The old blacksmith Hamel stared at the strange machine that was running rapidly with wide eyes, with shock and confusion.
Its core is filled with the brilliance of magic. The repulsion mechanism that can be described as simple is reciprocating under the action of a simple magic circle and a series of mechanical structures. The heavy flywheel is driven by the connecting rod and crankshaft. It was spinning rapidly, faster than any windmill, waterwheel, or crank cranked by manpower. He knew deeply how heavy the big iron wheel was. It was something that could easily break human bones when it rotated, but It drives just like that, and it's a breeze.
The two rune craftsmen standing next to him saw more and thought of more.
They are servants trained by magicians. If the rune master is the "circuit engineer" who designs the blueprint of the magic circle, then the rune craftsman is the "mechanical engineer" responsible for manufacturing the mechanical parts of the magic mechanism. Naturally, he knows much more about this than an ordinary blacksmith.
Rune craftsmen make various mechanisms and magic props on daily basis, and are naturally familiar with the most basic gadgets such as repulsion circles, but they have never thought that this simple Something at the level of magic can actually produce such a magical effect - only a set of effective mechanical structures are needed to allow the repulsion array that can only be used to push the door or rock trap to automatically switch in cycles, even though the entire The magic engine is driven by magic power, but its inner principle is completely different from any previous magic props!
In the magic engine, magic is no longer the only and all power. It is no longer used roughly, but is transformed, amplified, and changed in more clever and indirect ways. It became something more... practical.
When they were first asked to work with a group of blacksmiths and blacksmith apprentices, the rune craftsmen still had a little resentment in their hearts, but after seeing the finished magic engine, their resentment could not help but fade away. It was replaced by some kind of enlightenment: they finally realized that when they first arrived in this territory, the matron named Hetty told them to "put aside all old thoughts and constraints and obey the laws of this land." What does "New Order" mean? Compared with the new things seen in this land, those rules and restrictions are really nothing.
A blacksmith apprentice stared at the continuously running magic engine and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "This is what we built..."
Han Merle quickly interrupted his apprentice: "No, this is the wisdom of the Duke and Viscount, as well as Lady Hetty."
"No," Gawain interrupted Hamel. , "This is what you made. There is no doubt that honor goes to everyone who works. Therefore, those who contribute to the creation of the magic engine will not only receive rewards, but also receive glory - the names of each of you." All will be recorded, made into nameplates and set on the first-generation magic engines, and recorded in Cecil’s history book.”
Artisans.Looking at each other in confusion with his apprentices, Hammer twirled his beard vigorously, and even accidentally pulled off a few strands without noticing. It was not until the two rune craftsmen from the royal capital who had seen the world bowed and thanked that the old blacksmith He finally came to his senses and quickly thanked him.
Gawain withdrew his gaze and looked at the prototype of the magic engine that was still running normally with uncontrollable joy and excitement.
It makes a lot of noise, and the rotation of the flywheel also drives the entire machine to vibrate violently. Due to errors in the accuracy of the parts, these are unavoidable problems. Gao Wen can be sure that this machine A considerable part of the power will be lost in the friction of those non-compliant parts, and its output power and overall lifespan will also be compromised, but these are details - the most important thing is that this machine is like itself It worked as expected.
Determine whether it is good or not first, and then consider whether it is good or bad.
Gawain looked at the primitive machine almost in fascination, but suddenly, a trace of doubt and worry appeared in his eyes.
But this subtle emotional change quickly disappeared.
On the other side, Hetty has begun to test the power of this machine: she directly uses plastic hands or gravity to slowly apply pressure on the output shaft of the machine. After trying several times in succession, she couldn't bear it. Zhi said with admiration: "This machine is very powerful. I gave it a try. When it rotates at full speed, it can even pull up a half-ton iron block vertically. And if you use the machine you mentioned before, I don’t know how much the power of the pulley or reduction gear can be amplified. In addition, this is because we use cheaper rune materials, and the connecting rod is also made of ordinary steel instead of stronger purple steel, so there is considerable room for improvement. Huge."
Rebecca doesn't know any useful auxiliary magic, and she can't throw a big fireball to test the machine's health bar at this time, so it's more practical to scratch her chin and think about it. Things: "My lord, what do you think this machine can do?"
Gawain gave the girl a funny look: "Tell me what you think."
" It seems that it can handle many tasks that are monotonous and repetitive and require a lot of effort, such as driving the big saw in the sawmill? It is definitely powerful enough, and there is no need to consider the influence of wind direction and river water!"
"It has many uses. It can drive a waterwheel, it can pull the mine car in the mine, it can be used to pump water from the mine, it can drive a sledgehammer to forge steel, and it can be used with suitable molds. , it can also directly press a whole steel plate into parts of armor or other things like pressing biscuits - it can also be placed in a brick kiln factory to drive other machines to press bricks, instead of needing a dozen as now The serfs used wooden frame molds to make blanks one by one..."
Gaowen casually talked about what he thought was the most important application direction at present, while the people around him fell into confusion one by one. There has never been a concept of using machines to replace labor, even if there are windmills, mills, water conservancy mills in this worldThings like that are all very crude and crude things. How could they possibly think of various machines that can be connected to the magic engine at once?
Hammer, on the other hand, couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard about using a machine to drive a sledgehammer to forge steel and directly forging steel plates into armor parts. His professional intuition made him instantly realize this. It's a bright road.
But Rebecca's eyes were shining the whole time - basically as long as Gawain said a usage from his mouth, a lot of lever bearings and lever bearings would pop up in her mind. Gears, although those things couldn't be assembled into a usable machine, she felt that as long as she gave herself a little time, she could make out the things her ancestors imagined one by one!
But at this moment, Hetty frowned and spoke worriedly: "The key is that we only have one machine... It is time-consuming and laborious to make a new magic engine, and it must be located It can only operate within the coverage area of the magic net, which is very problematic."
As she said this, she pulled the lever to cut off the energy of the magic engine and let it gradually calm down: the noise of this thing. It's not that big. It's spinning around here, and people around it have to shout when they talk.
“It doesn’t cost much to lay the magic net. After all, they are all basic runes, and the blueprints are already available. The difficulty of machine manufacturing is a problem... Mainly because it takes too much time to build these parts by hand,” Gao Wen Rubbing his chin, "But there's nothing we can do about it. We still have to use artificial methods to build it now..."
At this moment, a voice with a metallic vibrato suddenly broke in: "Ahem "Ahem, I have something to say."
The shiny silver Nicholas Egg slowly floated over.
Rebecca became happy as soon as she saw this shiny metal ball: "Eggy, do you have an idea?!"
"My name is not Dandan!" Nicholas Dandan Suddenly it was two or three meters high in the air (if it weren't for the roof blocking it, I'm afraid it would have planned to fly higher), the voice coming from the sphere was furious, "At least you can call me Mr. Dan!"
Rebecca was not intimidated by this ball at all: "Ah, okay Dandan, what can you do?"
Nicholas Dan: "..."
"Don't compete with her , you tell me your method," Gawain interrupted the upcoming war of words, and looked at the metal ball that was slowly floating back to the normal height seriously, "I know you are good at controlling metal, could it be that... "
"Yes, I finally know what I can do here!" Nicholas Egg's voice sounded particularly happy. As he spoke, various metal collisions sounded throughout the work shed. With a jingling sound, the metal scraps piled in the corner and ready to be recycled were floated one by one and pulled around the silver-white metal ball, "I can help you make iron!"
Following his words Falling, the metal scraps floating in the air made creaking sounds one after another, as if there was huge pressure acting on their surfaces, and they began to slowly change.Shape, and Gawain soon discovered that this deformation was not just the result of external force - some metals showed obvious signs of melting. They were not only being squeezed, but also being forged!
After just a few minutes, these metals turned into large and small parts with exquisite and complex structures and various strange gadgets, and even lifelike metal sculptures of everyone present. .
The work shed was completely quiet.
Nicholas Egg seemed to be very satisfied with the effect of his performance. He proudly placed the parts on the ground, and then delivered the metal sculpture to everyone's hands: "How is it? This is more efficient than yours." Is it much taller?"
Hammer took the metal sculpture that belonged to him, but his hands couldn't help but tremble slightly - such a powerful ability... From now on, the territory will still need a blacksmith. What? !
Is it really like what the lord said last time, that the blacksmith who hits things with a hammer will be useless? Will it be useless so soon?
The rune craftsmen on the scene had the same fearful thoughts. Even Hetty and Rebecca were shocked and felt that with this ball, all the craftsmen working with metal in the territory would probably They are all going to be unemployed...
Only Gawain, although he was also shocked by the speed at which Nicholas' eggs were molded into metal forms, but then his attention was completely focused on another aspect——
He looked at the lifelike metal sculpture in his hand, at its eyebrows and hair that were precisely reduced in strict proportion, and suddenly looked up and stared at the Nicholas egg: "How accurate can you achieve?!"