Arcane Linguist

Chapter 162 Growing Grass Makes Me Stronger
That night, Rick and Hodolf of Loon City entertained Roland graciously, and invited senior Puglia and others who were staying here.

At the same time, the city itself and the aristocratic landowners who relied on the city to set up industries also came.

In the magnificently decorated hotel, there are many talents, and under the huge crystal lamp, the men and women in costumes are even more dazzling.

Celebrities in the city gathered again because of Roland's arrival.

But this time, the topic that arose during the gathering seemed to be calligraphy.

Lei's enthusiasm for Seris' calligraphy is even more enthusiastic than Roland himself. During this period of time, he has been advocating it in major newspapers, media and Mowang platforms one after another, sparing no effort to promote it, and working extremely hard.

As a result, before Roland's paper was officially published, related news was already flying all over the sky.

Many people have already known in advance that there is such an article and the existence of calligraphy, which will be a new trend in the arcane world recently.

Although I have not seen the true face of Lushan in that article, but on such an occasion, others can chat a few words, but you know nothing about it, and you will look stupid.

Therefore, when Roland came here, what he saw was such a fiery scene.

The owner of the venue thoughtfully arranged some desks for people to perform at the party, with paper and pens used in calligraphy placed on them.

Someone tried to write on it, but it was crooked and out of shape.

Can't help but laugh and sigh.

"Welcome, Mr. Roland, we meet again."

Hodolf greeted Roland warmly.

This has nothing to do with worldly benefits, it's entirely because his Level 7 "Limited Wishing Technique" has improved in recent days, so far it can be regarded as a complete introduction.

He and Roland had discussed this spell many times, and recently they were inspired by Roland's "dream spell", and felt that they had a lot of topics to talk about.

Roland smiled and chatted with him about magic.

But soon, he was called to the other side.

"Mr. Roland, I have a feeling of sympathy, write a letter for my hotel!"

Rick looked at him sincerely, his eyes full of expectation.

"Oh, how did you come up with that?"

Roland was a little surprised.

With the art of calligraphy brought over, the "inscription" is actually self-taught?
Mr. Rick, you are very good!

"Mr. Roland is destined to become a great mage. It is our honor to leave calligraphy."

Rick said humbly, his posture was so low that no one could refuse.

Roland had no choice but to take the brush and splash ink on the table prepared by the other party.

In an instant, several big characters flying like dragons and phoenixes took shape.

Everyone was stunned: "Wo...the treasure of women?"

Roland's face was black: "You feel at home!"

"Well, good words, good words!"

Everyone suddenly realized and applauded.

The big hotel of Rick's family is accompanied by the words "Home away from home".

This is fine!

Someone saw an opportunity in this, and came up with a cheeky face, following Rick's example and asking Roland for an inscription.

"Look, Mr. Roland, my hot spring is missing a word."

"Okay, I will serve you with pen and ink!"

Roland sighed, a little pleading, it's hard to refuse.

"Fuck it... No, this is Chunchi Yanyun?"

Everyone watched Roland swipe his pen in amazement.

Roland blushed tenderly: "Everyone stop, stop, no inscriptions, let's talk about something else."

Do you understand cursive, you will not appreciate it!
……

After some entertainment, Roland returned to the place where he was staying.

Puglia, Pano and other school members made a special visit to discuss the next thing in private.

"Roland, the recent situation is just like that.

We can say that everything is fine here in Loon City, but in our respective laboratories, derived research groups, new projects we want to explore, etc., most of them are still blocked.

Those Autodox people are so irritating. "

Both Puglia and Pano have expressed concern.

Although the actions of those people cannot cause a fatal blow to them in a short period of time, in the long run, if there are many shackles, it will definitely become a serious problem

You have to think of a way to break it as soon as possible.

"Their move is a real conspiracy. It is clear that they are using power to suppress others. What can they do?
But fortunately, Alteraine is not a place where they can cover the sky with all their hands, and those laws and regulations are not used as a display.

If we go too far, we can also launch a lawsuit as a counterattack.

In my opinion, those people haven't planned too much for the time being, they just try to make things as difficult as possible within the scope of their authority, and maximize the petty willfulness of power.

The essence of this matter is position and power.

I plan to strive for a position in the editorial department of "Rune" as much as possible within a year or two, and first break the situation from the perspective of arcane manuscript review. "

"Now I have to watch yours."

Puglia and Pano deeply agree.

"As for the funding, we have to rely on everyone in the faction to sort out all kinds of technologies and complete some commercial projects for self-reliance."

Roland specifically mentioned this in front of them, naturally also in order to be able to set a good example.

"Such as silver scale armor and new summoning spells, these are all likely to produce economic benefits.

Fundamental research on arcane arts needs financial support, but there are some that can be self-reliant, and they can be fully developed. "

Roland looked confident and talked freely.

To deal with this crisis, it is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

Roland had already deeply analyzed his own advantages earlier, and found that in the research and development of Siris magic, he had at least an intangible advantage of saving money compared to ordinary mages.

Many of the arcane achievements were carried over by myself without much effort.

Under normal circumstances, when the mages of Alteraine want to conduct arcane research, it takes a lot of time and energy just to go through the various approval processes and clean up the budget, and then return to the arcane itself to explore and confirm their own inspirations And the route is also a pile of troubles.

Therefore, at least in the middle and early stage of the development of this school, it can achieve a great "cutting expenditure".

However, this low-cost and high-efficiency method is only applicable to oneself, and members of other schools should be suppressed or suppressed.

It is serious to find some stable and reliable sources of funding as soon as possible, without being restricted by others.

……

After everyone from the school left, Roland continued to get busy.

He is now entrusted by the Council of the Arcane to develop general calligraphy instruction, as well as metamagic techniques that translate into spellcasting buffs.

This is very meaningful for battle mages and adventurers.

Maybe, you can also get a research grant in the form of a military commission.

Roland is not completely unconnected in the military, at least he can still speak to the forces represented by the Cowrens family.

For the next few days, Roland was busy with his own affairs, as well as communicating and negotiating with those people.

The result is gratifying, he successfully opened a hole here.

It may be that Archmage Bolas of the Cowrens family paid attention to Roland, and readily agreed to various requests, and helped him connect with the mage legion.

At the same time, the official notification from the Arcane Council also arrived.

"Here is a new type of practical spell-casting technique 'Crazy Grass Casting' that has passed the test and has been initially confirmed to have high practical significance. The Imperial Army intends to include it in the experimental teaching plan.

A special allocation of 10 gold coins is now being made to carry out related research, and to further improve this kind of practical technology..."

In fact, this is not the first time that the Imperial Army has supported Roland. It had previously purchased a batch of silver scale armor in an official form.

They are very interested in this kind of thing that can actually improve combat effectiveness.

Meanwhile, there was another one.

"Mr. Roland is specially hired as an expert consultant for the mage legion, with a special allowance of 800 gold coins per year..."

Well, although the allowance is not much, this status is really useful.

It means the importance of the Imperial Army, and when necessary, a large sum of money can be allocated to invite Roland or people from the school under Roland's name to study some practical spells.

This is also a channel that can bypass Autodox's control.

"Open source" in a sense.

Roland returned to Orvisto's Mage Tower, and a few days later, November 11 came.

"On the Changes of Calligraphy in Sailis Characters and the Art of Calligraphy" was officially published.

Unsurprisingly, there was a lot of discussion on Mowang, and people who had already paid attention to it made a comprehensive evaluation of it.

"Seres Calligraphy? It's really a strange thing. The previous characters are not completely without the concept of calligraphy, but there are almost no ones that can advance it to the level of art..."

"The peculiar structure unique to this square character is destined to be able to improve in this area, but it is completely unexpected that the meaning of this shape can also support the basic elements that form the resonance of mana."

"I guessed it would be like this, this is where the value of Siris' words lies!"

"In a sense, the change of the Jiajin seal also includes the evolution of the calligraphy style. Mr. Roland's ingenuity can be called the uncanny workmanship of nature!"

"It's really perfect. In this way, even people who don't know anything about Seris characters can quickly understand the changes in Jiajin Zhuanli Caokaixingjian, which has laid a solid foundation for future font evolution. !"

"I can't wait to see the true form of the Siris rune after these words are completed!"

"It's no wonder that the word "cutting" can have such power. The superposition and reconciliation of so many different fonts, sounds, and meanings is the essence of magic in itself! "

"This is completely the pattern of the super magic language. Learning Siris characters and Siris calligraphy is very promising!"

In a trance, Roland thought he had joined the boast group.

Taking a closer look, it turned out to be the comment section of the "Arcane Review", which has always been known for its viciousness and chaos.

He pondered for a while, and soon understood what was going on.

"Don't be intimidated by the so-called half-power of the Autodox people. For the entire arcane world of Arterine, the Rune School is actually a very small circle, less than one-seventh. What they can do is limited. It is only half of the world in this circle.

For outsiders, it doesn't matter what happens inside, what they care more about is whether the results are useful to them.

Siris calligraphy can evolve into a spell-casting posture. No matter what school you are from or what spell you major in, you can learn a thing or two more or less, and come in handy.

Then this kind of beneficial thing is related to one's own vital interests.

Although there are also people who can pick up the bowl to eat and put down the bowl to scold their mothers, the vast majority of people are still soft-mouthed and short-handed.

It is also easy to have a halo effect on things that you have made choices. "

The so-called halo effect is a cognitive psychology that favors beautiful filters.

In a sense, everyone has the foundation to become a Roland fan, and has the possibility of becoming a spiritual Serisian.

In other words, such an article about the art of calligraphy became popular.

It became very popular in a way that even Roland himself did not expect, and it was time to show a huge out-of-the-circle effect.

The reason is very straightforward and simple, that is, it really works.

In a sense, this is almost comparable to the influence brought by the Pinyin scheme.

……

In the mansion, in an exquisite small villa, Oxea looked at the praises of Siris' calligraphy on the magic net, with a gloomy face.

Not far away, Gallo also looked bad.

At the same time, deep in their hearts, the two of them felt a sense of powerlessness.

How could this be?
Why is it always pressing the gourd to float the ladle?

How can you not suppress it?
The vigorous vitality shown by the Siris School, as well as the endless variety of topics and achievements, made them almost numb.

A difficult decision before them is, should they learn this spellcasting technique, and should they use it to improve their combat ability?

If people have nothing, they will fall behind.

"Calligraphy, you have to learn, but you don't necessarily have to follow the Jiajin Zhuanli Caokai Xingjian system created by him!

Especially for cursive script, we can take advantage of the problem and develop our own "ugly script" system! (Special note: The ugly book in reality is a genre, a style, not really ugly, but the word ugly here is really ugly, the two are different! To be precise, it is a criticism of ugly The title of the book is really ugly without technical content)

Gallo pondered for a while with his brain with an IQ of over 200, and came up with a compromise solution.

"Ugly book?"

Oxea was confused.

Shouldn't strange art focus on beauty? Why are there ugly books?
But let alone, where there is beauty, there is ugliness, and where there is mainstream, there is alternative.

Such a pair of contradictions is really similar to the theory of yin and yang mentioned in "The Romance of Siris".

Bah, bah, why did you think of going there?
Oxea was taken aback, feeling that some celestialism had entered his mind.

But that is no way, in order to maintain the literacy of arcane arts, they have to study the enemy's technology.

"Whoever stipulates the taste that Roland prefers is the traditional aesthetic taste. Whoever says that he is the founder can determine the writing style of the entire Sairis calligraphy?"

Gallo said darkly.

"No one can stipulate this, right? The extent to which it develops does not depend on the public's choice?

But most of the time, the masses are vulgar and lazy.

We need to give them a reason to achieve their own art form simply and conveniently.

It is best not to have any professional barriers. "

He had an inspiration while speaking, and suddenly poured all the ink from a bottle of ink on the white paper on the table.

The ink is pitch black, the white paper is white, and the strong contrast is like a picture that catches the eyes of the two.

Gallo chanted the spell, and did not use a brush, but began to smear on the paper with the "Mage's Hand".

Suddenly, a kind of cursive script and running script, full of a certain strange charm, but if you look closely, there are actually some big characters with outlines.

"Wonderful! Really wonderful!"

Oxea couldn't help but raised her thumbs up, she really had the urge to give this talented mage of her own school a slap in the face.

Gallo said: "Cursive script is originally written in a hurry. According to Roland, it was continuously simplified during the rapid writing process.

I took its true meaning, broke up the shape, and even borrowed some characteristics of the alphabet, which can be regarded as an improvement.

This kind of development direction is neither cursive nor crazy...

I would call it grass! "

"How do you say this? What's the explanation?" Oxea finally recovered from the surprise and admiration, full of admiration.

"The cursive variant of Shengzao." Gallo said.

"Having said that, what is the function of this kind of cursive script?
If you want to make it popular and compete with Roland, it won't work without corresponding meaning support. "

At this moment, Oxea suddenly thought of a question, and couldn't help saying with a bit of worry.

In fact, there is one thing he hasn't said yet. The previous phonetic alphabet scheme of the Oss alphabet is being continuously compressed by the standard Siris pinyin.

It's not without any arcane significance, and even to a certain extent, all indicators are not bad.

But sadly, almost everything is crushed by Siris Pinyin.

Since there is another option that is comprehensively superior to it, why spend time and energy studying and researching?

Even if we talk about Chunlan Qiuju, each has its own victories.

If the "grass" proposed by Gallo at this moment can't find the meaning of its existence, then it will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the Oss alphabet phonetic alphabet scheme, and after a period of hard work, it will continue to fail.

Gallo pondered.

"Actually, I've been thinking about this question all the time, that is the reason and meaning of our creation of these things to oppose Roland...

Perhaps, these phonetic schemes and ugly books exist just to pollute the Seres language, and exist as enemies of Seres!
It may have a special bonus to spells such as "blasphemy"! "

"Ah, this..."

Oxea was shocked.

He was once again shocked by Gallo's brain opening.

……

Sure enough, after the name of calligraphy gradually became popular, more and more people tried to practice it, but they couldn't get in.

It is not so easy to write characters well, even to enter the level of calligraphy art.

It has to go through practice for at least a period of time, and there is no chance at all.

After a moment of freshness, some complaining comments quickly appeared on the magic net.

"Calligraphy... so difficult!"

"After writing so many words, I still crooked like an earthworm..."

"Didn't Mr. Roland say that good calligraphy has the shape of a dragon and a tiger? It seems that I can only crawl on it like a snake."

"It's too difficult, it's really too difficult! Everyone, I'm almost about to give up."

"Forget it, we are not battle mages, we need to use calligraphy to cast spells in an urgent situation, it doesn't matter if we don't master this kind of super magic skills..."

Popular enthusiasm comes and goes quickly.

When they found out that this thing really didn't matter if they had a hand, they started to retreat.

In particular, many people still think that as long as they are willing to settle down and study, they will achieve something in three to five months, or a year or so.

It's just that they are too lazy, or there is no need to do that for the time being.

They continued to browse the magic net, paying attention to and tracking various pioneers.

Whenever you find a better teaching post or skill sharing, after likes and comments, there are only two sentences left.

Bring it to you!

Eat ashes you!

Anyway, attention is always concerned.

Hands-on practice is absolutely impossible.

The focus is on spiritual participation and life companionship.

……

A few more days passed.

"It's too difficult, calligraphy is really too difficult!"

In the activity room of a mage tower in Arterine, a trainee mage put down the brush in his hand with a bitter face, rubbed his wrist that was starting to feel sore, and lamented.

"Why did Tali suddenly start adding calligraphy courses, and planned to include them in the main courses and increase the weight...

This thing is not like a theoretical thing, just master the knowledge points, it needs a lot of practice and practice! "

Not everyone is willing to improve their combat strength.

"Of course it is because it is indeed useful." Benta's classmate took it for granted.

Whether you like it or not, your combat strength still needs to be improved.

"Isn't this the source of the contradiction? It would be great if there was a way to learn quickly...

Having said that, I feel that what I write casually is quite pleasing to the eye, as long as I can understand it anyway! "

The trainee sorcerer was just bad.

During the break, he cast a "screen casting technique" casually, devoted himself to it, and wandered around.

Suddenly, the trainee mage's body shook.

"Growing grass!"

"This is the cursive script suitable for the general public. It is easy to learn and eclectic!"

In a post on Mowang, someone solemnly praised a new type of calligraphy called "Growing Grass", also known as "Chaotic Grass". random) characteristics.

"Hey, this is a good thing!"

The mages who didn't know the truth praised it one after another.

"This... what is this thing?"

On the other side, Roland couldn't help being dumbfounded in Orvisto's mage tower.

But for a moment, he seemed to be enlightened, as if he had mastered something without a teacher.

"Desecration"!
This is a 2nd-level spell for clerics.

In an instant, black clouds appeared in the palm of his hand, and all kinds of dross and spiritual pollution that inevitably existed in Siris's historical and cultural heritage were extracted and became the spells he mastered!
(End of this chapter)