FVN Chapter 45 - 45: I Won't Pay!
Chapter 45 - 45: I Won't Pay!
Comat felt like someone had punched his gut. "Just how the hell you broke them?! No, first of all, you broke all of them at once! Did you smash them with your magic Energy?"
"Of course not!" Linfel quickly shook his head. "I just drove my Magic Energy into all their channels at once. Part of the test was to see how much Magic Energy I could pass through them while using as many channels are possible, right? That's why I went all out. Weren't they supposed to be very resistant?"
Comat quickly went to the back and grabbed another rune. He carefully installed it on the plate that Linfel was using, connecting it to the sensors of the terminal on the side. "Alright, let me see it then! I'm sure you must have done it the wrong way."
Linfel scratched the back of his ethereal head and nodded. He sent his Magic Energy downwards and enveloped the rune with it. Through his Magic Sensitivity, the channels of the Rune became as clear as day to him. Well, the Runes being used here were expensive, but they weren't anything complicated to start with. They were there just for the test.
'Compared to Primordial Energy Runes, these runes are a lot more intricate since Magic Energy is much gentler and easier to control. But it is exactly because Magic Energy is easier to control that the full picture of the channels of the Runes is also easy to see. If I had to use Primordial Energy in these Runes, it would have been impossible for me to see anything,' Linfel thought.
Right after, he drove his Magic Energy into all the channels of that rune, making the terminal shine as a result. On the screen, there was a huge picture of th rune several hundreds of times bigger than the rune itself. It depicted the channels and their paths, as well as the Magic Energy flowing through them. There wasn't a single path that wasn't illuminated by the color of Magic Energy.
"This..." Comat didn't want to believe, but he had no other choice other than to do so.
Linfel then commented. "I'm only driving my Magic Energy inside. I'm going to increase the flow as much as I can. Watch."
The color of the channels depicted on the monitor immediately intensified in the next second. Yet, another second later...
*Crack... Poof!*
The Rune wasn't able to resist the enormous flow of Magic Energy and broke apart, turning into several specs of colored light infused with Linfel's Magic Energy. "See? I only did what you told me? I can't be blamed if you did a poor job with the Rune's resistance."
Comat's mouth twitched. Poor job? The rune was very simple, so there was no way you could do a poor job in a place like the Vaxwel Re
Comat quickly saw an opportunity. "Well, if you want to learn more about Magic Diagrams, our Vaxwel Research Facility is definitely one of the best places in the country. We have an unlimited amount of content in our databases that is free for all members to use for their own research."
Wosley hadn't even seen Linfel's ability yet, so he was surprised about how much Comat seemed to regard Linfel's abilities. "Alright, we can talk about that later. Linfel, come here."
Wosley brought Linfe into another room where a few other people could be seen. There were even two familiars, although they didn't seem to work on the project like the people.
One of the people there was a Level One Female Magus who seemed to be working on one of the equipment. She noticed Wosley's arrival and quickly got up. "Wosley! Did you manage to convince someone to come? You should try to talk with the Lambel Magus Family. Perhaps one of their elders wouldn't mind helping."
Wosley shook his head. "There is no way they would accept the payment we can offer with our budget, Philia. But you don't need to worry. I think we found the perfect subject. Linfel here seem to have enough Magic Energy Control and Sensitivity to carry out the test."
Philia looked at the Familiar and especially his yellow color. "Is this a joke?"
"Who knows?" Wosley shrugged. "Comat says he can do it, so I brought him here to test it out."
Philia narrowed her eyes and looked at Comat. "You aren't the type who likes jokes, so I hope you aren't trying to change your personality now."
"Hmph!" Comat obviously had no intention of doing such a thing. "I won't. Just get him to try the first prototypes already. They were a failure, so they will be destroyed in the end anyway. Nonetheless, they are more than enough to show Linfel's abilities."
Comat and Philia had always been triyng to outshone the other, so the other people around didn't even care about their antics anymore.
"You two seem to be very close," Linfel commented with a smile, completely failing to see the big picture.
"Your ass!" Comat and Philia answered at the same time.
"Enough!" Wosley stopped them as he pulled out a tablet. He then put it in front of Linfel and spoke. "Alright, use your Magic Energy so that we can get your signature on this NDA. Remember, there are huge repercussions if you disclose the contents of this research outside."
Linfel quickly released his Magic Energy, and his Magic Energy Signature was recorded in the agreement. "I'm aware of the rules."
"Come with me," Philia didn't waste time and brought Linfel to another machine. It was very similar to the one Linfel saw in the previous room. An almost invisible Rune was placed at the center while extremely thin needles were all around it.
During the next hour, Philia explained to Linfel how the equipment worked and how he could channel his own Magic Energy into the rune. Only then did she allow Linfel to give it a try. "Alright. That should be pretty much it. As long as you can use at least 300 channels in the rune, we will consider it a success and will allow you to truly help us with our latest prototype."
Linfel quickly used his Magic Energy in the receptor and felt it moving through the needles inside the glass container. He slowly injected the Magic Energy into the rune and commented. 759 channels in total... No, they are in a Three Dimensional Structure. If I count the connections between the different parts, there are almost a thousand channels. This is truly incredible."
Back in his time, it would be a miracle if you could create as many as one hundred channels, and such runes weren't considered any good since Primordial Energy was too powerful. The common knowledge said that at most fifty channels should be used, and more than that would only give you an easily breakable rune.
Here, however, Linfel could see almost a thousand, and Magic Energy could still be used on all of them without issues as long as the control was just right.
Wosley, Comat, and Philia were impressed with Linfel's account. They hadn't told him anything about the number of channels, and yet he nailed it in just a few seconds of probing. Of course, what mattered was whether he could use at least 300 of them at the same time so that they could carry out the tests later with the real runes.