Above the mage!

Chapter 139 Outside and Inside the Door

Dark Moon, 24th.

It’s still the same time as yesterday.

Gao De once again came to the rune workshop on the third floor of Gavin Building.

Just like yesterday, his mentor, Hossi O'Kenley, was not seen.

But this time, Gao De didn't need to make any noise. From the small room with the door closed inside the workshop, an old and calm voice came out.
It didn't seem as calm as yesterday. Gao De felt that the old man's voice in the small room today seemed to have a hint of uncontrollable "excitement"?
Maybe it's an illusion.

"Read the information on the table first, then you can leave."

It’s still the same sentence as yesterday.

Not even a single word has changed.

If it were placed in a literary work, there would even be reason to suspect that the author was being lazy and simply copying and pasting the previous text.

But Gaode doesn't think so much.

To him, it was just another "instruction".

He listened silently, and moved to the workbench in the center of the rune workshop.

The workbench, which was a little messy yesterday, has been tidied up and is now much tidier.

The information that He Xi wanted him to see was now prominently placed in the center.

I no longer need to rely on Gaode to guess what I should read like I did yesterday.

"First Look at Runes".

The name is simple and easy to understand. You can tell at a glance that it is talking about runes.

Although in Gaode's opinion, this is the information he should have shown yesterday - at least he should first understand the runes and then understand the basic rules of the runes.

But it doesn’t matter. After all, the “Six Basic Rules of Runes” are also very “simple”, and there won’t be much difference if you read them one day earlier or later.

Therefore, the "reversal" of order is understandable.

The information is still handwritten, exactly the same as yesterday's "Introduction to the Theory of Runes".

When Gao De opened the information, the first thing he saw was not the word "Rune":
“Everything in the world has a trajectory.

The wind has its own trajectory, the water has its own trajectory, the earth has its own trajectory, and even the magic that is everywhere in the world has its own trajectory.

These trajectories are erratic and irregular.

However, when the wind blows along a certain trajectory one day, it will turn into a tornado that destroys the world;

When water flows along a certain trajectory, it will create huge waves that overturn the river and the sea;
When the earth dries up and cracks along a certain trajectory, it will bring about earth-shaking changes.

We call these changes the forces of nature.

The power of nature is powerful, but we have no way to obtain it except magic.

There is no doubt that if magic power flows along a certain trajectory, it will only bring more powerful power.

The question is, how do we control this powerful magic?

The initial answer is magic.

The wizard transforms magic power into mana in his body, and then controls the trajectory of the mana flow through the spell model to release spells with different effects.

But this is not the only solution.

A wizard's magic power is always limited, and limited magic power determines that the natural power that the wizard can control is also limited.

But the power of nature is infinite.

Is there any way to harness this infinite power of nature?

Very simple.

Build a bridge, use knowledge and wisdom to build a bridge between man and nature.

In the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood, our ancestors used their wisdom and knowledge to grasp the power of nature bit by bit.

This wisdom and knowledge is what we now commonly refer to as runes."

"Different design methods and different bridge-building materials will result in different load-bearing capacity of the bridges built."

"The rune master is the designer of the bridge."

After an extremely long preparation, the word "rune" finally appeared in Gaode's vision for the first time.

He remained silent and continued reading.

“The magic power between heaven and earth flows without rules.

The so-called runes are the bridge between the rune master and the magic power of heaven and earth. Once the rune master builds the bridge and releases it, the magic power can make the wind blow, the water rise, the constellations turn, and the stars move.

The essence of runes is to fix the flow of magic power and make it follow a certain predetermined route.

Multiple basic runes can form a compound rune, and multiple compound runes can form a magic circle.

The magic circle is the final form of the rune, a complete system."

"Basic runes are the cornerstone of magic circles and the beginning of runeology."

"The total number of basic runes in the world has exceeded 8, and new basic runes are constantly being created."

"But most of the basic runes are rare runes. The number of commonly used basic runes is about 3700."

"A qualified rune master only needs to master 1000 to 2000 basic runes."

"Because 1000 basic runes can cover 2000% of the needs after combination, and basic runes can cover % of the needs after combination."

This introduction gave Gaode a strong sense of déjà vu.

He stopped, thought about it seriously, and finally reacted:

Isn’t this exactly the same as the Chinese characters he used in his previous life?

The number of Chinese characters has now exceeded 10, but only 3000 of them are commonly used.

1000 commonly used Chinese characters can cover more than 90% of expression needs, and 2000 commonly used Chinese characters can cover 99% of expression needs.

Under the premise that new things are constantly emerging, these two thousand commonly used Chinese characters that have existed for a long time can also be perfectly expressed through permutations and combinations.

For example, the two Chinese characters "electricity" and "brain", which existed thousands of years ago, could be combined thousands of years later to express the new thing "computer", which had just been born.

The same concept applies to basic runes.

With this association, Gaode instantly understood the importance of "basic runes".

There is no doubt that in order to get started with "Rune Literature", just like learning to write articles requires learning to read, and you need to master the commonly used basic runes first.

Looking down, it was indeed true, but there was a slight difference: "Basic runes are divided into eight levels, from level 0 basic runes to level 7 runes."

"The first step to becoming a rune master: master 651 commonly used zero-level basic runes."

This is the end of the "Introduction" of "First Introduction to Runes".

The information below is the sample pictures and deconstruction instructions of the commonly used zero-level basic runes.

However, the data does not list all 651 level 10 basic runes, but only .

Gao De understood instantly: these 10 level basic runes were his "homework for today".

It’s just like the “after-class exercises” in yesterday’s materials.

In addition, next to the information there is a stack of blank basic magic paper, a basic rune pen, and a bottle of basic magic ink.

This is the "stationery" that He Xi prepared for Gao De.

The first level 0 basic rune introduced in the information is called "Magic Gathering (Level 0)", and its function is also very simple, which is to gather the magic power between heaven and earth.

But it is such a simple function that makes the "Magic Gathering (Level 0)" rune an indispensable basic rune in almost all magic circles.

Moreover, the rune diagram of "Demon Gathering (Level 0)" is not simple.

Even though it is just a so-called level zero basic rune, it is very complicated.

And, there are no shortcuts.

The only way to achieve this is to copy and memorize it over and over again, and then integrate and comprehend it.

Gaode didn't even take a second to "fear" the difficulty of the upcoming learning.

His mind immediately fell on the rune diagram and deconstruction of "Demon Gathering (Level 0)" in "Introduction to Runes", and nothing else.

"A First Look at Runes" is a handwritten document, apparently written by Hosea O'Kenley.

As the chief rune instructor of the academy, he undoubtedly had a very solid grasp of rune knowledge, so the deconstruction text of the entire rune diagram was very concise yet clear.

Gao De read it carefully and finished the first reading in a short time.

Then he closed the documents, began to ponder and recall.

After about thirty seconds, Gao De opened the document again and reread the unclear and incomprehensible parts in his previous review and contemplation.

This time it took him less time than the first time.

Then, close the documents again, think and recall.

Twenty seconds later, he opened the document again and started reading again.

After repeating this seven or eight times, Gaode closed the document again and reviewed it. Now everything was going smoothly without any stagnation or jam.

The same method is used for rune diagrams.

In the quiet rune workshop, the only sound was the rustling sound of Goder occasionally flipping through data pages.

When he closed "The First Introduction to Runes" for the last time, he never opened it again.

Gao De took a deep breath and picked up the rune pen. After absorbing enough magic ink, he unfolded a piece of magic paper and started writing on it.

Gaode, who was trying to copy runes for the first time, held his breath and looked focused and serious.

At the same time, the magic power in the body was transmitted from the palm to the rune pen in the hand, and then through the tip of the pen, mixed with the magic ink, and fell evenly and steadily on the magic paper.

When he first started writing, Gao De was a little cautious, worried about failure.

But as soon as he put pen to paper, all the distracting thoughts in his mind disappeared in an instant, and only the rune diagram and the corresponding deconstruction remained in his mind.

Gaode has fully devoted himself to drawing the basic rune of "Magic Gathering (Level 0)".

There is a widely circulated saying among mages: "Magic is a private field open only to geniuses."

But in the field of runes, genius is just the entry ticket.

It requires not only extraordinary talent, but also excellent control, outstanding creativity, strong mental strength, excellent memory, sufficient concentration and patience.

And a little purity.

Gaode has always been very pure about "learning".

At the same time, in the room just separated by a door.

He Xi, a mentor whom Gao De had never met, put down the rune pen and magic paper in his hand.

On the magic paper, a rune diagram that looked like a heavenly book to outsiders, a rune diagram that was infinitely more complex than the "Magic Gathering (Level 0)" rune diagram, was displayed like a work of art.

The old man looked at the complicated rune diagram in front of him and fell into deep thought.

This rune diagram was not a regular magic circle attempt, but a test rune diagram he made for the purpose of deriving the "interference constant".

These include robust value tests accurate to four decimal places, regular energy increment levels, and a series of complex rune logarithms and interference logarithmic changes.

These things are not easy to deal with.

It requires an extremely large amount of calculations, an extremely solid foundation in runes, and an extremely large number of experiments.

Even Hosé O'Kenley, who was deeply immersed in the field of runes and had single-handedly come up with the six, or more accurately, 5.5 basic rules of runes, had a headache at first.

When he thought about the massive amount of experiments that needed to be conducted, he even felt like he had no idea where to start.

I even doubted whether I could complete these experiments and derive the "interference constant" in the last years of my life.

But he understood that this "interference constant" affected whether the six basic rules of runes were valid or not, and concealed the most essential secret of rune arrangement.

So, after calming himself down, He Xi picked up the ordinary paper and pen beside him and started recording the data.

The road has just begun.

Whether or not you can make it to the end is another matter.

Just keep moving forward.

He has always been very pure about the matter of "runes".

……

One is an old man, an expert who has been immersed in the field of runes for hundreds of years.

One is a teenager, a layman who has only been exposed to the field of runes for a day.

Two people who are vastly different in age, status or knowledge are now "in the same room" and working for the same thing.

The distance is just a door away.

(End of this chapter)