After discussing the honeycomb model of the magic net and promising a reward, Gwen did not let Rebecca and Jenny leave. Instead, he took out some of the drawings he had made over the past few days, as well as some summaries and calculations based on his understanding of runic logic.
Rebecca's attention was attracted by Gwen's drawings, while Jenny saw the calculations that Gwen had made. The latter's eyes widened in surprise. "You did all this?"
"I studied the information you gave me when I had nothing to do and tried to arrange the runes myself." Gwen smiled and nodded. "I still have some foundation in magic theory."
"This … this is not a problem of foundation." Jenny looked at Gwen's work in disbelief. "These calculations and … writing habits, have you come into contact with this before?"
"The Kingdom of Gondor had a lot of achievements in mathematics. Of course, runic logic was not developed yet." Gwen gave a perfunctory answer, but only he knew the truth: he had not come into contact with runic logic before, but the mathematical ideas that he had accumulated in his previous life were still there. Even if the formulas were not universal, the logic and calculation ideas would not be lost. So far, the runic logic formulas that Jenny had sorted out were still in the relatively simple stage, and it was not difficult for Gwen to understand the calculations that were extended from the empirical formulas.
Seeing that Jenny was about to continue asking questions, Gwen quickly steered the conversation to the next stage. "Let's take a look at these things first."
"This is the 'second-generation magic engine' that you mentioned last time. It's called something like a rotor engine …" Rebecca flipped through the drawings in front of her. "I have not seen this before … This magic circle model seems to be of the fire element?"
"It's the Scorching Ray Magic Circle, a level-two spell. It can release a focused beam of heat from the focus of the magic circle," Gwen explained. "It's just a low-level spell, one level lower than Fireball … You have not seen it before?"
"No." Rebecca shook her head. "Aunt Heti taught me the spell model of the Scorching Ray. She thought that this spell was of the same origin as Fireball, and maybe I could learn it. In the end, I had a headache learning this spell, and then I was traumatized. When I was learning how to convert the spell model into a magic circle, I slept through a few classes …"
Looking at the N + 1 great-granddaughter who frankly told him about her dark past, Gwen was stunned.
The so-called Scorching Ray was not a high-level spell. Although in Gwen's opinion, the magic that was shot out by the Scorching Ray looked cool on the level of light and shadow effects, in fact, it was only a level-two spell, one level higher than the level-one Fireball. Rebecca was a level-three sorcerer who could rely on her strong mental strength to create Fireball, so it was reasonable to say that the Scorching Ray was not a problem for her at all. But there was no other way. In the extraordinary field of this world, the so-called spellcasting talent was predestined. For a sorcerer who relied on his personal quality to cast spells, if there was a natural defect in casting spells, no matter how hard he tried, there was nothing he could do about it.
If he tried too hard, he might even have a headache.
But there was something extra to be said here. Although Rebecca only knew one "Fireball" spell, in fact, she could claim that she knew two spells — Fireball if she used less strength, and Fireball if she used more strength. These two spells were level-one and level-three, and their spell models were almost exactly the same. The only difference was that the latter required more magic power and a higher level of mental strength to control. Rebecca could only record one spell model, and this spell model happened to be Fireball, so it was not a problem for her to say that she knew two spells …
Gwen always felt that if this girl continued to deviate from this talent tree, sooner or later she would point out nuclear fusion …
"Ancestor, why are you showing me this?" At this time, Rebecca had finished reading a few of the blueprints. She looked up and asked curiously, "Are you going to build this rotor-type magic engine again?"
"When creating complex magic machines or high-grade magic tools, the biggest problem that troubles us is' interference '." Gwen said what he had been thinking about recently. "When the magic circle is operating, the energy flow between the runes will cause interference. Two magic circles adjacent to each other will also cause interference. High-grade magic tools have complex magic circles, and there are many rune nodes, so the interference is even greater. This is the main reason why the yield of high-grade magic tools is low and the price is high. All along, traditional mages have been unable to completely solve this problem, and this is also the most important reason why extraordinary items are difficult to popularize."
Jenny looked at the calculation formulas written by Gwen and suddenly understood something. She showed a thoughtful look.
Gawain continued, "We've already discussed the rotor engine last time. Its only problem is interference. There are too many repulsive arrays, and they're arranged symmetrically, so interference is unavoidable. We have to give up on it for now. As for the heat ray array …"
"There shouldn't be any interference problem with the heat ray circle, right?" Rebecca said with uncertainty. "Although I don't know how to do it, I know that this kind of magic circle is a mature technology. Many mages like to set up this kind of trap in their mage tower. It's powerful, and unlike fireballs, it won't blow up things around it. It can be very accurate to get rid of those intruders …"
Gwen waved his hand. "Yes, the heat ray circle has been used, but that's because traditional mages have 'solved' the interference problem by carving it on the expensive magic-conducting base. But I plan to draw it on the cheap red copper base, and the rune material is even cheaper quartz sand and red blood gum. This is another interference problem."
Jenny vaguely guessed Gwen's meaning. "You want to reduce its cost. But drawing the magic circle on inferior magic-conducting materials means that the energy level of each rune will be suppressed by the material, and the effective power will be reduced. In order to ensure that the magic circle can work, we have to increase the effective power by increasing the number of runes. In the view of many traditional mages, the more runes there are, the higher the probability of interference."
"Yes," Gwen said unhurriedly. "Drawing or carving the magic circle on low-grade base materials, or using inferior materials to make runes, will lead to the reduction of the 'effective power' of the runes. Therefore, we have to increase the number of runes to ensure that the magic circle can perform its original effect. And the more runes there are, the higher the probability that the magic circle will collapse due to interference. Traditional mages' solution to this problem is to carve the magic circle on expensive, high-grade materials. This way, they can achieve their goal with the simplest magic circle structure. They are used to this way to avoid interference because they are not short of money. "
Rebecca said, "But ancestor, you have been trying to make extraordinary items … How do you say that?"
Gwen looked at her approvingly. "Cheap mass production."
Then he continued, "All the problems are attributed to the 'interference' characteristic of magic. The interference of the magic circle is actually a stumbling block to cheap mass production. It increases the cost of many low-grade magic tools, and it also causes many of the machines I designed to not work. But now … we have an idea to solve the interference."
"The idea is to calculate using rune logic!" Jenny was fascinated. She had studied the laws of runes for many years, but she only used it to design magic circles and complete the tasks given by her teacher. This was the first time she realized the true value of these mathematical tools on a higher level. "Traditional mages believe that the increase of runes in the magic circle leads to the interference and collapse of the magic circle. But in fact, we can calculate from the formula that the increase of runes does not lead to interference. On the contrary, the more runes there are, the more anti-interference the magic circle has. The real cause of interference is the 'interference knot' created when the runes are arranged in a certain way. But because the interference from the interference knot increases exponentially, it far exceeds the anti-interference ability of the runes. So, people have always believed that as long as there are more runes in the magic circle, it will become unstable …"
Gwen laughed happily. "That's right. With rune logic, we don't have to study in the dark like those traditional mages, and we don't have to rely on luck and unreliable experience to design magic circles. For example, the rotor-type magic engine I designed before, we can fine-tune the rune arrangement of each repulsive magic circle, and even redesign the repulsive magic circle to reduce the interference knot. We can also use the same method to draw or engrave magic circles that used to require expensive magic materials on cheap copper, making it cheap enough that everyone can use it!"
"Everyone can use it …" Jenny was obviously shocked by this. "Is that possible?"
Gawain retorted, "Why is it impossible? Now, even the brick-baking workers and miners in the territory are using the magic engine. Isn't the magic engine essentially a magic tool? "
Jenny was speechless.
"So, you want us to calculate these things next?" Rebecca looked at the drawings that Gwen took out, and her face suddenly showed an eager expression. "Ah, I saw that you also specifically marked the price range of the base material and rune material next to each magic circle … Do you want to make the magic circle work on such a cheap basis? It looks very challenging! "
"Are you confident?" Gwen asked with a smile.
Rebecca stuck out her chest. "Very confident!"
Jenny smiled shyly and cautiously. "I'll try my best, and I won't let you down."
The two girls left with a huge pile of new drawings and files. Gawain, on the other hand, relaxed and leaned his upper body against the back of the chair, allowing his mind to wander.
He thought that he had finally found the right way to let ordinary people enter the realm of mystery.
He had also grasped the way to maximize the efficiency of the "magic" in this world.
The "what you think is done" nature of magic was the biggest help to quickly turn his fantastic ideas into reality!
In a world without magic, it would take years, even decades, or even generations of effort to turn an idea into reality. The difficult process of producing and improving tools would take up most of the time. However, in a world with magic, this process was greatly shortened. Almost all of the time cost was actually done between the brain and pen and paper. As long as the mage's calculation was fast enough and accurate enough, the moment he completed the spell model, his spell would become an "object" that could be used in reality. Even if the mage's magic temporarily belonged to him, the "practical significance" of the magic would have already been realized.
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