"What is this, a new weapon?"
Salina Jonah played with a scroll on the table, and her big curious eyes blinked at the strange symbols on it.
Usually she would not be near the alchemists'' camp; Although Boyi people are not as cold to wizards as Bain people, most of them also keep a respectful attitude.
But when the Duke of Byrne was also a wizard and spent several days "soaking" in the alchemist camp with her "little angel" Ayn, Sally card was "inevitably" jealous.
"Yes, but it''s still in the experimental stage," Loren said reluctantly. "This is a rune... If used properly, it can produce great power, just like a kindling agent."
"Rune?"
"Well... You can understand it as tattoos, tattoos or some magical words - it will be great if you use it right, but I haven''t found the right way yet."
"So powerful?"
Sarika showed an expression of enlightenment, but the next second she suddenly reacted and frowned: "wait... You''re not fooling me?"
"Of course not. It''s an expression that is easy to understand and belongs to the art of language." the black haired wizard, who was extremely upset, showed a "sincere" smile:
"Although people usually classify wizards into one category, in fact, there are many categories among us. Among the main categories, there are incantation and alchemy;
Although the two disciplines are almost completely different, they have one thing in common: Ancient Runes.
The difference is that alchemists pursue the use of a third party, while casters carve runes into consciousness to form a power called ''magic''.
What I''m experimenting with is whether I can apply the magic spell of incantation to the rune seal cutting of alchemy - turn the magic spell into a real "prop" and make the most direct effect through the existence of a third party... Well, basically. "
The voice fell, and Lauren, who was talking to himself, couldn''t help nodding... He summarized such a troublesome experiment in two or three sentences. It seems that his eloquence level has increased recently.
But his complacency of "self satisfaction" is obviously not something that Sarika, a prairie girl, can "appreciate".
"Finished?"
"Finished." Lauren nodded contentedly. "What did I say, you know?"
"Half," said Sarika, with a strange expression, hugging her shoulder.
"Oh..." Lauren''s eyes lit up and showed a somewhat surprised look: "which half?"
"You, you know what you just said."
"Well, of course, and then?"
"I don''t know."
"..." it took Lauren half a minute to understand what she meant.
Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Loren coughed twice to clear his throat.
For this kind of grassland girl who "only knows how to drink and cut people on horseback" and "simple", only the most direct "field experiment" can let her understand her meaning.
So, after Loren blew a wooden target with a "Turin fire", Sally Ka, who was ignorant and always felt like a fool, finally understood the use of this thing, and her eyes at the black haired wizard became much more "friendly".
Although she didn''t know the principle of this thing, she could also notice how shocking the change would be if it was turned into organic equipment for Boyi Hussars!
For the flexible, mobile and good at surprise bowi cavalry, what they lack most is positive destructiveness and impact. They are very weak in the face of organic heavy infantry.
But with this thing, all solid fronts will be torn to pieces in an instant; The heavy infantry who lose their formation and panic will become fat meat arbitrarily slaughtered by the boi people!
But before she could speak, Loren poured a basin of cold water.
"Why not?!"
"There are many reasons. The most important thing is the cost." Lauren frowned. "The cost of making this one is close to 30 bottles of kindling agent, and the power is less than one thirtieth of what I just did, not even the level of low-level magic spell!"
This is also Loren''s biggest headache... The technology of applying magic spells to real objects appeared in eboden a few years ago, but it still hasn''t been popularized. There are only a lot of low-quality luxury goods.
Due to the rare situation of high-level casters in the wizard world for many years, and their social status almost reduced to "juggling" in the Empire, the nine pointed star wizard tower also has little power to promote technological innovation, so he and Ayn can only explore alone.
Obviously, there are only two of them, and the efficiency is definitely not comparable to the wizard tower with a complete research system.
In this world, all the things forcibly put together before overcoming the technical difficulties can only be inefficient "freaks" - and technologies like this "magic scroll" level can no longer be developed by one or several wizards.
Genius, such as the alchemist of Ayn Rand, may be able to greatly improve the existing technology; But to rely on her to complete the peak product of a new system... It was a feat that even Isaac could not complete.
Loren''s initial goal was to arm his "Duke guard" with this kind of thing, so that they could have weapons that could quickly kill monsters without training spell casters on a large scale.
But now the power of this "scroll" is not as powerful as a bottle of kindling agent... The solution proposed by the small wizard is to directly seal runes on the body of the guard soldiers and "transform" part of their body by using the principle of magic wand.
But this kind of action is extremely risky, and a moment''s difference will turn the soldiers into monsters distorted by the void; Not to mention that the church will never tolerate this "devil''s behavior". Without the assistance of academic wizard organizations such as wizard tower, the success rate is also very low.
Can I really only do this? Either tolerate up to one tenth of the death rate, or set up a college specialized in training "combat casters" to train demon hunters who are better at frontal combat than night watchmen?
Er... The "legendary" demon hunter in my impression seems to have been trained from the college; So there seems to be nothing wrong with doing so.
What should the college be called then?
Wolf college? Kyle Mohan?
While Loren was full of thoughts, the curious Sally card took the scroll and weighed it in her hand: "I said... Can you get me a few dozen of this thing?"
"How many dozen?" Loren Qiang again resisted the urge to roll his eyes: "the one in your hand is the only successful one so far - I won''t get the second one until I find a solution completely!"
"Cut, look at your stingy appearance, or Duke Byrne!"
Although she said so, when she heard the price, Sarika couldn''t help sticking out her tongue - Boye was never a particularly rich principality. Only Byrne could support a wizard association based on the trade balance of each territory.
"Duke, this is information from Archduke Laszlo Varna."
With the coming figure, Eckert''s serious voice interrupted the two who were still noisy, and the unconvinced Sally card secretly took the opportunity to hide the scroll in her arms.
"Two days ago, Archduke Varna''s army had officially entered daboi''s territory, and 100000 Hussars had completely swept several main grasslands and marched all the way East." Eckert said in a deep voice:
"The Archduke also ordered someone to send a letter. Please take this opportunity to intercept the supply line of the Centaur army as soon as possible and create conditions to force the Centaur to fight a decisive battle with him."
"Request... Is almost an order?" Lauren shook his head and smiled with some helplessness. He didn''t think the other party would miss the opportunity to order himself:
"But thank him... 100000 Hussars attracted all the attention, forcing the Centaurs to assemble a large army, so that we can settle down in the desert."
"No, it''s not," said Eckert suddenly.
"Huh?"
"In the process of sweeping the grassland, Archduke Varna''s army didn''t find any sign of Centaur assembly, even... Even a wandering Centaur warrior didn''t notice it. They said it was like the world evaporated."
"What are you talking about?!"