Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

"Similarly, magic is not noble, it is just a kind of power," Lind continued.

Ilfa opened her mouth slightly. Although she had long been accustomed to Linde's shocking words from time to time, every time Ilfa thought that Linde had reached the end, he would challenge her own cognition again.

"Are you really a member of the Holy Empire?" Ilfa exclaimed.

"It was in the past, and in the future... maybe." Lin De said meaningfully.

"Then...how do you plan to make magic unsacred?" Ilfa asked with interest.

"I have some ideas, but there are still many areas that need to be improved." Linde expressed his thoughts. "It's too empty to say it directly, so I'll use iron smelting to explain it in detail."

"First of all, I don't need to explain the importance of steel. Even the Regent of the Holy Empire knows the importance of steel." As if the Regent was an idiot, Lind picked up a piece of bark as paper and a charcoal stick as a pen and started writing. "I have learned in detail how to smelt iron. With the help of magic, the efficiency of iron smelting will be greatly improved."

"But this is not enough!" Lind said. "Sixty kilograms of iron a day is too little! It is not enough for me!"

"Then how can I satisfy you?" Ilfa asked with interest.

"Increase production!" Linde said as a matter of course. "As for the reasons for restricting steel production, I also roughly understand it."

As he spoke, Linde excitedly drew on the bark the furnace of this world that he had seen in the blacksmith shop. Linde could not remember what the earthen furnace on Earth looked like, but it was definitely different from this furnace, because this furnace was heated by magic, so there was no restriction on fuel.

When it comes to how to further increase steel production, Linde naturally thinks of blast furnaces. Although Linde doesn't know many details of the blast furnace, this world is filled with magic. Since there is magic, there's no need to stick to the original technology tree.

"The most important thing to increase steel production is to increase the size of the furnace, that is, to make the furnace bigger." Linde pointed to the blast furnace diagram he drew. "I have discussed this with Alyssa and the blacksmiths, and the result is not feasible. The most critical problem is that heating such a large furnace requires more magic power, larger and more magic runes, but Alyssa also said that her magic power is far from enough to support such a large furnace."

"Indeed, Elisa's magic power is far inferior." Illufa nodded in agreement. "So, you want me, a five-star magician, to be your furnace burner?"

"Of course not." Lind immediately shook his head and denied. "You only have one, and you don't know how to clone yourself. If you have to get a magician to solve every problem, regardless of whether they are willing or not, when the scale is large, I think even if you bring all the magicians in the Holy Empire, it won't be enough."

Ilufa was stunned. The scale is bigger? What are you planning?

"We can't just ask magicians to act as magic batteries whenever we need them. We must change our thinking." Lind put down the pen in his hand.

"What idea?" Ilfa narrowed his eyes and tapped his arm with his fingers.

"Ma'am, you should have thought of it too." Linde smiled. "Splitting and refining high-level magic, breaking down the originally complex magic runes and using them separately, just like the door-opening rune we saw in the cave."

In that cave, Linde and Ilufa saw a huge magic circle. According to Ilufa, the idea of ​​that magic circle was completely different from that of the mainstream magic circle. Although it looked big, it was made up entirely of low-level magic runes, and the highest level was only a line-level rune.

Any magician who saw it would think it was a pile of rune garbage created by a magic apprentice who was at most line-level. However, it was this pile of rune garbage that produced a magical effect of at least five-star level.

Moreover, the magic power required to drive this huge magic rune is equivalent to the amount of a line-level magic rune.

Chapter 138 Magic Standardization

Magic needs a magician to use it, and the magician needs to use the magic power in a certain way. What is depicted in reality is the magic rune.

Since they cannot manipulate magic power, ordinary people who are not magicians cannot use magic, and they are also unable to use ready-made magic runes.

Ordinary people are unable to inject magic power into ready-made magic runes. This is the fundamental reason why ordinary people cannot use magic.

As for whether the magic runes drawn by ordinary people can be used, Lind has already proved this problem through Aifite's actual demonstration not long ago. As long as the drawing is accurate enough, the runes drawn by people who are not magicians can also be used. The point and line level magic runes are not that complicated. As long as you master the drawing method of the ruler and cabinet and figure out some parameters, you can do it.

Magic runes require a magician to inject magic power into them in order to work. A magic rune without magic power is just a decoration. In addition, the magic rune will be activated for a short moment at the moment of completion. Lind also has some ideas on how to use this.

However, the most urgent task now is how to enable ordinary people to use magic in the absence of magicians, and the solution to this problem lies in the "low-level rune garbage piled up by magic apprentices" in the cave.

Not to mention when he went out, Lind remembered that when he went in, no one used magic power to infuse it. It was an accident that a piece of Sylph Stone fragment filled with wind magic hit the trigger point on the "low-level rune garbage piled up by the magic apprentice".

"Madam, I want to know how that magic circle uses a bunch of low-level magic runes to achieve something that only high-level magic runes can do. Also, why it only takes a little magic power to activate such a large magic rune." Lind waved his arms and gestured.

"I just figured out the answer to this question." Ilufa tapped the table. "The answer is very simple. The magic circle was directly put together using low-level magic runes."

"Put them together?" Linde's eyes lit up.

"Yes, put them together." Illufa emphasized. "You have heard what Alyssa said, right? Although there are many types of magic runes, point-level and line-level runes are universal. All magicians, including magicians of other races, use the same point-level and line-level magic runes. From the triangle level onwards, it depends on the magician to integrate the magic runes according to his own needs."

"For example, this triangle-level magic, spiral air bomb." As he spoke, Ilfa raised his hand, and the wind gathered in his hand, compressed and gathered into a small ball like a Rasengan. "This magic is actually the result of combining the point-level wind magic cyclone and the line-level wind magic air compression. The question is how much magic power is needed for each, and how to mix them together."

"We have always thought of the purpose of magic first, then designed it ourselves, and realized it all in one magic rune." Irufa waved his hand and released the spiral gas bomb in his hand. "But that magic circle reminded me that complex magic runes can be separated and do not need to be put in one magic rune."

Lind blinked and suddenly understood the limitations of magic in this world.

The magicians in this world seem to be still limited to their personal and individual use of magic, and their methods of using magic are still relatively simple and crude. No one has thought of standardizing and generalizing magic.

No, there should still be standardization, for example, there is a consensus on point-level and line-level magic runes, but that's where it ends, there is no further progress.

Then, Linde became more interested in the person in the cave. In Linde's opinion, this method of using magic runes was much more advanced.

"If I hadn't seen the result with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that low-level magic runes could be used this way." Ilufa shook his head in self-mockery. "If it was me in the past, and someone told me that I could connect dozens of point-line magic runes to create a magic rune with the power of a five-star and built-in insurance, I wouldn't even look at him."

"Rather than piling up a bunch of low-level magic runes, it is the correct approach for most magicians to make a powerful magic rune that includes all functions and then use their own powerful magic power to activate it."

The right thing to do? Lind couldn't help but laugh.

Rather than drawing a complex and powerful magic rune that is difficult for people to understand, using a bunch of simple magic runes to do the same thing is the correct approach in Lind's opinion, because it means standardization and universal use.

Efit has proven that point and line level magic runes are far from being complex enough for ordinary people to draw. At least in Lind's opinion, most of the point and line level runes can be copied with just a ruler.

"Then... why does that huge complex magic circle only require a little bit of magic power to activate?" Lind asked.

"Two reasons." Illufa held up two fingers. "The charging runes on the edge of the magic circle, and the Sylph Stone that serves as a pool of magic power."

"Charging runes and magic pools?" Lind felt that he was not far from the answer.

"Yes, the charging rune, a point-level magic rune, a useless rune that most magicians disdain." Ilufa said self-deprecatingly. "The charging rune can slowly gather the free magic power in nature, but it is very impractical for two reasons. One is that it occupies too much area. A charging rune often occupies more than 80% of the area of ​​the entire rune. The other is that the efficiency is too low. Instead of slowly charging, it is better for the magician to use his own magic power."

"But that magic circle perfectly solves these two problems through two methods." Ilufa was excited. "One is to draw the charging runes separately so that they do not occupy the overall area. The other is to use the Sylph Stone as a container of magic power, which continuously stores excess magic power and releases it when needed."

"And I found a few unfamiliar runes in that magic circle. If I'm not mistaken, they should be used to control the flow of magic power, including amplification and direction of magic power."

"If we can refer to the idea of ​​the magic circle at the blacksmith shop..."

"Great!" Linde jumped up and hugged Ilufa excitedly. "Madam, you are really a genius!"

"Alright, alright, let me go." Ilfa was also very happy. "But there is still an important issue, which is the Salaman Stone, the container of fire magic."

"That's easy!" Linde patted his chest. "Mom! Where can I find the Salamandra?"

Chapter 139 The Taste of Effit

While the young camp director and the married woman lord whose husband was away were discussing ironmaking matters in the tent, Lind's secretary Efit was looking for Fran as Lind had instructed.

Due to the shortage of manpower, there was no idle person in the entire camp, including the newly arrived combat nuns who were not serfs and the new beastmen, all of whom were busy with the construction of the camp.

At the beginning, due to limited conditions and lack of manpower, all the residences were tents. However, as the situation stabilized, the camp began to upgrade the residences and started to build new walls and houses with wood and stone.

Everyone, some are hunting, some are cutting trees, some are farming, some are building houses, it seems that no one is idle, everyone has work to do, but there are exceptions.

After asking a few people, Efit finally found Fran lying lazily on the grass by the coast.

Fran was still dressed as a nun. Her plump body made the slightly small nun's uniform burst on her body. The loose nun's uniform made this fox look like the church of joy.

Because of this dress, the combat nuns almost got into a fight when they first arrived. They felt that Fran's outfit was a blasphemy to the God-Emperor.

Fran was the most idle person in the entire camp. Fran's job was to use the beast control magic to control birds three times a day to scout the surrounding situation from high altitude. The rest of the time, Linde had no mandatory requirements and let Fran allocate her time freely.

Although as the Son of God, Lind would do whatever he asked, even if it was to warm Fran's bed, but Lind never used his status as the Son of God to force any beastman to do anything.

Efit walked towards Fran. From Efit's perspective, he could see two tall peaks connected together. Perhaps because of their race, the new beastmen were generally taller than humans, especially the females. Every one of them was very generous.

Fran is a fox, not as big as the two cows, but compared with her slender waist, it looks more prominent and very elastic, and does not shrink even when she lies there.

A hint of jealousy flashed across Efit's face. As a secretary, Efit always paid special attention to Lind's gaze, judging his boss's preferences through those subconscious instinctive actions, and then prescribing the right medicine.

According to Efit's observation, Lind likes breasts and legs the most, and likes big ones, which is very different from other nobles who generally like small ones.

In the aristocratic circle of the Holy Empire where most people are obsessed with lolita, Lind can be considered a heretic.

To be more specific, according to Efit's observation, the person around Lind whose appearance best meets his aesthetic standards is undoubtedly himself. After all, Efit's reaction that night is still firmly engraved in his heart like a brand.

But that's just appearance. If we compare figure, it's Fran.

Just wait, I still have time, and I will surpass you by then.

"Good morning, Miss Efit." Just when Efit was still some distance away from Fran, Fran suddenly greeted her.

"You knew it was me?" Efit was a little surprised.

"The beastman's nose is very clever~" Fran pointed at her own nose without even looking at Efit. "Your smell is very special~"

"Oh? What's that smell?" Efit asked with interest.

"It smells like rotten fruit, and... a sweet smell like honey." Fran raised her head and looked at Efit with ambiguous eyes.

It is not strange to have body odor, but it is strange not to have body odor. Because there are not so many clothes, it is impossible to change them every day, and there is no condition to take a hot bath, so when the body is really dirty, it can only be rubbed in the river.

If you approach a serf without being mentally prepared, the intoxicating smell is enough to make you faint on the spot.

This is despite Lind's mandatory requirement to take a bath every three days.

The smell of rotten fruit is not difficult to understand. In the tavern of Efit, the barrels are filled with various rotten fruits for making wine, but the sweet smell of honey...

"Thank you for your compliment." Efit bowed with a smile. "I came to inform you that Sir Lind wants to see you. He wants you to find him in the tent of the Lord's wife."

"The Son of God is looking for me." Fran got up from the ground, brushed off the weeds on her body, and her whole body swayed. "Then I can't let the Son of God wait for too long."

After saying that, Fran walked slowly towards the camp.

"By the way." When passing by Efit, Fran asked as if on impulse. "Which god do you believe in, young lady?"

"Me? I believe in Bacchus, the god of wine and banquets." Efit smiled.

"I've never heard of a god like that." Fran shrugged and continued walking forward. Efit caught up with her, accelerated, passed Fran, and walked in front of her.

The two walked towards the tent in the center of the camp one after the other and soon arrived. Efit signaled Fran to wait a moment and he informed her. Before he could knock on the door, a loud voice came from inside.

"Mom! Where is the Salaman Stone?" Lind's excited voice came from the tent.

Mom? Efit and Fran both had strange smiles on their faces.

"Does our little master lack maternal love?" Fran put her hands behind her back, her smile full of maternal love.

"Young Master is talking about the Mother Goddess of Earth, right? After all, Young Master is the son of the Mother Goddess of Earth." Efit explained.

Fran tilted her head and didn't respond. Efit didn't rush to open the door, but paused at the door for a while so as not to interrupt the communication between Linde and the Mother Goddess of Earth.

Neither of them spoke, just waiting quietly. After a few minutes, Efit raised his hand and knocked on the wooden door of the tent.

"Who is it?" Linde's voice came from inside.

Should Ilfa ask this? Efit thought to himself.

"Master, it's me." Efit answered through the door. "I've called Miss Fran."

"I understand." Linde said goodbye to Ilufa in the tent. "Then I'll leave the design of the magic rune to you, Madam."

"Don't worry, leave it to me." Ilfa waved at Linde.

After Linde left, the smile on Ilfa's face gradually faded and eventually disappeared.

According to Ilufa's idea, the originally complex magic runes were broken down into low-level runes, and then a separate charging rune that was large enough was made. When combined with magic ore that could store magic power, magic could indeed be cast without the participation of a magician, but this was an act that violated the laws of the Holy Empire.

The laws of the Holy Empire forbid anyone from teaching anyone any magical knowledge without approval, especially civilians. What Ilufa did at this time was undoubtedly against the law, but...

Illufa clenched his fists, his eyes firm and determined.

Chapter 140 Magic Ore

In the tent, Linde and Ilufa had an in-depth discussion on how to use magic without the help of a magician. The two sides fully exchanged ideas and had a frank discussion, and initially came up with a plan that seemed feasible.

With reference to the complex chain magic circle in the cave, the originally complex and high-end magic runes were simplified and standardized, and combined with magic ore, the originally impractical charging runes were made practical. This was the solution that Lind and Ilufa came up with.

Of course, so far this is only at the conceptual stage, and it is still just a preliminary idea. How to do it specifically still requires very complicated implementation, and there are a lot of details that need to be clarified, such as what the material of the runes is, how to connect different runes, and there are so many questions that even Lind, a layman in magic, can think of a lot of them.

It can be seen that mainstream magicians have never thought of this usage. In addition to looking down on it, there are also reasons for feasibility. For most magicians, why would they use a bunch of low-level runes to solve a problem that can be solved with a high-level rune?

For the untouchables who are not magicians? I think you are a heretic and I will burn you to death.

Anyway, for mainstream magicians, whether it is separating magic runes instead of combining them into a high-level rune, or allowing people who are not magicians to use magic, it is a heresy. As the former saint of the god of magic, Ilufa originally thought so, but the magic runes in the cave opened up Ilufa's mind.