Furan was startled by the sudden voice, but she quickly regained her composure, realizing she had heard this voice before.
She turned her head and saw Harbos, the Teacher of the Weapon Forging Class, standing there.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief. There was no problem with being discovered by Harbos; she had intended to seek his protection anyway.
Harbos looked at her through the room full of white mist. He hadn't expected to encounter a 'genius' who could solve his problems before even being in Apprentice City for a month.
He spoke with a smile:
"The reason you failed just now is that when you conceptualized the appliance in your mind, you didn't imagine how it moves; you only imagined its appearance."
"Just as you must imagine how a sword attacks an enemy or how your staff releases a Spell, once you have imagined these things, you can realize the Spell."
Hearing this, Furan made another attempt according to Harbos's description.
This time, she imagined a moving steam engine. In her mind, the steam engine erupted with thick white mist, causing the connected flywheel to rotate at an exaggerated speed.
However, Furan got stuck again because she realized that for this Spell, you have to imagine how you utilize the Spell to produce an effect.
For example, if you created an incredibly powerful sword, when using this Spell, you would imagine the sword always being held in your hand, attacking as you attack.
In gaming terminology, the above effect could be summarized as a significant increase in swordsmanship damage.
But how could this steam engine she made strengthen her own combat power?
This was no challenge for her vivid imagination. She imagined herself wearing a small, high-power steam device, with pulleys and gears connected to her limbs, providing power assistance as she moved.
This visualization was extremely fantastical. Based on her superficial mechanical knowledge, it would likely fall apart immediately upon use, as there were no fixed supports.
However, this was a magical world, and she was only using her imagination to cast the Spell. Although imagining many things she had never built placed an extra burden on her Spiritual Power, she still successfully cast the Spell.
Harbos kept his eyes on Furan while using his peripheral vision to examine this novel machine.
He had never seen such a machine before, and the fact that it could actually perform an Appliance Enchantment made him very curious.
His previous research focused on the application of various special materials in weapons, as well as many methods and techniques to enhance weapon power.
Machines were not within the scope of his previous research, so he wasn't particularly interested in large machinery.
Although the Magic Energy Engine Alliance had created masterpieces like the Floating City, those relied more on Spell structures, using special metals throughout the city and engraving magic circuits—that was the basic principle of a Floating City.
And that belonged to the domain of the Construction School. The Construction School had not only created Floating Cities but also had many prominent insights into the construction of Mage Towers.
The Construction School occasionally used some mechanical structures, but mostly as auxiliary support.
This was clearly different from the machine before him. Harbos could sense that although magic technology was used in its manufacturing process, its operation showed no trace of magic whatsoever.
Harbos watched for a long time before realizing the principle was the driving force of steam generated by heating water. But when it came to the cylinder, he didn't know what was happening.
Why could the sliding rod move back and forth and precisely drive the flywheel to rotate?
Just then, Furan had a reaction, and Harbos immediately looked over.
Harbos knew that learning the Appliance Enchantment Spell required not only the Spellcaster's ability to forge a powerful appliance but also a certain level of Spiritual Power.
And from Furan's first attempt just now, he could see that her Spiritual Power exceeded the minimum required threshold, and by quite a large margin.
This pleasantly surprised Harbos. In his view, it was perfectly normal for Furan to learn this Spell, and this gave him hope for perfecting the School's low-level Spells.
Furan opened her eyes. Under Harbos's slightly shocked gaze, her skin turned red, and white gas billowed out as she exhaled.
Furan clenched her fists, feeling a great increase in her strength, but this Spell also had some side effects.
Her body felt surrounded by a scorching heat, which was very uncomfortable.
Moreover, she felt that if she didn't cancel the Spell in time, she might very well be burned to death.
Naturally, with such a cost came power. She threw a punch at a nearby wall.
This house had been built by the Construction School; the walls were made of stone, and their defense was naturally much stronger than wood.
Her fist collided with the wall with a loud bang, momentarily drowning out the roar of the steam engine.
The wall was dented inward, deep enough to reach her wrist.
She pulled her hand out, and as expected, her fingers were bleeding. Her strength had increased due to the Spell, but her physical constitution had not, leading to this situation.
Furan canceled the Spell and looked at Harbos.
Harbos was extremely puzzled. He understood the principle of the Appliance Enchantment Spell; how could it produce an effect that enhanced strength?
With this doubt, he asked Furan, and she replied thus:
"I built a propulsion device in my mind using gears and sliding rods."
Harbos, whose mechanical knowledge was impoverished, was even more confused. He asked Furan if she could draw it. Since Furan was still counting on Harbos to solve the problem of being targeted by the Modification School, she naturally did not refuse.
After Furan's blueprints were handed to Harbos, his hands began to tremble. In his mind, everything started to connect.
He realized the purpose of everything Furan had done; fundamentally, it was converting heat into energy she could use herself.
And through a series of mechanical structures, she released it as the force she needed.
In the past, mages used Spiritual Power to utilize the fire element, but now Harbos gained an inspiration from this machine:
Through mechanical assistance, I can convert the fire element into mechanical force, and then through some Spell assistance, convert it into other elements.
And this was precisely the advanced technique of the Elemental School—Elemental Transmutation! A technique with extremely high Spiritual Power requirements could now seemingly be achieved through another method.
At the same time, other inspirations surfaced in his mind, making him want to go back and start working right now... "Cough, cough..."
Furan feigned a couple of coughs, finally catching Harbos's attention.
Harbos finally snapped out of his thoughts. He noticed Furan beside him and suddenly pulled off the ring on his left hand, handing it over.
"This is one of my masterpieces, a reward for you joining the Furnace Casting School."
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