Chapter 1045: Chapter 1042: The Gourd’s Confusion Chapter 1045: Chapter 1042: The Gourd’s Confusion “Magic storage?” Chris responded.
“It can be used as a container for magic power,” Kenley answered.
Neither of them understood the value that Liszt was considering; eventually, Liszt himself had to reveal his thoughts, “Could the gourd be considered a ‘Caster’? Could we use it to create so magic that could be released at will?”
“Magic that can be released at will?” They still didn’t grasp the idea.
Liszt could only continue to explain resignedly, as he had a broader vision that the others did not: “Could the gourd be used to create disposable magic, which even ordinary people could release?” This would be akin to a magic scroll, though such scrolls did not exist in this world.
“Do you an to release magic through the gourd?” Chris was catching on now.
Kenley also realized what he ant but soon objected, “The gourd is too small and doesn’t store much magic power. At most, it could be used to release common magic, and the effect wouldn’t be very significant. Plus, the cost of materials to inscribe an automatic magic array would be huge.”
“That’s not the largest gourd. In the gourd plantation, there should be bigger gourds that could store more magic power, enough to release advanced magic. Moreover, it doesn’t necessarily have to release offensive magic; perhaps it could serve as an energy source for chanical devices.”
Liszt thought of a device and continued, “If a magic two-wheeled bicycle were powered by the gourd, would it an it could keep running, allowing even ordinary people to ride it at speed?”
The magic two-wheeled bicycle and its inventor, Gandalf Truth, had previously been featured on the cover of “The Great Arcanist.”
“That is indeed an ingenious idea, but a single gourd still stores too little magic power.”
“Then string together many gourds.”
“String together more gourds?” Kenley paused, then exclaid with surprise, “The more gourds are linked, the more magic power they could store, perhaps they really could replace the presence of a ‘Caster’!”
“Next step, you must focus on the gourd and expand your thoughts to develop its potential,” Liszt instructed them as they understood his idea. He felt that combining gourds with magic power could create sothing akin to ‘electric energy.’ Perhaps gourds could usher in an era of ‘electric magic,’ making life more convenient.
Of course, compared to the omnipresent electric energy on Earth, magic power, even combined with gourds, was still a luxury only nobles could afford.
The reason was simple: the source of magic power could only be provided by magicians.
Apart from the Magic Guild funded by Liszt, which could provide magic power on a large scale, other nobles couldn’t afford to support magicians, especially in this era of a dwindling magic web. In fact, if Ach hadn’t beco an Archmage, Liszt would never have considered developing magic.
Rich magic developnt was no substitute for riding dragons.
But since Ach had beco an Archmage, Liszt needed to develop magic for Ach’s sake, enabling Ach to reach new heights. He didn’t aspire to an era of electric magic but rely wanted to develop so convenient magic items for everyday life—like magic elevators and magic water heaters.
As a mber of a dragon-rearing family and noble at the height of luxury, Liszt naturally wanted to enjoy such conveniences.
“I’ll pass the idea of the magic elevator to Chris later. Develop it quickly; ideally, by the ti the Sun Moon Star Palace is completed, the magic elevator can go through the entire Royal Palace… But Ach had ntioned earlier that she wanted to develop a small Magic Teleportation Array inside the Royal Palace, which seems to make the magic elevator sowhat unnecessary?”
Dwelling on it was pointless.
Even if not used by himself, it would be good for the servants.
He returned to Fla Castle and called on Gourd Greater Elf Klay to inspect the gourd plantation. He had once thought gourds, as agricultural products, were only useful as containers; but now, their ability to store magic power had significantly increased their value.
“Liszt, Jela really is annoying. She’s not an elf butler, yet she always likes to nag in your ear and is such an irritating elf!”
Klay kept complaining on his way from leaving the Fla Castle, having had enough of Thorn Greater Elf Jela.
Liszt chuckled, “You can just ignore her.”
He had Jela act as elf butler at this stage of a greater elf, not only because of Jela’s strong desire but also because he hoped that Jela could bring about a ‘catfish effect’, stimulating the elves and promoting their developnt and evolution. It seed to be effective; Klay had evolved to a greater elf due to Jela’s provocation.
“I don’t want to pay attention to her, but she’s really annoying. She always interrupts when I am playing, I don’t like her! I want to leave Fla Castle, I want to live in my gourd garden, yes, and I’ll take the gourd minor elves and elf bugs with too, I like them.”
It was rare for an elf to like its kind, and Klay was clearly an exception.
In its private worm room, there lived two gourd minor elves and seven gourd elf bugs, all brought there at its own request. The two minor elves also enjoyed following Klay, playing pranks around the castle.
Gourd elves were very mischievous.
On the contrary, Jela, despite her fiery temper and domineering personality, rarely played pranks.
“If you really don’t like living in Fla Castle, you shouldn’t move into the plantation either, as it’s still sowhat dangerous outside. Once my Royal Palace is built, there will be a large Elf Palace, and then you can have your own private garden where you can enjoy the peace.”
“Alright, I’ll bear it for now. When will the Royal Palace be ready?”
“In another half a year, definitely before this year’s festival.”
“That’s acceptable.”
Arriving at the gourd plantation, Liszt primarily ca to inspect the growth of the gourds and the different varieties produced.
In the prival forest, there were many types of gourds: so long, so large, so thick, so hard, so soft, so with one chamber, so with three chambers, varying endlessly. No matter what type of gourd, they all grew within the influence of Klay’s cordyceps.
When he cast the Eye of Magic, aside from a few cordyceps, no other magic feedback glow was detected.
He walked to the largest variety of gourds and picked a super-large gourd, nearly as big as a waterlon: “I wonder if this type of gourd can store magic power. If possible, the amount stored might be enough to release advanced magic once?”
“Unfortunately, magic power isn’t in states like gas, solid, or liquid, and it can’t be liquefied. No matter how much you compress a gourd, it won’t store much magic power.”
Magic power is not a material.
In the triangular theory of magicians, magic power, spirit, and material are equivalent existences. The special nature of magic power might be similar to “light,” possessing wave-particle duality. Because magic power is inherently part of the magic web, whether it’s the magic power of the Dragon of the Magic Web or that of dragons and other creatures, it exists in the form of webs and fields.
Suddenly.
An idea burst into his mind: “Gourds can store magic power, which is quite unusual. According to the triangular theory, ordinary plants are just ordinary materials and shouldn’t be able to block magic power at all. So what is the structure of this gourd that prevents magic power from penetrating?”
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