Chapter 1221 The Non-Existent Red Moon

Roland was deeply impressed by the chief astrologer, who not only abided by etiquette, but was also extremely dedicated to his duties. Although it has not made much achievements in the field of stargazing, the Academy of Arithmetic has been very successful and has trained a large number of talents for Neverwinter City. It has also participated in the overall calculation work of various departments of the Administration Department. It can be said that the Astrology Association started in him. Under the leadership of the guild, it has gradually reversed the past dilemma of having only the reputation of being a virtuous scholar but having no influence. Its weight is almost as great as that of the Alchemist Association.

On the day when Red Moon first appeared, Dispersed Star came to apologize for failing to issue a warning in advance. However, Roland was very busy dealing with emergencies in Neverwinter City at that time, so he directly asked his personal guards to send him back. After all, no one could have expected that this thing would come so suddenly, not to mention that he never really expected the Astrology Society to discover the Red Moon from the beginning. He came here just because they could write and calculate.

People who observe etiquette like this actually use the word "must", and their discovery is probably extraordinary. After hanging up the phone, Roland immediately took his personal guards and rushed to the Arithmetic Institute in the south of the city.

The so-called observatory is just an attic in the Arithmetic Academy - before the astrologers moved to the top floor of the Miracle Building, it became a temporary place for stargazing. Of course, since the construction of the spectacle took longer than expected, in order to avoid the psychological gap caused by the huge difference between the initially drawn pie and the actual treatment, he also specially made several large-diameter astronomical telescopes for these people and placed them on the top floor of the attic. It has been transformed into a professional stargazing venue with free rotation.

Entering the courtyard, the Bachelor of Dispersed Stars had been waiting with a group of astrologers for a long time. When they saw Roland arriving in person, everyone knelt down on one knee and said, "Greetings to Your Majesty!"

"Everyone, get up." Roland waved his hand casually, indicating that business was more important. "No more gossip. What did you find?"

"Your Majesty, please follow me." The old bachelor led him up to the top floor of the attic with a solemn look.

Opening the door, Roland saw that the floor of the room was covered with calculation sketches and hand-drawn line drawings. Judging from his superficial astronomical knowledge, they should be calculations of the trajectories of certain stars. In fact, the little astronomical knowledge he knew was enough to bluff the other party at first. After teaching elementary physics and mathematics to these people, after nearly two years of study, their practical application level was already better than his.

Except for the Bachelor of Dispersed Stars, the other astrologers did not follow him inside, but stood guard outside the door. The moment he closed the door, Roland caught the extremely serious expressions on the faces of those gray-haired people, as if what he was going to say next was no different from his last words.

"Roland..." Nightingale couldn't help but tug on his sleeve secretly.

Roland nodded calmly. With Nightingale behind him to protect him, he was not worried about any danger. He was just curious about what kind of discovery made these astrologers behave so cautiously.

"Your Majesty, we have been observing the trajectory of the red moon and the changes it brings these days." After a moment of silence, Dispersion Star finally said, "Since we failed to accurately predict its arrival, we at least hope to make some compensation. , such as determining the star sector and size in which it is located, otherwise the mission assigned to the Astrologers Association at the beginning will be meaningless. But the results we get these days are terrifying. "

Terrified...horrified? Roland frowned. This really didn't seem like a word that could be associated with discovery. "What do you mean? Tell me the key point."

"Yes," the bachelor lowered his voice, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the Star of Destruction is a scam. The Red Moon... doesn't exist."

He couldn't help but froze, and then subconsciously turned to look out the window. The scarlet sphere was still hanging high in the sky, showing no sign of dissipating.

"You said that thing... doesn't exist?"

"When I first thought of this conclusion, I also thought it was a bit funny, but as the observation continued, no one in the astrology society could laugh." Mist Star let out a sigh of relief - once he started, he seemed to have rested. As if he was relieved, his words became much smoother, "Yes, Your Majesty, it does not exist. Based on the observation data accumulated over the past century and the knowledge you imparted, we can completely conclude that such a huge star is impossible." It has no effect on other stars.”

"However, based on the redrawn star map, everyone tracked and calculated the starlight in the area where the Destroying Star was originally located. It was noticed that not a single star was offset due to its departure. This shows that the Destroying Star has neither It affects those stars, but it doesn’t affect us.”

"Not only that, it didn't even affect itself - the Destruction Star had no signs of movement before, which often meant that it was rotating synchronously with us. But now it is still in sync with us after getting closer. , such a huge disparity in speed changes does not show up at all on the World-Destroying Star, which is really unreasonable."

Roland quickly understood what the old scholar meant, "If it is removed from the air..."

"Then everything makes sense," Mass Star nodded. "Only when it does not exist, everything will appear normal. In other words, it makes no difference to the world whether the red moon is there or not."

Roland couldn't help but fell silent after hearing this.

He probably understood why the chief astrologer was hesitant and cautious - the rumors of the battle between Red Moon and Divine Will all came from the ancient witch of Taqila. As the dean of the Academy of Arithmetic, the diffuse star would always be in trouble when it came into contact with the central carrier. More or less, you will hear some inside information about them. If these are proven to be lies spun by the federation, it will probably cause irreparable damage to the relationship between the two parties.

It's just that Roland has never thought about this. Other lords may feel resentful when they hear this, but for him, whether it is watching Celine study the Rubik's Cube or taking the God's Punishment Witch on a pedestrian street, it is full of fun. , even if the basis of cooperation is greatly reduced, he does not mind continuing to maintain this relationship.

What's more, the devil's threat is real.

"Are you sure this judgment is correct and reliable?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I have been thinking about this conclusion. It was not until I received a letter from a friend in the old capital this morning that I dared to make a conclusion." Bachelor of the Mass Star took out a piece of letter paper from his arms and spread it out, only to see the picture on it. What seems to be the positioning map of the red moon, "Due to different observation locations, the position of the stars will deflect slightly. Although this old friend of mine was once a nobleman, he is very interested in astronomy, so I asked him to start from Checking the star sector where the red moon is located from another direction, it turns out that the reply he sent back is very different from the position we observed, and it is almost impossible to explain it with errors! In other words, if it is used as the reference point, it means No matter which angle you look at it, it is fixed in the same place - not only stationary relative to the earth where we are, but also stationary relative to everyone!"

Hearing this, Roland's heart skipped a beat.

"Your Majesty, everything in the world is divided into front and back, left and right, high and low, wide and wide. Things that do not change at any angle cannot be entities!" Mass Star said word by word.

The red spot he saw in the dream world suddenly appeared in Roland's mind - although the shape was extremely irregular, no matter how he turned around it, he still saw the same appearance.

In dreams, it has another name.

erosion.