234 Magic and Science

Two days before his duel with the Flaming Salamander Lord, Phoebe found Remian pondering over a book.

"What's on your mind?" she rubbed his back slowly.

"I was wondering about how scientific magic could be."

Phoebe stared at him blankly. "Isn't magic itself unscientific? Aren't they in complete contradiction?"

"Well… not exactly. A lot of magic has to do with imagery and knowledge. What if you used magic in conjunction with scientific knowledge? Would that work?" Remian asked.

"What are you talking about?" Phoebe asked, completely baffled.

"No, no, it was just an idea. I was looking at three different elemental systems and thinking about how all of them work according to the understanding of different Magi's understanding. One system supports four elements; earth, fire, air, water. Another says there's five, from wood, metal, earth, water and fire. The other says there's about ten, including light, sound, lightning, and ice being separate from water. Their understanding was what enabled their systems to work, so even if they all have different systems, they all work just fine."

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"Your point is?"

"Well, magic also works with the laws of physics, right? Some of it is in contradiction to physics, but then there's a price to pay, usually in mana, which means an expenditure of energy. But the fact that ice is often used to counter fire is proof that it could work."

"Could what work?" Phoebe's eyes narrowed. "Remian, what are you trying to do?"

"How about I just try it?" Remian asked. He pointed a finger. "Fireball."

A head-sized ball of fire flew out and exploded, lightning a fire on the floor.

And then he cast a single spell, something Phoebe had never heard of before, and instantly the fire died. Completely snuffed out, without so much as a flicker of protest.

"That… that works too?!" Phoebe gaped. "How much mana did it cost?"

Remian checked and found himself stunned. "Almost nothing."

Phoebe stared at Remian, jaw dropping. "Seriously?! But if that's the case… if this really works like it did just now…"

Remian grinned. "Then the Flaming Salamander is done for."

***

Darian came by to check and see how he was doing afterwards. "So… I just spoke with Phoebe. She says you're pretty confident."

"I have a few ideas, yeah." Remian said, with a small grin.

"Care to share?" Darian said, crouching with his hands up in a combat stance. "Hit me with an ice spell."

"Which Tier?" Remian asked.

"Try a Tier 5." Darian said, straight out.

Remian blinked at him, startled. Hitting a human with a Tier 5 ice spell… wasn't that basically trying to kill them?

"I'll be fine." Darian said, snorting.

"Put up some defense first." Remian said, after hesitating.

Darian sighed, and a layer of shimmering light covered him. "There. Silhouette Armor. Good enough for you?"

"More, please. I don't want Mom and Dad yelling at me for hurting you."

The shimmering grew to roughly three feet, surrounding him like a bubble. "Protective Aura. Is that enough?"

"More."

Darian frowned, and tapped his foot on the ground. A solid two-feet thick stone wall rose up, covering him up to his neck. "Still not enough for you?"

"No, that's good." Remian said, finally satisfied. He raised one hand. "Glacial Spike!"

A huge shard of ice three times bigger than Remian shot out from nowhere and rammed into the barrier. There was a loud BOOM and the ground shook. The impact sent a burst of air in all directions, almost knocking Remian off his feet.

"How's that?" Remian asked.

"Too weak." Darian snorted. "Got anything stronger?"

"Oh?" Remian's eyes narrowed. He raised both hands. "Avalanche Stream!"

A surge of ice and snow twice as thick as the previous Glacial Spike blasted out at Darian's wall. Darian ducked for cover as it slammed into his barrier, sending an explosion of white fountaining twenty feet into the air.

"Stronger, please. You can't even get through ONE of my defenses!" Darian yelled over the wall.

"Now, you're asking for it!" Remian scowled. "Instant Blizzard!"

A dark cloud formed overhead, sending cold wind and snow directly downwards. But Remian wasn't done yet. "Flash Freeze!"

A sudden icicle appeared where Darian stood, completely covering him in ice.

But it burst apart a moment later and Darian barked, "Was that supposed to stop me? That couldn't even hold me for a second! You have to throw everything you've got at me!"

Feeling irked and running out of ideas, Remian rolled his eyes and raised both hands to the sky. "Ice Everything But The Kitchen Sink!"

Out of nowhere, an absolute flurry of ice spells flooded Darian's position. Everything from single little snowballs to a torrent of ice shards to Twin Glacial Spikes, animated Ice Sparrows to giant Frost Golems… even a whole freshly formed igloo went barreling at Darian's wall, hammering down on it.

Darian shouted. "That's all you've got?"

Remian's eyes narrowed. He crouched and laid a hand on the ground. "Sink!"

The ground under Darian's feet suddenly softened, dropping him up to his neck in sudden quicksand.

"That's not the kitchen sink you left out!" Darian pointed out.

So, for good measure, Remian yelled, "Ice Kitchen Sink!"

With that, an especially large, deluxe style kitchen sink made of ice fell down on Darian's position from above. It grew in size and weight as it fell, easily reaching twenty feet across as it landed.

Darian caught it with both hands above his head. "Mmpfh!

"Ice Kitchen Sink! Ice Kitchen Sink!" Remian called down two more right on top of the first. "And one more for the road!"

A fourth sink landed on Darian. Darian gaped. "Wha…?! Even THAT works?!"

Still feeling a little irritated, Remian threw in the finisher. "Giant Left Shoe Of Ice!"

An absolutely enormous boot big enough to stomp the entire national library slammed down on Darian. It completely covered him and his wall, and the whole field to boot (pun belatedly intended).

"Satisfied now?!" Remian called.