Above the mage

Chapter 347 Direction and Guidance

First, clarify the requirements, and then carry out specific design based on those requirements.

This is the design philosophy behind most products, and rune constructs are usually designed according to this philosophy as well.

Following this line of thought, Gaode first listed its basic information:

Mage Level: Early Stage of 1st Ring Mage

Mental Power: 186

Mana: 26 drops of liquid

Spells: Tricks 44, First-Circle Spells 23

Specialty: [Adaptive] (Intermediate Ice Body, Ninja Body)

Additional: Mandora's Eye Tier 3 (1/72) - Farsightedness, Insight, and Penetration

Clearly, his strengths lie in his exceptional mental power and his mastery of numerous spells. Combined with his special ability [Adaptive], he possesses a comprehensive range of skills and is capable of handling most special situations.

His weakness lies in his relatively small amount of magical power, which is insufficient to support him in fully unleashing his spells.

In addition, there is a mana-intensive item called "Tier 3 Mandora's Eye," which requires careful use even under normal circumstances.

In addition, the range of attack spells is relatively limited, with only one [Frozen Blade+].

Although the [Frozen Blade+] is powerful enough, even overpowered, it is usually used as a trump card and not easily cast, and it is a single-target spell.

As a result, most of the battle scenes in Gaode now rely on magic tricks.

The goal of rune constructs is to maximize strengths and minimize weaknesses.

After analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, Gaode quickly determined its needs:

Improve endurance and increase damage output.

The design of the former can be completely referenced from the "Breath of the Wild" created by the mentor He Xi.

This rune construct can be said to have achieved the ultimate in improving endurance.

As for the latter, it requires Gaode to design it independently.

After determining the requirements and direction, Gaode immediately began the formal design of the rune construct.

That is, the drawing of rune construction design drawings.

Magic circles have array diagrams, and runes have rune diagrams; these are commonplace in the field of runic literature.

However, for rune constructs, the blueprint is a completely new concept.

The reason is simple: in the existing runic system, "rune tuning" is an unavoidable hurdle.

Through rune tuning, rune masters can confirm whether runes can form a magic circle, whether they can take effect, and whether they can be successfully drawn on the selected magic-conducting material. Based on the results of rune tuning, they can adjust the rune composition, arrangement rules, position, and connection method.

In the realm of rune constructs, the complexity is amplified to the extreme, to the point that there is no room for construct blueprints—each rune construct is custom-made by a rune constructer through meticulous adjustments of rune tuning.

Of course, for Gaode, this is already an old-fashioned method of creating rune constructs.

He was learning the new runic system created by Hoshi, whose core was no longer the "rune tuning" of the supernatural side, but the "computation" of the mathematical side.

Using the six basic rules of rune literature, he can first design a magic circle, and then calculate whether the magic circle can be successfully drawn on the magic-conducting material.

"Four level-one magic gathering runes, separated by four diffusion runes, and then embedded with level-one storage runes."

Regarding improving battery life, thanks to the reference of "Breath of the Wild", Gaode quickly finalized its design concept and produced preliminary design drawings.

However, Gaode is facing difficulties in increasing the number of ways to deal damage.

This is not because he lacks creativity, nor because his foundation is weak.

The biggest reason is that his mentor He west left too early and taught him too little, while Gao De had seen too few rune constructs, or rather, only the [Breath of the Wild] set, so he was somewhat at a loss as to where to start.

Just like writing, even the most talented author needs to read enough works before they can write their own.

Gao De put down his pen and entered a state of deep thought.

Anna, who had been quietly watching Gao De, curiously peeked over and looked at what Gao De had written on the parchment. After a couple of glances, she asked, "Brother, what are you thinking about?"

"I'm trying to design a rune construct that can increase my attack methods. Where should I start?" In his focused state, Gao De didn't realize who was asking the question, but answered instinctively and subconsciously.

Anna noticed God's distress and deep thought. She pouted, thought seriously for a moment, and then suggested in her childish voice, "With so many mana-gathering and storage runes, why not add some conversion and output runes?"

Gao De was taken aback for a moment, then clapped his hands, "Yes!"

With a clear idea in mind, Gaode immediately started writing again, excitedly and attentively refining the design.

Anna, who had already poked her head over, didn't pull it back. Instead, she stared intently at Gao De's every move with her big eyes wide open.

Once the idea was established, implementing it became much easier for Gaode Maps.

About ten minutes later, a preliminary set of rune construct design drawings had been completed.

Of course, it's really very preliminary.

Because it is necessary to verify whether the magic circle is valid through calculation, and then make corresponding adjustments based on the calculation results until it can be fully established.

Before that, the specific dimensions of the magic-conducting materials used in the rune construct must be determined.

The latter is not difficult; Gaode was designed for himself, and he knows his own physical data very well.

Regarding the materials for guiding magic, he thought it over carefully and decided to use Brilliant Bronze, which is extremely common in the manufacture of Tier 1 rune constructs and has a very high cost-performance ratio, as the main material.

Bronze is a variant of brass, and its resistivity is similar to that of brass. According to Hochsley's test, it is 45.6%, or R=0.456.

While its magical conductivity isn't outstanding among extraordinary materials, it boasts two major advantages: it's extremely easy to shape and relatively inexpensive.

Once the magic-conducting material is determined, the magic resistance rate is also determined.

Therefore, robustness values ​​can be calculated using the six basic rules of runes.

"No, the first rune array won't work. The actual robustness value exceeds the theoretical robustness value by 9.52. We need to either reduce the actual robustness value or increase the theoretical maximum robustness value."

"To increase the theoretical robustness value, you either need to increase the number of runes and rune pairs, or choose magic-conducting materials with low magic resistance. We'll leave the latter aside for now and focus on the former."

"My current rune crafting level has reached Tier 2, which is 7, but Tier 2 rune constructs are too much for me to handle, so I can only craft rune constructs at Tier 1, which is 5."

"Based on its area, this region can accommodate a maximum of 31 basic runes; it currently has 28, and can accommodate 3 more."

"Add two more level 1 Gathering Mana Runes and one Spreading Mana Rune."

"It's still too high. Then we have to reduce the actual robustness value and change four of the level 1 mana gathering runes to lower-energy secondary runes, i.e., level 0 mana gathering runes."

"This is now established. Proceed to the next rune array calculation and adjustment."

(End of this chapter)