Sword of Dawn

"What are you talking about?" Tyre raised his eyelids lazily, "If you want to study the magic or technology of our sea monsters, then forget it. We are completely different from non-elemental creatures like you in terms of spells and technology. The gap is bigger than that of humans and humans." The magic system of the elves is even bigger."

"No, it's about those... aberrants."

Tire just wanted to go back to sleep quickly: "Aberrant? Then go to Gawain, he is professional, he died in this field in his previous life."

"It's about what you said on the city wall today." The arcane sparks in Kamel's eyes flickered, "You mentioned that aberrants are a kind of 'failure' that failed to fully mutate in the magic tide. They were not born from the magic tide, but were transformed by the magic tide...Is that so?"

"I didn't say that for sure, but it probably meant the same thing." Tire stopped yawning, and under the lift of the snake's tail, her upper body slightly raised, almost looking down at Kamel in a floating state, "No wonder I felt that The energy reaction on your body is very violent... You said that you were frightened by a spell from Rebecca, but you, an ancient magister, are not so easily frightened by a spell."

Kamel didn't speak, which was regarded as acquiescing to Tyre's statement.

"I heard Gawain tell the story of disobedience to the fortress, and your plan back then. I was very touched... So I can probably guess what answer you hope to get from me," Tyre slowly lowered his body, and then Suddenly reaching out to his abdomen - Kamel watched this scene in horror (inwardly), he saw that the siren actually put his hand directly into his body, her torso, arms and part of the clothing were in the process It turned into a water-like texture, Tier touched his stomach for a moment, and then pulled out an ominous dark red bone fragment from his body, and she handed it to Kamel, " The answer is for you to find it yourself - I found this bone fragment on the city wall, from an aberration, its chaotic magic power has been purified by me, you can study it safely, but hurry up, it Disintegrating itself every moment."

Chapter 0278 Inspiration from Solderin

Kamel looked at the bone fragments that Tire handed over to him in surprise, and he didn't say anything for a long time. Tire smiled slightly when he saw this, and waved his hand indifferently: "You don't need to thank me, in fact, I don't care about your short-lived ones. I'm not interested in empires and kingdoms, and helping you is just a matter of effort."

"No, I'm just curious, do you usually store everything in your stomach?"

Tyr: "...Yes, is there a problem?"

"No...it's okay, my vision is narrow," Kamel put away the bone fragment with a 140-lumen expression, "Thank you for your help, Miss Till. But why did you pick a piece?" Such bone fragments come back?"

"Actually, I wanted to taste the salty ones, but then I thought that this humanoid creature was too heavy to eat, so I just picked up a bone and brought it back as a souvenir—but I didn't expect this thing to be decomposing rapidly. , even if it is put in the stomach, it has been decomposing," Tire shook the tip of his tail, "I was planning to find a place where no one was there to spit it out, but now that you are useful, I will give it to you."

Kamel's expression darkened (literally), and he suddenly didn't want the sample very much—although Till said that she took the bone back and prepared it as a collection, but this process sounded like digestion Half way through the stuff...

And he has to thank Till for accepting this thing...

Miss Kraken didn't know what Kamel was thinking, she just felt that she finally finished talking about this very troublesome business, and the thought of going back to the house to sleep overwhelmed everything. After a big yawn, the sea caterpillar started Lifting his body, he left the government affairs hall one by one.

Gawain returned to his study, and it was no surprise that he saw Solderling waiting for him inside, while Betty was standing beside him with a big teapot, as if he had been looking after it for quite a long time.

"We discussed about post-war production." After entering the room, Gao Wen rubbed Betty's head casually, told the little maid to rest next door, and then sat behind his desk, "I actually wanted to call you over. "

Solderin shook his head indifferently: "I still can't. My current identity is not Cecil's retainer after all. It is inappropriate to attend your meeting temporarily as a Typhon commander and prisoner of war."

"You always talk too much about principles when it comes to things that have nothing to do with the overall situation." Gao Wen looked at the other party helplessly, "I, the lord, even said that it's all right, why are you insisting on it yourself?"

"Most of the elves are like this. We are a serious race." Soldering laughed. "Having dealt with elves so much, you should have gotten used to our principles."

It’s okay if he doesn’t say this, but when he said it, a girl with sharp ears who was unprincipled and unprincipled couldn’t help popping up in Gao Wen’s mind: “...Not all elves are like this, look at Amber, her I'm afraid the lineage is not fake."

Solderin also looked helpless when he heard the word Amber. That half-elven guy was running around making troubles in the territory all day long, which obviously left a deep impression on the high-ranking ranger: "Miss Amber... ...She is indeed half of the silver elf bloodline, but her acting style really makes people wonder how much that half bloodline has on her... Maybe it has something to do with her other half bloodline."

"I dare say that as long as there are good things, you have excellent silver elf blood, and if there are any bad things, it must be brought by the mixed blood." Gawain glanced at Soldering, but he didn't take it seriously. Over the current topic, "Let's not talk about this, what do you think of this battle?"

"About your army, or about those monsters?"

Gao Wen tapped on the table lightly: "There are all of them."

Soldering laughed: "To be honest, your army surprised me. I noticed that their equipment was very strange and their training was different from regular soldiers, but I never thought about their combat capabilities and fighting methods. That's right. Is this also the result of your 700 years of 'soul travel'? Some kind of knowledge from... a lost time and space or a different civilization?"

"It's about the same," Gao Wen said casually, "and this army has not yet formed. No matter in terms of weapons and equipment or training level, they are far from my goal."

"It can be seen, such as those crystallization bombs thrown out by trebuchets," Soldering is worthy of being a high-level ranger from the Silver Empire, and has the insight and vision to travel through the wasteland of Gondor 700 years ago. Aside from the incongruity in Cecil's defensive battle, "Great power has obvious shortcomings. Using primitive trebuchets to throw 'bombs' is also your helpless move?"

Gawain admitted Solderling's statement with a wry smile: "Exactly, and we discussed how to solve this problem at our meeting today. To be honest, I urgently need a powerful, high-precision, long-range and easy-to-use weapon right now." Arranged and moved long-range weapons, human beings suffer too much in terms of physical fitness when fighting against aberrations, we must use powerful equipment to make up for it."

"Great power, high precision, long range, and easy to arrange and move, your requirements are not low." Soldering scratched his wig, "To be honest, I saw you using the trebuchet to put the so-called It hurts so much when I throw the 'Crystal Bomb' thing, most of such powerful magic devices exploded in the open space - I really can't wait to add a blessing of wind to each bomb, and then At least it won't be so wasteful to use something more punctual like the elf ballista..."

Solderling said casually here, but Gao Wen's heart suddenly moved: add enchanted structures to the shells? !Why didn't he think of it before? !

Limitations of thinking, limitations of thinking—he has been thinking about the "cannon" structure on the earth, trying to find a solution from the so-called "launch mechanism", but neglecting that in this magical world, Cannonballs themselves can also be regarded as enchanting targets...

Gao Wen suddenly patted himself on the head, and he suddenly thought that even if he hadn't fallen into a misunderstanding about the "launch mechanism", he should also get inspiration from other examples: Isn't the missile on the earth a self-powered weapon? what?Why didn't I think that I could achieve a similar effect on the shells when making the alien version of the cannon?Even if the cannonball can't have the ability to fly by itself, reducing its weight and adding wind runes can solve the problem of insufficient thrust of the repulsive circle or too long acceleration trajectory?

He thought carefully about what was limiting his thinking, and finally gradually understood the problem: the so-called "technical development steps".

Although he has realized more than once that the magic of this world is convenient in many places, and has lamented that this world uses magic to achieve many things that are still considered science fiction on earth, but when he thinks about some problems, he still can't help Let's use the experience of his previous life to describe the facts in front of him-he felt in his heart that missiles were something more advanced than artillery, and they appeared after artillery, so before solving the artillery problem, he never thought that he could Skip this step and go straight to missiles or rockets for inspiration...

It's like before a person learns to walk, no one can think of letting him practice swimming-but you tell the sea monster to try it?

Some sea monsters are tens of thousands of years old and still can't walk upright, and they can only arch when they land on the shore-but when a koi is launched into the water, the speed is 60 knots, so there is no reason for this...

In the same way, in this world of developing the way of magic, rockets are simpler than cannonballs—the same reason that Cecil engineers used laser welding before the electric soldering iron was invented...

Here, Gao Wen's mind began to flood with a lot of emotions, inspiring self-reflection and inventing inspiration, but Solderin, who was sitting across from him, was bewildered. He saw that Gao Wen suddenly started to slap his head vigorously. , Immediately couldn't help but said: "I just said it casually, you don't have to get tangled up like this..."

"No, it's not your problem, I just came up with some ideas, ahem," Gao Wen came back to his senses with a little embarrassment, coughed twice and brought the topic back on track, "Let's get on with the business first, what do you think about this time?" What do you think of the new types of enemies that appear in battle?"

"In those monsters, there are mutated individuals that have not been seen 700 years ago, and they have intelligence, which is really surprising," Soldering nodded. "It took us more than a year to travel through the wasteland of Gondor. I have dealt with countless mutants in the middle, but I have not found any subspecies of them, but to be honest, given the abnormal environment of the Gondor wasteland, it is normal for those monsters to mutate after being trapped in it for 700 years— —I am more worried about the extent of their 'intellectual awakening', how many monsters have mutated, how many monsters have higher intelligence, and how well they are organized..."

While speaking, the high-ranking ranger frowned: "Chaotic and mindless monsters are easy to deal with even if they are strong, but monsters that become smart...I am very worried that they will pose a threat to the magnificent wall."

Gao Wen's expression became serious: "Do you think they are destroying the magnificent wall?"

"As long as they awaken their wisdom, it is impossible for them to be indifferent to the magnificent wall, which is a barrier that traps them, and breaking free is the instinct of all intelligent creatures," Soldering nodded, "They are born to use The huge chaotic magic energy in the wasteland of Gondor, if they know how to gather these energies and destroy the sentinel tower in a targeted manner, then the magnificent wall will be really dangerous. Although the sentinel tower is strong and has a lot of defenses Institutions, but that is to deal with energy violations on the wasteland and wandering mindless monsters, facing an organized and orderly attack, the Sentinel Tower will have big problems."

Gawain nodded slowly, then looked at Solderling: "I understand, then you should bid farewell to me."

"That's right," Soldering stood up, "We still have a lot to talk about, but the hidden dangers of the Great Wall are imminent. I must leave immediately to warn my people and find out the status of the barrier— — Now that the territory has returned to safety, it is time for me to leave."

Gawain didn't intend to let this high-level ranger stay longer. After all, the other party was going to leave before, but he had to stay for a few more days because of the sudden attack of monsters, and it's not like he won't come back later.But before Soldering left, he still couldn't help asking: "Although you are very confident...but how do you plan to cross the blockade at the border of Typhon?"

"An excellent ranger is probably also an excellent infiltrator." Soldering smiled confidently. "Have you forgotten how I got past the barbarian defense line and burned down half of their camp?"

Gao Wen thought about it carefully, with a look of horror on his face: "Are you planning to dress as a woman again?"

"I don't understand, why are you so surprised every time..."

Gao Wen: "...Actually, I think taking off your wig is more effective than turning into a Solderine, let alone Typhon, even I may not be able to recognize you..."

"Do not!!"

Chapter 0279 Magic Technology Research Institute

He has extraordinary temperament, high strength, and is well-known in the mercenary world. He even has the title of "Blonde Solderin", which sounds like a noble son on the battlefield, and has traveled in the northern part of the mainland for seven centuries. The ranger Thorderling Frostleaf, behind his perfect prince persona, is essentially a bald, lady-dressing, pervert—a must-write by Gawain Cecil.

Well, Gawain Cecil didn't write this must-word back then, but Gawain, who inherited his memory, can be sure that the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory made such comments on his alien friend more than once in his heart...

But this evaluation is just Gawain's own thoughts. Soldering himself does not seem to have any feeling for his "transformation" skills. Useful skills, abnormal and no distractions - this can be said to be a big boss.

Fortunately, Gao Wen experienced the impact of the information explosion era in his previous life, otherwise he might not be able to control his expression at this time...

After trying to control his expression, Gawain asked Soldering's plan nonchalantly: "When are you going to leave?"

"Just today," Soldering replied, "it's best to leave before evening."

"Are you sure you want to leave in the evening?" Gawain frowned, "In order to avoid attracting attention, your best course of action is to bypass the various nobles in the southern border and return to the wilderness along the south bank of the White Water River and the Dark Mountains. Typhon border, this is not an easy road, it won't be long before you leave the city and it will be dark."

"For the elves, it doesn't matter day or night when traveling in the wilderness, and setting off in the evening can avoid some sightlines."

Gawain pondered for a while, and agreed with Soldering's statement: "Okay, I will issue you a pass, and my pass will be valid until you leave the border of Ansu - although you will bypass most of the nobles, there is one A pass can still prevent many problems.”

Solderling showed a slight smile: "Then thank you in advance."

So, on the evening after Cecil's second defensive battle ended, a mysterious and beautiful blond huntress left the territory in a low-key manner. Holding the pass document issued by the Duke himself, she left the territory and headed east. In the past, no one knew her origin, except for the mystery, it was still a mystery...

And Gawain received Betty's report before nightfall - Rebecca seemed to be about to wake up.

Rebecca's room is on the second floor of the lord's mansion. As a nobleman of pure blood and a young lady with a glorious surname, the boudoir of this "Miss Viscount" does not show any decorations and aura that fit her identity. Most of the furniture in the entire bedroom was built by Gawain when the Lord's Mansion was completed. Apart from that, Rebecca herself did not add any furnishings to the room at all. The dressing table next to the bed was the only one in the entire room. Something that can be seen as a girl - the crystal mirror of the dressing table is glued to the half-mirror manuscript and shorthand formula...

It is conceivable that this Viscountess has to carefully search for angles between the piles of manuscript papers every morning in order to finish dressing after getting up-maybe remembering to wash her face and comb her hair every day is already the limit of this girl, and it is possible in her life Do you learn to make up yourself like a normal noble lady?

At this moment, Rebecca was quietly lying on her bed, and Hetty was sitting on the head of her bed. After Gawain entered the room, he waved to Hetty, signaling that the other party didn't need to get up, and at the same time stepped forward to ask about the situation: "Are you awake?" ?”

"Still asleep, but I suddenly said something in my sleep just now," Hetty said in a low voice, "then Betty ran to call you."

Gawain sat down beside the bed, looked at Rebecca who was soundly asleep, and couldn't help but gently stroked her hair: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Hetty looked helpless: "It seems to be 'don't knock your head'."

Gao Wen: "..."

He looked down at his great-great...great-granddaughter in name (and some kind of fact), and couldn't help sighing softly: "I finally settled down when I fell asleep."

"Once I wake up, I don't know what mess I'm going to make again," Hetty said as she quietly raised her finger to the door leading to the utility room in Rebecca's room, "Guess this kid is alone What the hell did she do? She turned the little room off the bedroom into a magic lab! It's a miracle she didn't blow up the house in all this time! I really should check it out - I've neglected her since she was an adult .”

"Magic laboratory?" Gawain frowned, "Aren't there two laboratories in this house?"

"She probably wanted a laboratory of her own—many magicians have their own. But you know her situation, she..."

Before Hetty finished speaking, Gawain gestured to her suddenly, then pointed to Rebecca on the bed, and the latter woke up almost at the same time. The girl's eyelids trembled twice, and then slowly raised her Rubbing his eyes with his hands, he was dazed for several seconds before realizing that there were two other people in the room.

After a brief moment of daze and focus, Rebecca suddenly exclaimed, and then covered her head: "Don't hit your head!"

It's definitely not a dream this time...

"Who wants to hit your head!" Hetty gave the girl an angry look, "Have I been hitting your head all the time?"

Rebecca covered her head and carefully raised her eyelids to look around, her brain seemed to be working gradually, and after a few seconds, she whispered: "It's all... Finished? Is everyone okay?"

Gao Wen didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Of course it's fine, this time the preparations are more adequate than last time, and there is a newly built city wall, how could something happen."

"Oh..." Rebecca's hand was still on her head, and she held back for a long time before she asked carefully, "I...have I caused trouble again?"

Seeing this appearance of Rebecca, who has always been fearless and always full of energy, not to mention Gao Wen, even Hetty suddenly felt that she couldn't get angry at all. She smiled and shook her head: "Still Okay, you really made a fireball that freaked everyone out—what the hell is going on with that 'amplifier'? You made it up yourself?"

When Rebecca heard this, she quickly shrank her neck: "I won't mess around anymore!"

"Ahem, don't be nervous. Although you did make a lot of noise this time, judging from the results...it's not bad," Gawain comforted Rebecca, and by the way told her everything that happened during her coma. Come out, "...In short, your set of 'Amplifier' has been temporarily taken by Kamel, but you can go to get it back at any time. Your invention has inspired him a lot. In terms of the use of the magic field, You are very creative."

When Gao Wen said this, his tone became serious again: "Of course, this matter is still too dangerous, and we must learn a lesson in the future—you can no longer sneak around with such dangerous things, understand?"

Rebecca carefully looked at Gawain's face, and confirmed that the ancestor really didn't intend to beat her up. Then she released the defensive mode of covering her head and showed a silly smile: "Well, I know!"

"It's best to remember the words of the ancestors," Hetty next to him said at the moment, "I found the laboratory you secretly created, and in the future..."

As soon as Hetty spoke halfway, Rebecca's face suddenly collapsed, and she seemed to be going down for a moment, but what she and Hetty didn't expect was that Gawain suddenly interjected: " I plan to build a large-scale experimental facility in the open space between the rune research institute and the college in the south, as a special magic technology testing and research and development center, and integrate the current loose magic technicians into this facility. Rui Becca, you are the person in charge of the magic technology department, this facility will be managed by you in the future - there will be a special magic technology laboratory in it, you can use it as you like."

Rebecca was stunned for a moment, her eyes suddenly widened: "Really?!"

And Heti was taken aback: "Ancestor, are you sure you want her to manage this facility alone?"

"She has completed several magic technology projects, and she is doing well as the head of the technology department, isn't she?" Gawain smiled and glanced at Hetty, "There are no magic technicians who don't admire her."

"But theoretical research is different from experimental operations." Hetty looked worried. "The explosions she has caused in the laboratory since she was a child have been countless..."

Gao Wen knew that Hetty had always been a little too nervous in this regard. This kind of nervousness was not a problem before Rebecca became an adult, but it would inevitably become a factor affecting the latter's development in the future, so he simply took advantage of it. This opportunity expressed my thoughts: "Hetty, do you realize that magic technology is different from traditional magic research?"

"The difference?" Hetty blinked, "...what do you mean?"

"Actually, I know about the laboratory that Rebecca secretly tossed about that you mentioned, more than a month ago," Gawain said unhurriedly, while Rebecca next to him shrank her neck subconsciously, " But I never cared about it, because I know Rebecca's talent, her talent in magic technology.

"She does often create explosions in the magic laboratory, but apart from the fact that she rarely enters the laboratory and lacks experience, the more important reason is that she cannot control most of the devices in the traditional magic laboratory—— Those experimental devices require the talent of the operator too much, and their assistance to manpower is extremely limited, so that most of the operations and observations in traditional magic experiments are done by the mages themselves with their hands and eyes, and they only know the fireball technique. Of course Rebecca couldn't control all of this.

"But the Magic Lab is something completely different.

"You've seen the lab Rebecca built herself, have you noticed the difference?

"Magic laboratory is a research facility that does not require talent for casting spells. What it needs is the ability to indirectly control magic through tools—including mechanical tools and mathematical tools—and to create new tools in the process. This is exactly what Rebecca is good at, and it is also the development direction of the territory's magic technology.

What I want to establish is such a research facility: it is used to study the application and development of magic technology in the practical field, but the people participating in the research will not be limited to wizards with talents, anyone who is good at magic technology and rune logic You can become a researcher in this kind of facility. It is not like a traditional mage laboratory, which is a private workshop of a powerful mage. Instead, a large number of technicians participate in one or several projects, relying on wisdom, knowledge, and theoretical guidance. Rather than individual talent and sheer luck to get results.Of course, I don't deny the role of 'luck' in research, but in order to develop magic technology, we must establish such a large-scale and professional organization.

"I've already thought about the name of this facility. It's called the Institute of Magical Technology. It will become the first comprehensive experiment center in Cecil's territory and on this continent."

Chapter 0280

It was not Gao Wen's whim to establish a professional research facility like the Institute of Magic Technology, which is different from traditional magic laboratories. In fact, this plan has been brewing in his mind for a long time, and today he just found an opportunity Just say it.

Since the construction of the territory, the infrastructure has been perfected day by day. It is no longer a critical issue to maintain the survival of the people and ensure the security of the territory. The industrial foundation of the territory has also been established step by step from scratch during this construction process, but While everything was developing rapidly, there was one thing that gradually became the most worrying part of Gao Wen: research and development.

It's not that there are no R&D personnel in the territory - Jenny, Rebecca, Kamel, the team of magic technicians transferred from the rune craftsman, and even Hetty, who has gradually shifted his focus to internal affairs, and Gawain, who is the lord. They can all be regarded as "technical personnel". However, it is not enough to have a group of people, and a supporting research and development system must be established. This system must conform to the characteristics of the emerging "magic industry".

The traditional magic laboratory and the craftsman-apprentice workshop model obviously do not meet this requirement.

The Rune Research Institute established before this is a step for Gao Wen to establish a research and development system, but it is not all. According to Gao Wen's estimation of the future of rune logic and his judgment on Jenny's personal ability, he believes that the future of the Rune Research Institute The direction of development should be more theoretical-although the current magic circle simplification project is directly connected to the "rune substrate design and production" link in the territory, but as Jenny's research in this field continues to deepen, with the Kamel's research on the nature of magic and Jenny's research merged. Sooner or later, runic logic will enter a purer field that relies on mathematical tools and logical derivations to explore truth.

The Institute of Magical Technology is Gao Wen's second step: a research and development institution that is more oriented to the practical field and can incorporate the emerging profession of "magician" in the current territory into the standard.

The "magic technician" in Cecil's territory is an unprecedented new profession. Most of them come from rune craftsmen, and some of them are transferred and trained by down-and-out scholars and recruited mage apprentices. They can be said to be At present, except for a few top technicians, there are the most elite technicians in the territory, but even the most elite technicians, there is no place for these people in the traditional magic laboratory-they cannot participate in research and development, which in Gao Wen’s opinion It is a great waste.

So he wants to establish a "new order" that allows those who do not have magical talent but have magical knowledge to participate in research and development.

Only when the source of "research and development" is also open to ordinary people without magical talents, can Gao Wen's "magic popularization" plan be considered a real success, otherwise it is just to allow ordinary people to use magic devices, which is not considered to be a solution at all. Breaking the shackles of "magic talent".

Of course, it is not the best choice to generally divide the two academic fields of theory and application and set up two facilities to conduct them separately, but this is not the final form of the research and development system of the "Magic Industry Era" envisioned by Gao Wen. Now it is just building a simple and fast framework according to the actual situation of the territory. When the development level increases, these frameworks will naturally need to be adjusted.

He took advantage of the opportunity in front of him to speak out his thoughts slowly, while Hetty and Rebecca listened carefully at the side—this is another brand-new concept, but for the people who are often instilled with brand-new concepts by their ancestors As far as the two are concerned, it is still understandable as long as they listen carefully.

After listening to Gao Wen's description, Hetty is interested in the kind of one or several teams who can overcome technical difficulties in an orderly and targeted manner, and anyone with sufficient knowledge can participate in the research of any magic project. The prospect was greatly shocked. As a mage who grew up with traditional education, she never thought that the "laboratory" could still work like this, but she was also a little worried after being shocked: "Ancestor, your idea is indeed true. It's... desirable, but you confirm that Rebecca can..."