214. Trivia
There was a noise outside the magic laboratory, and when I opened the wooden windows carved with rattan patterns, I found that a number of magicians and magic assistants had gathered in the garden of the inner courtyard, where a celebration was taking place.
In the garden of the courtyard, there is a Taylor tree more than ten meters high, and the canopy of this Taylor tree almost touches the dome of the fourth floor of the Tower of Pride, and the jewel-covered dome radiates a bright star through the dense canopy, and some mango-sized Taylor fruits hang between the branches and leaves.
Under the tree, there was a row of tables covered with white tablecloths, on which some fine food and wine were arranged, and the magicians stood in the courtyard in twos and threes, some magicians talking about a certain topic, and others standing in front of a magic circle, listening to a magic assistant explain the functions of the magic circle, and the magic assistant would win a round of applause every time he stopped.
In the Imperial Capital Academy of Magic, this kind of internal small-scale celebration is held almost every week, and magicians call this kind of event an academic exchange, and the organizers often have some new research discoveries in a certain field of magic, and will take this opportunity to announce it, so that a small review is done within the Academy of Magic.
This time it was such a small celebration ceremony held by the Magic Array Division, after Senior Dylan published a paper on the mobile magic teleportation array, the scholars of the Magic Array Division of the Imperial Capital Magic Research Institute were silent for half a year, Senior Dylan has been following the Prince of Wales to fight for the Rocky Plane for more than two months, and the magic scholars who study the magic array in the imperial capital can finally breathe a sigh of relief and publish some opinions on the magic array.
Inside the lab, the Yerkes scholar and his magical assistants stood in front of the test bench, holding their breath as I drew a magic circle on the base of the copper plate with a magic pen dipped in the holy silver solution.
This method of drawing magic rune plates will definitely be controversial if it is seen by other inscriptionists, and it will also refresh the understanding of the Grimm Empire's inscription masters about making magic rune plates.
Generally speaking, a magic scroll is born in this way, the inscriptionists use a magic pen dipped in magic ink to draw a magic pattern circle on the monster leather, at the moment of successful drawing, a complete magic pattern circle will be formed on the magic scroll, and it is always in a state to be activated, as long as the magicians read out loud a short key spell, in the transmission of a trace of magic power, the magic scroll can be activated.
Of course, the magic scroll has a certain timeliness, and over time, the magic power on the magic scroll will slowly dissipate, and finally the entire magic scroll will be discarded, of course, if the magic scroll is placed in the magic box, it will greatly delay the dissipation of the magic power on the magic scroll.
Before the advent of the new Adamantite Gold Rune Board and the Red Bronze Rune Plate, the primary magic rune plate was usually plated with a layer of mythril on a square or cylindrical metal base, and then the inscriptionist bought the blank rune plate back, and engraved the corresponding magic pattern circle with a magic carving knife.
The magic pattern on the rune board is very different from the magic pattern on the magic scroll, the magic pattern on the rune board is the Mithril line carved by the magic carving knife on the blank rune board, and then the gem base is installed somewhere in the rune board, and finally the magic crystal fragment is inlaid on the gem base, and a magic rune board is completed.
Since the lines of the Magic Rune Plate are made of Mithril plated on a metal plate, this means that if properly protected, these Mithril lines will last for a long time, and as long as the Magic Crystal Fragment on the gem base is replaced in time, the Magic Rune Board can be used repeatedly.
As for the magic pattern construction process, it is more complicated than the magic scroll and magic rune board, and the inscriptionist needs to draw strong and concealed magic lines on some armor with good magic conduction, these magic lines first need the inscriptionist to draw the base map with magic ink, and then use magic metal wire to inlay the armor in the veins of the armor.
I borrowed the test bed of the Yerkes scholars, and now I am making a magic rune board by drawing a magic scroll, and the magic pen is not dipped in magic ink, but holy silver solution, the metal solution is very different from the magic ink, mainly because the metal solution is more cohesive, the fluidity is very poor, and there is often a magic line on the magic pen that is suddenly and inexplicably interrupted, so the inscriptionist needs to have a strong magic perception.
At the same time, it is difficult to buy magic metal solutions in the magic market, although it seems much easier to draw magic patterns in this way, but this kind of magic experiment is rarely willing to be tried by inscriptionists, and the difficulty of making it is almost prohibitive for all inscriptionists.
But my situation is different, in addition to my own talent for magic perception, I am also a master scroll maker, and I remade the magic engraving machine with the help of Hextech technology, the working principle of the magic engraving machine is to some extent, in fact, the way I make rune plates, the metal solution is printed directly on the copper plate base, although the success rate of this production is lower, but I have done more, and there are always some that are good.
I carefully drew a 'penetrating' magic pattern circle on the giant crossbow arrow, after the drawing was completed, I used my thumb and index finger to pinch a small pinch of curing agent powder, sprinkled on the surface of the giant crossbow arrow, the 'penetrating' magic pattern circle instantly solidified, became a delicate silver pattern on the giant crossbow arrow, I placed a small magic crystal fragment in the gem groove, the edge of magic immediately appeared on this giant crossbow arrow, and at the same time, the entire giant crossbow arrow with a faint power of holy light.
"You're really generous this time, Mithril Magic Pattern's magic crossbow arrows, this thing is just enough to restrain those undead warriors. Yerkis said with more and more emotion as he gently stroked the crossbow arrows with his hands, the power of the light staining his three fingers pale gold.
As a magician who has lived in the Northern Province for decades, Yerkis knows the situation in the Northern Province very well, and indirectly knows some information about the orc tribes on the Pai Plateau, of course, those news are brought by the merchants.
Then I heard the Yerkis scholar say, "But you are really going to sell these magic crossbow arrows to those tribal orcs, do you think they can afford it?" The barren land of the Pai Plateau has not brought much wealth to the orcs, they have only been able to fill their stomachs in the past two years, but only to fill their stomachs. ”
I didn't hide it and explained to the Yerkes scholar: "I will keep and hoard this kind of magic holy silver crossbow arrows, as for the failure of the magic pattern circle produced when making these holy silver crossbow arrows to the orc tribe, I just want to sell all the ordinary giant crossbow arrows with the power of holy light to the orcs at cost price." ”
I glanced at the glittering Holy Silver Crossbow Arrow on the table, and said, "As for these magic Holy Silver Crossbow Arrows, I will sell them to the lords of the Dilin Empire, not only the Warsaw plane is attacked by the Demon Legion on this side of the Empire, but those generals in the Demon Legion should probably also be afraid of this thing." ”
The Yerkes scholar asked with some surprise, "Are you going to sell all these magic holy silver crossbow arrows to the lords who are defending against the demon legions?"
"Yes!" I nodded in acknowledgement.
"That's a really good idea...... So you're coming to me so that I can help you continue to refine the two magic patterns above?"
I said directly: "At present, these giant crossbow arrows are printed with the two magic pattern arrays of 'penetration' and 'sharpness', this kind of magical crossbow arrows can barely deal with the thick-skinned undead army such as swamp zombies and walking corpses, but it may have no effect on dealing with the skeleton army, the demon army, and the ghost army, and the 'penetration' and 'sharp' attributes are useless against these skeleton shelves." I'd like to ask you to help me design two more primary magic circles that are suitable for drawing on the arrows of the Great Crossbow. ”
"Are you going to design those two?" asked the Jerkes scholar curiously.
"'Bone Crushing' and 'Heavy Blows'. I replied.
"Neither of these two spells seem to be first-class skills, do they?" said Scholar Yerkis as he began to flip through the magic books on the shelves next to the bookshelf by the wall.
"I know, so please help me design it. I said in a somewhat relaxed tone.
"......" Scholar Yerkes didn't say anything, just looked up at me, and said, "No matter how much I design, I can't change the nature of my magic skills!"
"Okay, but you've got to try. I said to the Yerkes scholars.
"I always thought you were sent by the beast god to save the orcs!" said the Jerkis Scholar with a hand on my shoulder.
I looked at him suspiciously, and then he explained: "You look like an imperial on the outside, but you have orc blood flowing in your bones, and just because of the outbreak of the undead natural disaster on the territory of the orc tribe, you took out a large handful of magic crystals to make holy silver crossbow arrows, by the way, those large war weapons- Bed crossbow, even if you have a channel to buy it, but the military clearly marked the price of three hundred magic crystals, not to mention whether the tribal orcs can afford it, even if you buy it, it is a military weapon, do you think the tax collector at the airport will let you transport the bed crossbow to the orc tribe?"
Although I have heard that the military of the Grimm Empire has always restricted the export of magic weapons, it is only when the matter is approaching that it is a little troublesome.
I pressed my forehead hard and said, "I'm not going to carry the bed crossbow to the Pai Plateau, I'm just peddling some common magic failures to the orc tribes, who prefer to throw spears to bows." ”
Seeing that there was no way to change my decision, Yerkes just took a deep breath and said:
"Well, I hope that in the future, when those orcs on the Pai Plateau go to war with us in the future, they won't use these holy silver weapons against us......"
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When I walked out of the Imperial Capital Magic Research Institute and passed through the trading hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, I found that the magic trading hall on the first floor was currently in chaos, because I had bought out the Mithril and Thorsilver from the shops in the trading hall on the first floor, so the owners of these magic shops hurriedly transferred some Mithril from the magic shops in other parts of the imperial capital.
The magic trading hall was full of people, and I barely managed to squeeze out of the trading hall on the first floor.
Arya's magic caravan was still waiting for me on the street outside the Tower of Pride Square, I took Caterina to the magic caravan and went directly to the rune board workshop, as soon as the carriage drove into this alley in the seventh block, I saw a dozen large magic caravans ten meters long lined up on the side of the street, those coachmen were lying on their seats, their faces covered with top hats on their faces basking in the sun, maybe some of them were asleep.
The magic caravan drove to the door of the rune board workshop, only to find that the formation of these large magic caravans came to an abrupt end, and the magic caravan in front stopped at the door of the rune board workshop, and goods were constantly being transported out of the workshop, and the workers quickly moved these goods into the carriage.
A keeper with a parchment book in his hand saw our magic caravan parked at the gate of the workshop, completely blocking the already congested road, and immediately walked up.
When I stepped out of the carriage of the magic caravan, I realized that almost none of the laborers in the workshop knew each other, and they looked dressed as civilians from the slums, and they seemed to be in good spirits.
The civilian administrator also seemed neither humble nor arrogant when he spoke, and his tone was calm and very fluent: "This noble lord, your caravan is parked here, and the road is completely blocked, do you want your coachman to move the magic caravan forward?"
"That's fine!" I said to the manager in a calm tone.
Then he said to the coachman, "Drive the carriage to the front, and I will come out to you when we have finished our talk." ”
"Lord Earl, I can drive the carriage directly into the workshop, there is a special place for you in the courtyard of the workshop. The coachman said to me respectfully, and then shouted to the young manager, "Hey, young man, open your eyes and see clearly, it is the master of this workshop who is standing before you, and you are fast enough to get the workers who move the goods out of the way, and we will drive in......"
"No need. I interrupted the coachman and said, "I'll go in and have a few words with Murray before leaving, just park the carriage on the side of the street in front of you." ”
When the coachman saw that I was so insisting, he said no more, "Do as you command, Lord Earl. ”
Then he silently stopped the carriage in front.
After receiving the news that I had come to the Rune Workshop, Murray hurriedly ran to the door with a group of people to greet me.
Under the stunned expression of the civilian manager, Murray took me into the workshop of the workshop, and introduced the situation in the workshop to me, while complaining to me, talking about the large orders for magic rune boards, which are simply impossible to receive, this rune board workshop covering an area of less than ten acres, has been arranged by Murray Ten production lines, these production lines are basically copper hot pots, exhaust fans, refrigerators and other magical items.
Maybe it's because in the middle of summer, the sales of copper hot pot are declining month by month, the sales of exhaust fans tend to be stable, and the most popular magic items are in the refrigerators, and the large magic caravans on the street are almost all waiting in line to load the refrigerator......