Chapter 1754 Transforming Everything (Ⅱ)
"Transform all things" can directly turn a piece of firewood into a wooden bridge, but the volume of matter before and after the change has an upper limit, and the maximum does not exceed 100 cubic feet per level of casting.
The magical effect of "Transforming Everything" does not have a fixed time limit. The short one can only last for tens of minutes, and the long one can permanently change the target form. Generally speaking, according to the length of the transformation, the specific usage of this spell can be divided into Four categories.
The first type of usage is "same type conversion", which is permanently finalized once changed.
For example, turning a rabbit into a lion. Both belong to the same type of mammals in the natural world. After the spell is cast, the rabbit's physical attributes and species type will become exactly the same as the real lion, and will never change back.
In the same way, turning a piece of firewood into a wooden bridge is also a conversion of the same kind between wooden products, and the deformation effect will remain unchanged forever.
The second type of transformation is "not of the same kind" but "strongly related", and the duration is 1 day per casting level.
For example, a 16th-level sorcerer casts "Transform All Things" to turn a rabbit into an owlbear, from a natural animal to a supernatural magical beast. Although the species type has changed, the two still belong to the category of "creatures" and their physiological structures exist. Many similarities, this is a "strong correlation", and the deformation effect can last for 16 days.
The same level 16 warlock turned a rabbit into a rabbit fur scarf, the creature became a non-creature, and the type changed, but the rabbit fur used to make the scarf came from rabbits, the two have a strong correlation, and the transformation effect can also last 16 days.
The third deformation method belongs to "non-similar" but "weakly related", and the duration of the spell is calculated in hours.
It was the 16th-level warlock who turned a rabbit into a rabbit ear headdress. The headdress is made of metal and cotton. It is obviously not of the same kind as the rabbit, and the material of the rabbit is not used, but the hair ornament imitates the rabbit ears. This is a "weak correlation", so the rabbit ear headgear can last for 16 hours, and then it will automatically change back to a rabbit.
The last transformation method belongs to "non-similar" and "non-related", and the duration of the spell is calculated in units of 10 minutes.
A level 16 warlock casts "Transform All Things" to turn a rabbit into a pen. This deformation method is "non-similar" and "non-related", and the deformation effect can only last for 160 minutes.
This is just a general classification. The actual application of "Transforming Everything" is more complicated. In many cases, even the caster himself is not sure whether a certain deformation method will work, which category it belongs to, and how long the spell effect will last. In the end, you have to try it yourself before you can draw a reliable conclusion.
Qiao An is now 6 levels away from learning the 8th-level spell, so there is no need to spend energy studying the spell-casting rules of "Transform All Things", and first copy this powerful spell.
After copying the spell, Joan looked back at the six steel golems in the hall, thinking about why the construction techniques of these ancient golems were significantly different from the contemporary techniques.
Nowadays, the manufacture of steel golems usually does not use the 8th ring "Transform All Things". If you collect enough steel, you can use the 5th ring "Uncanny Craftsmanship" to directly shape the steel into the embryonic material of the golem. The guide machine soldier adopts such a process.
However, in the era when the Cloud Giant Archmage Vavrunil lived, perhaps because the steelmaking industry was not developed enough, the production of steel was limited, and the price was much more expensive than the present. Some countries even used "iron coins" instead of gold coins as currency in circulation.
In such an environment where steel is in short supply, the steel consumed to manufacture steel golems has become a high cost that cannot be ignored.
In order to reduce the construction cost, the great mages in ancient times invented the 8-level spell "Transform All Things". As long as you have a steel nail in your hand, you can directly cast the spell to transform the embryonic material of an iron golem weighing 10,000 pounds.
This deformation method does not change the material of the object, which belongs to the same type of transformation, and the deformation effect will never fade away.
To this day, these steel golems are still the most expensive constructs in Cloudsdale, faithfully performing vigilant duties.
Of course, from the perspective of modern people, the construction technology of Wavrunier's era was a bit behind.
Since the beginning of this century, when the world of Vales set off a magical industrial revolution at a hurricane pace, new steelmaking plants have been established every day around the world, continuously smelting steel, providing the most important raw materials for modern industry.
There is more steel on the market, and the price is getting cheaper and cheaper. Ordinary people can afford a full set of ironware. The main cost of making a steel golem is no longer the steel itself, but the enchanting process.
When the mages made steel golems, in order to cut the budget and also reduce the difficulty of the process, they replaced the "deformable things" with the lower-level "supernatural workmanship", even if it cost an extra ton of steel, it would be worthwhile.
In such a background of the times, it is a normal result that "deformation of all things" is eliminated by simpler and cheaper new techniques.
Putting away the pen and spell book, Joan waved his hand to recall the remaining 12 glass magic eyes, turned and walked into the teleportation array in the center of the hexagonal hall.
After a short period of dizziness, Joan was teleported to the highest floor of the castle in the clouds, an attic with a high dome.
Compared with other floors in the castle, the top floor was unexpectedly small. There were a few pieces of furniture in the room, including a bed and a set of tables and chairs. The simple and plain arrangement made Joan feel a little warm.
If he was asked to choose a place in this castle as his residence, he would rather live in this small and simple attic than the spacious and gorgeous halls downstairs.
Joan remembered that when he walked into the attic for the first time two years ago, there were four things on the table by the window, including a volume of "Golem Research Notes" written by Archmage Wavrunier, which recorded the real-time coordinates of Cloudsdale. The "navigation compass", the "shape stability ring" that he has been wearing for two years, and the artifact "spirit collar" are now also worn around his neck.
As the heir to the four estates of Archmage Wavrunil, Joan visited this attic again and felt a little bit at home.
Looking away from the empty desktop, Joan remotely controlled the glass eye to inspect the walls and ceiling of the attic.
This is the last room in Cloud City. It looks nothing special, but there are still many unsolved mysteries in this castle. If you can't find the answer in the attic, Joan will inevitably be disappointed.
Fortunately, "Peeping Magic Eye" did not disappoint him this time.
From the moment he entered the gate of the castle, Joan opened the "secret detection door", but no hidden rooms were found from the first floor to the sixth floor.
It happened that in the attic on the top floor of the castle that seemed most unlikely to have any secrets, a magic eye discovered that there was a magic wave in the center of the wall on the right side of Joan, which was clearly a secret door hidden by illusion!