Sword of Daybreaker

Listening to the current situation described by Gawain, Heidi's brows, which had never been stretched, finally relaxed a little. In fact, as the chief consul of the empire, she also knew about this matter, but perhaps it was the period when the family declined. Because of her life experience, it may also be due to her natural personality. In many cases, she can't be as optimistic as her ancestors, but she still understands one thing: the situation of the world itself is not optimistic because of herself. It is not optimistic but a little bit of change. The only thing that can change these situations is the efforts of people.

"You don't have to worry too much about Project 115," Gawain looked at Hetty, smiled and calmed his "descendant", "Rebecca and her assistant team are involved in technology and coordination. Responsible, the girl may have escaped a little in other aspects, but only in her area of ​​expertise is beyond others, you and I can't do better than her. Give her sufficient support, ask people for money Give money—Although the investment in this project is huge, but now we have huge revenues from the circum-continental route and trade rail network, which are enough to support us in completing these plans.

   "I understand, ancestors," Heidi nodded solemnly, "I will make arrangements here."

   "Well," Gawain replied, and then he seemed to think of something suddenly, "By the way, last time I asked you to investigate things related to the Violet Kingdom, was it interesting?"

"It is necessary to find out the entire influence of the Violet Kingdom on the magical systems of the human kingdoms in the past six hundred years... it is a very large and complex system work," Heidi looked a little embarrassed, "especially from the messy and obscure things of the old age. It’s probably a long time to count all the spell data that originated from Violet in the fragmented magic books. Sorry, ancestors, the current progress in this area is still relatively slow..."

   Speaking of this, she paused, and then said: "Although the overall progress is not much, but when I counted the early data, I found some...should be considered suspicious."

  "Should be considered suspicious?" Gao Wen frowned, "What did you find?"

"Communication, violet circle drawing rules, gravity manipulation, three types of energy-shaping spells in the arcane field... These are some kinds of magic that were originally submitted by the royal magic consultants and originated from the violet system," Heidi While talking, he took out a sorted report from the file cabinet under the table and pushed it to Gawain. "These kinds of spells have one thing in common: there is a black box structure, or the whole of them is a complete "Black Box Magic"."

  Gawain took the file and didn't read it yet. He couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard Heidi.

"Black box..." He stood at Hetty's desk and quickly flipped through the files in his hand, and saw that several more common traditional spells were mentioned there, including the approximate time and time when they were introduced from the Violet System to the Loren System. The evolution process of the magic model-the specific traceability work is still in the early stage, so most of the information on the file also has vague descriptions such as "estimates, speculations, and tentative determinations". However, from these brief information, Gao Wen can still see To some clear clues.

These spells were introduced into the continent of Loren first and later, but they were all widely used and spread afterwards; their spell models were difficult and complicated, and there was no clear theoretical explanation for a long time, so much so that the wizard of Loren We can only "copy" these spells intact to achieve their effects, which also resulted in the basic model of these spells almost unchanged for centuries, and only some details were modified and optimized; There is not a single way for them to be introduced into Loren. They include both the mage who learned from the southern reaches of Violet and the "apprentices" who have returned from studying in the city of a thousand towers...

Sure enough, when these spells are scattered in the society and everyone is accustomed to them, they seem to be no problem, but when they consciously summarize and try to find "suspicious points" from them, some clues emerge. Out.

"The spell model cannot be analyzed, and the builder does not know its principle. He can only inject magic power to obtain the effect, and cannot modify or split its rune structure, medium material, and energy flow in any form. Such spells are collectively referred to as 'Black box magic', and before rune logic is widely used, our magic system is almost everywhere in this kind of'black box'. "When Gawain was thinking about it, Heidi's voice came from the side," Of course, some of the black boxes are inherent in the human magic system, especially those related to the lost ancient Gondor magic system, but the other part..."

  "The other part is from the violet system, right?" Gao Wen lifted his eyelids from the document and looked at Hetty with a serious expression. "Are there any exceptions to the ancient magic that has been determined to originate from the Violet Kingdom?"

   "There are no exceptions, at least the spells that have been accurately traced so far are without exception-either the whole is a black box, or the key structure is a black box," Heidi shook his head, "but..."

   "But what?"

"However, quite a few of these'black boxes' are in the past tense," Heidi said that when she said this, her expression was a little weird, and she didn't know whether she was relieved or sighed. "Although the traditional mage system cannot remove these black boxes, The emergence of Rune Logic has unlocked many old-age "black boxes", including the classic spells mentioned in the report in your hand—communication, anti-gravity magic, and great magic in arcane shaping. Part of the magic, these things have been turned into things that can be calculated by formulas and explained by the "section split method" in Jenny's Rune Research Institute, and some of them have even become the basic knowledge in the elementary education class. '"

Gao Wen stayed for a moment, and he didn't know what to think, but soon he condensed his thoughts and turned his attention back to the Violet Kingdom: "These black boxes...do you think it was deliberately spread by the Violet wizards? ?"

"Do you suspect that the Violet Kingdom has been consciously creating this kind of'hidden danger' in the human magic system of Loren Continent for the past six hundred years?" Heidi frowned again, her expression becoming serious, "Actually... just... I had the same idea when I got these information. After all, so many spells originating from the Violet Kingdom have black box elements without exception. This is really suspicious, and they also have those weird rules of apprenticeship. ', those mysterious and mysterious travel masters, especially those in the misty city with thousands of towers..."

  Herty said in a deep voice, but finally shook her head: "But these are not conclusive evidence-especially if it is placed in the context of the ‘classical rules of magic’."

"The rules of classical magic...Kernel blockade and actively set up knowledge barriers to take pride in the formation and maintenance of the'secret inheritance' of isolation from the outside world, contempt and even suppress the analysis of classical magic," Gao Wen was a knight, but he said Common sense in magic is not unfamiliar. At this time, I couldn’t help sighing while talking, “Indeed. The technical black box in the magic field is not necessarily out of malice, but more likely to maintain the monopoly of knowledge by the traditional mage class. What's more, the Violet Kingdom is a'country'. It is very reasonable for them to block certain core technologies when they impart magic knowledge to the continent of Loren. More or less magical devices we sell to other countries also have this'patent secrecy'. '."

"The biggest suspicion of the Violet Kingdom is that they did it too much-and not only did it for six hundred years, but also kept doing it under cover, which unavoidably makes people think," Heidi nodded, "After all, Although there is a'core secret' in the magical devices we sell to the outside world, we have always admitted it openly. The Patent Protection Act is not a secret."

Gao Wen gave a hum, lowered his head and pondered. He thought about the possible hidden dangers behind these "black boxes" and the possible purpose of the Violet Kingdom. After a while, he raised his head and said thoughtfully: "Anyway ...We are now gradually uncovering the technical principles behind these black boxes, and this direction is correct. No matter what purpose the Violet Kingdom created these black boxes, we are sure to hold the knowledge in our own hands.

"There are still many black boxes in the traditional magic system. Now that these things have once again entered our sights and aroused our vigilance, it is necessary to do some targeted things...Heidi, continue to count and trace those related to the Violet Kingdom The traditional spell model of, trace it back as soon as possible and locate it as soon as possible, and send it to the Rune Research Institute to let Jenny organize manpower to do targeted deciphering. This may be a long-term project, if necessary, you can set up one in the corresponding technical department Permanent office."

  Heidi immediately lowered her head: "Yes, ancestor."

"Deciphering is one aspect," Gao Wen continued, "Currently traditional magic is still a very important part of social production activities-among the wizards who use traditional magic, in remote areas where magical technology is not yet developed. , The old-style spell model still dominates. Starting from the actual situation, we can't ban these things in a single mind...then let the publicity keep up.

"To explain the existence of the'technical black box', organize prestigious experts and scholars to publicize the limitations and inefficiencies of black box spells in the media, and publicize the new spell model optimized by the Imperial Rune Research Institute for energy utilization and learning The advantages of difficulty and other aspects make the wizards hesitate more when using these "backward spells", so that they can accept new things faster.

"In addition, I also take this opportunity to solicit help from all walks of life. Spellcasters are invited to actively gather and report the'black box spells' they know, and publish rewards to scholars who love mathematics and rune logic across the country to encourage the behavior of cracking black box spells. Not only can those who make outstanding contributions receive monetary rewards, but also medals awarded by the empire, whose names can even be permanently engraved on the memorial wall of the imperial capital—for many mages and scholars, this kind of honor is even more valuable than money Attractive.

"We have been trying to change the views of traditional spellcasters in the past, so that'analysis of classic spells' has changed from a despised act to a feat full of glory and contribution to the country. This effort has been quite substantial in the past two years. The results have been achieved. Now we need to go further. We must not only encourage and praise those who actively break the tradition and analyze the old-style magic, but also promote the stubborn groups that hold the incomplete and backward black box spells into the "ignorant" one. Side-because it is true."

  Herty nodded while listening. After Gawain's voice fell, she couldn't help asking again: "Then about the Violet Kingdom, it's publicity..."

Gao Wen shook his head immediately: "Don't promote the opposition to the Violet Kingdom at this stage, because we do not have the evidence first, and secondly, we are not sure about the purpose of the Violet Kingdom at all-especially in the period when the alliance was just established. We are thinking of ways to establish further communication with the Violet Kingdom. At this time, propaganda and opposition are even more unnecessary.

Speaking of this, he smiled and stretched his hands: "Besides, there is no good to take-so as long as we strengthen the promotion in the field of magic, after all, the black box is not only in the magic knowledge transmitted by Violet. There are still a lot of ancestral black boxes in mankind's own magic system."

  Heidi thoughtfully nodded slowly: "I understand."

"However, although we do not intend to take antagonistic actions against the Violet Kingdom at this stage, the due caution and investigation must continue," Gao Wen added, "The hermit kingdom in the north...regardless of whether they are really a'hidden danger', Their way of doing things and the impact on Loren Continent over the past six hundred years are really alarming. I will let Amber continue to find ways to investigate the situation inside Violet, and you will continue to summarize and organize those historical files. In addition, I also told Victoria to let her focus on monitoring the Northern Territory. The main scope of activities of the Violet Mages is still in the north... Since they are under our noses, they should always abide by Cecil's rules."

Heidi carefully wrote down everything that Gao Wen had confessed, and then she noticed that her ancestor still had a thoughtful look on her face, and she couldn't help but ask: "Is there anything else you want to explain? "

  Gao Wen raised his head from his meditation, his words seemed to indicate: "...I'm thinking, who else will know the mysterious ‘country of the wizard’ better than us."

  Heidi guessed what: "You mean..."

   "Who else knows wizards better than the gods of wizards?" Gawain folded his arms and said in a deep voice, "Even if it is a goddess who has insisted on not asking questions for thousands of years..."

Heidi's eyes widened slightly, and he took a breath after being taken aback: "The magic goddess Mirmina...This is indeed a bold breakthrough, but the risk is not small? After all, the magic goddess and dragon **** Enya The situation is different. The latter has been completely “decoupled” and can communicate with us many things, while the Magic Goddess has adopted a softer way of getting out of trouble. Her divinity and the connection with the mortal world have not been completely relieved yet. If she is asked to tell Things related to Violet... Will it cause her to reconnect with the mortal world?"

"You can try," Gao Wen looked openly. "If it is something that cannot be answered, she can just keep silent. Of course, when it comes to divine issues, the process of just'asking' is inherently certain. Risks, so we need to protect against anti-divine barriers at the scene, and the specific skills when inquiring should also be controlled-fortunately, I am more experienced in this area."

  While talking, he thought of Merita Penha who had discussed those taboo topics with him in his heart, so he was more confident.

  He is indeed quite experienced in this regard.