rune hunter

Chapter 63 Stephen's Laboratory

"One, two, move forward!"

Following the command of the commander, dozens of war horns sounded at the same time, making a deep and shocking sound.The heavily armed soldiers lined up neatly, extending to the depths of the forest as far as the eye could see.When the horn of war sounded, all the soldiers stepped forward under the commander's command and moved forward firmly at a steady speed.

On the opposite side of the phalanx formed by the human army, thousands of pairs of eyes stared at every move of the human army, and there were pieces of migratory locusts flying up from the woods, bringing information back to the rear.The ground and the woods are covered with sticky spider webs, and there are countless cunning stinging scorpions lurking underground.All of these will become obstacles to the advancement of the human army.The Landwalker Legion quietly waited for the opportunity. As long as there was a slight connection problem in a certain phalanx, a large number of swift wolf troops would arrive in an instant.

The war between humans and landwalkers has not been smooth, but it has not suffered much setbacks.The knights defeated the ground army's defensive line, but suffered heavy losses from the stinging scorpion troops hiding underground.Out of concerns about Princess Langaria's strong personal combat power, after being frustrated in the first battle, human beings did not make a large-scale counterattack, but integrated the entire army to advance step by step and strive for victory steadily.

In the previous civil war of the royal family, due to the chaotic battle situation, the force configuration of the Landwalker Legion tended to surprise attacks and encounters, and it was somewhat powerless against the upright tortoise tactics of the human army.Under the order of Princess Langaria, the main force of the legion covered thousands of worker bees and moved slowly to the depths of the northern mountains.The warmth brought by the sunlight during the day on the ground world has greatly weakened the physical strength of the soldiers, and now they urgently need to build a settlement to recuperate.

The main reason for the stalemate in the war situation is that the leaders of both sides have maintained rational restraint, but are unwilling to compromise easily.

The reason for not going to war is very simple. There is neither certainty of victory nor sufficient benefits.The reason for the non-stop fighting is also very simple. To use the old elf saying - how can others sleep peacefully on the bed?
Compared with generals eager for military exploits, Tiana has always been a staunch compromiser.A single Legion of Landwalkers may have put more pressure on Estalon, but that's about it.This race is not adapted to the ecological environment of the surface world, and it is impossible to reproduce and grow.Relatively speaking, she is still more worried about the plague and natural disasters from the north, but the weight of her words at the high-level meeting is far from enough to attract attention.

As the Sisters of the Maple Leaf and the Priests of the Three Temples led by the Holy Sister Maryvian appeared on the front line, a large number of disabled soldiers were healed in time, and the number of casualties in the human army dropped suddenly.It is also this extremely low number of casualties that makes the military's confidence in the clergy continue to inflate. At the same time, it is becoming less and less concerned about the plague that the magician girl warned that it will appear at an unknown time.

When El saw Tiana for the second time in the barracks, the girl's brows were gloomy, her thoughts were heavy, and her bright eyes dimmed a lot.He didn't know how to comfort the girl's distress, and the low-level jokes that were out of key only got a blank look.

Not to mention others, El himself has a lot of headaches now.Under the effect of divine magic, the wounds on his body recovered very quickly, and the bandages were removed the next day after waking up, but the hidden wounds in his body were very troublesome, including the sequelae left by the explosive potential, which had to be slowly recuperated by herbs .

However, this kind of trivial matter is obviously not within the scope of Master Stephen's consideration. After El recovered, the old man took him to his laboratory-even if the profession of alchemist is literally understood, it is impossible to lack money. For convenience The old man directly built a two-way simple portal in his tower and barracks.

The space inside the mage tower is often much larger than it looks from the outside, but the specific layout style varies from person to person.Most mages like to build layers of attics from the ground to the top of the tower, where various monsters, materials, and apprentices are placed.Some people like to build the stairs into an unsolvable maze, and hide on the top of the tower alone.As for alchemists, they tend to transform their towers into huge laboratories, which usually means messy.

Master Stephen's tower is such a magical and chaotic place, the whole tower is connected as a whole, thousands of huge bookshelves and material storage cabinets are stacked on the surrounding walls, extending to the top of the tower .Every bookshelf and storage cabinet is inlaid with thumb-sized purple crystals, which shimmer like stars and form a purple ocean, supporting the cylindrical protective stand.

His laboratory is floating in the air in a cylindrical protective stand. To outsiders, it looks like a random combination of metal pipelines and large and small suspended platforms, filled with strangely shaped glassware and colorful mysterious potions.Almost all the floating platforms are covered with independent spherical magic protection, and when they approach each other, they will rub sparks and arcs.

For the earth turtle boy who came out of the mountains, everything in front of him was an eye-opener.I have heard people say that the mission of magicians is to explore the truth of this world, but now it seems that their world view may have long been separated from the realm of ordinary people.When riding on the constructed gargoyle and passing those platforms, El could not help but feel a sense of cognition fragmentation, unable to distinguish what is real and what is illusory for a while.

"Welcome to Master Stephen's alchemy laboratory."

A familiar voice rang in his ears, and El turned his head suddenly, and saw a tall girl standing on one of the platforms, holding the corner of her skirt and saluting to him.Although she wears a weird mask that resembles a pig's head, her long orange-red hair has no other branch.

Before El could say hello to Laurana, the gargoyle had already stopped and led him down to the test platform in the center. The great alchemist Stephen stood on the metal console and watched him.

"Now, show the runes you can use." Standing on the metal console, Stephen's voice became serious.

"Look, I can't use my strength yet." El said helplessly while spreading his hands. The muscles all over his body seemed to be chopped up and bonded together by force. Although it looked fine on the outside, in fact Even walking is quite laborious.

"Don't use brute force, the power of the rune comes from your soul!" Stephen said loudly: "Call out the real name of the rune you have mastered in your heart, and let its power manifest!"

"Okay, sir, I'll try my best." Al sighed and closed his eyes.Now it seems that Stephen's attitude towards himself is more like an experimental product than an apprentice who needs education.

Of course, he hadn't really seen the treatment of spellcaster apprentices, but he seemed to have heard it before. In the magician's tower, the boundary between apprentices and experimental products never seemed so clear.

When he calmed down, two slowly rotating runes quietly emerged in the depths of his consciousness.As Stephen said, the power of runes does not require brute force. The insight rune "El" has long been integrated with him, and it can be revealed in a moment of thought.As for the other rune "Waltz", he was only superficially aware of it, but after the unreserved eruption that night, he accidentally integrated it into his body... or more accurately, in his soul .

El opened his eyes, and a faint blue light quietly bloomed in his eyes.With excitement on Stephen's face, he quickly pressed a few buttons on the console.

Four magweave-painted cylinders rise from the edge of the platform, combining to unfold an electrified stance.The long and narrow silver-white arcs continuously flashed over the platform, gradually converging together, forming the shape of two runes in El's mind.

"At the beginning of the rune, it was named El, which means insight. The ninth rune, named Waltz, means growth. Very good, very good, although these two are the most basic single-digit runes, but it can make them have Showing it can already prove your bloodline talent." Stephen nodded in satisfaction, he waved towards the sky in the tower, and a dilapidated and heavy ancient book flew over from the bookshelf on the wall, passed through the heavy protection, and fell to Egypt. It opens automatically in front of me.

The dense text like a smoky sea immediately blinded El's dog's eyes, and he even felt that there were not as many words on this page in the books he had read when he was so old.Uneducated soil beetles always have a complex psychology of admiration and fear of books. They want to learn knowledge but are afraid that their brains will not be able to understand.

However, when he scanned the contents of the book, he was surprised to find that there were some specially enlarged and marked symbols, which looked very familiar, and seemed to be almost the same as the two runes he had mastered, but they were somewhat indescribable. difference.

"This is the "Overview of the Human Rune System" written by the great sage Sumit 700 years ago." Stephen touched the beard on his chin, nodded and said: "If you don't have the foundation, just read this book first. For the basics of runes, Sumit makes the simplest exposition in the book."

"You'd better kill me with one knife." El closed the book with a pale face, and said resolutely.

(End of this chapter)