Melita left, and took the ring left by the cultist with her when she left. As a transaction item, and as a thank you to Gao Wen for helping to recover the ring, Melita made a ring on behalf of Mithril Treasury. promise:
From now on, as long as there are fragments of the Eternal Slate left outside, or similar "inhuman wonders", they will give priority to telling Gao Wen.
To Gao Wen, the value of this promise was far more valuable than the ring.
But a certain embarrassing half-elf didn't seem to think so. Amber lay on Gawain's desk, pressed her face against the table, and slumped there like a salted fish, muttering while slumping: "One Looks like an expensive thing... just took it away... not a single copper coin... The people in Mithril Treasure House are too stingy... and they have to eat a meal when they leave... "
Gao Wen squinted at this guy: "They will help collect information on the Eternal Slate and similar things, don't you think this is more valuable?"
"That can't be spent as money, and that veiled woman said it easily. God knows how long it will take them to find a new piece of slate. That's the eternal slate! It's not a stone on the road," Amber continued to paralyze, "ah, if they You can’t find it in a hundred years, so wait a hundred years?”
Before Gao Wen could say anything, he heard this guy continue to chatter: "Ah, that's right, you have special skills, at worst, you'll kill yourself when you get bored, and then let your descendants give it to you when they find it." You go to the grave and burn the news to you, and then you crawl out..."
"Speaking from the bottom of my heart, even if you are the God of Shadow God's Chosen, it is a miracle that you can live so big." Gao Wen raised his eyebrows and glared at Amber. Open that box, and take the top bag inside."
Amber, a salty fish, stood up and got up from the table, and swayed towards the thing while muttering: "Usually, it's Betty who helps you, why is it my turn today? Where did that little maid go?" I haven't seen her for most of the day..."
"I gave her half a day off, and asked her to get familiar with this place with Pea. Pea is very shy and can't speak. She is easily frightened when she comes into contact with people in the territory, but she gets along with Betty unexpectedly. Maybe the two of them Can be friends."
Amber put the bag of things in front of Gao Wen, and leaned closer with a smile: "Let me tell you, I really appreciate you a little now. At first I thought you were just pretending to be easy-going, but now it seems It turned out to be true. People who are not serious can't arrange this step for you."
"Thank you for your appreciation." Gao Wen casually said, while pulling Amber's head aside, and then poured out everything in the bag.
Inside is a pile of dim off-white crystals, the average size is only the size of a little finger, and the surface has a bit of a dense color, with a mysterious atmosphere unique to magic materials. However, no matter in terms of appearance or texture, it does not look like any high-end stuff. Son.
"What is this?" Amber was silent for a few seconds, and immediately came up again after seeing these things that seemed to be sold for a little money: "Crystal? But it looks like the quality is so poor..."
"This is the magic storage crystal that has just been shipped from Tanzania Town. It is a sample of the first batch. Did you forget? I placed a huge long-term order for Viscount Andrew."
"Magic storage crystal? This thing?!" Amber stared at those gray-white crystals for a while, then suddenly yelled, "That Viscount Andrew didn't bring such a trickster! We saved him Fate, he just uses this thing to fool people? If this kind of crystal is placed in a slightly larger rich ore, it will be thrown away as slag, okay?"
Gawain looked at this angry half-elf in surprise. He never thought that this guy who didn't care about anything in the territory before would be so angry because of the loss of the territory, but he just smiled: "Don't be so exaggerated, this thing is much better than slag, and that Mr. Viscount didn't cheat at all. He sold these crystals to us at the price of three Cecil silver coins per taka (weight unit) , where can you find such a price?"
"Three silver coins..." Amber quickly thought about the size of the newly minted Cecil silver coins in her mind, and then her face became subtle, "That's really cheap enough... But why do you buy so many low-quality magic storage crystals? ? This kind of appearance... I am afraid that only the most basic mage apprentices will use it when doing exercises? And I am afraid that mage apprentices with a little money are not willing to use it."
Gao Wen smiled: "Do you know what is the biggest problem with this kind of inferior magic storage crystal?"
"The ability to store magic is only half of high-quality crystals of the same volume, and the energy dissipation is extremely serious, especially the second one, which directly makes them useless." Amber obviously understands these common sense issues, after all When it comes to whether it can be sold for money, "the reason why man-made magic storage crystals are not popular is also for this reason."
"That's right, the low magic storage ability is just a small problem. Just put two more crystals. The biggest problem is that the energy dissipates quickly, and the charged magic power will dissipate by itself in a short time. It is a fatal injury to the magic crystal, so these crystals have become so worthless, although they have a huge reserve, it is difficult to use them," Gawain said, opening the locker under the table, and took out a piece from it. The hexagonal metal plate was placed on the table, "But if we think about it differently, these crystals that can't store energy can also come in handy..."
Amber looked curiously at the metal plate that Gawain took out. She recognized that it was something that Rebecca had sent not long ago. It seemed to be a product from the Machinery Manufacturing Institute. The polygonal shape is the kind of "industrial product" that is pressed out of the machine mold in an instant using the latest "stamping forming technology". On the surface of the metal plate, you can also see neat ravine lines and patterns embedded in the lines. magic material.
This is a "universal substrate" engraved with a magic circle, and Amber feels that she has seen the rune structure on it.
After trying to remember for a long time, she said "Oh": "Oh, I see, this is the thing that Rebecca and Jenny drew before!"
"The honeycomb magic net unit, this is a basic unit, and it can work independently. I engraved it on a general-purpose substrate that can be moved, and it becomes a 'part' that can be combined with other things at will," Gao said. As Wen spoke, he turned the board over, exposing the vacant grooves on the back of the board, "And these slots are connected to other things."
"So this metal plate is constantly gathering magic power?" Amber looked at this new thing with a completely different style from the traditional magic props in amazement, "Then what do you plan to use this magic power for? Such a small magic net unit can The magic power gathered should be limited, right?"
"It's really limited. With the output of this magic net unit alone, it's very difficult to activate a first-level spell, so you need to charge the energy into these crystals first." Gao Wen pointed to the inferior magic storage crystal next to him, "Complete a spell." After the charging cycle, the magic power in the crystal is exported. Since the charging is continuous, the dissipation of the crystal is no longer a problem. You see, it acts as a temporary register in this system , used to store a small amount of magic power generated by the magic net unit, so as long as the crystals form an array, supplemented by a long enough charging cycle, then it is entirely possible for such a basic unit to release enough magic power to drive advanced spells .”
Amber's eyes widened from the middle of hearing it, and the way she looked at Gawain at the end was not right: "You bastard... Are you really sure that you are a knight?"
"Eh... As for such a big reaction?"
"You are a knight, where did you come up with all these magical theories!" Amber stared, and then looked at Gawain in disbelief. There are many key runes and control circles, but it is obviously not far from completion, "Is this thing... a magic device? But it still seems to be just a part..."
"That's right, it's still a part, but it's just a very important part. With it, I have completed the most important part of my plans: how to solve the problem of mobile energy without a fixed magic grid power supply. That's the question," Gao Wen smiled, "I'm going to call it Magic Capacitor, what do you think of this name?"
"Magic capacitor?" Amber blinked. "What does this thing have to do with electricity? Are you going to use it to release lightning bolts?"
"Uh... well, I didn't think of this," Gao Wen thought about it seriously, and then changed the phrase, "Then I decided to call it a magic capacitor."
Amber: "... and this one!?"
Seeing Amber's dumbfounded look, Gao Wen felt great joy, so he lowered his head happily, found the batch of drafts that he had not finished calculating before, and prepared to continue to calculate the power and charging efficiency of the honeycomb magic net unit. It was a difficult problem, but not long after he started working, he suddenly heard a noise coming from outside.
"I'll go see what's going on!"
After saying these words, Amber disappeared in front of Gao Wen in no time: As long as Gao Wen wrote something, she would definitely get dizzy from reading it.
But as soon as she ran out, she came back in a hurry: "Gawain! Gawain! Knight Byron is back!"
"He's back?" Gao Wen immediately put down the pen in his hand, "Let him in quickly!"
Knight Byron walked into the tent. After several days of exploration in the ruins, he looked quite tired and dusty, but the expression on the knight's face was obviously very excited. He gave Gao Wen a knight's salute when he entered, and then said excitedly: "My lord! We found a hidden area in the ruins, which may be the secret test site of the Gondor Empire! There are not only many intact equipment, equipment, and supplies in it. , and... and a handful of still legible manuscripts and documents have been found!" 8)