Although the territory has begun to build brick houses on a large scale, all the previous tents have been replaced, and a large number of wooden houses are being demolished and rebuilt in batches, Pittman's residence is still his original wooden house. ——This has nothing to do with the hard style of the little old man (in fact, he does not have this attribute at all), nor is it because Gawain is targeting this crooked old man, but because a large number of the druid's spells are related to the organic environment. The spell laboratory requires a large amount of wooden bases to serve as magic-guiding materials, and wooden houses are more convenient for them to use magic to transform and catalyze, so this wooden house has been used to this day, and it seems that Pittman is very satisfied with the plan. Keep using it this way.
In fact, although the wooden house is still the same wooden house, it has completely changed its appearance after Pittman's magical transformation over the past few months - the wooden boards that were harvested and had lost their vitality are now in Germany. Under the long-term infiltration of Rui's spell, it has been "activated" in a certain way. The vines and branches and leaves grow from the gaps in the wooden boards, making the wooden house tighter and stronger and also greatly beautifying its appearance. The environment inside the wooden house is also due to the The effect of natural magic makes it warm in winter and cool in summer, and Gawain believes that this is a quite comfortable place to live.
Otherwise, that crooked old man who sells ointments all day long and has bad habits like drinking, drinking and playing cards would have come to him to change his house... Pittman is not the kind of guy who is willing to live in poverty, otherwise he wouldn't be because of it. The Druid didn't make any money but became an antique appraiser...
When he walked into this wooden house that had been completely renewed (and was being renewed every day), the first thing Gawain saw was the wooden house next to the test bench. The busy old druid lowered his head. The latter had obviously noticed the arrival of the lord, but still did not raise his head: "Sir, please wait a moment, I will be finished here soon - the magic experiment cannot be interrupted, These equipment are a bit old, I have to keep a close eye on them..."
Amber stood beside him without hesitation and said: "Stop pretending, your pile of containers haven't even started to react yet - this kind of The decent style of painting that is obsessed with academic research and has no time to care about the lord is not suitable for you." Gao Wen was just moved by Pitman's rigorous and serious work attitude when he heard the truth revealed by Amber and suddenly fell to the ground with suspicion. He looked down at Pitman, who then straightened up from the test table and glared at the half-elf lady: "I just want to defraud some experimental funds. How easy is it for me! Who are you from?"
Amber rolled her eyes: "Nonsense, of course I am the one who pays me the salary."
"Ahem," Gawain quickly coughed twice, interrupting the topic that was about to go off track, "I'm here to see the results of your experiment - you seem to have figured out the most critical step in drug production?"
As soon as Pittman heard this, he put down the old alchemy props he was using to defraud funds. , straightened up triumphantly, and led Gawain to the alchemy platform on the other side of the laboratory: "Let's take a look at this first!"
Gawain walked over curiously, and he saw the alchemy platform There is aA series of connected flasks, retorts, condensers, stills and other devices, which are commonly used by alchemists when preparing potions. Although their combination is quite complex, they are not the same as when Pitman made potions before. It's not that special in comparison - what's really special is the complex magic patterns engraved on the surface of two of the containers, as well as a set of unfamiliar rune arrays in the center of the alchemy table.
Gawain is certain that normal alchemy tables and alchemy containers do not have these structures.
"What are these?" Gawain asked curiously.
“This is the ‘Druid Magic Array’ that is used to participate on behalf of the spell caster.” Pitman blinked and said quite proudly.
"Druid magic circle?!"
"Yes," Pittman nodded, "As you know, we wanted to dose the Druid potion before The biggest problem encountered during delivery is that a spellcaster must be involved in the final 'enchantment' step of the potion: only druid spells can catalyze these potions."
At this point, Pitman paused. Then he said: "Druid spells were born out of ancient natural magic and are completely different from today's conventional magic system. Therefore, there is no complete 'spell model-rune array' corresponding conversion system. In other words, many Druids Yi magic cannot be converted into a magic circle, which means that we cannot rely on engraving a magic circle on a foreign object to replace the caster like a magic net or a thermal ray gun... This restricts the mass production of alchemical potions. Transformation, because the number of druids is limited, the total amount of magic power of a single person is also limited."
Gawain looked at this little old man who usually behaved quite improperly in surprise: "So you succeeded in defeating Germany. Rui's magic was transformed into a magic circle?"
"Strictly speaking, it was an ancient Druid magic circle - when the Druid sect was still the God of Nature sect, the Druid Magic is also used as a 'divine magic circle' in divine magic," Pitman said in a low and solemn voice. "To this end, I read a lot of ancient classics - I spent one hundred and twenty-seven gold coins to buy the book, and also paid for it. The total errand money for buying books is..."
"It's inappropriate to say this in such a solemn tone. I'll reimburse you later," Gawain interrupted directly, "But I remember the druid's expression. All the spells have become ineffective. Could it be that those ancient magic arrays can still be used?"
"Of course they can't be used directly, but look at these runes...don't they look familiar? "
After being reminded like this, Gawain noticed that the magic lines on the surface of the containers and the symbols on the alchemy table did look a little familiar, especially the ones that mixed elemental runes and sacred symbols. The usage of them together gave a strong sense of sight...
After a few seconds, he suddenly realized what it was: in the ruins in the mountains, in the Shadow Realm, the one used to control , a large mixed magic circle that binds the flesh and blood of gods! That magic circle was drawn by mixing elemental runes and magical symbols!
Gawain showed a surprised expression: "It was dug from the ruins.Unearthed technology? "
"Yes," Pitman nodded. "At that time, you made rubbings of all the magic circles found in the ruins in the mountains, but as for the magic circle inside, Ms. Hetty studied She was at a loss, so she found me to help - although the Druid's magic has been lost, as an ancient profession that attaches great importance to inheritance, we have always preserved and passed down those sacred symbols as pure academic materials. , Ms. Hetty asked me to help identify the meaning of those symbols, and in the process, I discovered a bold attempt by the Gondor Empire..."
"A bold attempt? "Gawain frowned. From Pitman's tone, he had a premonition that this might not be a simple secret.
Of course, this may also be a new way for the old man to defraud funds. If so, then Better to solve it, a spanking is enough - anyway, he is a seven-hundred-year-old coffin spirit + a seven-million-year-old satellite spirit. He can beat anyone in this land without worrying about being accused of disrespecting the elderly...
Of course, if someone insists that beating up an old man is child abuse, then he will have to admit it.
Fortunately, Pittman really did not cheat the funds this time: " They are trying to 'find an interface to divine power'. "
As he spoke, the little old man pointed to the magic lines engraved on the containers and the alchemy table: "Unless the doctrine is strictly followed, divine power cannot be used by humans. This is a shackle recognized by the world. But the magisters of the ancient Gondor Empire obviously planned to do something rebellious. They designed this hybrid magic circle to bypass some kind of 'restriction' set by the gods, so that they could mobilize the power of the gods through the power of magic. Judging from the clues you find in the ruins in the mountain, their attempt was obviously successful, or at least partially successful - they found an 'access point' to control divine magic using magical runes. Although with our current technology, we cannot completely restore the complex mixed array, nor can we create a powerful energy source to drive it, the idea of arranging the runes can still be used for reference..."
What Pittman said was not only amazing, but also seemed promising, but Gawain couldn't help but have doubts: "I remember that some people tried to use the power of magic to perform divine spells, but they all failed. , a Holy Light Priest was even swallowed by the Holy Light... Are you sure there is no risk in this technology? "
"Risks definitely exist, and any magic has risks, but controlling risks is a compulsory course for us," Pitman nodded. "I also know about the failed attempts you mentioned. Last time we After discussing it, it now seems to me that their failure was actually going the wrong way. "
"Wrong way? ”
“Yes, we went the wrong way. Those who tried to use magic to control divine arts and failed, they just forcibly replaced the symbols in divine arts with elements through elemental language translation and substitution. Runes are like replacing every word in Elvish language with human common language with similar meanings, trying to translate an Elvish book in this way."It's the same as the previous work, although the words have been replaced, but due to the differences in grammar and word formation rules, the replacement can only make nonsense," Pitman shook his head, "And the magisters of the Gondor Empire They did it much more cleverly. They realized that human 'language' could not 'translate' the power of gods, so they created an 'interface'. This interface did not try to translate the symbols in divine magic rigidly, but Drawing the magic circle, and then setting control magic runes at various key locations, and using materials with both spiritual and magical properties to act as 'conversion media' in the input and output stages, through this method, they indirectly Transforming divine power from the original 'rigid energy' that must strictly follow doctrines in order to operate, to a 'flexible energy' that can be easily used by mortals just like magic. "
Somehow, when Gawain was listening to Pitman's description of using elemental symbols to replace magical symbols, the word "machine translation" came to his mind.
Is this an alien version of machine translation that kills people...
"So, you have mastered this 'interface' technology? "Gawain shook his head, getting rid of the unreliable associations about "machine translation" in his head, and looked at Pitman and asked.
"I can't say that I have complete control. After all, you asked someone to make a rubbing. "It's just some magic circles, not the original research data of the Gondor Empire. I have to study those magic circles for a while to understand the specific principles of this interface," Pittman said in this kind of professionalism. He didn't care much about the risky field, and said honestly, "Now I just found a little bit of application method, and connected it to the Druid's ancient magical array. "
Pitman stroked his beard when he said this, with a smile on his face: "Strictly speaking, what I did on the Druid Magical Formation is the same as the Magister of the Empire of Gondor. What they do is the opposite - they draw power from divine magic, but the Druid magic has long since expired, and its magical array can no longer release energy, so I reversed this process, Use magic power to 'charge' the magical array to make it work. Of course, there is a certain degree of loss in this process, but the loss is not too great. With the support of the new Honeycomb Magic Network, the energy loss caused by this reverse transformation is completely acceptable. "
The old Druid raised his hand and pointed to a corner of the device on the alchemy table: "You should have noticed that it has a port here that is connected to the magic network. So as long as it is connected to the magic network, the power of the magic network will be converted into the energy of the magic array through the 'divine power inverter array' on the alchemy platform, thereby catalyzing the medicines in the two containers, as if there is a The ancient druid priests were casting spells on them, turning the ordinary herbal juices in the containers into magic potions..."
After finishing the explanation, the old druid took a deep breath and turned to the high priest. Text: "Sir, this is the mass production method I have found. ”