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Chapter 1973: The Best Time to Get Started
The impact of runes on the magic system is no less significant than the impact of divine technology on traditional forging techniques.

No intelligence or faith is required; one only needs to know the runes and arrange them in a specific way.

Of course, it's not enough to just write it down directly; you need to use magic or elements to write the words. Conversely, as long as this requirement is met, even an ordinary person can write runes simply by using ink tainted with magic.

It can be said that this is a special magic prepared specifically for the humans, who can be described as barbarians, in the World Tree totem.

However, knowing the runes is not a simple matter. These are characters condensed from the mysteries of the world, and simply knowing the appearance of the runes is meaningless.

Odin hung himself upside down from the World Tree and sacrificed himself. During this sacrifice, he broke free from the first state of "seeing mountains as mountains and water as water" and entered the second state of "seeing mountains not as mountains and water not as water," thus understanding all the mysteries of the world.

When he completed the sacrifice and gained omniscience, he completed the third realm, "seeing mountains as mountains and water as water," revealing all the mysteries of the world in runic script.

It can be said that this is a script that only Odin, who has completed the three realms of transformation in the sacrifice and understands the mysteries of the world, can use. Only he meets the condition of describing the mysteries of the world in writing.

However, Odin did not keep this power to himself. Instead, he transformed into 24 old Fusaks and taught them the runes. Only by directly contacting Odin's avatars and receiving the teachings directly could one use the runes.

Compared to the era of the gods, when Odin's actions were seen as sharing wisdom and power, now that we know what kind of old man Odin was, sharing the runes was probably a last resort.

After all, to unleash the power of runes, one needs to combine them, and requires knowledge and literary talent; possessing omniscience does not mean becoming a great poet.

During his time as the second-generation One-Eyed, Baldr used his omniscience to monitor everything that might be detrimental to him. However, omniscience did not broaden Baldr's perspective, so the threats he could monitor with his omniscience were limited to those he knew: the dwarves, Gungnir, mistletoe, and runes.

Therefore, Odin could not teach runes until Baldr was overthrown. Only after Baldr entered Helheim did Odin begin to spread the runes again through avatars.

One advantage of runes is that once you know one, you can use it, but this also makes it difficult to collect all the runes.

Odin has 24 avatars spreading runes, roaming all over the world. Some are hidden in daily quests, some in special quests, and some will even come to you on their own. They are all about doing whatever they want and causing trouble. It's no easy task to collect them all.

I've found a few in Greenland, but it's too difficult to actively search for them, so I've simply given up.

But there is actually another way to learn all the runes in one go, and that is Odin himself. You just need to learn from Odin.

Greenland says that the runic script was actually written with the intention of tattling. In the end, creating 24 incarnations to spread the runic script was just the old man's bad hobby, as well as a variety of tests, depending on fate, and so on.

“Runic script…”

Blazer felt a slight sense of urgency. He remembered how he had thoroughly mocked Baldr, but at least Baldr had mastered all the runes, while he had only learned a few, and his proficiency was extremely low.

What if we ever need to use runes someday? Wouldn't that be like being hit by our own boomerang? "You're right, we must bring Odin here and make him spit out all the runes!"

If it were someone with a certain moral compass, they would probably advise Blazer that it was unnecessary to do this, but standing next to Blazer is Greenland.

"That's right, that's right, hurry up and make this old man spit out all the gold coins!"

With the runes making up for their shortcomings, the special race of "Primitive Humans" has become powerful. If the speculation about the Age of Giants is correct, then "Primitive Humans" may be able to rival the "Arcadians".

"What about the [Angel Race]? Does Odin have something that can compensate for their deficiencies?" Blaze rubbed his hands together, wondering if Odin had anything else of value.

“Well, Odin doesn’t seem to have that much wealth either. The problem with the Angels is easy to solve.” Greenland waved his hand. “Have you forgotten about the Soulsteel Armor? As long as you wear that kind of full-coverage outer armor, you won’t have to worry about coming into contact with the filth at all.”

"If I remember correctly, in the original setting, the Soul Steel Armor was originally prepared so that angels could descend to the earth."

“That’s true.” Blaze subconsciously touched his heart; this was about the Golden Kingdom.

"But what does this have to do with me? Doesn't every stranger have Soul Steel Armor?"

"They were all the strangers who came to Earth back then, when Adam the Destroyer descended. They weren't the strangers who appeared later," Greenland emphasized, while also recalling the scene from that time.

There are many times now considered the best time to start playing, and many people are debating this, but they all have one premise: that is, the best time to start is after Adam's arrival on Planet Destroyer, because every point in time before that is the best time to start.

The arrival of Adam the Destroyer brings two world-class challenges: one is for top-tier players to defeat Apophis the Destroyer, and the other is to defeat the Tree of Good and Evil.

There are no level requirements for defeating the Tree of Good and Evil. As long as you get to Featherfall City, you can jump into the Dead Sea to reach the battlefield. Once there, you will immediately receive a Soul Steel Armor with a built-in evolution function. Its benefits are greater than the Silver Blood obtained when liberating Arcadia. If you have the Soul Steel Armor at a low level, that is a truly perfect start.

However, for players who create new accounts later, obtaining the Soul Steel Armor will not be so easy.

Don't worry about not having enough. Soul Steel Armor is like the stars in the sky; it will only increase as you search for it, but the process of searching will also become more and more difficult.

During the battle against the Tree of Good and Evil, nearly 100 million pieces of Soulsteel Armor crawled out on their own. Therefore, finding the Soulsteel Armor after defeating the Tree of Good and Evil requires adding this huge variable of 100 million pieces, making it extremely difficult.

But if we had the Black Beast Knight, the original knight of the Golden Kingdom and the only one from the Golden Kingdom, wouldn't things be simpler?

(End of this chapter)