Mage? Spell Engineer!

Rorschach took out his luggage, including the storage ring.

First there was the Pearl of Balaam, which was somewhat overactive after the orgy in the Shadowlands and seemed to Rorschach to be a hidden danger.

"If I am promoted to Archmage, suppressing it should be easy."

Next came a bottle of slimy, murky liquid. It was a "living water body" sample collected from the semi-submersible area. Rorschach never forgot to feed it. When the conditions in Shadow City were not good, he fed it frog blood. Now he fed it sugar and Fonda soda.

Since it was not in the running water, the contents of the bottle continued to mix and became as turbid as it is now.

Rorschach used [Mage's Hand] to carefully separate out a little bit, and threw it directly into a newly opened bottle of soda, and all the bubbles inside were immediately released.

He made up his mind and wrote to Master Humboldt in the Forest Tower:

".

I discovered a very interesting underground microorganism somewhere in Istani. It can absorb magic and control a small amount of liquid, and can gather into a group and acquire instincts and mobility close to animals.

"Although the creature's habitat has unfortunately been destroyed, I have obtained samples, which I believe will be of great interest to my colleagues at Forest Tower.

"Note: It can decompose blood and flesh and ingest sugar. It has certain dangers."

Rorschach gave some samples to the Tower of Forest. On the one hand, he was specialized in the art, and on the other hand, he asked for help from the two great mages of the Tower of Forest:

"By the way, I have something to ask you:

I have a friend." He wrote down his current situation in the letter, omitting content that was not convenient for him to share, hoping to find a solution.

Rorschach felt that as long as he got rid of the burden of a huge amount of memory and soul impurities, he would not be far from being promoted. The soul that does not belong to you and that the wise man used magic to construct has now become an impurity, hindering his ability to integrate and grow, and has also become a burden that requires energy to be suppressed.

Even if you want to digest the "gift" of the ancient mage, you must first separate it and figure it out slowly.

Soul-related matters have always been taboo. Maybe we can find a solution if we seek help from the Tower of Secrets? Rorschach has already written a letter to the Tower of the Forest, and now he is hesitant to find more ways.

But the relationship between the Tower of Secrets and him could not be said to be good. Master Elizabeth, who had a close attitude, left the Tower of Secrets. Rorschach even worried that he would be arrested for research.

"That Master Feuerbach doesn't look normal at first glance," Rorschach muttered and gave up writing to the Mystic Tower.

Since Istany's return, he no longer has the naive trust in the magic guilds and magic towers he used to have in the past, and has become more cautious in his interactions.

Master Kano and even the entire Tower of Stars are not good at related magic, so asking is in vain. The core idea of ​​Rorschach's letter to Kano is: "Everything goes well on the journey, I am fine. I am going to start building a mage in Bain." Tower, I hope my adoptive father will provide money and support."

The last trophy is also the most important - the super analytical machine drawings.

They were packed in boxes one by one, shrunk by "Rorschach in his prime" using the magic of the ancient mage. Now Rorschach's panel has lit up [Sealing and Reduction Technique], precisely because it operates on the space where the reduced object is located, and it also has a stagnation effect.

When all the drawings and data were "unzipped", they not only filled the living room, but even released a faint, seaside smell.

"It's actually called the 'Truth Machine'. The designer is so brazen." Rorschach now has time to take a closer look. The entire machine is as big as a building and has more than 100,000 parts.

"I still want to build a computer for myself, excuse me." Rorschach felt that he was thinking too much and gave up decisively. If we really want to manufacture it, I am afraid that the steel and brass production capacity of the Byrne Kingdom will be exhausted.

"Contact the agency to see if you can sell it at a good price?" Just when Rorschach was about to take action, he noticed a box that was different.

Although it was also a crate, when he opened it, he found that the wooden board was just a layer of disguise, and there was another layer inside, but it was made of alloy steel.

The reason why he judged it to be an alloy was that Rorschach saw that it was a silver-black bare steel color, but it had an affinity for magic. The alloys that can be used to create alchemical items are actually only packed into boxes.

OK, I finally got the treasure chest! Rorschach's curiosity was successfully aroused. When he removed all the wooden boards, the [Secret Lock] suddenly appeared.

Eat my decomposition technique! Rorschach, who was about to violently break the car, stopped the car in time. He realized that if the [Secret Lock] was only for the protection of the box, there was no need for the entire box to be made of an alloy that was compatible with magic power. Cheaper and stronger other metal materials should be chosen.

In other words, the lock is only the first layer on the surface, and the entire box also contains other magic circles or mechanisms involving magic.

[Arcane Vision] penetrated, and sure enough, the entire box had a vague fluorescence.

Rorschach's curiosity grew and he studied it carefully. First of all, there is no exposed energy storage device, and the [Secret Lock] does not replenish spells. The natural maintenance time is two years. The ruins at that time were already abandoned and severely corroded.

He exerted his [Magic Mastery] to the extreme, actively injecting a little magic into the magic structure, feeling its flow within it, and being careful to avoid causing any changes.

There is a decomposition circuit. It seems to contain a self-destruct program. When Rorschach figured out all the circuits, he felt that ray of magic flow into the bottom of the box.

There is an energy storage structure on the bottom.

After confirmation, Rorschach immediately turned over and put his fingers against the alloy surface.

There was no sound, but the [Decomposition Technique] was used to forcibly destroy the place where the magic power was concentrated. The self-destruction circle that lost its energy supply became invalid, and the [Secret Magic Lock] that had been out of service was finally lifted.

There was actually another layer inside, Rorschach was surprised. Fortunately, there was no more magic, it was just a lead box for isolation.

"Let me see what it is."

After opening it, there are still drawings inside. It is no longer engineering drawings for manufacturers and construction teams to see, but more like schematic diagrams.

Rorschach also found information explaining the principle. As he looked at it, he gradually held his breath.

It says "Open Thought Core", which is the real driving core of the entire "Analytical Engine".

The inventor's idea is that the huge, mechanical parts on the periphery are simple computing units, memories, etc., and these structures serve the core, which is responsible for allocating peripheral computing units and coordinating calculation results to implement complex operations. .

“This core is based on the research and design of the ancient tower spirits of the Tower of Storms, and can obtain a certain amount of intelligence without injecting souls.

After special input-output interface design, it has the potential for expansion. If more than 2048 sets of ‘Babbage computing units’ are parallelized, a powerful intelligent agent that does not rely on forbidden magic will be obtained. "