At three o'clock in the middle of the night, the underground workshop of the Kiri's house. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After completing the task of cleaning the underground waterways, Shinji went back to his room to take a shower and change his clothes, and sat in front of the laboratory table and carefully examined the silver liquid in the test tube.

The viscous, faint glowing liquid has a high viscosity and does not oscillate with visible ripples like most solutions.

With Shinji's shaking, wisps of dark red spots floated to the surface from the bottom of the opaque liquid, adding a wisp of dissonance to the solid-colored liquid.

Shinji picked up a piece of gauze depicting two runes of Rune from the bench and placed it on the mouth of the test tube, and then poured the entire test tube 180 degrees. The silvery liquid in the tube flows down the gauze and easily into the flask below. The dark red spots remained on the gauze, and were gathered into clumps by the active runes.

The collection of spots in the test tube, which seemed to be only the thickness of a hair, turned into a piece larger than the palm of the hand on the gauze.

"Master, what is this?" Shinji put down the gauze and looked up to ask Skaha, who was watching from the other side of the console.

"This is a high-level compression magic technique in fluid manipulation, which uses pressure to reduce the volume of fluids, and this magic is mostly used in the production of magic ceremonies and the preservation of precious materials. Skaha said and pointed to the bookshelf in the corner of the workshop, "You Kiri-kin have similar magic tricks, if you are interested, you can try to learn it in five to seven years." ”

"Forget it, I'll master all the runes first. Shinji tugged at the corners of his mouth, no longer thinking about things he wasn't qualified to touch, "By the way, Master, I'd like to hear your opinion on the 'Moon Spirit Essence'. ”

The silver liquid filtered by Shinji was naturally Kenneth's proud magic dress "Moon Spirit Essence Liquid", which Skaha had spent dozens of seconds collecting and bringing back from the ground after Emiya Kiritsugu left. Although fluid compression is a high-level magic, for a magician of Skaha's level, it is just a gesture.

"'Moon Spirit Essence', the name is good. ”

Skaha stretched out his left hand and flicked it, and the liquid in the flask seemed to be stamped by some invisible force, pulling out a dazzling silver thread that formed a silver ring around Shinji's body.

"The liquid is based on a special mercury with a high degree of magic affinity, and has been refined by at least three major magic grade treatments. Among them, there are more than 10 kinds of high-level magic and more than 30 kinds of intermediate and low-level magic, and the structure of the magic is efficient and reasonable. The only drawback is that the sorcerer's combat experience is insufficient, and the self-discipline program built is too simple and easy to be cracked. Overall, it is a very good magic dress, and even in the god generation, it is a rare treasure. ”

Skaha's evaluation greatly exceeded Shinji's expectations: "Such an exaggeration? The magicians of the gods are much more powerful than modern magicians, and this thing is so powerful?"

"It's not an exaggeration at all. ”

Skaha said as she tapped her crooked fingers rhythmically on the bench, the mercury ring that encircled Shinji changing shape as she tapped.

"The reason why the magicians of the god generation are powerful is that as the origin of magic, the 'Great Source' is a hundred times more active than modern times. The magicians of the Divine Dynasty do not need to connect to the 'Great Source' through the 'Small Source' like modern magicians, but directly launch magic from the 'Great Source', and the effect of magic is naturally much higher than that of modern times. ”

There are two types of modern magic, magic based on the power of the "Great Source" and magic based on the power of the "Small Source".

The large source is the vitality that fills the outside world, and is also manifested as the vitality of the planet, the vitality of the atmosphere, etc., and the small source is the vitality held by the magician himself. Although the nature of the two is the same, there is a decisive difference in quantity.

The small source is very limited, but since it is something that exists in the body, it is easy to use and easy to manipulate. Many magicians use small sources to generate mana, i.e., convert life force into mana through magic circuits. Since it is at the cost of vitality, it is conceivable that excessive use will have a negative impact on the body. Therefore, the magician usually generates magic little by little and accumulates it in his body. This amount varies from person to person, and the better the magician, the more.

On the other hand, the amount of a large source is almost equal to infinity, but the difficulty of absorbing and utilizing it is much higher than that of a small source. In addition, the amount of magic that a magician can transform into a large source of mana at one time is limited by the magic circuit, so no matter how many are around, it cannot be used indefinitely. In addition, there is a limit to the amount of magic that can be retained, so it is not possible to turn the Great Source into mana in advance and store it in large quantities.

There is no such restriction in the magic of the gods, they do not need to be limited by the magic circuit and their own life force, and directly use spells, gestures, runes and other methods to directly convert the great source into magic and use it to construct magic.

If the big source is compared to a reservoir, the small source is compared to its own water tank, and the magic circuit is compared to a water pipe. The magicians of the gods do not need a water tank pipe, and draw water directly from the reservoir, as they want, as much as they want. Modern magicians, on the other hand, have to store water in their tanks through a water pipe, and wait until the corresponding amount is accumulated before they can use it.

Therefore -

"The gods are different from the modern magic base, and the standards are different. I value the structure and design ideas more than the magic dress. I'm sure that Lancer's Master can be an excellent magician like Kamiyo, and the 'Moon Spirit Essence' made with Kamiyo's magic is at least comparable to a C-rank Noble Phantasm. ”

"I see—"

Shinji nodded thoughtfully. Because the expressiveness of the technology carrier ignores the value of the technology itself, it is not desirable. Just because zirconia is used in ceramic kitchen knives doesn't mean you can't take it for granted, in fact it can also be used to make ultrasonic water wave detectors.

"So I made the right move. ”

What chess?

Of course, it's not to collect the "Moon Spirit Liquid", it's just to take the sheep by the hand.

Shinji's real purpose is Kenneth as a person, or rather the resources and knowledge he has.

For a long time, Shinji's knowledge of magic came mostly from the collection of books of Skaha, Ustisa, and the family of Makiri, as well as the knowledge of his past life. However, the reference value of these approaches is low.

Skaha is a god-killer who is active in the gods, living on the outer side of the world, and her level is too high.

Yustiza is an artificial human of the Einzberen family, who spent the first half of his life in the castle and the second half of his life in the Holy Grail, and only had brief contact with the outside world when he built the Great Holy Grail with Machiri Zorgen and Nagato Tosaka. Her knowledge of magic was limited to Einzbelen, and part of the system used by the Maki and Tosaka families to construct the Holy Grail, or the old version from 200 years ago.

The collection of books of the Maki family has not been handed down from the ancestors of the Zorgen family, except for the water attribute magic that has not been developed for hundreds of years, and it is a variant of the disgusting water attribute magic developed by the dirty inkstone himself, the insect magic. There are a few other books in the collection, but they are all fragmentary and fragmented - under the premise of maintaining mystery, it is far more difficult to obtain the secret art passed down by other families than to exterminate the other family.

As for the knowledge that Shinji gained from the canon and the Moon works, it was all common sense, and it wasn't necessarily entirely correct.

In other words, Shinji and the entire Makiri family lack sufficient understanding of the modern magic world.