Drawing magic circles and engraving runes is a highly technical job. As a unique product of this world, it is not just a simple "painting" as many people imagine - although it is simply a photo Drawing the original picture is indeed simple, but to become a rune master, you can't just learn to draw.
If you simply follow the drawings to draw the magic circle, then ordinary people can do it. Even civilians who cannot sense magic at all can do it as long as you tell them how to draw it and what to use. To the drawing of the magic circle, this is a simple "production and copying" work.
But in addition to this kind of production and copying, rune masters also need to have the ability to create and adapt to changes: they need to help mages make magic props, or draw magic circles on various complex magic-guiding materials, The properties of each magic prop or magic-guiding material are different, and there are countless changes in the combination. This is destined that they cannot draw the magic circle completely according to the drawings in the book - they must follow the carrier material and the Depending on the purpose of the magic circle, it is necessary to change the arrangement of the runes on the magic circle, or to fine-tune the position and connection method of each rune.
In short, what rune masters create is a "blueprint". Every time they draw it, they are drawing the original master copy and creating.
This process requires the ability to perceive magic and the ability to "tune" the runes.
The former can determine whether each rune can function normally during the process of drawing the blueprint, and perceive whether there is interference between the runes that exceeds the threshold, while the latter can inject its own magic power into the runes for actual testing. Although the skill of Rune Master often does not have the ability to drive the entire magic circle, it is still possible to test local rune groups.
To achieve these two points, you must become at least a first-level official mage. It is absolutely impossible for a mage apprentice to do this, because a mage apprentice does not have the ability to sense and control multiple runes at the same time. The magic power cannot be accurately controlled and output to the outside world. If it can be done... they will graduate.
And Jenny’s information clearly states that she is a mage apprentice.
This time Jenny heard Gawain’s question clearly, but she didn’t know how to answer it. After hesitating and weighing for a long time, she chose to lower her head and whispered: “It’s luck. "My lord."
"Luck?" Gawain raised his eyebrows in a disapproving tone.
“Yes, luck,” Jenny still lowered her head, “I have good intuition and can always find the correct arrangement of runes. You should know that there are certain rules in the arrangement of runes. , as long as you have enough experience and enough intuition, you can accurately arrange those..."
"If you really rely on luck, you will have died in the accident before you accumulate enough experience," Gawain directly interrupted the other party, "Although I am a knight, I also understand the basic principles of magic - for a magic circle, the position and connection method of each rune are quite different.Strictly speaking, unless you have insight into the laws of all the runes in the world and their combinations, it is simply impossible for you to arrange each of them in place. There are indeed rules for the arrangement of runes, but I have never heard of anyone analyzing the arrangement rules for all runes. It is precisely because humans cannot analyze every combination of runes that they need to ' The two abilities of perception' and 'attunement'. "
Gawain said, staring at the silver-haired girl in front of him: "Raise your head and tell me the truth - how do you know every talisman when you can't sense and adjust it? Where should the runes be placed, and what effect will each rune have? ”
Perhaps Gawain’s tone was too serious, so Jenny couldn’t help but tremble, and even more afraid to speak. When Hetty saw this, she remembered the role that Gawain had told her before, one strict and one lenient. , so he said in a soft tone: "Don't be nervous, this is not a royal capital with strict rules, nor is it a boring and old-fashioned secret society. We welcome and encourage all behaviors that can contribute to the construction of the territory, even if this behavior is deviant. It doesn't matter. "
Jenny finally raised her head and looked in the direction of Gawain, who nodded slightly with a serious expression: "I can assure you that creative ideas are protected here. Because I am the law of this land. "
"It's not actually a creative idea," the silver-haired girl from the royal capital, who became a fourth-level rune master as an apprentice, finally relaxed. She spoke softly, and then stood up to take it from her bedside. Here comes a big, thick book, “This is logic and calculation. "
Gawain put his hand on the book, but still asked: "Can I read it? ”
“Of course, you are the lord. ”
Gawain opened this big book that looked quite old and found that it was actually a handwritten note. The yellowed and curled pages were filled with runes, numbers and calculations. , legends, some handwriting even appeared a little blurry due to wear and tear. He flipped through it casually and found that the handwriting in the entire notebook was still different: there were at least four different handwritings appearing on the pages, and they were in accordance with the rules. Appearing in order from front to back: Obviously, this notebook has had at least four owners, and each owner left their own records on it.
This book seems to confirm this. Gawain had vaguely guessed before, and he turned the pages of the book quickly with almost excitement and excitement, so much so that Jenny, who was sitting opposite, began to worry whether this precious notebook would be ruined by this rough reading. It was damaged, and while he was flipping through it quickly, Gawain's eyes were suddenly attracted by a piece of attached paper sandwiched in the second half of the note.
This piece of paper was glued to the pages of the note. It seemed to be an additional comment or summary. The above text made Gawain choked:
The ratio of the energy levels of all secondary runes to the energy levels of higher-level runes is always One to three, if the secondary runes are connected continuously, every three will advance to one and be regarded as oneComplete runes of a higher level;
The maximum number of connections between any rune and runes of the same level and position and different attributes shall not exceed eight, and the maximum number of connections between any rune and runes of the same level and position and the same attribute shall not exceed four;
p>Any rune forms a "knot" with the starting character and the ending character. The number of fillable connection fields inside each "knot" rune must be an even number. Every two connection fields are counted as one "pair". Suppose that The number of "pairs" in the field is The rune knot is set as a "interference knot", and the total interference value generated in the area increases dramatically as the number of interference knots increases. The interference value of a single interference junction is a constant t=1.35, and the number of interference junctions is n, then the actual total interference value m=t*n3. (Note: Try to avoid adjacent rune knots with identical structures to greatly reduce the occurrence of interference knots).
The magic guide material uses copper as the "zero" level. Those that are weaker than copper are considered negative, and those that are better than or equal to copper are considered positive. The theory of what runes on positive magic guide materials can withstand when connected The interference value is set to M, the number of rune knots is set to N, the number of rune attributes is set to Z, and the interference value generated by the interference knot is a constant t, then the theory that the entire rune group within the range of the guide material can withstand it The interference value is M=(N+Z*N)*t. For negative magic guide materials, this interference value is divided by the constant E=1.66...
In any case, it should be ensured that the actual interference value m is less than Equal to the theoretical interference value M...
In the composite magic array, the calculation formula for the "self-interference" generated inside the rune knot is...
In the composite magic array, The optimal arrangement of each rune should follow...
There are more records later.
A large number of formulas, rules, and logic are almost filled with this attached sheet, and many can be seen on the pages after the attached sheet. Gao Wen can almost judge at a glance that this has practical value. summary and derivation.
It’s just that they still don’t seem to be the final results, and they still have some limitations of this era: many summaries are purely empirical products, and they lack clear formulas, and many formulas are too messy. , have not been simplified or merged into a more general formula, and all these things have not been organized according to a system, but are piled up here loosely and independently, without any order.
But they are already shocking things.
"Did you sum up these?" Gawain almost exclaimed with his eyes wide open.
"No, no..." Jenny replied in a panic, "Not entirely, only part of this notebook was written by me, and the other parts are...the legacy of predecessors."
When she mentioned the words "heritage of predecessors", she had an obviously gloomy and sad look on her face.
"Well...yes, there are at least four kinds of handwriting on it," Gawain lowered his head and glanced at the notebook, then flipped through it and suddenly found that the fonts at the beginning looked vaguely familiar., after carefully identifying it, he turned to look at Hetty, "Do you have that notebook with you? The wild mage's notebook."
In Gawain's opinion, the wild mage's notebook is simply a piece of paper. It was a treasure, but the most precious thing about it was the knowledge recorded in it, not the notebook itself, so he made a copy of the notes, kept the copy himself, but gave the original as a gift to Hetty, who was keen on magic research. .
Hetty nodded: "Take it, I happened to be studying the discussion about the universal rune group in it these two days..."
As she spoke, she put the Taking out an old notebook from his pocket, Gawain put it on the table and unfolded it, comparing it with the notebook from Jenny's hand - as expected, the handwriting on the first quarter of the latter was the same as the wild mage's handwriting. It's exactly the same!
This thick and old notebook is actually one of the wild mage’s relics? And his relic is still circulating in the mage circle, and has been studied and continued by at least three later generations?
"What are you..." Jenny also saw the notebook Hetty took out, and she subconsciously said, "Do you know its owner?"
"Once "I have seen him," Gawain said casually, pointing to Jenny's notebook with the rune calculation formula, "Since you have this in your hand, it proves that you have also seen him?"
"Very well?" Unfortunately, when I got this notebook, it had been changed hands three times." Jenny shook her head, "Have you seen him? Where is he now?"
Rune Master Face? There was a hint of reverence and excitement in her expression, but Gawain had to disappoint her: "He is dead, and the notebook I have is his only relic. Of course, now I have to add the one you have."
Jenny opened her mouth, but in the end it turned into a sigh: "Is that so..."
"You said that this notebook has been changed hands three times, then its previous owner Where are they?" Gawain didn't give Jenny much time to indulge in emotion. He followed up and asked, "Those who are advancing the research in the notebook, are they still in the capital or the secret society? Can you contact them? ?"
"They... also died," Jenny's tone suddenly became very low. "Its second owner died during an expedition, and its third owner, that is, My previous master was Mr. Ravencase, who studied runes with me. He died in a mission assigned by his mentor - the constant E=1.66 is his legacy."