter 228: Electromagnetic Effect

“No, this has nothing to do with magic, and it can’t be described as conduction,” Lynn shook her head, dismissing Orlando’s speculation.

“In fact, you’re mistaken. It’s not just iron that can be magnetized; cobalt and nickel can be attracted by magnets as well.”

“The commonality lies in their ability to be magnetized. Under the influence of an external magnetic field, the electrons within them spontaneously align within a small range, forming a spontaneous magnetization zone… In other words, they’re temporarily magnetized, becoming like magnets! Most substances have electrons moving in various directions, chaotic and disorganized, canceling out the magnetic effect, hence they don’t exhibit magnetism,” Lynn explained casually.

“Wait, are you suggesting that because these magnets possess the power of thunder, they’re able to attract iron objects?” Ebur hurriedly asked, not having grasped Lynn’s long explanation but catching onto the word ‘electrons’.

Plus, he knew iron could conduct electricity!

“What do you think electricity is?” Lynn asked.

“A violent, hard-to-control element, extremely fast, and possessing astonishing power,” Orlando pondered before speaking.

Ebur nodded arrogantly. Even within Archbishop Anluke’s school, only a few wizards could wield the power of lightning, a power obtained at the risk of their lives.

“Is that all? Nothing more to add?” Lynn asked with a smile.

“I know! Lightning is a phenomenon caused by the movement of charges, divided into positive and negative charges. Similar charges repel each other, opposite charges attract. Moreover, it exists within each of us, which is why we can move…” Lydia spoke endlessly about the principles of electricity.

The wizards present wore expressions of astonishment; they hadn’t expected this halfling girl, who couldn’t wield magic, to have such a deep understanding of lightning. Orlando, particularly curious, inquired about the nature of electrons and charges.

Under Orlando’s questioning, Lydia grew increasingly red-faced, unable to stutter out an answer.

She simply recited all the knowledge Lynn had previously taught her; asking her to explain these terms was impossible, resorting to frequent glances toward Lynn, her eyes pleading for help.

“Since you’ve only learned a bit, there’s no need to show off,” Lynn chuckled, shaking her head and lightly tapping Lydia’s head.

“The scholars of the Society of Mystical Arts believe that electrons are subatomic particles carrying negative charges, and charges are positive or negative charges carried by objects or the particles composing them. However, because electrons are so minuscule, even formal wizards cannot sense them.”

“I was right, wasn’t I, Lord Ebur?” Lynn suddenly spoke up.

Seeing Ebur nod, Lynn understood that their faction couldn’t sense electrons and charges.

“Your Excellency, since we can’t sense these minuscule… elements, how can we wield the power of lightning?” a witch couldn’t help asking.

Every wizard was well aware of the process of casting magic, finding this element, recording it using Material Deconstruction, and finally mimicking it using magic.

If they couldn’t sense it, spellcasting was out of the question.

With this in mind, Orlando and the others turned to Ebur, who was undoubtedly a formal wizard, yet they wondered how he managed to wield lightning magic.

Ebur was quite pleased, showing no intention to explain. This was the most important secret of their faction!

But soon, he heard Lynn, who was nearby, speaking again.

“There are many ways to generate lightning… such as manipulating a magnetic field to create electric currents, using temperature differences for electricity, biomass energy, solar energy…”

Lynn casually listed a string of methods while closely watching Ebur’s expression, trying to figure out which method he used.

However, Ebur’s expression became increasingly confused. It seemed like he was being bewildered by this string of terms.

In his eyes, lightning was an immensely powerful and mysterious existence. With Lynn’s words, it seemed that anything could be used for lightning magic.

Ebur didn’t believe it at all. If it were that easy, they wouldn’t need to collect and store lightning at risk to their lives on stormy days.

He even began to suspect that these people might be staging a play to extract the secrets of lightning magic from him.

Especially with Lynn’s earlier explanation of the principles of lightning, Ebur harbored deep doubts. After all, not even Archbishop Anthony had managed to research the essence of lightning magic.

“Lynn, you mentioned just now that these magnets contain natural magnetic fields. Doesn’t that mean they can generate electricity using these peculiar ores?” Ebur said, half-believing.

“That’s right!” Lynn nodded, then asked Orlando and the others to bring two pieces of magnet cut into arcs and adjusted them to display positive and negative poles.

She picked up a silver block, magically dissolved it into fine silver threads, then coiled them into coils, fixing them at the center of the two arced magnets before connecting them to the engine’s power system.

“Now, open it, Orlando, just ten percent power!” Lynn said.

Orlando, who had been waiting beside, promptly started the engine. The coils made of silver threads began to rotate, faster and faster…

Everyone present stared fixedly at this strange apparatus.

“Dean Lynn, where’s the electricity? Where is it?” Lydia curiously asked.

“It’s within these silver coils!” Lynn said, leaning down and blowing on the accumulated dust on the table, which immediately flew towards the continuously rotating magnetic coils.

A crackling sound emanated from the rotating coils.

It was a sight they’d never seen before; the violent lightning seemed confined within the magnetic coils, blue arcs continuously jumping, striking the fine dust… Just as Lynn had said, she had created electricity!

“This is impossible!” Ebur’s face was full of disbelief. He couldn’t resist reaching out, wanting to confirm if the scene before him was some kind of visual illusion.

This sudden action caught everyone off guard. Lynn couldn’t stop him in time, and Ebur’s fingers had already entered the two arced magnets, not fully touching the rotating magnetic coils, yet the flickering electric arcs had already struck.

A powerful current instantly penetrated his body, causing every muscle to convulse violently. Before completely losing consciousness, only one thought remained in his mind.

Yes, this feeling!

It’s electricity, the power of lightning!

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