Just as drawing a magic array needs to follow the rules of points, lines, and planes, the magic patterns that seem complex and complicated must also follow their own rules - magic patterns do not only include the wood grain of the thorn family, in fact, "magic patterns" is an all-encompassing and incomparably complex science.

The earliest magic arrays in the Langman Continent originated more than 5,000 years ago, when the newborn humans had left the Great Plains and came to the western part of the continent and gradually began to settle and establish their own settlements. But at that time, the Terrans were still weak, and the exploration of their talents was not sufficient, although there had been a holy rank of melee professionals (it was their strong strength that allowed humans to settle in the still wild west), but the application of spiritual power was not in place, and the most powerful magicians of the Terrans were only at the rank of Great Magister, and the use of elements was rough and savage, and the magic power was relatively low. One of the great mages at the time, Anthony Joseph, was determined to change this situation, so he spent his life discovering a special formula that could induce elemental resonance, and simplified it into twenty-two runes, which could reproduce the process of spiritual power attracting elements, and amplify and strengthen this process, thus greatly increasing the power of magic - and it was Joseph who first proposed the "point, line, and surface" of drawing magic circles rules, so that the arrangement of the runes fits the canonical geometry, and also allows the elements to form a loop in them, further improving the resonance efficiency. This was undoubtedly a revolution in the history of magic, and Anthony Joseph was revered as the "Father of Magenic".

It's just that, perhaps decades of dedicated research work have made him forget the concept of beauty, or Mr. Anthony's own aesthetics have deviated, the twenty-two basic runes he created are just stacks of lines, there is simply no beauty at all, most of the lines that make up the magic array are flat and straight lines, and the final product is undoubtedly a clumsy appearance (small knowledge: in "The Father of Magic Patterns" Of the nearly 200 magic circles left, no more than thirty arcs could be found, and no circle could be found in any of the magic circles—no ellipses. And squares are the most frequent, and there are as many as three thousand squares composed of various lines), which simply cannot satisfy any sapient creature with normal aesthetics. Fortunately, Mr. Anthony's research was all made public during his lifetime, and in the following hundreds of years, with the efforts of all the magicians at that time, they finally deduced the formula and added arcs to the basic runes (to be honest, this almost simplified more than half of the drawing process and greatly saved the time of drawing magic arrays), and later discovered many materials that could engrave runes, and invented the way to draw city-level magic arrays, which also triggered the first magic technology revolution -

At this time, many magicians have summed up the deep rules of drawing runes, as long as they master the relevant formulas, they can draw runes into almost any shape in accordance with certain rules, so for a while, creating their own magic patterns has become a trend, and many families and even many lone mages have their own magic patterns, which is not only a symbol of identity glory, but also can be used as a secret of key places- After all, each family's veins and drawing methods are different, and if you don't master the specific decoding method, it is no easier to crack an unfamiliar magic pattern than to dismantle it violently.

But time is a good thing, and when all kinds of magic patterns have been tried and tried, a manifestation called "magic patterns" came into being. At first, this science was only used to teach how to distinguish the magic pattern and coat of arms of different families, but then it gradually rose to study the context of various magic patterns and find their commonalities, and then "accidentally" began to teach the way to break the magic pattern blockade non-violently - in fact, this science objectively greatly promoted the progress of magic pattern science. In a way that the nobles were not very happy about.

As the former elven ruler, the Thorn Family's unique "wood grain" is loved by many magicians for its gorgeous and beautiful characteristics, and of course it has become the top priority of magic pattern science. Today, a thousand years after the decline of the Thorn Family, many regions are still using wood grain to draw magic arrays in order to pursue beauty, and the various contexts and changes of wood grain have long been thoroughly studied.

Del Cora was educated in the science of demonic patterns. Although he himself doesn't like ornate and complicated wood grains, he still has a good grasp of the relevant knowledge. Holding a magnifying glass while inducing mental power, follow the pulse of the elemental journey to find the beginning and end of the drawing.

"Each pattern has its own 'source point', where the element starts and ends a cycle, and there is the 'keyhole' of the pattern, which is also the biggest weakness of the pattern......"

He meditated on what he had learned in class.

"Different magic patterns will cover up this weakness in different ways, wood grain will set up simulated source points at the connection points of each stripe road, and connect different defense facilities, there are at least two hundred source points on this door, the difficulty is simply explosive......"

He scratched his head with his other hand, his mouth in pieces, his eyes never taking off the magnifying glass.

"There are roughly seventeen main threads...... No, ten, seven of them are connected to places that are not quite normal, what kind of defense facilities are estimated...... Well, so this gate should have ten source points, which must be activated in the correct order, otherwise God knows what will be activated......"

With a finger of his hand, the dotted elements gathered and outlined half a meter away from the gate, the condensed lines of the water element outlined the ten main veins, and the lines of the fire element corresponded to the seven "abnormal" veins. Those that react are marked by the yellow dots of earth elementals, and those that are excluded no longer have elemental aggregation.

"There are more than five source reactions on each main vein...... Well, the intersection of the main veins can be ruled out, so there are still forty-two points......"

Assas's eyes were closed with his sword, not sure whether he was asleep or meditating, and Satya yawned, turning the dagger in her hand, the sharp, venomous blade slicing through her skin.

"The source and pseudo-source react differently, and the elements are a little bit sluggish as they run there, and I think I should be able to sense it...... Well, exclude these ......"

On the simulation of the element, there are fewer and fewer yellow spots of light that are still flashing, but the speed of exclusion is also getting slower. Del Cora was so engrossed in it that he subconsciously ignored the passage of time.

Three hours later.

He let out a long breath and looked at the ten source points that had been marked.

"The rest is much simpler...... The first and last source points must be able to implicate all the lines, and from the second point onwards, each source point must be triggered to be able to cut off one pattern without affecting the operation of the other lines...... This one is not the second one, this one conflicts with it...... Hmmm......"

Another long hour.

Finally, Del Cora closed her eyes, then opened them suddenly, her hands covered with the upper wind elementals, and she did not hesitate to point to the ten positions of the gate in a certain order. For the first nine times, the gate did not react in the slightest, but when the last point was pressed, all the magic patterns suddenly flickered with a faint light, and the elements no longer moved forward according to the established vein, and the defensive facilities involved in the gate were also broken one after another. In the glimmer of magic, a gap suddenly appeared in the center of the originally integrated gate, and with the appearance of the gap, the elemental power on the gate completely fell silent.

"I'm using the most standardized and correct cracking method...... "Del Cora was a little entangled, "Should I open the door and be completely broken......

"Done?"

Sensing the fluctuations of the elements, Assas came back from his meditation and asked.

"Ah...... It worked, and that's right. Delkora took a deep breath and suppressed the exhaustion that had surged through his mind, "Complicated excess...... I don't want to crack the secret chamber of demonic pattern anymore......"

"You get your spirits up first, Del Kora," Satya stood up and moved her aching body, "I don't know what we're going to face next, we need to be well prepared." ”

"I need a little time to meditate...... Give me ten minutes. Delcora yawned, found a raised spot and sat down with her eyes closed.

Twenty minutes later.

Assas, Satya, and Delkora, who had barely recovered his spirits, pushed open the door engraved with countless mystical patterns.

The door seemed to have not been opened for a long time, and when the door was pushed, all three of them heard the clear grinding sound of the door shaft, and the wind picked up when the door was opened, and a puff of dust came to them - it seemed that the dust removal magic here had been working for a long time.

If there's ever dusting magic here.

"Guess what we're going to find here?" asked Del Cola with interest as the three exited the gate before the smoke cleared, "a dusty treasure trove, a military base, or some special testing ground?"

"Don't be too optimistic, because there's no treasure to be buried here. Assas shook his head, not optimistic about Del Cora's optimism, "If I were the leader of the Thorns, I would never have buried any treasure trove here—it would be meaningless." There's not even a forest here. ”

"You should be optimistic, believe in the unknown and believe that God is watching for us. Del Kora's enthusiasm did not diminish either, "How about new equipment? Or an unknown magic scroll?Silver and gold coins are also good, even a few gems can allow me to re-carve a new staff......"

The smoke cleared.

The three of them passed through the gate again, and the scene inside the door came into view.

"Huh...... Del Kora, it seems that this time, you will not find the treasure you are looking for. ”