Chapter 672 Logic and Beauty

672 Logic and Beauty

Eiro walked along the roads of the city. The ones that he was passing through right now were practically empty; everyone that didn't absolutely need to be here was moved to other spots for now while Eiro and Partax were constructing the protective circuit of this city. It was a simple process; they just had to carve the magical array into the roads and walls into the places that Partax had built into the design. Of course, that was easier said than done. Things had to be just right, both in the sense of the physical construction of the carvings, as well as the density of magic flowing through them. Since these arrays were small enough, to most people they would look just like decorative carvings here and there, but they were incredibly important. They had to be perfectly balanced to make sure that every process worked as intended.

That being the case, it was particularly easy for some of these arrays to be damaged. Particularly the ones on the road, right where many different monsters were walking along every single day, it would usually be easy for the stones to crack. That was why they were using a different, far more expensive, method. One that would, at the same time, also help improve the quality of the final array. The lines of the array were carved a bit thicker than needed, and were then filled with hot metal. Luckily, since Eiro could control this metal through magic well enough, it was easy to fill them out. But then, they also had to carve the array a second time into the surface of that metal.

Since metallic materials tended to have a higher magical resistance, they would keep the magic infused into the array in its place, while at the same time simply being more resistant to physical damage that could be received through it over time. Obviously not completely immune, but it would take much longer for Eiro to have to return and fix things up. By the time it would really become a major issue, maybe some of the other monsters would be trained enough to at the very least work on the upkeep of this absolutely enormous magical array to make sure it would last for years and years to come. New novel chapters are published on

Whether that annoyed Partax or not was something that Eiro didn't know; it would explain why he kept nagging him about every single thing that was even slightly off. And while Partax's reasoning was usually quite solid and something to consider, Eiro still felt it was rather petty. Especially considering that most of the time, Eiro had already fixed the issue by the time that Partax spoke up. Though, then again, that often came from Eiro's deduction of what Partax was about to say from his habits, where he was looking, and the way that his vocal cords were twisting and tensing up as he tried to start speaking.

"So, I think I have a rough idea, but could you explain to me why you used the 'magical influx' rune instead of the 'energy control' rune here at this spot?"

Partax's brow raised up. He wasn't sure if Eiro was just playing around or if he really wanted to know, "It's just faster! Using the 'energy control' rune might give you the opportunity to fine-tune the flow better, but what we need here in this area, particularly for the part of the array that controls the array, is speed. The 'magical influx' rune is pulling the magic toward it, and then once it reaches it, this 'transfiguration' rune will change it into a 'magical rejection' rune that pushes the magic away, while also being pulled by the 'influx' rune of the following node," Partax explained excitedly, happy to get into as much detail as was needed, though at this point, Eiro didn't need much more of an explanation. The halfling happily continued anyway, though, "While usually, this would end up causing issues within the flow, earlier in the magical supply process, the way we split the flow of magic is a bit unique. Instead of simply giving half the flow into one direction, and half the flow into another, we give the full flow into one direction for a brief moment, and then into another for the same amount of time. Like that we get 'chunks', or 'waves' of magic that can be affected by this method. And then by the point of reception that we need the actual magic for, this process also helps tremendously! By just changing the duration of each 'pulse', we can send unique instructions into different parts of the array depending on the circuit's overall needs."

Eiro smiled a bit. While he did understand the theory behind all of this, and was able to execute it practically as well, there was still something to the process of learning behind the motivations. There were always reasons why you chose one method over another, and not all of them would be because they were the most efficient method. While efficiency was always considered, a lot of the time Partax would make final decisions for his artificed circuits based simply on how he felt about the pattern. As though was trying to create a painting of intricate patterns. Something that was not simply ruled by logic, but by emotion and beauty as well.