Chapter 48: Spellcasting
"The standard wand that the Demon Eye Chamber of Commerce needs, with your current attainment, I'm afraid it won't be easy to complete. ”
Garrick, who Kane said in one sentence, almost choked on his own saliva.
At this very moment, if he changed the time, place, or person, and dared to be so unkind in the making of his wand, which he was most proud of, he would inevitably blast it away.
Swallowing and taking a deep breath, Garrick waited for the rest.
He's not a frizzy lad after all, and he's seen Kane's tactics for himself not long ago.
He realized that Kane couldn't hit him in the face with a cannon of mouth.
Facing Garrick's inquiring gaze, Kane looked calm, and he smiled: "It's more intuitive to have a live teaching." ”
As he spoke, he conveniently worked on the materials in the workshop and began to explain while manufacturing:
"The material selection of the wand is essentially attribute enhancement. The eight major factions of magic, you haven't heard of it, and the six elements and derivative elements are also outdated ancient skills for you. It's too difficult to take advantage of it. So what else can we talk about? Let's talk about magic particles. ”
Garrick looked confused, and Kane's opening remarks directly stimulated him,
Magic particles?
He said to himself, "I've never heard of this at all!"
"Magic particles are the most basic unit of magic. Kane knew his doubts and explained: "Now there is no distinction between spells, so we can only talk about magic particles that cannot be bypassed by any magic, and purifying and strengthening them is equivalent to the efficiency threshold of improving the performance of the wand." ”
As he spoke, Garrick saw that Kane was constantly extracting substances from wood, and all the materials he had extracted were slag.
After the extract has condensed, calcination begins. From a magical point of view, you can see that all kinds of light stars are constantly scattered under the calcination of black flames, and in the end, what is left is a transparent special existence, like a steaming heat wave, although transparent, but people can know that there is something there, they can feel it.
Garrick was dumbfounded, and said to himself, "Who can extract and refine and calcinate like you? The material of your first step is much higher than that of ordinary wand wood, and you have consumed six large ingredients at once, which is at least the material that can make a hundred wands, bastard." ”
Kane seemed to read through Garrick's mind and explained, "These woods are not magical plants per se, they are just rough embryos, which are only considered magical materials after being extracted and calcined by magical flames. I'll teach you more about how to do it later. ”
He added, "The use of magic materials has indeed greatly increased the cost of work. But the MONOCULUS Guild wants a real wand, not a toy. Expensive price is acceptable. ”
"Okay. I will supply at cost price. ”
"The MONOCULUS wants partners who benefit together, not slaves to pay debts. Just the value of your craft, every wand, we are willing to pay 200 gold Galleons, you don't need to be polite, the Chamber of Commerce has this money, and your craftsmanship is also worth this price. ”
Garrick's eyes widened, he felt that his heart was beating wild, this profit, simply, you must know that the wands of the young wizards who are newly admitted to Hogwarts every year will never exceed 500 gold Galleons.
Kane quipped, "Don't get too excited, it's not easy for you to make the wand we need." Besides, if the merchants who cooperate with the MONOCULUS Chamber of Commerce are so bad that you are in that store in Diagon Alley, the first thing to feel embarrassed will be our Chamber of Commerce. ”
Well, Garrick admitted this, Kane's skills are indeed high, and his magic and mental power are expensive. And as far as he knows, those who cooperate with the MAGIC EYE Chamber of Commerce are indeed making a lot of money, and the MAGIC EYE Chamber of Commerce attaches importance to consumption and pays attention to decency.
Kane then returned to the topic and continued to explain wand making.
"Now that the material is there, the next thing is to add strings, which is still familiar to you. ”
"The essence of stringing is to create a magic circuit. The methods you have been using are too crude. This concept, I suggest that you go back and look at the circuit board of a Muggle precision device, which should be very enlightening to you. ”
Garrick struggles to memorize every word of Kane, and his super memory is his strength.
And being a good teacher is a common disease of human beings, especially teaching an elite in the industry who has been famous for a long time, and Kane also feels a little enjoyable.
"The magic circuit shoulders three major responsibilities, one is conduction, two is change, and three is regulation. Conduction is for the energy input of the wizard, change is for spells, and regulation is for full integration. I'll give you a look at their characteristics. ”
Then Garrick saw a scene that even he felt magical, how the translucent instrument made of energy produced a series of changes as energy passed through.
I also saw the complex three-dimensional changes like the linkage of mechanisms, as well as subtle but comprehensive adjustments.
Kane explains: "The process of casting spells, including spells, mudras, and wands, is the process of building spells, and you can think of it as building blocks and building houses. Everything is there, and the spell is generated. I call this a magic model. From the point of view of energy, the process of casting a spell is to make up such a model, and then fill it with magic power, and the product that is born is a magic effect. ”
"The magic circuit is to simplify the operation of spell casting. Because most spells, it follows certain basic rules. It's like if we build a house with complete furniture, the house is actually just like that, nothing has changed much, what has changed is the internal layout and furniture furnishings. So can we simplify this house, instead of having to build it over and over again every time? This is the basic concept of the changing part of the magic circuit. ”
"And the more complex this part is, the narrower its scope of use, and it ends up being a spell-specific wand. You say, "How can this work?" I'm going to cast ten spells, so I'm going to prepare ten wands? Someone else thought about it too, and the spell slot appeared. Turn the spell circuit into a grid that can hold various spell models, so that you don't need to chant spells, just supply mana and keep swinging your staff, and magic will continue to be generated. ”
Garrick's eyes lit up as he listened, and he kept swallowing.
"The mages are still not satisfied, my own magic power is very limited, and there are always too few critical moments, can I take them out. OK. Changing the circuit and powering the spell cast with a magic stone, the mage only activates the switch. As a result, it was already difficult for the little wand to take on so many functions, and the staff was born. ”
"This is just the link of change, there is also conduction and regulation. The main effect of conduction is to make the magic circuit respond quickly, after all, there are times when casting spells requires efficiency, such as combat. But the faster the better, too fast and the human reaction can't keep up, so the regulation for correcting errors and omissions has appeared. ”
"Therefore, when magic is used, the first thing to activate is to make the wand understand what kind of specifications are needed, and then to make the spell model respond at high speed through conduction, at this time, the regulation is constantly controlling the details, and the amplification effect of the material is enhanced and then fired. It's a complete spellcasting process. ”
"But in fact, there are many more tricks that can be played, including gem concentration, various adjustments of magic patterns and runes, and real spellcasting. Yes, in my opinion, the current wizards' spell casting has been reduced to only the first tier, which is called their own power. The second echelon is to leverage the power of heaven and earth. It's like pushing a boulder down an uphill slope and hitting a larger rock, creating a mudslide. ”
Garrick is like he has Alzheimer's, and his saliva is running down without realizing it.
"Imagine what, in that context, what is the wand, the staff? yes, the magic model. It is not used to cast spells directly, but to create a larger machine that produces spell effects, absorbing the free magic energy between heaven and earth to produce spell effects. ”
"That's why ancient magic is so powerful. ”