Chapter 488: Micro Communication Magic Tool

Xia Duo even thought that, depending on the number of friends a Communication Magic Tool could add (the quantity of Twin Marks it could store), he could divide them into tiers like Basic, Mid-range, High-end, and Supreme editions, and then design their appearances accordingly. He could sell them at ideal prices corresponding to the status of various Spellcasters, achieving the goal of precise harvesting.

The quantity of Twin Marks stored actually doesn't have much impact on the Communication Magic Tool; whether it stores one or ten thousand, it is a matter of "external memory," although the Communication Magic Tool hasn't been designed yet.

But Xia Duo speculated that as long as it isn't truly ten thousand, there shouldn't be much difference between the Magic Artifacts; if he wanted there to be a difference, he would even need to artificially impose restrictions.

And the biggest difference might just be the appearance.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo's passion for research surged even more.

……

Ten days later.

Tower of Time, Public Level, Laboratory.

Xia Duo was focused, casting 【Mage Hand】 to manipulate the liquid Mithril suspended above the Alchemy Array, feeling a bit like "3D printing."

But in fact, it is simpler than "3D printing."

【Mage Hand】 is not a Force Field spell of the Creation School that uses external force to restrict the form of the Mithril, but a Transmutation spell that directly controls the matter itself.

Because of this, the final molding of the Mithril structural component relies heavily on the Spellcaster's performance in the moment; even Xia Duo is no exception. If one is careless and thinks crookedly, it is like having one's hand slip while carving.

The only difference is that here, one can repeat the process over and over, with the only cost being the energy spent casting 【Mage Hand】.

However, Xia Duo also has his own unique production, or rather, processing technique—

Extremely precise guide lines!

Although "Arcane Geometry" has appeared in Netheril, Arcane Geometry is not mathematical geometry, but an intuitive representation of the transformation relationships of Magic Net Strings, which doesn't actually help much with drawing.

Perhaps other Mages have also mastered some drawing techniques, but they certainly wouldn't be like Xia Duo, who has taken systematic geometry courses. Although some knowledge points have become blurred, he can master them quickly in practice; this is the advantage of establishing big concepts in advance.

With precise geometry, it is a great help for drawing Arcane Geometry Diagrams. And the Mithril structural component is actually based on Arcane Geometry Diagrams.

With precise guide lines, it is easier for Xia Duo to produce Mithril structural components than other Mages. To describe it in more intuitive language, his skill level in manufacturing Magic Items is higher than others! Soon, the three-dimensional mesh Mithril structural component was basically formed. Xia Duo controlled the Alchemy Array to cool and solidify it. At this step, the Communication Magic Tool was already more than half finished.

Of course, if the industrial foundation of Netheril could automatically produce such Mithril structural components, he wouldn't need to do it himself; he could just purchase the finished product.

Spellcasters should still be used in critical areas.

For example, a step that cannot be avoided no matter what.

Whether it is making a Magic Scroll or a Communication Magic Tool, the step of linking the Magic Web can never bypass the Spellcaster themselves. If it could be bypassed in the future, perhaps mass production of Magic Items would become a reality.

But for now, any Magic Item is essentially still "handmade" by a Spellcaster.

What Xia Duo can do now is to use a Spellcaster only at the final step of linking the Magic Web, which can minimize costs.

As for the cost reduction caused by technological progress, that is another matter.

Next, installing the Energy Core is not troublesome at all. At the beginning of the design, Xia Duo reserved connection buckles for the corresponding Five-Colored Gems on this Mithril structural component, so he just had to install them one by one.

After that, linking the Magic Web is even less of a problem.

Before long, this head-sized, three-dimensional mesh Mithril structural component emitted a faint Magic Aura, and the laboratory version of the Communication Magic Tool was completed.

Although the size of this version of the Mithril structural component can still be adjusted, in terms of layout, it has actually reached perfection, but such a Magic Item is obviously not very convenient to use.

This is like having the electronic circuits of a mobile phone exposed; it still needs to be encapsulated. If one uses a Crystal for encapsulation, it can be made into a communication Crystal Ball.

And if one wants to make it smaller, even small enough to be embedded in a ring, that would be quite troublesome.

This not only requires more precise spellcasting operations when making the Mithril structure and linking the Magic Web, but also has requirements for the Mithril structural component and even the Energy Core.

Among them, the requirement for Mithril is purity, while the requirement for the Energy Core is energy density.

Basically, the Mithril share obtained from the Arcane Union cannot make such a fine and complex structure. It is not that the structure itself cannot be made, but that the purity of the Mithril is not enough to link the same Magic Net Strings on such a fine structure.

As for the energy density of the Energy Core, it is very easy to understand: the object has become smaller, but the power has not changed, so doesn't that mean the energy density must be increased!

The problem of the Energy Core is easy to solve; using Arcane Crystals is fine.

As for the micro Mithril structural component—

The usual practice of Netherese Mages is to use Mithril jewelry found in various Elf Ruins to make them; the Mithril purity of some jewelry can reach the standard for manufacturing micro Magic Items.

Or one can directly purchase Mithril jewelry used by modern Elves, but this often greatly increases production costs.

Besides the premium on the purity itself, there is also the so-called "artistic added value."

In the Mithril refining method of the Arcane Empire that Xia Duo recorded in the Projection Plane, the production of high-quality Mithril is not simple; it requires a method called 【Element Extraction】 to manufacture.

This is a composite Ritual Spell cast by multiple Spellcasters together. The threshold for casting it alone is extremely high; at least for the current Xia Duo, there is no chance.

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And besides using high-purity Mithril to manufacture fine structural components, there are other ways to make micro Magic Items.

Adjusting the Mithril structural component and not using the optimal layout, trying to adapt to the shape of a ring, allows one to use Mithril of slightly lower quality. Of course, this method comes at the cost of sacrificing the performance of the Magic Item.

Or one can use Constant Spell; this does not limit the size, but Magic Items made by Constant Spell are not as stable as those made using Mithril structural components.

As for which method Xia Duo uses? He chooses none of them! Because at the current stage, there is no need to insist on making small or micro Communication Magic Tools in the shape of a ring.

Isn't a communication Crystal Ball good enough? It's good enough to have something to use; why be so picky! Moreover, having seen so many business cases on Earth, how could he possibly bring out a micro Communication Magic Tool all at once? It must be updated generation by generation.

Even if he waits until he can produce high-quality Mithril, he might not immediately produce this kind of micro Communication Magic Tool.

Unless the "competitors" upgrade first, otherwise, he would not consider following up at all.

In addition, even if the production cost on Xia Duo's side is lower, a price war is unlikely. It is more likely that a minimum price will be determined under the coordination of the Arcane Union.

Of course, Xia Duo cannot be sure what the specific situation will be; he can only roughly predict it.

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