The Black Iron Glory
Magic and Magic Scrolls

Chapter 93

Magic and Magic Scrolls

The train continues along the hilly road.

In it, Claude looked at Maria, who was sitting in front of him, and felt her head hurt a little. "Mrs, is this really worth it? Given your status, my father should visit. Someone of your status should not have come to our humble abode …"

Mary giggled and replied, "It's okay. I don't care about little things like this. Also, I have something I want to talk to your father about, like .. hired you to look after my woods."

After three boars are taken to the slopes with much difficulty, Claude realizes that Sioris and the coachman, Wien, have no idea what to do with the boar given to them. Wien would faint at the sight of blood and could not do the harvest. Siori herself on the other hand was partially deformed; her right hand only had three fingers left and she could not hold the butcher's knife properly. It is said that he sustained the injury when he participated in the war when he was young.

The other two candidates are Siori's wife, Lancy, and Rodan. Based on the looks they gave Claude and Maria, it was clear that they did not know what to do with the boar.

Claude had to face it in the end. He told Rodan to give something to the coachman and Sioris so that they would not just stand and watch. Claude used the Fine Hand and Control Magus and only spent half an hour opening the two boars, removing their organs and sorting out the useful and useless parts.

Maria watched with her eyebrows raised high from the side. He did not mind the smell of blood. When Claude finished and wanted to borrow a carriage from him to transport 300 wild boars, he discovered that he had entered the carriage and wanted to send Claude back on his own during a visit to Whitestag's chief secretary, Morssen.

That's why he has a headache.

"Mrs, do you really want to hire me as your wooden guard?" ask Claude.

"of course. Why would I lie about that? Just look at Sioris. They were so old and the man was half paralyzed. I'm afraid a bunch of wild boars will come over to mess up my farm again. If I hire you, I don't have to worry about that. Also, you can live in the woods and I'll even give you the keys to my lab. You can be there as long as you like it that way. "

Claude smiled bitterly and said, "Mrs, let me remind you that I will be graduating from high school in two and a half months. Do you think this is the best time to hire me now?"

"Well, since we're already very familiar with each other, I won't keep this from you. I need your help with something and you just need a week off from school. Maybe it doesn't even need that long. "

"What do I need to do, ma'am?"

"I mentioned that I will be here for another ten days before returning to the royal capital, right?" Actually, I wanted to use that time to cut out the niros crocodile specimen and use the skin membrane to make rune parchment to take me back to the royal capital. If I bring the specimen back there, I may not be able to keep it in my hands. With your help, maybe I can use the crocodile skin to make a magical thick book so that it will last longer. "

Hearing Maria say it piqued Claude's interest. "Madam, can you tell me what magic book it is? Is it just to record what's written in it for a long period of time?"

Claude thought that the magic book he called was no different from the two Landes diaries and his notebook that could last for centuries and look just as good as the times of six centuries ago.

She did not expect to hear him hold back a laugh, and failed to do so, bursting into laughter. "Sorry, Claude, I forgot that you're a beginner in magic and have no common sense in the field. In fact, there are many different types of magic books and the ones you mentioned use the lowest grade rune paper to create. It was useless other than being able to last a long time.

"Magic books made from the skin of the crocodile niros are considered to be of a higher class. They were used to write magic formations. Oh, Claude, have you heard of the unification of which theory? Try to spit out the mana in the hexagram into separate units and measure the number of units consumed by different spells. "

I think I've seen it in Landes' diary before. Claude nodded. He recalled that Landes used an example when he wrote about carving seven basic spells. If the hexagram contains a hundred mana units, then a master spell engraved on the central hexagon would cost one to three units per use, thus, the master spell engraved on the central hexagon would cost one to three units per use, while the six basic slave spells in a triangle would cost three to five mana units.

Although spells that were not engraved in the hexagram could be cast, carving a secret spell formation in the air and releasing it would take around ten to twenty mana units. Compared to the spells engraved in the hexagram, the time it took to cast it would be long and the consumption of mana was huge. That was why every magus would choose a spell that was most suitable for them each time before they advanced to the next level.

Seeing Claude's nod, Maria continued, "Magi could not only use their seven basic spells; they had to use others from time to time as well. However, the limits of where greatly limit how many times they can be used. So, more than two thousand years ago, magi found magic scrolls. It was a parchment on which runic spell formations could be inscribed. To cast that spell, one only needed to infuse the scroll with mana. That would save half the amount of mana required compared to the formation carving in mid air.

"However, the scroll also came with a weakness. The spells written on them could not be used too much. The parchment used to make the scroll would not be able to maintain having a path of mana through so many times and would break then the Magi would continue and build upon the scroll technique and collect it into bookstome. The thick books cover will be inscribed with a recovery spell formation that will restore the wear on the magic parchment inside caused by the use of spells on the previous condition. .

"Magic thickbooks are better than scrolls because they don't contain just one spell. Each tome could contain 24 pages of rune parchment and 24 spells could be inscribed in it. Magus will be able to choose from an assortment of spells with thick books in hand .

"So, a proper magus would at least have a magic tome or two to store any spells that might be required. After magic scrolls were replaced by thick books, magi developed other uses for them. They are considered disposable consumables instead. The magic scroll was currently asking for mana sealed within it after the incantation formation was written. Tearing the scroll open will release a spell and non-magics can also use it. "

Maria knew that witchcraft was something Claude lacked, so she explained everything in great detail. "During the final stages of the dark ages, in other words, the fall of magical civilizations, the supply of magical resources was drastically reduced and some magi have since been able to carry their own magic books. The parchments used to make thick books mostly came from the skins of magical beasts, and magical beasts had mostly become extinct in Freia around that time.

"Do you know why I was rushing when I heard someone hunting the crocodile niros?"

Claude shook his head and played together.

"The reason so far, the niros crocodile skin membrane is one of the three types of beast skin that can be used to make magical parchments. The other two are the skins of red-eyed hard ape in the western highlands of the continent and the bloodback gray wolf in the southern part of the continent, otherwise known as the alpes magic wolf in some novels.

"Naturally, a book made from the niros crocodile skin membrane can only be used to write zero levels and one spell. He would not be able to maintain the flow of mana like the earliest magic scroll scrolls if a higher level spell formation was written on it The entire thick book would only end up with damage.

"That is the reason why the Magi did not consider the crocodile niros as important a few centuries ago. However, for a registered Magi like us, a single specimen of crocodile niros is reason enough to tear each other's skin apart. After all, we can only see learning harmless low-level spells. Fortunately, I was the one who got the first news and rushed over. Otherwise, if the Special Bureau finds out in two to three months, there will be nothing left for me. …

"So, now you understand why I want you to stay here for ten more days, right?" Maria said as she looked carefully at Claude, "I will remove the membrane of the niros crocodile skin on the wood that will be made into rune parchment before returning to the royal capital. That way, no one can take it from me, if they want it, they have to trade something with me.

"When you harvested those two boars, it occurred to me that I did not need to waste energy on removing the skin membrane from the specimen if you helped. You can use the Magus Hand to do that easily and I can make some magic books with the parchment I can. Besides I have more than enough material for that in wood …. "

Claude finally understood why he had set his sights on her. Forcing a smile, he said, "Mistress, I can give you two spells, Good Control and Magus Hand. That way, you can also easily turn those specimens into magic books."

Maria refused immediately. "It would just be a waste of mana. You have two spells as a base spell and it doesn't take much mana to use them. As for me, I don't have a tome to contain spells and I will use a lot of mana whenever I use it, so I probably won't be able to do more than a few times in a day. That's why I think you're best suited for the task. "

Gah, he's counting on me now. . .

"Claude, I don't just like to rule. Just think about it, you will also benefit from doing this," Maria said seriously.

What benefits? Claude looked at her confused.

Maria smiled again, as if she liked seeing Claude's naive expression. "Think about. If you help me, won't you learn how to turn the crocodile skin membrane into a pace rune? I'm sure you don't know how to do that, do you?"

Yeah, Claude thought. Landes detailed the entire process in his diary. Back then, Landes only used parchment for his diary and notebook instead of making it a low-level tome as Mary intended. Claude already had his theory and just lacked practice.

However, he still nodded silently.

"Also, I'll use rune parchment that I can make some scrolls and thick books. You are free to learn from me when I do and ask any questions you have. I'll answer everything," Maria offered the others tantalizing conditions.

"really?" Claude touched. It was something that Landes' diary did not have. If Maria taught her how to make a thick book, she would be able to catch the crocodile niros from her own swamp and pull out the membranes of their skin to make it on her own in the future.

"Also, if everything goes well, I'll give you one thick book as payment," Maria teased again, "The only condition I have is for you to move into the forest and do as I say.

"I heard Rodan tell me about how you were considered a thief when you climbed onto the roof of your house. I bet you were practicing meditation back then, right? If you live in My Forest, you don't have to worry about other people discovering your secrets.

"I will return to the royal capital in ten more days, and I can leave wood for you. The reason we were going to tell your father was that you would be hired as a guard for the farm. You will be allowed to continue reading there and reading my book collection and even using my lab. "

Claude was finally convinced. "Alright, Mistress. As long as you can convince my father, I will listen to whatever you say."