Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 27 Composite Runes

Although Mark agreed to mentor Saul, he wouldn't waste his precious morning on this first-level novice. The learning tasks for second-level apprentices were also heavy, especially since they would be tested in a month.

Rather than saying Mark taught Saul, it would be more accurate to say that Saul first studied on his own, and only asked Mark for help when he encountered difficulties or couldn't figure things out.

Unfortunately, even with Mark's explanation, Thor only had a vague understanding of many parts and couldn't grasp the logical connections at all.

Before leaving at noon, Saul made another request to Mark.

"You want to borrow that puppet doll that tests mental strength?" Mark didn't hesitate, went straight to the cabinet in the laboratory, opened the cabinet door, and randomly picked out a puppet doll.

The moment Mark opened the cabinet door, Saul couldn't help but take two steps back.

Seeing Saul's wary look, Mark found it amusing again. "Scared? You still want to borrow it?"

"I'm afraid, so I need to borrow it." Thor carefully avoided making eye contact with the puppet.

Saul reached out to take it, and Mark casually placed the puppet in his palm.

"Friendship price: 5 Magic Crystals for 10 days."

"Then I'll borrow it for two days."

Mark's face darkened. "Not for two days!"

Thor simply said, "I only have 3 magic crystals left."

The magic crystals he has now were also obtained by exchanging academic credits with Keli.

It's better to benefit a friend than an enemy.

In the end, Mark still took away Thor's three magic crystals and warned Thor that research was fine, but if he damaged them, he would have to pay 2 credits in compensation.

Thor carefully wrapped the puppet doll in layers of cloth and placed it into the pocket of his apprentice's robe.

"Take me away, take me away..."

Thor paused, "Did you hear me, senior?"

"Hmm?" Mark had already sat back down at the table and buried himself in his studies.

"No, it's nothing..."

Thor clutched the pocket of his robe with one hand, as if afraid something might escape from it.

He picked up the book, turned around, and left the laboratory.

On the way back to West Tower, someone stopped Thor.

Thor recognized her; he knew she was a rookie from the same cohort as him, but he couldn't remember her name.

"Sol," the little girl said shyly, "I have something to tell you."

She clutched her clothes, her index finger constantly twirling the tassel on them.

"Can you finish in five sentences?" The girl appeared suddenly, and Thor almost rushed at her.

The other person was taken aback, and looked somewhat aggrieved.

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry."

"But I..." The girl's eyes suddenly reddened.

Thor simply walked around the other person, muttering loudly, "It's over, it's too late, it's too late."

The girl stood there, stunned, and didn't chase after him.

It doesn't seem to be anything serious.

But Thor still couldn't get out of the passage.

At the end of the passage, another person jumped out.

"Hey, Thor!"

Thor recognized this person; it was Dozer.

That rookie who used to chase after Claire and later hung out with Duke.

This time, Rocky, who lacked any independent thought, wasn't following behind him.

Since discovering that Thor's magical talent was very low, Doze has not taken the initiative to contact him for a long time.

"Sorry, I'm really in a hurry." Thor turned around, trying to get past Dozer again.

But Doze raised his hand and blocked the passage.

"I'll finish in five sentences."

Thor had no choice but to stop.

"Senior student Luo Kai has led a group of freshmen to form a mutual aid society. There, everyone can learn from and discuss things together. The society's second meeting is at 2 PM today. Would you like to come?"

"Do you want money?"

"Uh, we do accept regular students..."

"I'm out of money." Thor said, nodded politely, then pushed Doze's hand away and walked out.

Doze quickly turned around and shouted to Thor, "Keli has agreed to participate today."

Thor stopped and looked back at Doze's smug expression, then said sincerely, "I really have no money left."

He left in a hurry, and thankfully no one stopped him anymore.

After a quick lunch, Thor went to the morgue on the second floor of the East Tower.

This place has become his study room; the dormitory is only used for evening study and rest.

The outermost morgue had been reorganized by Thor. In addition to the teleportation platform and two long tables, a cabinet had been added, containing some essential experimental supplies that Thor had exchanged.

These instruments and materials used up all the credits Saul had left.

If it weren't for the Wizard Tower providing food and lodging, Thor would be starving.

Besides the things Thor bought, there were also some mutated materials he had taken from the corpses in the cabinet.

An unexpected discovery led Saul to realize that if the materials he took down were not placed in the empty box on the long table, they would not be taken away the next day, but would remain in their original place.

After studying "Grimm's Guide to Sorcery" and "The Corpse Transmutation Guide," Thor already knew how to use some basic materials.

Therefore, whenever he works, if he can obtain more than two pieces of material, he will keep one.

As for whether it will be considered theft?

Thor didn't think so.

The book on corpses that Professor Katz gave him wasn't just for examining the residual characteristics on the bodies.

The latter half of that book was all about how to preserve materials, some simple applications, and a little bit of discussion about the soul.

Since the supervisor asked me to study this book, he must also have the idea of ​​having me learn the knowledge that follows.

However, even the containers that Saul specifically bought for storing perishable materials could not prevent the body from naturally decomposing.

Fortunately, the book "The Corpse" also mentions a level 0 sorcery—organ preservation.

To learn this sorcery, Thor must first master the complex dark-attribute compound rune.

This is also why he has been studying day and night these past few days.

However, the difficulty of this dark attribute composite rune exceeded Thor's expectations. Even with his high mental talent, he still couldn't quickly grasp its principles.

That's why he spent magic crystals to ask Senior Mark for help. Unfortunately, although Senior Mark gave him some ideas on how to solve the problem, he still couldn't find the correct answer.

Thor carefully traced the basic shape of the composite rune onto a piece of white paper using a blotting pen.

"Based on the coordinate axes, it's basically certain that the shape I drew is consistent with the original rune. But why can't I activate this rune when I try to draw it with my mental power?"

This is already one of the simplest compound runes.

He looked like a new pattern formed by two basic runes overlapping each other.

Only one of the runes has been reduced in size.

"Senior Mark said that composite runes aren't just about overlapping two basic runes, but also about their proportional relationship. But even though I've allocated the magic power proportionally, something still seems off?"

"Senior Mark also said to pay attention to the angle. What is the angle of observation?"

Saul held the white paper up to his eyes, level with them.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him.

"Could it be the perspective angle?"

Saul immediately put down the paper, picked up a ruler, found the center point, and drew a perspective view. By calculating the proportions, he tried to explore the distance between the two views.

"wrong!"

After working on it for a long time, he still couldn't activate the rune.

"I've calculated it more than a dozen times and I'm sure I haven't made a mistake, so it's not a perspective view."

Somewhat annoyed, Thor crumpled up the complex rune he had drawn and threw it into the trash can.

He stared blankly at the waste paper in the trash can.

"Where exactly did I misunderstand something?"

The runes in the trash can were crumpled and wrinkled, with some dented, some raised, some upright, and some flat.

It was as if countless tiny runes were dancing and leaping before Thor's eyes.

"Wait a minute!" Thor's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his forehead. "I already thought that the two runes might not overlap, but rather exist in space. Why didn't I consider that the planes on which the two runes are located might not be parallel?"

Thor took out a new blank sheet of paper and first drew a three-dimensional coordinate axis on it.

(End of this chapter)