Above the mage!

Chapter 129 There are always some surprising encounters
The climate in the Principality of Sean is very hot.

Even though it is already the Dark Night Month and more than a month has passed since the hottest Sunshine Month, the air still exudes a wild and passionate feeling.

Gao De walked slowly on the road of Seres College, looking at the buildings of different styles on both sides.

It seems that every brick and stone shines with the glory of this historic college and exudes the breath of power.

No one, including Goder himself, could have imagined that a young apprentice who was worried about his life in Hogan City half a year ago would come to Saint Sean City, the core of the Principality of Sean, half a year later.

And join the most sacred mage academy in the entire principality to study.

Life is really amazing.

Gao De followed the main road of the college and came to the teaching area.

The small building where the Rune Department is located has come into view.

It was a thick, cold black building with two signs, one that read "Rune Department" and the other that read "Gavin Building".

Gao De has figured out the naming rules for the buildings in the college.

Gavin Building most likely means that this building was built during the time when Gavin Hogg was the dean.

From this point of view, this is still a relatively new building.

Gao De swiped his identity badge and easily passed through the magic circle set up by Gavin Building and entered the building.

The building is very quiet.

He could even clearly hear the monotonous sound of his soles hitting the floor.

This is because the number of people in the Rune Department is the smallest among all departments in the academy.

This is true regardless of the number of instructors or students.

The reason is simple and crude.

Runeology is too difficult, too many people can’t even get started!

However, the Rune Department, which has the smallest number of people, was assigned such a new and independent building.

You should know that even in the entire college, there are only a few departments that can own an independent building.

From this we can see that although runeology is difficult, it is worthy of its difficulty and is highly valued.

This is indeed the case. Rune masters have always been regarded as the leaders of the three great families of magic craftsmen.

Gao De walked along the corridor and finally met a student.

"Hello, I would like to ask where Professor He Xi's office is?" he asked.

"Do you have something to do with Director He Xi?" The student looked quite old, and must have been a veteran student who had been enrolled for many years. He saw that Gao De's face was unfamiliar, and asked subconsciously with caution.

Gao De nodded and told the truth: "I am a freshman, and my assigned advisor is Director He Xi. I came to report to him today."

"You were assigned to be the disciple of Director He Xi? How is that possible? Director He Xi never accepts students."

The old student looked surprised, and then seemed to have thought of something, "You are the freshman who was admitted with Dean Gavin's recommendation letter!"

"It's me." Gao De was not embarrassed about it and admitted it generously.

"No wonder. According to the college regulations, students admitted with the highest treatment cannot be rejected by any tutor no matter which tutor they are assigned to." The old student showed an expression of understanding.

"Director He Xi's office is on the top floor, but he is usually not in the office. He spends most of his time in the rune studio. If you want to find him, go to the rune workshop on the third floor." He thought for a moment and said to Gao De.

"Thank you." Gao De thanked him and left with the old student.

But he didn't notice that after he left, the old student turned around and looked at his back.

There was a glimmer of sympathy in his eyes.

Gao De went up to the third floor and came to the rune workshop which occupied almost half of the space on the third floor.

The door of the Rune Studio was open and there were no barriers.

Gao De hesitated for a moment, but still stepped in.

A large workshop that looked like a laboratory in science fiction movies or TV shows appeared in front of Gaode.

The light in the workshop is very bright and soft, obviously designed to facilitate delicate operations.

The walls are covered with various rune diagrams and corresponding analysis diagrams.

In the center of the workshop is a spacious and bright workbench made of special materials and engraved with many complex magic runes.

On the workbench, there were randomly scattered draft papers and various tools, including carving knives made of fine gold, wedge-shaped scrapers, and pens made of various precious magical materials.
Next to the workbench is an area dedicated to engraving runes, surrounded by a protective barrier to prevent accidents.

There are also three towering bookcases filled with various books, scrolls and manuscripts.

This is what can be seen on the surface. In fact, there are many designs in this rune workshop that Gaode cannot see.

Including a powerful energy supply system, advanced element control magic array, various invisible warning runes and monitoring arrays, which can monitor various abnormal situations at any time and promptly send out alarms and initiate corresponding defense measures.
Inside the workshop, there is a small room, but the door is closed at this time.

Gao De looked around but didn't see anyone. Either Director He Xi was not in the workshop at this time, or he was in a small room inside the rune workshop.

Gao De thought for a moment, knocked on the open door, and after making a conspicuous sound in the quiet rune workshop, he said loudly to the empty workshop:
"New student Gao De, come to report to instructor Hossi Oliken."

His voice echoed in the workshop.

The next moment, an old but calm, composed and emotionless voice was heard from the small room with a closed door in the workshop.

"Have you ever been exposed to runes before?"

"Never." Goder told the truth.

"Read the information on the table first, and then you can leave." The voice issued instructions directly to Gao De without any greetings or greetings.

He didn't even come out to meet Gaode.

It seemed a little too cold, but Gaode didn't feel uncomfortable.

In fact, he doesn't like so-called polite greetings.

Gaode not only does not dislike this straightforward way of assigning tasks, he even likes it.

Gao De nodded, and then he realized that there was a door between them, so how could others see him nodding?
He laughed, without adding anything else, and walked silently to the workbench in the center.

But when he saw the messy materials and manuscripts scattered around, Gao De was still stunned.

So, what exactly was the information that Hosea O'Kenley wanted him to see?
Gao De's eyes quickly swept across the papers and documents.

First, eliminate those rune diagrams and even analyses that appear extremely complex at first glance.

As someone who had never been exposed to runes, he couldn't understand it at all.

As the head of the Rune Department, He Xi would not let a layman look at this right away.

Then we exclude those profound principle analyses for the same reasons as above.

It must be something I can understand at a glance. It is a simple thing. Gaode did not choose to ask Jose O'Kenley what information he wanted to see.

Because he thought it was a stupid question to ask.

He made his selections based on his experience.

Soon, an open booklet attracted Gao De's attention.

This should be a handwritten notebook, with all the words on it written by hand.

The paper pages are very old, even yellowed, with wrinkled edges, and are obviously quite old.

The reason why Gao De noticed it was very simple. He could understand what was written in this notebook.

"The runes may look complicated, but they actually follow certain rules. As long as we set the most basic rules at the beginning, everything will slowly evolve and be calculated on its own."

Hi, this should be the basic theory and concept of runeology.
When Gao De saw this general sentence, he was sure of the identity of this handwritten notebook.

It is definitely the introductory theory of runes!
It is just right for a layman like him.

This must be the document that Jose O'Kenley wanted him to see.

Gao De continued to read on.

"Six basic rules of runes:"

"Rule 1: Under any circumstances, the actual robustness value generated by all runes in the magic circle must be guaranteed to be less than the maximum robustness value that the magic circle can theoretically carry, otherwise the magic circle will fail."

"Rule 2: Multiple basic runes connected together form a compound rune, and multiple compound runes connected together form a magic circle."

"Each basic rune in a composite rune must be in pairs, and the energy ratio of each basic secondary rune to the basic advanced rune is one to four and sixty-four percent;"

"But if two identical secondary basic runes are connected, then the energy generated by this pair of secondary basic runes is equal to that of the higher-level rune, which is four and sixty-four percent, not two."

"Let the energy of a zero-level rune be one. The sum of the energies of all the compound runes in a magic circle is the total energy of the magic circle."

"Rule Three: For any basic rune, the number of connected basic runes of the same level cannot exceed eight, the number of connected identical basic runes cannot exceed two, and the two basic runes must be arranged in opposite directions, otherwise the composite rune will not take effect."

"Rule 4: Runes must be engraved on magic conducting materials. Magic conducting materials have a magic resistance rate. The magic resistance rate can measure the magic conducting performance of a magic conducting material."

"The magic resistance rate reflects the ability of magic-conducting materials to hinder magic power, and is a property of the material itself.

The smaller the magic resistance rate, the smaller the obstacle to magic power of the magic conducting material, and the better the magic conducting performance; conversely, the larger the magic resistance rate, the greater the obstacle to magic power of the magic conducting material, and the worse the magic conducting performance. "

"The magic resistance rate can be determined through magic power testing."

"Rule Five: In a magic circle, any two adjacent runes are a rune pair;"

"The same rune can form multiple rune pairs with multiple adjacent runes (as long as one rune in a rune pair changes, it can become a new rune pair);"

"But if the two runes in a rune pair are of the same type, then the rune pair is an interference pair."

"Rule Six: The theoretical robustness value of a magic circle is equal to the number of runes on the magic-conducting material multiplied by the number of rune pairs multiplied by (1-magic resistance rate). The actual robustness value is equal to the total energy of the magic circle multiplied by the interference pairs."

(End of this chapter)