Arcane Lord

This method of shaping does not require the use of alchemical circles and is similar to stamping shaping on earth. Sha Duo designed a special spell to complete this process.

The results are almost exactly what he expected, because pressure shaping does not change the material properties, but this shaping method is more suitable for a single workpiece, or a combination of multiple workpieces that can be assembled.

Imasca's household fingerprint lock is actually one piece. Pressure shaping will cause the structure to become discrete. Although the function is consistent with other shaping products, the protective effect is much worse.

“Sure enough, you have to try everything to understand the difference!”

After trying these methods of shaping the secret weapon, the first thing Sha Duo can confirm is that the last step of shaping the secret weapon using arcane magic does not affect the function of the secret weapon itself.

Secondly, the various shaping methods of arcane magic need to be adapted to local conditions. Elemental shaping is the most versatile but also the most expensive. Stamping and shaping has the lowest batch cost, but designing spells is also the most cumbersome.

As for thermoforming, it is only suitable for materials that do not change their properties due to heating, and the scope of application is relatively limited.

In addition, it is purely handmade, similar to that of a blacksmith, but it requires extremely high skills, and you also need to understand the blueprint for making secret weapons. Relatively speaking, the cost may not be lower than elemental shaping.

In addition to shaping, through these days of attempts at making secret weapons, Sha Duo has further confirmed the important position of materials in the creation magic system.

He decided to proactively collect various materials in the future. He might not be able to catch up with Imasca in the manufacturing of secret weapons, but in the field of materials, he might not be able to overtake him in a corner.

The so-called "creation materials" refer to materials that have been transformed by the power of creation, but these materials may not only be obtained through transformation by the power of creation.

It's just that the transformation of the power of creation is more stable than the transformation spells in arcane magic, that's all.

For example, the azure stone that the main body of Xiaduo Floating City is transformed from pure water uses the deep petrification spell excavated from the statue of Saluk Wuhu. It can completely change the material properties, but it still needs to wait for a while before it can be transformed. The materiality is thoroughly solid, otherwise a dispel magic could restore it to its original state.

The power of creation is different. It directly changes the essence of matter, does not require any waiting, and is not affected by dispelling magic.

If the Imaskans used the power of creation to achieve the effect of deep petrification, then the stone they obtained could also be called creation material.

There is a saying in Xia Duo's hometown that "creation is made by heaven", and it applies here the same way. The so-called creation materials are actually exactly the same as those found in nature that have not been changed by magic.

However, those special materials that can be obtained through the power of creation can essentially be obtained through the transformation spells of arcane magic, but Sha Duo needs to find a key point for realization.

The key point is the elemental composition of matter. As long as the secret of the elemental composition of matter is understood, all matter can be artificially synthesized, let alone the materials in Imasca.

For example, mithril plays an important role in the arcane magic system!

Xia Duo had the idea of ​​artificially synthesizing mithril a long time ago, but this kind of project involving the origin of matter is too basic and too difficult to implement.

In his plan, this project will not be launched until at least Mythra is applied on a large scale and a large number of high-level mages appear in the Tower of Time.

Even now, having come into contact with the power of creation, Xia Duo did not plan to start this project immediately. Instead, he planned to arrange for some people to try their luck after completing the creation mystery lock.

Let’s see if we can use the power of creation to discover some new materials. Maybe we’ll be lucky enough to discover Mithril’s pure water conversion formula!

He believes that even Imasca may be able to discover some guiding principles in the field of materials, but he is not much closer to the goal of randomly synthesizing specific materials.

When the Mystery of Creation is completed, the biggest difficulty of this project may not be how to create things, but the extremely cumbersome and huge project of recording the creation project and detecting the properties of new substances.

The only advantage compared to Imaskar is that the Mystic Lock is simple to operate, and its energy is guaranteed by Mythra, allowing for continuous long-term experiments.

In addition, arcane magic also has obvious advantages in detecting new material properties, with lower cost and faster speed.

Because of these, Chateau believed that he could overtake Imasca in a corner in terms of materials.

But after all, as long as industry is involved, population is an unavoidable topic. The total population of the Xiaduo Territory has reached hundreds of thousands after the introduction of new territorial residents many times.

But compared to Imaska, it is far inferior.

Looking at the ratio of spellcasters alone, Daxia Territory may have a higher ratio of craftsmen than Imasca, but that is also because they have a large number of slaves, which lowers the ratio. The absolute number is far less than that there because the total population is too small. .

Fortunately, the Imasca side has not yet been completely unified internally. Although the emperor's power has a very large advantage, due to the inheritance of collected creations, civil war has almost never stopped in the past hundreds of years.

Not to mention the popularization of education, if ordinary people in Imasca want to become craftsmen, they have no choice but to join a workshop and start as an ordinary craftsman.

One can imagine how efficient the inheritance is.

The internal political orders of Daxia Territory are unified, the connection and integration with Savile Territory are proceeding in an orderly manner, and the popularization of education has begun early. The only weak point is the population.

This still requires Xia Duo's continuous efforts to introduce new people from the outside world. Otherwise, if there is natural growth, it will take until the year of the monkey to catch up with Imasca or the elven countries!

In the past, the largest source of population in Shador may have been the landless farmers in the interior of Netheril, or the Langath people on the Langath plains, but now there is another option of Imaskar.

It’s not necessarily just the Mulan people. There are still a large number of slaves from other ethnic groups in Imasca. It’s just that the Mulan people are the only ones who have not shown any talent for craftsmanship. They are natural slaves and are the easiest to buy.

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After leaving the laboratory, Xia Duo returned to his study. While thinking about the design of the Creation Mystery Lock, he wrote and drew on paper to formulate plans for the future development of the Great Xia Territory.

The short-term plan is to complete the basic education of the 100,000 Mulan people brought back from Imasca, mainly in terms of language, laws, living habits, etc., so that they can integrate into the territory as soon as possible.

In the mid-term, we will continue to promote the integration of the north and the south and implement various policies in the territory. Taking into account the feelings of Niya and Savile, there is no need for too many radical moves in this regard, just waste time.

But Shado believes in the appeal of the Great Xia Order to the people of Saville Territory, and the completion of this plan may be much faster than he expected.