Chapter 138 - The Power of Calculation (2/2)
“Cough, cough… An old man’s experience, old man’s experiences.” Gawain coughed awkwardly and shifted the topic back on track. “Think about how to settle the safety issue of the web. The Honeycomb Magic Web would allow a free flow of magic and relies on the Magic Web’s equilibrium and leaking mechanism to ensure stabilized magic. But once a portion of the ‘unit’ loses equilibrium, the excessive amount of magic would exceed what the unit could withstand. It might just instantly burn up all of the neighboring units and cause a vicious cycle…”
Rebecca stared with wide eyes as though she was frightened by the possible outcome. Jenni frowned and tried her best to consider before saying, “Why don’t we… limit the size of the Magic Web and split it into sections.”
“Then we will lose the value of this honeycomb structure.” Gawain shook his head and said, “This honeycomb structure is to allow the Magic Web to expand and connect limitlessly.”
Rebecca looked at Gawain curiously and asked, “What is Lord Ancestor’s opinion?”
Gawain looked at the honeycomb unit on his table and suddenly asked, “How do you connect two of such honeycomb units?”
“Just connect them directly.” Rebecca nodded as though it was expected and said, “When two runes are placed together, it will increase the transfer efficiency to the highest rate.”
“Make the connection weaker.” The knowledge in this world didn’t seem to have a suitable solution. Gawain could only seek assistance from his previous life’s thoughts. “We can add on a partition… A connection made with black stone should have a good effect. Black stones are magic-guiding materials but have a weak tolerance. Once the magic waves are too intense, it will shatter.”
“You are saying to isolate each honeycomb unit with other units? Adding a ‘buffer material’ made with black stones in the middle?” Rebecca scratched her head and said, “But the black stones’ magic guidance rate isn’t good, and it will probably reduce the entire Magic Web’s efficiency by 25% or more…”
“In exchange, you would have safety. Even if a few units go out of control, they would be automatically excluded from the main web and wouldn’t endanger other things,” Gawain explained. “As for the lower efficiency… When the units are connected in large quantities, it will compensate for the loss of efficiency. Furthermore, this is only a preliminary solution. There will definitely be better solutions in the future.”
While speaking, Gawain laughed and said, “The current Magic Webs are still very primitive. Even after adding the honeycomb structure, it will still be primitive. It is directly extracting energy from the environment, and the magic-powered devices would directly receive the energy from the Magic Web. There isn’t any safety cushion in between. There isn’t any stable flow. There aren’t any measurements, and they don’t have any ‘guiding channels’. The energy consumption devices are directly placed on the Magic Web. Don’t you think that such a connection method deserves to be improved?”Read more chapter at vipnovel
Rebecca nodded pensively. Jenni wasn’t very used to such a conversation method with complete equality where everyone could voice their opinions. As such, she was obviously very reserved, but the flash in her eyes had proven that she was considering Gawain’s words.
“This is a new creation, and its development journey is still very long.” Gawain didn’t ask the two young ladies to understand the problems that might only happen a long time later. He said, “Take it slow. There isn’t a need to hurry. The two of you have accomplished great things this time. What kind of reward do you wish for?”
“I wish to change to a new crystal for my magic staff!” Rebecca wouldn’t possibly reserve herself with her ancestor grandfather. She immediately brandished her metal staff happily and said, “Look, the crystal on the magic staff is already very old!”
Gawain took a glance and immediately noticed that the crystal embedded on the tip of the metal staff was indeed very old. It wasn’t just dim, it also lacked several edges. Even the fixed supports for the crystal were obviously out of shape…
This was only possible if someone used the metal staff as a goddamned war hammer, right?!
Gawain’s brows jolted and wanted to persuade his little granddaughter to not change the crystal. Why didn’t she look for Nicholas Egg at the machining factory to get a spike and weld on three large square beams for her to use? However, he thought that since this young lady had contributed greatly and her mage-like aura could only be detected from that piece of crystal, he sighed in his heart before saying, “The treasure vault has a piece of fire elemental core. It was obtained from the Gondor Empire back then. You can take it and ask the rune craftsmen to process it before fixing it on the staff.”
Subsequently, he looked at Jenni and asked, “What about you? What kind of reward do you wish for?”
Jenni instantly shrank her neck and replied, “I—I’m just doing what I’m supposed to do… I don’t dare to ask for a reward…”
“Are you still not adapting to this place?” Gawain laughed and said, “In this place, all contributions are valued and will be rewarded. It isn’t related to your birth and status. I heard Rebecca saying that you are the one that did all the main calculations.”
“I…” Jenni hesitated and finally said, “I hope you can include the name of Mister Ravencrest in the list of contributors for the honeycomb-shaped Magic Web… Because the most important formulas were all created by him.”
“Of course.”