Chapter 69: Magical Weapons
Normally, Vincent would have gone to Kander, the lich leader, for advice on magic, but he wasn't around.
If you can't find a professor in Dark Tallinn, you can also settle for the next best, such as consulting La Nina, who once studied at the High School of Magic and graduated with honors, and won the title of Great Magician at a young age.
Although the identity of the eldest lady is now Vincent's courtier, a family member of the demon clan, she has no reason to refuse no matter what she asks.
Unfortunately, La Niña has been so busy lately that she has not only been involved in situations that require complex and high-intensity magic, but has also been tasked with training low-level magicians and magic apprentices.
From a teaching point of view, La Niña is also competent, and it is simply overkill to use the magical knowledge and training methods in the High Academy of Magic to train a group of country mages who have never seen the world.
Not only did this group of people open their eyes, but they also had a lot of luck - under normal circumstances, they would not have learned the Magister's skills and techniques anyway.
Recently, with the innovation of production technology, the combination of equipment and magic has become more and more close, and the types of demand have become more and more.
For example, wind magic is judged to be used for mineral processing and wind blasting, water magic can be used to wash coal and cool down, earth magic can be used for prospecting, mining and construction, not to mention fire magic, and the whole range from brick burning, coking to iron and steel smelting, is used in a variety of situations......
All elemental mages have a place to play, even if they only have a few skills and their magic power is not high, but under the assignment and guidance of the chief mage, they can always find their own place to shine and become indispensable talents in the territory.
Of course, it is for this reason that La Niña is so busy that her feet do not touch the ground from morning to night, and even if she enjoys excellent treatment, her plump look is still visibly thinned a lot.
Vincent knew that the reason why she was so diligent was not only because of her loyalty as a family member and subordinate, but also because she wanted to use her busyness to relieve her painful feelings of being betrayed by her divorce.
Anyway, no matter how windy or rainy, La Nina will routinely report on her work once a day, and she will try to choose to report when Ninia is present, this caution and thoughtfulness have greatly narrowed the relationship between her and the chief knight.
After more than ten days of hard work, the refractory bricks and other materials needed to build the blast furnace were finally ready, and after the blast furnace was built, La Nina was leading the magicians and the fire demons to experiment with the performance of the newly built blast furnace and find the best balance between magic and technology.
At this time, the lord who conceived the design and taught the method was useless on the spot, and in line with the principle of "success does not have to be me", Vincent did not go to the vicinity of the blast furnace to listen to the praises of merit, and he met with Karul, the son of Demara, who had also been relatively low-key recently, to ask him for some questions about magic.
The reason why the dwarf Kalul was chosen was not because the other party was a magician, but because he was the only special person in the mountains who could design and develop magical machines and knew how to combine magic and technology.
Putting aside the legendary aura on the golem and restoring its essence, it is just a large mechanical equipment that replaces other power sources with magic, and there is no sense of disobedience at all when it is regarded as a robot.
Lucar was very happy to see Vincent, and when they met, he saluted the lord and expressed his gratitude.
"My lord, I'm glad to see you, I knew I wanted to see you again." Kalul's dwarven face was full of smiles, and his sparse beard was trembling, "The toy you gave me was so interesting, I took it apart and put it back on, and every time I found it funny, I was amazed by the power of the craftsman......
"Is that the clockwork?" Vincent asked, "If you like it, it's just a simple invention, if there were more high-quality steel, whether it's the body or the gear springs, it could be mass-produced."
"It's incredible, I've done it several times, and after the winding is fully tightened, the car can run more than 30 meters, and importantly, without any magic...... Gods, there is no need to release the energy of the magic stone, just relying on high-strength clockwork and delicate teeth
Wheel drive can do it. Oh, by the way, what's the name of this car? The appearance is also very ......."
Kalul was a little incoherent with excitement, after all, the dwarves did not have the craft of clockwork, so they did not have the corresponding technical knowledge.
"The name of the car? Hongqi CA770, a black luxury sedan, do you want to rub one and sit in it and try it?" Vincent asked seriously, "It's not impossible."
"Clockwork drive? You're not kidding, I'm afraid there is no room for people in such a big clockwork and gear set!" Kalul was taken aback at first, and then thought about it habitually, "But the other structures are awesome, and it may not ......be impossible to use the Energy Accumulation Magic Array."
This is exactly what Vincent wants to know, although Kalul does not know how to perform magic, but his protection allows him to memorize any book treatment, and can constantly analyze and compare the contents, even magic can be called metaphysical things to find patterns and improve, which is simply a masterpiece.
"How does magic drive golems?" Vincent asked a question that any magic apprentice would ask, but the Archmage might not be able to answer clearly, "Can the laws of magic be applied universally to the realm of technology?"
"I think you, like me, have doubts about magic and are unreligious." "So we can't be magicians, but we can borrow magic to perfect our skills without guilt."
It's a bit of a question that is not answered......
"I mean, can magic be used in all kinds of machinery we currently use, instead of human, animal, water, or wind, as a standard and reliable source of power?" Vincent asked directly to be more specific, "Can the Golem's technology be used for other machines?"
"No doubt so."
Without hesitation, Kalul answered in the affirmative, and then he looked at Vincent with a puzzled look and asked the lord rhetorically.
"But is it necessary? There are some things that magicians can do directly with magic, such as using magic to carry items, or using water jigging to beneficiate, do you need to use machinery instead?"
"I can use magic, though not proficient," Vincent said, gesturing to himself, "but magicians will always be in the minority, and it is unfair or unreasonable that many more people are born without an option when it comes to the whole world."
"If a person owns a machine, he has the ability of a magician, and he does not have to have the talent of a magician, so that the gospel of machinery can spread all over the earth and benefit all people, this is what the apostle of the craftsman god should do, right?"
"Lord Lord, replacing the magician with a special magic array that replaces magic can achieve a similar effect, and there is no need for a mechanical structure," Kalul retorted, knowing that Vincent was not one who could not listen to objections, "Machinery is expensive, magic arrays are also expensive, magic stones are more expensive, machinery plus magic stones plus magic arrays, what is the amount?"
Is that the answer to the question? It doesn't sound complicated, everything you need is already in front of you, as if the supermarket shelves are full of goods for everyone to choose from.
"This is the machine...... No, it's supposed to be a magic machine," Vincent gave a name to the product he was looking forward to, "My magic machine is what I need when everything in this world is renewed."
However, all kinds of magic arrays need to be painted and etched by magicians, magic stones need to be mined, processed and activated, and machinery needs to be produced, and behind this is a mountain of gold coins.
As the subtext of Kalul says, there is no need for the rich, and the unaffordable, is it necessary to develop such a thankless machine?
"Maybe my answer may not be correct, but I stand by my opinion," Vincent paused for a moment and said firmly, "The magic array plus the magic stone plus the machine is equal to the magic weapon, and the magic weapon is equal to the ...... in my territory The future!"
"But the cost ......," said Kalul, who was not the kind of person who could easily impress with his rhetoric, "too high."
"My friend, there's no cost that can't be reduced by mass production," Vincent said categorically, "if it's still high, mass produce more!"