Pitman invited Gawain into his cabin. This little old man who looked a lot older had a pair of shrewder and more flexible eyes than the young profiteer. He diligently served tea and poured water while secretly watching. Gawain: "The Duke personally came to visit me in such a shabby and dilapidated cabin. Did he encounter some difficult problem that requires my Druid spells? Or are you finally interested in my transshipment rituals and divination?"< /p>
Gawain casually scanned the furnishings in the house and found that the place was very neatly kept. The workbench for doing alchemy experiments and various containers for preparing potions were neatly placed in the northwest corner of the capital. The work area and living area are also very simple and simple, completely different from the dirty and messy feeling Pittman had when he first came to this place. < /p>
Pitmant was surprised: "Make potions and blessings? Just for such a small thing, you come here in person?"
"I just happened to be passing by, so I stopped by to satisfy my curiosity. "My heart," Gawain waved his hand, "And I remember telling you before that I wanted to increase the production of agricultural catalysts, but I don't know what the results will be."
Pitman grimaced: "It's not that easy. , you have too much time at this time..."
Gawain waved his hand: "It doesn't matter if you don't have any results for the time being, just let me see the progress of your work."
Pitman then relaxed. His tone was full of words: "That's no problem, I'm just about to start working."
As he spoke, he walked towards the work area used to prepare potions and began to prepare them. Preparation of potions: Preparing these potions is his daily job anyway, just to satisfy the personal hobby of this eccentric Duke.
Gawain followed the little old man, watching him busy among the potions and alchemy tools, but more complex thoughts were spinning in his mind.
The magic engine was successful.
This is indeed a joyful thing. Even the mature and steady Hetty is immersed in the joy of success, and Gawain is certainly no exception.
However, there was not only joy in Gawain's heart, but also a doubt that had arisen before but was temporarily suppressed: What is magic? What are the laws of this world?
The operation of the magic engine undoubtedly shows the existence of logic and laws. It also shows that various phenomena in this world are not independent of each other, but are related to each other and can be combined into a system. The repulsive force array will promote The piston will drive the crankshaft and connecting rod, and the rotation of the flywheel will generate inertia. The inertia will connect every working process of the engine. And extending outward, the energy of the engine comes from the magic network, and the energy of the magic network comes from the environment...< /p>
Everything seems to be in order and completely closed.
But where did the original magic come from? magic network fromBut learn from the environment? What about the magic in the natural environment? Is it really infinite and everywhere? Can it really be continuously replenished into the magic network, forever?
Doesn’t this world even abide by the conservation of energy?
In other words, magic actually has its own source and its own ultimate reserve. It is only contained in everything in the world in a way that humans cannot observe and calculate. Human beings use it ignorantly and think that it is. It's infinite, but it might run out someday?
Facing this most worrying problem, Gawain no longer even bothered to think about what the "repulsive force" generated by the magic circle was.
To be honest, the moment he saw the magic engine spinning, what emerged in Gawain's mind along with joy was worry.
Mechanical operation is a more intuitive way to vent energy. It makes Gawain aware of the existence of the process of "consuming energy" better than the static magic array on the rune furnace. However, he is not used to it yet. The fact that he could not see the energy storage material at all - he could not see the "magic fuel", he could not see the battery, he could not see an actual wire and a dashboard that measured energy consumption, which gave him an empty feeling. It feels as if he is afraid that the magic engine will suddenly stop while it is spinning...
Even if wireless power transmission is realized on the earth, Gawain at least still knows that fuel is burning in the power plant, but Here... there is only a magic network that is constantly filling out of thin air. People in this world may be accustomed to this phenomenon, but he suddenly felt awkward.
Gawain wants to understand the essential secret of magic, why the world works like this, and why it is difficult for water to do work when it turns into steam, but it still maintains the three characteristics. State changes, trying to figure out why electromagnetic induction fails in this world, but there are still independent magnetic fields and electric fields here, and theoretically "light" as a special electromagnetic wave still exists (if it is really "light")...
These contradictions made him feel a huge sense of fragmentation. Many phenomena and the principles behind them that should have been closely related to each other seemed fragmented in this world, as if matter no longer existed in order. But as if they were forcibly set there by the so-called gods, they each exhibit various strange physical and chemical properties, not because the microscopic world supports them, but because they "should be like this"...
These The contradiction and sense of separation were once suppressed by the busy office, and were temporarily forgotten by Gawain. However, when the magic engine really started to operate according to his vision, these thoughts emerged again uncontrollably.
But he knows that he cannot become fat in one bite. It is impossible to directly explain the microscopic realm and basic principles of this world at this stage. He must proceed step by step. To understand the lowest truth, he must Start by observing the most superficial phenomena, starting from the field of experience and practicality.
For example, first observe the various magics in this world and theirEffective mechanism.
Hetty and Rebecca are both serious mages (although their talents are a bit off), but Gawain did not go to them, but to Pittman, because he knew one thing : Druid's spell is the most special in the world. Its origin and changes seem to reveal some secrets about magic.
Druid magic evolved from divine magic.
Pittman has prepared the potion materials that need to be prepared today and the props for the Druid ceremony. He explained while operating: "It is not difficult to prepare alchemy potions. The most basic catalyst potions require The materials are very cheap, and herbs are available everywhere. The main time-consuming is post-processing, such as smoking, drying, grinding, etc. This aspect can actually be solved by hiring more hands."
He said. As he spoke, he put the powdered fishtail seeds and perilla petals into a heating container, poured in pure water and some kind of grass juice prepared in advance.
“I listened to Amber explain to me the labor systems you invented, such as process splitting, responsibility system, and assembly line operations. To be honest, they are all great ideas. In this way, complex tasks can be solved. The preparation process of alchemical potions is broken down and left to laymen, but the most critical part cannot be solved..."
Bubbles began to appear in the heating container, and a spicy and pungent smell emerged. Pitman quickly added a new potion to balance the potency of the mixture.
“The potion produced in the preliminary steps is just a mortal thing and does not have extraordinary power. Even if it has a very weak effect, if you want it to exert magical power like magic, you must inject magic power. And this step must be completed through Druid rituals..."
Pittman has sealed the lid of the heating container, and through a curved copper conduit, the gas evaporated in the container is directed to the side inside the condenser tube, and condensed into drops of light green juice. The little old man carefully collected the light green juice, finally made a small cup, and placed it on a small altar next to it.
Gawain watched the little old man operating there without blinking. He saw that Pitman placed elemental runes representing wind, fire, water and earth around the altar. These runes were carved on the oak. On the wood chip, two crystals were placed on the inner layer - very ordinary white crystal, the cheapest kind of natural crystal.
Then he began to chant the druid’s obscure incantation, and Gawain immediately activated his ability to perceive magic.
He saw that Pitman's side was gradually filled with the radiance of magic. Under the guidance of runes, these energies arranged special geometric shapes, vibrating and affecting the semi-finished potion, and the color of the potion also changed. Transition from light green to dark green.
When the transformation was about to be completed, the Druid stopped chanting the incantation, removed the two white crystals, and seriously began to recite a prayer about the gods of nature: "The great gods of nature. O protector of life, great spirit of nature... O heart of the forest, lifeGuide, your devout followers pray here for the response of the gods of nature. May you send the gospel from your oak throne, let this potion come from oak... palm wood... or oak... Fill it with life energy and make it...oh it's finished? "
Pitman looked down and confirmed that the potion had completely completed the transformation, so he simply stopped the prayer that he could no longer compose, and took the potion from the altar with a smile and handed it to Gawain. Look: "Look, the freshly baked plant growth catalyst is still hot. ”
Gawain held the potion and felt that his whole face was shaking, a kind of shaking that even the Chinese character face and beard could not save.
The old boy’s last prayer Are the words a joke?
But it was the other party’s last prayer that had been destroyed by his own God seventy or eighty times, which completely changed Gawain’s mind. Confirmed.
The druid magic...has indeed completely disappeared.
The only thing left in the world now is the druid magic.
He placed the small cup of still steaming potion next to him and looked into Pitman's eyes: "If I remember correctly, the prayer you just prayed is actually the scripture of the Heart of the Forest sect of the Druid sect. Excerpts from "The Word of the Jungle". "
Pitman was a little surprised: "You even know this? ! "
"I have read this book," Gawain waved his hand, indicating that this question is not important, "What I want to say is - are Druid's spells really derived from divine magic? ”
(Recommended book, "I, God, Redeemer" written by Shi Yu - yes, it was the one who originally wrote about the Little Bubble God Cult. This book is still about the Guya God Cult, culture Invasion missionary stream)