Chapter 1433: Industrial Design, Standard Equipment

"But my lord, even if we count the Territory Guard, there aren't many people like that!"

Jibu was originally the commander of the Territory Guard, and the training for Territory Guard members to use Magic Items was provided by his sworn brother Aiwa; he understood the Reality of the Territory Guard better than anyone else.

As for how many people in the current Territory Guard could skillfully use Magic Items, Jibu knew clearly: there were fewer than one hundred, and he could even list those people's names one by one.

As for the situation at the Security Office, apart from himself, only a few subordinates he had brought over from the Territory Guard back then could use Magic Items.

In Jibu's view, to defend the long passage of 25 New Li and ensure absolute safety, even if all one hundred of these people were brought over, it might not be enough.

After all, Magic Items have usage limits, and their modes are fixed, making it difficult to adapt to changing circumstances.

Unless these one hundred people were all Mages capable of free Spellcasting.

Thinking of this, Jibu's eyes lit up, and he thought of the Tower of Time Mages who were recently organizing Pioneers in the north of the 【Daxia-Saville Passage】 with Yatewude.

If some Mages could also be sent to him, perhaps such a mission would not be difficult to complete.

But Jibu could not bring himself to voice such a thought; even if he could understand the Lord's intention to treat Mages like ordinary people, that was the Lord—to Jibu himself, Mages remained beings he dared only to look up to.

Such thoughts could only be imagined in his own mind; if he really said them out loud, even if the Lord agreed, he himself might not dare to command one or more Official Mages.

But for Xia Duo, while proposing this matter, he had already prepared countermeasures; the shortage of manpower Jibu mentioned was, in his view, not a problem at all.

"The tools prepared for you this time will no longer be basic Magic Scrolls, but true Magic Equipment, sufficient to allow a small number of people to possess rapid response and powerful combat capabilities."

"My lord, I wonder what kind of tools these are; if the operation is too complex, we won't be able to use them!"

Jibu raised a problem that an ordinary person could hardly avoid regarding the use of Magic Items; generally speaking, being able to use a Magic Item meant possessing Spellcasting ability.

And if one could use a complex Magic Item, they had the potential or talent to become a true Spellcaster.

It was not impossible for potential or talent to be buried, but these were all adults who had long been out of contact with Magic and had only received some crash training in the last year or two; what was the probability that they could catch up quickly?

Therefore, for ordinary people, especially adults among them, learning to use Magic Scrolls with relatively fixed operations was already the limit.

If they could learn to use even more complex Magic Items, such people might be better off developing directly in the direction of a Spellcaster.

However, since Xia Duo said they were new tools, he naturally would not have failed to consider these things.

Under normal circumstances, except for a few passive-attunement Magic Items, the vast majority of Magic Items were not designed for ordinary people, but his new tools were different.

Although it might only be for this current generation, Xia Duo would also consider their Spellcasting limits and make specialized usability optimization designs at the operational level.

In fact, even in the future where the number of Spellcasters surges, simplicity and ease of use will be the trend of development.

This is actually the concept of industrial design; in the current era of Netheril, naturally, not many Mages consider this, as they focus more on the actual effects of Magic Items.

As for the user experience, energy consumption, materials, appearance, and even whether it will cause irreversible damage to the surrounding environment, unless objective conditions are truly unavoidable, they are generally not within the scope of consideration.

Perhaps they might do it as an afterthought, but they rarely perform specialized design.

In this regard, the Elf have clearly taken the lead; at least in terms of user experience and appearance, Elven Magic items are quite a distance ahead of the human side.

Although the new tools Xia Duo promised have not yet been produced, the rough draft had already begun to be designed back when he arranged for Aiwa to train the Territory Guard members in using Magic Items.

Basically, they can be considered the standard equipment for security officers and soldiers in the territory in the future.

"Jibu, you don't need to worry about the problem of the new tools; as long as you can skillfully use Magic Scrolls, the new tools will only be a handy tool for you, not a life-threatening hazard."

"As for what the new tools are, because they haven't been produced yet and there might still be changes, I won't say for now. However, the general direction has been determined. I'll give you a hint: what ability of a Mage do you envy the most?"

After speaking, Xia Duo glanced at the others in the conference room, "You can also take a guess."

"What ability do I envy the most?"

Jibu frowned and racked his brains; if one were to ask what ability of a Mage he envied most, it was undoubtedly the Spellcasting ability—as long as one had that, one could learn whatever Spell they wanted.

However, he also knew that the Lord definitely didn't mean this; it must be some specific Spell that made people very envious.

Combining this with the 25 New Li garrison distance, a thought suddenly popped into Jibu's mind, and in that instant, he was so excited he could barely speak:

"My lord, could it be—the ability to fly?!"

The others were also thoughtful and looked at Xia Duo one after another, expecting to get an accurate answer from the Lord.

"Not bad, it is indeed the ability to fly!"

"Really?!"

Jibu suddenly shouted in excitement; as a terrestrial creature, flying is almost every human's dream, especially when knowing there is a kind of peer who can fly freely, this longing becomes even more intense.

But unfortunately, unless carried by a Spellcaster, it is almost impossible for an ordinary person to fulfill the dream of flying.

On the market, although Flight Scrolls are relatively rare, they do exist, and the price for Jibu, even when he was in the Savile Territory in the past, was not out of reach.

But just like Fireball Scrolls, they are rare not because of low production, but because of low sales; such scrolls not only have high usage thresholds but also carry considerable danger.

Like a Fireball Scroll, if one is not careful, it is not the enemy who dies, but oneself.

The same goes for Flight; if you fly into the sky and something goes wrong, as an ordinary person, there is no other way but to wait for death.

Basically, these types of Magic Scrolls are used by Spellcasters themselves, because if a problem occurs, they can generally solve it themselves.

If any ordinary person dares to use them casually, they are either brainless, or they are at least a Zisanjibie expert in the experience of using Magic Items.