Seemingly sensing Xia Duo's doubts, Jay quickly explained: "The things I study basically only involve apprentice-level spells. Even if there is an accident, I can handle it properly.
“And the internal laboratories at Spire No. 1 have not all been completed, so I felt a little sorry for others by occupying one in advance.
“The last thing is, I hope to stay with my family more. If I’m at Spire No. 1, I have to go through the portal at least once if I want to come back.
"After actually studying magic creations, I know how expensive it is to use magic facilities. I'm a little reluctant to waste so many resources just to go back home."
The reason is very good, but in the end it is still a matter of resources. The Tower of Time is indeed not at the point where it can squander resources at will, but it seems a bit unkind to let Jay stay in Spire No. 1.
Moreover, magic is being used by civilians. How can we get feedback from ordinary people without contacting ordinary people!
There is actually a hidden message in Jay's words, that is, he is using his family to test magic items that ordinary people can easily use.
Regarding Jay's choice, Xia Duo didn't know what to say for a while. It was all Jay's own choice, but Xia Duo still wanted to do something.
“Let’s take a look at the samples first!”
"Um."
Jay responded, then rummaged around on the simple experimental table, and finally dug out a circular metal ring from a pile of debris. It was about the size of a bowl, with obvious notches on the surface, and some filling inside. A mithril thread slightly thinner than a wheat straw.
Xia Duo recognized it at a glance. Those mithril wires should be mithril waste from the production process of the Tower of Time Magic Technology Department. They were re-smelted into thicker mithril wires so that they still retain a considerable degree of energy conduction properties.
The metal ring was just ordinary iron, and there were even some burnt rust on the surface. As for those scratches, Xia Duo also found the source. It was a fine gold knife placed on the tool rack of the experimental bench.
Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but sigh, good guy, this is really a simple experiment!
"Is it just this iron ring?"
Xia Duo could tell that the mithril patterns on the surface of the iron ring were related to guiding the fire element, but that was all. It didn't even have magical aura. It was simply a fantasy to want ordinary people to use it based on this alone.
"It's this iron ring, but it's not complete yet. I have put away the real core components."
With that said, Jay carefully took out the dimensional bag specially issued to him by Sha Duo from his arms, and took out a metal disc that looked much more delicate.
Well, it's an iron disc with a rice-sized ruby inlaid in the middle. On the outside is a notch similar to an iron ring with mithril wire embedded inside.
Seeing this, an idea suddenly flashed in Xia Duo's mind, and he shouted, "That's it!"
Speaking of which, he has long been exposed to the threshold of civilian magic items. Under the Nese magic system, this seems to be a very unsolvable problem, but in fact, as long as you want to understand the essence of magic and use a little trick, it will not be possible. It is difficult to achieve, and it can even be said that it is too simple!
…
To put it simply, the essence of the Nese magic system is that the caster forcibly controls the strings of the magic network. Under this system, the magic items also fully interpret the characteristics of the relevant spells themselves.
The user needs to control the leyline strings linked to magic items in a manner similar to controlling spells.
The threshold for ordinary people to use magic items is here. If you can control the string of the magic net, you are no longer an ordinary person and can be counted as a spell caster!
In the past, the use of magic scrolls in training for territorial soldiers was similar to this. However, magic scrolls are essentially temporary storage of existing spells, which are equivalent to completed spells. They have a relatively unified triggering method, unlike normal magic items, which have many complexities. mode of operation.
Generally speaking, even ordinary people who are trained in the use of magic items find it difficult to use the full functions of magic items.
But Jay's idea is very simple. If the operation is complicated, then simplify the operation. He even simplifies the function of the magic item itself.
Going a step further, if ordinary people can't control the strings of the Magic Network, then they might as well abandon the energy circulation system of the Magic Network and become their own thing!
Because of the existence of the Magic Network, unless they are arcanists, most spellcasters are accustomed to obtaining energy from the Magic Network, which saves money and is more convenient!
When making magic items, this principle is implemented to the extreme. Basically, every magic item does not have its own energy.
This is true even for mithril component magic items. At most, you can get some five-color gems as the energy buffer core, but this is only used to buffer the energy of the magic network, rather than being quickly consumed as the energy of the magic item itself.
Although the spell book that Sha Duo made before also adopted this design, after all, his pocket was not rich at that time, but he still retained the design of consuming arcane crystals to continuously activate spells.
Now that [Mythra] has been born, and even in the future, arcane crystals may be cheaper than water, and magic items with their own energy are not impossible to consider.
In other words, in a magical society where Mythra exists, ordinary people will eventually reach the point of using magic items.
Shado is just a little ahead of schedule now, and these magic items are not the kind of temporary magic items that are passively activated in the arcane field, but real magic items that can be taken out of the range of influence of [Mythra].
The difference between the two is quite big.
…
"Jay, show me!"
Although Shado had already anticipated how the two simple-looking iron pieces from Jay would perform, he still wanted Jay, the creator, to demonstrate it himself.
In fact, Jay had been looking forward to this moment for a long time. At this moment, after hearing Xia Duo's instructions, without any unnecessary movement, Jay directly placed the iron disc in his hand in the middle of the iron ring on the experimental table.
It's not a perfect fit, but it doesn't affect its function.
When Jay gently moved the outer iron ring to rotate and move it to a specific angle corresponding to the iron disc, a free fire element instantly appeared above the disc.
Although there was a steady stream of fire elements being guided from the elemental plane in the future, because the total amount was too small and the dissipation speed was not slow, there was no obvious temperature rise, only causing the air above the iron plate to become slightly warmer. disturbance.
But this is enough to explain the problem. The smallness of fire is just a matter of the quantity of fire element. Whether it is present or not is the essence of the problem.
After maintaining the void heating of the fire element for a period of time, Jay once again wavered the iron ring on the periphery of the iron plate. In an instant, the fire element lost its source, and its little volume quickly dissipated.
Then he introduced: "I call the middle one the starter. In essence, it is also an independent magic item, and it is in a similar constant state. It has only one function, which is to stimulate the mithril circuit in the outer iron circle."
"Yes, I noticed." Xia Duo nodded.
This actually has the meaning of an arcane field. He thinks that it may be used as a standard component of the [Mythra] device, or that the temporary magic items in the arcane field can be activated by adding a starter. Can be used normally outside.
(End of chapter)
