Arcane Lord

"Lord Shada, what I want to ask is, why can't the 'bridging' structural element unit be simplified as a joint element? Doesn't this simplify spellcasting? And why can the 'inverse' structural element unit be able to?"

Hearing Jose's question, Xia Duo nodded slightly and didn't say anything. He just glanced around everyone's faces. He saw that some people had expressions of understanding and disdain, while others were thoughtful.

This gave Shado a deeper understanding of the current mastery of arcane geometry among these mid-level mages, and then he replied:

"Very good. Being able to ask this question shows that you have seriously thought about the five arithmetic operations of the Magic Network String, but it also exposes your shortcomings in not having enough experience in magic experiments.

"This problem is actually very simple. You only need to try spells with 'bridging' structural element units a few more times to understand why the joint element cannot be simplified.

"To put it simply, the bridge structure connects multiple layers of magic net. If the joint elements are to be simplified, more low-ring elements must be added to maintain the integrity of the structure, which will increase the difficulty of casting spells.

"The inverse structure only involves a single layer of magic network elements, so as long as it can be simplified, it can be simplified as much as possible. In addition to simplifying by combining elements, overlapping elements can also be simplified. The simplification process is like this -"

As Sha Duo spoke, he controlled the strings of the magic web with his will to weave a specific combination of elements and demonstrated the transformation process to give everyone a more intuitive impression.

…

After that, Jose continued to ask questions, and Chateau answered them one by one. After asking three questions, Chateau asked him to sit down.

"Next, Master Chavira, three questions."

Chavira only recently became an intermediate mage, so he caught up with the good times. However, he was still leading the apprentice class before, so in the recent intermediate mage assessment, he was still a little behind Jose, ranking second.

However, no matter how good the assessment is, there are only three questions at most, and the top three can all ask them. If the assessment is behind, there will only be one or two, and you can't even ask any questions. The arcanist's personal answer to the question cannot be too much. cheap.

Of course, no questions, or very few questions, will affect their listening and private communication afterwards.

This would have been almost impossible in the past.

…

Soon, Xia Duo finished answering everyone's questions, and he himself used this to reorganize the knowledge system he had mastered, and even discovered some blind spots that he had ignored in the past.

This made him very happy. After all, a person's wisdom is limited. The so-called checking for omissions and filling in the gaps is nothing more than this.

After walking out of the 045 conference room, Xia Duo looked at the time (resident timing spell [Magic Network Time]) and found that there was still a while before lunch, so he went to the papermaking workshop that had been specially renovated to check.

"My lord!"*N

"No need to be polite, you are busy with your business, I will just take a look!"

Xia Duo waved his hand, refusing everyone's salute, and then quietly observed. The basic process was similar to what he had done before, except that after completing the paper pulp production, he did not use magic to shape and dry it.

Instead, he used non-magical methods to make paper and dry it. Xia Duo looked at it for a while and found that the efficiency was much lower than using the spell [Papermaking·Shaping and Drying].

The only advantage is that the threshold is low.

Even if the Tower of Time hadn't been in trouble, the previous steps could have been solved non-magically.

After observing for a while, Ganal rushed over from outside after receiving the news. When Sha Duo saw the person in charge of the Magic Mechanical Department, he asked directly:

"Ganal, how many sheets of standard writing paper can the two paper-making workshops of the Magical Mechanics Department produce every day?"

"Xia Duo, the papermaking skills you provided are really amazing!"

Seeing Xia Duo ask about the output of papermaking, Garner's eyes suddenly lit up and he said excitedly: "There is enough pulp in the two papermaking workshops now, but the space is limited and there are only five apprentice technicians responsible for papermaking and drying. But the daily output is quite impressive, and now it has a stable output of 15,000 sheets of standard writing paper every day!” (The number of standard sheets of paper after cutting the large paper)

When he first heard this number, Xia Duo was a little surprised. Although this number was far from his expected goal, it was many times easier to obtain than parchment or the so-called "elf paper". .

Behind any piece of parchment is a living cow, sheep, or monitor lizard. It takes time for living things to grow, so there is no such thing as existence.

Elf paper is considered an exotic product. Even Netheril has certain territories that can produce it, but the price is not good. The cheapest ones are several times the price of parchment.

Now the Tower of Time can produce 15,000 sheets of standard writing paper per day, how much money can be saved!

Of course, now that papermaking involves magic, you may not be able to save much money, but magic is not a prerequisite for the papermaking technology provided by Xia Duo. As long as the current paper panic in the Tower of Time is alleviated, production can be switched to non-magical methods immediately.

And the production scale can also be expanded to achieve higher output.

After thinking about it, Xia Duo asked again: "How much gap is there in the supply department's demand for paper? Also, what do the apprentices think of the new paper?"

"The apprentices particularly like this new paper that costs 1 copper coin each. With the new paper, no one has bought the remaining parchment. As for the gap in the supplies department, I think it may have disappeared, but The price of new paper is only one-twentieth of the previous parchment paper, and the apprentices’ desire to buy is getting higher and higher. I am worried that if the production capacity cannot be expanded in time, there will be a paper panic.”

Ganal's worry is not without reason. He is now accustomed to using new paper. Although the writing experience may not be as good as parchment paper, new paper is cheap!

Throughout his journey as an apprentice, Ganal knew the apprentice's thoughts best. Learning magic was a money-burning process. Even if he came from a wealthy family, he would definitely save money if he had the opportunity.

Because you don’t know when you might be short of that copper coin that could have been saved.

"In this case, let's expand production capacity as soon as possible! The target is tentatively set at 100 sheets of paper per apprentice per day." Xia Duo quickly gave instructions.

"yes."

…

After leaving the papermaking workshop, it was almost lunch time. Xia Duo asked Niya to leave the Tower of Time and came to Daxia District. Chef Cook had already prepared a sumptuous lunch for the two of them.

Looking at the steaming milky white fish soup on the table, Chateau suddenly thought of the Wolfburg River north of Savile Town, which had no sign of life at all.

If you are unlucky, you may not be able to eat fish much after this meal.

While you can still catch fish in the southern section of the Wolfburg River, you must eat more. Thinking of this, Sha Duo couldn't help but speed up the meal.