Amber, a perennial wild half-elf, shunned the light, liked the dark, had the habit of stealing, was omnivorous and had a big appetite. She liked to play, and when she played to a certain extent, she would enter a state of insanity and be chased and beaten.
Like now.
Before Gwen could react to the words "old dumpling", Heti had already reacted. Cecil's housekeeper glared at Amber and waved her staff. A strong murderous aura filled the air.
Amber also reacted at this time, but she looked at Heti and began to put up a strong front. "Who are you trying to scare? If you have the ability, hit me in the face with a Frostbolt …"
Then Heti swung her staff in a circle and knocked her seven or eight meters away …
Who said that mages could only cast Frostbolt and Big Fireball? Which of the mages from Cecil's family didn't know the thirty-six ways of Rest in Peace? Amber didn't have much contact with Cecil's family. If she knew that Heti and Rebecca's staffs had blood grooves open, she definitely wouldn't dare to do this …
"You insulted my spells, and you insulted my family's ancestors!" Heti was really anxious this time. She glared and waved her staff vigorously. Since the death of her younger brother, she had to help the brainless Rebecca take care of the family business as an elder. She rarely acted so freely, but anyone who understood Cecil's ancestral teachings should know that the elegant Madam Heti could also use her staff as a war hammer when she was desperate. "Don't think that I can't do anything when my magic can't hit you. Look at me …"
Amber was immediately chased and beaten, but fortunately, Gwen had reacted at this time and hurriedly ran to interrupt the farce. "Stop, stop, stop, stop! Stop, stop, stop, stop! It's not like you don't know Heti doesn't have a lock on her mouth. Amber, you too. When you're being beaten, take off the heat ray gun first. What if the sample is damaged?"
Amber: "…"
Heti glared at Amber before lowering her head to Gwen. "Ancestor, you should really discipline this fellow. She's quite disrespectful to you now."
"Sigh, I shouldn't have taught you the term 'old dumpling'." Gwen sighed and turned to look at the gauntlet on Amber's hand. "Let's take a look at this first. Why can't we use it now?"
Amber fiddled with the heat ray gun in his hand. He aimed at the target in the distance and pulled the trigger again. This time, another scorching beam shot out from the gauntlet and hit the target in the distance.
Amber frowned. "It seems to work again?"
However, she shot a few more times, and the beam failed again after the third shot.
"I think I know what's going on." Gwen nodded. He raised his hand and beckoned the giant silver smiley face that was on standby at the edge of the field. "Nicholas, come and help me open this part of the shell."
The reason was soon found out.
The recharging speed of the magic capacitor could not keep up with the consumption of continuous shooting, and the magic in the magic storage crystal was exhausted.
The 'magic capacitor' designed by Gwen was essentially an energy device that constantly recharged itself, but the recharging speed was stable and slow. Its recharging speed was constant, and so was the upper limit of its capacity. It allowed the Honeycomb Magic Net unit, which had low output capacity, to temporarily store magic in the crystal, so that it could provide energy for the high energy consumption circle. However, as long as these high energy consumption circles continued to operate, the energy consumption rate would inevitably exceed the recharging speed of the crystal.
When the heat ray gun fired continuously, the capacitor would inevitably be exhausted, and it would need to wait for a slow recharge before it could be used again.
"I see." Heti nodded as she looked at the magic storage crystal in the magic capacitor socket that had turned gray. "That's true. Normal magic tools are like this. The continuous release of magic is limited, and after the magic is used up, it has to be recharged. It seems that the heat ray gun is the same."
"But that's not possible!" Gwen shook his head seriously.
Rebecca was confused. "Why can't I? Aren't all magic tools like this? "
"Those are traditional magic tools. Rings that can only release six fireballs a day, shields that can only be used three times a day. But I want to say that those things have to be eliminated." Gwen shook his head. "On the battlefield, whoever's weapon is damaged first will die. The same goes for the magic storage of the heat ray gun, so we have to find a way to make it last longer."
Byron and Knight, who had rushed over to check on the situation, also nodded in agreement. "The enemy on the battlefield will not give you a few hours to slowly recharge your magic capacitor."
"We found the first place that can be modified." Gwen's mind was opened, and he found his familiar rhythm. He looked at Heti, Rebecca, and Jenny who was standing behind them. "Do you know the biggest difference between this brand-new 'magic equipment' and traditional magic tools?"
Jenny: "Cheap?"
Heidi asked, "Is it convenient?"
Rebecca: "The name is super cool!"
"The difference is that once a traditional magic tool runs out of magic, it either has to wait for it to recover on its own or find a mage to infuse it with magic. But this thing that we made …" Gwen pulled out the crystal on the magic capacitor's socket and put in another magic storage crystal that he usually rubbed like a walnut. "In an emergency, it can refresh the number of times it can be used … Hey, why can't it be plugged in?"
Rebecca explained seriously, "… Ancestor, you didn't say that the crystal on the magic capacitor could be replaced, so Eggy made the socket single-use when he assembled them. When you pulled out the crystal just now, the base was already deformed."
Heti on the side quickly followed up. "Of course, the socket can be adjusted. This is a small problem. Ancestor, your idea is more important!"
Gwen: "…"
He almost couldn't remember when was the last time he successfully acted cool.
But he quickly ignored this bit of awkwardness and returned to the topic with a straight face. "Heti, record the modifications. Leave an opening where the magic capacitor can be opened and closed, allowing the soldiers to quickly replace the depleted crystal on the battlefield. This way, in a low intensity or short duration battle, the magic capacitor on the heat ray gun can complete the battle. And in an emergency, they can rely on an external energy source to continue the battle. "
Heti recorded it down, but then she frowned. "Ancestor, the reason why you designed the magic capacitor structure was to solve the two problems of the low output of the magic network unit and the short storage period of the low quality crystal. But if the soldiers have to replace the crystal on the battlefield, how will they maintain the magic in the 'spare crystal' they carry? Do you want them to use the expensive high quality magic storage crystal as the spare crystal? "
"That's putting the cart before the horse." Gwen shook his head with a smile. "The low quality magic storage crystal with a large amount of production is the magic weapon to arm the army. You mentioned that the low quality crystal will dissipate when the soldiers carry it. Then we can design a way to prevent the dissipation of the crystal. "
Gwen only gave a little reminder, but Rebecca's brain had already started to work quickly. After a few seconds of thinking, she suddenly had an idea. "We can design a large 'capacitor' similar to the magic capacitor. For example, a box made up of many magic network units. Its purpose is to store the crystal and slowly recharge it. Put eight or ten spare crystals in it. As long as the base plate is thin, the weight will not be heavier than the spare sword that the soldiers usually carry. Reduce one or two spare swords, and we can carry a storage box like this."
Byron and Knight, who were not very interested in the heat ray gun, were also attracted by the discussion. They could not help but go along with Rebecca's idea. "This way, the magic storage crystal that the soldiers carry will not slowly dissipate, but will be constantly recharged. They will put the replaced crystal back into the box, and maybe they will be able to recharge it during the battle. In a battle that lasts longer, this recharged crystal may save their lives!"
"A battle backpack that comes with the heat ray gun …" Gwen smiled and looked at Rebecca. "The principle of this thing is very simple. But to make the magic network unit lighter and ensure that the recharging efficiency does not change, I'll leave the design to you."
Rebecca proudly put her staff on the ground and looked up. "Don't worry, ancestor! I'm good at this! I can do it in a few days! "
She looked as if she was going to rush out of the city with a sledgehammer and kill seven people …
"In addition, we also need to enhance the 'universality' and 'extensibility' of the heat ray gun." Gawain nodded and let Heidi continue to record. At the same time, he said to Egg Nicholas, "Ask the Machinery Manufacturing Institute to disassemble the heat ray gun into components that can be mass produced. My request is that most of the components should be easy to disassemble and replace. The processing difficulty of each component should be low, and they should be durable, especially the base plate of the heat ray. If possible, we should design the base plate and the magic-conducting material connected to the base plate into a standard structure that can be combined at will. In other words, the heat ray gun in the future can be stuffed with heat ray arrays, other general base plates, and they can be turned into other weapons, or even other armor and tools. I call this modularization."
Heti could not help but stop writing. Her eyes widened slightly. She had heard the word 'modularization' from Gwen more than once. But it was not until this time that she seemed to finally realize what it could achieve.
While the heat ray gun and combat backpack were gradually being discussed, in the western part of the new Cecil territory, an outsider set foot on the land.
It was a strong man with a very strong presence.
He had a head of short, light brown hair that was messily spread over his head. His beard seemed to have been shaved, but it was obvious that he had shaved very carelessly. Stubble of different lengths still remained on his chin. His face was weathered and had lost its luster, but it still carried a kind of determination. In his deep eye sockets, his eyes carried a luster that the commoners of this era did not have.
Compared to this appearance, the man's state and clothes were more eye-catching.
He was travel-worn, but full of spirit. He wore the priest's robe of the Church of Holy Light, but the supposedly gorgeous robe was shabby. He had a bible on his waist and a holy emblem on his chest. He looked like a priest, but he was tall and strong like a warrior.
The Priest of the Holy Light, who was so strong that he seemed to be able to kill the cultists, walked on the gravel road in Cecil Hill. His shoes were already worn out from the long journey. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked down at the document in his hand that had already been opened.
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