Lord of Arcane

Chapter 395 Cycle Charts
Xia Duo looked at the mirror, and checked all the connections between it and the strings of the magic net. With his magic attainments, he didn't realize the use of this mirror for a while!

So, he asked Tilak, "What effect is attached to this mirror?"

"Magic effect!" Tilak said affirmatively.

"..." Xia Duo was speechless, and asked again, "I'm asking what effect does it have?"

"It's a magic item now!"

After two times in a row, Xia Duo finally understood what Tilak meant. Emotion is just an ordinary mirror, but it can be recognized as a magic item by the caster!

Looking at the mithril pattern on the mirror, Xia Duo thought it was a waste. Once this mithril was fused with other substances, it could never be separated again. At least Netheril did not master the technology of refining mithril.

But on the bright side, he still wanted to praise Tilak a few words. After all, they created a real magic item in less than two months, even though this magic item was useless.

Even the basic function of the mirror—reflection, is blurred by the mithril texture on the mirror surface!
"Anything else?"

"Others have various defects and cannot maintain a permanent magical effect."

Xia Duo nodded and didn't say anything else. Afterwards, he looked through the experimental records in detail, and had a more detailed understanding of the progress of this permanent magic project. At the same time, he also discovered the difficulty of this project.

At first, he thought that he could get results quickly, but now it seems a bit unrealistic.

Constancy of magic, or permanent magic, no matter how much difference there is in the actual effect, it still has the same principle in essence, that is, the element cycle of spells.

The initial starting point can be attributed to [Secret Mark], a 0-level spell, but [Secret Mark] only involves the surface layer of the magic net, and it is only the operation cycle of the magic net string.

The permanent magic and constant magic technique not only involve the deep layer of the magic net, but also the energy circulation in addition to the operation cycle of the magic net strings.

The operation cycle of the string of the magic web is related to whether the magic is permanent, and the cycle of energy is related to the existence of magic. Without stable energy, it is naturally impossible to have any magical effect that can last for a long time.

If only the operation cycle of the magic string is achieved, then it will only have the magic effect of "with magic effect", similar to [Secret Imprint].

On it, there will be a cycle of energy, and specific magical effects will appear.

It seems that Tilak is stuck at this step. The macroscopic understanding is indeed very simple, but the specific operating principle is actually not clear.

This can actually be attributed to the insufficiency of the current color-resistant magic system, and Xia Duo doesn't have much to do about it for the time being.

Because the best way is to let a large number of grassroots mages continue to develop, expand the breadth of existing theories and technologies, and then come up with a magic tree similar to the technology tree. This is the correct way for magic to develop.

After encouraging Tilak again, Xiaduo was about to leave. He also asked Master Depak, the personnel director of the Tower of Time, to talk about the independence of the personnel relationship of the "study group".

This is the prelude to the transformation of the Tower of Time. Xia Duo must communicate with relevant people in advance. In addition to De Parker, he also needs to interview other directors of the Tower of Time.

In fact, as long as you have a good grasp of personnel and materials, Xia Duo doesn't want the Tower of Time to be in turmoil, so it is necessary to find out and ventilate in advance.

Of course, the most important thing is Niya's opinion. Xia Duo is only acting as the tower owner now, and he can decide on his own daily affairs, but when it comes to the transformation of the Tower of Time, even if Nya releases the authority, he must make a branch call in advance.

However, he was sure to convince Niya.

……

Four o'clock in the afternoon, De Parker's place.

Knowing that Xia Duo was coming, De Parker made time ahead of time, and while waiting, he kept thinking about Ta Ling's previous reminder that Xia Duo had created a new authority called "study group".

De Parker didn't know the specific scope of authority, but he had heard of the name "study group" for a long time. It was just a small group formed by a group of apprentices. Why did it suddenly get involved with the new authority of the Tower of Time?

"Shadow—" De Parker murmured.

He has a good impression of this young man who has grown so fast, but because of his rapid growth, he actually doesn't know much about Xia Duo, or he has not had time to learn more about Xia Duo, and Xia Duo has suddenly become a partner with Xia Duo. He is the same middle-level mage, and he has become Niya's husband.

When he was thinking about the meaning of Xia Duo's actions this time, De Parker was suddenly refreshed. Someone triggered the magic alarm at the door, and he immediately realized that Xia Duo had arrived.

After opening the door, it was indeed Xia Duo standing at the door, and De Parker took the initiative to greet, "Master Xia Duo, welcome, please come in!"

"Master De Parker, good afternoon." Xia Duo casually replied, and followed De Parker into the reception room.

The two sat opposite each other, and De Parker took the initiative to ask, "Master Xia Duo came here this time because of the 'study group'?"

"Yes!" Xia Duo nodded. De Parker was so active, he didn't need to beat around the bush, so he directly ordered Ta Ling to project the price changes of magic items in the entire Netheril in the past 100 years between the two, and then It is displayed in the form of a line chart.

"Mage Depak, please take a look at this chart first. This is the change curve of magic items in Netheril over the past hundred years. I only took the average price of low-level magic potions and low-level and middle-level magic scrolls in that year. These prices are relatively stable and relatively easy to find.”

From the figure, it can be seen very intuitively that the price fluctuations in the past 100 years are generally in a downward trend, and the range is not large. In addition, except for one very violent fluctuation point, the rest of the price fluctuations are relatively weak.

Xia Duo pointed to the very violent fluctuation point and explained: "This is the highest price in history 120 years ago. What happened in those few years, Master De Parker must be in a very special situation."

Depak nodded, expressing his understanding. In fact, if you ask any Nether, he will know that more than 100 years ago, the Nether wiped out the largest orc tribes in the territory.

Since then, there has been little orc threat in Nether's core area.

Wars broke out frequently in those years, and the prices of magic items reached the highest point in modern history. Of course, neither the Savile Land nor the Tower of Time existed at that time.

It's even not certain whether Grand Arcanist Saville was born or not at that time!

That is to say, as a modern person, Xia Duo is more sensitive to data, so he can summarize one or two from various essays and biographies in the Tower of Time library.

Next, Xia Duo explained each of the small fluctuations, which were all connected to various events in history. Of course, there are many far-fetched elements in it, but Xia Duo mainly explained the reliability of this chart.

There is no doubt about the overall downward trend of the price of magic items, and it can be inferred under normal thinking, but no one has summarized and drawn such an indistinct statistical analysis chart like Xia Duo.

De Parker was indeed a little bluffed, but doubts also followed, "Then Master Shadow, what is the connection between the drop in the price of magic items and the 'study group'?"

(End of this chapter)