Arcane Linguist

Chapter 319 The battlefield without gunpowder smoke

"Roland, as you requested, we have prioritized the production of a batch of "Detonating Talismans" and "Magic Missiles".

You don't know, 'Bisheng No. [-]' is almost smoking!

It is too wasteful to use such an expensive machine to mass-produce such low-end cards, so we are considering modifying No. [-] and No. [-] to specifically adapt to fixed types, so that they can be released for Donglaina to use..."

In late February, in the mage tower.

Roland went to the "Bisheng" laboratory to personally inquire about the recent situation.

His old classmate Scott received him.

During the chat, azure light circulated, and Siris magic cards with the word "Explosion" printed on them were produced one after another.

The workers in the workshop sorted, identified, and packaged the items quickly, showing the magical industrial level of an assembly line operation.

This is a production line imported from Atrein. During the time when Roland was committed to the construction of the school, Scord, Thibault and others had gradually started this business.

In previous wars, the Siris magic cards used by many mercenaries and Blood Eagle warriors were produced in the workshops and workshops they established.

Now, even the laboratory that was originally dedicated to becoming a research and development center has begun to help with production, and the output has increased a lot in a short period of time.

Roland was particularly concerned: "Are these apprentices easy to use?"

These people were all his disciples, but their grades were average and they failed to become true mages.

“This tower is still a three-year schooling system, and Reiner’s foundation in magic education is weak, so it is still difficult to pass the formal assessment.

But I think there should be no problem in becoming a qualified industrial worker. "

"It's indeed not bad. Your school is quite successful."

Scord gave it a high rating.

“But to be honest, the biggest advantage is that it’s cheap.

The wages here are really low. The same job is at least several times more expensive in the mainland.

No wonder everyone likes to set up workshops in other worlds..."

“But we have this advantage, and so do others.

There are so many colonies in other worlds, so many wild mages, selling some homemade scrolls from time to time, or even working in workshops, which can provide labor and allow them to reduce labor costs to an extremely low level.

Resources like magic props will die from drought or waterlogging. "

"That's true. Our advantage now lies in the printing technology brought by movable type typesetting and rune language.

But in addition to these, the characteristics of the language itself also determine that we can reduce the cost.

The Saili language is concise and short, and also provides a 'meaning' of "magic missile", requiring fewer words and strokes.

Not to mention automatic printing, even if you find a group of people and lock them in a small workshop to copy every day, it will be better than other languages.

Not to mention, there are also calligraphy styles such as official script and cursive script, which are simply designed for quick copying!
I finally understand why the Scroll Association has to fight with you. Just thinking about these things makes people jealous. "

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Scott's emotion made Roland think of a temporary way to deal with the situation at hand.

Perhaps, before vigorously developing printing technology, we can organize those wild mages to enter the workshop and copy the scrolls by hand...

A small counterattack against the so-called Scroll Association.

……

Back in the office, another stack of documents piled up.

Roland ignored the situation and summoned Rosa to inquire about the preparations on the front line.

Rosa replied: "The reorganization of the mercenary group is on the right track.

Thank you, sir, for sending Ms. Trina to appear, which calmed the morale of the army.

After we issued the recruitment order, the response was enthusiastic, and the adventurers' willingness to participate in the war was also very high. "

Hearing this, Roland nodded. It seemed that it was worthwhile to ask Trina to take action.

Although she did not directly participate in the war, she played a role comparable to a weapon of mass destruction.

Rosa added: "The preparation of supplies is also in progress.

Some time ago, we seized a lot of supplies from the Ferret Army, and we are quite rich in this regard.

The only problem is that this year's budget has bottomed out.

Now it is not even March, and the entire year's budget has been used up. If the next war is lost, or even the profits obtained from victory are insufficient, it will not be enough to pay for this military expenditure. "

“Then we can only grant more noble titles, or deprive Felie’s men of their fiefdoms and allocate them to them.

But in that case, the enemy's will to resist will be strengthened, causing a lot of trouble in the future. "

Roland thought about it.

In fact, there are still ways to solve the current financial problems.

The simplest thing is to borrow from others and borrow from the future.

Or transfer payment through a series of turnover methods.

The essence of the economic operation of the human world is to borrow and borrow to circulate money and resources.

"Writing bad checks to those adventurers, or promising them land in the Northen Territory, burning, killing, looting, etc. are all ways.

But either approach comes at a cost.

Huge debt can create stress and cause subsequent troubles.

At that time, it will drag down the opportunity of promotion to the Demon in Reiner World, and it will be more gain than loss.

In addition, there are also those who kill creditors...

If you really work hard and use those who work for you as cannon fodder, you won't have to pay commissions.

But the problem is that these evil methods will not last long.

Whenever the rules are broken and the reputation is tarnished, there are potential costs.

The most direct one is the so-called camp opposition. At least one must remain neutral in order to be accepted by all parties.

Then there is the backlash from those who have been let down...

Wherever there is oppression, there is resistance, and the same is true for deception and exploitation. It cannot be without cost, it just does not appear temporarily.

Therefore, it is not only our inner morality and conscience that constrains us, but also from the perspective of longer-term interests, we must hold on to this highest-quality asset and never kill the goose that lays the egg. "

In Roland's thinking, each path has its own advantages and disadvantages, so he can only consider the pros and cons and start by leveraging allies.

Judging from the current situation, the Card Association is quite concerned about this matter.

They are willing to take this opportunity and fight to the end with the Scroll Association.

The price you need to pay for this is some magic card technology.

But at the same time, they can also strengthen the binding of interests between each other.

……

"The Application of Seris Calligraphy in Scroll Transcription"

A few days later, Atrein's "Arcane Newsletter" published an article written by Lei, summarizing the origins and specific applications of Seris calligraphy.For a time, all parties discussed it, and there were many people who responded.

"I have explored this topic for a long time, but it has never been as clear as this article by Lord Lei."

"It turns out that the variations of Siris's calligraphy have always been in the service of 'writing'."

"Thank you, Lord Lei, this makes my thinking much clearer."

Calligraphy is an art form expressed through words, so it can be classified into the field of philology.

But for a long time, the linguistics of Blue Star in previous lives lacked due attention to this aspect, also because it is a branch of branches and not the main body of language.

Objectively speaking, calligraphy is not a characteristic shared by human language as a research object. In the past, there were so many countries and ethnic groups, so many languages ​​and characters in Blue Star, and there were also pictographs, but only Chinese characters achieved the ultimate level of ideographic meaning. The branch of calligraphy art evolved.

Roland had never been interested in this before, because it was not part of his major, and learning it would not produce direct benefits. It could only be regarded as a personal hobby.

But after coming to this world, I gradually came into contact with the principles of the arcane level, and learned about the essence of mana resonance and magical structures. However, I suddenly discovered that the art of calligraphy is at a certain level comparable to the core of magic, "spells". The objects are comparable.

This field has broad prospects and should never be limited to just "interest".

Coupled with the recent attack by the Spell Scroll Association, he and Scood came up with the idea of ​​making full use of the characteristics of language to counterattack the opponent's areas of expertise while chatting with him.

I talked with Lei, who specializes in this field, and asked him to publish this article.

In the mage tower, Roland came directly to Lei's office and said to him: "I have read your article."

"How's it going? Any advice?"

Lei said to him with a bit of pride: "I have recently been studying a calligraphy direction that is completely different from your rune language array. Your printing style and character encoding are not calligraphy art at all, so I can only use In the realm of magic cards.

As for the real art of calligraphy, it is still difficult to use a machine to print out the soul and give it spirituality.

You have to copy it manually! "

“Printed things have no soul, but handwritten things have soul?

Wouldn't that mean we're back to our old ways?

Originally, we developed printing and magic cards to solve this problem. "

"Haha, arcane research is like this. There are no standard answers in the real world. Many theories and results that seemed correct in the past may eventually be falsified.

If you want to promote development, don’t you have to overthrow authority again and again until it is unshakable? "

"That's true, but I haven't thought of any directions or topics worthy of research in this area yet.

I just have a vague feeling that if the enemy can go, I can go too.

Why can only the Spell Scroll Association care about our achievements and cause trouble for us, but we can't enter his hometown and cause trouble for them? "

"So, your real purpose is to make me cause trouble for them?"

Lei held his forehead, looking like he had a headache.

However, he is still paying close attention to the current situation of the school.

Since following Roland into this world and binding his arcane future to the person in front of him, the relationship between Lei and Roland has gone beyond ordinary allies.

Not to mention the trouble of finding the Scroll Association, even if you fight with real swords and guns, you have to do it as promised.

So he thought about it seriously and said to Roland: "How about we set up a Siris Scroll Association?"

Roland laughed: "This idea is a bit bad, but I like it very much."

So, while the two were joking, this association was established at the speed of light, under the umbrella of the Seris Language Research Association and the Calligraphy Department.

Just like the linguistic counterpart, it belongs to the branch department of the branch.

Outsiders don't know the inside story here, and they don't care about all the twists and turns.

To them, it was just a nascent group of calligraphy enthusiasts who found an organization.

However, for the vast group of wild mages who need to rely on the expertise of "copying scrolls" to make a living, as well as the members of the Scroll Association, this news is nothing less than a major event that splits the diocese.

"Serys...Scroll Association?"

"Is this going to establish a branch of the Siris Spell Scroll and become its own entity?"

They are familiar with this phenomenon.

Because this is a magical universe with gods, and there are too many planes and ethnic groups.

In the past history, many churches tended to split after continuous development, giving birth to some dioceses that did not listen to the preaching.

Those ambitious archbishops have no intention of obeying orders.

As for things like spell scrolls, they are neither a political system nor a belief.

It is nothing more than a magic prop.

The Scroll Association established based on this kind of thing is essentially an alliance based on business interests and technical standards. The binding force on members is also based on interests.

This time, there was an uproar immediately.

……

Near Blackstone Castle, in a country house.

Quinistine, who was dressed in rich clothes, sat on a big chair, holding a glass of wine as red as blood in his hand, tasting it leisurely.

More than a dozen veiled girls, including Lena people, dark elves, orcs and other different races, sat docilely on their knees.

They have different postures and body shapes, but they all hold silver trays with fruits, barbecue, knives and forks, water bottles, towels and other items on them at any time.

Suddenly, a ripple like a water wave appeared in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, a figure emerged.

The dozen or so girls standing close by were completely unaware, because the figure was not an entity, but a false illusion created by the level 5 spell "Psychic Connection".

Only Quinistine who has signed an alliance contract with this spellcaster and exchanged contact partners can see it.

"Quinnisdine! I asked you to inquire about Roland's intentions and find an opportunity to make a deal. How come he provoked him to establish another association and completely upset the table!

What good things have you done? "

The man was so angry that he came up and asked questions.

Quinistine was confused by him.

"What do you mean? I haven't done anything recently."

"Then tell me, what's going on with the Seris Scroll Association?"

"Ok?"

Quannistin is obviously not a person in the arcane world and does not participate in the research and development of arcane achievements.

After a while, he learned about the recent trends in the arcane world from the other party's notification, and an angry look suddenly appeared on the originally leisurely and contented beast's face.

Quinistine lifted it casually, and the table in front of him was blown away.

Black shadows like tentacles appeared behind him, and with a whip, several girls were bloody and bloody. They died tragically on the spot and were even beaten into mud.

Some of the survivors screamed in horror, some were exhausted and dizzy, and some were trembling and paralyzed on the ground.

Quinistine ignored them and gritted his teeth and said, "How dare you bring your ideas to bear on us!"

(End of this chapter)