By the time Gwen arrived at the southeast corner of the camp, a group of soldiers had already gathered there. Byron and Knight, who were patrolling nearby, heard the commotion and immediately came over to maintain order and disperse the bold civilians.
But to be honest, even if there were no soldiers to drive them away, there were only a few civilians gathered there. They were not only afraid of the authority of the nobles, but also of the power of magic. Heti's magic lab was undoubtedly a strange and terrifying place in the eyes of those who could not use their supernatural powers. The explosion in the lab was even more frightening. Although it was human nature to watch a show, there were some shows that even the boldest of people did not dare to watch.
Gwen saw a big hole in one side of the magic lab's wall. Thick smoke was billowing out from the hole. The smoke was mixed with a pungent burnt smell, and some magic power that had not yet dissipated shone in the smoke. Heti and Rebecca had rushed out of the room. Both of them were covered in soot. Heti was summoning water to clean her hair and face. When Rebecca saw Gwen, she rushed up excitedly and said, "Ancestor! The power of art is really powerful! "
Gwen held down Rebecca, who was obviously a little excited. He looked at the two culprits and victims of the experiment, who looked like they had just been rescued from a black coal mine. "Are you two okay? How did the wall collapse? "
The power of the explosion was a little more powerful than he had expected. He thought that with the existence of protective magic, and the explosion was just some unsealed crystal particles, it would not be too harmful.
However, he neglected one thing: the explosion was not a gunpowder weapon on Earth, but a kind of magical effect. For explosive magic, whether or not it was sealed in a hard airtight container had a limited impact on the power of the explosion.
"The effect of a large number of crystal particles being detonated at the same time was a little more than expected." Heti had finally used the water she summoned to clean herself up. When she heard Gwen's question, she stepped forward and answered. At the same time, she threw a ball of water at Rebecca's face and said, "Of course, more importantly, she put the two test samples too close together! Double the amount of crystal particles were detonated at the same time! "
Gwen silently glanced at Rebecca, thinking that the silly roe deer really wouldn't be able to escape today's beating …
After confirming that both of them were fine, Gwen was more or less relieved. After that, it was time to worry about the money. "Did you lose a lot?"
Heti had a pained look on her face. "The magic circle I used for my experiment was destroyed. But fortunately, I diverted most of the energy to the empty wall at the moment of the explosion. That set of expensive crystal resonators were not affected. Instead, half of the wall needs to be repaired."
Gwen silently glanced at Rebecca again. Since the most precious crystal resonator wasn't broken, the silly roe deer shouldn't have been beaten to death …
Rebecca was still oblivious. Of course, it was also possible that she was still in a daze from the explosion. Noticing that the ancestor had glanced at her several times, she asked in a daze, "Ancestor, why are you looking at me?"
Gwen thought for a moment and asked, "Can you take a beating?"
Rebecca scratched her head and said, "Okay … I used to fight with wolves when I was young."
"Then it's okay." Gwen waved his hand. "How many samples did you use this time? How's the rune trigger working? "
"Just … two small piles." Rebecca gestured the approximate amount with her hand. When she mentioned the rune trigger, she looked very proud. "And let me tell you, the rune trigger is really effective! It's enough to connect it to the explosion magic circle as the starting energy. As long as the magic circle has this initial energy, the subsequent explosion process can be completely supported by the crystals. I plan to try the rune trigger next time and see if it can activate other types of rune groups … Ahh, if only there is a more accurate value of the magic power, I can know how much magic the rune trigger produces when it's closed, and calculate how much magic a rune group needs to run … "
Rebecca's mind wandered as she spoke. But halfway through, she quickly pulled her wandering thoughts back and began to complain to Gwen. "Ancestor, let me tell you, Aunt Heti didn't believe me at first. She didn't believe that the rune trigger would produce a magic shock when it's closed. She said that it doesn't have a structure to gather energy …"
Speaking of the rune trigger, Heti really praised Rebecca. "That thing is really a very good invention. Although there have been sorcerers who have tried to cut a complete magic circle and reorganize these parts to control the magic mechanism, no one has thought of turning this kind of division and recombination into a fixed pattern. Rebecca's rune trigger uses a pair of fixed runes as the 'connecting key'. This structure is very much in line with the 'universality' and 'standardization' that you often tell us … "
That was because Rebecca had positioned the rune trigger as a product that 'ordinary people could use' from the very beginning. She even thought that if the rune trigger was damaged, the blacksmiths and apprentices in the steel factory could repair it. Therefore, she simplified the structure to the extreme, even to the point of simplifying it to the point that there was only one set of runes.
Which mainstream sorcerer in this world would think of this?
As for the 'standard value of magic power' that Rebecca casually mentioned just now, Gwen also remembered it in his heart.
Although modern human technology did not have the ability to accurately measure and standardize the operation of magic power, in fact, in the Gondor period 700 years ago, there was actually a germ in this regard. In the face of the almost infinite magic power provided by the Deep Blue Well, some of the sorcerers had thought about how to use this huge amount of energy more accurately and in a more standardized way. Unfortunately, the Deep Blue Well blew up before they could think of a solution.
But since he wanted to develop based on the 'magic power' of this world, standardization and standardization was a matter of time.
"Let's fix the magic laboratory first, and then continue the experiment on the explosion of the crystals." Gwen recovered from a short moment of thought and looked at Heti and Rebecca. "But the experiment method needs to be adjusted. The power of the crystals is beyond expectations. It's too dangerous to continue the experiment indoors. I'll give you the gentle slope near the river bank on the east of the camp as the test site. The terrain there is open and suitable for testing this kind of thing. Also, think about how to make a corresponding container to act as the shell of the 'Rebecca Crystal' so that it can become a real usable weapon. "
Rebecca and Heti nodded and remembered these instructions. Gwen suddenly thought of a rather important thing after thinking for a while. "Wait, have you thought about how to delay the detonation of the magic circle?"
"Delay the detonation of the magic circle?" Heidi was stunned for a moment, but then she realized that not everyone could press the rune trigger from a long distance with the Evocative Hand like she could.
With the current mechanism of the runic trigger and the explosion formation, it was something that would explode upon being pressed. This meant that this thing was simply a self-destructing artifact. After pressing the button, it was unknown whether the enemy would die or not, but it was certain that the user would die.
In this regard, the Gondor Crystal relied on the almost high-tech 'identification between friend and foe' function to ensure its safety. The crystal also had a very complicated detonation mechanism that automatically operated after leaving the master's control. But this part of the runic group was simply an alien creation in the eyes of today's mages. It was difficult to draw it on paper, let alone restore it.
A lot of runes and magic circles popped up in Heidi's mind, and she tried to use them to meet the ancestor's requirement of "delayed detonation". She thought of adding a slow-charging structure to those rune groups. When the rune trigger was pressed, it would be fully charged, and the next level of detonation magic circle would be triggered after the rune trigger was fully charged. But obviously, the instantaneous magic power provided by the rune trigger was not enough to meet this requirement.
Rebecca's mind was also thinking quickly, but other than runes and magic circles, there were also a lot of springs and connecting rods in her mind.
She was trying to use ways other than magic to meet the ancestor's requirement.
This was the difference in thinking between a mage who knew a lot of spells and a mage who only knew one spell, Fireball.
The two great-great-great-granddaughters left with the task that Gwen gave them. Gwen stood there and looked at the magic laboratory that was still billowing smoke. He sighed with emotion.
A world … with magic.
Sure enough, even the first sound of art was completely different from that of Earth.
As an explosive that required a special magic circle to detonate, the power and safety of the 'Rebecca Crystal' was not a problem, but it encountered a big problem in the delayed detonation.
If it were the gunpowder on Earth, it would only need a fuse.
In the blink of an eye, Cecil's camp had been rooted in this land for a month. The personnel and materials promised by King Francis II had not yet arrived, but there was clear news that they were on the way. The high water season of the Dorgon River this year was half a month later than in previous years, and the help from the hinterland of the kingdom was delayed on the way.
For these delays, Gwen had been mentally prepared. In this slow and backward world, he could not count on others according to the precise and efficient social background of Earth, so his camp construction plan was not affected at all, and it was still carried out according to the established rhythm.
A large number of tents in the camp had been turned into sturdy wooden houses that could be used for a long time. At this stage where cement was temporarily hopeless, Gwen's next step was to let the craftsmen open up a new area on the west side of the camp to build a brick kiln to burn clay bricks. Although cement had failed in this world, burning bricks was still possible. This was a technology that existed in this world.
However, the traditional brick burning relied on manual labor, and the efficiency was extremely low. The corresponding price of the finished product was also high. In a place like Tanzania Town, only the citizens could afford to live in brick houses.
However, before his plan could be implemented, a sudden change disrupted the pace of the construction of the camp.
Several serfs who went to the mountains to look for quartz sand fled back in horror. Two of them were seriously injured, and the other had been left in the mountains forever.
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