The weather in late winter began to become erratic again, and it was a cold night last night, but when I woke up in the morning, it was a sunny and sunny day.

On the summits of the Himalayas, the blue of the sky seems to be a rich splash of paint on the white canvas, and except for the occasional few clouds showing white gaps, the rest of the place is bright to the point of being a little unrealistic.

A wisp of smoke rises, the distant sound of a trumpet is low and distant, and a traveler on crutches looks at the side of the mountain at the foot of the mountain, but what he can't see is a mysterious and ancient temple, just as far as his eye can see, standing silently, overlooking everything in the world.

On the corner of the eaves, which is full of ancient oriental charm, there are still ice crystals from last night, and there are ice edges hanging on the eaves, and in the window frame of the main hall under the eaves, one hand holds three incense sticks and inserts them in the incense burner.

When the slightly rough hands were withdrawn, the face of the Karma Taj Grand Butler Mage King was revealed.

With his hands folded together, the king closed his eyes and meditated quietly, but in the midst of such a quiet and peaceful picture, there was suddenly an inopportune and hurried footsteps.

A little mage wearing a yellow mage robe ran in from the steps in front of the door, the king heard the voice, but did not look back, just sighed a little and said: "Ann, I have said many times, when you enter the main hall, you have to learn to stop the water, in order to better appreciate the mysterious power to inspire you......"

The little mage was only seven or eight years old, and when he heard the king's words, he looked embarrassed, so he could only slowly walk into the main hall, salute, and then say, "Oh no, archmage, the supreme mage has gone to the pond in the backyard to see those cranes again!" ”

Wang opened his eyes suddenly, instantly turned to stare at the little mage and said, "Crane?? What is he going to do??? ”

As he spoke, he didn't care about his heart, so he hurriedly quickened his pace, followed the little mage out of the main hall, and complained while running down the steps: "The Supreme Mage doesn't know what's going on lately, he first got a lot of useless wood, and then cut them into wooden sticks and put them together, and what are he going to find the feathers of the phoenix, the heartstrings of the dragon, and what is he going to do to the crane?" It won't ......"

Speaking of this, Wang was getting more and more anxious, he simply waved his arm, directly opened a portal, and then stepped in.

When he arrived at the lake, he saw Strange standing on the gazebo by the lake, holding a crane in his arms.

Although Kama Taj is a magical holy land, it also raises a lot of animals, such as cows, sheep, horses and deer on land, wild ducks, swans and cranes in the water, geese and eagles in the sky, and two large farmlands in the back mountain, where many mages come to cultivate after cultivation.

The king hurriedly ran forward, looked at Strange and asked, "Supreme Mage, what are you going to do?" Oh, my God! Put it down! The feathers are all water! ”

Strange hugged the crane, stroked its slender neck and said, "It's nothing, I'm just going to see if it can deliver a letter, I caught an eagle two days ago, but it's so dishonest that the envelope can't be tied at all......"

As he spoke, he looked at the crane in his arms and said, "It's pretty good, but I don't know if it can fly......

The king sighed, and as soon as he turned his head, he saw the pile of wood that had been piled up by Strange before, and he asked, "Supreme Mage, what do you want to do?" If you want to make something, you can leave it to the archmage who is good at making magic tools. ”

"Even if you want to practice on your own, you don't have to get so many materials at once, right? And I haven't heard of a magic tool made of wood? Generally speaking, it is better to have a special affinity for metal magic. ”

Strange put the crane down, stood up, then walked over to the pile of wood, and said, "I'm just doing an experiment, Wang, as far as you know, are there any mages in Kama Taj who specialize in the nature of materials?" ”

"The nature of the material? What do you mean? Which material is easier to use? ”

Strange sighed and said, "It's their hardness, density, flammability, magic affinity, magic carrying capacity, magic output capacity, and so on. ”

The king shook his head, and Strange became even more helpless, and he asked, "Then how do you determine what materials are used for a certain magic instrument?" ”

"Archmages read books on how to make magic items, and they record a lot of experience from our predecessors, and generally speaking, we use the recipes on them, because if we use other materials, the probability of failure is too high."

The king sighed, showing a nostalgic expression, and said, "Although we are rich now, we still have to save money, maybe one day the energy will be gone, and we will have to borrow it." ”

"There is a price to be paid for borrowing strength, and we must carefully calculate every bit of strength and use it on the edge of the blade."

Strange felt sad when he heard it, and he said, "So, it's because the cost of trial and error is too high, so you can't develop magical materials?" ”

"Almost, in addition to that, in fact, there are many types of materials available, there are four kinds of metal alone, and there are more than a dozen kinds of fabrics, whether it is to make armor, robes, cloaks or jewelry, it is enough."

Strange took a deep breath, then sighed and said, "You know what? I got a new idea elsewhere, where they made a staff out of a wood and a material, and then they could use it to cast magic. ”

Wang frowned, as if thinking about the possibility that Strange said, after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "Unlikely, magic does not arise out of thin air, it can only come from the power of the origin of the universe. ”

"However, human life forms can't directly use the origin energy of the universe, so we have to ask the demon god to borrow it."

"Unless the kind of staff you mentioned can turn humans into life forms that can directly use the Origin Energy, it is impossible for ordinary people to learn to use magic."

"What I want is not to make magic directly accessible to ordinary people, but to make it easier for new mages to use magic."

"For example, store the power we borrowed in this staff and let them use it, so they can borrow this energy to study magical techniques without having to wait until they learn to store and use it."

The king touched his chin and said as he thought about it, "It's a bit possible, but the staff made of wood ......" The king shook his head and said with great embarrassment, "I haven't seen wood with a good affinity for magic." ”

Strange turned his head to look at the pile of elm, walnut, mahogany, and so on next to him, and he said to himself, "Well, that's just a dream of Schiller, and it's really not very reliable in reality." ”

Then he looked at the king and asked, "And what about metal, didn't you mention that there are four kinds of metal magic affinity?" ”

"You can do it." Wang answered in the affirmative, but then he added, "But the processing and manufacture of these four metals is very time-consuming. ”

"I'll give you an example, what the wizarding world calls 'Mithril' is actually a kind of silver that has been specially smelted, and in the process of smelting, it needs to be constantly processed with magical energy, and more than 40 kinds of materials need to be added to it......"

"What is the approximate yield?"

"If all the archmages of Kama Taj start to participate in the smelting of Mithril now, then in a month's time, we can get about 50 grams of Mithril."

"Too little." Strange shook his head, obviously dissatisfied, and Wang explained, "When we make magic items, we don't have to use secret silver for the whole thing, we only need to use this material for key parts. ”

"For example, the hanging ring we often use, its shell is an alloy of brass and iron, so it will appear a kind of gold or brown, of course, if you add dye, it can also show other colors, but the real part of the work is actually the Mithril and gemstones at its core."

Wang sighed and said, "Among these four materials, the only one that doesn't need to be smelted too much is vibranium, and its magic affinity is also very good, the only problem is that it is too expensive." ”

"But I've heard that there's a new material called 'Molten Steel' recently, and I don't know how friendly it is for magic, if only it could be cheaper than vibranium." Wang said with some emotion.

"Kama Taj is actually not too rich, and most of our funds come from donations from the World Security Council and super security organizations in various countries, such as S.H.I.E.L.D. and SPRA, who give us money every year."

"The mages are very frugal, we are self-sufficient, we don't even need to use the currency of human society, we live here, and the only place to use the money is to buy all kinds of expensive materials."

The chief butler obviously has a very say in this regard, he frowned, and the facial features of his whole face were gathered together, and he said: "The archmages have achieved success in cultivation, and their mood is also very peaceful, but recently, in this regard, sometimes there will be some disputes, everyone wants to ask for more materials, but the money is only ......"

Strange and the king walked forward together, and began to walk around the lake, and as he went, he said, "I must change this situation, and this is not what it used to be." ”

"In the past, our magic was cherished because if we wanted to borrow power, we had to pay a price, but now we have enough magic and not enough materials, which is not a good phenomenon."

Strange is right, to put it simply, it is the principle of adding water to more noodles and adding noodles to more water, before, it was more difficult to borrow power from the demon god, there was less magic and more materials, but now, the magic power is enough, and the materials are not enough.

Strange walked over to the railing by the lake, pounded the railing, and said, "Self-sufficient...... We must be self-sufficient. ”

"Whether it's Mithril or vibranium, they're all under control, and if these materials are gone, the mages won't be able to make magic props anymore?"

As the two walked forward, they discussed all kinds of possibilities, and after walking through the lake, they came to the farmland in the back mountain, and Strange looked at the farmland that was now in the fallow period, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and said, "What was originally planted in this field?" ”

"This one is planted with wheat, some vegetables are planted next to it, and there are fruit trees over there, and everything we eat every day is produced here."

The king looked at his hands and said, "You have not been here for a long time, so you may not know that farming is a long-standing tradition of Kama Taj, and the previous Supreme Master Gu Yi was actually a farmer, and she also liked to cultivate the land here before......"

Strange touched his chin and said, "What about the seeds, what kind of seeds do you use?" ”

"Seeds? Wheat and vegetable seeds, of course? ”

"Haven't you tried to transform these seeds with magic? For example, to infuse them with magical energy, or to enchant them altogether? ”

The king's eyes widened and he said, "But...... This doesn't work, right? Can you still eat what you grow like that? ”

"How do you know if you don't try?"

"And we don't have to grow food." Strange looked at the fruit tree over there and said, "It's normal that the wood I got before doesn't react to magic at all, after all, my inspiration is just a dream. ”

"The people there can make a staff out of wood and some strange materials, but we don't necessarily do it, and the problem may not be our technology, but the material itself."

"Since the wood that has grown up can't react with magic, if we transform it while it's still a seed, can we grow a wood for magic?"

Wang shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I haven't learned the knowledge of ordinary people, so I don't have any concept in this regard......"

Strange thought he had come up with a good idea, and he said, "It's okay, I know anyone who's good at this." ”

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