8. Runes
Ophelia is also very interested. Although she is talented and has high efficiency in guiding her blood and energy to practice with her mental power, it is the first time she has come into contact with the method of purely acting on mental power, which is a method of solidifying the runes of the mental power.
Mage Black once again outlined the runes of the mental power solidification, and then said: "Runes are the language of magic and are one of the basis for mages to launch spells. It does not have a fixed writing mode. What kind of runes will be formed by mages when they understand the knowledge they have mastered."
Mage Black said that he paused here, probably because he was in a good mood. He continued: "Learn the rune combination created by other mages, and you can use his spells to inscribe the self-understood runes in your soul, and you will form your own spells."
Adam expressed his gratitude to Mage Black. In this way, every spell is like saying that every spell is a program. Mages are both developers and users of the program. The difference is that developers master the source code, but users do not.
At this time, Master Black asked her, "So Miss Ophelia, do you have any problems?"
Ophelia was so dazzling that she was immersed in the magic of mages and spells, which were far beyond the knights. Her mind was full of the idea of becoming a mage. When she heard the question from Mage Black, she blurted out: "How can she become a real mage?"
"The path of a mage is not a single, but it is essentially a process of transcending the level of the soul and life. Finding one's own path, learning enough to sublimate one's own knowledge and master them completely, and then engraving it in the soul, you can achieve the path of a mage." This question is vague, because this proposition is too grand. If you explain it carefully, it will take a long time to explain it. Of course, the most important thing is that the responsibility of the leader is not enough to offset the value of this answer.
"Besides, these two questions actually have something in common. If they are smart enough, they will be able to clarify a little bit of clue." Looking at Ophelia who was still ignorant and Adam who was thinking, Master Black thought to himself.
"You can go and rest. If you want to, you can come and see the qualification test tomorrow. Maybe your companions will be born. If you don't want to, you will follow you. But for most mages, the road to pursuing the truth should not be lonely, because a person's wisdom has limitations after all." After saying that, Mage Black left the main hall at the invitation of Earl Johnson.
Ophelia and Adam were speechless and went back to rest.
Adam stayed up all night, sat upright on the bed and carefully recalled what he saw tonight and every word that Master Black said, and finally focused his attention entirely on the simple mental solidification rune.
If this rune is compared to a simple program and Adam's mental power is compared to data, then it is obvious that this program is not enough to carry too much data. In other words, if Adam wants to continue to make progress, the first thing he needs to do is to optimize the program.
"Build a task and develop a rune structure with a larger capacity."
The spiral runes displayed by Mage Black are two twisted lines, which look a bit like hourglass, but in the final analysis it is just a two-dimensional planar structure. It has the concept of graphics but no volume. On the runes of this two-dimensional structure, the mental power turns into lines to outline the figure, and then solidifies this part of the mental power that turns into graphics and remains in the mind. Because the mental power is partially solidified, some space is made for the increase of mental power.
Adam analyzed silently and outlined the runes at a speed of one per minute. After one night, nearly five hundred runes were formed and kept in his mind. However, Adam found that this was useless. If Adam's total mental power was simply regarded as one hundred, then each rune could even accommodate less than 0.1. In other words, if Adam did not develop a more efficient rune structure, Adam would use it to fill the memory just by Master Black, and would not be able to solidify all mental power.
However, it is obvious that a night of time cannot create a more efficient structure, but Adam is not in a hurry. He is in a good mood now and is not afraid of encountering problems. When encountering problems, it means he is on the road, and he is afraid that he is not even qualified to go on the road.
The noise outside the city lord's mansion in the morning made Adam stop the monk's practice. He walked out of the room and went overnight to everyone in the city lord's mansion. Everyone knew that the young man had a different identity at this moment. The servant immediately stepped forward to guide him to the dining room and delivered sumptuous and exquisite dishes.
When Adam was halfway through eating, Ophelia walked in and sat beside him, "Did you practice the wizard last night?"
Adam nodded.
She seemed very excited, no longer had the coldness and alienation she had in the past: "I drew nearly a hundred runes and felt that my mental power had increased. Moreover, the monk's practice can actually reduce fatigue. I didn't sleep all night but was still full of energy."
Adam didn't say anything, but Ophelia was still in a state of interest and said mysteriously: "Do you know, after you left last night, I got another news from Master Black."
Adam still lowered his head and chewed. When Ophelia saw that he had no reaction, she said angrily: "Don't you want to know?"
Adam did not stop the knife and fork, swallowed the food in his mouth and said softly: "Now your heart is 60% faster, and your mind is in abnormal excitement."
Ophelia's expression froze. Is she saying she's crazy?
Adam continued, "As for the news you said, I will know if you want to say it. If you don't want to, it's useless for me to be curious."
Ophelia let out a breath of turbid air, and she knew that her mentality was a little excited, but she could not suppress this joy from the boring life, the cold north and the family days were near.
Adam, who was about to enter the path of a mage with her, became even more pleasing to her, which was also the reason why she put aside the arrogance of the nobles and talked to Adam.
In fact, Ophelia is just a sixteen-year-old girl, and being lively should be her nature.
Ophelia decided not to care about Adam's attitude. She now needs a person to share: "Do you know why the noble mage will personally preside over a small qualification test? Do you know why the location is chosen in the barren North?"
Adam was interested, which was also his question. Although the Black master looked very kind yesterday, the indifference to mortals revealed in his eyes could not be hidden from Adam. This was not arrogance and prejudice, but from indifference at the level of life.
Perhaps in the heart of Mage Black, he and mortals are not the same creature at all.
So the question is, why would a mage who is superior to the top put aside his identity and do such a thing?
Ophelia saw Adam finally raised her head and was very satisfied. She lowered her voice seriously: "A year ago, the Moldo Mage Academy started to be the same as the same genius and the same genius..." Ophelia suddenly stopped, racked her brains to think for a while, and then continued: "Uh, the war with the Monte Carlo Mage Academy. Originally, the two academies were evenly matched, but just two months ago, the Monte Carlo Mage Academy suddenly broke out, defeating the Moldo Mage Academy step by step. In the end, the Moldo Mage Academy was defeated and lost most of the mage apprentices. I heard that even the sphere of influence was occupied by a large number, so Master Black would personally select the apprentices."
Adam was slightly shocked and calmed down again. There were still wars between ordinary people. How could the mages who had mastered extraordinary power all love and help each other? "Is it just a war between apprentices?"
Ophelia said: "No, of course it's not just a war between apprentices, but even a few formal mages have fallen. But these are too far away from you and me, and what I want to say is good news..."
When he walked down from the second floor, Master Black took over the conversation and said, "Due to the death of a large number of elite mage apprentices, the formal mages of Moldo Master Academy will select disciples from the new batch of mage apprentices. This is your opportunity. Once selected, you will avoid many detours on the way to advance to formal mages."
Adam and Ophelia stood up and saluted respectfully. After wielding his hands, Master Black waved his hands and said to them, "It seems that you are willing to choose an apprentice with me? Then let's go together."
Ophelia mustered up the courage to recommend herself: "Dear Master Black, I..."
Master Black did not look back and said lightly: "It is very cautious to select disciples for formal mages. You must at least practice in the academy and have a preliminary grasp of your own path before you can gain favor. Moreover, the path of mages is different, and my path may not be suitable for you."
In the long life of the mage, I have seen many amazing geniuses in the apprenticeship stage. However, as he said yesterday, qualifications are never the basis for determining whether to advance. Wisdom and knowledge are. Cultivating disciples is an investment, and no one wants to invest resources into a business that cannot be profitable.
Ophelia lowered her head in disappointment. The importance of Master Black made her think that she could successfully become a disciple, but it was obvious that the master was not such a shallow person.
Adam didn't even mean to ask. Master Black was right. If the teacher could not guide the way, simply providing resources would not play a key role. Moreover, Adam now does not know what his mage path is.
It was still the main hall yesterday. Ophelia recovered her mood before entering the main hall, and her expression became noble and inviolable again. She could be friendly to Adam who is currently in the same class, but she was still high to others.
Outside the main hall, there were many boys and girls waiting nervously, and followed by their families who were also anxious and at a loss. This was probably an excellent opportunity for the poor to change their destiny and the rich to enter the higher class. Everyone made countless preparations in advance and vowed to do their best.
Chapter completed!