Chapter 134 Flame Rune

"Fire Rune." Linn murmured.

Hamid explained, "Yes, the rune is a mark that drives magic. It can be used as long as magic power is injected into it."

"Please explain in detail."

Although Hamid didn't know why the lord was so interested in runes, he still told him what he knew about the runes.

As he said, runes are a kind of mark. When a mage constructs a spell, he needs to build a so-called spell model in his mind. Only when it is built correctly can it be used.

Therefore, every mage is actually an excellent modeler, but they will not go down to do those construction-related things, because it is a shame for them.

The mage keeps building spell models, improving his mental power, and then continues to build, masters more magic, and becomes a legend.

Unlike knights, mages focus more on mental training, which can help them master new magic.

Low-level spell models are not complicated and can basically be mastered after multiple trainings. High-level spell models will test your talent. If it is a forbidden spell, the model will be larger and the details within it will be more complex, so even if it is a high-level spell model, it will test your talent. It is also difficult for a mage to master a forbidden spell.

Even for a legendary mage, it takes a lot of time to learn a new forbidden spell.

For low-level mages, they cannot learn more advanced spells, so they can only continue to become proficient in the spell models they know, gradually optimize them, and finally form runes.

However, there is also a saying that the first spells were runes, but mages continued to refine them to form large and complex spell models.

These two statements have allowed mages to form different factions, and then there are subdivisions within the factions, such as court mages, battle mages, etc.

Runes are widely used, especially among low-level mages. They rely on runes to cast spells, so that they can save their own magic power.

Magic items such as magic scrolls and magic circles are an application of runes.

According to Hamid, in addition to mages, there are alchemists who value runes. They can use runes to replace mages and conduct some simple experiments, which can reduce the gold coins of hiring mages.

Some outstanding alchemists can even kill mages easily by relying on runes.

In large cities, runes are widely used in blacksmithing, baking, weapon making, etc.

"You said making weapons?" Linn asked suddenly.

"Yes, this kind of weapon is called a rune weapon. The production method is unknown, but it is very powerful, but it is extremely rare. I have seen it once. There are many runes on the weapon. It requires constant concentration of magic power. After using it once, it must be replenished. ." Hamid said.

Linn took a long breath.

To be honest, when he heard about the runes, he thought that he could use them, but he didn't expect that someone had already fully used them and made weapons.

But think about it, there must be people who are better than him. This is not the Middle Ages he knows, but a world of knights and magic. Some things may not be there, but overall it is definitely not that simple.

He found that he was still a little behind closed doors. Although it seemed safer to be in a remote place, he didn't know many things.

It's like the runes Hamid said.

Hamid seemed to see his expression and said: "Sir, are you wondering why we didn't make rune weapons? I think the development of Ash Town has been very fast. Even if we know and understand the runes, Judging from the previous situation, it was impossible to use the runes.

You have to know that even the Kingdom of Kais doesn’t do much research on runes. "

This sentence was like a wake-up call for Linn to wake up.

Yes, there is no need for him to compare with a kingdom. He has done quite well so far. No matter how powerful a person is, he will definitely not be able to compare with the kingdom.

Not all kingdoms are decayed, and not all nobles are obsessed with past glories.

However, now that he knows about the existence of the rune, Linn naturally will not put it aside and will use it if he can.

"Do you know much about runes?" Linn asked.

As if knowing that he would ask such a question, Hamid nodded, "I know something about it and have received formal rune courses. If you need it, I will teach these courses to others."

Linn took a deep look at Hamid. This wandering poet was not as simple as he appeared.

"It can be taught, but who will learn it still needs to be said."

Linn asked again: "If the flame runes are painted on the wall, will it cause an explosion?"

"No!" Hamid answered decisively without any hesitation.

He added, "The reason why we teach them to learn runes is because they are ordinary people and do not possess any magic power. Even if they draw runes, they will not have any effect. As for why they exploded, I don't know." clear."

Hamid had a look of confusion on his face.

"The rune requires magic power to activate?" Karis asked, "But according to you, this rune should not explode. Old Billy has no magic power, so how could it explode?"

"It needs to be stimulated. As for why it exploded, I don't know." Hamid was also confused. If he knew, he would not teach these ordinary people.

Besides, nothing like this has ever happened.

Linn looked at Hamid's expression and asked Old Billy to rest, and he left and went to the toilet.

Before I even got close to the toilet, a pungent smell rushed over me. Once inside, I could see that the walls were yellow on three sides.

The toilet here was the first to be built, so it is used most frequently. There has always been no problem. Why did it explode when Lao Bi used it?

Lin En looked carefully. He found some crystals in the corner, and an idea flashed in his mind.

He ignored one issue. The production of gunpowder requires saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur. It was precisely because saltpeter and sulfur mines had not been found that this matter was left alone.

Charcoal is extremely common. As for saltpeter, Linn is still waiting to see if it can be dug out in the mining area, but he forgot one thing. Saltpeter can actually be made artificially, just from the crystals in the toilet.

But what about sulfur? Sulfur is an indispensable raw material for the manufacture of gunpowder.

Why would there be an explosion without sulfur?

As for charcoal, he can also explain it a little bit with the ashes of burning candles.

Lin En couldn't figure it out, so he simply arranged for someone to collect saltpeter from the toilet and prepare a large amount of charcoal.

He wanted to try to see if simply using charcoal and saltpeter could explode.

In the workshop.

Linn mixed charcoal and saltpeter in a proportion. This basic gunpowder ratio can be mastered by anyone who is even remotely interested in gunpowder.

In addition to him here, there are also the butlers Karis, Hamid, and Matthew.

They were all curious about what the lord was doing and didn't know what the use was.

"You guys stand back!" Lynn said.

After seeing that everyone had retreated about the same distance, Lin En threw the fire inside.

The fire started, followed by a burst of smoke, and then disappeared.

There was no so-called explosion, and the burning flame was just the charcoal being driven to burn.

"It's weird!" Linn muttered, "If that's not the reason, then why did it explode."

Although this production process is very simple and does not go through other processes, it still requires at least some reaction.

Karis asked: "Master, you said the explosion was because of them?"

"No, it's not like that." Linn shook his head, and then he looked at Hamid, "You draw a fire rune here, don't inject magic power."

Hamid drew a rune on the ground, but did not infuse it with magic.

The runes are very simple, because there is no magic power. If you don't know them, they will just think that they are something that someone drew casually.

Linn mixed the charcoal and saltpeter again and said, "You are now injecting magic power."

Hamid stretched out his hand and saw the runes forming flames and burning continuously.

The charcoal was also driven to burn, and the situation was the same as before, no change at all.

As time slowly passed, the magic power in the runes was exhausted and the flames dissipated, leaving only a pile of black powder.

"It's not a problem with the runes, so what's going on?" Linn felt a headache. He didn't know much about runes.

It wasn't the charcoal and saltpeter, nor the runes, so where did the explosion come from?

Hamid pondered and said: "There seems to be something wrong. I remember that when I used the flame rune before, it didn't burn for so long."

As he spoke, he drew another rune and injected it with magic power.

Flames appeared and everyone stared.

When the flames dissipated, they also realized the problem. The latter burned about twice as fast as the former.

Karis said: "Could it be the charcoal?"

With a thoughtful expression on her face, Linn said, "You'll know after you try it."

Hamid drew the runes again, and Linn placed the same amount of charcoal on top without adding saltpeter.

The flames appeared again, the charcoal was lit, and everyone watched closely.

Until the flames dissipated, Matthew said: "After adding charcoal, it only increased the intensity of the flames, but the time did not increase. It is exactly the same as the second time."

Karis wondered, "But if charcoal is added, shouldn't it burn longer, just like we use charcoal to boil water for cooking."

Hamid shook his head, "No, no, you can look at the difference between these two piles of ashes."

Karis looked at it carefully, "This one has finer ash, and this one seems to be incompletely burned."

"The first time was more detailed, and the latter was the third time. However, the first time was not only more thorough, but also lasted longer. On the other hand, the third time was not like this."

Hamid added, "The runes rely on magic power to activate. Once the magic power is consumed, the flames will dissipate. Magic power has been used these three times. Why are the results different?"