Calculating a magic formula wasn't too difficult. Even a level-one mage could calculate extremely complicated formulas with the help of alchemy equipment. An archmage with strong spiritual power like Salin could do mental calculations.
If Salin had dozens of students, he could totally let them handle the work and calculate each part of the formula.
Salin now knew how important it was for a mage to have a large number of followers. Now, he could only calculate tens of thousands of formulas himself, and then restore them to the circuits and mageweaths of the magic circle. After calculating for an entire night, he repeatedly entered and exited the necklace and meditated many times. He was extremely tired.
Seeing his pale face, Rex gave the last bit of magic fluid to Salin. Magic fluid couldn't recover magic strings or spiritual power, but it could adjust the body.
"How is it?" Rex asked Salin, concerned.
"So troublesome. I've only finished calculating the core part. There are still six areas to calculate." Salin cherished the small sip of magic fluid.
Rex said, "Drink it all. I'll make some more later. There's no need to fight now, so it doesn't matter if I run out of magic strings."
Salin thought for a moment and drank all the magic fluid in the bottle. They had to stay on the island for a month, so Rex could make magic fluid thirty times. Even if there was a battle at sea, it would be enough. Thirty bottles of magic fluid was equivalent to all the healing that two senior mages could do in a day.
Salin's Ice Bullet was actually divided into three parts. First, he would condense a level-five ice bullet, then vaporize and decompose the surface of the ice bullet, turning the water element into unstable wind element. Before the wind element touched the target, it would already be turned into fire element. The entire process was extremely short, and the mage could control it easily. However, if the magic circle was activated, it would explode if it was released too late.
A series of magical elements would bombard each other, and the ship would be blown to pieces. If the explosion happened inside the shell of a coiled tortoise, the shell would be fine, but the people inside would suffer. Salin needed to make the entire magic circle controllable. The person controlling the magic circle might only be a level-one mage, but he couldn't count on that mage to control a level-five ice bullet.
To do that, he had to make huge changes to the mutated Ice Bullet. Salin had spent more than a year creating this spell, and he had also received Joey's guidance to understand the rules of the transformation of the six major elements. Six days was an extremely difficult task, even if it was calculated in the necklace.
Time passed day by day. Salin barely rested. At night, he desperately calculated, and during the day, he studied the various variations of this spell. Nelis had already cleaned the Coiled Turtle's shell and was only waiting for Salin and Rex's research results.
On the sixth day, Salin stayed up all night and completely withdrew his mental power from Myers' necklace. He asked for a magic pen from Rex, spread a blank scroll on the alchemy table, and quickly drew a magic array.
This was the first magic array that Salin had modified. His pen flew, not daring to stop for even a second. At this time, Daniel walked down. He hadn't appeared for six days, and his skin was an unhealthy shade of white. The muscles on his face shriveled. Daniel hadn't eaten a single bite of food in the past six days. He had devoted himself to magic.
Rex made a shushing gesture and asked Daniel to wait outside the magic tower. She stayed by Salin's side and watched as Salin used the thinnest part of the magic pen to draw fine magic patterns that were as fine as hair. Her mind was also stirred up.
As the scrolls were drawn, Rex knew that most of Salin's designs were successful. This was a compound magic array. It had a main core array and six auxiliary arrays. This would take up more space, but the inside of the Coiled Turtle's shell was already very spacious.
The flaw of this array was very obvious. The core part needed to be controlled by a mage of at least level-five, and the other six auxiliary arrays also needed to be monitored by official mages. These seven arrays were added together to release a level-five spell. If it wasn't for the fact that this magic array needed to be installed in a stealthy ship, it could be said to be useless.
Salin used two hours to draw all the lines and magic patterns. After drawing the magic array, Salin threw the pen away and lay on the ground, not wanting to move at all.
For six consecutive days, he spent all his time on this magic array. This was the most devoted he had ever been since he started learning magic.
"Salin, this thing, if we put it together, it seems like …" Rex said hesitantly. She had seen Salin's hard work, but this was a compound magic array that couldn't be controlled by one person. It was the same for the alchemy machinery she had designed. It was divided into six parts to allow this alchemy ship to move freely.
Salin's magic array needed seven mages to control, while hers needed six mages to control. This meant that even if this ship was built, it would need at least 13 mages to be effective. Otherwise, it would be an empty shell floating on the sea, unable to even dive forward.
Considering that mages would get tired, she needed at least three groups of people to control her alchemy machinery, and two groups to control Salin's offensive magic array. This meant that this ship needed at least 32 mages. If 32 mages could be arranged on such a small ship, it would be better to just build a regular ironclad warship.
Even if it was an ironclad warship, the alchemy machinery on it would be controlled by magic apprentices. The alchemy ship that she and Salin modified had too high requirements for the crew.
Because of the rush, Rex hadn't considered the defensive magic array, not to mention the problem of the defensive magic array being compatible with the natural magic array on the Coiled Turtle. After everything was modified, this ship would need at least 50 mages to truly be used as a warship.
Salin looked at the 20 scrolls he had drawn in satisfaction, and said to Rex, "Don't worry. If I were to control this magic array, I could do it alone.
"I know, but in the future …"
"Build it first. Of course, we'll deal with the future later. Come, let's test if this magic array is useful. "
Rex was helpless. After all, it had only been a week. Making Salin create something like this in six days was already beyond her expectations. She could only deal with the future later.
"Where's Daniel? I think I saw him just now, Daniel! "Salin shouted.
Daniel was chewing on bread at the door, and he almost choked again when Salin shouted.
"He's here, he's here!"
"I'll help you. Test something new." Salin threw the magic array scroll to Daniel, and asked Rex to take out the materials to test it on the spot.
The magic array had to be made on special equipment, and then installed in the Coiled Turtle's shell. There was no need to go through so much trouble now. Rex took out some simple materials to experiment first. After all, this was Salin's first creation. If there were any mistakes, they couldn't wait until they went into the sea.
"Experiment?" Daniel looked at the complicated magic array and mageweaths, and felt dizzy. "Salin, it won't be dangerous, right?"
"Of course. At least half of the mages died during experiments. Don't you know that?" Salin had no intention of encouraging Daniel at all. Daniel's honest face was full of sorrow.
"Why do you look like that? I want to do it too. Do you want me to blow myself up?"
"Cough … Salin, that's not what I meant."
"Then hurry up and help." Salin was agile, and had already started to sort out the alchemy materials that Rex had taken out.
Rex first built the core of the magic array. It was a whole piece of wood. Salin couldn't tell what material it was, but its diameter was close to two meters, and it was at least a thousand years old.
The wood was cut and divided into seven parts. Six faces had to be drawn on each part, and six magic cores had to be embedded on each face. This kind of magic array consumed a lot of energy. Luckily, they were all mid-level magic cores. Otherwise, Rex would go bankrupt.
Seven three-dimensional alchemy materials had to be refined by Rex in the end. This couldn't be done empty-handed. On the platform outside the Mage Tower, the three of them built a three-meter-tall, 20-meter-wide, three-dimensional frame. They placed seven magic arrays on it, and then used alchemy materials to connect the seven magic arrays together.
Sica watched Salin from afar on the shell of the Coiled Turtle, and a trace of tenderness grew in her heart. Neris's words still affected her. Salin was a good person after knowing him for a long time. Sica had obviously made a mistake in treating him as a good person from the beginning. Back then, Salin was still a mage who only knew how to use others.
It seemed that Rex was a bit interested in Salin. Sica saw Rex hand Salin a bottle of magic liquid, and Salin took it and drank it. That bottle seemed to be for Rex's own use.
The more Sica watched, the more uncomfortable she felt. She also knew that she couldn't help, so she turned around and turned her back to Salin.
At this time, Neris came behind Sica again. This time, Sica didn't touch the boomerang. She sighed and said, "Neris, don't bother me."
"Sica, you should take the initiative." Neris looked at the alchemy machines built in the distance and said in a tempting tone.
"How can I take the initiative? I don't know magic, so I can't help Salin."
"If you want to help Salin, I have a way."
"You?"
"Actually, you don't need to know any magic. You just need to be able to control some magic machines. If this ship is built, and you are willing to help me, the two of us can control it. By then, Rex will have to beg you too. "
"Oh? I only have enough mental power, but I can't control the elements! "Sica turned around and faced Neris.
Neris smiled and said softly, "Sister Sica, we demons have some very special abilities. As long as you sign a contract with me, I will give you the ability to control the magic arrays."
"Contract?"
"Yes, it's just a small contract. What are you worried about? I am Master's contracted creature. Master can erase all contracts signed with me. Are you worried that I will harm you? Even if I want to harm you, Master won't. "
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