Chapter 109: Chapter 9: Annihilation Fla Rune
The Annihilation Fla, one of the abilities of Ulysses, the master of crows.
It possessed the ability to devour light, held extrely high temperatures, and could ignite the soul; moreover, this fla was very “gentle” and did not possess the expansiveness of regular flas.
This type of fla originated from Ulysses’s Bloodline Talent. Although he had lost his original body, as a World Master, simulating his Talent Ability was effortless.
The reason Richard wanted to see this fla was simple: he wanted to find runes within it.
Runes are the cornerstone of the Wizard World; they are the summation of a wizard’s control over laws. Runes existed in various phenona, and wizards, by deciphering the appearance of phenona, would glimpse their essence.
To give an imperfect analogy, runes are akin to the various formulas in physics.
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Richard was very interested in the nature of the Annihilation Fla; according to Ulysses, this fla partially overlapped in nature with the Dark Water Rune. Particularly, the “gentleness” of the Annihilation Fla greatly appealed to Richard.
If he could extract the runes of the Annihilation Fla and combine them with the Dark Water Rune to form a new Water and Fire Annihilation Spell, undoubtedly, this spell would be more stable and powerful than the original Realm of Annihilation.
“When will you be able to use the Annihilation Fla?”
“Not long now, after eating a few more of his fruits, I should be able to use it by the end of this month.”
“You still need to eat his fruits?” Richard couldn’t help but sigh with his hand to his forehead.
The wizard visited by Ulysses was nad Aleksey, a wizard from the Soul School. He had planted a Gem Tree in his yard, the fruits of which had nourishing effects on the soul.
“Gah, gah, gah, it’s his fault for shooting a fireball at ,” Ulysses complained angrily.
Originally, seeing the Gem Tree and driven by the nature of a crow, Ulysses wanted to snatch so gem leaves, but Aleksey hit him with a Fireball Technique, nearly turning him into roast bird.
Since then, a feud had ford between the man and the bird.
“Fine, steal if you must, but don’t overdo it,” Richard instructed reluctantly.
For the sake of his research, he had to sacrifice Aleksey’s comfort for now.
Suddenly, a month had passed.
Richard appeased an enraged Aleksey with a forced smile and turned to the laboratory on the second floor.
“It should be ready now, right?”
Richard looked at Ulysses, who was now emanating a faint, hot aura that hadn’t been there before.
“It’s ready, but I can’t guarantee you’ll find what you’re looking for.”
Ulysses spat out a wisp of black fla, which imdiately raised the temperature of the entire laboratory gradually.
Richard pulled a crystal ball out of his pocket.
This was the crystal ball of Great Wizard Qing Shuang, which stored the Dark Water Rune. Its material was quite extraordinary. Richard had modified it, engraving several magic arrays within the crystal ball to make it capable of withstanding considerable heat.
Using magic power as a guide, Richard drew the Annihilation Fla into the crystal ball and then sealed it with chains of runes emanating from his hands.
The Sealing Skill was a special spell outside of the Six Major Schools. Its sole purpose was to trap items or even living beings within a certain object, place, or even space. When dealing with creatures of imnse life energy, wizards often chose to seal them away permanently.
As long as they did not appear, it was as if they were dead.
There were many kinds of sealing skills, each requiring a price, and the prices varied. The Sealing Skill Richard used was called the Rune Chain Sealing Technique, from a book of Encrypted Notes. Using this sealing skill rely required the wizard to expend a significant amount of magic power, arguably the mildest price among sealing skills.
But the effect was also the weakest; he needed to periodically stabilize the seal with magic power.
If it were so imnsely powerful sealing technique, he would not need to stabilize it later, but the cost could include mories, lifespan, or even the soul.
The Annihilation Fla was successfully sealed within the crystal ball, and the magic arrays Richard had previously prepared began to show their effects.
Under the high temperature of the Annihilation Fla, the crystal ball rely beca extrely hot without lting.
Richard placed it into the water, continuously cooling it down with cold water, quickly bringing the temperature under control.
“Gah, gah, your wizards’ sealing techniques are quite interesting,” Ulysses remarked in surprise. “A re legend can control my Annihilation Fla with such thods.”
“Wizards have many interesting thods,” Richard responded indifferently. “A wizard’s thods co from wisdom, not from bloodline or so unsystematic experiences.”
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After sealing the Annihilation Fla, Richard began his research and experints.
It was a long and arduous process.
Richard had started learning from the Plastic Energy School during his apprenticeship, which provided a solid knowledge base for his current research on the Annihilation Fla.
During this research journey, Ali also beca a wizard, which greatly assisted Richard.
Through various physical tests and analyzing the Rune Arrays, Richard successfully decoded the Annihilation Fla in the twentieth year of his research and summarized the Annihilation Fla Rune.
This was undoubtedly great news for Richard.
“Have your runes been created?” Ulysses landed on Richard’s shoulder, looking at the rune on the experint table.
The rune looked like a cluster of twisted flas, its complex structure dazzling the eyes.
The civilization of the Gods also had sothing similar to runes. The Lun Rune of the Divine King Thousand Faces could do the sa things as Wizard Runes. However, Lun Runes are Law Texts, requiring the observer to possess the strength of a Divine, essentially the World Master, to even see them clearly.
Yet this little one beneath him was rely a Legend. It was unbelievable that he could also create sothing similar.
Richard infused magic into the rune on the test bench, and the next instant, a wisp of pitch-black fla was born from the rune.
“Look, is it your Annihilation Fla?” Richard said proudly.
Ulysses drew the fla towards him and then swallowed it whole.
His eyes widened imdiately, mouth slightly agape, as if he had witnessed sothing unimaginable.
“Ga! It really is the Annihilation Fla!”
Richard nodded in satisfaction, then wiped away the rune.
The Annihilation Fla Rune was just the first step in Richard’s plan; he needed to rge the Dark Water Rune with the Annihilation Fla Rune using a Rune Array to ultimately create a spell that was uniquely his.
Richard glanced at the laboratory’s wall clock.
“Is it already two in the afternoon? Ti really flies.”
After becoming a wizard, eating was no longer a necessity for Richard, so sotis when he was imrsed in research, he would neglect the ti and spend days and nights in the laboratory.
Upon leaving the laboratory, Richard swept the area with his spiritual power and found his two demi-human servants—they were sunbathing in the yard.
Richard’s life was very simple, and since he was often soaking in the laboratory, these two demi-human servants, aside from cleaning the room, had almost nothing else to do and lived leisurely lives.
At the thought from Richard, Kemonomimi Number One received the ssage.
“Master has co out, I should go cook,” Number One inford Number Two and imdiately went to the kitchen on the first floor of the Wizard Tower and started preparing food.
The training from the Slave Trading Company was very thorough; Number One’s culinary skills were very proficient, and in just half an hour, she had filled the entire dining table with dishes.
Richard observed her; when he had bought this Kemonomimi, she was only about sixteen years old, with fur looking youthful and glossy. Now, looking again, Number One’s fur had beco sowhat dull.
Richard touched Number One’s ears, signaling her to go back to sunbathing.
“After becoming a wizard, my perception of ti has beco more and more dull. I can’t believe twenty years feel like not long ago,” Richard sighed.
Ulysses, perched upon his shoulder, squawked loudly:
“Ga! You think this is a long ti? Just wait until you beco a Divine. Then, two hundred years will pass in the blink of an eye.
This is the necessary path for a short-lived species to transform into a longevity species.”
Richard didn’t say anything else, silently finishing all the dishes on the table.
Number One’s skills were quite good; each dish on the table was complete with color, fragrance, and taste. After finishing, Richard considered whether to increase Number One’s purchasing budget to let her buy more expensive ingredients for cooking.
With such good cooking skills, it would be a pity not to use quality materials.
After eating, Richard walked out of the Wizard Tower. The sunshine outside was bright, the sky sparkling with flowing light.
“Richard, you finally decided to co out.”
A stream of light fell in front of Richard, transforming into an exceptionally beautiful woman shimring with flas.
“Ali, long ti no see,” Richard greeted lazily.
Influenced by Great Wizard Susanna, after becoming a wizard, Ali integrated the blood of a Fire Elent creature, causing her body to partially undergo elentalization. Therefore, now every movent she made sparked flas.
“Have you completed your rune research?” Ali asked curiously.
“Mm,” Richard nodded.
“Do you need my help?”
Richard scratched his head, pondering over his research direction.
“I need a bit of help with knowledge. I need so magic books on Water and Fire Elent Spells, and the rings don’t need to be high, First Ring or Second Ring will do.”
According to Richard’s plan, he wanted to use two rare runes to create a new spell; naturally, this required a lot of knowledge about Rune Arrays. Looking more at other spells would help him gain a broader understanding.
“That’s easy, but what will you trade for it?” Ali approached Richard, a seductive smile on her lips.
Ali was well aware of Richard’s collection of Encrypted Notes; even during his apprenticeship, Richard had decoded a Bloodline Alchemy Formula from the Encrypted Notes, and now he was extensively collecting them, easily leading Ali, soone who knew him well, to speculate.
Richard pulled out a scroll from his Magic Pocket and threw it to Ali.
“How about this? A Fire Elent Amplifying Rune Array.”
Ali looked at it and imdiately agreed to the trade.
“That’s enough, I’ll bring the items over in a bit.”
Half an hour later, Richard received dozens of scrolls that recorded Magic Models.
“Sigh, knowledge is boundless, learning never ends. Let’s continue researching.”
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