Rebecca didn't know why Gao Wen was interested in this question, but at least the old ancestor didn't seem to be criticizing herself, so she gave a sigh of relief: "I'll just calculate and draw at the same time... If you treat the whole yard as a piece of paper It's so much easier."
This answer is too general, Gao Wen frowned slightly: "What about the specifics?"
"This side of the yard is a line, and the side next to it is another line." Rebecca waved her arms vigorously and gestured, "Then take these two lines as the standard, and treat the whole yard as a piece of paper." , Each 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 enlarge the number on the manuscript. Calculation is the strong point of magicians! "
Calculation is indeed a magician's strong point, but ordinary magicians don't calculate like this!
Gawain stared at Rebecca dumbfounded—this girl's way of speaking was messed up, 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 the Basic, scale up the magic circle on the manuscript.
In this way, there is no need to stand on a high place, 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 can either use addition, subtraction, multiplication Remove the hard heap, or you must create various formulas yourself!
Of course, Rebecca's method is not the best. Gao Wen 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 already a miracle that Rebecca can do this!
"You came up with this method yourself?" Gawain looked at Rebecca with bright eyes as if he had discovered a rare treasure.
Rebecca scratched her hair: "Not all, part of it is what I saw in the wild mage's notes, and the other part is what I thought..."
I see.
Gao Wen understood: he had also read Master Wild's notes from beginning to end, and there were indeed a lot of elementary geometry and mathematics knowledge in them. Although they were not organized into a system, they could almost be said to be some kind of "foundation". , if Rebecca herself is extremely talented in this area, it is not uncommon for her to do what she does today after being inspired.
And even when inspired by Wild Mage's notes, her results are still uncanny.
"Very good, very good solution," Gawain nodded in satisfaction, "Go on—why did you choose to bury the magic circle underground?"
"Oh, it's because your ancestor said that this magic circle is for blacksmiths," Rebecca nodded, "I just thought that blacksmiths and blacksmith apprentices are different from magicians, and the work they have to do is also similar to that of mages. Not the same, in the process of moving materials between these furnaces and making ironware, it is easy for them to accidentally destroy the structure of the magic circle. And burying the magic circle in the ground does not affect its charging, and it can also not affect the surface For future construction, as long as they are all on the radiating point of the magic circle, it will be very convenient whether it is adding new furnaces or dismantling and rebuilding the current furnaces, how should I put it... Anyway, it is very convenient."
Functional partitioning, separation of energy and energy consumption parts, packaging of key systems, scalability... A lot of words that can be used in Rebecca's thinking suddenly floated in Gao Wen's mind, and the last thought that came to him , 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"-although it is just as simple as burying it, But this line of thinking is absolutely correct.
A mainstream mage would never consider that her magic circle would be used by mortals as an option, but Rebecca... Fortunately, she is a non-mainstream mage who has only learned one fireball technique for five years. Follow the logic of a regular mage!
"Have you thought of all these ideas?" Gawain came back from the brief shock, he saw the thoughtful look on Hetty's face next to him, and couldn't help asking with a smile.
"I... haven't thought about it," Hetty said with a complicated expression. Rebecca's ideas had too many irregularities, but at the same time, she could also realize the rationality of these designs, and even vaguely realized that The importance of "ordinary people can also use it" seems to be the direction that the ancestors are obsessed with, "This is indeed very powerful, but if the magic circle is buried, what should we do in terms of monitoring? Although this magic circle composed of basic runes It is not as delicate and fragile as a high-level magic circle, but basic monitoring is always needed, and once it is really broken, how to repair it?"
"I keep a lot of stakes like that," Rebecca pointed to the wooden stakes in the yard, "Those stakes with ropes tied to them are monitoring points, and I will replace them with iron rods plated with mithril. The stick is in contact with the most critical part of the runes in the magic circle. Once there is a problem with the magic circle, the corresponding runes will be extinguished, and the long-term charged Mithril will quickly turn black and heat up for a period of time after losing its charge. , so that you can see at a glance which part of the magic circle is wrong, just dig up the ground in the corresponding area when repairing... Although this is a bit more troublesome than the traditional magic circle, at least you don’t have to dig the entire yard.”
While speaking, Rebecca showed a somewhat smug smile, shaking a stack of paper in her hand, which was full of dense symbols and lines, which were obviously drawn by herself: "And this magic circle is not so easy Bad, sir, look, I rearranged its rune structure—of course, the basic principles have not changed, but on the basis of the design of the wild mage, the runes that can be superimposed are connected, and then In this way, it expands layer by layer..."
Damn, redundant system...
The corners of Gawain's eyes twitched slightly, and he looked at the stakes that Rebecca had reserved in the yard as monitoring points—primitive sensors.
Once Rebecca started, it was difficult to stop, especially when she was showing off her achievements. At this time, she was still saying: "... In this way, the efficiency of the entire self-charging circle is slightly improved, and even if the Some runes are damaged, at most, the energy supply efficiency will be reduced, and the energy consumption 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 only talking, so she looked at Gao Wen with a little anxiety: "My lord ancestor... Are my thoughts too crazy?" gone?"
Gao Wen didn't know what expression to make at this time. After thinking for a while, he stroked the little girl's hair with his hands: "No, you are a genius."
Rebecca: "Huh?"
"And I have another suggestion." Gawain glanced at the drawings drawn by Rebecca, and pointed at the connections of those redundant systems, "The rune connections of these parts can be easily cut off and re-fused. Once some runes are damaged, you can cut off the connection directly when repairing, and reconnect after repairing, so that the entire magic circle does not need to be shut down even when repairing."
Rebecca's eyes lit up: "That's right! Why didn't I expect... Sir Zuzu, you are really smart!"
The corners of Gawain's eyes twitched slightly. He knew that Rebecca said this from the bottom of his heart, but he was still suddenly very weak...
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 has always been outstanding in terms of calculation and whimsy," Hetty considered her vocabulary, "but these abilities have never come in handy. The standard of a mage's strength is spellcasting ability, and she has almost always been excellent in this aspect." Bottom of the…”
"Great waste," Gao Wen frowned and commented unceremoniously, "Spellcasting ability is the only criterion? Why don't you compete with the gorilla?"
Even though he made such a comment, Gao Wen was also very clear that this situation had its reasons and logic.
In a period when technology cannot be used to promote the rapid development of civilization, it is normal for individual bravery to become the standard for judging individual value, and especially in this world where extraordinary power and various monsters and beasts exist, outstanding individual combat power is even more guaranteed. Preconditions for survival—survival cannot be guaranteed, so 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, groups that lack strength but have wisdom cannot transform their wisdom into strength (or cannot transform it into enough strength), then this judgment The standard is likely to go on like this forever.
You can't prove that your wits will one day lead to greatness, but I've proved that my strength can guarantee survival, that's all.
But that's not a reason to keep humans in arm-wrestling matches with gorillas forever.
Rebecca is indeed extremely talented, Gao Wen finally confirmed this.
This down-and-out Viscountess, who was looked down upon by everyone, was excluded in the aristocratic circle—because she was a descendant of the Cecil family, and she was despised in the mage circle—because she couldn’t even cast a flash, and she even Whispered by the merchants and bourgeoisie in other territories—because she is the worst lord ever, implementing a lot of wild decrees without making the territory and herself rich at all.
Because her talents are in places that others cannot see, or even understand.
In the poor and backward lower-class society that relies on the sky for food, no one can understand her calculations, and in the upper-class societies that are rich enough to hire mages, or are middle-level and high-level spellcasters, no one needs her calculations—convenient Magic can indeed solve everything. If it can't be solved, then use more powerful spells.
With eagle eye and mage's eye, why do you need to calculate coordinates on the ground? Professional magicians can directly perceive and control large magic circles, why do we need sensors? What's more... It's impossible for a crappy mage who can only fireball to get the chance to preside over the construction of magic facilities.
That's why Rebecca was so happy when she got permission from Gao Wen: it was the first time in her life that she was allowed to do something she was good at.
"Master Ancestor..." Rebecca looked at Gao Wen's face with some anxiety, "Do you think I..."
Gawain laughed and put his big hands on top of her head: "You are the pride of the Cecil family."