Archmage Daily Research Report

After a while, Mel and I came to the reading area. We took the space magic book we wanted to read, and our newly acquired handle—the long-tooth book that was silenced.

We sat side by side at the table and opened "Space Magic".

This book is obscure and difficult to understand. I don’t mean the content. I just mean its writing. The author doesn’t use a common language. The two common languages ​​spoken by humans in Diana Continent vary in common grammar and spelling except for popular words. It's not big, but this book... the inside pages of this book are actually written in ancient elf language, and the four words on the cover are all that the two of us can understand directly. Comparing the handwriting, it should be the same mage write.

An ancient black mage wrote spell books in elven language, if it wasn't because of his super personality and love of evil, it could only mean that he was an elf.

Even in the age of legends, there are only a handful of elves who become black mages. This is a racial issue. Elves are naturally more friendly and natural. Even if they have extraordinary arcane talents, they seldom choose to leave the forest to become mages, let alone black mages. .However, there are still several famous elf black mages who have made outstanding achievements in history. They all have great names and extraordinary achievements, so...we may have discovered the authentic work of a well-known legendary mage.

Unfortunately, we have not found the signature so far.

Mel frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Most of the well-known elf black mages are priests of the northern Shadowmoon Temple."

"However, ancient spellcasters are not as narrow-minded as they are now." I said, "Many mages are proficient in arcane magic and divine magic at the same time, especially dark magic spellcasters. Many shadow moon temple priests in the legendary era have the same attainments in arcane magic extraordinary."

"The magic level of the dark priests in the modern Shadow Moon Temple is still good. I have had the honor to compete with them before, and they know a lot of great spells. Last time I was a guest in the temple, their great priest told me that if you Charm—yes, it is adapted from the spell used by the abyss succubi to deceive people into mating. The combination of charm and intimidation will make them bring a contradictory feeling of fear and fascination to the public in public. Especially useful when engaging young people!.”

I suddenly realized: "No wonder the dark priest of the Shadow Moon Temple is No. 1 in the list of 'Most Popular Charming Villains' every year."

"Hahaha, there is such a ranking?"

I sighed helplessly: "That's right, young people nowadays are playing all kinds of tricks on the Internet. This is what my students told me."

Mel smiled and said, "Is that so... I'll introduce you to them if I have a chance. Dark priests really know a lot of interesting spells."

"That's really great!" I thanked him excitedly.

The pace of life in modern society is too fast. I have always disliked the term "professionals". Especially mages, they should be well-informed. So much good knowledge, why should it be restricted by boring professions? Woolen cloth!When students are admitted to university, they only study the major they choose, and they also hope to find a job that matches their major after graduation... The utilitarianism makes people speechless.

Mel agreed with this, "I have never been to a magic school. I really want to thank all the good gods for their blessings. I heard that many schools still choose specializations. Those who graduated from the fire department can't even make a Frostbolt."

"It's almost like that." I sighed—this was talking about Jasmine. That girl graduated from the Royal Academy of Magic and only majored in fire. It took me almost a month to teach her how to make a Frostbolt. And what she finally produced was a needle of ice.

While we were chatting, we tried to translate this book. Mel was called the Son of the Forest by the elves. His Elvish language was naturally much better than mine, but the problem was that the book used ancient Elvish language—— In the process of development, the continent once lost the traces of elves, (environmental protection organizations regard this as evidence of the destruction of the environment by technology) and they did not reappear until the past few hundred years. The knowledge of the elves has also been greatly lost, and many scholars believe that the elves themselves have lost some ancient inheritance, which is similar to the loss encountered by humans.

"I need to judge which ancient elf group's language it is." Mel carefully identified the characters. The elves' characters are elegant and beautiful. Compared with characters, they are more like some kind of pattern. We confirmed it for a long time and tried to transcribe After copying a few sentences, Mel came to his conclusion, "This should be the language of the ancient woodland elves, and there are still many differences from the current common language of the elves."

"But you can understand."

"Well, I can tell, it just takes a while," Mel said.

"...But I don't think this paragraph is text, I think it's runes, and, although the title of the book is "Space Magic", I guess these runes may not have much to do with space magic, they should be offensive Runes." I pointed to a few lines of patterns on this page, "Even mages, few people are proficient in runes now, and I don't know much about it."

"Ha, runes!" Mel frowned. "Most people...including some self-proclaimed mages, use mobile phones or smart computers every day. It's good if you don't forget your words. Writing runes? How difficult is it?" It's like asking a goblin to woo an elf maiden using diplomatic grammar!"

Mel looked carefully along my fingers, his lips moved silently, and he really couldn't pronounce the proper syllables—because runes are usually not used to read, they are special symbols that contain magic power, Arranging and combining them according to a certain pattern, and carving them on objects, special magical effects will be applied. For example, in the history books, it is described that the paladins held the spears engraved with sacred runes to expel the devil, or the knights of the Makino God used the spears engraved with forbidden runes. Bracelets were used to imprison evil mages-the craftsmanship of this instrument of torture has been preserved to this day for the first time.

"In this case." Mel took out a piece of parchment, "Write it down and try it out."

I saw Mel take out all the spell-casting materials from the space ring—of course he has the space ring—and a spell note. Out of etiquette, no matter how eager I am to see its contents, I can’t touch that note Even a corner: It is the mystery of a mage, and it is the essence of all his knowledge for a period of time, maybe even in his life. It is the most basic etiquette not to be curious about the notes of other mages. Share private notes with close friends, even apprentices may not have a chance to look at them.

He quickly and accurately finished the line of words that looked like runes, with smooth lines and stable magic power output. When he wrote, his fingers were hard and the tendons on the back of his hand were tense, but he was still elegant—this is a dexterous, beautiful, standard The hand of the mage.I couldn't help thinking that his hand gestures must also be smooth and elegant when casting spells.

The moment the rune was formed, the handwriting shone through a dim light, and Mel and I immediately retreated at the same time. The piece of paper has now become a weapon. Because we ignored the defensive measures, we could not prevent the formed rune from taking effect. The piece of paper was the center of the circle, and in a space about three feet away, the objects quickly withered and charred, and even the air became rotten and gloomy. I opened my hands decisively and pressed against it with an air shield, limiting the effect of this rune to three feet Inside, Mel moved quickly, and a lightning ball exploded on the paper, destroying the line of runes.

The effect is removed, but decay that has already occurred is not reversed.

The two of us exhaled together. Countless protective spells were cast on the notes of the ancient black mage, and there must be spells to prevent the magic from taking effect, but the runes we wrote on ordinary paper will not work. We should have Those of us who were prepared for the power of the Black Mage's runes, perhaps we were all a little overexcited... but we were quick to react.

Mel and I couldn't help but smile at each other. The first co-casting was very smooth, so although we made some mistakes, it was nothing compared to our gains.

"This time I will do the protection, and you will write." I said.

Mel nodded: "No problem."

I released the shield, this is a kind of shield that needs to be chanted continuously, it can also be called a protective cover, it doesn't matter, this is my own spell, so it has not been pressed by the boring magic textbook writers It's a strange name, but it doesn't affect the spell itself. I've tested its power, and I'm sure I can use it to block three consecutive shots from the highest power of the magic cannon.

Mel chose another way of writing runes, writing first, and then entering the magic power to activate. Just now we have memorized each other's magic power when we were testing each other, so my shield does not hinder Mel from casting spells. The one-foot-diameter Within the range, the runes of the ancient black mages are overbearingly producing effects, and effects such as withering, decaying, and collapsing are staged in turn.

Although until now, we can't see any connection between these aggressive runes and space magic, but we are still eager to learn.

"It's wonderful! It's wonderful!"

——The rune formulas that have been handed down to the present are very rare, so every discovery of a record of ancient runes is a major academic progress. Mel and I took out our notes and began to copy these runes. Although modern mages have a meager knowledge of runes, they can still write the most basic restraining characters. Just adding a few characters in front of the runes can turn the runes into ordinary characters, lose their magical effect, and be used Record it and keep it on paper.

As we copied, we checked each other for mistakes and omissions. For me, this experience was very pleasant. Even when I was studying at the Magic Academy, no one could share knowledge with me quietly like this. My roommate except Aside from my homework, I'd rather discuss video games or some sort of movie with me, but since I don't have a smart computer, I can justly say no without wasting time explaining why I'm not interested in such a hot entertainment .

"Ah, you also use this suppression rune!" Mel said pleasantly, "And you also simplified it, which is much more comfortable to write than mine, and the effect is quite good!"

He copied it according to my notes, looked at it for a moment, pointed to a character in the middle and said: "According to your simplified method, do you think it can be omitted here?"

"It seems to be okay!" I drew a few strokes casually, surprised, "Yes, I think it's okay, but I never found out."

Then we recorded the condensed runes together in our respective notes.

Sometimes at certain moments, such as in battle, if there is a rune that can achieve the same effect than a spell that needs to be continuously chanted by the mage himself, then choosing the rune will free the mage himself to do other things at the same time, for example, I can Use the guardian rune to replace the singing shield just now, and at the same time I can hide behind the rune shield to attack, so in this way, it is quite necessary to simplify the writing of runes. It will be faster than writing a word.

We are eagerly discussing, because we are really excited, we conduct operation drills on some spells from time to time, not only advanced spells, but also some basic small spells such as slippery spells. During the conversation, there was a strange sound of footsteps.

Today's big library is very empty, no one else is reading at all, and the footsteps sounded like a group of housewives swarming to buy discounted vegetables in the supermarket, so we stopped the discussion and were surprised to see a team of armed men The City Guard appeared before our eyes.

Mel and I stood on the spot cautiously. Neither of us had any plans to cast spells, because the comer had a clear banner and fought against the capital guards without authorization. Maybe he would be on the most wanted list of black mages!

The magic hand cannons were pointed at us neatly, and the safety was switched on. Mel and I stood up slowly. I knew that the two of us must have exactly the same confused expressions.