Chapter 31: The Study of Magic
It was already night when Li De returned to the Mage Tower, and the hazy magic lamp lit up the Mage Tower very fantastically, with a bit of Harry Potter atmosphere.
He gave Laurent all the tasks of trading with the Alex Chamber of Commerce, and selected a few clever mage apprentices in the mage tower to accompany him.
In the future, the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce will become an important part of the Crimson Mage Tower, and these mage apprentices are the best labor force, so it's a good thing to have early access to them.
On the seventh floor of the Mage Tower, the Goddess of the Night has shrouded the world with the hem of her dress.
Looking down at Green City from above, there is no modern scene of bright lights.
The scattered lights were only found in the aristocratic quarters, and most of the shops lining the streets were closed, and only a few were still open with oil or magic lamps.
And the streets are even more empty, and even beggars are reluctant to walk on the streets after dark.
Half obscured by white clouds, the moon shone a hazy cold light.
The noisy city during the day went into silence.
The Bloodline is the darling of the goddess of the night.
Li De clearly felt that when the last light in the sky disappeared, his control of magic power instantly became active.
During the day, the magic around you is like mercury, which requires more energy to mobilize, and at night, the magic power is like turning into a clean and gentle spring, which only needs to be pulled at will, and the magic power will be mobilized by mental power.
The magic is still the same as before, but the increase of the night to the blood clan has made him more sensitive to magic, which is why it causes this feeling.
It is no exaggeration to say that the strength of the Bloodclan after night falls is at least 50% stronger than during the day.
Li De was already familiar with this situation, so he preferred to conduct his research on magic at night.
After a few days of research, coupled with the knowledge of the Blood Clan's ancestors for two hundred years, Li De had a deeper impression of magic.
If a mage wants to cast a spell, it must be done through a magic model.
The magic model is very similar to computer programming, you only need to enter a fixed formula into it to get the result directly.
The only difference is that the magic model requires input of mana.
There are no more than 100 magic nodes for a ring spell, and only 30 magic nodes for a mage's hand.
Dozens of magic nodes form a model, which operates according to a fixed law, and activates the model to obtain spells after entering mana.
But Li De is very curious about this, whether the nodes of a magic model are completely fixed and immutable, and what will be the consequences if the magic nodes are moved?
The boldness of the souls of modern times for magic is far beyond the imagination of this era, and the reverence of magic for the mages of the glorious world is engraved in their bones.
Even the Ancestor of the Bloodline had never tried to alter the magic model, because it required not only a deep understanding of magic, but also a huge reserve of knowledge and a heart that did not fear the goddess of magic.
Even in Green City, only that transcendent mage had successfully improved the magic model, and even the three archmages who were above level 15 had no research on this.
After thinking about it for the past few days, Li De is ready to start experimenting with the bold idea of changing the magic node tonight.
However, in order to prevent accidents, he was still well prepared.
The first thing he had to study was the one-ring spell of the Mage's Hand, as it was the simplest of all the one-ring spells...... There are only 30 magic nodes.
Even many mages don't admit that it's a one-ring spell, it can only be regarded as a trick.
Moreover, the Mage's Hand is not an offensive spell, even if the spell fails and produces a backlash, he can withstand it.
The current mage's hand has a very simple function, and can only conjure up a translucent giant hand.
The power of the giant hand he conjured up with this spell was about 150 pounds, and the mana cost was 10 points.
Ordinary mage apprentices are far from this power, and the power of their giant hands after release is at most more than ten pounds, which is very different from him.
But at the same time, these magic apprentices also cost 10 points of mana, although they all cast the same spell and consume the same mana, but the results are completely different.
This led to two other speculations about the spell casting.
Is it true that the deeper the magic, the stronger the spell cast,
The higher the level, the higher the use of mana.
Li De is interested in exploring these mysterious magics.
If the magic nodes are not fixed, then it is possible to modify the magic model by adjusting the magic nodes or the magic circuits between them, so as to reduce the mana consumption or increase the power.
What happens if I reduce or increase the number of magic nodes?
Thinking of this, Li De's heart thumped and beat faster, full of curiosity about his own ideas.
It's like a child's favorite toy, but he's a doer.
Start by entering the mana.
Li De carefully observed the magic circuit from the first node to the last node, starting from the magic input.
After connecting the 30 magic nodes, the model of the Mage's Hand instantly took shape, and he could clearly sense that as long as he released this magic power, the Mage's Hand would be successfully released.
He didn't release it, but slowly reduced the mana input, and as long as there was mana input, the magic model would always be activated and ready to cast spells.
It wasn't until the mana dropped to the limit of the magic model's operation, and if the mana was reduced any longer, it would collapse, and Li De stopped decreasing.
The mana input is lowered to minimize damage if there is a backlash, and the magic model is activated to more intuitively observe the role of the magic node in the magic model.
Next.
Reduced magic nodes.
Li De was extremely focused, and this was his first attempt.
After he had the idea of improving the mage's hand, he cast it hundreds of times in the past two days in order to familiarize himself with the spell.
So he already knew everything about the structure of this spell.
He was the first to number the 30 magic nodes from 1 to 30.
The 23rd and 24th nodes are very close to each other in the Mage's Hand model, and if one of them is removed, the magic circuit can be used to bypass the mana of this distance to connect to the next one.
If a magic node is removed, can the loss of mana be reduced after casting?
Removing a magic node is as simple as manipulating the magic circuit to avoid this node and connect directly to the next node to reach the goal.
Li De slowly exuded his spiritual power, controlling the magic circuit to avoid the 23rd node, so that the 22nd node was directly connected to the 24th node.
Brush~
When the magic circuit bypassed the 23rd node, the magic model of the entire mage's hand shook for a while, as if it was about to collapse at any moment.
Li De was prepared in his heart and did not panic too much, and slightly increased the input of magic power.
The shaking magic model was temporarily stabilized by the powerful magic.
Just when Li De breathed a sigh of relief, the light flashed, and the entire magic model collapsed directly.
Li De's mind hurt, as if he had been pricked by a needle.
First experiment.
Fail.
Fortunately, the backlash of the mage's hand was not large, and the control of the blood clan over magic at night had been strengthened, and Li De returned to normal after resting for about ten minutes.
"No, the magic node is not close enough to be removed, and this magic node is likely to be the point where the magic model is stabilized
So if it's stable, why not add an extra point parallel to this magic node to continue to strengthen the magic model? ”
Subtracting one will collapse, so what about adding one?
Prepared for defeat, Li De was completely unaffected, and continued to concentrate and once again input the magic into the Mage's Hand model.
This time, the magic node added by Li De is parallel to the 23rd node, which is used to connect 23 and 24.
Adding a magic node is also very simple, you only need to concentrate your mental power on one point, leave an imprint in your mind, and then connect the magic model with a magic circuit, and this extra point will be integrated into the magic model.
With the addition of extra points, the magic model did not show the same signs of collapse as it had just now, but instead worked normally.
Li De was happy in his heart, it seemed that this idea was not wrong, and the magic model was not unchangeable.
After running it for a few minutes, he was sure that the model wouldn't crash.
A snap of the fingers.
Click~
A translucent mage's hand appeared in front of him.
However, this Mage's Hand is completely different from the original version.
The original Mage's Hand was a giant hand, and the current Mage's Hand is like a freak.
Only three of the five fingers remained, the arm had tripled in size like a hammer, and the whole spell was filled with a strange sense of discord.
Li De was not disappointed when he saw it, but was overjoyed.
"Being able to cast a spell successfully, and the magic model didn't collapse after casting, means that my assumption is valid."
This spell, which was far from being linked to success, gave Li De a great encouragement.
Successful spellcasting means that there is no wrong direction.
Since the direction is correct, what is needed now is to keep experimenting with improvements until he understands the role of each magic node, and then improves and repairs it, so that this one-ring spell becomes a new spell.
Li De is full of interest and confidence in this.
It's so much fun to study magic. The joy of creation is almost indescribable.