Iron Powder and Spellcasters

  Chapter 5 Antoine Laurent and his magic system (below)

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

   "Come here." Winters beckoned.

   "What to do?"

   "Come here."

   Ike leaned over.

   Then several strands of his forehead hair were torn off by Winters, causing him to cry in pain.

  Ike kicked the caster on the ground hard.

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

   He entered the casting 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, staring at the strands of hair, because he didn't see any open flames.

   "That's it." Winters showed Ike the rest of the carbon black: "Magic, instead of fire, work."

   "This is...fire magic?"

"It's not the same. Without fuel, there is no open flame." Winters laughed at himself: "Fire spells, usually lighting a lamp or something is the most practical. The power is not as good as a firewood. If one day, People can carry fire with them, and fire spells can be thrown in the trash."

   "Magic...doesn't need spells? Long and complicated spells? The magicians in the story learned an ancient spell before they became particularly powerful."

"Sing it? Who is it for?" Winters sighed: "Imperial language is spoken in the Alliance, but the accents of Hailan and United Provinces are different. Imperial nobles speak old language; ancient imperial people speak ancient language; The Lymans speak Saracen; the Siguonese speak Siguo.

   People's languages ​​are very different, who uses the right language? Whose language is wrong? Could it be the magic of court mages and the magic of Saracen sages, or two language systems? In other words, the mages of the Silk Kingdom can sing in the same language as the imperial court mages? "

   [Note: Fremen, meaning traveler; Silk country, that is, Serica]

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

"I still practice this with a staff?" Winters raised his long sword and gestured: "I might as well just practice a staff. The spellcaster's ability comes from itself and is not affected by foreign objects. It is for ordinary people. With a good sword, he can become a swordsman as powerful as you?"

  Ike fell silent, unable to say a word for a long time.

The process of    disenchantment is always painful.

   It looks like a steed from a distance, but when you get closer, you find it is a donkey in a horse's coat. Anyone will be disappointed.

"However, the description of [chanting] may also have basis. General Antoine-Laurent believes that for magicians, singing may be a means of self-suggestion. 'Ritual is not important, what is important is the sense of ritual'. So he Invented spellcasting gestures instead of chants."

   "It's the gesture of using fire spells." Winters raised his left hand, holding his index finger with his thumb.

   "It's a gesture for speeding spells." He pressed his thumb down on his **** again.

   "It's the sound spell-like gesture." He finally pressed his thumb on his ring finger.

   Winters went on to explain: "It can be replaced with other actions, such as clenching your teeth, licking your lips, touching your nose, any action, as long as you associate an action with a type of spell."

   "Magic, and gestures?"

   "Of course you can without gestures, but if you switch spell types suddenly, the caster is prone to be unable to turn like a heavy carriage and slam into the wall.

   is like having you play a sword turn first, and then suddenly move on to the next move. Then go to the sword for another round, and then come back to continue the next move. The caster's cognition is confused. "

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

   "That's right if you don't understand."

   "But I at least understand one thing: General Antoine Laurent created many things, discovered a lot of knowledge, and 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 with the courage to explore all things. The spirit of law."

   "It's a pity he died too early..."

"It's a headache." Winters was reluctant to mention this matter, after all, the Interprovince had yet to rehabilitate Antoine Laurent: "It is said that the general is finally studying the knowledge that can redefine magic, but after his death, The manuscripts are also lost."

"It turns out that you can turn water into water vapor even if you have a talent for magic? I'll try it, maybe I also have a talent for magic?" Ike quickly changed the subject, he also dipped some water with his hand, dripped it on the stone bench, and then Follow the example of Winters and force out of thin air against the water droplets.

   "Water is very difficult to vaporize." Seeing that Ike wanted 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.

   For example, if the essence of magic is fire, the untrained spellcaster is not even a flame, only a spark shot by a flint and steel. It takes a long period of training to gradually become a flame, and finally a flame.

  If you want to test Little Mars, you have to use the equipment invented by General Antoine Laurent. Besides, haven't you tested it? "

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

   "Didn't you take the test when you entered your childhood school?" Winters was also surprised: "Didn't everyone take the test when Lu You entered school? I took the test when Lu You 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 test it?"

   "I can't remember either. It seems that there are several glass instruments in one room." Winters scratched his hair. It was all ten years ago, and he couldn't remember it either.

   "It seems that a woman gave me a test. I did what she asked me to do, and I left after the test. Later, the teacher said that I was a spellcaster, so I added a spellcaster course."

  Ike shook his head and said regretfully: "I really have no impression at all. Maybe I haven't tested it, or maybe I have tested it but I forgot."

   But he said happily: "It doesn't matter, I'll try now if I can make the water vaporize. Haha, what if I'm a missed genius? Try it without breaking the rules."

   After he finished speaking, he dipped a little salt water again and dripped it onto the stone bench. Then put your hands around the water droplets to prevent the water droplets from being blown by the wind, and stare at the water droplets attentively. Winters sat noncommittal, waiting for the result with interest.

   Human flesh lighter, W.M! Although General Antoine Laurent's theory is limited by the times and still has many fallacies, he has embarked on a correct path. Now, the direction of progress has been pointed out by General Antoine Laurent, and the next step is to see whether future generations can inherit his legacy and forge ahead!

   Salute to Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, the most respectable man, the magician without magic, the father of modern chemistry, the proponent of the theory of conservation of matter, and the maker of the metric unit!

   However, there may be unpredictable troubles in appearing the full name of the general in a web article, so this is likely to be the only time the full name of General "Antoine Laurent" appears in this book. "Antoine Laurent" in this book refers to the sage named "Antoine Laurent" in another universe.

   (end of this chapter)