Chapter 61 Cecil's Pride

Rebecca didn't know why Gawain was interested in this issue, but at least the ancestor didn't look like he was going to criticize him, so she breathed out: "I'll just draw while calculating... Treat the whole yard as a piece of paper. It would be easier.”

This answer was too general, and Gawain frowned slightly: "What about the specifics?"

"This side of the yard is a line, and the side next to it is another line," Rebecca gestured, waving her arms vigorously, "then take these two lines as the criterion, and treat the whole yard as a piece of paper. , every line on the magic circle is divided into many key points, and the distance between each key point and the two sides of the yard can be calculated - just zoom in on the numbers on the manuscript. Calculation is the magician's strength !"

Calculation is indeed a magician's strength, but ordinary magicians do not do this calculation!

Gawain stared at Rebecca in a stunned manner—this girl's way of speaking was messy, and Hetty probably didn't understand what it meant, but Gawain understood: she established a coordinate system in the yard, and then used the coordinate system As a basis, the magic circle on the manuscript is scaled up.

In this way, there is no need to stand at a high place at all, just calculate the position of each key point, and then connect the key points according to the requirements of the manuscript.

But just coming up with this idea is not enough, Rebecca also needs to have a very strong geometric imagination and mental arithmetic ability - because there is no perfect mathematics and geometry system in this world, Rebecca either uses addition and subtraction Multiply and remove the hard heap, or you have to create your own formulas!

Of course, Rebecca's method is not the best. Gawain knows that there are many drawing methods from the earth that can be used in this situation, but so what?

In this world, in this era, it is a miracle that Rebecca can do this!

"You came up with this method yourself?" Gawain seemed to have discovered a rare treasure, and looked at Rebecca with bright eyes.

Rebecca scratched her hair: "Not all, part of it is what I saw in the wild mage's notebook, and the other is what I thought..."

I see.

Gao Wen understood: He also read Master Ye's notes from beginning to end. There is indeed a lot of superficial knowledge of geometry and mathematics in it. Although it has not been organized into a system, it can almost be said to be some kind of "foundation". , If Rebecca herself is extremely gifted in this area, it is not unusual for her to be inspired to do what she is today.

And even inspired by wild mage notes, her results are still incredible.

"Very good, very good way," Gawain nodded with satisfaction, "and then said-why did you choose to bury the magic circle underground?"

"Oh, it's because Mr. Ancestor said that this magic circle is for the blacksmith shop," Rebecca nodded, "I thought blacksmiths and blacksmith apprentices were different from magicians, and they had to do the same work as wizards. It's not the same, in the process of moving materials between these furnaces and making iron tools, they can easily destroy the structure of the magic circle. And burying the magic circle in the ground does not affect its charging, and it also does not affect the surface. In the future, as long as you make sure that all of them are at the radiant point of the circle, it will be very convenient whether it is adding a new furnace or dismantling and rebuilding the current furnace.

Functional division, separation of energy and energy consumption, key system encapsulation, scalability... Gao Wen's mind suddenly floated through many words that could be used in Rebecca's thinking, and he finally came up with the Thoughts, but another more important aspect:

Rebecca realized that this magic circle is for "ordinary people" like blacksmiths, and designed it for "ordinary people can also use it, and it is safer and more convenient to use" - even if it is just as simple as burying it , but this idea is absolutely correct.

A mainstream mage would never consider that his magic circle would give mortals this option,

But Rebecca... Fortunately, she is a non-mainstream mage who has only learned one fireball technique for five years. Her thinking will not follow the logic of conventional mage at all!

"Have you thought of all these ideas?" Gawain recovered from his brief astonishment. Seeing the thoughtful look on Heidi's face next to him, he couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"I... didn't think about it," Heidi said with a complicated expression. There were too many irregularities in Rebecca's ideas, but at the same time, she was also aware of the rationality of these designs, even vaguely. When it comes to the importance of "ordinary people can also use it", this seems to be the direction that the ancestors were obsessed with, "This is really powerful, but if the magic circle is buried, what should we do about monitoring? Although this magic composed of basic runes is used. The array is not as delicate and fragile as the high-level magic array, but basic monitoring is always needed, and once it is really broken, how to fix it?"

"I kept a lot of those stakes," Rebecca pointed to the wooden stakes in the yard. "The stakes with ropes tied to them are monitoring points. I will replace them with iron rods plated with mithril. The bottom of the stick is in contact with the most critical part of the rune in the magic circle. Once there is a problem with the magic circle, the corresponding rune will be extinguished, and the long-term charging Mithril will quickly turn black and heat up for a period of time after losing its charge. , This way you can see at a glance which part of the circle is wrong, just dig up the ground in the corresponding area when repairing... Although this is a little more troublesome than the traditional circle, at least you don't need to dig the entire yard."

As she spoke, Rebecca showed a somewhat smug smile, and she shook a stack of paper in her hand, which was full of dense symbols and lines, apparently drawn by herself: "And this magic circle is not that easy. Bad, Lord Ancestor, you see, I rearranged its rune structure - of course, the basic principles have not changed, but on the basis of the design of wild mages, the runes that can be superimposed are connected. And then it expands layer by layer like this..."

Damn it, redundant system...

The corners of Gawain's eyes jumped slightly, and he looked at the piles that Rebecca had reserved in the yard to be used as monitoring points-the original sensors.

Once Rebecca started, it was difficult to stop, especially when she was showing off her achievements, she was still saying at this time: "...In this way, the efficiency of the entire self-charging magic circle is slightly improved, and even if it is in it Some of the runes are damaged, but at most, the energy supply efficiency will be reduced, and the energy-consuming part connected to the magic circle will not be greatly affected - because the magic circle as a whole is built according to the standard exceeding the demand... "

Rebecca talked a lot excitedly, and finally stopped, she seemed to realize that she was patronizing and talking, so she looked at Gawain a little uneasily: "Master Ancestor... Are my thoughts too much? Hu is here?"

Gawain didn't know what to express at this time. After thinking for a while, he pressed the little girl's hair with his hand: "No, you are a genius."

Rebecca: "Huh?"

"And I have another suggestion," Gawain glanced at the blueprint sketched by Rebecca and pointed at the connections of those redundant systems, "The rune connections of these parts can be easily cut and re-welded, Once some of the runes are damaged, the connection can be directly cut off when repairing, and then reconnected after repairing, so that the entire array does not need to be shut down even when repairing."

Rebecca's eyes lit up: "Yeah! Why didn't I expect... Ancestor, you are really smart!"

The corners of Gawain's eyes jumped slightly, he knew that Rebecca said this from the bottom of his heart, but he was still suddenly empty...

Girl, you are the smartest!

After being stunned for a moment, Gawain couldn't help turning his head to look at Heidi: "Has no one discovered Rebecca's talent before?"

"She really has always been... outstanding in calculation and whimsy," Hetty considered her vocabulary, "but these abilities never came in handy. The standard of mage strength is spellcasting ability, and she has almost always been in this area. It's the bottom..."

"Breaking things," Gawain frowned and commented unceremoniously, "casting ability is the only criterion? Why don't you compare your strength with a gorilla?"

Despite this evaluation, Gawain is also very clear that this situation has its reason and logic.

In a period when technology cannot be used to promote the rapid development of civilization, it is normal for personal bravery to become the standard for judging individual value, and especially in this world where there are extraordinary powers and various monsters and beasts, outstanding individual combat effectiveness is even more guaranteed. The precondition for survival - there is no guarantee of survival, what about technological innovation?

And as long as individual strength becomes the standard, and it continues from generation to generation without major problems, and at the same time, a group that lacks strength but has wisdom cannot convert their wisdom into strength (or cannot be transformed into sufficient strength), then this judgment The standard is likely to go on like this forever.

You can't prove that your wisdom will one day bring strength, but I've shown that my strength can guarantee survival, that's what it is.

But that's not a reason to keep humans wrestling with gorillas forever.

Rebecca is indeed talented, and Gawain finally confirmed this.

This down-and-out Viscountess was looked down upon by everyone, she was excluded in the noble circle-because she was a descendant of Cecil's family, she was despised in the mage circle-because she couldn't even put out a flash, She was even whispered by the merchants and the bourgeoisie in other territories - because she was the worst lord of all time, implementing a lot of imaginative laws without enriching the territory and herself at all.

Because her talents are in places that others can't see, or even understand.

In the poor and backward lower society that depends on the sky for food, no one can understand her calculations, and in the upper society that is rich enough to hire a mage, or is a middle-level and high-level spellcaster, no one needs her calculations-convenience It is true that magic can solve everything. If it can't be solved, then use more powerful spells.

With Eagle Eye and Mage Eye, why do you need to calculate coordinates on the ground? Professional magicians can directly perceive and control large magic circles. Why do you need sensors? What's more... a crappy mage who can only set fireballs is impossible to get the opportunity to preside over the construction of magic facilities.

That's why Rebecca was so happy when she got permission from Gawain: it was the first time in her life that she was allowed to let go of her hands and feet to do something she was good at.

"Master Ancestor..." Rebecca looked at Gawain's face uneasily, "Do you think I..."

Gawain laughed and put his big hand on top of her head: "You are the pride of Cecil's family."