Chapter 814 Interrupted Research

"The effect of the first-level magic shield technique is to erect an invisible barrier in front of the body, while the mage armor is an all-round magic force field without dead ends. The former belongs to local defense, while the latter is three-dimensional protection. They can be regarded as the prototype of almost all protection spells, even the ninth-level spells are just strengthening the strength of the force field..."

In the dim mage's tower, Henry stood unkempt and muttering to himself, writing and drawing on the parchment nervously for a while, and trying to build a spell structure for a while. He looked crazy and thought that there was a problem with his brain.

I don't know how long he's been here, but he looks extremely sloppy right now, his silver hair is starting to curl, his face is greasy, and the nails on his hands are covered with gray dirt.

I have to say that it is not easy for a person to be so dirty without noticing it, especially the thick layer of black ash on the neck, but normal people will feel extremely uncomfortable.

In Faerun Continent, most people still attach great importance to their own hygiene, after all, it is related to their health. Except for those travelers and adventurers who stayed in the wild all day and really didn't have the conditions to take a bath, most people insisted on taking a bath every two to three days. In the hotter south, some nobles even took a bath twice a day.

Of course, desert areas with severe water shortages are not counted. In such a place, water resources are very precious living materials, but also the source of disasters. If there is not enough power, the residents living near the water garden will be swallowed up by swarms of robbers in an instant.

Henry is unaware of his current state, and is still tirelessly researching. He didn't eat, drink, or sleep, and devoted himself to it, trying various protective magics over and over again, trying to find some inspiration from them.

As the largest organ in the human body, the skin is actually very important. It mainly undertakes functions such as protecting the body, perspiration, and feeling heat, cold, and pressure. At the same time, various tissues and organs in the body are protected from physical, mechanical, chemical and pathogenic microorganisms.

What he has to do now is to cover the body surface with a layer of magic shield through the pores without affecting these functions. Unlike ordinary protection spells, this kind of shield must be able to resist both physical and magic. Effect.

Obviously, it is not easy to do this, and the most difficult part is how to ensure the anti-strike ability of the shield.

Because it is attached to the skin, it means that the energy must not be too much, otherwise the skin will be completely isolated from the outside world, and it will be very uncomfortable after a long time. Similarly, it can't be too little, if too little, the defense ability is not enough. So this is a contradiction that is difficult to balance.

"Damn it! What should I do..." Henry stared at the snakeskin in his hand, his eyebrows frowned, as if he wanted to tear the snakeskin to pieces with his eyes.

Suddenly, he had an idea and quickly grabbed a small knife on the table, pried off a snake scale without hesitation, put it under the bright light and observed it carefully, and soon burst into laughter.

"Hahahahahaha! So that's how it is...so it is...I should have thought of it a long time ago! All the secrets are hidden in the structure of the scales! No wonder human skin can't carry as much magical energy as snake skin, the reason is all on the scales Textures. I may not be able to invent a shield attached to the skin, but I can create a layer of magic scales on the skin, so all the problems will be solved."

Henry's character has always been to do what he says. Now that I have a new idea, I immediately started to construct a new spell model, relying on the experience I summed up after failing a few days ago. He completed the first step in just ten minutes, and then began to try to extract energy from the magic net, slowly forming a scale-shaped structure on his body surface.

Soon, black scales first appeared on the face, and then grew rapidly along the neck, covering the whole body in the blink of an eye, and the whole person looked like a cold-blooded creature with scales.

There is no doubt that the new magic is finally completed at this moment. The next thing to do is to test its practicality, especially the resistance to various magic, in order to make a little final adjustment.

"First of all, physical hardness, let's try it with an ax made of fine steel..." Henry picked up a one-handed ax from the weapon shelf, then put one arm on the table, and chopped it down bitterly , There was no hesitation in his eyes, as if it was not his arm. It was brutal to the extreme.

"bump!"

The moment the ax blade collided with the scales, a large number of sparks were generated, and the huge reaction force caused the ax to bounce high, almost hitting the face.

Fortunately, Henry's reaction was quite fast, and he tilted his head slightly to the left, allowing the ax to fly backwards by brushing his cheek. There was a bang on the door.

He didn't even have the interest to look back, and immediately raised his hand to carefully examine where the ax had cut. It turned out that except for a small scratch, the scales showed no signs of breakage at all.

"Interesting! It seems that at least it can prevent enchanted weapons below level three, which is not bad for a level six magic." He said with a face full of joy.

You must know that this is a resident magic, which means that once it is cast, it can last at least eight hours. Although it is not as effective as the sixth-level spell "Protective Magic Weapon", it is better than being able to pray for protection all the time. Like the former, it disappeared in less than half a minute.

In the next few minutes, Henry conducted another magic test. He started with the lowest level of magic missiles, and then upgraded little by little. By the time he reached the fourth level of magic, the color of the scales had become much lighter. Takes damage at high levels.

Such a result is obviously not within the range of his acceptance, and he immediately frowned: "The physical defense ability seems to be a bit too strong... The magical defense ability is weak... If you don't increase the level of spells, I'm afraid this is the limit. Damn it , isn't this forcing me to develop another series of magic..."

Since he had the experience of developing soul moths last time, he completely lost interest in the series of spells.

Because the reason why most mages develop a series of magic is not out of their original intention, but because they don't have the ability to complete it in one step, so they first create a simple template, and then improve and upgrade it little by little. It's like the Bigby series of magic.

If Bigby could directly create the ninth-level magic "Smashing Palm", then he would never waste time developing low-level spells such as "Helping Palm" and "Tripping Palm".

But Henry is currently not familiar with this unnamed spell. If he doesn't start from the lowest level, it may be difficult to optimize the spell structure to the best state.

As a perfectionist, he would never allow any flaws in his magic, so he sighed helplessly and muttered to himself: "Well, it seems that we can only start from scratch, I don't know if this counts Forcing good people to become prostitutes..."

The moment he just lifted the scales on his body. There was a sudden knock on the door outside the workshop.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"My dear! Open the door quickly! You have locked yourself inside for more than nine days! Tonight is the day for the public auction of elf art. Should you come out and tidy up to welcome the guests? Besides, Doris is almost due. , you should prepare for the birth of a new member of the family." Shikodi's voice came through the door.

Hearing his wife's words, Henry's expression changed instantly, and he immediately rushed to the table, grabbed the divinity in the bottle and stuffed it into the dimension bag, and then walked towards the door in three steps in two steps. He didn't expect that he had stayed in the mage tower for so long, and he didn't know how Borken was preparing.

After all, the decisive battle with the City of Shadows is imminent, and it would be bad if you miss something at this important moment.

As soon as the magic lock on the door was released, Shikodi, who was already a little impatient, immediately pushed the door open. When she saw her husband's appearance, she immediately pinched her nose and backed out, while complaining in a low voice: "Oh...Damn! What kind of smell is this. It's sour and smelly. Honey, you didn't take a shower today?"

"At least nine days, I bet he hasn't cleaned up his personal hygiene since he entered this room." The dragon girl Xina, who followed closely behind, also pinched her nose and teased with a smile on her face.

Hearing the words of the two beautiful ladies, Henry took a few steps back, and explained with a helpless smile: "Sorry, I was like this when I was doing magic research. Only by concentrating can I overcome the problem at the fastest speed. As for I haven't showered for a few days, how can I remember so clearly. By the way, what's the situation outside now?"

Shikodi took out a piece of parchment from the pocket of her dress: "Here, you can see it. I really don't understand why you must put Alan in such a dangerous place. You must know that there is an ongoing In the fierce battle, I heard that the corpses are about to pile up into mountains."

"The young eagle needs exercise to sharpen its claws. All this is for him to grow up healthily." Henry ignored his wife's complaints and opened the parchment directly. But he just glanced at it, and a surprised expression appeared on his face. "Duel in front of the gods?! Vaughn actually got the attention of God of War Tempus!!"

Hina nodded very seriously: "That's right, according to the news that came back, Vaughan held a battle that shocked the world with the legend of the High Wasteland, the orc warrior Cyclops Lonte near the city of Weywood. If it weren't for the intervention of the gods, they would have died together in the end."

"What now? How is the war in the north now?" Henry narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice.

At this moment, he felt that the situation was getting a bit out of control, especially the addition of the Lord of War and the Lord of Beastmen made it even more weird.

"At a stalemate, the tribal coalition forces stormed for six hours every day like a routine, and then retreated back to the camp, and continued the next day. I don't know what they are planning." Shi Kodi's eyes showed disgust.

Hearing this answer, Henry's gloomy face disappeared instantly, replaced by a playful smile: "Sure enough, it was written by the City of Shadows. It seems that I guessed it right. Rui Valan, I hope that after this fight, you will not Will cry."

"Okay, don't think about it so much, come back to the palace with me to take a shower, and then prepare to meet the guests. You must know that many nobles from the entire Western Continent came to participate in this grand event, and I don't want any mistakes."

After finishing speaking, Shi Kodi ignored Henry's protest, dragged him into the carriage, and then ordered the coachman to go straight to the palace... (to be continued~^~)