Iron Powder and Spellcaster

After laughing, Winters still kindly reminded Ike: The description of magicians in ancient books must be exaggerated, but since the court mage can serve as the emperor's royal thug, he must also have real skills.

Maybe they are the magicians, and the spellcasters are just mass-produced magic warfare tools.

Magic must be of great use on the battlefield. Although Ike has never been on the battlefield, he is obviously a staunch supporter of the army's policy: The court mage is [Mad Emperor] Richard's most trusted executioner.

There is no spellcaster as powerful as the Court Mage in the entire alliance. On the battlefield, spellcasting is like a loudspeaker.

Ike didn't understand what Winters meant.

This is not what I said, this is what General Taylor said. Winters imitated General Taylor's duck voice: The amplification skills are great! The effect of commanding on the battlefield is excellent! The snare drum is almost eliminated. Good job Practice your amplification skills and stop doing random useless tricks.”

Listen to what the top man in the army said about spell casters - useless tricks. Winters had a funny idea: If there is portable fire, fire spells can be eliminated. If someone invents amplification tools, the spell casters might Everyone will lose their jobs.”

You are all the eyeballs of the Army! Ike made up his mind and asked Winters: Do you know [Eight Years Personnel]?

What's the meaning?

“For military personnel to be promoted, the first step is to determine their age—to have military years. What’s next?

“The second thing is to determine the vacancy—there is a place.”

Many seniors can't be promoted even if they have enough military experience. The higher they go, the harder it becomes. But as long as the caster has enough military experience, they will definitely be promoted. They can be promoted to major after eight years of graduation, and they can be promoted to colonel after two or eight years of graduation. That's it. this means.

This is unfair. Although he is the beneficiary, Winters still thinks so: This is chaos.

He had never heard of the Eight-Year Major, and if he had, he didn't really care.

He has had no interest in this aspect since he was a child, and he is not keen on becoming a high official. He even doesn't like going to military school very much.

He is even more wandering in the world of gears, springs and transmission shafts: playing with small machinery, making small models with wooden sticks, and restoring objects based on ancient books...

Winters became a soldier because there was no other way he could have followed.

He comes from a military family, and following his father's career path is as common as breathing.

Even he couldn't imagine what [Winters, a carpenter, and a blacksmith] was like.

Okay, let's not talk about this. Seeing that he was about to hold a criticism meeting with the generals again, Ike quickly ended the topic: Why is the fire spell not strong? Isn't it good at controlling flames?

Winters sighed: Fire magic does not control flames, but uses magic to replace flames to achieve effects. Without fuel, there is no fire. Things like stones will not burn even if the court mage is called over. .

Therefore, fire spells rely heavily on alchemical materials, while acceleration spells only need some hard objects, and sound spells don't even require casting materials. If it were a matter of life and death, you would kill me with one sword before I could even take out the casting materials.

How could it be? Ike said with a smile: You didn't burn my hair just now. If we were really fighting, wouldn't you win if you set my hair on fire?

This obscene idea gave Winters some inspiration: It may be difficult, but it is still feasible.

The more he thought about it, the more interesting it became: What a dirty idea, I want to record it in my spell book. Now, you also have a unique spell. It's called [Axel's Hair Burning Technique], how about it?

Is this a spell? It's too childish!

Why doesn't it count? An arm or a sword can be divided into countless moves. If you think of a unique use of a fire-type spell, why doesn't it count as inventing a spell?

Then it's called Hair Burning Technique. Ike responded.

Now that we have an idea, all that's left is experimentation and practice. We need to find some real hair to practice with. Would you like to donate some to me?

Then if I shave all my hair, will this trick still work?

Then... Winters thought for a while: ...Then I can only use my old trick. Use the flash technique and swing the sword to slash.

Ike smiled softly: I really want to be a spell caster, even the worst spell caster. Not for the 'eight-year major' or anything else, I just like magic.

Winters could understand what Ike was talking about. Who didn't dream about becoming a knight and a magician when they were young?

When he learned that he was a spell caster, he was so excited that he could not sleep at night.

It's a pity that although the ability of an untrained spellcaster is like a small spark struck by a fire sickle.

But if you want to start a fire, let alone flames, at least there must be a little spark.

How to make a fire without even sparks?

If you really become a spell caster, you might still think it's nothing more than this.

Please tell me more carefully what it feels like.

It hurts, it really hurts. It's like going through torture, the kind of torture you can't imagine. Winters' face turned a little red: But it's also a little bit addictive. When you exit the spell-casting state, you will be mentally disturbed. It’s quite a bit empty.”

Addicted and painful? Ike asked.

Yes.

Isn't it contradictory?

It's not contradictory. Winters' face turned even redder: Without some kind of compensation, who can withstand the torture caused by using magic?

After all, it's still very satisfying, right?

That's not true...

Is it because your needs are special? Ike became more and more suspicious.

Winters was furious: Of course not!

Forget it, no need for tomorrow, just today. Ike held Winters' arm tightly with a serious expression: As soon as get out of class is over, you will take me to find that teacher [Christian]. I feel that now …I’m probably a fish that slipped through the net!”