Chapter 129

The climate of the Saint Xi En Principality is very hot.

Even though it was already the Dark Night Moon, and more than a month had passed since the hottest Sunlight Moon, the air still radiated a wild and intense heat.

Gao De walked slowly on the roads of Sairui Academy, looking at the buildings of various styles on both sides.

It seemed that every brick and stone shimmered with the glorious light of this long-standing academy, releasing an aura of power.

No one could have imagined, including Gao De himself, absolutely could not have imagined, that a small apprentice who was worried about his life in Luo Nan City half a year ago would come to Saint Xi En City, the core of the Saint Xi En Principality, half a year later.

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

Life is truly wonderful.

Gao De followed the academy's main road to the teaching area.

The small building where the Rune Department is located had already entered his view.

It was a thick, indifferent black building with two signs, one saying "Rune Department" and the other saying "Jia Wen Building."

Gao De had already figured out the naming pattern of the buildings in the academy.

Jia Wen Building, in all likelihood, indicates that this building was built under the direction of Dean Jia Wen during his tenure.

Looking at it this way, this is still a relatively new building.

Gao De swiped his identity badge, easily passed through the magic array set up by the Jia Wen Building, and entered the building.

It was very quiet inside the building.

He could even clearly hear the monotonous sound of his shoe soles making contact with the floor.

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

Whether it is the number of mentors or the number of students, it is the same.

The reason is also simple and crude.

Runology is too difficult; too many people can't even get started!

But the Rune Department, with the fewest people, happens to be able to be assigned such a brand-new and independent building.

You must know that even in the entire academy, there are very few departments that can independently own a building.

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

The fact is also so; rune masters have always been regarded as the head of the three major magic craftsmen.

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

"Hello, I would like to ask where Mentor He Xi's office is?" He stepped forward and asked.

"You have business with Director He Xi?" That student looked quite old and should be an old student who had been enrolled for many years. Seeing Gao De's face was unfamiliar, he subconsciously asked with caution.

Gao De nodded and said truthfully: "I am a new student, and the mentor assigned to me is Director He Xi. I came here today to report to him."

"You were assigned to Director He Xi's tutelage? How is that possible? Director He Xi has never accepted students..."

The old student had an expression of surprise, then seemed to think of something: "You are that new student who enrolled with Dean Jia Wen's recommendation letter!"

"It is me." Gao De was not embarrassed by this and admitted it generously.

"No wonder... According to academy regulations, students who enroll with the highest treatment, no matter which mentor they are assigned to, that mentor cannot refuse." The old student showed a look of realization.

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

"Thank you." Gao De thanked him, and then he and the old student left each other.

It's just that he didn't notice that after he left, the old student looked back at his back.

A trace of sympathy flashed in his eyes.

Gao De climbed to the third floor and came to the rune workshop that occupied almost most of the space on the third floor.

The door of the rune workshop was wide open, and no obstacles were set up.

Gao De hesitated for a moment, then stepped into it.

A large workshop, just like a laboratory in science fiction films, appeared in Gao De's eyes.

The light in the workshop was very bright and soft, obviously designed for fine operations.

The walls were covered with various rune charts and corresponding analytical diagrams.

And in the center of the workshop was a spacious and bright workbench, made of special materials, carved with many complex magic runes.

On the workbench were scattered draft papers and various tools, including engraving knives made of refined gold, wedge-shaped scrapers, and pens made of various precious magic materials. Adjacent to the workbench was an area specifically used for engraving runes, surrounded by a protective barrier to prevent accidents.

In addition, there were three towering bookshelves, 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 Gao De cannot see.

Including a powerful energy supply system, advanced elemental control magic arrays, various invisible warning runes and monitoring magic arrays, which can monitor various abnormal situations at any time and trigger alarms in time and start corresponding defense measures. Inside the workshop, there was a small room, but the door was tightly closed at this time.

Gao De scanned the room, but did not find anyone. Either Director He Xi was not in the workshop at this time, or he was in the small room inside the rune workshop.

Gao De thought for a while, knocked on the open door, and after making a noticeable sound in the quiet rune workshop, he said loudly to the empty workshop: "New student Gao De, here to report to Mentor He Xi Aoliken."

His voice echoed in the workshop for a while.

The next moment, in the small room with the door tightly closed in the workshop, a voice sounded that was old but calm, composed, and contained no emotion.

"Have you ever been exposed to Runology before?"

"Never." Gao De said truthfully.

"Read the materials on the table first, and you can leave after reading them." This voice issued instructions directly to Gao De, without any pleasantries or greetings.

He didn't even come out to meet Gao De.

It seemed a bit too indifferent, but Gao De did not feel uncomfortable because of this.

In fact, he didn't like so-called polite pleasantries either.

And for this straightforward way of setting tasks, Gao De was not only not disgusted, but even liked it a bit.

Gao De nodded, and then realized that through a door, how could the other person see his nodding? He chuckled, didn't add anything, and walked silently to the central workbench.

Just seeing the messy materials and draft papers scattered randomly, Gao De was still stunned for a moment.

So, which materials did He Xi Aoliken want him to read? Gao De's eyes swept quickly over those papers and materials.

First, exclude those rune charts and analyses that looked extremely complex at first glance.

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

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

Then exclude those profound principle analyses, for the same reason as above.

It must be something I can understand at a glance, something simple. Gao De did not choose to ask He Xi Aoliken what materials he should read.

Because he felt that asking this question was too stupid.

He made his selection based on his own experience.

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

This should be a handwritten notebook, and the text on it was all handwritten.

The pages were very old, even yellowed, with wrinkled edges, obviously having some years.

And the reason why it was noticed by Gao De was also very simple: he could understand what was written in this notebook.

"Runes look complex, but they actually have rules to follow. As long as you set the most fundamental rules at the beginning, everything can slowly evolve and be calculated by itself."

Hey, this should be the basic theory and concept of Runology. Seeing this general outline sentence, Gao De had already determined the identity of this handwritten notebook.

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

The materials He Xi Aoliken wanted him to read must be this one.

Gao De continued to read down.

"Six Basic Rules of Runes:"

"Rule 1: Under any circumstances, it must be ensured that the actual robustness value generated by all runes in the magic array is less than the maximum robustness value that the magic array can theoretically carry; otherwise, the magic array will inevitably fail."

"Rule 2: Multiple basic runes are connected to form a composite rune, and multiple composite runes are connected to form a magic array."

"Each basic rune in a composite rune must be paired, and the energy ratio of each basic secondary rune to the basic high-level rune is 1 to 4.64;"

"But if two identical secondary basic runes are connected, then in this combination, the energy generated by this pair of secondary basic runes is equal to the high-level rune, which is 4.64, not 2."

"Define the zero-level rune energy as 1, and the sum of the energy of all composite runes in a magic array is the total energy of the magic array."

"Rule 3: For any basic rune, the number of connected basic runes of the same level must not exceed eight, the number of connected identical basic runes must not exceed two, and the arrangement direction of these two basic runes must be opposite; otherwise, the composite rune cannot take effect."

"Rule 4: Runes must be engraved on magic-conducting materials. Magic-conducting materials have a magic resistance rate, and the magic resistance rate can measure the quality of a magic-conducting material's magic-conducting performance."

"The magic resistance rate reflects the ability of the magic-conducting material to block magic power and is an attribute of the material itself."

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

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

"Rule 5: In a magic array, 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 the rune pair changes, it can be used as a new rune pair);"

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

"Rule 6: The theoretical robustness value of the magic array 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), and the actual robustness value is equal to the total energy of the magic array multiplied by the interference pair."

(End of chapter)