Chapter 70: Calculations
What is the nature of Arcane?
That's a question, and a difficult one to answer.
For the current Azeroth, even after tens of thousands of years of development, the progress of their research on arcane is still almost entirely at the level of empiricism!
There is no doubt that empiricism is isolated, static and one-sided! Because of this, the development of magic in Azeroth has been quite slow for the past 10,000 years...... Throughout history, there have been only a handful of mages who have reached the Nine Rings, and there may be only a few legendary mages in the Ten Rings......
You must know that at the peak of Nesser, the god-level mages of the Eleven Rings can be seen everywhere, and the legend of the Ten Rings is even more "as many as dogs"......
Very few mages pay attention to this ethereal problem, most of them are concerned about either how to use a certain spell more proficiently, or how to improve their mental power faster......
But Archmage Modra's words during his lecture suddenly reminded Carlin.
Under the same system, different magic spells are interrelated! Moreover, the strength of the spell release will be affected by some objective factors!
That's where it gets interesting.
If we consider this premise, can magic be analyzed in some way?
Then we must use the "weapon" used by the science of the previous life: mathematics!
Mathematics itself is not a part of science, only falsifiable knowledge is science, and mathematics cannot be falsified...... In fact, mathematics is higher than science!
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In the Sunfury Library, Karin picked up a dozen books on the descriptions of "Fireball", "Flame Blast", and Fireburst at once under the strange eyes of others, and then flipped them to the page describing the power of spells.
Since there is a correlation between these spells and the power released. Well, Carlin fell into thought......
As a mage himself, the strength of his spells is constant with the blessing of equipment!
The density of the surrounding phlogiston is also constant...... But you have a way to make it change!
There is also the blessing of spiritual power, this value needs to be controlled by the mage himself, and this value is also the key to the success of the spell!
Carlin had been unable to fully control the "Flame Impact" spell before, and he was completely unable to grasp the value of this spiritual power...... And although I've read countless books describing "Flame Impact", I've only been able to get a basic range of this value......
According to the descriptions in these books, the "Flame Impact" released by a mage of the same level is about three times more powerful than the "Fireball Technique", and the "Flame Explosion Technique" is about ten times more powerful than the "Fireball Technique"!
It seems that there is no pattern between them, but what if the tenfold power of the "Flame Explosion Technique" is in fact wrong?
If you calculate it as a nine, it's a lot easier to understand!
Carlin gestured with his hand and wrote a simple formula on the ground using "copying".
However, it cannot be calculated in this way, and the parameter values are still unknown......
But is it possible to extrapolate from the actual combat data of the "Fireball Technique"?
Carlin hurriedly walked out of the library.
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There are many spell cultivation grounds in Dalaran, after all, this is the magical capital of the human kingdom!
Carlin found a training ground, paid a few silver coins, and walked inside.
The staff he was using was still the one he had taken from the Mage of the Chenfeng family, "Doon", more than a year ago...... It's not a good weapon for him right now, but it's barely workable.
Facing the sandbag in front of him, Carlin raised his staff and unleashed a fireball spell.
The fireball spell hits the sandbag, leaving a small notch in it!
Carlin hurriedly walked over and estimated the depth of the notch...... The power of a spell can be calculated using this!
As a mage himself, the strength of the spell under the blessing of the equipment, this is constant, and at the same time it is incalculable, and it can be regarded as a fixed value!
Concentration of phlogiston in air...... Carlin pondered for a moment, then pulled out a small packet of black powder...... You can use this thing to test its values!
The sandbag has been restored...... Carlin poured all the black powder on his side, and then unleashed the "Fireball Technique" again!
A small notch appeared in the sandbag again...... Carlin estimated it again, and it was about 10% larger than before, which of course was very inaccurate......
In this way, the phlogiston concentration in the air can also be defined according to the amount of black powder!
Then now the last thing left is only the spiritual power that needs to be consumed!
And the mathematical formula between these numbers!
Carlin bent down and unleashed the transcription on the floor again.
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After almost two hours, Carlin looked up, his eyes full of thought.
Dense drafts on the ground!
After the calculations he had just made, he had used calculus to roughly estimate the formula between these values...... Then according to the homology theory between "Fireball", "Flame Blast" and "Flame Blast......
It seems that he can calculate how much mental power it will take to release these spells under his existing conditions!
A calculated statistic appeared on the ground, which was defined by the amount of mental power consumed by the fireball technique as "1".
Carlin took a deep breath, now was the time to test his previous calculations to see if he was prepared!
He raised his staff and began to use his mental power according to the calculated data.
The flames slowly coalesced at the tip of the staff, but suddenly dissipated in the blink of an eye......
This is what has happened most often in Carlin in recent months when he contacts Flame Impact.
Did it fail?
Carlin was a little disappointed, all the efforts he had just made were in vain?
No, with such an inaccurate calculation, there will definitely be a certain amount of error......
Therefore, according to the results, a certain value can be fluctuated up and down, and the test can be carried out again!
The flames slowly coalesced at the tip of Karin's staff again, but the same abrupt dissipation......
Failed, change the data......
Another failure! One more data!
Just when Carlin was getting disappointed and ready to give up.
Thick flames suddenly burned at the tip of his staff...... This time, it doesn't seem to be the same?
Then, under Karin's guidance, the flames rushed towards the sandbag in front of them!
A deep pit suddenly appeared on the sandbag...... It's almost three times the size of the previous fireball release!
So, a smile appeared on the corner of Carlin's mouth, and the first time he released "Flame Blast", he succeeded!
While smiling, there is also some regret......
In my previous life, when I was in college, why didn't I study high mathematics more seriously?