Chapter 17: Flattery
Looking at the explanation of the [Magic Trick], Harvey was very interested and remembered a famous spell concept: "If the fireball can't destroy the enemy, it's not that the fireball technique is not strong enough, it's that the simple fireball is not big enough, the temperature is not high enough, if the fireball technique can achieve the same effect as the sun, even the first-level fireball technique can achieve the effect of destroying the world." ”
In the same way, this is a very comprehensive and very chicken spell, if this spell can be developed to the extreme, then it is possible to resurrect the dead, force the planet to stop the rotation, make any props out of thin air, etc.
Harvey shook his head and chuckled, amused at his own thoughts, knowing that this was almost his whim. Taking Fireball as an example, the spell structure of Fireball can only support the mobilization of a certain amount of aether, and if it exceeds this limit, the spell structure will collapse on its own, and if the spell structure of Fireball is changed, then this spell cannot be called Fireball.
Harvey knows the full set of spell casting process of [Magic Trick], and almost knows a little about the spell casting system of this world.
In layman's terms, the caster is a human flesh computer, the spell network is a network, and spells are all kinds of software, and if the computer performance is not good, it will not be able to run large-scale software (advanced spells), and the computer performance is sufficient, and it is impossible to run out of thin air without installing software (learning spells).
All spell casting processes need to go through a spell net, and the computer uses a certain software to calculate a certain result, and when this structure is uploaded to the network, it can mobilize the aether element to cause a certain effect. In addition, it is not that the caster cannot cast spells without the help of the spell net, but without the help of the spell net, there is a more complex calculation step in the spellcasting process.
The [Magic Trick] activated by Harvey gave him two kinds of spell knowledge, one can rely on the spell net to cast, which is relatively simple and convenient, and the other is purely self-mobilizing the ether element to cast, which is more complex and requires the preparation of spell casting materials, and the relative spell effect is more flexible.
He didn't expect to rely on [magic tricks] to eat the entire spell system, the first one was enough.
He lay on the bed and looked at a hardcover book on the desk, and spat out a few difficult letters in his mouth, and after a while the book on the table trembled slightly, and swayed and floated into his hand under his gaze. Harvey watched it all with a new gaze, and a simple process opened the door to a new world for him, and the floating books moved with his consciousness.
How amazing, beyond the knowledge of the earth!
"No, I feel that the burden of my spirit is heavier, although the [Magic Trick] is a zero-order spell, my current spiritual power can only be regarded as beyond the level of ordinary people, far from reaching the standard of a passing spellcaster." Feeling his eyelids heavier, Harvey put down his book and yawned tiredly.
After Shirley brought dinner, Harvey ate a few bites and went back to sleep.
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The next morning, Harvey woke up refreshed, mentally and energetically, and he felt more at ease both physically and mentally. He gathered his thoughts, wrote "The Count of Monte Cristo" in the morning, and tried to use [magic tricks] to complete the printing in the afternoon.
A simple zero-order spell has no casting conditions, only requires the most basic chanting, and Harvey casts the spell when he is energetic, and the [magic trick] will comply with his consciousness to achieve the effect he wants.
In the bedroom, Harvey, sitting at the desk, squinted his eyes, and after chanting, a drop of ink in the inkwell floated up and dripped onto the white paper next to him, and then the ink was absorbed by the white paper, and the white paper plane appeared like a trick of canonical words.
"It worked!" Harvey's eyes were happy and relieved, this printing effect did not exceed the limit of [Magic Trick], but Harvey couldn't cast spells while creating a novel, this blank page was the content he created in the morning, at most it was copied to another piece of paper, and his next goal was to use [Magic Trick] to complete the codeword.
He was happy to try, and when he was mentally tired, Shirley knocked on the door and came in, telling him that the reviewer of Leonard, Pran, had come to visit, and that the reviewer had come to visit yesterday, and that Sharley had postponed it until today because of Harvey's poor health.
I didn't see Harvey yesterday and came to the door to ask for a meeting, and Harvey had the confidence to ask Shirley to arrange for him to wait in the living room.
Changing into formal clothes, when Harvey walked down the stairs, the reviewer he had met some time ago hurriedly stood up and greeted him with a smile and said, "Mr. Adrian, please forgive me for the inconvenience I have caused you. ”
Now Puran is wearing a black suit, which should have been waxed, and looks very formal.
Harvey nodded silently: "Mr. Pullan's personal visit means that the review of my novel has a result, and I really hope it will be a good ending." ”
"Of course, this time I brought good news to Mr. Adrian."
After Harvey sat down, Puran stood and hesitated and bowed his head, and apologized sincerely: "Mr. Adrian, there is one thing I must personally apologize to you, about your work, I have not looked at it carefully before and made a big mistake. ”
Puran graduated from university, an advanced intellectual in this era, who had previously looked down on Harvey Adrian's reputation, but was now completely impressed by The Count of Monte Cristo. Regardless of Harvey's reputation from the outside world, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a masterpiece, and if it is written, it will surely become a well-known work in the city of Elroy.
"Oh?" Harvey raised his eyebrows, and secretly said that this is indeed the case, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a world masterpiece on the earth no matter how it is said, and it is impossible to do nothing in the same era.
"I am ashamed of my stupidity, and in addition to discussing the publication of your book The Count of Monte Cristo, we at Leonard have prepared this apology to be delivered to you personally." Puran took out a slender gift box from his pocket and put his hands on the table, and Harvey was unceremonious to let Shirley put it away.
Seeing that Harvey was willing to accept the apology, Plana breathed a sigh of relief, and it was time to talk about business after apologizing.
"The Count of Monte Cristo" is scheduled to be published tomorrow, and it will be added to the second issue of Leonard's collection of novels, which was originally published yesterday, but because it is Harvey's handwritten manuscript, it needs to be retypeset and edited by several reviewers before it can be printed.
"I'm very happy that my work is on the publication list, and I have no objection to it."
Puran hesitated and asked, "May I ask if Mr. Adrian has any extra manuscripts, your work is handwritten, so we hope that you can provide as many manuscripts as possible so that we can prepare them in advance." ”
"Of course."
Shirley went to Harvey's bedroom to take out a copy of the novel manuscript that Harvey had completed in the past few days, a total of more than 20,000 words, and looked at the thick stack of Plan, which was much more than he imagined, so that he might be able to see the follow-up plot of Edmund meeting Father Faria, and see the real beginning of the whole story.
The more than 10,000 words that Harvey completed today are not going to be handed over to Leonard Publishing House before they are copied, and he is not going to take them out for printing, and the remaining money is just to practice [magic tricks].
Puran looked at the manuscript of the novel in his hand with an embarrassed expression, and half-jokingly explained: "Mr. Adrian, to tell you the truth, since reading your novel I have also been deeply attracted by the story in it, even when I sleep I dream of poor Edmund, and now I can't wait to go back to the publishing house to study your work, I want to know what is the end of the framed and imprisoned Captain Edmund." ”
Hearing him say the name of the protagonist, Hawei understood that he was right, at least he had really seen "The Count of Monte Cristo".
Harvey stood up and stretched out his hand to him and smiled, "It's an honor, I also need to think well in order to live up to the expectations of readers and your company." ”
Pran flattered: "You are a great novelist, and I am sure that your work will shock the entire Elroy literary community when it is completed." ”
After the two shook hands, they looked at each other and smiled goodbye.