Chapter 139 - Proper Path (1/2)

After the discussion of the Honeycomb Magic Web and also the promise of ‘rewards’, Gawain didn’t ask Rebecca and Jenni to leave. Instead, he took out some of the blueprints he had drawn recently. Using his own understanding, he had made a summary and calculations for the ‘logic of runes’.

Rebecca’s attention had been drawn to Gawain’s blueprints while Jenni immediately noticed Gawain’s calculations. The latter was astonished as she widened her eyes and asked, “Are these all done by you?”

“When I had nothing to do during my spare time, I would study the information that you provided to me and attempt to form my own rune arrangement.” Gawain laughed and nodded before saying, “In terms of magic theory, I am still at the fundamental level.”

“This… this isn’t a problem about the fundamentals.” Jenni looked at Gawain’s conclusion with disbelief and said, “These calculation methods and… the writing habits. Have you already had access to these things previously?”

“During the Gondor Empire period, there were plenty of contributions in terms of mathematical sciences. Of course, the logic of runes had yet to be developed,” Gawain casually elaborated, while only he knew about the actual situation. He might not have had any contact with rune logic previously, but the mathematical ideology of his previous life was still around. Even if the formulas were different, the logic and method of calculation would still be applicable. As of now, the rune logic formulas that Jenni came up with were rather simple. As such, it wasn’t difficult for Gawain to make calculations with these formulas by using his experience.

When Gawain noticed that Jenni still wanted to ask questions, he quickly changed the topic to the next phase. “Let’s take a look at these things first.”

“Is this the ‘second-generation Magic Powered Engine’ that you mentioned previously? Something called the rotor-type engine…” Rebecca flipped through the blueprints and said, “I have never seen this before… This magic circle seems to be of the fire element?”

“It is the Scorching Ray magic circle. Grade-two magic that could release a focused heat ray from the magic circle,” Gawain explained. “This is merely low-grade magic and is even one grade lower than Large Fireball… You have never seen it before?”

“I have never seen it before.” Rebecca shook her head and said, “Back then, Aunt Heidi had taught me the Scorching Ray’s spell mold. She felt that the spell was similar to Fireball and thought I might be able to learn it. As a result, my head hurt when I learned this magic and had a mental trauma. Afterward, whenever I tried to learn how to turn this spell mold into a magic circle, I would always fall asleep during the lecture…”

Gawain was dumbstruck as he looked at his great-granddaughter who spoke about her dark history in a straightforward matter.

This so-called Scorching Ray wasn’t a profound spell. In Gawain’s opinion, the ability to shoot out a Scorching Ray had a truly eye-catching effect, but it was actually a grade-two magic and was just one grade superior to the grade-one Small Fireball. Rebecca had used her tenacious spirit to forcefully learn the Large Fireball and became a ‘grade-three mage’. Logically, Scorching Ray shouldn’t be a problem for her. However, in a world filled with people of extraordinary talents, the so-called spellcasting talent was determined by the heavens. For a mage who relied on individual capability to cast spells, even if there was a natural law in spellcasting, no matter how hard a person worked, it would be useless.

Overworking would only cause pain in their heads.

To just give an extra note. Rebecca might only know the ‘Fireball’ spell, but she could actually say that she knew two spells. If she used less magic, it would be the Small Fireball spell, and if she used more magic, it would be the Large Fireball spell. One spell was grade one and the other spell was grade three. The spell mold was almost the same, but the latter would require more magic and greater focus to control. Rebecca was innately able to record only one spell mold, and that spell mold just happened to be Fireball. As such, there wasn’t a problem if she said she knew two spells…

Gawain had a feeling if this young lady continued on her proper talent, she would probably create a nuclear fusion…

“Lord Ancestor, why are you looking at me like that?” Rebecca had finished reading the blueprints and lifted her head up to ask curiously, “Could it be that you are preparing to create this rotor-type Magic Powered Engine?”

“When creating complex magic-powered machines or high-grade magical tools, our great problem is ‘interference’.” Gawain talked about the things he had been considering recently, “When the magic circles are in operation, the energy flow in between the runes would produce interference. Two neighboring magic circles would also have interference. High-grade magical tools had complicated magic circles and many runes, causing greater interference. This is also the main problem why there are rarely any finished magical tools, and they are mostly very expensive. Since a long time ago, traditional mages haven’t been able to resolve this problem. This is also the most important reason why extraordinary items aren’t generalized.”

Jenni looked at the calculation formulas written by Gawain and had a sudden enlightenment before she revealed a pensive expression.

Gawain continued to talk, “We have already discussed the rotor-type engine previously. Its only problem is interference, and there are too many Repulsion magic circles. They are arranged symmetrically. Therefore, interference is inevitable. There isn’t a choice but to give up for now. But this heat-ray magic circle…”

“The heat-ray magic circles wouldn’t have any interference problems, right?” Rebecca wasn’t really sure as she said, “I might not know how to cast the spell, but I know that such magic circles are already very common. Many mages like to set up such traps in their mage towers. The firepower is good, and it wouldn’t blow up the surrounding things, unlike Fireball. It could also accurately eliminate intruders…”

Gawain waved his hand and said, “That’s right. Heat-ray magic circles are already in use, but that is with traditional mages carving them on expensive magic-guiding bases to ‘solve’ the interference problem. But I plan to draw it on the very-cheap copper base. The runes’ materials will be the even-cheaper quartz sand and blood-tree resin. Therefore, there is the problem of interference again.”