With a loud bang, Rocky was blasted away from the doorway, slamming hard against the wall of the corridor. Dizzy and disoriented, he felt completely bewildered.
"Who let you in!"
As Rocky's vision sparkled with stars, he saw Orton rush towards him, blurily, and help him up off the ground.
"You little rascal, didn't you know I was conducting an experint? Are you hurt?"
Orton grumbled and checked Rocky all over. Once he confird that the explosion hadn't injured him, he said nothing more and fiercely punched him on the head, imdiately conjuring a galaxy of stars before Rocky's eyes.
"You brat, already a Third Level Mage, and you can't even cast a magic shield?"
"How was I supposed to know what you were doing!"
Shaking his head vigorously, it took a while for Rocky to recover from his dizziness, after which he cast an aggrieved glance at Orton.
It was a month ago when Orton had personally taught him a thod to practice his magic power. After over a month of practice, Rocky had indeed beco a Third Level Mage and could actually cast a magic shield. But how could he have predicted that visiting Orton would require an active magic shield!
"Tsk! You don't know anything! What experint doesn't have risks?"
Orton glanced at Rocky scornfully, dragged him into the research lab that had just exploded, and pointing to the disheveled room, said, "Hurry up and clean this up. I have another experint to do!"
Looking at the chaotic lab, Rocky paused for a mont before he sighed resignedly and began to help tidy up.
Ordinarily, this sort of task would be fit for a maid, but since Orton's research involved runes, outsiders couldn't be privy to it. So, in fact, he was the only person in the research facility. Under normal circumstances, Orton would handle such tasks himself, but Rocky was just unlucky enough to have arrived at the ti, and as the City Lord, he had no choice but to act as a laborer.
"Teacher, what are you researching that caused another explosion?"
As he lifted a fallen experintal table off the ground, Rocky asked curiously. Despite the considerable noise and impact of the explosion, it hadn't actually caused much damage to the lab. Although the tables had been knocked over, they weren't destroyed.
"I'm improving the runes."
"Improve what?"
"Improvent! Did the explosion deafen you?"
Orton glared at Rocky and said indignantly.
Rocky certainly wasn't deaf; he just couldn't believe Orton could actually be improving runes! So after a brief mont of shock, he quickly asked:
"Teacher, have you already mastered all the runes?"
In Rocky's view, improving runes wasn't impossible, but the prerequisite was to have completely mastered them. This was what surprised him. It hadn't been very long; how could Orton have already mastered all the runes?
"Of course not."
To this, Orton shook his head and replied, "I can only draw up to Fifth-level Runes at the mont. The highest, level six runes, I haven't fully researched yet, but this doesn't affect anything because I've already learned the entire structure of the rune system."
"That amazing?"
"Amazing my foot! Stinky boy, Winsell's research notes have detailed records about this, have you not looked carefully at them?"
Orton hamred Rocky's head with his fist, voicing his exasperation, and Rocky could only stick out his tongue apologetically.
Indeed, Winsell's research notes did contain detailed accounts on this matter, but for Rocky, this content might as well have been an arcane to, so he hadn't examined it closely; clearly, though, Orton had gone through them.
Afterward, Orton continued, "Actually, in the last part of the notes, Winsell had made it very clear. Although he invented runes and established a whole system, due to limited ti, he couldn't perfect it. In fact, there is still great potential for the developnt of mana runes, and the improvents I was talking about start from this aspect."
"So... did it work?"
Truth be told, Orton's explanation seed easy to understand, but Rocky still didn't quite get it and simply asked directly for the results.
But when he asked this, Orton showed a look of distress and drew a rune in the air with magic power.
Drawing runes in the air with magic power was a skill Rocky had once seen in the Magic Energy Images left by Winsell. This ability alone was enough to demonstrate that Orton's research on runes had reached a considerable height; otherwise, it would not have been so effortless.
Also, the rune Orton drew was quite different. What he drew this ti was rely a first-level rune, but its color was extraordinary, a crystal clear snow-white. Rocky had never seen a rune of this color before.
"Teacher, this rune...?"
"This is an elental rune."
Looking at his own creation, Orton explained, "As everyone knows, mana is essentially magic power, and since magic power can have elental attributes, mana can also possess attributes. Winsell had ntioned this in his research notes, but due to his limited ti and energy, he only proposed a possible hypothesis and didn't actually research it."
"The improvent I made to the runes follows the trail left by our predecessor. That is, giving runes their own attributes. For example, this rune has been infused with ice attribute magic power by . Once activated, it can emit the power of the ice attribute."
As he spoke, Orton activated the rune he had drawn, and as the rune activated, a visible chill emanated from it!
At this sight, Rocky's eyes widened in amazent, then filled with curiosity, he approached the ice attribute rune and waved his hand around it, indeed feeling a touch of coldness!
How incredible!
Feeling the faint chill at his fingertips, Rocky beca excited. He hadn't expected Orton to have such ingenuity, not only daring to improve the runes but also succeeding!
"Teacher! Congratulations, your improvent has taken rune developnt a huge step forward!"
Regaining his composure, Rocky quickly congratulated Orton. He wasn't just flattering; he was sincerely congratulating Orton.
Unfortunately, no sooner had he spoken than Orton shook his head, not only erasing the rune but also speaking dejectedly, "What's there to congratulate? This rune is practically useless. After gaining an attribute, the rune itself can no longer provide magic power. In other words, this rune is just for show, with no practical utility.
Moreover, with my current ability, I can only draw first-level elental runes and nothing higher."
With that, Orton sighed, a gesture of deep disappointnt.
But this reaction of his was simply him being too hard on himself. In fact, this innovation in runes was already top-notch magical technology in today's magic energy realm! Note, it's not top-notch rune technology, but top-notch magic energy technology!
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