Chapter 47: The Words of the Runes (2)
What's going on? Long Tianxiang scratched his head.
In the previous casting of the scroll, he mainly felt the effect of other patterns on the pattern under study, and did not feel how the elements were controlled during the scroll's magic.
He had always subconsciously thought that the magic cast by the scroll was exactly the same as the control of the elements when chanting and casting magic, but now through the careful feeling of the process of releasing magic from the scroll, he suddenly found that the two ways of controlling the elemental action were not the same, but they could achieve the same effect.
How is this possible? He felt like his worldview was going to shatter.
So after using a dozen more scrolls, he finally discovered the reason why each scroll pattern did not correspond to the spell: the same magic used fewer steps to cast with the scroll, in other words, the process of casting the magic was optimized.
He wanted to ask the same question again: How is this possible?
Human beings have a history of tens of thousands of years now, and magic is about the same age as human beings, and it should have developed quite maturely, and those spells that can be written down on paper must be the most concise and perfect, and there is no possibility of further optimization. In Long Tianxiang's own experience of releasing magic, he did feel that the spell could not be changed.
But now the scroll provides a way to optimize it again, which means that if he can successfully translate the pattern into a spell, he will save more time than others in the mantra he will chant in the future, and this time saving will be a huge advantage in actual combat.
So in addition to feeling impossible, Long Tianxiang now felt faintly excited in his heart.
He practiced it again and discovered that there were fewer reasons for the scroll magic steps, but the results disappointed him a little. The reason for the Scroll Magic Optimization is that the patterns are two-dimensional and the Channels are one-dimensional.
No matter how fast a person speaks, he can only say it word by word, and the same is true for chanting, which limits the mantra's control over the elements to one step at a time.
But as the level of magic increases, the magic becomes more and more complex. Obviously, not all magic can go in one line, and magic abounds to control the elements at the same time to do different things, and in order to be able to chant them with your mouth, the spell must go around the bend and use a line instead of a non-single line.
Two-dimensional patterns, on the other hand, can be multi-step controlled at the same time, that is, two or more patterns can be attached to a pattern at the same time, and these patterns can function at the same time, as if chanting multiple spells at the same time.
So it is conceivable that with such means, the process of releasing magic can obviously be simpler.
This conclusion is somewhat shocking. Long Tianxiang had always believed that he could convert patterns into spells or gestures, but now the facts told him that the difference in the fundamental properties of patterns and spells made this conversion impossible.
Long Tianxiang reluctantly put down the pen. When I looked outside, it was already dark. Only then did he realize that his stomach was growling.
Let's eat first. Long Tianxiang thought. So he got up and walked out of the dormitory to the cafeteria.
Although it had been confirmed that it was impossible to complete the conversion, he was a little unwilling after all. Along the way, he repeatedly thought about his research process, hoping to find out what was wrong and prove that his current conclusion was wrong.
...... The role of patterns is not fixed like spells, and they have an effect on each other......
...... If a pattern plays the role of multiple spells, it is easy to combine the pronunciation of several spells, and repeat the pronunciation of the same as the pattern......
...... But how do you chant multiple mantras at the same time, and you can't make multiple sounds at the same time in one voice, so is it really not possible, is it really not possible?
Long Tianxiang's hand holding the chopsticks suddenly froze, and inspiration passed through his brain like lightning: There is indeed only one voice, but I still have two hands, if the pattern is two-dimensional, then people who can use both hands and mouth at the same time are three-dimensional. Then, the scroll pattern can be translated, and when you encounter a pattern that plays a role at the same time, you can add your hand!
After thinking about this, he suddenly thought of the two books that Feng Xian'er gave him at the end, "Multiple Chanting" and "Joint Chanting". He hadn't had time to flip through the former, but he looked at the latter, but it was no different from what he saw in the library, so he put it down.
It was only at this time that he understood the meaning of Feng Xian'er giving him "Joint Chanting": Generally speaking, joint chanting is of course chanting by multiple people, but for Long Tianxiang, a full-range magician who can skillfully use sign language chanting, as long as he uses his hands and mouth at the same time, he alone is equivalent to three mages, and he can use joint chanting alone.
The role of joint chanting is to reduce the casting time or over-level magic through multiple people chanting at the same time, that is to say, Long Tianxiang, who can use joint chanting alone, will have a lot more chanting time than ordinary mages, and he can release the high-level magic that needs to be cast without a long chant without reaction.
In comparison, being able to cast magic scrolls with joint chanting is a very small fraction of what it is.
After Long Tianxiang understood this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Originally, I only used sign language chanting as another way of chanting, and it was an eye-opening mood to look at it, and I didn't think about whether it had any other meaning, and now it seems that if I had realized the meaning of sign language chanting earlier, I wouldn't have been entangled in scroll research for so long.
Long Tianxiang thought of multiple chanting again, and guessed: since joint chanting is to let himself chant the same magic with his hands and mouth at the same time, multiple chanting is to let himself chant different magic with his hands and mouth at the same time. As soon as such an idea came to him, he became even more like an arrow. After a few hasty bites, he trotted back to the dormitory.
He went back and found two books, and sure enough, according to the basic principles written in the "Joint Chant", he succeeded in casting his magic in a simpler way than usual after a few exercises.
Okay, then the next thing is to use gestures and pronunciation to map the pattern. Once again, he threw himself into his research.
Another night passed, and a thick pile of paper was already on Long Tianxiang's table. Looking at them, Long Tianxiang threw down the pen, closed his eyes tiredly and contentedly, leaned back in the chair and fell asleep. Let the sun shine on your face. The translation of the pattern has been completed.
Today's lesson, it looks like it's going to be skipped.
(To be continued)