My Magic Age

"Scholar Yekis, I will go to the director to explain what happened today." After the middle-aged magician said this, he left angrily with a pale face.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed that a high-level magician of the second turn could be so angry that his face turned pale by a magic scholar who had just been promoted to the ninth level and had not yet turned the first turn. In the end, he could only say in hatred: "Please judge the matter, director."

For such "harsh words", Scholar Yekis was completely unmoved, and even said two words to the middle-aged earth magician in a blunt and rude manner: "Please do as you please!"

From beginning to end, there was no room for me to interrupt.

Just like this, on the first day I just stepped into the Pride Tower Magic Research Institute, I inexplicably had such a competitor who I had never met but hated to the bone, and I didn't even know his name.

The reason was that I, a newcomer, was the reason why Yekis scholar unceremoniously drove the assistant out of the laboratory, as if the assistant's departure was to make way for me.

The simple quarrel between Yekis scholar and the second-level high-level magician lasted only a few words, and then I watched the middle-aged magician walk down the stone steps with a gloomy face, and his figure disappeared into the corridor.

Yekis' mood seemed to be even worse. He stood on the terrace outside the small attic on the second floor and was silent for a long time. The two young magicians moved all the mithril rune plates into the attic laboratory, turned around and saluted Yekis scholar carefully, and then left quietly in this dull atmosphere.

Before leaving, they couldn't help but secretly glance at Helena, but obviously they pretended to be very reserved. As a magician noble, they still had their own little pride. Unfortunately, until the end, they didn't catch a look from Helena's face, and finally worried that Yekis scholar would get angry again, so they had to leave in a huff.

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After entering the laboratory in the small attic, I found that this laboratory was not too big. It looked like it was less than 100 square meters. There was a row of standard shelves near the door.

At the bottom of the shelves were stacked various types of rune metal plates, which were placed separately in different categories. There was a pile of rune metal plates coated with a light layer of magic red copper. This kind of rune metal plate coated with magic red copper can be bought on the market, and it is very cheap, and the production process is also very mature. Marvin and I have such a blacksmith shop in El City that can process magic red copper rune metal plates. There are also some rune metal plates coated with a layer of magic mithril. The cost of these rune metal plates is relatively high, and the processing technology is a little more complicated.

The middle layer of the shelf is placed with some auxiliary materials and some small tools, and the upper layer of the shelf is placed with rows of magic ink.

Walking into the room, there is a test bench near a window. The test bench is very neatly arranged. The row of magic pens on the pen holder exudes a faint magical atmosphere. On the test bench is a metal shelf with a magic parchment on it, which looks like a structural diagram of a magic pattern array. On the test bench is an unfinished mithril rune metal plate. The magic pattern array on it is obviously only half drawn. I took a few casual glances. The lines of the various runes on it are still very beautiful, but the artist probably ignored the fit between the magic runes in order to pursue a little bit of beauty. In my opinion, this half of the magic pattern array has a big flaw. It seems that the artist couldn’t draw any more when he drew here.

On the wall opposite the test bench, there is a row of brown bookshelves made of walnut wood with very simple workmanship, filled with various magic books. I have almost read all of these books in the magic laboratory of the El City War College. Obviously, Yekis's collection of books has not increased much in the past three years. At most, there are only a few simple books on the edge of the bookshelf. Now, from the perspective of the importance of Yekis scholars, those magic books are dispensable.

There is a writing table under the bookshelf, on which are placed some magic parchment and some magic rune samples scattered on it. For Yekis, who has no talent for painting, drawing magic runes on magic parchment is a very laborious thing, so he has always used some auxiliary tools. These rune samples can help him draw what he wants on the parchment. This kind of rune pattern can only be seen in the laboratory of Yekis scholars, because only he needs this kind of auxiliary tool.

Many people who met Yekis scholars for the first time usually couldn't believe that there was no reason for someone like him who couldn't even draw a complete magic rune to design some special magic rune arrays!

I saw a familiar figure by the windowsill. The magic puppet, who already had elementary intelligence, sat on the windowsill and stared blankly. The two eyes polished with red and blue sapphires looked at the arched dome of the four-story Tower of Pride outside the window. There were some star maps drawn on the dome. Each big star was replaced by a moonstone, embedded in the ceiling, emitting a faint glow.

This magic puppet, which was born with primary intelligence in the magic laboratory of the El City War Academy, has now been transformed beyond recognition except for its body and head. Yekis installed a total of eight arms for different purposes on it, each of which is equipped with various daily tools, such as brooms, rags, pliers, teapots, knives, scissors, etc. This strange shape reminded me of Edward Scissorhands when I first saw it. It seems that this magic puppet has also become a machine with thoughts.

Helena followed me quietly, looking at this laboratory curiously. She was wearing a milky white leather skirt, exuding a unique temperament of an aristocratic lady.

Yekis invited me to sit down at his desk, and then asked a magic puppet to bring us a pot of tea. Seeing its clumsy appearance, Helena couldn't help but run up and take over the magic puppet's job and make us a pot of milk tea. The magic puppet followed Helena clumsily, always trying to snatch the teapot from Helena's hand. Its clumsy appearance made Helena giggle non-stop.

I saw that the whole laboratory was so clean and tidy, probably because of this magic puppet.

Scholar Yekis sat opposite me and began to talk to me about some of his recent ideas about magic runes.

He picked up a magic engraving pen on the desk, separated all the runes on the parchment, and then reassembled them according to his understanding of the magic rune array.

He said he wanted to reassemble and arrange these runes so that he could get first-hand data.

When there are slight differences in the arrangement of runes, there will be some subtle effects on the magic rune array. Scholar Yekis believes that most of these effects should be negative. The arrangement position of the magic runes has changed slightly, which directly leads to the final shape and distortion of the magic rune array pattern. Even if such a magic rune array can be successfully operated, it will be affected by some negative effects on its effectiveness. But if this slight change can cause some unconventional changes in the magic pattern array, and the distorted magic pattern array can gain a gain effect when it is running, this approach becomes a simple optimization of the rune arrangement on some magic pattern arrays.

That's right, Yekis scholars want to optimize some simple magic pattern arrays in the process of continuous experiments and failures, and then find their common points from these optimized special cases, so that they may be able to improve the most original magic runes.

This thing seems easy to say, but it is very difficult to do it, because this kind of endless experiment is very boring. The price of optimizing a magic pattern array is hard. Maybe it takes thousands of magic pattern arrays to find a magic array with some gain effects. Yekis scholars still want to successfully optimize a few magic pattern arrays, so that he can find their commonality in these magic runes.

This is almost a crazy idea. No wonder almost everyone is not optimistic about his topic.

"No one knows better than me how difficult and hard this road of magic exploration is!" he said with a sigh.

Scholar Yekis gently rubbed the handle of the teacup with both hands, his eyes fell on the magic parchment on the table, on which was drawn a magic pattern array, but the magic pattern array drawn by Yekis did not have any magic fluctuations.

I was also deeply touched by the paranoia and willfulness of scholar Yekis, but I think this is a common problem of many talented scholars.

"I think this idea is worth a try. In addition, we can also improve these magic pattern arrays in other ways, such as changing the ratio of magic ink and herbs to make the ink more functional." I thought about it and decided to support the idea of ​​scholar Yekis, and then added.

"Of course I have thought about this, but it is not easy to find a magic pharmacist who dares to try new formulas. Those old guys hiding behind the test tubes and beakers are stubborn. In their eyes, any magic potion formula is their precious wealth and cannot be questioned by others." Scholar Yekis had deep wrinkles on his forehead, and then continued: "Three years ago, I saw a paper on the 'functionality of tranquilizing flower juice' in a magic newspaper. That article was very creative. Unfortunately, I have never been able to find the author of the paper. I don't know who the person who can write these new academic views in the field is, but I guess it can't be those old pedants lying on the coffin board."

The magic parchment on the desk is drawn with a magic pattern array of the 'Elegance of the Wind' skill. This kind of wind-based agility-enhancing magic skill is what I am least good at.

Scholar Yekis guessed my concerns and patted the back of my hand. His fingers were long and dry. He comforted me and said, "I will redesign some water magic arrays. We should start with the simplest magic skills. You should be most familiar with ice shield!"

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While chatting, Yekis seemed to remember something and asked me, "When we met yesterday, you mentioned the disassembly of some ice magic skills?"

When he discussed magic academic issues, his eyes would become very bright and he was intoxicated. Scholar Yekis's love for magic arrays has reached an obsession.

Helena and the magic puppet sat bored by the window, quietly looking at the scenery outside the institute. From here, the entire institute looked like a gorgeous castle, except that the buildings were slightly lower.

I once again introduced in detail my understanding of the magic of the 'Ice Wall'. Regarding this magic skill, I can disassemble it into three independent and simple magic pattern arrays, the three steps of 'water gathering', 'shaping' and 'ice freezing'. Then I gave a demonstration in front of the Yekis scholar and then expressed my ideas. I think that with the understanding of the Yekis scholar for the magic pattern array, I can develop a combined magic pattern structure through this simple magic skill.

The biggest feature of this magic pattern structure is that it can instantly erect an ice wall in front of the owner. This huge ice wall can intercept the opponent's escape and resist the opponent's attack. It is a very practical skill. However, if this magic skill wants to be drawn on magic equipment, the user needs to have a strong mental strength and carrying capacity. Therefore, this magic pattern structure that can release an 'ice wall' is difficult to be accepted by the consumer group because it requires very high wearing conditions.

Because of this, I took a different approach and thought of using a combined structure to reduce the carrying capacity of this magic equipment.

My idea is that the Yekis scholar designed such a breastplate, which is divided into three parts. On these three different parts, three different but somewhat related magic pattern arrays are drawn separately. In this way, the carrying capacity of each armor piece is not so high. I named this armor: "Ice Encapsulated Armor"

In the magic laboratory of the El City War College, Yekis scholar and I successfully made a combined magic pattern structure on the body of Rock Golem. At the beginning, because this structure was too large, it was made into a combined type.

But now I made this combined magic pattern structure, the purpose is to reduce the carrying capacity of the knights. By reducing the demand, warriors before the first turn can also wear magic pattern structures.

Obviously, the feasibility of my idea is very high. Yekis was a little moved by what I said. Then I began to skillfully draw the three magic patterns of "water gathering", "shaping" and "ice condensation" on the magic parchment, and then I drew the magic pattern of the entire "ice wall" on the parchment without getting tired of it. Then I talked to Yekis about the magic spell of "ice wall".

Yekis has been completely immersed in these four ice magic skills. He began to try hard to find the things that are related to each other.

The whole afternoon passed like this. When Helena and I got up to say goodbye, scholar Yekis was still obsessed with repeatedly verifying the relationship between the four magic skills. He had no time to pay attention to us. He just waved his hand to me and said lightly: "You can go out by your own way. I won't see you off."

Then he suddenly remembered something, raised his head suddenly, reached out to the drawer under the desk and fumbled for a round badge, and threw it directly to me.

I quickly reached out to catch it.

Yekis continued to bury his head in the desk, carefully studying the ice magic runes, and said, "Come earlier tomorrow afternoon. We should be able to try to make the first version of the combined magic rune structure. This magic rune array is suitable for engraving on the breastplate..."