When Gawain arrived at the southeast corner of the camp, a group of soldiers had already gathered here—Byron Knights, who were patrolling nearby, immediately brought people over to maintain order after hearing the movement, and dispersed those daring civilians.
But to be honest, even if no soldiers stepped forward to expel them, there were not many civilians who gathered: they were not only afraid of the authority of the nobles, but even more afraid of the power of magic. It is undoubtedly a weird and terrifying place in the eyes of people, and the explosion from the laboratory is even more frightening. Although it is human nature to watch the excitement, there are some excitement that even the most daring people dare not go to.
Gawain saw a big hole in the wall of the magic laboratory, and billowing smoke was coming out of it. The smoke was mixed with a pungent burnt smell, and there was some magic power that had not yet dissipated. It was shining in the smoke, and Hetty and Rebecca had already rushed out of the room, both of them were ashamed from the smoke, and Hetty was calling the water flow to clean the soot on her hair and face in a panic, while Rebecca After seeing Gao Wen, Becca rushed up excitedly: "My lord ancestor! The power of art is really powerful!"
Gao Wen held down Rebecca, who was obviously a little excited, and looked worriedly at the culprit and victim of the experimental accident who seemed to have just been rescued from a black coal mine: "Are you two okay? Why did the wall blow up?" collapsed..."
The power of this explosion was stronger than what he had expected—he originally thought that there was protective magic, and what detonated were only some unencapsulated crystal particles, so it would not cause much harm.
However, he overlooked one thing: this explosion is not a gunpowder weapon on Earth, but a magical effect. For explosion magic, whether it is sealed in a hard airtight container has a limited impact on its power...
"The effect of a large number of crystal particles being detonated at the same time is a little bit beyond expectations," Hetty finally used the summoned water to wash herself into a human appearance, and stepped forward to answer after hearing Gao Wen's question, and at the same time Angrily, he threw a ball of water and smashed it on Rebecca's face, "Of course, the more important thing is that she placed the two test samples too close together! Double the amount of crystal particles were detonated at the same time!"
Gao Wen silently glanced at Rebecca, thinking that the stupid roe deer might really be unable to escape the beating today...
After confirming that both of them are fine, Gao Wen was more or less relieved, and then it was time to care about property: "Is there a big loss?"
Hetty showed a painful look on her face: "The magic circle I used for the experiment was destroyed, but fortunately, at the moment of the explosion, I vented most of the power to the direction of the empty wall. That set of expensive crystals The resonators were not affected - instead half the wall needed to be repaired."
Gawain silently glanced at Rebecca again. Since the most expensive crystal resonator is not broken, the stupid roe deer should not be killed...
Rebecca didn't notice it at all. Of course, it's also possible that she hadn't woken up yet. She noticed that the ancestor's eyes drifted over several times, and she asked in a daze, "Master ancestor, what do you see me doing?"
Gao Wen thought for a while: "Are you resisting beating?"
Rebecca scratched her hair: "It's okay... I used to fight with wolves when I was young."
"Then it's fine," Gawain waved his hand, "How many samples were used this time? How is the rune trigger working?"
"Just... two small piles," Rebecca gestured with her hands for the approximate dosage, and showed a proud look when she lifted the rune trigger, "and let me tell you, the rune trigger is really effective! It is enough to connect to the explosion circle as the starting energy. As long as the magic circle has this initial energy, the subsequent explosion process can be fully supported by those crystals. I plan to try the magic of the rune trigger next time. Activating other types of rune sets... ah, it would be nice to have a more precise value for mana, to know how much mana is produced when the rune trigger is closed, and to calculate how much mana an initial rune set consumes to run it... "
Rebecca's thoughts diverged as she talked, and when she was halfway through the divergence, she pulled Piaoyuan's thoughts back with a slap in the face, and began to report to Gao Wen: "My lord ancestor, Let me tell you, Aunt Hetty didn't believe what I said at the beginning, she didn't believe that the rune trigger would produce a magical shock when it was closed, she said that the thing didn't have a structure to gather energy... "
Speaking of the rune trigger, Hetty really praised Rebecca: "That thing is indeed a very good invention, although there have been magicians who have tried to cut a complete magic circle before. reorganization to control the magic mechanism, but no one thought of turning this division and reorganization into a fixed pattern. The rune trigger made by Rebecca uses a pair of fixed runes as the 'connection key', which This structure is in line with the 'universality' and 'normativeness' you often tell us... ”
That's because Rebecca positioned the rune trigger as a product that "ordinary people can use" from the very beginning. She even thought that if the rune trigger was damaged, blacksmiths and apprentices in the steel factory could repair it by hand. That's why she simplified this structure to the extreme, even to the point where there is only one set of runes.
The mainstream mages in this world, who would have thought of this
As for the "standard value of magic power" that Rebecca seemed to mention casually just now, Gawain also remembered it in his heart.
Although at the level of modern human technology, they do not have the ability to accurately measure and standardize magic power, but in the Gondor period seven hundred years ago, there were actually sprouts of this aspect. In front of the nearly endless magic power provided, they had thought about how to use this huge energy more accurately and more standardizedly, but it was a pity that the Deep Blue Well exploded before they could think about the result.
But since I want to develop based on the "magic power" of this world, standardization and standardization will sooner or later.
"Let's fix the magic laboratory first, and then we still need to continue the explosion experiments on those crystals," Gawain recovered from a short thought, looked at Hetty and Rebecca and said, "but the experiment method needs to be adjusted …The power of those crystals exceeded expectations, and it is too dangerous to continue to test indoors. I set aside the gentle slope near the river bank to the east of the camp as a test site. The terrain there is open and suitable for testing this kind of thing. In addition, you think about how to make it A corresponding container to act as a shell for the 'Rebecca Crystal', so that it can be turned into a truly usable weapon."
Rebecca and Hetty nodded repeatedly and wrote down these instructions. After thinking for a while, Gao Wen suddenly remembered a very important thing: "Wait, and—you have thought about how to delay the detonation time of the magic circle Is it?"
"Delay the detonation time?" Hetty didn't react for a while, but then realized that not everyone can use the evocation hand to press the rune trigger from a long distance like herself.
With the current operating mechanism of the rune trigger and the explosion circle, it is a thing that detonates when pressed, which means that this thing is simply a self-destruct artifact. After pressing the button, the enemy will die or not. I don’t know, anyway, I must be died…
In this regard, the ancient crystal of Gondor relies on the almost black-tech "identification of friend or foe" function to ensure safety, and there is also a very complicated detonation mechanism in the crystal that automatically operates after being out of the control of the owner, but this part of the rune In the eyes of today's mages, the group is simply an alien creation, and it is difficult to draw on paper, let alone restore it.
A lot of runes and magic circles popped up in Hetty's mind, and she tried to use these things to meet the "delayed detonation" request of her ancestors. She thought of adding a slow charging structure to those rune groups , when the rune trigger is pressed, it will start to be fully charged, and the next level of detonation circle will be triggered after the energy is full, but obviously - the instantaneous magic power provided by the rune trigger cannot satisfy this point at all .
Rebecca was also thinking fast in her head, but besides runes and magic circles, there were also a lot of springs and connecting rods in her head...
She is trying to satisfy her ancestor's request by means other than magic.
This is the difference in the way of thinking between a mage who knows a lot of spells and a mage who only knows one fireball.
The two great-great-great... great-granddaughters who were full of thoughts left with the task that Gawain had given them, while Gawain stood where he was, looking at the magic laboratory that was still emitting green smoke with emotion.
Is there a magical... world
Sure enough, even the first sound of art is completely different from the earth.
As an explosive that requires a specific magic circle to detonate, the power and safety of the "Rebecca Crystal" are not a problem, but it encounters great trouble in delaying detonation.
If it is gunpowder on earth, it only needs a fuse.
In a blink of an eye, the Cecil pioneering camp has taken root on this land for a month. The personnel and supplies promised by King Francis II have not yet arrived, but there is already a clear message that they are on the way—this year’s abundant water in the Dorgon River The deadline was half a month later than in previous years, and the aid from the hinterland of the kingdom was also delayed on the road.
For these delays, Gao Wen can be said to have been psychologically prepared: In this world where everything is slow and backward, one cannot rely on others according to the precise and efficient social background on Earth, so his camp construction plan will not be affected in the slightest. According to the established rhythm.
A large number of tents in the camp have been turned into relatively strong wooden houses that can be used for a long time. At the current stage when cement is temporarily hopeless, Gao Wen plans to let the craftsmen open a new area on the west side of the camp to build brick kilns for firing clay. Bricks—Although making cement failed in this world, it is still possible to burn bricks, which is a technology that already exists in this world.
It's just that the traditional brick-burning relies on manual work, which is extremely inefficient and the price of the corresponding finished product is high. In places like Tanzania Town, only the bourgeoisie can afford brick houses.
However, before his plan could be implemented, a sudden change disrupted the rhythm of camp construction.
Several serfs who went to the mountain to search for quartz sand fled back in horror. Two of them were seriously injured, and the other one had stayed in the mountain forever.
They were attacked by "mutants".