Witch Special

Chapter 303 Patchouli's Spell Card Making Class

Patchouli didn't ask Lin Zhenxi to answer this question right away, but rather to let her comprehend and explore it herself during the process of making spell cards. Artistic attributes, in particular, are not so easy to define.

It’s not too hard to find, on the contrary, it’s too easy to find, and there are so many of them that it’s hard to choose.

Spell cards aren't all the same. Quite the opposite. The concepts behind the various spell cards in the Historical Courtyard are incredibly diverse, using anything as an artistic attribute. The same goes for magic attributes; you can use any attribute you want in a spell card. Patchouli's ever-changing, multi-elemental spell cards are a prime example.

Because of this, Patchouli asked Lin Zhenxi to think carefully about what ideas she planned to use to make her first spell card.

However, Patchouli didn't give Lin Zhenxi too much time to think. After all, thinking a lot is not as good as actually doing it. Many times, ideas don't come out of your head by slapping your head, but rather emerge from your head naturally when you are actually doing it.

So soon, Hayashi Maki began to be dragged by Teacher Patchouli to make spell cards.

The first step in making a spell card is to create a blank spell card.

Patchouli demonstrated it to Lin Zhenxi. Pale yellow energy condensed in Patchouli's hand, gradually solidifying into a solid ball of light. Then, under Patchouli's control, the ball gradually transformed into a card nine inches long and two inches wide.

This step was almost as easy as drinking water for Teacher Patchouli. In the blink of an eye, a blank spell card based on the earth element was ready.

Teacher Patchouli handed the slightly cool pure white card in her hand to Lin Zhenxi, allowing her to feel for herself what a blank spell card looked like.

"Spell cards are generally composed of pure energy condensed into a stable form. So while spell card games are common, they're not without their own barriers to entry. At the very least, you need to be able to keep the energy in a stable, solid state. Water, earth, and wood elements are obviously more likely to achieve this, while fire, wind, and lightning elements are more difficult."

So, those goblins spewing barrages were actually just there to cause trouble; they weren't even considered participants in the spell card barrage. Obviously, no one would use the power of spell cards to deal with those low-level goblins.

Lin Zhenxi touched the blank spell card freshly made by Teacher Patchouli, and carefully felt the various messages on the card.

The Earth element solidifies its form, but it's merely a frame, an empty shell. The interior of a Blank Spell Card is actually hollow. Beyond this basic appearance, Blank Spell Cards are imbued with the concept of "writability," allowing for writing on them like paper.

However, these are very basic operations. Lin Zhenxi quickly followed suit and made an identical blank spell card for himself.

Very good and simple, it is worthy of being something that even an idiot with an IQ of only 9 can make with ice cubes.

The first step in spell card making: a blank spell card carrier. Done!

The second step is to incorporate your own conception of magic into the spell card. This step is the most crucial step in spell card creation and the soul of spell card battles.

Because this is a simple demonstration spell card, Patchouli-sensei didn't make a difficult or complicated type.

Of course, it is not too easy. After all, Teacher Patchouli's position is too high. It is like asking a college student to solve elementary school math problems. No matter whether he is in the first or sixth grade, he can do it easily.

Teacher Patchouli casually created a new magic...

Experimental Golden Triangle Cutting

Three pale yellow earth elemental spheres appeared before Patchouli, connected by a thin, yellow light beam that penetrated the spheres and continued to extend outward. However, the beam between the two spheres was noticeably thicker.

Teacher Patchouli casually picked up a fireball and threw it at the thin line connecting the light balls. After hitting the energy line, the fireball was cut in half and then turned into two small fireballs, which disappeared at the same time with a puff.

Seeing that the cutting force of the thin wire met her requirements, Teacher Patchouli nodded with satisfaction and began the next step of filling the spell card.

This step is the key, as it determines whether the spell card can be successfully made, and it is also the part that Lin Zhenxi pays the most attention to.

Then she saw Teacher Patchouli pick up a blank spell card and tap it against the basic magic configuration. A straight, light-colored reflective line appeared on the spell card, running through the middle from top to bottom, and the magic configuration disappeared.

Lin Zhenxi was stunned. What was going on?

Seeing the question mark on Lin Zhenxi's forehead, Patchouli explained directly, "The magic used in the Spell Card Game is weakened and lacks power. Even if it is compressed and loaded into a blank spell card, it will not destroy the spatial structure of the spell card."

I understand, but not completely.

In other words, a blank spell card is the strongest, while the magic inside is softer, so it can be manipulated at will. But how is the magic configuration transformed into the lines on the spell card?

Lin Zhenxi once again took Patchouli's spell card, studied it carefully, then let out a breath and looked at Patchouli in disbelief.

Teacher Patchouli smiled and nodded, saying everything.

Transformation? This line is the magical formation compressed into a sheet and then rolled into a line. It's Patchouli's extraordinary magical manipulation memory that forcibly compressed the actual space used, resulting in the line's appearance. If it were expanded back to its original size, it would still be the same magical formation.

Lin Zhenxi seemed to understand what this spell card was. It was just a blank shell. As long as magic was put into it, it would become a spell card.

But is it really that simple?

Patchouli then began adding the second golden triangle cut. Starting with the second magic, a balance issue became crucial. Spell cards aren't designed to be created the way you want them. If the magic power isn't evenly distributed, it can lead to the spell's collapse later in the process.

Therefore, spell cards are generally symmetrical, or at least have a center point to ensure their stability. However, the location of this center point will be determined in the next step, when we adjust the magic ranking. For now, we only need to consider the elemental balance on the spell card.

The second line cut by the golden triangle was placed by Teacher Patchouli in a symmetrical position with the first one. The two light-colored lines were balanced on the left and right with the central axis of the spell card.

Next came the third, the fourth, the fifth... Soon, the entire card was filled with dense golden lines.

Then Patchouli turned the spell card over and began to fill in the lines on the back of the spell card.

Lin Zhenxi was stunned. How could they add more to it? Patchouli had already stuffed over thirty magic configurations into this palm-sized card. Even if the magic configurations were simple, this number was still astonishing.

Moreover, how can it be divided into front and back? Isn't it a continuous and complete space inside?

Lin Zhenxi soon discovered that when Patchouli was filling in the back part, she staggered the lines with a certain distance from the lines that had already been filled in the front. It was this tiny gap, comparable to the width of a hair, that allowed both the front and back of a spell card to be filled with magical configurations.

Patchouli-sensei added magic configurations to it while asking, "Maki, if you want to add more magic to the spell card, how would you do it?"

Lin Zhenxi was observing and learning, and was taken aback by Patchouli's words. After a moment's thought, she replied, "Make the spell cards thicker?"

At this time, what Lin Zhenxi was actually thinking about was taking a brick to release the spell card. After shouting the name of the spell card, he just swung his hand and used the brick to give his enemy a golden headshot.

"That's a good idea. The larger the space, the more magic you can store. But you need to consider one thing: too much magic crammed into a small space. Will they interfere with each other? The process of making spell cards isn't completely safe. If they explode, they can become a powerful bomb, even causing more damage than unleashing a spell card."

"So the simplest method is to layer the spell cards. Arrange the spell cards in layers, fill them with magic separately, then combine them and encapsulate them into a blank spell card."

"As for other methods, I hope you can use your imagination. Imagination is also a very important factor when it comes to making spell cards."

As Teacher Patchouli spoke, she filled the back of the blank spell card with lines formed by pressing magic patterns, filling the entire card surface.

The next step is to start setting the route for the magic in the spell card.

If the second step is the location of the spell card's soul, then the third step is to find a suitable body for this soul. Without a body, even the most powerful soul is useless.

Setting parameters such as direction and speed for all the magic configurations filled in the blank spell cards is a very troublesome process, especially to ensure that they do not interfere with each other during operation and to block the enemy's movement space as much as possible, which requires very strong spatial planning capabilities.

If Lin Zhenxi were to do this, it would likely take her half a day. After all, just drawing the diagrams would be tedious, not to mention the subsequent calculations. However, Patchouli, a seasoned spell card maker, handled the task with ease, quickly creating a clear and precise arrangement of all the magic configurations.

After completing the third step, the spell card is nearly complete. All that's left is some embellishment, like adding some sound and light effects in the empty spaces, or perhaps even leaving a little trick for a sneak attack or something simply to annoy someone.

Also, you can add a cover to the spell card to make it more beautiful.

However, since this is teaching, there is no need for these fancy things, so Teacher Patchouli simply skipped this step.

She held the almost finished spell card, pointed it at the open space in front of her, and threw it casually, releasing the spell card's true name at the same time.

"Earth Talisman [Golden Triangle]!"

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So tired, so hungry, so sleepy.

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