[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage":3,"chapter-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-496":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Re: Tales of the Rune-Tech Sage",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},148159,246,"Chapter 495: Redirection","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-496",496,"\u003Cp>CH495 Redirection\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s the chance we’re wrong, Master?\" Udara asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unlikely.\" Alex shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The elves,\" he said. \"Even after helping the Lightbringer party... even though their town’s higher-ups wanted to get in Eleanore’s good graces... all they could provide was rudimentary knowledge on the subject.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His lips curled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for their excuse...\" Alex sneered. \"Even if it really was that simple, considering how much fervour they showed towards Eleanore, they could’ve had their Lightbringer parties elsewhere acquire the knowledge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scoffed softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fact that they didn’t proves it isn’t something easily acquired. Not only that, it’s not something even a big town’s power would be willing to spend resources to obtain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s eyes sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And if even a governmental entity doesn’t want to pay the price, you can imagine how steep that price is... especially when, in their view, it would’ve earned the settlement a High Elf’s favour.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Udara’s brows furrowed even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Alex with growing concern, while he stared out the window, his expression distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you going to do now, Master?\" she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can no longer just sit around and wait until I gather the knowledge I need,\" Alex replied solemnly. \"I need to return to my roots.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice lowered, steady and resolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll have to try to slowly acquire what I need using the limited information I already have.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhaled. Then he looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t be able to crack everything—that would be impossible. But it’ll still be better than waiting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, Master,\" Udara assured quickly. \"We’ll surely be able to acquire the knowledge you need.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have no doubt,\" Alex said. \"But until that happens, at least this way, I’ll be able to use Rune-Tech again... even if only to a limited extent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His focus shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It retreated, narrowing into the reflection on the window’s glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex stared into his own eyes, a hard determination settling into his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That’s it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’At my core, I’m a systems engineer.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ve designed multiple complicated systems. I’ve cracked plenty of others too. Why should this be any different?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’m not like the others. My speciality doesn’t lie in something like talent. It lies in my identity and experience as an Engineer.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’And as an engineer... I shouldn’t be sitting around waiting for someone to spoon-feed me.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes gleamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’ll feed myself.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Alex smiled brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as though the fog before his eyes had finally cleared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you,\" he said, making Udara blink in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I didn’t do anything.\" Udara tilted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex only smiled wider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped closer and braced his hands on the armrests of her chair, leaning in until their faces were close enough that he could feel her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You listened,\" he murmured. \"That’s more than enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he kissed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When their lips finally parted, he rested his forehead against hers, his eyes never leaving hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Udara... really. Thank you,\" he said again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A grin bloomed across Udara’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Alex coaxed her back to sleep, he returned to the sofa in the living room and pulled up the projector screen on his Beta Bracer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Now... let’s see if this will work,’ he muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Duplicate, then reset the Simulation Function’s formation,\" Alex prompted OmniRune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The simulation program on the bracer’s screen shut down. In its place, a special runic code appeared—one that quickly assembled into a circular runic array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The code duplicated itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen zoomed in, focusing on one of the formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Alex’s solemn gaze, segments of runes were systematically stripped from the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were specific codes—primitives that tied the program to Pangea’s laws... memory anchors... and special alterations made to the formation over time by both Alex and OmniRune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In essence, OmniRune returned the Simulation Function back to its base form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it activated the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex held his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Here goes nothing...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was banking on the formation still working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it looked newly created, it was essentially a virtual rework of something that had already existed—and already functioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a stretch... but he was hoping Verdantis would recognise it as the same program, and allow it to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana drained from his body through his arms as OmniRune attempted to activate the reworked formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar interface appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s heart jolted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’No... not yet.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I can’t celebrate yet. I still need to confirm.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excitement surged through him, but he forced it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cast a fireball spell,\" Alex prompted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as OmniRune had done hundreds—if not thousands—of times before, it conjured the required runes and attempted to assemble them into the spell formation for [Fireball].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shatter—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, before it could succeed, the spell formation shattered into fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s heartbeat spiked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do it again,\" he ordered, forcing himself to stay calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>OmniRune obeyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shatter—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same thing happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Again,\" Alex ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shatter—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the third time, it shattered just the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ye—!\" Alex almost screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He caught himself at the last moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’YES!!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot to his feet, pumping his fist and roaring soundlessly in celebration, refusing to wake his wives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He jumped and silently raged like a lunatic until the adrenaline finally burned out, and he dropped back onto the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, his head tipped back on the chair rest as he stared at the ceiling, laughing quietly under his breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I did it!’ Alex celebrated. ’I can’t believe it was so simple... I can’t believe I didn’t think of it until now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex had succeeded in something deceptively small, yet monumentally important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had successfully attuned the simulation function specifically to the laws of the Verdantis Plane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, he had managed to simulate—no, emulate—the plane itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant any digital test he ran inside the simulation would now behave exactly as it would in Verdantis’ physical world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, his excitement cooled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That’s the easy part,’ he reminded himself. ’Now comes the grind.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex opened the cross-referencing library OmniRune had compiled—built from comparing runes against sigils using its records of the same spells cast on both Pangea and Verdantis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A kind of dictionary... mapping runes to their suspected sigil counterparts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he had OmniRune upload the basic sigil knowledge Eleanore had acquired from the elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, some of OmniRune’s suspected pairs were wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But most were right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the incorrect pairs weren’t due to a flaw in OmniRune’s logic—it was simply working with limited information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Alex had a stronger reference base, the real work could finally begin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the new sigil knowledge, OmniRune was able to narrow down the suspected rune pairs for sigils that had previously been completely unknown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it was just a matter of identifying which pairing was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there was only one way to do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long, exhausting grind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Testing the effects of different sigils and runes—over and over—in spells until they matched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>",1163,"2026-05-29T03:49:10.137Z","2026-06-01T04:29:07.188Z",1,"novelbin.me","5de083190c475fb0a29c12a75775a46913cacf374ad1d4bb2b65f615c8be9521","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-497","re-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-chapter-495",692,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fre-tales-of-the-rune-tech-sage-cover.jpg"]