Starting from Ainz Ooal Gown, simultaneously traveling through time

Lei Lin was unaware that a certain bold female student was thinking to herself that he was "not quite human."

He was currently focusing his attention on twelve other individuals who possessed powerful innate abilities.

Inside the spacious room, twelve people stood respectfully.

They had just taken the Bloodline Evolution Potion bestowed upon them by Leylin.

"How are you feeling?" Leylin asked, his gaze sweeping over the crowd.

After a brief silence, various voices filled with surprise and admiration rang out:

"I feel better than ever before! My body is full of energy!"

"This potion is amazing! It feels like a warm current is washing over my entire body!"

"Your Highness! I...I think I've...I think I've touched that threshold! The threshold of the Heroic Realm!"

A burly warrior, whose aura was already quite fierce, spoke excitedly, his voice trembling slightly.

Leylin nodded in satisfaction.

The direct effect of the Bloodline Evolution Potion is to increase the race level by 1, but its deeper meaning lies in optimizing the life essence and raising the potential limit of an individual.

Often, what prevents people from reaching a higher level is that seemingly small but actually incredibly solid "last step".

Just like that warrior who had been stuck at level 28 for a long time, the potion not only brought a level up, but also helped him open the door to the realm of heroes (level 29 and above), achieving a qualitative leap.

"It's good that it's working. This is just the beginning. Keep up the good work and your potential for growth will be much greater than before," Lei Lin encouraged.

Everyone responded in unison, their eyes filled with gratitude as they looked at Leylin.

They knew better than anyone what a precious gift they had just drunk.

Leylin looked at one of the young men, a man with a composed demeanor and well-defined knuckles: "Kandel, how's your mastery of the forging techniques I taught you?"

Upon hearing this, the young man named Kandel showed a hint of shame and distress on his face.

He stepped forward and respectfully replied, "Your Highness, the knowledge you imparted... is truly too profound and mysterious."

"Your subordinate is dull-witted and has only barely grasped the most basic part so far: the principles of simple alchemy and the methods of inscribing some basic alchemical runes."

"The more profound content is like reading a book written in heaven; it is completely incomprehensible."

"What exactly have you mastered?" Lei Lin pressed.

"It mainly concerns the preliminary processing of alchemical metals and the drawing of alchemical array patterns with several stable structures."

Kandal honestly replied, "But Your Highness, the method of forging Valyrian steel swords that you mentioned... I am truly unable to do it."

"Oh? I remember that the core forging process of Valyrian steel is more straightforward than that of high-level alchemical runes. What's the difficulty?" Leylin asked, somewhat surprised.

Kandal smiled wryly, "Your Highness, have you forgotten... that forging Valyrian steel requires Dragonfire as the key smelting and enchanting fire?"

"What's the use of memorizing those difficult ancient Valyrian spells? Without dragons, it's all just empty talk."

Leylin paused for a moment, then realized what he had done and chuckled as he patted his forehead. "Ah, indeed... it was my oversight."

When he forged it himself, he could easily create [Monarch Flame] that was comparable to or even surpassed Dragon Flame, so he had long since overlooked the core energy issue.

But for ordinary people, finding and riding a fire-breathing dragon is simply a pipe dream.

"Then, what about the arts of elven rune inscription and weapon blessing?"

Leylin recalled another instruction: "I remember your innate ability, Precision Control, should greatly help you learn these kinds of techniques that require extremely precise operation."

At this point, Kandal's expression turned even more bitter: "I've memorized all the runes, and I've practiced the blessing process countless times, but... I can't use it."

"You've learned it, but you can't use it?" Leylin frowned slightly.

"Yes, Your Highness," Kandal explained in detail.

"When I try to inscribe elven runes on the sword blank, the runes either fade away automatically or disappear the moment they are completed, or the lines inexplicably distort and turn into strange patterns that I don't recognize at all."

"Even if it succeeds occasionally, the accompanying magical effect is negligible, or it simply turns into an unpredictable and strange effect. For example, a rune that was supposed to impart [sharpness] might end up causing the sword to occasionally make strange noises..."

"As for the weapon blessing ritual, I would feel my energy rapidly depleting and become dizzy halfway through each one, making it impossible to continue the ritual."

He concluded, "I feel... it's not a matter of skill or proficiency."

"It's more like some invisible force or qualification is restricting me, preventing me from truly mastering these profound and unique skills."

"Qualification restrictions, huh..." Leylin mused. He recalled how Leylin's power was suppressed by the world of Lord of the Rings.

It seems that skills from different world systems may face similar compatibility issues when applied in this world.

Of course, it's also possible that the level is simply not high enough to use advanced technologies.

"I understand. In that case, put aside the elven runes and weapon blessing techniques for now, and focus on your advanced studies in alchemy. It should be a more versatile skill," Leylin decided.

"Yes, Your Highness." Kandal breathed a sigh of relief; it was good to be able to focus on one thing.

"However," Leylin changed the subject.

"The research into Valyrian steel forging technology should not stop. Regarding the issue of dragonfire—"

He smiled as he saw Kandal's suddenly tense expression: "I'll handle it."

"Your Highness! This is too dangerous!" Kandel exclaimed urgently. "It's not worth risking offending those powerful and ferocious dragons just to restore an ancient technique! What if..."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Lei Lin waved his hand, interrupting his worries.

"Just keep studying the technical details and perfect your theory and preparation. Just let me know when you need a fire source."

Seeing Leylin's calm and confident expression, Kandel nodded with some doubt.

Although it seems extremely absurd to ask a prince to work with dragon fire for his research, perhaps... if it's Prince Leylin, who always manages to create miracles, he really might have some special method?

Of course, in his heart, His Highness's safety was far more important than forging a legendary weapon.

After making arrangements for Kandel, Leylin turned his gaze to another member—a young female mage with a calm demeanor and intelligent eyes.

"Luna, have you made any progress on those special magic data I gave you?"

A female mage named Luna stepped forward and gracefully performed a mage's salute: "Your Highness, there has been some progress, but it is very limited."

"Tell me about it," Leylin said, intrigued.

"Regarding blood magic, I have a preliminary understanding of its core principles of energy channeling and life sacrifice, and have successfully conducted a very small-scale theoretical verification."

Luna reported clearly and logically: "However, I have absolutely no understanding of another system of spells called Word Magic, let alone the ability to cast it."

"Those syllable combinations and rhythms are simply... not designed for human vocal organs."

"That's not surprising," Leylin said with a smile.

"Word magic is essentially a technique of using dragon language to drive the rules of the world; it was never intended for human use as a magical system."

"It's already quite remarkable that you can understand blood magic. It's normal that you can't learn word magic. There's no need to waste too much energy on this."

"I see. No wonder my throat and tongue always felt stiff and my magic flow was so sluggish when I tried to chant." Luna suddenly realized, and at the same time, she felt relieved.

"Furthermore, Your Highness," Luna continued, sharing her findings and thoughts.

"I have noticed that the blood magic you teach operates on a fundamentally different principle from the rank-based magic system we commonly use today."

"Ranked magic relies on fixed magic arrays and mental energy to construct models to drive the elements."

"Blood magic is more like a primitive ritual that directly communicates with the source power through life force and will. It has no fixed spell model and consumes an exceptionally large amount of energy."

"Very careful observation, indeed," Raylin praised.

Blood magic originates from the Game of Thrones world; it is an older art that relies more heavily on talent and bloodline.

Luna's eyes lit up slightly upon receiving the affirmation, and she continued, "Your Highness, I was thinking... since blood magic is so laborious and unreliable to cast, could I try to borrow the construction principles of rank-based magic and make some improvements to it?"

"For example, could we extract its core principles, attempt to construct a stable magic array and mental energy model for it, and transform it into one or a series of rank-based spells that can be stably learned and cast?"

"While the power may be somewhat reduced, its versatility and safety could be greatly improved."

Upon hearing this, a clear look of appreciation flashed in Lei Lin's eyes, which was exactly what he had hoped to see.

It's not about mechanically learning, but about understanding, digesting, and trying to innovate in a localized way.

"Excellent idea!" Leylin encouraged.

"If you can successfully [rank it as magic], it will be an extremely valuable contribution. I fully support your attempt. If you need any theoretical support or experimental materials, please feel free to ask."

"Thank you for your trust, Your Highness! I will do my best to investigate!" Luna seemed a little excited.

Seeing Luna's energetic demeanor, Leylin felt quite gratified.

Leylin thought to himself, "If I can successfully integrate more incompatible techniques from other worlds into this world through research and improvement, it will be a huge boost to my research and the development of human civilization."