#245 - Discharge test

Perhaps because Hogg had reined in his power at the last moment, the magical current struck the lamp and flowed up and down its metal rod.

The entire lamp actually lit up, flickering on and off, but it was indeed illuminated by the current Hogg had emitted.

Of course, the light didn't last long, flickering for only a few seconds before the lamp went out again.

Hogg, at this moment, looked like a child who didn't know he had done something wrong, tilting his head, his tongue lolling out, and staring innocently at Anduin with wide eyes.

He looked as if he was saying, 'What? What happened?'

Seeing this, even Qi Qi covered her eyes in exasperation, the act was too fake.

But after a long while, Qi Qi didn't hear Anduin's scolding, and she curiously looked up at her master.

Anduin didn't show any reproach on his face, but stared at the previous location of the lamp, stroking his chin, looking thoughtful.

"Master?" Although Qi Qi didn't want to interrupt Anduin's thoughts, Hogg was looking at him expectantly, and the entire second floor was a mess. Although it seemed that Hogg hadn't broken the lamp, he had wreaked havoc on the surrounding areas.

"Hogg, how much magic did the current you just emitted output?" Anduin ignored Hogg's pretense of ignorance and asked calmly.

"Huh? Magic?" Hogg tilted his head to one side, and as he thought, it gradually tilted to the other side. The expression that was initially just an act of foolishness now looked increasingly real. "How much magic? I don't know!"

"The plasma cannon you just fired was obviously not at maximum output. Recall how much magic you used," Anduin said sternly, staring at Hogg, making him break out in a cold sweat.

"I only know that I reined in my power at the time," Hogg said, no longer daring to pretend, and could only honestly confess, "But I really don't know exactly how much magic I used. I feel like it was about half of what it would be when firing a normal plasma cannon, roughly a quarter of the usual magic."

"Hmm, I understand. I'll have to test it again next time," Anduin nodded in satisfaction after getting the answer he wanted, then glanced at Hogg. "Quickly clean this up. If I ever see you using magic indoors again, I'll confiscate your tactical vest."

Hogg was immediately dejected upon hearing this. He had thought that Anduin had forgotten about what happened before, but it turned out he remembered everything. However, he didn't dare disobey Anduin, so he had to behave himself.

After reprimanding Hogg, Anduin quickly walked to the lamp, picked it up, and apparated with it back to the underground laboratory.

Back in the basement, Anduin drew his wand and carefully condensed his magic. Soon, a dim electric light popped out from the tip of the wand and came into contact with the lamp.

The lamp flickered again, but both the brightness and duration were less than what he had just seen from Hogg.

"It seems I can increase the magic a little more," Anduin nodded, then adjusted his magic again to cast the spell, but because he only had this one lamp and was afraid of using too much force, he could only adjust it little by little.

After adjusting the magic four or five times in a row, he finally managed to keep the lamp lit at a high brightness.

The reason he suddenly became interested in this lamp was that Hogg's act of lighting the lamp had given him inspiration.

That was the conversion between electrical energy and magic, which might directly solve his problem of magic source.

When he was researching the 'Wild Lightning' magic rune, he had been pursuing its role in combat, so he had been neglecting its corresponding functions in life and assistance.

The electricity generated by 'Wild Lightning' is composed of magic, so can ordinary electricity, or rather, the electricity of the Muggle world, be converted into magic through reverse deduction?

This was the first question he thought of after seeing Hogg directly drive electrical appliances like lamps with electric current. If electrical energy can be reversely converted into magic, then the energy problem that he had been worrying about can be solved easily.

After all, the electrical energy in the Muggle world is very abundant. As long as you get a machine like a diesel generator, you can generate electricity continuously.

Inspired by this, he decided to use this as a breakthrough point to see if he could find a conversion method.

However, the lightning magic runes like 'Wild Lightning', although they can generate electricity, are still different from normal electricity, especially the electricity of the Muggle world.

So he decided to focus his research on the conversion of magic next.

The next day, Anduin took the time to go out and buy a civilian fuel generator and several barrels of gasoline to use the generator for electrical energy conversion experiments.

After all, he had only seen the electricity generated by lightning magic have an effect on electrical appliances, but he didn't know how much effect the electricity generated by Muggles would have.

Back in the laboratory, Anduin started the generator and couldn't wait to start the current conversion test.

The first thing he had to do was to test whether electrical energy could be directly converted into magic. After all, they both belonged to elemental energy, and maybe they were originally interconnected.

Anduin pulled out a wire from the generator, and then connected it to a high-voltage voltmeter, a coupling capacitor, a measurement circuit, a discharge calibrator, and a double pulse generator, creating a discharge unit that could accurately measure voltage and power.

It eventually converged into a generator in his hand that looked like a double-headed fork.

The test method was also very simple. Anduin constructed a simple energy absorption spell array, and then let the generator discharge towards the energy absorption spell array to see if it could directly generate magic through the energy absorption spell array.

But after several tests, Anduin found that he was a bit taken for granted. The electrical energy released by the engine did not have any reaction to the energy absorption spell array.

At the same time, he also did a discharge test on several alchemy amulets, and there was still no interaction.

Whether it was a magic circle or an alchemical tool, either the current passed directly through without any fusion between them, or there was a repulsive reaction, refusing the electricity to approach.

"Sure enough, it still doesn't work, but this is normal. If electrical energy and magic could be directly converted into each other, wouldn't it have been discovered long ago?" Anduin shook his head calmly, obviously mentally prepared for this result.

"Then next, I have to try the Wild Lightning magic rune. This magic rune should be able to react with the electrical energy in nature. After all, it was formed by absorbing a large amount of thunderstorm charges when it was born."