Chapter 76 The first step in art

The crystal in the ruby ​​vessel shattered into a puddle, and Gawain and Hetty stood aside and looked at each other.

After being stunned for a long time, Gawain twitched the corner of his mouth and choked out a sentence: "This is a failure to ascend to the star, right?"

Hetty: "Eh?"

Hetty's eyes glowed with a faint arcane light. She carefully observed the traces of magic left in the ruby ​​​​cup, and the original excitement on her face slowly dimmed: "No... I'm afraid it's a congenital defect of this crystal..."

"Defect?" Gawain immediately frowned, vaguely having a hunch that the non-chief's krypton gold card flashed but it was a guarantee, "Could it be? Is it a one-time thing? It will definitely be destroyed if it is released after charging?"

If this is the case, the value of this "artificial crystal" will undoubtedly be greatly reduced, but Gao Wen feels that he can still accept it: In this world, crystal that can store magic power is a very valuable material. Magicians divide this crystal into two qualities: high-quality crystal is pure and stable, can carve magic circles and operate stably, so it is regarded as The core of various magic items, such as used to inlay staffs, while lower-level crystals cannot be used to engrave magic circles due to poor stability, but they can be used as magic storage containers and are also regarded as important strategic resources by spellcasters.

But all along, energy storage crystals can only be obtained from nature, and artificial crystals cannot replace them. This is because artificial crystals have serious "natural escape" problems, and the energy stored in crystals cannot be replaced. Magic power will dissipate at an alarming rate, even within a few days, and it will be completely unusable. Therefore, artificial crystals have always been only used as auxiliary materials for magic items, or even as decorations in noble castles...

If the crystals that Rebecca created in a daze only have the defect of being "disposable", in Gawain's opinion, the problem is not big at all. Hetty has confirmed that these crystals are very stable, so the big deal is that they can be used to make disposables. For Gawain, who is used to the industrial age, "disposable" does not mean low practical value, but is synonymous with cheap, fast and mass production.

However, Hetty shook his head: "It's not a one-time use, but the magic power it stores cannot be extracted and used."

This time Gawain was completely dumbfounded: "How could this happen?"

"The magic power lost its 'coordination', which probably happened at the moment of extraction. The originally ordered magic power became disordered 'waste energy' in the process. It will dissipate as soon as it is extracted, and even if you collect it before it dissipates, it will be of no use. After all... it is 'waste energy'"

Waste energy, this is magic. The special vocabulary of magicians is also called disordered magic. This is a kind of magic that cannot participate in any magical reactions and cannot be used to release any spells.As worthless as a note that has lost its tune. Disordered magic is an accessory product of many spells. It is the "residue" after mages release magic. The most significant event that Gawain knows about where disordered magic has a strong presence was the year before the fall of the Gondor Empire. The big explosion of the Deep Blue Well - a large amount of disordered magic appeared inside "Deep Blue", which directly caused the Deep Blue Well to operate at full power but was unable to output any energy, and eventually the furnace core melted down and exploded.

What is stored in the crystal is magic power, but when extracted it becomes slag. This is simply a powerful weapon in some black-hearted games in the previous life. What is put in is equipment and gems, and what is taken out is slag. He and the whole server mocked the small trumpet...

The facts are already very clear. What Rebecca made is a small white crystal block that can blast the strengthened party on the spot (no mistake).

Looking at the powdery crystal dust with disappointment, Gawain shook his head: "Maybe when Rebecca can refine a usable energy storage crystal... Anyway, I'm looking forward to it for now. I won't say. Well, I just saw you tinkering with those antique crystals. What results did you get?"

Hetty cheered up, but her tone was quite apologetic: "Sorry, ancestor, there are a lot of crystals in there? The magic circle and rune patterns have now been lost, and are combined in an incomprehensible way. Today's crystal resonators have limited accuracy. I can only distinguish a small part of them and restore them to The magic circle...please come here."

Gawain followed and saw Heti taking out some arranged magic circle drawings from her desk. In addition to various symbols and Besides the lines, there are notes written in Juanxiu font, which are the notes she left.

Gawain looked at the drawings, while Hetty said his thoughts beside him: "The magic system of the ancient Gondor Empire is very different from today's. Their magic circle is 'layered'. Key nodes are used to connect each layer, and the nodes themselves are actually a kind of array, as if they are nested layer by layer. It is impossible to build an array with this structure with today's technology. I simply can't believe it. I can’t imagine how the ancient Magisters of Gondor stuffed this entire set of complex runes into a small crystal..."

Gawain raised his head and said with a smile: "They First prepare a room with almost no dust and suspended particles, then use magic-guiding materials to build a huge magic circle model in this room, then evacuate the air in the room, and finally illuminate the magic circle with powerful magic from the Deep Blue Well. Model, and at the 'focus' of the irradiation, a blank crystal to be processed is placed. Through special polarization technology, the magic power will imprint the layered array into the inside of the crystal layer by layer - just like this, the magic power is irradiated once, and the crystal is imprinted layer by layer. Just brand a set of magic circles and make twenty-seven of them in one minute." With a "snap", a dip pen in Hetty's hand fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.

Oh my god, were the ancient people so powerful? !

“So this is the most different point of view between me and people of this era - you think it is veryMany things are precious and rare. It is natural for masters to make them carefully and pass them on to people from generation to generation. However, in my opinion, it is normal for these things to be mass-produced cheaply. It's a pity that after losing the Deep Blue Well, all the first generation died. It is inevitable that you will develop like this. ”

Hetty’s expression was strange, and she deeply felt that her unworthy descendants had let down her ancestors again...

At this moment, Gawain’s eyes were suddenly drawn to one of the drawings The magic circle attracted him: "Huh? "

Hetty quickly stepped forward. After seeing Gawain's sight, he explained: "That is the magic circle that controls the self-destruction of crystals. As you know, the last function of these standard crystals when they are on the verge of collapse is to self-destruct, so this layer of magic circle is imprinted in a position independent of other rune groups, and it is extremely simple, so it is easier to restore. However, the identification of friend and foe related to this detonating magic circle cannot be restored. I still haven't found which runes realize this incredible function. I really lack talent in this area..."

"Wait a minute, don't worry about how the identification runes are adjusted," Gawain interrupted Hetty's self-criticism - this eldest granddaughter is good at everything, but she will immediately fall into trouble once she thinks that her ancestor is unhappy. The state of self-criticism and self-reflection is very troublesome. He is obviously a character who takes the route of a royal sister and a queen, but she always seems to be bullied in front of him, "I saw the note you wrote here...you It is said that this magic circle is different from the conventional magic circle. It does not release the energy in the crystal to the outside world and then generate an explosion. Instead, it detonates the energy within the crystal and uses the crystal itself as an explosive? "

Hetty was stunned and nodded: "Yes. Ordinary similar arrays will guide energy out of the energy storage crystal and produce effects in the outside world, but because the function of this array is to self-destruct, it skips the guidance step and directly detonates the energy in the energy storage crystal. , the exploding crystal fragments will also have strong lethality. To be honest, I have never come across this kind of magic circle before. Although it is not complicated, I am afraid that no magician with a normal mind will use it. This thing will directly completely destroy the precious energy storage crystal..."< /p>

Hetty stopped talking. Obviously, she was not stupid, and she had quickly realized the usefulness of this thing.

She and Gawain looked at each other at the same time. They looked at the ruby ​​​​dish on the experimental table, and the trace crystal dust in the ruby ​​​​dish seemed to glow again in their eyes.

That was the brilliance of art (conviction)

"From those. The magic power extracted from the crystal will instantly turn into waste energy, but when they are stored in the crystal, their state is stable..." Gawain said slowly and leisurely, "Then let's not extract it at all, and store it directly in the crystal. What a blast. "

Hetty also said slowly: "Yes, anyway, this kind of 'crystal' is made from stone, and it is not valuable..."

With a normal mind Magicians don't use one to store energyThe explosion magic array that explodes the crystals together is because the energy storage crystals are of high value, and they only need to add a structure to the explosion array to export the energy, so that they can release the explosion magic while preserving the crystals. Since The effect is exactly the same, so why destroy a crystal?

But what if there is a kind of crystal, the magic power stored in it cannot be exported at all, and the crystal itself is not valuable at all?

Then this thing is simply prepared for self-destruction - its nature is as straightforward and stubborn as its inventor.

Countless exciting and bold ideas instantly appeared in Gawain's mind. These ideas were accompanied by bright fires and shocking sounds. They were the future, hope, and the defense of the people and the land. The sword and shield are a ray of light that dispels the dark clouds caused by the failure of the trial production of gunpowder...

It is art.

It’s not even good for art, it’s on the same level as the Louvre.

Gawain suppressed those exciting thoughts, and suddenly asked a very practical question with a strange look on his face: "How do we carve an explosion circle on a crystal that is only the size of a grain of rice?"

Hetty also calmed down and thought about the problem seriously, and then said uncertainly: "Maybe...it doesn't have to be engraved on the crystal, because this is an 'interference type' magic circle ."

(Oh my god, it will be available the day after tomorrow!)