Drawing magic circles and runes was a job that required a lot of skill. As a unique product of this world, it was not as simple as "drawing" as many people thought. Although it was easy to draw according to the original drawing, to become a runemaster, one could not just learn how to draw.
If it was just drawing a magic circle according to the drawing, then ordinary people could do it. Even if it was a commoner who could not sense magic, as long as they were told how to draw and what to draw with, they could draw the magic circle. This was a simple "production and replication" job.
But apart from this kind of production and replication, runemasters also needed to have the ability to create and adapt. They needed to help mages make magic tools or draw magic circles on various complicated magic conductive materials. Every magic tool or magic conductive material had different properties, and when combined, there were countless changes. This meant that they could not draw magic circles according to the drawings in books. They had to change the pattern of runes on the magic circle according to the carrier material and the purpose of the magic circle, or fine-tune the position and connection of each rune.
To put it simply, runemasters created "blueprints". Every time they drew a rune, they were drawing the original version. They were creating something.
And this process required the ability to sense magic, as well as the ability to "adjust" the runes.
The former could determine whether each rune was functioning normally during the process of drawing the blueprint, and sense whether there was interference between the runes that exceeded the threshold. The latter was the ability to infuse one's own magic into the runes and test the skill. Although runemasters often did not have the ability to drive the whole magic circle, they could still test part of the rune group.
To do these two things, one had to be at least a level one official mage. It was absolutely impossible for a mage apprentice to do this, because mage apprentices did not have the ability to sense and control multiple runes at the same time. Their magic could not be precisely controlled and output. If they could do it … they would have graduated.
And Jenny's information clearly stated that she was a mage apprentice.
This time, Jenny heard Gwen's question clearly, but she did not know how to answer. After hesitating and weighing for a long time, she chose to lower her head and murmured, "It's luck, sir."
"Luck?" Gwen raised his eyebrows and said disapprovingly.
"Yes, luck." Jenny still had her head down. "My intuition is very good. I can always find the right rune arrangement. You should know that there is a certain pattern to the rune arrangement. As long as you have enough experience and intuition, you can accurately arrange those …"
"If you really rely on luck, you will have died in an accident before you have accumulated enough experience," Gwen interrupted. "Although I am a Knight, I also know the basic principles of magic. For a magic circle, the position and connection of each rune is quite strict. Unless you have a clear understanding of the rules of all the runes in the world and how they are combined, it is impossible for you to arrange them in place. There is indeed a pattern to the arrangement of the runes, but I have never heard of anyone who could decipher the arrangement of all the runes. It is precisely because humans cannot decipher every rune combination that they need the two abilities of 'Perception' and 'Tuning.' "
As Gwen spoke, he stared at the silver-haired girl in front of him. "Raise your head and tell me the truth. Without the ability to perceive and adjust, how do you know where each rune should be placed and what effect each rune will have?"
Perhaps it was because Gawain's tone was too serious that Jenny couldn't help but tremble and didn't dare to speak. Seeing this, Heidi remembered that Gawain had told her to play the role of one strict and the other lenient, so she said in a gentle tone, "You don't have to be nervous. This is not the king's city with strict rules, nor is it the boring and old-fashioned Secret Spell Society. We welcome and encourage any behavior that can help the construction of the territory, even if this behavior is deviant."
Jenny finally raised her head and looked in the direction of Gwen. The latter nodded slightly with a serious expression. "I can assure you that creative ideas are protected here, because I am the law of this land."
"Actually, it's not a creative idea." The silver-haired girl from the King's City, who had become a Level 4 runemaster as an apprentice, finally gave in. She spoke softly, then got up and took a very thick book from her bedside. "This is logic and calculation."
Gwen put his hand on the book, but still asked, "Can I read it?"
"Of course, you are the lord."
Gwen opened the book, which looked quite old, and found that it was actually a handwritten notebook. The yellowed and curled pages were full of runes, numbers, calculations, and diagrams. Some of the handwriting was even a little blurred due to wear and tear. He casually flipped through it and found that the handwriting in the whole notebook was different. There were at least four different handwriting on the pages, and they appeared in order from the front to the back. Obviously, this notebook had at least four different owners, and each owner had left their own record in it.
This book seemed to confirm Gwen's vague guess. He was almost excited and quickly flipped through the pages, so much so that Jenny, who was sitting opposite him, began to worry whether the precious notebook would be damaged by the rough flipping. In the midst of this rapid flipping, Gwen's eyes were suddenly attracted by a piece of paper in the second half of the notebook.
This piece of paper was pasted between the pages of the notebook. It seemed to be an additional comment or summary. The words on it made Gwen's breath catch:
The ratio of the energy level of all secondary runes to the higher-level runes is 1: 3. If the secondary runes are continuously connected, they will be regarded as a complete higher-level rune.
The maximum number of connections between any rune and a rune of the same level and position with a different type of rune is not more than eight. The maximum number of connections between any rune and a rune of the same level and position with the same type of rune is not more than four.
Any rune forms a "knot" with a starting rune and a ending rune. The number of connection fields that can be filled in each "knot" rune must be an even number. Every two connected fields are counted as a "pair". Let the number of "pairs" of the field be X, the energy level of each "knot" rune is (X + 1) squared.
In a magic interference area, two identical and adjacent rune knots are set as an "interference knot". The total interference value in the area increases dramatically with the number of interference knots. The interference value of a single interference knot is a constant t, and the number of interference knots is n. The actual total interference value is m = t * n3. (Note: Avoiding adjacent rune knots with identical structures can greatly reduce the generation of interference knots.)
For the magic conductive material, purple copper is the "zero" level. If the magic conductive material is weaker than purple copper, it is negative. If the magic conductive material is better than or equal to purple copper, it is positive. If the theoretical interference value of the rune connections on a positive magic conductive material is M, the number of rune knots is N, the number of rune attributes is Z, and the interference value generated by the interference knots is a constant t, then the theoretical interference value of the whole rune group within the range of the magic conductive material is M = (N + Z * N) * t. If the magic conductive material is negative, the interference value is divided by a constant E. In any case, the actual interference value should be less than or equal to the theoretical interference value M …
In the compound magic circle, the formula for calculating the "self-interference" generated by the rune knots is …
In the compound magic circle, the best arrangement of the runes should follow …
There were more records at the back.
A large number of formulas, laws, and logics were written all over this piece of paper. Many of them could be seen on the pages after this piece of paper. Gawain could tell at a glance that these were summaries and deductions with practical value.
However, they still seemed to be not the final result, and they still had some limitations of this era. Many of the conclusions were purely the product of experience, and there were still a lot of formulas that were too messy to be simplified and combined into more general formulas. All of these things could not be sorted out according to a system, but were scattered and independently piled up here without any order.
But they were already shocking things.
"You came up with this conclusion?" Gawain's eyes widened as he exclaimed in surprise.
"No, no …" Jenny replied in a panic. "Not all of them. Only a part of this notebook was written by me. The rest is … the legacy of the predecessors."
When she said the words "the legacy of the predecessors," there was an obvious gloomy and sad look on her face.
"Well … yes, there are at least four kinds of handwriting on it." Gwen looked down at the notebook, and then flipped through it. Suddenly, he found that the handwriting at the beginning of the notebook was vaguely familiar. After carefully identifying it, he turned to Heti and asked, "Do you have that notebook? The one with the wild sorcerer. "
The wild sorcerer's notebook was a treasure in Gwen's eyes, but the most precious thing was the knowledge recorded in it, not the notebook itself. So, he made a copy of the notebook, kept the copy for himself, and gave the original as a gift to Heti, who was passionate about magic research.
Heti nodded. "Yes, I have it. These two days, I happened to be studying the discussion of the general rune group in it …"
As she spoke, she took out the old notebook from her pocket. Gwen opened it on the table and compared it with the notebook in Jenny's hand. Sure enough, the handwriting in the latter's first quarter was exactly the same as the wild sorcerer's!
This thick and old notebook was actually one of the relics of the wild sorcerer? And this relic of his was still circulating in the circle of sorcerers, and was studied and passed down by at least three latecomers?
"What are you..." Jenny also saw the notebook that Heidi had taken out. She subconsciously asked, "Do you know the owner of this?"
"I've seen him before," Gwen said casually, and pointed to Jenny's notebook that recorded the calculation formula of the runes. "Since you have this in your hand, does it mean that you've seen him before?"
"Unfortunately, when I got this notebook, it had already changed hands three times." Jenny shook her head. "You've seen him? Where is he now? Is he also in this camp? "
There was a trace of reverence and excitement on the Runemaster's face, but Gwen had to disappoint her. "He's dead. The notebook in my hand is the only thing he left behind. Of course, now you have to add the notebook in your hand. "
Jenny opened her mouth, but in the end, it turned into a sigh. "Is that so …"
"You said that this notebook has changed hands three times. Then, what about its previous owners?" Gwen did not give Jenny too much time to be immersed in her emotions. He quickly followed up with another question. "Those who carried on the research in the notebook, are they still in the Captical or the Secret Spell Conference? Can you contact them? "
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