Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1039

Of course, Xia Duo didn't want to dismantle this statue to make a physical code of materials. In fact, he doubted that this statue of Sarukh witch was simply petrified from a living Sarukh.

After all, ordinary statues are only similar in appearance, but this kind of statue is not only lifelike and imposing on the outside, but also has countless complex structures inside.

Such as muscle texture, tissue organs, bone blood vessels, etc., although they are the same black stone similar to obsidian, people can easily distinguish the difference.

If it's just a statue, is it necessary to make it so complicated?

As long as the appearance is in place and the magic effects that should be possessed are available, what the interior looks like does not matter at all.

With Xia Duo's current level of magic, it is not difficult to see that its internal fine structure is not set up to achieve a specific magical effect. In his opinion, these internal structures are very redundant.

Therefore, it is not difficult to think that these statues are likely to be petrified from living Sarukh witches. Only in this way can the fine structures inside the statues be realized relatively easily without additional measures.

Although Xia Duo is not going to dismantle this statue to make code materials, but the petrification magic on the statue is the main goal he needs to learn from this time.

At present, Netheril's mainstream transmutation petrification spells can only perform some superficial transformations in the field of earth elements, such as transforming loose soil into solid stones.

Even the transformation of metal into stone is very rare, let alone the transformation of flesh and blood into stone. Xia Duo has only seen descriptions of petrification magic from the travel notes of some great mages.

Of course, since there are real cases (such as basilisks), there must be related spells.

It's just that these spells that involve the essence of the [element-substance] relationship are not so easy for Xia Duo to obtain.

Even the Tower of Time only has part of the [mud-stone] transformation spell data, and there are no more in-depth ones.

However, he found a petrification magic that goes deeper into the field of earth elements from the statue of the Sarukh witch. This magic can transform human flesh and blood, even close-fitting leather armor and short blades, into stone.

This point has been personally verified by Jabas and his adopted son Polk who discovered the ruins of the ancient Sarukh witch-boa in the territory.

In addition, the petrification magic on the statue of the Sa Luke witch has a high efficiency that ordinary petrification spells do not have!
Ordinary petrification spells, such as [Turn Mud into Stone], can transform ordinary soil into stone, but this transformation is not complete.

Not only will there be obvious remnants of magical aura, but the process can even be easily reversed by suppressing the magic net, turning the stone into soil again.

If you want to completely transform, basically you can only rely on time to pass slowly. This process will take about one or two years!

Just imagine, if Xia Duo uses such spells to make a Codex pillar or stele, if someone casts a spell from the side and interferes with the stability of the petrification magic, causing the Codex to collapse, that would be too funny.

The efficiency of the petrification magic on the statue of the Sarukh shaman is reflected here. It only takes a week at most to completely transform it into a real stone.

If Jabas and Polk were not rescued in time and dragged on for more than ten days, they would never be able to change back. Even if some flesh-and-blood spells were found to restore them in the future, those body tissues would not be the same as before. version up.

Of course, it is more likely that they will not be able to last more than ten days at all, and the connection between the petrified part and the fleshy part is transmitting severe pain all the time, and maybe they will die of pain after only three or five days.

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After re-examining the obsidian-like stone properties of the Sarukh Wuzhi statue, it was confirmed that it was the same as in memory, and then Xia Duo went to some samples for the test of permanence.

What the Ain Stone brought to Xia Duo was definitely not three pieces of magic equipment and three relatively rare transformation spells. It was as simple as that, and there were all kinds of ingenuity behind the production method.

In the past, Xia Duo always believed that magic items produced through constant magic were easily disturbed by the outside world, and even their service life would be greatly reduced.

But now, he doesn't think so, especially after [Projection Plane Birth of Comanthor].

Many magic items on the elves side are in pursuit of so-called artistry, so it is difficult to adapt to the shape of Mithril components in shape, so many magic items are made in a way of constant magic.

Of course, in elf culture, this is also a form of art, even a higher form. After all, magic and even high art.

Doesn't the more difficult it is, the more it shows the superb artistic attainments!
Compared with mithril component-type magic items, although the production threshold of magic constant type magic items is higher, the performance stability of truly high-end products is not inferior to that of mithril component types.

There are many such magic items in the high mage lore in [Sword of Ruler], and in Netheril, the Ion Stone is an outstanding example of magic constant magic items.

The physical Great Xia Law Code, Xia Duo intends to keep it in the territory for a long time, and at the same time requires it to be a magic item, so choosing an easy-to-maintain magic constant type is almost a must.

If you choose the mithril component type, due to the existence of element transmutation, the mithril component will definitely deteriorate after a long time. Once it deteriorates to a certain extent and affects the flow of elemental energy in the magic circuit, then this magic item will be broken .

And because Mithril components often need to be packaged, maintenance is almost no less than making a new one.

If you choose the magic constant type, it will be much simpler. Although the threshold for production and maintenance is high, the high threshold does not mean that the process is complicated and time-consuming.

Because the magic is constant, it only needs to cast spells, and no additional consumables or equipment are required.

For Xia Duo, it is more troublesome.

As for the permanent magic technology developed by Tilak, although Xia Duo attaches great importance to it, strictly speaking, he only pays attention to the cost reduction brought by this technology, and he doesn't pay much attention to the technology itself.

Basically, this is a reduced version production plan that takes into account the two characteristics of Mithril component type and magic constant type. Apart from lower cost, it has almost no other advantages.

Of course, in many cases, the best product is not necessarily the best-selling product, nor is it necessarily the most profitable product.

However, the physical Great Xia Law Code standing in the territory is not a commodity that can be sold, but a symbol of the law of the territory and a symbol of the authority of the lord. Naturally, it must be the best possible.

To this end, Xia Duo is willing to make more attempts.

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(End of this chapter)