Gu Tie spent an hour overturning Jonah's previous work and using an orthographic projection and an oblique projection to clearly separate the firing magic circle on the magic pistol from the mysterious second magic circle. The red crystal did not delay him for too long. By the time Danny Stewart approached the cabin with a fragrant dinner, all that was left of his work was a dozen lines ending with the last crystal stone.
"...We have left the Well of Light, and the night breeze is very good now. We are speeding forward... Dinner is a four-winged moa membrane wing barbecue. In order to enhance the flavor, a lot of pepper and chili are added, be careful to burn it..." Stewart The man of the house put down the plate with some anxiety and secretly looked at the astrologer's apprentice working at the desk. The many crumpled paper balls on the ground aroused his interest. He quietly opened one with his toes and saw that the papyrus paper was covered with complex inscriptions. Lines, Danny said with a sad face: "Why did you throw them all away? Isn't the content of the previous work wrong? Isn't it possible to unlock the secret of the magic pistol tonight?"
"On the contrary, after abandoning the backward production methods, our production efficiency has entered a new era," Gu Tie raised the quill with great interest, and a drop of ink fluttered from the tip of the pen and smeared on Danny's white robe. He showed a dark brown outline and said, "Give me another half hour, and I guarantee that I will give you a gorgeous decryption performance."
"Really, it's great, great..." Danny let out a long breath and exited the room with a smile.
Gu Tie cut a piece of barbecue and put it into his mouth, chewed it twice: "Don't tell me, my skills are really good,"
"Thank you," Danny showed his head at the gangway, his face full of joy.
The cracking of the last red crystal was a matter of course. Just twenty minutes later, while swallowing the last bite of his dinner, Gu Tie used his left hand to draw a check mark on the projection picture to represent completion. The mysterious magic circle passed by After refining and redrawing, it was expressed on a piece of papyrus. Gu Tie held up the paper and looked at the light. The dense spider web-like lines formed an extremely complex magic circle. With the ability of the astrologer apprentice, there was no way to see it. The function of this formation.
Gu Tie touched his nose, wondering what to do now. It is very dangerous to activate a magic circle rashly before understanding the function of it. Besides, activating a magic circle requires magical power, which is completely unknown to an astrologer apprentice. Gu Tie rummaged through Jonah's memory for a while and found no relevant knowledge. There was only one piece of information: paper and ink are poor conductors of the power of the stars. If you want to make an astrological scroll, you should use parchment and metal solution. The energy conductivity of common materials in order from weakest to strongest is: air, water, wood, paper, soil, human body, rock, crystal stone, gemstone, iron, brass, mithril, fine gold, metal Because high conductivity will have a negative impact on energy accumulation, metal materials are generally not used as basic materials for stars and are only used as auxiliary materials. This is the theory of astrologers, but from the perspective of using energy, magicians should also follow it. This principle.
"That is to say, if it is not activated directly from the magic pistol, I have to first put this magic circle on suitable materials, and then find a way to activate it," Gu Tie scratched his head and looked around in the cabin. He found a large pottery plate with a diameter of 18 inches, and dug out a steel carving knife. "The pottery plate is made of clay, and the conductivity of the soil is pretty good. Use the knife to carve out the lines of the magic array, and then do it." If you put some metal in and fill it, it will be a pretty good magic circle." He nodded, placed the plate flat on the small table, raised the magnifying glass in his left hand, and held the engraving knife in his right hand. Now a small symbol representing the core red crystal was carved in the center of the plate. circle.
"Ahem," Danny poked his head in from the gangway again: "It's not that I want to rush you, cargo friend, we'll be here in half an hour..."
Gu Tie waved his hand impatiently: "Wait another half hour, or you can come,"
"Not busy, not busy..." The man from the Stewart family stood at the stairs restlessly, "I'll wait here for a while, take your time."
"Close the door and get out," Gu Tie put down the magnifying glass and patted the table.
"Yes," Danny couldn't help but stand at attention and salute, walked down and closed the door, then walked up quietly, muttering as he walked: "My cargo friends haven't been so scary before, it's strange..."
It is much more difficult to draw lines on pottery with a carving knife than on paper. Although Gu Tie has also played some mahogany carving in the past, the smelting technology in this world is obviously not as developed as in reality. He just carved a few lines and carved There was a chip the size of a grain of rice on the edge of the knife, probably because the steel mouth was not forged properly. He rummaged through the cabinets and found a whetstone, carefully ground the edge, and then carved and sharpened it for a while, and finally managed to carve the entire star array on it. After putting it on the pottery plate and looking at the complex lines on the eighteen-inch plate, Gu Tie straightened up and punched his sore waist, feeling filled with a sense of accomplishment.
Very light footsteps sounded outside the door, and even Danny's gentle steps could not escape Gu Tie's ears. The man from the Stewart family walked down the gangway and walked around in front of the cabin a few times without daring to speak. Slowly went upstairs.
Gu Tie shook his head, took out a file from the large closet that seemed to have all kinds of tools, and pointed it at the lime lamp with a copper shell. The yellow copper powder fell on the paper, and a small amount was collected. After applying the copper powder, he scraped a piece of animal fat from the dinner plate, heated it with a lime lamp and smeared it on the lines of the ceramic plate. Then he picked up the paper and blew on the ceramic plate, causing the copper powder to fall on the plate.
After waiting for a few minutes for the grease to cool down, Gu Tie picked up the ceramic plate and blew it hard. The floating powder on the surface disappeared, and a magic array composed of brass wires appeared on the surface of the 18-inch plate. "Hey, the craftsmanship is not bad," he automatically ignored a few words. With its crooked lines, Gu Tie admired the magic circle pottery plate made by himself, feeling that apart from its unknown functions, this thing was at least a good craftsmanship.
The next thing to solve is the problem of input energy. With Jonah's character, he would be at a loss, but Gu Tie is a guy who dares to think and do it. It only took him a few seconds to make a decision: use the power of the stars to drive this Magic circle.
As Mr. Keshava and the first generation mentor said, different star lines have different colors, properties, abilities and wave forms. Generally speaking, a star array can only be driven by a specific star line. For example, use The 130-77 star line that illuminates the star array and the "scorching ray", and the "Light of Judgment" driven by the 21-814 star line, what will happen if the wrong star line is used to inject energy into the star array? The textbook is unclear. But it can be seen from the hesitant words of Teacher Keshava that many astrologers must have suffered because of this.
"130-77, it looks similar to the properties of a magic pistol, that's it," Gu Tie thought for a while, and added a simple energy storage star array in the blank corner of the plate to absorb interstellar energy. He grabbed the pottery plate with his right hand, held the staff tightly with his left hand, and shouted: "Danny, come down quickly, Hannah, come and see me do magic."
"Bang," the door was knocked open. It turned out that Danny had just disguised his voice of going upstairs. In fact, he had been hiding at the door waiting eagerly for the call of his cargo friend, "Hannah, sister, hurry up, I have lowered the sail. It doesn’t matter at this speed, there’s no need to steer,” the man from the Stewart family showed a grateful expression to Gu Tie while calling his sister loudly.
Not long after, Hannah also walked down the gangway. The three people were squeezed into the small cabin, and the space immediately seemed crowded. "Okay, cargo friends, we can start now," Danny urged impatiently.
Gu Tie handed the Summer White Sakura to Hannah: "It won't be used for the time being. After copying the second magic circle just now, I cut off a few key mithril threads. In the future, the additional magic circle will no longer hinder magic. The pistol was fired. Don't worry, beauty, this is the real Summer White Sakura, not its shadow. After restoring its function, it will automatically gather the fire element in the air without filling the magic crystal, and can fire five times a day. times, if enough magic crystals are filled, there is no limit to the number of firings. It is a great weapon, cherish it."
Hannah took the pistol and put it in her arms without saying a word. She only gave the other party a deep look. This look with surprise, gratitude and appreciation made Gu Tie feel light all over, as if his bones were two ounces lighter.
"By the way, although it looks very coordinated, the additional second magic circle was not engraved on the weapon when it was first manufactured. It appeared on the magic pistol no more than five years ago. It is worth mentioning that the craftsmanship is very Exquisite, just like the pistol itself, it is a masterpiece," Gu Tie added.
The Stewart brothers and sisters looked at each other, and Hannah nodded: "That should be right. Dad left the Bactrian Winds for a while before his death. He died not long after he came back. The second magic circle should have been established at that time. Carved up,"
"Didn't you notice the abnormality? There are nearly twice as many mithril threads," Gu Tie couldn't help but ask.
Hannah shook her head: "The Summer White Cherry belonged to Dad at that time. It was one of his three most cherished weapons. He would never let others touch it. We rarely saw its full picture."
"Your father must be a handsome man," Gu Tie chuckled, "otherwise he wouldn't have had such a touching daughter as you."
"Ahem..." Danny coughed twice, "Well, can we start now?"
Gu Tie glared at the guy who was making a scene, "Okay, you guys step back a little, I don't guarantee what will happen, maybe it's a message, maybe it's an explosion, who knows,"
Danny said excitedly: "Everything is fine, we are not afraid, hurry up, hurry up, the legacy of the King of Sand Thieves..."
Gu Tie closed his eyes, and Siela Pina brought him a crystal clear view of the stars. The 130-77 star line, which is most familiar to astrologer apprentices, stretched across his eyes, bursting with hot heat. Gu Tie gently moved the star line and watched. Crystal-like fragments of star power fell one after another, "Come on, let's see what fun things will happen..."