By streamlining the circle and making it smaller and more practical, you can create a more portable magic guide.

And the more portable magic guide means that even ordinary people can use the most powerful power that humans have at any time: spells.

This means that supernatural power will not be monopolized by the supernatural – it sounds simple, but it will cause a domino-like series of changes.

The reason why the Roland Empire was able to unify the human realm was largely due to the strong personal strength of Roland I and the large Extraordinary Knights under his command.

These powerful transcendents are hard to match on the battlefield, and this kind of military deterrence is the foundation of the Roland Empire's dominance.

This also explains why, after the death of Roland I, the entire empire entered a period of turmoil in an instant, as the empire's most powerful forces disappeared.

And what if, during the Warring States period before the unification of the empire, alchemists invented portable magic guides?

When the extraordinary power is not monopolized by the extraordinary, when the extraordinary is not absolutely extraordinary, after the ordinary person picks up the magic guide, he also has the capital to confront the strong.

Roland I and his Order of Transcendental Knights may not be able to complete the unification of the empire so smoothly.

After all, the transcendents, especially the powerful ones, are always a minority of the few, and the number of mages is much smaller than that of knights.

But when ordinary people are equipped with magic guides, they will turn into tens of thousands of mages......

You don't even need everyone to equip a magic guide, you only need to push a few magic cannon chariots equipped with high-level spells to the front line to bomb them, which can turn the tide of the situation and change the tide of battle.

Of course, depending on the magic circle spell it carries, the magic guide can be used not only for war, but also for people's livelihood, and there is no need to say that there are many uses.

In short, streamlining the circle is an eternal study that can run through the life of an alchemist.

It is also with the obsession with the mysterious power of spells, and the ideals and ambitions to change the world, that many alchemists throughout the ages have devoted themselves to the field of magic circle science, and a study is a lifetime.

As for the Alchemy Society, they prefer alchemists to apply for research on the topic of "streamlining existing circles" rather than creating a new circle that can inspire new spells.

It's more practical and sells better – in other words, it's easier to pay for itself.

The research results of applied alchemists are alchemical products with high practical value such as "pottery steel", and after the alchemy society funds and shares the results, it can not only sell the finished product to interested buyers, but also sell the formula directly.

The same is true for the research results of pharmacy.

Among them, the research results of the magic circle are the most difficult to realize-

If it is to create a new magic array, there must be a lot of room for improvement and streamlining in the early magic array, and there may not be much practical value.

The practical value of the streamlined magic array will be greatly improved.

If someone narrowed the circle of "Sky Burning Flame" from seven meters to five meters or four meters, then the Roland Empire would be happy to spend a lot of money to buy a new magic circle from him and the Academy to iterate and upgrade their alchemy weapons.

At this time, the "Burning Flame" was not only mounted on a fixed wall, but could even be mounted on a chariot as a more aggressive mobile weapon to accompany the army.

The threat level went up a notch in an instant.

Therefore, as long as it is confirmed that the alchemist applying for the research project is of sufficient skill, Wilson will generally approve him to conduct the research on the subject of streamlining the circle-

As long as the spells activated by that circle are useful enough.

And as it happens, several of the wind-based spells related to flying are very useful spells.

In Nolan's design, Yuna's Valkyrie backpack will be equipped with three spells: "Acceleration", "Levitabration", and "Flight" at the same time.

However, these flying spells are also the most difficult spells to be put into practical use as magic guides, and they are a technical hurdle that current alchemists cannot overcome.

There have been so many alchemists who have studied the science of magic circles since ancient times, and I believe that he is not the only one who covets the sky and is ambitious, but for so many years, there has never really been a single-person flying magic guide with actual combat value.

The main reason for this is that it is still impossible to greatly reduce the area of the flying magic circle, and at the same time, controlling the direction of flight is also a difficult problem.

Some spells don't require follow-up controls, such as "Burst Fireball", which can be aimed and activated, and are best used for magicians.

"Flying Technique" is different, it needs to continuously activate and control the direction of flight, which requires the magic guide to increase the mechanism to control the direction, and the structure is instantly complicated.

As a result, "Flying Magic" was once considered one of the most unsuitable spells to make a magic guide.

One can imagine how sensational the entire alchemy world would be if he suddenly took out the finished product of the Valkyrie backpack in the future?

It will be an epoch-making alchemical weapon.

However, the right shock is a surprise, and the great shock is a shock, even a fear.

He once showed his edge and talent unreservedly, but because of this, he was jealous of the people around him, which eventually led to Rasti's enmity with him.

This reluctance to look back on the past has almost become a psychological shadow for him.

So he needed to find a way to disclose his invention in a way that was as acceptable to the world as possible.

As he did now, revealing to the Alchemy Society that he was streamlining the Wind Circle was the first step for him to make a name for himself.

Through subject research, leaking a little insignificant research results binds the Alchemy Society to its own interests, making itself a person who is half of the Alchemy Society.

As long as the Alchemy Society and Wilson are involved, even if someone has bad intentions about their research results in the future, they will have a counterbalance and an object to rely on.

"Streamlining the Circle of Acceleration......"

Wilson muttered, "Can you guarantee that the streamlined circle can reduce the number of runes by more than one percent?" ”

The essence of the magic circle is the written language of spells and the permutations and combinations of magic runes.

The number of runes required to draw a circle directly determines how much the circle can be streamlined and reduced.

To use a figurative analogy, the first circle is a long sentence full of modifiers:

"O pure and noble elemental fire, I ask of your answer with sincere prayers, gather before me, gather into a fiery and fierce fireball, and blast away all enemies in front of you."

To put it more simply, it would be:

"Fire elementals, gather in front of me, gather into fireballs, and attack the targets in front of me."

Compared to the former, the latter distills the key information and conveys almost the same meaning with fewer words.

In this analogy, the number of words can be roughly compared to magic runes, and the fewer words (magic runes), the more concise the sentences (magic circles) will be.

Of course, the operation of the magic circle and the interaction of magic runes are far more complex and abstract than the choice of words and sentences, and sometimes it is difficult to streamline the whole body.

Basically, every time you streamline, you can reduce the number of runes by one to two percent.

At present, the diameter of the "accelerated" circle is about 2.1 meters, and if it can be streamlined again, it can be compressed to about 1.9 meters.

Such a result is enough to satisfy the Alchemy Society.

Streamline it today, and streamline it again tomorrow.

Through the efforts of generations of alchemists, over time, the structure of the circle has been reduced to perfection.

"Reduced magic runes by more than one percent?"

Nolan heard Wilson's request, but he was rarely in a deep groan.

"What, no faith?" Wilson smiled, "This is the minimum requirement of the Alchemy Society for streamlining the results of the magic circle. ”

In fact, the streamlining of the circle is a very volatile track, and almost all the common circles have been tried by alchemists.

As a newcomer who had just become an official alchemist, it was normal for Nolan to feel pressured.

"No, that's not what I meant."

Nolan shook his head, "I don't use a reduction of runes by a few percent as an evaluation object, I like to be more intuitive and specific to compare goals - for example, the diameter comparison of the circle after streamlining. ”

He picked up the stack of documents in his hand and continued, "In my expectation, the diameter of the 'Acceleration' circle that I have optimized will not be much longer than this document. ”

Wilson froze.

He also thought he had misheard, how long can a piece of paper be? Even if it's not too big, according to half a meter, compared to the original 2.1 meter diameter of the magic circle, it is a dimensionality reduction strike!

A professional high-level alchemist of the Circle Sect had to dare to make a judgment, and after confirming that Noren had not made a mistake, he simply refuted it neatly: "This is absolutely impossible!" ”

It took generations of efforts by the alchemists of the circle to reduce today's "acceleration" circle to a size of two meters, and even if you are a genius in the sky, it will be almost as good as a tael.

Now you'd better streamline it down to half a meter?

Are you taking everyone before you for a fool?

"If it were under the existing system of magic runes, this would really be impossible."

Noren replied in a deep voice, "So I plan to create a new rune system, and under the platform of this rune system, it will be possible to reduce the area of the magic circle to half a meter." ”

Many years ago, when he first began to study the perfect magic circle recorded in the Book of Omniscience and Omnipotence, he found that the magic runes that made up the perfect circle and the magic runes of this era were completely different systems.

The magic runes recorded in the Book of Omniscience and Omnipotence are much more streamlined and efficient, and compared to the magic runes of this era, they are inappropriate to use an analogy, like the simplified and traditional characters of the previous life.

It's just that the simplified and traditional characters in the previous life have advantages and disadvantages to each other, and there is no better font.

However, the magic runes of the new era are completely crushing the runes of the old era in all aspects.

Drawing the same rune requires fewer strokes, and sometimes even one or two new runes can convey the meaning of a string of old runes combined.

Can the size of the final circle be a level?

“……！？” Wilson was stunned.

What are you doing here? It's just a second-order magic circle, is it necessary to play that big?

Think this generation of magic runes is too backward, so just start a new stove and open up a new rune system?

I asked you to streamline the magic circle, but I didn't ask you to be the founder of the new era of magic circle learning!

"The second-order magic circle 'Acceleration' will be my first test product to test the new rune system."

Nolan looked at Wilson and said slowly, "You should know very well what this means to the alchemy world if this test is really successful. ”

I don't know when the carriage has stopped at the door of the Alchemy Society, and the two of them are still sitting in the car, and they haven't left for a long time.

Looking at the burning Noren, Wilson swallowed with some difficulty, and responded in a hoarse voice: "Create a new rune system and streamline the 'Acceleration' circle to half a meter - are you sure you weren't joking with me just now?" ”

If what he said is true, then the revolution that has swept the entire alchemy world is coming.

"Am I kidding?"

“…… Why? ”

"Huh?"

"I'm curious why you chose the Alchemy Society. If you just want to get research support, with the gimmick you throw, there will definitely be a large number of forces that want to fund you to complete the test, and the Academy will never be the one with the highest price. ”

"Good question." Nolan smiled, "There are many reasons why I chose the Alchemy Society, one of which is that I want to return the favor to you. ”

"Favors?" Wilson was stunned for a moment, "I don't remember what you owe me." ”

"You wrote me a letter of recommendation and gave me the opportunity to take the alchemist qualification exam."

Nolan said softly, "It may have been a matter of following the rules for you, not thinking about it that much, but you did help me when I was not on the rise.

"In order to prove that you have a good eye for people, I am ready to share the results of this research project with you - with this honor, I believe that your status in the society will also rise."

"This ......," Wilson's eyes changed as he looked at him, "do you know how big and important this research is?" ”

"Say no more." Nolan teased, "If I continue to persuade me, I may regret it, so let's hurry up and fill out the application form for the research project." ”

Seeing that Nolan had made up his mind, Wilson didn't say anything more, took him back to the office on the second floor of the society, took out a form and handed it to him:

"Now that you've thought about it, apply for it."

In fact, he was still skeptical about Nolen's paintings.

It's not like he hasn't seen a braggart peer, but he doesn't think Nolan is that kind of person.

It's just that Nolan's goal is too shocking, and a cross-generational, revolutionary research of the circle is about to be born in the hands of such a young alchemist?

It's amazing for anyone.

He won't say anything about it until he's seen the actual finished product.

Nolan filled out the form in the office and handed it to Wilson, and after confirming that he had completed the application process, he took his leave and left the Alchemy Society.

Just now Wilson asked him why he chose the Alchemy Society, in addition to "returning the favor", he also wanted some reasons that he had thought deeply.

First, the Alchemy Society is a neutral organization, and it does not have as clear positions and tendencies as Harrison and the City Lord's Mansion.

Even if he becomes an internal member of the Alchemy Society, he can maintain a considerable degree of freedom, which is also something that many alchemists value.

Second, the reputation of the Alchemy Society is guaranteed, and there are many peers in it.

Many famous alchemists have cooperated with the Alchemy Society, and have made outstanding research results.

When you also make a name for yourself within the Society, you can use this to get in touch with the top alchemy circles in the Roland Empire and meet more famous alchemists.

It's good for you, too.

The third is that the research project that I applied to the society was not to "create a new rune system", but to "streamline the second-order magic circle and "accelerate". ”

This means that the core technology is still in your hands, and the streamlined "Acceleration" circle will be a bait to catch the Society.

Because this is written by a new rune system, even if the drawing is given to you, you can't read it, so you can only copy it.

The people of the Alchemy Society are all crazy experimentalists who are eager to study, and when they see this epoch-making magic circle, they can't help but beg themselves to teach them a lesson?

You see, isn't this the relationship between supply and demand?