From pioneer lord to king

Chapter 121 The Power of Runes (4K)

If he had heard about the ballista blueprint before, he would have been excited for a moment, but now that he has a trebuchet, this thing can only be regarded as icing on the cake.

Several people took their seats in the hall, and Ryan looked at Sterling with a smile and said, "Mentor, you've worked hard on this journey, isn't it safe?"

Sterling still looked like a gentleman, and nodded upon hearing the words: "I just encountered some refugees along the way. Although there was a little conflict, fortunately it is still within the controllable range."

"Mother, you may be tired from the long drive. I have already prepared a room for you on the second floor. Go and rest first."

Seeing the fatigue between Kailinman's brows, Ryan thought to himself that he was confused, and hurriedly asked them to rest. After all, not everyone has a physique as strong as a knight.

In the evening, Ryan prepared a small-scale banquet for them, and the main participants were military and political officials, to let them know that Kana had a wife and a young lady.

Ryan got up early the next day. He has a lot of things to do today. The first thing is to count the supplies that Kelinman brought to see if there is anything that can be used now.

Apart from weapons and equipment and a few large boxes of Kindler, what Ryan is looking forward to the most is the "sound transmission ball" and the magic crystal. Ever since he knew the magical effect of the runes, he has been eager to see them.

There is no good news about sending Fetrol out to buy it. Fortunately, Kailin Manduoduo was told to buy the magic crystal before.

A tightly locked box was opened, revealing the neatly arranged magic crystals inside. Ryan suddenly smiled. According to Sterling, there are a whole 50 yuan of magic crystals here!

Naturally, he didn't dare to touch it. The magic crystal was too precious. It would be a bit of a loss if it was absorbed by him and turned into the source liquid.

"You count out 30 yuan for these magic crystals and send them to Mr. Liman, and tell him that the experiment can be restarted." He called a confidant guard and told him to deliver them to Liman himself.

As long as there are magic crystals, those magical runes will work!
Afterwards, he set his sights on the ball, which was the "Sound Passing Ball" that Kailinman had acquired from the kingdom's treasury after spending a lot of money and favors.

There are five small balls next to the big ball, which are the child balls, and the big ball is the cue ball.

The cue ball can send a message to any child ball, and even establish a message link with other cue balls, but the child ball cannot, it can only send messages to the cue ball, and the five child balls cannot communicate independently.

Compared with the telephone in the previous life, it is naturally far worse, but in this world, it is something that ordinary people cannot touch in their lifetime, even some nobles cannot touch it.

With it, Ryan can guarantee that five units or individuals can keep in touch with him directly, and the role is naturally needless to say.

No matter when, transportation and communication are always the prerequisites for you to control the size of the territory. In the past, the territory of the kingdom was too large, and the communication and transportation were very backward, so there was a system of enfeoffment, allowing nobles to help the king manage the territory.

"When using it, you only need to fill the groove with magic crystals to transmit the sound to the child ball or the cue ball. The number of times of use is not fixed according to the purity and transmission distance. A standard 50.00% purity magic crystal, Communication can be used about three times within a thousand miles..."

Ryan held this alien version of the "Operation Manual", his eyes were as wide as a copper bell. A magic crystal can only be used three times?
Grass!Why not grab it?
"Alas... It seems that this thing can't be used in an emergency, and it's too expensive." Ryan sighed for a long time. Although the price hurt his heart, he still thought it was worth it.

"For the time being, it can only be put in the warehouse to eat ashes."

Putting down the "Operation Manual", Ryan began to look at the list of supplies that had been counted almost. After a few glances, he began to lament Sterling's unique vision.

Leaving aside the pile of blueprints for various weapons and equipment, all kinds of precious metals are urgently needed by Ryan. With these things, Liman can start the research of [Alchemy Core] again.

In addition, there are other materials, so I won't list them one by one.

After putting these things into storage, Ryan rushed to the south of the city non-stop, where the family members of the soldiers who followed Kailinman were arranged...

In the south of the city, there is a special area named by Ryan as the family area. The people who live here are the families of the two hundred soldiers who followed Ryan at the beginning.

Those more than 200 soldiers were Ryan's original team, and also his confidence to come to this border, and his confidantes.

He has always been generous to his own people. Dozens of wooden buildings have been built in the family area, and each family can be allocated a spacious big house with all kinds of furniture and bedding, so they can move in with their bags.

Ryan's arrival unsurprisingly caused a sensation in the family area. When they saw the residence they had arranged for them yesterday, they were so shocked that they couldn't sleep, but they didn't expect that the honorable baron would come to visit them in person early in the morning. .

They are different from the original citizens of Kanna. In their impression, nobles and lords are all high and mighty, but Ryan completely subverted their inherent impression.

"Citizens, I am glad to see you have arrived here safely. I am your lord, Ryan Ray Black."

Looking at the citizens gathered below, Ryan said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry for making you leave your hometown and come to the border of the kingdom, but please believe that I have enough ability to guarantee your life and property Security is not violated.

You will have the permanent right to use the houses here, and no one can take them back, including me.This is my promise to you.

And, in order to thank the soldiers for their contributions, I promise to give you [-] acres of paddy fields for each household. Since the spring plowing is about to start, I will send people to help you plow. I only collect [-]% of the grain.

The school in the territory is about to start, as long as they are of the right age, they can be sent to the school to study..."

Ryan talked eloquently from above, speaking at a moderate pace, but each word fell on the crowd with the power of a blockbuster.

People stared blankly at the tall figure, and began to doubt their own hearing. Some even secretly pinched their thighs to see if they were dreaming.

Well, it hurts, it's not a dream.

"Citizens, the above is my promise to you as the lord, and it can be fulfilled at any time!
Tonight, prepare a delicious meal and your family will be with you! "

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On the way to the laboratory, Ryan's heart was a little heavy. He didn't say a word just now. Some people can wait until their families are reunited, but some families wait for a cold pension.

One-fifth of the original two hundred soldiers were killed, which means that one-fifth of the families lost a pillar.

In this regard, Ryan didn't know how to comfort them. He could only do his best to fulfill his promise. As long as the flag of the Black family was still flying, he would always protect them!
When he entered the laboratory, Liman was already busy. The floor was in a mess, and all kinds of materials were placed randomly. Liman seemed to have not seen him, and was busy alone talking.

Because the education popularization rate in the territory is too low, Ryan has not provided assistants for Liman for the time being. After all, it is not appropriate to make public about the runes. Those who enter the laboratory must be confidantes.

Seeing that Liman had no time to talk to him, Ryan was not annoyed, and began to look around on his own. Gradually, he found that although the things on the ground were messy, Liman used them very smoothly, and could accurately find what he wanted every time. materials or tools.

Holding a hammer and an awl, he tapped for a while, finally wiped the sweat off his forehead, looked at Ryan standing aside, and said expressionlessly, "What are you doing here, I'm very busy now."

Looking at his slightly disgusted eyes, Ryan felt his little heart was stabbed deeply, please find out, I am your boss, Hundan!
Just as he was about to speak, unexpectedly, the other party threw a silver-white metal plate over, and said coldly: "This is the rune I have mastered so far. Since you are here, I will take the precious time to tell you about it."

Ryan caught it in a hurry, and found that this metal plate the size of a dinner plate was actually made of pure mithril. He suddenly felt a pain in the flesh, and he actually used such a precious metal for things that could be solved with a piece of paper.

"Your ah's bankruptcy is justified, and the landlord's old money can't afford you to make it like this."

Ryan complained secretly, but his eyes fell on it. There were dozens of runes neatly arranged on it, each of which was extremely complicated.

He turned over and over again but couldn't figure out what kind of runes these were, so he couldn't help but look at the unshaven Liman.

"The first one is [Guide Rune], and the second one is [Spread Rune] I will make them two basic runes, because they are indispensable compared to other runes, and they are used There are many places."

Liman scratched his messy hair, pointed to the first two characters on the mithril board and said.

Ryan suddenly discovered that he had seen that [spreading rune]. At the scene of the explosion that day, the lines on the fragments were full of this rune. He thought it was just a decorative pattern, but he didn't expect it to be a pattern. kind of runes.

According to Liman, he understands these two runes as valves and "wires", the magic crystal is the power source, the [Guide Rune] acts as a power switch, and the [Spread Rune] is like the "wire" Transmits energy to activate other runes.

In order to make Ryan, the "big injustice", pay more willingly, Liman also showed him the wonderful use of runes on the spot. He took out a metal plate, quickly carved a few runes on it with a hammer and an awl arts.

Then he took out a magic crystal and embedded it in the groove made in advance, which depicted [guiding runes]. The moment the magic crystal was embedded, the shimmering light emitted by the magic crystal began to flicker slightly.

A white spot of light began to spread along the line engraved with the [Spread Rune] at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the line it passed turned into crystal white.

The light spot quickly spread to a rune, and the originally ordinary rune was instantly activated, blooming a hazy white light.The light spot kept moving forward, activating the last rune, and the brightness of the white light emitted by the previous rune suddenly soared, becoming bright and eye-catching.

At this time, from Ryan's perspective, the palm-sized metal plate in Liman's hand is no different from an incandescent light bulb.

"This is……"

"This is the low-level usage of runes. It is no longer a superficial application of a single rune, but a combination of multiple runes. I call it concatenation.

The one that emits light is [Fluorescent Rune], which originally could only emit a weak light, which is smaller than the light emitted by a candle.

But I added another [Powerful Rune] behind it, and its effect has been enhanced several times. Now the light emitted by the [Luminescent Rune] is enough to illuminate a room.

If there are enough magic crystals, we can use this instead of candle lighting. "

Liman picked out the magic crystal. Before the [alchemy core] failed, energy was a big problem, so save it if you can.

"Isn't this just an electric light?" Ryan was startled, and soon found the corresponding thing. He didn't expect that he had fooled him with the story of Edison before, and in a blink of an eye he made the "electric light" easily.

There are not so many complicated steps, just a metal plate plus a magic crystal, which can be described as extremely simple. The power of rune technology has already unfolded the tip of the iceberg in front of Ryan.

Of course, the current disadvantages are also obvious. It is naturally unrealistic to use precious things like magic crystals to light lamps, and it is even more impossible to popularize them.

"Energy... When will [Alchemy Core] be redesigned?" Ryan sighed, energy is now their biggest shortcoming, and they are afraid to do anything.

"As long as you give enough resources, you can start again at any time. I already have some ideas on how to transform chaotic magic into pure magic."

Liman scratched his messy hair and spread his hands.

"Resources are not a problem now, but I think you don't have to worry about this so anxiously, but how to control the output, so that those crystals will not explode."

Ryan waved his hand richly. After seeing the magic of runes, he no longer cares about investing.

"That explosion was just an accident. Don't worry, I will never blow it up again." Liman's face darkened. He thought Ryan was warning him, and his tone couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. The explosion was always his. sore spot.

"No, no, Master Liman, you misunderstood. I need those crystals full of chaotic magic, because I think they should have other functions."

Ryan also heard the overtones and quickly explained.

Maybe it was because of his timely explanation, or maybe it was the "Master", in short, Liman's face suddenly changed from cloudy to clear, and he scratched his hair and said, "Why do you want that kind of failure?"

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(End of this chapter)