Chapter 396: Runology
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Outside the Runic Tower, several Spell Casters saw the light on the seventh floor, which showed that Merlin had entered the seventh floor again and was starting to attempt to conquer the seventh floor of the Runic Tower.
“As expected of Wizard Merlin. He can even enter the seventh floor of the Runic Tower at will. I thought that Wizard Merlin entered by fluke the previous time. Who would have thought that he would be able to enter the seventh floor again? Looks like Merlin’s strength enabled him to easily enter the seventh floor!”
“Wizard Merlin didn’t manage to conquer the seventh floor previously. I wonder what the result is this time?”
The Spell Casters outside the Runic Tower came to try their luck in conquering the Runic Tower. However, now that Merlin had entered the seventh floor, they simply watched the outcome from the outside.
“Rumble.”
Suddenly, the entire Runic Tower began to shake. Many Spell Casters were shocked and did not know what was happening. However, it stopped just as suddenly as it had started. Before some Spell Casters were even able to react, the shaking had stopped.
“What’s going on?”
“What just happened? What happened to the Runic Tower?”
The shaking of the Runic Tower had just stopped, and several Spell Casters had not returned to their senses yet. However, they were astonished to find that the gate to the first floor of the Runic Tower was completely sealed.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh.”
At the same time, several Spell Casters who were attempting the Runic Tower were transported out one by one. Even they did not know what was going on, and they all expressed confusion on their faces.
Some Spell Casters even tried to enter the Runic Tower again but as they approached it, they were blocked by a thin layer of light. There was no way to enter.
Even if they wanted to break this layer of light, they would not be able to do so even with several Seventh-level Spell Casters.
“Oh, the Runic Tower must be sealed!”
“The Runic Tower is sealed? It’ll only seal after someone conquers the seventh floor. Are you saying that someone conquered the seventh floor and obtained the treasure that the Great Wizard Fidel left behind?”
“Wizard Merlin must’ve conquered the seventh floor!”
It was only speculation at first, but as more and more Spell Casters recalled the information about the Runic Tower, they came to the realization that the treasure of the seventh floor of the Runic Tower had been taken away by someone.
Besides Wizard Merlin, no one in the Dark Magic Region could conquer the seventh floor of the Runic Tower.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh.”
Many Wizards were guessing and speculating outside the Runic Tower when a white light suddenly appeared outside Wizard Leo’s Tower. A figure staggered out from the white light.
“It really can transport me here!”
The figure that walked out of the white light was Merlin, who had just left the Runic Tower. He used the Runic Heartprint to arrange a Runic Magic Circle which directly transported him outside Wizard Leo’s Tower.
This had also helped him avoid several unnecessary troubles.
Merlin looked at the direction of the Runic Tower. He knew that after conquering the seventh floor and obtaining the Runic Heartprint, the entire Runic Tower would be sealed. This was a major event, and he was worried that the entire Dark Magic Region would be strongly affected.
Thus, he directly used the Runic Heartprint and arranged a Runic Magic Circle to return to Wizard Leo’s Tower.
Merlin hurried back to the Wizard Tower. Although Wizard Leo had died, his Wizard Tower was still around. According to the rules of the Dark Magic Region, once it was determined that a Spell Caster above the Fourth-level was dead, his Wizard Tower would be removed.
However, the Dark Magic Region was still under investigation, so the Wizard Tower could still exist for a year. If Merlin still had not become a Fourth-level Spell Caster after a year, then the Dark Magic Region would arrange other tutors for him.
With Merlin’s current potential, if other tutors were to be arranged to him, most of them would be Spell Casters above the Seventh-level from the Dark Magic Region.
Merlin did not think about those matters. He went directly to the room and began to check some content regarding runes in the Runic Heartprint.
Runology, alchemy, and potions were all said to have the same status as spells construction, especially runology, which was vast and profound. A Spell Caster proficient in runology could even challenge many powerful Spell Casters, which was incredibly unfathomable.
Merlin was not clear before but looking at the introduction of the Runic Heartprint now, he slowly began to gain an understanding of runology.
The core and the most fundamental source of power in runology was Mind Power! Mind Power was illusory. A general Spell Caster would use Mind Power to imitate Spell Model and stabilize Spell Models, but besides that, it did not seem to have any other function.
However, if one wanted to research runology and arrange Runic Magic Circles, Mind Power was essential.
Runes were, in fact, more like mysterious imprints. These imprints were activated by Mind Power in a special way, and then combined and arranged to form mysterious Runic Magic Circles.
This was a rather complicated process. Mind Power was illusory, and only the Spell Caster himself would be able to control it. Even Merlin’s Matrix was unable to control the illusory Mind Power.
Since the Matrix could not control Mind Power, Merlin naturally could not rely on the Matrix to learn and research runology. However, after conquering the seventh floor of the Runic Tower and obtaining the Great Wizard Fidel’s Runic Heartprint, Merlin could be considered to have a systematic understanding of runology.
Runology relied on Mind Power to activate runes. Originally, these runes were also illusory and could not interfere with matter. However, when countless runes were arranged in a specific way, changes could be formed.
Different Runic Magic Circles could use the power of different Elements such as Runic Thunder and Runic Wind which used Runic Magic Circles to grasp the power of the Elements. Thus, their power was not inferior to Spells or even Pandora Demon Abilities.
This was runology! If Wizards used Spell Models to absorb Elements and transform that into Magic Power, then releasing Spells was all about using the power in their own Spell Models.
The stronger the Spell Model, the stronger the Magic Power! However, runology was completely different. It used Runic Magic Circles to control the power of Elements. The more refined the Runic Magic Circle, the more perfect and stronger the arrangement, the more powerful it would be. There was no need to be a powerful Spell Caster.
In the Spell Casters’ most glorious era, the strongest First-level and Second-level Spell Casters who were proficient in runology would even be able to kill Seventh-level Spell Casters by using Runic Magic Circles!
Of course, such Wizards were rare. If the Runic Magic Circle was too complicated, it would require a terrifying amount of Mind Power. Furthermore, runes were much more complicated than Spells.
“It really is hard to research runology. Thankfully, I have the Runic Heartprint now, so I don’t have to spend my energy learning runes.”
Merlin had some knowledge of runology, and even more understanding of the Runic Heartprint.
This was the result of the Great Wizard Fidel life’s painstaking effort. It contained numerous Runic Magic Circles which could be activated at any time using the Runic Heartprint.
To Merlin, this was an extremely powerful casting tool. With the Runic Heartprint, Merlin no longer had to be afraid of being attacked of trapped by others who used Runic Magic Circles.
Merlin looked at the Runic Heartprint repeatedly and was relieved when he confirmed that he could indeed freely control the Runic Heartprint.
However, even with the Runic Heartprint, it was not enough. Merlin did not have any advantage in the chaos that would follow. Furthermore, Darkness Eye still consumed the power of the Flame Maxim unceasingly.
Therefore, the most important thing now was to construct Fourth-level spells as soon as possible!
To construct a Fourth-level spell, he must first increase his Mind Power. Only when his Mind Power was strong enough would he be able to construct Fourth-level spells. Merlin’s ring contained thousands of portions of Mokra Potions, but he lacked the time to brew them.
Now was the perfect opportunity to brew potions. Thinking about this, Merlin took out the Mokra Potion materials from the ring and began to brew the potions in the peaceful Wizard Tower.
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“Whoosh.”
In the silent forest, the falling maple leaves painted the entire forest red.
A black-robed figure slowly appeared from the maple forest. He looked around and walked to a thick maple tree and clapped it skillfully.
“Bang.”
The maple tree shook violently. At the same time, the thick layer of maple leaves on the ground was blown away by the strong wind, revealing a mysterious Runic Magic Circle. No one knew how long it had remained unused.
“I’ve finally found it! The Dark Magic Region really is hard to find. Fortunately, three Seventh-level Spell Casters from the Dark Magic Region died at Blacksand Fort this time and I’ve obtained their Dark Magic rings. Otherwise, even if I found the Runic Magic Circle, I still wouldn’t be able to enter Dark Magic Region.”
This mysterious black-robed figure then took out a Dark Magic ring and used Mind Power to activate the Runic Magic Circle. The Dark Magic ring in his hands and the mysterious runes that flew out one by one corresponded to the Runic Magic Circle on the ground.
“Swoosh.”
A white light quickly enveloped the black-robed Wizard, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.