call!
call!
call!
The huge bellows continuously transports oxygen into the furnace. Every time it blows, the coals will emit a dazzling bright red color, and the bursting flames will roar like a rising dragon.
The gold material placed in the furnace for baking melts quickly and turns into a clear yellow juice. No one does not love such a brilliant color, especially when you know that it is a piece of gold.
"stop!"
The bellows no longer pumped oxygen, and the temperature in the furnace began to stabilize. Wen Wen, who was wearing asbestos gloves, opened the furnace cover. Seeing the right moment, Ma Wei immediately put the iron clamp into the furnace, and the firelight illuminated his face. He resisted the almost suffocating heat wave that hit his face, clamped the tube-shaped graphite crucible, and quickly retreated.
After closing the stove lid, Laiwen quickly returned to the table and looked at Ma Wei.
"What do you think I'm doing? Hurry and prepare the mold!"
"Oh oh oh..."
Lai Wen picked up a round quartz stone mold, glanced at the golden magic circle at the bottom of the glass bottle, and activated the Siren's Tears.
The round mold began to change, and bumps appeared in the grooves, outlining thorn-like branches. After a while...
The mold, which is a 1:1 replica of the magic circle at the bottom of the bottle, is completed.
Ma Wei picked up the graphite crucible and slowly poured the thick glue-like juice into the mold. The golden slurry traveled along the path of the mold, emitting a breathtaking light like magma.
When the gold paste covered the entire mold, Ma Wei soaked it in water. With a 'chi' sound, the gold paste solidified quickly and turned into a whole piece of gold in the blink of an eye.
Knocking out a palm-sized magic circle made of gold, Lai Wen couldn't wait to pick it up. Feeling the heavy touch in his hand, he couldn't help but whistle frivolously.
Correct
"Boss, success!"
"This is just the first step. What's there to be happy about?" Ma Wei said, "Try it and see if it can start."
"Um."
Lai Wen nodded and began to input magic power. The magic circle suddenly lit up, and the lines of thorns began to twist like living creatures, greedily absorbing power. The next second...
A white cyclone formed above the magic array, and the sharply formed wind pressure began to gather the surrounding air.
The wind picked up in the room, and the dust swirled towards the cyclone. As the wind strengthened, the iron fixtures on the wall trembled slightly, colliding and making tinkling sounds.
Seeing this scene, Lai Wen was so excited that he almost screamed, but Ma Wei gradually frowned.
"What's wrong?"
The source asked in confusion: "The magic circle was successfully smelted, aren't you happy?"
"No, I am happy. The problem is..." Ma Wei hesitated: "The power is too small."
"It seems a little small..."
Lai Wen was also aware of this problem. He never stopped delivering magic power, but the power of the magic circle seemed to have reached a bottleneck. The cyclone no longer grew larger, and the iron tools hanging on the wall did not fly over.
If I have to evaluate the power...
It's almost equivalent to a 5-speed electric fan - the large one.
This is no different from the magic circle engraved on the bottom of the bottle.
Trying to rely on a palm-sized cyclone to deal with the Witch Spirit Puppet is simply a fool's errand, and is undoubtedly seeking death...
"Strange..."
Laiwen stopped the operation of the magic circle, picked up the bottle on the table, and ignored the banging inside, like a witch spirit puppet entering the washing drum, comparing the two magic circles: "There is no difference between them. See for yourself, they are almost exactly the same! Is it because our gold material is not pure enough?"
"This piece of gold was given to Master Lumen by a nobleman to make a piece of jewelry. The purity is definitely not low, but it's just not pure gold."
Ma Wei took the magic array and looked over it, but couldn't find any flaws: "It stands to reason that even if the material is not pure gold, the power should not be so different..."
If the magic array they smelted was as powerful as a 5-speed electric fan, then the magic array used to imprison the wizard puppet was a level 16 super typhoon.
It's not on the same level at all.
I tried again with the help of Yunia, but the result was still not much changed, and the power only increased by 1 level.
"The problem should be with the magic array itself." Ma Wei looked at the golden magic array in his hand, rubbed his chin, and said thoughtfully: "Assuming it is not a material problem, could it be related to the way we make it?"
"How to make it?" the letter said: "We poured gold into the mold to make it. Even if there is a problem, it should be a problem with the mold, but I made a 1:1 replica of the mold according to the magic circle on the bottom of the bottle! "
"Is it really 1:1?"
Listening to Ma Wei's question, Lai Wen was stunned for a moment, and Digu said: "Probably..."
Even he himself is a little unsure. After all, the fundamental basis of disguise magic is the user's imagination. In other words, if the user's imagination is deviated, then the actual object produced will definitely have subtle flaws.
"Let's do another test." Ma Wei said: "Don't help me this time, concentrate on studying the magic circle at the bottom of the bottle, and do your best to copy it."
"good."
A new batch of gold material is thrown into the graphite crucible and sent to the furnace again.
Mavera turned the bellows, causing the temperature in the furnace to rise rapidly. The whole forging room was like a sauna. The sultry air was about to dry people out, their breathing was stagnant, and their blood vessels were about to burst.
A few minutes later, Mawei wiped the sweat from his forehead, put on asbestos gloves, opened the furnace lid, took out the melted gold paste, and poured it into the newly made mold made by the author.
After the gold cooled down, Laiwen took out the second magic circle, looked at Ma Wei, and began to mobilize the magic power.
A dim light lit up in the magic circle, and the cyclone appeared again, sweeping away the sultry atmosphere in the room. The air converged towards Laiwen's hand. This time...
The power of the cyclone became much stronger. The iron tools on the wall flew into the air with the wind, as if attracted by magnets, pointing towards the cyclone in the hand of the author.
It’s almost as strong as an 8-speed fan.
After stopping the magic circle, Lai Wen widened his eyes in surprise and said with some disbelief: "Is it really related to the mold?"
He quickly compared the magic circle he made for the first time, but no matter how he looked, he couldn't find any difference.
Seeing this, Ma Wei narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "Geometry and mathematics..."
"What?"
"I said that the method of making the magic array probably involves geometric knowledge." Ma Wei said solemnly: "The difference is even accurate to one millimeter or one micron. There are also strict requirements for the arc. If you miss it by a hair, the difference will be thousands of miles. It cannot be distinguished with the naked eye, you need to use professional tools.”
"This is too troublesome! Just studying the magic circle is not enough, you also have to study mathematics?!"
"This is the threshold. The threshold for mortals to touch the power of gods is like an antelope crossing an insurmountable chasm. They must try their best." Ma Wei said: "If gods had ever come, then humans at that time must have realized the power of mathematics. Importance, the books "Elements", "The Complete Works of Archimedes" and "On Conics" represent the highest mathematical achievements in this land before the Renaissance. This is the geometric truth, discovered by mankind, against the gods. weapons...."
The secrets hidden in the magic circle are obviously more known than Ma Wei and the others, but time is limited and they cannot study the magic circle here all day long, and this is not the most important thing at the moment.
Compared with pursuing the core of magic, the top priority is to develop the church. Only when the goddess is powerful can the power of the magic circle be better utilized.
otherwise...
Even if you develop the magic world's 'nuclear bomb' or 'two-way foil', it turns out that you can't use it, and you can't use it. In the end, isn't it still a waste of water?
Ma Wei's purpose today is just to test the materials that can be used to make the magic circle, and to make a qualified finished product, and give it to Gina, so that she can become the second generation of "Rose Phantom Thief" and secretly preach.
"Yunia, have all the results just been recorded?"
"Write it down!"
Yunia, who was sitting on the chair, grabbed a charcoal pen and nodded confidently, with an expression on her face that said you can rest assured that I will do the work.
"Okay, send me the letter, change the silver material, and continue the test!"
..................................................
An hour later, the stove lid slammed shut, and the last pot of lead juice came out of the oven.
The silver-white lead juice flowed into the mold, and after natural cooling and solidification, a brand new magic circle was produced. The letter went through the final test, but the power was somewhat unsatisfactory.
As the final test object, the lead magic circle only formed a whirlpool that was too thin to be thinner. It could dissipate at any time, and the condensed air...
It can't even reach the power of a first-speed electric fan.
Among the 5 materials tested, gold has the best effect, ranking first, followed by silver and copper, iron can be ranked fourth, and lead is fifth.... There is really no worse material than it. , it is ranked fifth because there are only 5 kinds of materials, it is not that it is better than other materials.
"At each level, the power will be attenuated to varying degrees. If you feel it intuitively, the attenuation should be about 30%..."
Ma Wei concluded: "Gold, silver, and copper can all be used to make magic arrays, and the power is barely noticeable. Iron and lead have no effect at all, and the power is only less than one-tenth of gold...all Some precious metals..."
He was playing with a message from a golden magic circle next to him and said nonchalantly: "What's the point? Brass is not expensive, it's far behind gold!"
As he spoke, Laiwen's body suddenly disappeared and appeared in the corner of the forging room, then disappeared again and returned to its original position, like a ghost, elusive.
"Don't play around, this is for Gina."
"I know, I know, space magic, with it, Gina will definitely not be caught!"
The letter was somewhat smug. This was the result of an hour's hard work, a magic circle made of gold that could activate space magic.
This is also the guy with the Rose Phantom Thief at the bottom of the box.
Compared with disguise magic, space magic is definitely a weapon for escape. Without it, how could the letter be able to enter and exit the Duke of Wales's safe at will?
The effect of the replica space magic array is naturally not as good as that of the Heart of the Emerald Jungle. According to the results of several previous tests, the transmission range should be within 1000 meters. Once it exceeds this range, the transmission cannot be carried out.
This also determines that Gina, who holds it, cannot be as arrogant as Laiwen Berger. If someone closes the city for search, the situation will be troublesome.
From Ma Wei's point of view, space magic is not that important. The disguise (alchemy) magic in Siren's Tears is the key. He can give space magic to Gina, but he dare not use the disguise magic.
He must consider the consequences if Gina makes a mistake and is caught.
It's okay if space magic falls into the hands of the enemy, but it doesn't work with disguise magic.
Somehow, Ma Wei felt that Siren's Tears related to the core of magic. It was most likely the masterpiece of ancient alchemy. Such an important thing...
Only companions you can trust absolutely should be entrusted.
In a short period of time, Ma Wei had no idea of replicating it.
After re-smelting the useless magic circle into viscous juice, restoring the mold, and cleaning up all traces, Ma Wei put on his coat and walked out of the forging room.
The cold air outside made him shiver, and the sweat on his body disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. The bone-deep chill refreshed his spirit.
"Father, are you done?"
Haosen, who was blacksmithing, put down his hammer and stepped forward and asked, "How is it going? Are you done?"
"It's done." Ma Wei nodded and said: "We used a piece of gold, almost 7 ounces. According to the market price, I will pay you 30 gold pounds, plus 5 shillings for rent, a total of 30 pounds. Another five shillings.”
A gold pound coupon with a face value of 50 was handed to Haosen, and Ma Wei said calmly: "Change."
"..."
When looking for change at the counter, Hao Sen always felt that something was not right. It was not that Ma Wei was fooling him, but...
It felt like Ma Wei had already planned to spend a portion of gold materials and give him a gold pound coupon...
Is the change here?
While Haosen was looking for change, Ma Wei took the smelting results recorded by Yunia and planned to look through them to see if there was anything missing, but...
On the record sheet, macarons, chocolate cookies, cream cakes and...honey candies are drawn.
All are snacks.
Ma Wei raised his eyebrows, looked at the triumphant Yunia, and asked: "What is this? Where is the thing I asked you to record?"
"It's all here!"
Yunia held her father's arm, pointed at the macarons with her little finger and said: "This is gold, the chocolate chip cookies are silver, and the cream cake is brass... I use snacks to represent them, so that no one else can but me." Understand! The secret will never be revealed!"
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, Ma Wei held his forehead and sighed: "The question is, if I can't even understand it, is there any point in recording this..."
Yunia tilted her head and blinked: "It doesn't matter, I can teach my father the words I created. In this way, we are the only ones in the world who can understand this record!"
