Chapter 297: Magic Array
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"An effective magic array must have a magic core - the inner magic ring, the basic magic spell, and the inner array diagram, which can be drawn without all but cannot be without. Outer Array, i.e. Moonstar, Magic Attraction - Small circles on the vertices of Moons, runes attached to the edges, Potential - symbols that represent stars or can induce the power of the corresponding stars, Prayers - borrowed or prayed to the gods, Outer Magic Rings - Weakening, Magic, Fixed, Outer Magic: Magic attributes, levels, God's name, magic system, type, and auxiliary magic arrays. Intix closed his eyes like an expert scholar, and his right index finger was raised, swinging with the statement.
"But the final auxiliary magic array is not absolute, even if you don't build it, it's fine."
After saying that, Intix opened his eyes and jumped out of bed, walked to the front of Zhou Chao and Sakura and stopped, and looked left and right.
"What are you looking for?" Zhou Chao said strangely.
"Do you have pen and paper? I don't understand what I just said, so I'll draw it. Intix said.
"Yes." Zhou Chao nodded, and then turned his palm over, and some white paper and an oil pen appeared in his hand. Intix reached out and took it, and then fell to his knees on the ground, and drew the pattern on the paper with a pen.
Seeing this, Zhou Chao and Sakura tilted their heads together, and their eyes fell on the paper that was gradually painted with a certain pattern in the depiction of Intix.
Intix's speed was fast, and it didn't take long for a magic circle with an inner ring, an outer ring, Hebrew, a strange pattern, and a star to leap out of the page and appear in the sight of Zhou Chao and Sakura.
"Take this circle of divine protection, for example." After drawing the magic array, Intix sat up straight, grabbed the paper, looked at Zhou Chao and Sakura, and said, "This is in the middle of the stars, and the circle is the inner magic ring." The moon star is the outer array diagram, the Hebrew text written on the edge of the star line is the magic guide, the holy symbols drawn between the stars are the potential, and the outer circle is the outer magic ring, the inner circle of the outer magic ring and the text of the outer circle. It's prayers and magic. ”
"Of course, this is just a general situation, and sometimes appropriate changes and deletions are made according to different situations."
As he spoke, Intix took aside the top piece of paper with the Divine Shelter Magic Circle, leaned down and drew it again.
It was still a moment later that a more complex-looking magic array appeared on the paper.
"Can you see any difference between this magic circle and the one just now?" Intix picked up the paper again. Show in front of the two of them asked.
"There are no prayers, no magic signs, but correspondingly, there are a lot more constellations." Zhou Chao looked carefully at the magic array on the paper, frowned and said.
"That's right." Intix affirmed appreciatively.
"It is an astrological circle based on the ancient Babylonian system. Because it is a relationship that requires people to preside over and continuously manipulate, the prayer has been replaced with a spell, and the magic guide has become the person who activates the magic array, so these two conditions no longer need to be reflected in the magic array. Then, Intix explained.
Then he set him aside again, leaning over again to draw a magic array pattern. It's just that this time it was a super simple magic array, with only a large equilateral triangle and an outer circle and a few scattered symbols and patterns, so it was only a dozen seconds. Intix stopped.
"What about this time?" Then, Intix took the paper into the air again and let the two of them look at it.
"There is no outer formation map. No magic quotes, no prayers, no magic texts. Sakura said.
"Correct." Intix affirmed.
"This is a fire elemental manipulation circle based on the alchemy system. The triangle in the middle is the inner core, the element of fire. The outer circle is a magic ring, which is used to collect mana and make it loop indefinitely. These symbols represent the stars, borrowing the source of power. Simple, right? Intix laughed.
Zhou Chao and Sakura nodded together.
Zhou Chao really didn't expect that Intix still had the talent to be a teacher. Sure enough, in the original book, it was Qu Cai to let her follow Shangjo and run around the streets as a big stomach nun.
"So how exactly to draw the magic array. It mainly depends on the purpose that the user wants to achieve in the magic array, and the magic system used. and the user's own ability, if the ability is strong enough, and the nature of the magic array and the magic itself is very understanding, then you can omit some of these unnecessary conditions, if you are a beginner, or not a person who specializes in this department of the magic array, it is better to draw according to the requirements, relatively speaking, it is safer. Intix said, putting down the paper.
Zhou Chao and Sakura nodded together, indicating that they understood and remembered.
"So let's learn about symbols." Intix thought for a moment and said.
"Symbols? You mean occult literature, right? Zhou Chao asked rhetorically.
"It seems that some associations are called that." Intix nodded in the affirmative.
"That's not something you can just say a few words." Zhou Chao smiled bitterly.
Esoteric literature, in more modern and straightforward words, is cryptography, but compared with the compilation and cracking of passwords, esoteric literature has to cover a wider range, in addition to the normal compilation and cracking of ciphers, but also to learn semiotics, secret words, secret words and other miscellaneous items.
And especially the latter three, there are often maddening situations where there are multiple words, or multiple words.
Let's take a more obvious example - the ancestral knack in Taoist terminology.
According to the general understanding, he is on the dantian, but the real meaning is that he is a mystery, a kind of non-true and non-false, as if in the body, but also in a place outside the body, the residence of the soul, the place of the original god.
However, his name varies depending on the faction. The common ones are the ancestral tricks, the mud pill palace, and the purple mansion, and the uncommon ones are several names such as Xuanqi, Lingguang Upper Palace, and Cereal Palace.
This point is even stricter in the secret literature of Western magic, and it is even exaggerated to the point that the word is intended to be written in the hands of dozens of people.
Let's take a simple example - fire.
In alchemy, he is an equilateral triangle, in Taoism he is a twisted fire pattern in hieroglyphics, in astrology he is a spark, in magic he is a flame symbol, in the Aztecs he is the sun, and so on.
So people who learn magic, master magic, learn magic, and even make unique insights. Without exception, not knowledgeable polymaths, nerds!
This is why it is often said that the power of a magician comes from knowledge.
"It's okay, just teach Sakura some basics for magic practice first, and as for the rest of the part. I'll teach her later. Intix said.
"Okay." Zhou Chao nodded in agreement.
"Sakura, listen carefully." Intix said, turning his head to look at Sakura.
"Yes." Sakura nodded in response.
"The first is the kernel. Generally, the kernel is mostly round, mainly because the kernel is used to bear the relay circuit, which is used to connect the user and the magic array, and the circle is relatively smooth and gentle. It will not make too abrupt changes in the transmission process of magic power like squares or other patterns, which will help the transmission of magic power and the stability of the magic array. Intix began to explain the role of the various graphics used in the magic circle, and the special meaning they contained in addition to their role.
But that's just the surface. In addition, the circle of the kernel also represents an enchantment, which serves as a hidden attribute that protects the user from being overly damaged by evil spirits and magic failures. ”
"As for the more specific, you need to make subtle changes according to the nature of the magic array, the purpose and effect that the magic array wants to achieve, etc., you don't need this for the time being, so I'll tell you later."
And then. It's the outer array, that is, the mangxing. Here is the main explanation of the meaning of the moon. After introducing the core of the magic circle, Intix continued to explain the meaning of the other related patterns of the magic circle.
"The Pentagram has many meanings. In ancient Egypt, it was the symbol of the sub-palace of the underworld, in ancient Babylon it represented the goddess Nephitis, and in Greece it was the symbol of the goddess of the earth, the goddess of the earth. In addition to this, he was considered by the Celts to be a symbol of Morgan, the goddess of the underworld, and a symbol of the universe by European magicians. It was considered by the Eastern Onmyodo sorcerers to be an exorcism symbol with divine powers, and by the medieval sorcerers to be the mark of King Solomon. It is also considered by some to be a symbol of the devil. ”
"So be very careful when using it, and pay special attention to how it is drawn. Because with the difference in your method of painting and calligraphy. The meaning he represents will also be different. ”
"Like this."
As he spoke, Intix drew a pentagram on the paper, with the left side as the pen www.biquge.info, and finally drew a pentagram with the pen at its apex.
"This is the water element in the main painting method. Among them, it represents the power of the goddess, which can be combined with the circle of the inner ring to provide the power of guardianship for the sorcerer. The order of the strokes is to call on the water elemental, and for Sakura, it is to make your magic more intimate with the circle. Intix explained.
Sakura nodded, in understanding.
Then Intix continued to move, and drew four pentagram stars in succession on the paper with different brushstrokes and www.biquge.info and brushwork.
"It's fire."
"It's the wind."
"This is the Spirit."
"This is the ground."
Following Intix's words, he explained the six-pointed star.
The meaning of the six-pointed star is a little simpler, it was originally derived from the ancient sect of Hinduism, Tantrism, which pursues the female 'yin worship or female centric worship), inherited from the Uradiya sect composed of female believers, whose main idol worship is a combination of male 'root-female' yin, indicating the unity of male and female principles.
The second is from the Judah sect, because of the Crusades, the Judah people in Spain came into contact with this symbol, and was used in the mysticism advocated by the rabbis (priests), as a symbol of male and female energy - the symbol of the union of the goddess Shekina, so the six-pointed star was understood by the Judas as a sacred sign of the complete union of the "god" (God) and their own feminine side Shekina.
Even in an effort to strengthen their propaganda, the rabbis claimed that they had placed "a figure of a man and a woman embracing each other in the shape of a six-pointed star" next to the two tablets of the Ten Commandments in the Ark of the Covenant.
As for the six-pointed star becoming the symbol of the Jews, it was in the 17th century.
Then, because the seven-pointed star is too dangerous to be told, and the eight-pointed star is a unique product of the conforming magic array and does not need to be explained, Intix talked about the content of the magic introduction again.
Zhou Chao listened to this part a little and let it go. After all, although he specializes in ancient magic literature rather than magic arrays, the main part of magic is runes and text sentences, which are relatively well understood by any Zhou dynasty - the former is something that ancient magic literature will involve, and the latter is that the Zhou Dynasty has learned too many languages on its own......
And then there's the potential. This is partly because he is not familiar with the content of astrology, and Zhou Chaozhi listened to it in detail.
After that, there were three kinds of prayers, outer magic rings, and outer magic texts, and because the content was mostly related to runes and ancient languages, Zhou Chao listened to it and let it go.
After all, Intix is talking about the basics, which are all things that he already understands or bypasses, and there is no need to record them too seriously.
But even so, by the time this set was all over and Sakura had drawn a basic practice magic array that matched her attributes, two hours had already passed, and it was ten o'clock at noon.
Then, not surprisingly, Intix's stomach crumbled.
"Gurgling ......"
Seeing this, Zhou Chao also hurriedly said with interest, "Okay, let's stop here today, and I'll learn the rest of the content tomorrow." ”
"Okay." Sakura replied softly.
At the same time, as Zhou Chao and Sakura's words fell, a crisp knock came in from the door.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Lunch is ready, let's come down and eat." Then Maliu's voice rang out from outside the house.
"Got it, come on." Zhou Chao replied.
"Let's go, don't let Malu wait."
After saying that, he stood up from the ground, moved his body, and set off to walk outside the house. Sakura and Intix didn't hesitate, and got up one after another to follow.
The three of them then went downstairs and enjoyed a sumptuous lunch with Maliu.
Of course, in terms of cardinality, it was completely insufficient for Intix, who had a different dimensional stomach, so in desperation, Zhou Chao had to use the Guò nerve connection device to get T-X to send a few backup lunches to satisfy Intix's appetite.
Then, a well-fed and well-fed Intix pulled Sakura to the side to watch TV, leaving Zhou Chao himself there to review the secret knowledge of the Demon Book that he had peeked into Intix's mind with the Dementor Magic.
"The so-called dragon vein is the vein of the earth...... Like the return of the human body, the prime minister of the world is a qiē vitality running turnover...... Dragons, gods also, looming as they wish, stretching as they wish...... The art of Feng Shui aims to observe the dragon and regulate the qi and practice the Dharma lineage...... Excited by luring the hidden dragon with its own life, soaring in the nine heavens, manifesting all ......" (to be continued)