"Scholar Yerkes, I'll go to the councillor to make a statement about today's events."
After the middle-aged magician said this, he left with a pale face and a rage.If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I'm afraid I wouldn't have believed that a second-level high-level magician could be so angry that a magician who had just been promoted to the ninth level and had not yet turned turned pale with anger, and in the end he could only say with hatred: Please judge such cruel words as Lord Governor.For such cruel words, the Yerkes scholar was completely unmoved, and even unceremoniously said two words to the middle-aged earth magician: "Please!"
”There was no room for me to interject the whole time.And so, on my first day in the Tower of Pride Magic Academy, there was such a rival whom I had never met but who had already hated me to the core, and I didn't even know his name.The reason was that it was because I had just arrived that the Yerkes scholar unceremoniously kicked the assistant out of the laboratory, as if the assistant's departure was making way for me.The simple argument between the Yerkes scholar and the second-turn high-level magician lasted only a few words, and then I watched as the middle-aged magician walked down the stone steps with a calm face, and his figure disappeared into the corridor.Yerkis was in a worse mood, he stood on the terrace outside the small attic on the second floor and was silent for a long time, the two young magicians moved all the Mithril talismans into the attic laboratory, turned to the Yerkes scholar and bowed cautiously, and then left quietly in this dreary atmosphere.Before leaving, they couldn't help but sneak a glance at Helena, but obviously they pretended to be very reserved, as a magician nobleman, they still had their own little pride, but unfortunately, until the end, they didn't catch Helena's positive look, and finally worried that the Yerkes scholar would be mad again, so they had to leave stupidly.When I walked into the laboratory in the small attic, I found that this laboratory was not too big, it seemed to be less than 100 square meters, and there was a row of standard shelves near the door.At the bottom of the shelves are stacked various types of rune metal plates, these rune metal plates are placed separately by category, there is a stack of rune metal plates plated with a shallow layer of magic red copper, this kind of magic red copper plate-plated rune metal plate is available on the market, and it is very cheap, and the production process is also very mature.Ma and I own one such blacksmith shop in El City that can process the metal plates of the Magic Copper Rune.In addition, there are some rune metal plates plated with a layer of magic mythril, which are relatively expensive to cost, and the processing process is a little more complicated.The middle layer of the shelves houses some auxiliary materials and some gadgets, while the upper level of the shelves is lined with rows of magic ink.Walking into the room, there was a test bench near a window, the test bench was very neatly tied, the row of magic carving pens on the pen stand exuded a faint magical atmosphere, and on the test bench there was a metal shelf, on which a piece of magic parchment was spread, which looked like a diagram of the structure of a magic pattern circle.On the test bench table is laid with an unfinished Mithril rune metal plate, the magic pattern circle on it is obviously only half drawn, I took a few random glances, the lines of the various charms on it are still very beautiful, but probably the painter in order to pursue a little bit of beauty, just ignore the fit between the magic runes, in my opinion, this half of the magic pattern circle has a big flaw, it seems that the painter painted here, can no longer draw.On the other side of the wall opposite the test bench, there was a row of brown bookshelves made of walnut with very quaint workmanship, and they were filled with all kinds of magic books, which I had almost flipped through in the magic laboratory of the War College in El City, and it was obvious that in the past three years, Yerkes' collection of books had not increased much, at best it was only a few simple books, just on the edge of the shelves, and now in terms of the importance of Yerkes scholars, those few magic books were dispensable.There was a writing desk under the bookshelf with some magic parchment on it, and some magic talisman samples scattered on it, for Yerkes, who had no talent for drawing, it was very difficult to draw magic talismans on magic parchment, so he had always used some auxiliary tools that could help him draw what he wanted on the parchment, which could only be seen in the Yerkes scholar's laboratory, because he was the only one who needed them.Many people who have met a scholar of Yerkis for the first time usually can't believe that there is no reason for a person like him, who can't even draw a complete magic rune, to be able to design some special magic pattern arrays!
By the windowsill, I saw a familiar figure, the magic puppet with rudimentary intelligence sitting on the windowsill in a daze, two red sapphire-polished eyes looking out the window at the vaulted sky dome of the four-story tower of arrogance, on which were painted some star maps, each of which was replaced by a moonstone, embedded in the ceiling of the canopy, glowing with a misty glow.This magic puppet who was born in the magic laboratory of the War College of El City, in addition to the body and head, has been transformed beyond recognition, Yerkis has installed a total of eight arms for different purposes, each arm is equipped with a variety of daily tools, such as a sweep, rag, pliers, teapot, knife, scissors, etc., this strange shape makes me think of Edward Scissorhands at first sight, it seems that this magic puppet has also become a thinking machine.Helena quietly followed me, looking curiously at the laboratory, wearing a creamy white leather skirt and exuding the air of an aristocratic lady.Yerkes invited me to sit down at his desk, and then asked one of the magic puppets to bring us a pot of tea, and seeing its clumsy appearance, Helena couldn't help but run up and take over the work of the magic puppet and make us a pot of milk tea.The magic golem clumsily followed Helena, always trying to snatch the teapot back from Helena's hand, and its clumsy appearance made Helena giggle.I saw how clean and tidy the whole laboratory was, probably because of this magic puppet.The Yerkes scholar sat across from me and started talking to me about some of his recent thoughts on magic runes.He picked up a magic pen on his desk, took all the charms on the parchment, and put them back together according to his understanding of the magic pattern.He said he wanted to rearrange the symbols so that he could get first-hand data.When there are subtle differences in the arrangement of the runes, there will be some subtle effects on the magic pattern array, Yerkis scholars believe that most of these effects should be negative, and the slight change in the position of the magic rune arrangement directly leads to the magic pattern of the magic pattern is finally a little out of shape and distorted, even if such a magic pattern circle can operate successfully, it will also be affected by some debuffs in terms of efficacy.However, if this is a slight change, the magic pattern circle can cause some unconventional changes, and the distorted magic pattern circle will gain a buff effect when it is running, and this practice will become a simple optimization of the arrangement of the symbols on some magic pattern circles.That's right, the Yerkes scholar just wants to optimize some simple magic patterns in the process of continuous experimentation and failure, and then find their commonalities from these optimized exceptions, so that they may be able to improve the most original magic runes.This seems easy to say, but it is very difficult to sit up, because this kind of repeated experiments is very boring, and the price it takes to optimize a magic pattern circle is hard, maybe it takes thousands of magic pattern circles to be able to find a magic circle with some buffs, and the Yerkes scholar still wants to successfully optimize a few magic pattern circles, so that he can find their commonality in these magic runes.With this almost crazy assumption, it's no wonder that almost everyone is not optimistic about his subject."
No one knows better than me how hard and difficult this path of magical exploration is!"
He sighed.The Yerkes scholar rubbed the handle of the teacup lightly with both hands, and his eyes fell on the magical parchment on the table, on which was painted a magic pattern, but the magic pattern circle in Yarkes' pen did not have any magic fluctuations.I am also deeply touched by the paranoia and willfulness of Yerkis scholars, but I think this is a common problem of many genius scholars."
I think this idea is worth trying, but we can also improve these magic patterns in other ways, such as changing the ratio of magic ink herbs to make the ink more functional."
I thought about it for a moment, decided to support the idea of the Yerkes scholar, and then added."
Of course I've thought about this, but it's not easy to find this kind of magic apothecary who dares to try new recipes, those old guys hiding behind test tubes and beaker shelves are stubborn, in their eyes, any magic potion recipe is their precious treasure, and no one else can question it."
A deep wrinkle appeared on the forehead of the scholar Yerkes, and he continued: "Three years ago, I read in a magical newspaper a treatise on the utility of the juice of the tranquilizing flowers, and it was a very creative chapter, but unfortunately I have not been able to find the author of the treatise, the person who can write the scholarly views of these new fields, and I don't know where it is sacred, but I don't think it can be the old pedant lying on the coffin board. ”On the magic parchment on my desk is a magic pattern circle with a picture of the Wind Grace skill, which is the agility buff magic skill of the wind system, which is the least good at it.Scholar Yerkes guessed my concerns, patted the back of my hand, his fingers slender and dry, and comforted me, "I'm going to redesign some of the magic circles about the water system, and at first we should start with the simplest magic skills, and you should be most familiar with the ice shield!"
”As we chatted, Yerkis seemed to remember something, and then asked me, "When we met yesterday, you mentioned the dismantling of some ice magic skills?"
”When he discussed the academic issues of magic, his eyes would become very bright, and the whole person would be intoxicated, and the Yerkes scholar's fondness for the magic pattern circle had reached the point of obsession.Helena and the magic golem sat bored by the window, quietly looking at the scenery outside the Academy, from which the whole Academy looked like a gorgeous castle, except that the complex was a little lower.I once again gave a detailed introduction to my understanding of the magic of the Ice Wall Technique, about this magic skill, I can disassemble it into three independent and simple magic pattern circles, gather water and shape the ice in these three steps, and then I made a demonstration in front of the Yerkes Scholar, and then said my idea, I think with the Yerkis Scholars' understanding of the magic pattern circle, through this simple magic skill, I can develop a combined magic pattern construction.The biggest feature of this magic pattern structure is that it can instantly erect an ice wall in front of the owner, this huge ice wall can intercept the opponent's escape, and can resist the opponent's attack, which is a very practical skill, but this magic skill wants to be drawn on the magic equipment, and the user needs to have a strong mental power and carrying capacity, so this kind of magic pattern construction that can release an ice wall is difficult to be accepted by the consumer group because it requires high wearing conditions.Because of this, I found another way, thinking of using a combination of construction, to reduce the bearing capacity on this magic equipment, my idea is that the Yerkis scholar designed such a breastplate, this cuirass is divided into three parts, on these three different parts, draw three different but somewhat related magic pattern arrays, so that the bearing capacity on each armor is not so high, I named this armor: "Ice Sealed Armor" was originally in the magic laboratory of the El City War College, The Yerkes scholar and I succeeded in making a combined magic pattern structure on the body of Rock Gaolun, which was originally made because it was too huge.But now I'm making this combined Demonic Fabric, the purpose of which is to reduce the carrying capacity of the knights, and by reducing the demand, the warriors who were before the turn can also wear the Demonic Fabric.Obviously, the feasibility of my idea is very large, and Yerkis has been a little tempted by what I said, and then I began to skillfully draw the three magic pattern circles of water gathering and ice condensation on the magic parchment, and took the trouble to draw the magic pattern circle of the entire ice wall on the parchment, and then I talked to Yerkes about the magic spell of the ice wall technique.Jerkis had become completely obsessed with the four ice magic skills, and he began to search for the interconnectedness of them.The whole afternoon passed like this, and when Helena and I got up to say goodbye, the Yerkes scholar was still so engrossed in verifying the relationship between the four magical skills that he didn't have time to pay attention to us, but simply waved his hand at me and said lightly, "Go out the way you came by yourself, I won't send you off." ”Then he suddenly remembered something, looked up suddenly, reached out and groped for a round badge in the drawer under the desk, and threw it directly.I quickly reached out and caught it.Yerkis continued to bury his head in his desk, studying the ice talismans as he said, "Come early tomorrow afternoon, we should be able to try to make the first version of the Combined Magic Pattern Structure, this magic pattern circle is suitable for carving on the breastplate."