Chapter 287: An Unstable Winter Day
Gawain's words caused a huge ripple in Kamel's heart, so much so that the flickering frequency of his whole person became 4/4 beat, and the color turned blue as a whole - not that he didn't understand Gawain's meaning, but this idea was too different from the traditional concept of magic item production.
Even during the Gondor Empire, when technology was superb and some ordinary magic items had been mass-produced, many magic items existed as an expensive item, and people seemed to treat such magic items as a rare, expensive, and treasured treasure that could be passed down from generation to generation, such as a family sword, a family ring, and a family amulet...... It is normal for these things to be used for decades or even two or three hundred years - although the technology of the Gondor Empire is advanced, due to the deformity of the technology, the magic items they can mass-produce are actually limited from the beginning, basically only the things that are infused with magic and shaped by magic can be mass-produced, and the things that need to be processed deeply and need to be produced with the participation of the Magister still maintain the mode of workshop or laboratory production.
Because the Magister can't be mass-produced.
Therefore, although the Gondor Empire is technologically advanced, the speed of development is not fast, especially in the later stage, after the potential of the Deep Blue Mana Well has been almost discovered, the strength of the entire empire and the abundance of materials are no longer the result of technological advancement, but more "accumulation".
So Kamel never thought about what would happen to all magic devices when they became a cheap, mass-produced, fast-consuming industrial product.
However, he could not refute Gawain's words - although he was old, he was not stubborn, he was only limited by his own experience for a while, but as long as he opened his mind, he would realize that Gawain was right.
If a magic device can be mass-produced in a factory, so that everyone can easily buy and use it, and it can be renewed within a decade or even a few years, then do people still need to pass it on from generation to generation?
Gawain himself had his own considerations when he said these things—although he emphasized the "expendableness" of industrial products, he also said so after a thoughtful process. No matter when, service life is an important indicator of product quality after all, and it does not mean that things that can be mass-produced in industrial production can completely ignore life - especially equipment on the battlefield, which must be durable.
Different things have different life requirements, and the life requirements of a semi-permanent fortification and a gun barrel (acceleration track) are definitely not the same.
So he conducted some material testing and calculations, powering the repulsive substrate with a magic field that exceeded the design strength, and testing the wear and tear of the copper substrate in various extreme environments, and finally determined that the thing could still meet the needs under long-term overloads.
In fact, he had fallen into a misunderstanding in this regard before: he had considered strengthening the short-term output of some magic guide devices by overloading, but after mentioning it to Hetty, the other party would always say that this would seriously affect the life of the magic guide device, so the gains outweighed the losses, and there were many other things to be busy with, so he didn't delve too much into this area, until one day he couldn't help but ask Hetty, asking her how long a device could maintain stable operation under the condition of frequent overload, and the latter said to him with a serious face:
"Ancestor, in that case, the elements of the magic array will dissolve in less than forty years!"
Then Gawain realized that he had a different worldview from the locals on the issue of "service life...... In their eyes, if a magic item is not used by their great-grandchildren, it is thrown away......
"According to my tests, if a copper-based universal substrate is used as a repulsion generator, the accelerator guide can fire 3,000 to 4,000 shells in a row – of course, this is a rough estimate, and it will only be determined after the finished product is tested, and this number will be affected by the environment, but in any case, I think the service life is fully up to par."
"Three thousand launches...... It should be enough," Kamel recalled the way he saw producing rune substrates in the Rune Forge, and had to admit that this service life was really sufficient, "Then the problem with the acceleration guide is solved, but the formation used on the cannonballs ...... This seems to be the magic circle of the elven system? ”
"That's right, Wind Blessing, the basic spell of the hurricane suffix, the skilled elven rangers will attach the power of the wind to every arrow they shoot, which can make the projectile almost immune to the interference of the air current, and can greatly enhance its flight speed and distance, I think this thing can also be used for cannonballs - although it is a little larger, but cannonballs also fly out."
Kamal hesitated: "The magic system of elves and the magic system of humans ......"
"Humans basically can't use elven magic, this is because there are subtle differences in the brain structure of the two races, resulting in humans perceiving magic in a different way than elves, and releasing spells is of course completely different, so elven magic must be converted into human spell models before it can be mastered by human spellcasters, and when it comes to those who can't convert spell models, there is no way to cast it by human hands, but ......" Gawain nodded, and the second half of the sentence suddenly changed his tone, " It's just a problem that spellcasters encounter when casting spells, there is no such difference between circles and runes, and there is no such difference in mathematics! ”
"What do you mean ......"
"I asked for the Wind Blessing's 'Circle Expression' from Sölderling, which is a magic circle based on elven spells, which can be drawn by elves and by humans, and it will still work no matter who drew it," Gawain said unhurriedly, "but this magic circle is still a little too complicated, too energy-intensive, and requires too expensive portrayal materials, so I hope you can optimize it - reconstruct these runes with formulas in rune logic." The language of the elements is universal, and although these runes are used by elves, their elemental meaning is no different from that of human runes. ”
"That's right, the language of the elements is universal...... "Kamel's voice gradually put on a hint of eagerness, "the language of mathematics...... It should also be a generic ......"
Gawain nodded, "If rune logic can optimize this magic array, then we have proven one thing: mathematics, like the language of the elements, is the language of truth—at least in the fields we already have access to." The application of runic logic will be greatly expanded, and from now on, not only the spell system of humans, but also the spell system of elves can be incorporated into the world constructed by Jenny's formula group and Raven Keys's constant! ”
Kamel was silent for two seconds, and suddenly solemnly bent down to Gawain: "I will achieve all this with my own hands!" ”
"I'm looking forward to your results," Gawain smiled, "but don't delay the design of your weapons on that line - energy weapons are also a must." ”
Carmel left, and Gawain got up from behind his desk and went to the windowsill, looking quietly in the direction of the north shore.
There weren't too many buildings in the realm yet, and his gaze could go directly beyond the boroughs, residential areas, and the dock area to the north of the city, and with the Legendary Knight's powerful vision, he could see far away.
It was a clear day after the snow had stopped, and the view of the north bank of the Whitewater River was even faintly visible.
The newly formed 25th Production and Construction Brigade and the "Prisoner of War" composed of 16 Typhon captives have been sent to the north bank to carry out the construction of a new settlement, and the high and low scaffolding is like a dry tree branch in the background of winter snow, gradually growing on that land—the foggy moon is coming to an end, and after the end of this "month" that lasts for more than 60 days, there will be a colder and more difficult "cold month", in the land of various noble lords, There will be a large number of destitute people facing the biggest life-and-death test they will have to go through every year, and Cecil will complete the last batch of projects this year to prepare for the next year's population growth and spring planting.
After the end of the cold month is followed by the month of recovery, after the spring ploughing begins, the farming will be busy everywhere, and it will not be so easy to buy cheap serfs, but there will never be a shortage of displaced people - there will always be civilians who will lose their land, lose their homes, be expelled from their homeland or flee from their homeland for various reasons, they are like migrating ants from one territory to another, some die on the road, some die in a foreign land, even if the wind and rain are good, some will leave their homeland.
After all, this is the withered South, and a hundred years have passed since the fall of the Cecil family, and countless frontier bases and grain lands have been wiped out in the process of re-dividing the power of the nobles. Land is deserted and difficult to rebuild, coupled with the constant friction between the nobles in the south, people have no way to reclaim new land and build homes with peace of mind, so the homeless people have almost become a "normal phenomenon" in the south, and the nobles of all sizes have long been accustomed to this.
In this case, as long as there is a piece of land that is stable and can fill the stomach, then it will naturally attract a large number of people to move in - Gawain needs to consider nothing more than two questions, the first is whether he can "eat" such a large number of people, and the second is ......
It's the "good neighbors" who won't watch Cecil's collar grow bigger and bigger.
There was also a heavy snowfall in the royal capital, and it was the heaviest snow since the beginning of winter.
Veronica stood on the tallest tower of the Basilica of Light, unaware of the cold wind that blew the snow from the roof and hit her face.
This is the highest place in the cathedral, and at the top of the high spire is a special prayer room, and in the center of the roof of the prayer room is inlaid with a whole piece of priceless holy light crystal, which penetrates the roof and reaches directly out of the roof, pointing to the sky—placing an energy crystal high enough that the believers believe that this is the best way to get close to God.
As a result, the prayer room at the top of the spire is also the most special place in the entire cathedral, and ordinary believers are never allowed to enter, even Veronica, who is only allowed to enter it after passing the "God's test".
However, instead of praying or looking up at the Light Crystal that would make any Light believer happy, she just opened the window and looked down at the flow of people walking on the ground.
The snow had not yet cleared, the whole city was covered in silver, and the square in front of the cathedral and several roads were covered with a layer of pure white, which concealed all the dirt, filth, and decay, whether it was sewage or feces, or even the bodies of the frozen dead, were temporarily covered by white, as if they had never existed.
The crowd of pilgrims walked in the snow-white, townspeople dressed in colorful winter coats, wealthy merchants, knights, nobles, who divided into distinct streams of people and entered the church district through the different gates, seeking the guidance of the gods in this light-blessed building, as well as some psychological comfort that would allow them to continue their current lives with peace of mind.
The snow was trampled by the crowd in the process, melted by the sun, and behind the worshippers, the black streets were once again revealed, mixed with the mud of the melting snow, as filthy as those worshippers.
Veronica suddenly closed her eyes, she took a deep breath, and when she opened them again, her expression calmed down again, and there was no longer any mood in her gaze.
"Born full of flaws, but yearning for the light," Veronica whispered as if hypnotized, and the surging Light energy in her body gradually converged with these words, and finally she raised her head, stared down at the street below, and prayed softly, "May you guide the Light......
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