Rebecca didn't know why Gawain was interested in this question, but at least the old ancestor didn't seem to want to criticize herself, so she sighed: "I'll just draw while calculating...... It's much easier to treat the whole yard as a piece of paper. ”

This answer is too general, and Gawain frowned slightly: "What about the specifics?" ”

"This side of the courtyard is a line, and the side next to it is another line," Rebecca gestured vigorously with a wave of her arm, "and then use these two lines as a piece of paper, and each line on the magic circle is broken down into many key points, and the distance between each key point and the two sides of the courtyard can be calculated—just enlarge the numbers on the manuscript." Calculation is a magician's forte! ”

Calculation is indeed a magician's forte, but the average magician doesn't do that!

Gawain looked at Rebecca dumbfounded—the girl was talking in a garbled manner, and Hetty probably didn't even understand what it meant, but Gawain understood: she had set up a coordinate system in the courtyard, and then used the coordinate system as the basis to enlarge the magic array on the manuscript in equal proportions.

In this way, there is no need to stand on a high place at all, just calculate the position of each key point, and then connect the key points according to the requirements of the manuscript.

But it's not enough to come up with this idea, Rebecca also needs to have a very strong geometric imagination and mental arithmetic ability - because there is no perfect mathematical and geometric system in this world, Rebecca will either use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to remove the hard pile, or she will have to create her own formulas!

Of course, Rebecca's method is not the best, and Gawain knows that there are many drawing methods from Earth that can be used in this situation, but so what?

In this world, in this day and age, it's already a miracle that Rebecca can do this!

"You came up with this method yourself?" As if he had discovered a rare treasure, Gawain looked at Rebecca with shiny eyes.

Rebecca scratched her hair: "Not all, some of them I saw in the notes of the wild mage, and the other is what I thought of myself......"

I see.

Gawain knew in his heart: he had also read Master Ye's notes from beginning to end, and there was indeed a lot of superficial geometry and mathematics in them, although they were not organized into a system, but they could almost be said to be some kind of "foundation", and if Rebecca herself was extremely talented in this area, then it was not unusual for her to do what she is doing today when she was inspired.

And even though she was inspired by the notes of the wild mage, her results were still incredible.

"Very good, very good way," Gawain nodded with satisfaction, "and went on - why did you choose to bury the magic circle in the ground?" ”

"Oh, that's because you said Ancestor, this magic circle is for blacksmiths," Rebecca nodded, "I think blacksmiths and blacksmith apprentices are different from magicians, they have to do different jobs than mages, and in the process of moving materials between these furnaces and making iron, they can easily accidentally destroy the structure of the magic circle. And burying the circle in the ground does not affect its charge, and at the same time, it can not affect the future construction of the surface, as long as it is all on the radiant point of the circle, whether it is to add a new furnace or dismantle and rebuild the current furnace will be very convenient, how to say...... It's convenient anyway. ”

Functional partitioning, separation of energy and energy consumption, key system packaging, scalability...... Gawain's mind suddenly passed through a lot of words that could be used on Rebecca's thoughts, but the last thought that came to his mind was another, more important aspect:

Rebecca realized that the magic circle was intended for "ordinary people" such as blacksmiths, and designed it to be "safe and convenient for ordinary people to use" - even though it was as simple as burying it, it was the right idea.

A mainstream mage would never consider that their magic circle would give mortals such an option, but Rebecca ...... Fortunately, she is a non-mainstream mage who can only use one fireball technique after learning for five years, and her thinking will not follow the logic of a regular mage at all!

"Have you thought of all these ideas?" Gawain recovered from his momentary consternation, and when he saw the thoughtful look on Hetty's face next to him, he couldn't help but smile and ask.

"I ...... I haven't thought about it," Hetty said with a complicated expression, Rebecca's idea had too many inconsistencies, but at the same time, she could also realize the reasonableness of these designs, and even vaguely realized the importance of "ordinary people can also use it", which seemed to be the direction that the ancestors were obsessed with, "This is really powerful, but burying the magic circle, what about the monitoring?" Although this magic circle composed of basic runes is not as delicate and fragile as a high-level magic circle, basic monitoring is always needed, and once it is really broken, how can it be repaired? ”

"I've left a lot of stakes like that," Rebecca pointed to the stakes in the yard, "those stakes with ropes tied to them are monitoring points, and when the time comes, I'll replace them with Mithril-plated iron rods, and the runes in the most critical part of the circle are in contact under the iron rods, and once there is a problem with the circle, the corresponding runes will be extinguished, and the long-term charged Mithril will quickly turn black and heat up for a while after losing its charge, so that you can see at a glance which part of the circle is wrong, and just dig up the ground in the corresponding area when repairing...... Although this is a little more troublesome than the traditional magic circle, at least there is no need to dig up the entire courtyard. ”

As she spoke, Rebecca showed a slightly smug smile, she shook a stack of paper in her hand, which was full of dense symbols and lines, obviously sketched by herself: "And this magic circle is not so easy to break, Ancestor, you see, I rearranged its rune structure a little - of course, the basic principle has definitely not changed, but on the basis of the design of the wild mage, the runes that can be superimposed are connected, and then expanded layer by layer......"

the chicken, redundant system......

The corners of Gawain's eyes jumped slightly, and he looked at the stakes that Rebecca had reserved in the courtyard to be used as monitoring points—primitive sensors.

Rebecca had a hard time stopping once the balabala started, especially when it came to showing off her results, when she was still saying, "...... In this way, the efficiency of the entire self-charging circle is slightly increased, and even if some of the runes are damaged, at most the energy supply efficiency will be reduced, and the energy consumption part connected to the circle will not be affected too much - because the circle as a whole is built according to the standard of exceeding the demand......"

Rebecca said a lot excitedly, and finally stopped, she seemed to realize that she was patronizing and talking, so she looked at Gawain with a little trepidation: "Ancestor...... Am I thinking too nonsense? ”

Gawain didn't know what to do at this time, and after thinking for a while, he pressed the little girl's hair with his hand: "No, you are a genius. ”

Rebecca: "Huh? ”

"And I have another suggestion," Gawain glanced at the drawings drawn by Rebecca and pointed at the connections of the redundant systems, "These parts of the rune connections can be easily cut off and re-welded, once some of the runes are damaged, you can directly cut off the connection when repairing, and reconnect it after repairing, so that even if you repair it, the entire circle does not need to be shut down." ”

Rebecca's eyes lit up: "Yes! How did I not think of it...... Ancestor, you are so smart! ”

The corners of Gawain's eyes jumped slightly, he knew that Rebecca was saying this from the bottom of his heart, but he was still suddenly weak......

Girl, you are the smartest!

After being stunned for a moment, Gawain couldn't help but turn his head to look at Hetty: "Hasn't anyone discovered Rebecca's talent before?" ”

"She's really always ...... in terms of calculations and whimsy It's outstanding," Hetty pondered her vocabulary, "but these abilities never come in handy, the standard of a mage's strength is the ability to cast spells, and she's almost always the bottom ...... in this regard."

"Tyrannical Creatures," Gawain commented unceremoniously with a frown, "Spell casting ability as the only criterion? Why don't you compete with the gorillas? ”

Despite this evaluation, Gawain is also very clear that this situation has its reason and logic.

In the period when technology cannot be used to promote the rapid development of civilization, it is normal for individual bravery to become the standard for judging individual value, and especially in this world where there are extraordinary forces and all kinds of monsters and beasts, outstanding individual combat effectiveness is a prerequisite for ensuring survival - if survival cannot be guaranteed, what technological innovation can we talk about?

And as long as individual strength becomes the criterion and continues from generation to generation without major problems, and at the same time, the group that lacks strength but has wisdom is unable to transform its own wisdom into strength (or cannot be transformed into sufficient strength), then this criterion is likely to continue forever.

You can't prove that your wisdom will one day lead to strength, but I've proven that my strength can guarantee survival, and that's it.

But that's no reason for humans to wrestle with gorillas forever.

Rebecca does have a lot of talent, and Gawain finally confirms it.

This down-and-out viscountess, who was despised by all, was ostracized in aristocratic circles—because she was a descendant of the Cecil family, and she was despised in mage circles—because she could not even cast a flash, and she was even whispered by the merchants and burghers of the other realms—because she was one of the worst lords of all time, who carried out a great deal of fanciful decrees, but did not make the realm rich at all.

Because her talents are in places that others can't see, or even understand.

In the poor and backward lower classes that depend on the sky, no one can understand her calculations, and in those upper classes who are rich enough to afford mages, or are themselves mid-to-high-level spellcasters, no one needs her calculations - convenient magic can indeed solve everything, and if it can't, then use more powerful spells.

With Eagle Eye and Mage's Eye, why do you need to calculate coordinates on the earth? Professional magicians can directly perceive and control large magic circles, why do they need sensors? Not to mention...... A crappy mage who can only set fireballs will not be able to get the opportunity to preside over the construction of magical facilities.

That's why Rebecca was so happy when she got permission from Gawain: it was the first time in her life that she was allowed to do what she was good at.

"Ancestor...... Rebecca looked at Gawain's face with some trepidation, "Do you think I'm ......?"

Gawain laughed and put his big hand on top of her head, "You are the pride of the Cecil family. ”