Above the mage

Chapter 171 Reconstructing the System

Half a year has passed, and the level of this year's new students at Gaode is already quite clear. You can see the whole picture from a small part, without having to wait until the end of the academic year.

Although most of the students at Seres Academy are mage prodigies who have entered through rigorous examinations, there are still differences among these prodigies.

Gao De, a wild mage from the Bremen region, entered the academy without participating in the entrance examination and enjoys the highest treatment in the academy through a letter of recommendation.

In many people's eyes, he should be the worst among this year's new students, struggling every year for those 10 credits.

Unexpectedly, this character, who was not favored by everyone, made a name for himself.

First, he made a name for himself in the enrollment task, breaking the record left by Dean Gavin.

Subsequently, he achieved first place in all the courses he chose, except for "Magic Ink Extraction and Production," and even received full marks in several of them.

As a result, although the mage genius Gao De was not yet in the running, the reputation of the academic genius resounded throughout the entire academy.

Even among his mentors, he was somewhat well-known.

Some tutors are just watching the show, but many more are thinking: When will this learning genius choose my course so I can see what he's really capable of and whether he's as good as the rumors say?

Besides Gaode, two other new students demonstrated abilities and talents that surpassed those of the average student.

The most famous is undoubtedly Yulan, who is known as the "genius mage" and is recognized as the leader of this batch of new students in Gaode.

Secondly, there's Geraldine Haynes, a wealthy heiress who seems unassuming, but is actually quite ruthless.

At the age of thirteen, she had already reached the level of a third-class mage apprentice.

In order to awaken a more powerful specialization, Gerica deliberately stayed at the third-class mage apprentice level for so long, and no one knew how deep her foundation had been accumulated.

In any case, many people believe that once Gerika advances to the first-circle mage level, she will catch up with and surpass Yolan, who is one step ahead, in a short period of time.

In addition, her privileged family background has also made Gerika highly educated. Although she is not as good as Gaode in terms of coursework, she is still the second best among the freshmen this year.

Yulan, Jelica, and God were grouped together by the academy's gossipers and called the three geniuses of the 9655th freshman class of Seres Academy.

Although there are only about thirty freshmen each year.

Gaode doesn't care about this, but it doesn't object either.

In a "school," being known as a genius is undoubtedly more beneficial than harmful.

Most of the courses I take on Gaode Learning are electives based on my own needs, and I usually only scratch the surface of them.

The only course I studied in depth and never stopped was "Symbolic Literature".

Having studied Runeology for so long, Gao De has only ever encountered one rune master, He west.

After Hosie applied for an exemption from the course "Symbolic Literature" for him, he became even more "isolated from the world".

Therefore, even now, Gaode has no idea how far he has progressed in his study of runes.

He could only vaguely sense that it had already exceeded the content of the first stage of the "Spellbook" course, but he had no idea which stage it was.

However, Gaode doesn't seem to care much about these things.

Because no matter which stage it is, it is actually just a beginner's course in "Symbolic Literature".

The path of talisman literature is far too long.

After submitting the composite rune diagram designed yesterday based on He Xi's requirements, Gaode received its first "criticism" from He Xi:

"You're focusing too much on the efficiency of compound runes. That's important, but it's not the most important thing."

"Composite rune design is only an initial part of magic circle design. If you focus too much on efficiency in this initial part and optimize it too early, it will affect the possibility of combining magic circles later."

"Initially, we should focus more on the feasibility and compatibility of composite runes."

"It's not that high efficiency is wrong, but we need to take into account the actual situation and find a balance point. We need to sacrifice some efficiency for other capabilities."

After pondering for a long time, Gao De finally came to his senses and respectfully said, "I understand."

He west nodded slightly.

He knew that Gao De's answer was the result of careful consideration, and that he truly understood.

Instead of simply replying "I understand" to appease him.

"Take it back first, revise it, and give it to me again tomorrow."

He handed the composite rune diagram that Gao De had given him back, then grunted in acknowledgment, and took out a piece of parchment, handing it to Gao De:

"This is the task I'm assigning you today."

Gaode silently accepted the rune diagram and the parchment with the word "Question" written on it, and left the rune workshop.

Back to Building 30 in Zone 1.

Before going upstairs to "solve the problem," Gaode, as usual, went to the kitchen to use the "Water Creation Technique+" to perform the "Daily First Draw."

It's still honey water.

Even with Gao De's calm and collected nature, he couldn't help but frown.

Since the last time we "drew" water without leaks, in such a long time, nothing other than honey water has come out.

This made Gaode wonder if he was having a run of bad luck in the new year, since his luck was so bad.

After Gao De left, He west also returned to his small room.

The drafts on the table had grown two large sections taller than before.

Through continuous experiments and calculations over the past few months, he has gradually made some progress and has grasped a glimpse of the "interference constant".

"Hurry up," he muttered, then unconsciously thought of Gao De, who proposed the "interference constant."

He Xicai is the person at Seres Academy who knows Gao De's abilities best.

He knew perfectly well that, compared to the "learning genius" title that Gao De had displayed and which made him famous, the "rune genius" title that only he knew was what Gao De was most worthy of praise for.

And this "rune genius" level is even more than Yulan's "mage genius".

After all, in his life before coming to the Duchy of Sien, Hoshi had actually seen many, many "magic geniuses" who were stronger than Yulan.

But he had never seen a "rune genius" stronger than Gao De.

In fact, there is nothing that can compare with Gaode Maps.

"Actually, with his current level of knowledge in runic literature, he's already capable of designing magic circles," Hosie O'Kenley muttered to himself.

"However, under the current runic system, only first-ring mages can construct a first-tier magic circle."

There is no such thing as a level 0 magic circle.

"My skill level is high enough, but my mage rank isn't high enough, so I'm stuck on the composite rune..."

"Like many rune masters, they have clearly reached the next level in runic arts, but are limited by their mage level and cannot construct the next level of magic circle."

Among all the arts of a mage, only the art of runes has the most rigorous hierarchy.

Like potion masters, even mage apprentices can concoct first-tier potions, and the same applies to other professions.

However, in the world of rune masters, low-level mages are absolutely incapable of constructing high-level magic circles.

This is also the biggest obstacle restricting the further development of rune literature.

Becoming a high-level mage is a low-probability event, as is mastering rune literature; the probability of possessing both is self-evident.

For a discipline to develop, it must have a sufficient number of leading experts paving the way.

The old man sighed, but a light gradually appeared in his eyes:

"This situation can be changed simply by deriving the interference constant!"

This is truly an incredible thing.

At this moment, the Holy Empire, the Golden Flower Dynasty, Linhai City, and even countless powerful mage forces are all working hard to cultivate a high-level runemaster.

Who would have thought that in the royal academy of an inconspicuous little duchy, there was an old man who was ignored and even excluded from the center of power by the academy, a third-tier runemaster in a broad sense, who was trying to reconstruct the rune system.

(End of this chapter)