Iron Powder and Spellcaster

Chapter 5 Antoine Laurent and his magic system (Part 2)

No matter how much you talk, it’s better to demonstrate once.

"Come closer." Winters waved.

"What to do?"

"Come closer."

Ike leaned forward.

Then several strands of his forehead hair were torn off by Winters, which caused him to burst into tears.

Ike kicked the spellcaster on the ground hard.

"You can't pull out my hair anyway, and I don't grow my hair." Winters chuckled: "Look carefully."

He entered the spellcasting state again, as if being burned by flames, his hair curled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally only a small black ball remained.

Ike's pupils dilated and he stared at those hairs because he didn't see any open flames.

"That's it." Winters showed the remaining carbon black to Ike: "Magic, instead of flame, works."

"Is this...fire magic?"

"It's not the same. Without fuel, there is no open flame." Winters laughed at himself: "As for fire spells, it is most practical to light a lamp or something. It is not as powerful as a burning log. If one day, People can carry fire with them, and fire-kindling spells can be thrown into the trash."

"Magic...doesn't it require a spell? A long and complicated spell? The magicians in the story all learned an ancient spell and became particularly powerful."

"Singing? Singing to whom?" Winters sighed: "Imperial language is spoken in the Alliance, but the accents of Aquamarine and United Provinces people are also different. The imperial nobles speak Old Tongue; the people of the ancient Empire speak Ancient Tongue; Eph. The Lemans speak Saracen; the Silk people speak Silk.

People's languages ​​vary greatly. Who uses the right language? Who used the wrong language? Could it be that the magic of the court mage and the magic of the Saracen sage are two different language systems? In other words, can the mages of the Silk Kingdom sing in the same language as the mages of the Imperial Court? "

[Note: Fremen means traveler; the country of silk is Serica]

"The staff? There is always a magician's staff, right?"

"I still practice this if I have a staff?" Winters raised his sword and gestured: "I might as well just practice the staff. The caster's ability comes from himself and is not affected by external objects. Give one to ordinary people. With a good sword, he can become as good a swordsman as you?”

Ike fell silent and couldn't say a word for a long time.

The process of disenchantment is always painful.

From a distance, it looks like a horse, but when you get closer, it turns out to be a donkey in horse clothes. Anyone would be disappointed.

"But the description of [chanting] may also have basis. General Antoine Laurent believes that for magicians, chanting may be a means of self-suggestion. 'Rituals are not important, what is important is the sense of ritual.' So he Spellcasting gestures were invented to replace chanting.”

"This is the gesture used when using fire spells." Winters raised his left hand and pressed his index finger with his thumb.

"This is the gesture used when using acceleration spells." He pressed his middle finger with his thumb again.

"This is the gesture used when using sound-based spells." He finally pressed his ring finger with his thumb.

Winters continued to explain: "You can also change it to other actions, clenching your teeth, licking your lips, touching your nose, any action will do, as long as you link an action with a type of spell."

"Magic, you still need to use gestures?"

"Of course it's possible without gestures, but if the spell type is suddenly switched, the caster will be like a heavy carriage that can't turn around and hit the wall.

It's like asking you to compete with swords for a round, and then suddenly move on to the next chess move. Then go to a round of sword competition, and then come back to continue the next move. The caster's perception is confused. "

Ike digested it for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "I didn't understand anything."

"You're right if you don't understand."

"But I understand at least one thing: General Antoine Laurent created many things and discovered a lot of knowledge. He was a great man."

"Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier is the father of the Alliance's magic system. Although he does not know magic, he is the greatest magician." Winters also put away his frivolous attitude: "He represents mankind's courage to explore all things The spirit of discipline.”

"It's a pity that he died too early..."

"It's a head ailment." Winters didn't want to mention it more. After all, the Federation has not yet vindicated Antoine Laurent: "It is said that the general was finally researching knowledge that could redefine magic, but after his death, The manuscripts have also been lost."

"So it turns out that being able to turn water into vapor counts as a magical talent? I'll give it a try. Maybe I also have a magical talent?" Ike quickly changed the subject. He also dipped some water in his hand, dripped it on the stone bench, and then Follow Winters' example and apply force to the water droplets out of thin air.

"It is very difficult to vaporize water." Seeing Ike trying to vaporize water, Winters reminded his friend: "The ability of an untrained spellcaster is very weak, almost no different from ordinary people. It is impossible to vaporize water.

Let me give an analogy, if the essence of magic is fire, then an untrained spellcaster will not even be a flame, but can only be regarded as sparks produced by flint. It takes a long period of training to gradually turn into a flame and finally into a flame.

If you want to test the small Mars, you have to use the equipment invented by General Antoine Laurent. Besides, haven’t you taken the test? "

"When did I take the test?" Ike was shocked.

"Didn't you take the test when you entered kindergarten?" Winters was also surprised: "Don't everyone have to take the test when Luyou entered school? I was the one who took the test when Luyou entered school."

"I was only nine years old when Lu You entered school. I really don't remember whether I took the test at that time. How did I take the test?" Ike thought about it carefully and found that he really had no memory of the test.

"I can't remember either. It seemed like there were several glass instruments in a room." Winters scratched his hair. It was all ten years ago and he couldn't remember either.

"It seemed like a woman gave me a test, and I did whatever she asked me to do. After the test, I left. Later, the teacher said that I was a spell caster, so I got an additional spell caster course."

Ike shook his head and said regretfully: "I really have no impression at all. Maybe it was not tested on me, or maybe it was tested on me but I forgot."

But he said cheerfully: "It doesn't matter, I will try now to see if I can make water vaporize. Haha, what if I am a peerless genius who has been missed? It is not against the rules to try."

After saying that, he dipped it in a little salt water again and dripped it on the stone bench. Then he put his hands around the water droplets to prevent them from being blown by the wind, and stared at the water droplets attentively. Winters sat aside without comment, waiting for the results with interest.

Human lighter, W.M! Although General Antoine Laurent's theory is still full of fallacies due to the limitations of the times, he has embarked on the right path. Now that the way forward has been pointed out by General Antoine Laurent, it depends on whether future generations can inherit his legacy and forge ahead!

Pay tribute to the supremely venerable man, the magician without magic, the father of modern chemistry, the proposer of the theory of conservation of matter, and the creator of the metric system, Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier!

However, there may be unpredictable troubles when the general's full name appears in an online article, so this will most likely be the only time the full name of General "Antoine Laurent" appears in this book. The "Antoine Laurent" in this book refers to the sage named "Antoine Laurent" in another universe.