Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 74: Over-Level Casting
After a few minutes of rest and calming his mind, Harvey quickly entered a meditative state and began to use his mental power to draw the matrix diagram of the five-ring spell in the magic pattern.

The surface of the three-dimensional magic pattern, as bright as stars, continued to expand and contract, absorbing the mental power that Harvey continued to inject.

Harvey seemed to be looking at his spiritual anchor through the magic pattern from the perspective of a bystander. It was the reflection of a star floating in the endless void.

This method of constructing a magic matrix model from a bystander's perspective can only be achieved after the mental power and spellcasting level reach a certain level, but Harvey can now do it in advance with his unique mental anchor.

With a calm mentality that was almost inanimate, Harvey drove his mental power and the magic pattern to achieve synchronous fluctuations and began to construct a matrix model within the magic pattern.

The fluctuation of mental power caused the magic pattern to vibrate and change. Strands of transparent, almost unreal lines appeared out of thin air, and began to accurately combine into a three-dimensional magic model with a strange pattern.

Drawing a spell matrix of this level requires terrifyingly precise and stable control of mental power. The direction, angle and coordination of each line must be completely accurate. This is an important indicator to test a spellcaster's knowledge of magical principles and array analysis ability. Countless novice spellcasters are forever trapped at the level of intermediate spellcasters because they cannot achieve perfect spell model construction.

The spell matrix of "Kairel's Corrosion Field" was analyzed very thoroughly by high-level spellcasters in the Magic Network Forum. After all, this level of improved spells was just one of the mediocre spell research cases in their eyes.

Harvey benefited from the precise explanation and analysis of the principles of the techniques given by these masters, and he also tried to simulate and construct them many times on his own. He had already memorized the key points such as the direction of the lines in the matrix model and the spatial relationship of the energy connection points.

As the illusory lines condensed from the spiritual power in the magic pattern gradually converge, a complex but clearly structured three-dimensional model is gradually constructed.

When constructing a spell matrix, most novice spellcasters do not fully analyze and thoroughly grasp the key points and tricks. They can only try again and again, relying on countless failures to gradually adjust and improve their construction methods until they finally complete the construction of the spell matrix.

Such a slow and steady behavior will undoubtedly lead to a huge consumption of mental energy. Without the help of expensive mental energy replenishing potions, each failure will require several days of recovery before the next attempt can be made.

Harvey, who had obtained the key knowledge for free, did not have this worry. When his tremendous mental power was consumed to a very small part, he had almost completed the rough drawing of the matrix model, and could confirm that there were no mistakes in the entire drawing process.

When the last line of mental power was merged with an energy connection point, the entire magic matrix was completely completed. It suddenly emitted a strong vibration, began to condense at a strange frequency, and madly absorbed the magical energy dissipated in the magic network space.

A rapidly rotating vortex appeared at the core of the matrix model's condensation and collapse, absorbing the surging magic net energy and releasing an extremely bright dark green light.

When the light faded, Harvey saw that there was a round translucent sphere on the magic ring inside his magic pattern, and there seemed to be a tiny green cloud floating inside. This was the magic matrix of "Kyriel's Corrosion Field".

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Reiner accompanied Harvey in the underground laboratory, a specially designed magic testing ground.

"Sir, do you really want to use these chickens, ducks, and geese to test the power of your new magic?"

Reiner has always been this entangled and stingy person. On the one hand, he hopes that the adults' new spells will be extremely powerful so that he can look down on the enemy.

On the one hand, he was reluctant to waste the hundreds of poultry he had raised with great difficulty in a single magical experiment. He didn't know if he could recycle them after use and send them to the market...

"I'm using a plague spell. Don't try to take advantage of these chickens, ducks, and geese. I've repeatedly mentioned food safety issues to you."

As soon as Reiner opened his mouth, Harvey could almost guess what he was thinking. After all, this was the assistant who had followed him the longest and the first alchemical life he had transformed personally.

Harvey held the prepared potion in his hand and gently unscrewed the seal on the glass test tube. With a slight shake of his wrist, he tilted it to allow the potion to flow out. Simultaneously, he chanted the spell, mobilizing the magical energy stored within his body and deeply connecting with his own magic patterns.

The spell potion poured out of the test tube did not drip onto the ground, but instead condensed into a constantly wriggling liquid sphere that hovered in front of Harvey.

As Harvey finished casting the spell, he gently pushed the suspended liquid forward with one hand, and it flew towards the huge wooden cage placed in the center of the magic testing field at an extremely fast speed. With a bang, it exploded into a ball of continuously expanding dark green fog, covering it.

The dark green fog continued to expand and expand, soon touching the solid walls around the test site and spreading towards the direction where Harvey and Reiner were standing.

The two had no choice but to leave the testing ground immediately and stand outside the transparent glass wall to observe the effects of the magic.

"Sir, the smoke is so thick that you can't see what's going on inside."

Harvey laughed and said, "Why rush? Wait a few more minutes."

He specially set up an underground ventilation tunnel in the magic testing ground that was connected to the outside of the territory wall, and installed a high-power exhaust device driven by magic energy, which could greatly prevent the magic experiments from contaminating the laboratory and the areas where the residents worked and lived on the ground.

Ten minutes later, Reiner turned the ventilation lever, and the huge wind force completely blew away the thick fog that had dimmed the light a little, revealing the lonely huge wooden cage in the center of the test site.

Reiner kindly handed Harvey a protective mask and walked directly into the testing ground. After all, alchemical life forms are naturally immune to toxins and plagues.

"Hiss~ So disgusting!" Reiner pinched his bare metal nose in a pretentious manner and looked at the various poultry lying in the wooden cage.

They all died in a way that all their hair fell off, their flesh and skin eroded, and they looked extremely miserable.

Reiner picked up a small knife and carefully dissected a goose. He found that its internal organs were also somewhat corrupted, and there were patches of spotted mold growing on the surface of the organs. As Reiner continued to turn the internal organs with the tip of the knife, the mold continued to spread and multiply in the body of the dead goose at a very fast speed.

"Use the flamethrower to burn all these bodies quickly. And you, Reiner, you must also use the high-temperature steam to disinfect your entire body!"

Harvey strictly followed the experimental procedures and asked Reiner to quickly dispose of the poultry carcasses that might contain live mold.

A very good mid-level plague spell, not only can it effectively kill the target on the spot, but it will also leave some plague fungi that can multiply and reproduce, continuing to infect and parasitize.

Harvey could already foresee what kind of horrific chain reaction would be triggered if he cast this spell in the dense crowd of enemies when the evil orcs launched a massive attack.

As for the possible problem of his side being accidentally infected during the battle, Harvey had also made a preventive plan in advance, which was to use alchemical instruments that sprayed flames to burn and bury the corpses of the evil orcs in a centralized manner, and distribute the magic epidemic prevention potion specially prepared by Egno to his own soldiers.

After all, as long as this kind of mold is not parasitic in the body and exists on the surface of the body for no more than a few hours, it will be killed and deactivated by the scorching sun and the temperature generated by boiling water.

"The prelude to the Plague War will be opened by me, the only spellcaster in the territory!"

(End of this chapter)