Although the domain had begun to build brick houses on a large scale, all the previous tents had been replaced, and a large number of wooden houses were being demolished and rebuilt, the Pitman's residence was still his original wooden house. This had nothing to do with the little old man's hard work (in fact, he did not have this attribute at all), nor was it because Gwen was against the old freak. It was because a large number of Druil's spells were related to the organic environment, and their spell laboratory needed a large number of wooden bases as a magic-conducting material. Moreover, wooden houses were more convenient for them to use magic to transform and catalyze. So, the wooden house had been used until today, and it seemed that the Pitman was very satisfied with it and intended to continue using it.
In fact, although the wooden house was still the same, it had completely changed after months of magical transformation by the Pitman. The originally lifeless planks that were cut down had been "revived" under the long-term soaking of the Druil's spells. Vines and branches grew out from the gaps of the planks, making the wooden house more compact and sturdy while greatly beautifying its appearance. The interior of the wooden house had become warm in winter and cool in summer due to the effects of nature magic. Gwen believed that it was a very comfortable residence.
Otherwise, the old freak who sold ointments all day long, freeloading, drinking, and playing cards would have come looking for him to switch houses. The Pitman was not the kind of person who was willing to be poor, or he would not have gone to become an antique appraiser because the Druil did not make money …
Walking into the new wooden house, Gwen immediately saw the old Druil who was busy with his head down beside the experiment table. The old man had obviously noticed the arrival of the liege, but he did not raise his head. "My liege, please wait a moment. I'm almost done here. The experiment can't be interrupted. The equipment is a little old, I have to keep an eye on it …"
Amber, who was beside him, did not hesitate to expose him. "Stop pretending. Your containers have not even started to react yet. This kind of righteous person who is obsessed with academic research and responsible for the truth and has no time to care about the liege does not suit you."
Gao Wengang was moved by Pitman's serious work attitude, but when she heard the truth revealed by Amber, she immediately looked Pitman up and down suspiciously. The latter straightened up from the side of the test bench and glared at the half-elf lady. "I just want to cheat some experimental funds. Do you think it's easy for me to do that? Whose side are you on? "
Hu Po rolled his eyes. "Nonsense, of course I'm on the side of whoever pays me."
"Ahem." Gwen quickly coughed twice and interrupted the conversation. "I'm here to see the results of your experiment. You seem to have completed the most critical step in the production of the potion?"
As soon as Pitman heard this, he put down the old alchemy tools in his hand and proudly straightened up. He then led Gwen to the alchemy platform on the other side of the laboratory. "Take a look at this first!"
Gwen curiously walked over. He saw a series of connected flasks, flasks, condenser tubes, stills and other devices on the alchemy platform. These were all commonly used by alchemists when making potions. Although the combination of these devices was quite complicated, it was not that special compared to the potion made by Pitman. The real special thing was the complex magic patterns engraved on the surface of two of the containers, and a set of strange rune arrays in the middle of the alchemy platform.
Gwen was sure that the normal alchemy platform and alchemy containers did not have these structures.
"What are these?" Gwen asked curiously.
"This is the 'Druil Divine Array' used to replace the spellcaster." Pitman blinked and said proudly.
"Druil Divine Array?"
"Yes." Pitman nodded. "As you know, the biggest problem we encountered when we wanted to mass produce Druil potions was that the spellcaster had to participate in the final 'enchantment' step of the potion. Only Druil spells can catalyze these potions."
At this point, Pitman paused and continued, "Druil spells are derived from ancient natural divine spells. They are completely different from the current conventional magic system, so there is no complete set of 'Spell Model-Rune Array' conversion system. That is to say, many Druil spells cannot be converted into magic arrays. This makes it impossible for us to replace the spellcaster by engraving arrays on external objects like the Magic Net or the heat ray gun. This restricts the mass production of alchemy potions because the number of Druil is limited, and the total amount of magic power of a single person is limited."
Gawain looked at the old man in surprise. "So you've successfully converted the druid's magic into a magic circle?"
"Strictly speaking, it is the ancient Druil Divine Array. When the Druil Cult was still a cult of nature, Druil magic was still a 'divine array'," Pitman said in a low and solemn voice. "For this, I have read a lot of ancient books. It cost 127 gold coins to buy the books, plus the errand money for someone to buy the books, the total is —"
"It is not appropriate to say this in such a solemn tone. I will reimburse you later." Gwen interrupted him. "But I remember that Druil's divine spells have all lost their effectiveness. Are those ancient divine arrays still working?"
"Of course not. But look at these runes … Don't you think they look familiar?"
Gwen was reminded of this. Only then did he notice that the magic patterns on the surface of the containers and the symbols on the alchemy table were a little familiar, especially the way the elemental runes and the sacred symbols were mixed together. It was a strong sense of déjà vu …
A few seconds later, he suddenly realized what it was: the large-scale hybrid magic array used to control and bind the flesh of the gods in the ruins in the mountain and the Realm of Shadows! That magic array was drawn by mixing elemental runes and divine symbols!
Gwen was surprised. "Is this the technology excavated from the ruins?"
"Yes." Pitman nodded. "At that time, you had copied all the magic arrays found in the ruins in the mountain, but Madam Heti could not figure out the part of the divine array, so she asked me for help. Although Druil's divine spells have been lost, as an ancient profession that values heritage very much, we have been preserving and passing down the sacred symbols as pure academic materials. Madam Heti asked me to help identify the meaning of those symbols, and in the process, I found a bold experiment of the Kingdom of Gondor …"
"A bold experiment?" Gwen frowned. From the tone of Pitman's voice, he had a hunch that this was not a simple secret.
Of course, this could also be a new way for the little old man to cheat money. If that was the case, it would be easier to solve the problem. After all, he was a seven-hundred-year-old coffin spirit and a seven-million-year-old satellite spirit. In this land, he did not have to worry about being accused of disrespecting the elderly if he beat anyone up.
Of course, if someone said that beating up an old man was child abuse, he could only accept it.
Fortunately, Pitman was not trying to cheat money this time. "They are trying to 'find the interface of divine power'."
As he spoke, the little old man pointed at the magic patterns engraved on the containers and alchemy table. "Unless one strictly follows the teachings, divine power cannot be used. This is a recognized shackle. But the ancient Kingdom of Gondor's mages obviously intended to do something disobedient. They designed this hybrid magic array to bypass some kind of 'restriction' set by the gods, so that they could use the power of the gods through the power of magic. From the clues you found in the ruins in the mountains, their attempt was obviously successful, or at least part of it was successful. They found the 'access point' to use magic runes to control divine spells. Although with our current technology, there is no way to fully restore the complex hybrid magic array, and there is no way to create a powerful enough energy to drive it, but the idea of the runes arrangement can still be used as a reference. "
What Pitman said was not only shocking but also promising. But Gwen could not help but have doubts. "I remember that someone tried to use the power of magic to perform divine spells, but they all failed. A sacred priest was even swallowed by the holy light. Are you sure this technology is not risky?"
"There are risks. Every magic has its risks, but it is compulsory for us to control the risks." Pitman nodded. "I know about the failed attempts you mentioned. We have discussed it last time. Now, in my opinion, their failure was actually because they went the wrong way."
"Went the wrong way?"
"Yes, went the wrong way. Those who tried to use magic to control divine spells but failed, they just forcibly translated the symbols in the divine spells into elemental runes through the elemental language. It's like forcibly replacing every word in the elvish language into the common human language to try to translate an elvish work. Although the words were replaced, the grammar and word formation were different, so the translation would be nonsense." Pitman shook his head. "But the magicians of the Kingdom of Gondor did it much better. They realized that the human language could not 'translate' the power of God, so they created an 'interface.' This interface did not try to translate the symbols in the divine spells, but instead drew the divine spell array and then set the control runes in key positions. They also used materials with both spirituality and magic conductivity as the 'conversion medium' during the input and output stages. Through this method, they indirectly changed the divine power from a 'rigid energy' that could only be operated by strictly following the doctrine to a 'flexible energy' that could be easily used by mortals."
For some reason, when Gwen listened to Pitman's description of using elemental symbols to forcibly replace the symbols of the divine spells, the word 'machine translation' came to his mind.
Is this the otherworld's version of machine translation that kills people?
"So, you have mastered this' interface 'technology?" Gwen shook his head to get rid of the unreliable association of 'machine translation' in his mind. He looked at Pitman and asked.
"I can't say that I have mastered it completely. After all, what you asked your people to copy back was just some magic circles, not the original research data of the Kingdom of Gondor. I still need to study those magic circles for a while to figure out the specific principle of this interface," Pitman said honestly. He did not dare to be careless in this professional and risky field. "Now I just found a little way to use it and connected it to Druil's ancient magic circle."
Pitman stroked his beard and smiled. "Strictly speaking, what I did on Druil's magic circle was the opposite of what the Kingdom of Gondor's mages did. They drew power from the magic circle, but Druil's magic circle had long lost its effectiveness, and its magic circle could no longer release energy. So I reversed the process and used magic to 'charge' the magic circle so that it could work. Of course, there is a certain degree of loss in the process, but the loss is not too great. With the support of the new beehive magic net, the loss of energy caused by this reverse transformation is completely acceptable. "
The old Druil raised his hand and pointed to a corner of the device on the alchemy platform. "You should have noticed that there is a port here that connects to the magic net. So as long as it is connected to the magic net, the power of the magic net will be converted into the energy of the magic circle through the 'divine power reversal array' on the alchemy platform, catalyzing the potion in the two containers. It is as if an ancient Druil priest was casting spells on them, turning the ordinary herbal juice in the containers into magic potion …"
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