Chapter 153 - Combat Field Pack and Modularity (1/2)
Amber was an undomesticated half-elf for many years. She shunned the light and was fond of darkness. She had the habit to steal, was omnivorous, and had a great appetite. She loved to mess around, and when she messed around to a certain degree, she would lose her common sense and wind up being chased by someone afterward.
Just like now.
When the words ‘old dumpling’ was said, Gawain didn’t really react, but Heidi did. The Cecil territory’s chief supervisor glared and swung her magic staff while concentrated killing aura was emitted.
Amber had shivered and immediately reacted. When she saw Heidi, she started to talk back, “Who are you trying to intimidate? If you are capable, then try hitting my face with an Ice Arrow…”
Immediately after, Heidi’s staff made one round and sent Amber flying by seven or eight meters…
Who said that a Mage could only use Ice Arrows and Large Fireballs? Which of the Cecil Clan’s Mages didn’t know how to use the 36 Styles of ‘Rest in Peace’ Staff? Amber still didn’t have much experience on going against the members of the Cecil Clan. If she knew that Heidi and Rebecca’s staffs had fullers, she wouldn’t have dared to jump into a fight like this…
“You insulted my spells and also insulted my clan’s ancestor!” Heidi was truly angry this time and had wielded her staff vigorously. Since her elder brother passed away, as a senior, she didn’t have a choice but to help the unorthodox Rebecca handle the clan’s businesses. She rarely had the chance to exhibit her skills like this, but all of the Cecil Clan’s members knew that when the elegant Madam Heidi was angry, she could use her staff as a war hammer. “Don’t think that I can’t do anything just because my magic cannot hit you. Look at how I…”
Amber was yelling while getting chased, but it was fortunate that Gawain had already reacted and quickly ran over to stop the farce. “Stop, stop, stop. Calm down, calm down. Heidi, you should know that this fellow’s mouth doesn’t have a lid. Amber, you are truly something. When you are about to get a beating, you should remember to first take off the heat-ray gun. It is a prototype that we have painstakingly created. What if it was damaged?”
Amber: “…”
Heidi glared at Amber before lowering her head to Gawain. “Ancestor, you should really teach this fellow some manners. She is very disrespectful to you.”
“Sigh, I shouldn’t have taught you people the words ‘old dumpling[1]’.” Gawain sighed before turning to look at the vambrace on Amber’s arm and asked, “We should take a look at this thing first. Why did it suddenly stop functioning?”
Amber fiddled with the heat-ray gun and aimed at the target before pulling the trigger again. This time, a scorching ray of light shot out from the vambrace and hit the target.
Amber frowned and said, “It seems like it’s working again?”
Subsequently, she shot a few more times. The heat-ray gun malfunctioned again after three shots.
“I roughly understand what is going on.” Gawain nodded before beckoning and calling out to the giant silver emoji who was floating by the side. “Nicholas Egg, can you help to remove this part of the outer shell?”
The reason was quickly identified.
The magic capacitor wasn’t able to charge faster than the consumption of the consecutive shots, and all the magic within the magic storage crystals were exhausted.
The ‘magic capacitor’ that Gawain designed was essentially charging constantly and automatically. It was an energy device with a slow and steady charging speed. The charging speed was constant and so was the capacity. Originally it was to allow the low-consumption Honeycomb Magic Web unit to temporarily store magic within the crystals; it could then supply magic to high-consumption magic circles. However, if these high-consumption magic circles had to be constantly operated, the energy consumption would definitely exceed the charging speed of the crystals.
When the heat-ray gun executed consecutive shots, the magic capacitor would definitely be exhausted, and the user would have to wait for the magic to be charged up before using it again.
“So this is the reason.” After seeing the magic storage crystals on the magic capacitor that were already grayish, Heidi nodded and said, “It is understandable as regular magical tools are also like this. There is a limit for consecutive releases of magic, and once the magic is exhausted, it would need to be replenished. It seems like it is the same for the heat-ray gun.”
“This is definitely not acceptable!” Gawain shook his head sternly.
Rebecca had a blank expression as she asked, “Why is it not acceptable? Aren’t all magical tools like this?”
“Those are traditional magical tools, like rings that can only release six Fireballs in a day, or talismans that can only activate shields for three times a day. I want to say that those flaws have to be eliminated.” Gawain shook his head and said, “On the battlefield, the person whose weapon is damaged first shall die first. It is the same for the magic storage for the heat-ray gun. Therefore, we need to think of a method for them to have a longer combat period.”
Sir Byron who rushed over to take a look had also nodded and agreed. “On the battlefield, the enemies aren’t going to wait a few hours for you to allow your magic capacitor to slowly recharge.”
“We have found the first thing to improve.” Gawain’s train of thought was opened up, and he had found his familiar rhythm again. He looked at Heidi, Rebecca, and also Jenni who stood behind the duo and said, “Do you know the greatest difference between this brand new ‘magic equipment’ and traditional magical tools?”
Jenni: “The low cost?”