bullyxtreme Chapter 276: The Big Disc Shaped Spell Book
Chapter 276: The Big Disc Shaped Spell Book
It's fine to use rune sets to replicate spells.
This time, Kronos actually set his sights on the wizard's spell book.
"It's just that, although it is said that mages need spellbooks, where is your spellbook, Sister Hiinagi? Why don't I see it when I'm fighting or casting spells?"
It's not just the battle with Hiruzengi, but also the battle with old Winston. In fact, if you have a chance to review it carefully, you will also find these corresponding problems.
Compared to the serious warlock, the old man Adechi, the two great wizards, Bingnai and old Winston, fought more wildly than each other. They didn't even have time to stop and rest, let alone flipping through books and reading.
Everything changes rapidly. This is the most appropriate way to describe the battle between these two most powerful wizards Kronos has ever seen.
And during the whole process, there was really no chance for them to have any time to read or flip through books.
In response to this, the Frost Sage also smiled and said, "Although it sounds nonsense, the appearance and shape of the book, as well as the records and tips in the book, can be modified according to your own growth and talent."
"And the extent to which it can ultimately reach is this..."
As she spoke, Hiiragi pulled out the short stick used as a hairpin and handed it to Kronos.
It was not until the user himself pointed them out one by one that Kronos discovered that beneath the frost and snow patterns on this magical weapon, there were many fingernail-sized symbols hidden.
"Those are the spells I prepared."
If the spellbook is the cheat sheet for mages, then it is obvious that the cheat sheet can naturally become more and more concise, rare, small and inconspicuous according to the user's proficiency and technical means.
In the end, although it is impossible to completely get rid of the spell book in principle, Hibiki can do it. The combination of some symbols on the short stick he uses to cast spells can remind himself to use the entire spell.
"Hmm, it's a little different from what I imagined..."
Kronos, who originally planned to copy a book, ended up encountering a short stick that was not much longer than the brush holder of the Three Eastern Countries, which made her really at a loss as to how to start for a moment.
Knocking his head, Kronos turned around and asked about old Winston in confusion.
If one great wizard's way doesn't work, try another.
Of course, old Winston is still under strict supervision, so it is impossible for Kronos to violate the ban and go to question him at this time.
Even without this ban, old Winston would have already been suppressed by the hidden hand of the gods, and his thoughts and will had been suppressed to the point where he basically did not exist.
His brain is completely broken now, not much better than that of a child, so it is impossible to get anything out of him.
Fortunately, Hiiragi has sufficient understanding of this old rival.
Therefore, continuing to ask Hiiragi about the other great wizard is what Kronos can do now.
However, before they could exchange a few words, Hyoanagi once again interrupted Kronos's delusion.
"You think too simply. It's not like changing the target to someone else will make it easier for you to replicate."
"The location of his spellbook is even more unusual than mine."
Although, spellbooks are a must for mages.
But apart from preparing spells, the three elements of the entire spellcasting process do not actually have any requirements for the state of the spellbook.
Therefore, no matter whether it is hung, held on top, hidden, or tucked away, as long as it exists as a unique collection of spells, has traces of your research and use, and has blank pages for you to continue copying, then it is a compliant, qualified, and reasonable spell book.
Relying on these almost unlimited restrictions, some extreme means will appear on extreme mages.
And old Winston is the best example of this extreme type.
"Old Winston's methods can be divided into two stages: when he was young and now. No, maybe it should be divided into three stages."
"When he was young, he developed a special ink that could form and combine words and simple pictures according to his wishes with just a command."
"And to prevent the spellbook from being lost, he used his own body as pages."
"And so, a magic tattoo version of a spell book was born."
Hearing this, Kronos' eyes twitched.
The body part that has been covered by the pattern is the spell book and the preparation part, while the body part that has not been covered is a blank page, which indeed perfectly meets the wizard's basic definition of a spell book.
But why do you have to get a tattoo?
Like the Magic Blast Furnace and Magic Grenade, Kronos actually carves runes into the inner walls, thereby creating a huge amount of space for writing and expansion.
This method of drawing runes has the same effect as old Winston's tattooed spell book.
However, Kronos would not carve the rune sets onto his body just to make them more portable.
Close-fitting clothing, short shirts, etc., this is the direction that a normal mind should consider.
If you are unable to protect this layer of clothing during a battle, would it be safer and more secure to replace it with a tattoo, and would it be possible to turn the situation around?
As if to make her words more credible, Hiiragi also gave an example that could be recalled with a little imagination.
"I think you all have noticed that this old guy has lost a lot of fingers. He always told others that he lost them while doing dangerous magic work or organizing and interpreting magic books."
"But from what I understand, these injuries are from combat."
"If you use your body as a carrier for your spellbook, you will run the risk of your body being actively attacked by the enemy."
"From what I know, during a small-scale conflict with mages from a neighboring country over lava crystal deposits, this old guy had his fingers covered with magic tattoos and spellbooks cut off by the other side, but he managed to escape by luck."
“And after that, he entered the second stage – bones.”
"Carving, corroding, hollowing out, or using special spells and potions to dye the surface of bones... these are methods that even necromancers would not easily resort to, but this guy is actively conducting experiments."
As she was talking, Bing Nagi couldn't help but feel a chill.
Kronos, who was listening on the side, also had his eyes completely blank.
She just wanted to find a way to replicate a spellbook using rune sets, so why should she suffer this and hear so many weird and perverted ways of preparing spellbooks?
"As for the formation of this stage, it is not what I heard from others, but what I actually experienced during the years of serving as a colleague." Seeing that Kronos did not seem to be inspired by this, Bing Nagi stopped describing further.
"By the way, the acid curse that can continuously corrode bones and flesh is a byproduct of this old guy's crazy research to prepare a spell book on bones."
Blinking his eyes, Kronos also thought of the miserable plight of the griffin.
"So, what is the third stage?"
Hirayama paused.
After repeatedly recalling the final battle with old Winston, she spoke with uncertainty.
"The third stage is when he finally prays and calls upon the gods and finally obtains support from them."
Although, the scene in which the lightning is abstracted as a weapon to fight does not seem like a magician at all.
However, the fluctuation of spells cannot be faked, and during the whole process, Bingnag also felt that the spell part on his bones was being prepared, called up and replaced in an extremely intense way.
In Bingnag's opinion, this final stage no longer seems like the definition of a spell book.
The eyes of the Frost Sage gradually became confused as he recalled the past.
“He did not define what a book is. Instead, with the help of the power of the gods, he redefined what a pen is.”
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After receiving a sufficiently detailed answer from Hyonagi, Kronos went aside to think.
And Bing Nagi also sighed deeply.
Both myself and old Winston are negative examples.
It’s not that as a member of Abes’s team, she doesn’t contribute, but she wants to pour cold water on it.
This was mainly because as a great wizard, she knew very well that Kronos had touched the bottom line of the rules right from the start.
This is no longer something that can be offset by talent and ability.
Right off the bat, I ask how to copy a wizard's spellbook?
The first thing to think about is why a wizard cannot live without a spellbook?
It's like asking how the oath of a sworn warrior is transformed into power, how a priest obtains power from God, and so on.
Questions like these that directly touch upon the characteristics of a profession should not be set as a challenge to newcomers who are just about to enter this field.
Even if either she or old Winston used a traditional, more representative spellbook, Hyonagi was almost certain that Kronos would not be able to replicate it.
Because the characteristic of spell books is that they can be read and written, as well as modified and replaced.
For example, her hairpin can be replaced with other parts by rubbing it, so as to help her prepare spells to be used.
One of the advantages of the magic ink invented by old Winston in his early years is that it can be modified quickly and easily through command words, which is different from the traditional wizard who can only make changes by painting it white, black, or pasting a cover page.
How is it possible for a relatively fixed rune set to be replaced so conveniently and quickly?
Hiinagi was very sure that after she had provided so many examples to prove the difficulty of replicating the spellbook, Kronos would definitely not be able to come up with anything unexpected.
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But the result was still unexpected.
When Kronos brought over a large round plate and said that it was the spell book she had prepared, Hyōnagi, who had just drunk her tea, almost sprayed the tea on it.
"What did you say? This?"
Although Hiinagi had already taught Kronos the basics of magic guidance and was aware that Kronos had surpassed her in terms of rune sets, it was normal for her to be unable to understand something that used rune sets as the core.
But the big disc in front of her still made Bing Nagi a little confused.
When did my knowledge of rune groups reach a level that I cannot understand?
When the magic blast furnace was redesigned, she could still easily understand that it was just a means of using energy output for heating.
The magic grenade is a bit complicated, but after learning, you can still more or less analyze the situation. It can be fully ignited in a short time.
Later on, when the powerful weapon Magic Bomb that could fight against mages and spells came out, it would be enough to make traditional mages like her feel ashamed.
But more or less, these designs still remain at the concept of magic props and magic items.
In other words, it is private and personal, almost like an heirloom preserved by an individual as a powerful weapon.
The iron bird and the magic arm armor completely overturned Bing Nagi's cognition.
The former shows that the rune group, through complex combination, can actually support a huge object to fly freely according to the control, leaping from the object level to the vehicle level in one fell swoop.
The latter, on the other hand, turned a magical item that should theoretically be a whole into something that can be built like building blocks.
Although most of the magic arm armors currently produced and equipped encapsulate the most basic fire arrow spells - the damage is stable, the range is long, and the consumption is low.
However, during this period of time, the rest of the basic cantrips and first-level spells were also produced continuously, in order to prevent the emergence of a single-attribute restrained monster that could not be defeated one day.
"Now it seems that you have something new that I don't understand. I just don't know which category this big disc belongs to?" The Frost Sage stared at the product in Kronos' hand.
Among Kronos's several creations, Hyogi believes that they can all be divided into two categories.
One category is the "heirloom" category. Although they also have a lot of ingenuity, they are ultimately used as a pure weapon like traditional magic props.
It exploded, or even if it didn't explode but was kept as a family heirloom and passed down, it is possible that it could cause harm in the future.
After it is made, the user does not need to think at all and does not need to understand any knowledge.
Magic grenades, magic shells, and magic bombs, which go the other way and are not meant to cause damage but are instead a means of protection, all belong to this category.
Even a three-year-old can use them without any brains.
What is the difference between this kind of creation and an heirloom dug out of the ground?
The other category is the cutting-edge type that promotes thinking.
Magic Arm Armor needs to be loaded with magic crystals as energy, and the spell disk in the middle needs to be replaced to change the effect. This modular design allows users to learn the magic of module combination.
The iron bird can fly, and it will also make people realize that vehicles can also be a territory where the tentacles of magic and runes can extend, rather than being limited to small items that can be held in the hands.
And what does the big disc in front of you belong to?
"New and cutting-edge category."
Kronos gave his answer.
“I will let people know that books don’t have to be fixed.”
When she held it in both hands, the large disc rotated at high speed, and a probe on it moved back and forth along the radius, and was gently pressed or lifted from time to time.
When the entire disc stops, a mysterious pattern appears on it.