บท 513: Primordial Runes (II)
Edward's theory soon proved to be correct. The disk artifact can resonate with the [Guardian Authority] while also borrowing Cronai's Will to boost its strength. Meanwhile, the other one is connected to a unique authority called [Self].
This authority involved the Body, Soul, Mind, Memories, and other aspects of the self. However, the authority also allows Gods to become the divinity of a certain race, like the God of Elves, the God of Dwarves, and so on.
"There seems to be another power affected when using this artifact," said Morgana, pointing at the disk.
"Any idea?"
"I do, actually," she said excitedly as if the fact she discovered it before him was some great achievement. Edward rolled his eyes, "Get on with it."
"It's the power of myth we've been studying."
"Oh, really?" Edward has been trying to recreate the Hall of Heroes from the Fate Universe by slowly studying the Power of Myth and condensing heroes based on their legends or spoken words. However, even after the data he gathered from the reincarnators in his last voyage, the process has been slow,
"Yes, there seems to be a strange power directly related to the magus that this artifact used to boost its strength, similar to our Karma Empowerment," explained Morgana. "I think our theory that this galaxy was the birthplace of the Magus Race was correct."
"So, when Guzznad tried to protect this place from the Gods, the myths, legends, and accomplishments of the Magus Race formed a unique power that the artifact used to protect its holy place of origin?"
"Correct."
"Primordial Runes are alive, meaning they might have some level of consciousness that allows them to adapt to the situation and use their power to its highest efficiency," commented Edward, his eyes shining brighter than ever. He must control such power.
He no longer wasted time and focused on studying and recreating the Primordial Rune. He began with imitation by simply memorizing the complex rune and drawing it by hand with mana.
However, such a task was already nightmare-level difficulty for most arcanists. The reason is every single line of the rune required a different frequency.
Drawing it was as if someone was controlling their heartbeat. In one second, it was fifty beats per second, then the next, it dropped to 12 beats per second, and the next second, it rose again.
Such a description does not even do justice to how difficult such a process was because Edward did not have seconds to change his Mana Frequency but microseconds—such a task required unimaginable Mana Control.
"Now, I understand why our Mana Frequency is so versatile and changeable," commented Morgana once she saw Edward finished. The core of why Arcanists are so special and unique is because they inherited the unique Mana Frequency of Wizards, which inherited it from the bloodline of the Magus Race.
"Our destiny is connected to the Magus Race whether we want to or not," added Edward. "I don't know whether this is a good or bad thing. However, everything will be fine as long as we can learn from them but not walk the same path."
"True."
"One more thing: increase the Mana Control Curriculum from now on," Edward ordered. "Furthermore, the Mana Sage Mode should become a core part of the Magic System."
Morgana nodded as she understood his meaning. In the future, if more Arcanists are to wield Primordial Runes, they need to prepare early on. After the Empire entered the age of magic, a new education reform was about to happen.
Now, all citizens have magical talent, leading the next generation to be born with a higher and purer soul. So, the Education Department is preparing to instill knowledge in children after birth.
Then, based on the brain and soul development of the child, memories about language, writing, history, and geography will appear in their mind, removing the slow process of learning these things.
Such a method will remove Pre-K and elementary school years, allowing the child to start learning magic at an earlier age. Furthermore, according to predictions made by the department, such a process will no longer be under the government's jurisdiction.
Children of the future will instead inherit knowledge from their parents through bloodline.
Morgana suddenly chuckled.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." She just thought how funny it would be when some talented children of the Empire immediately began to talk after being born.
Morgana stopped wasting time and sent Edward's order to the Department.
"I can already see how many children will secretly curse you after seeing their new curriculum," she commented.
"They should praise me for paving the future for them," countered Edward. "Plus, they would only blame the Minister of Education, not me."
Edward did not continue this topic and focused on the rune before him. He successfully copied the Primordial Rune, but that's only a copy. If he wishes to master it truly, there are a few more steps to take, and the main one is how to make them [alive].
His first thought was just to fuse a powerful soul to the rune, but he shook his head.
'This method might work, but it feels primitive. Let's find a way for it to awaken a soul or a consciousness.'
Countless ideas flashed in his mind as he thought of a plan. He engraved the rune a second time. However, while changing the mana frequency, he also infused his soul energy to change the rune's wavelength to match that of a normal brain wave.
Finding the correct wavelength for these ever-changing frequencies was a nightmare. However, Morgana's calculating prowess soon. However, his attempt failed at the last second.
"Why did it fail?" asked Morgana; they've done trillions of calculations and should have succeeded. "It seems we are missing something. What is it?" She looked at Edward. In this kind of situation, a flash of ingenuity is needed; otherwise, they will have to spend years scrolling through dates before finding the answer.
"Soul… Consciousness…Spirit…Mind…Memories? No, maybe instinct. That's not it," muttered Edward as he found the answer was on the tip of his tongue.
"Willpower," yelled Morgana, who deduced the answer based on his words; she gave him a smug look as if saying, "Do you see what I'm capable of?
Edward ignored her. He tried again, adding his Willpower to the equation.
"Success," said Edward as he saw his runes becoming [alive]. His eyes became alive, removing the somber cloud that had been over his head in the past few days.
He focused on the next component of mastering the rune: Authority Resonance and Planar Will Blessing. Edward had already mastered a few Advance Dragon Languages and was already familiar with Authority Resonance.
Additionally, he studied Shinjutsu and was familiar with the Universe Will Blessing. With this knowledge as a foundation, he soon mastered his first Primordial Rune: the Defense Rune.
Somewhere in the Void:
Old Man Merlin had a tired look on his face. He suddenly sensed something and gazed in one direction. His eyes squinted: "This kid already mastered Primordial Rune?"
He has not been paying much attention to his apprentice, so he was shocked by this sudden development. His eyes scanned the past and saw how things enveloped.
"This kid," he said with a smile. Edward might not know how shocking what he has done is, but he knows. The Magus Race, who has two Aspects, being on the same level as him, did not master Primordial Rune so fast.
When they first discovered such magical knowledge, they also had to fuse other souls into the Primordial Rune to achieve the level of becoming alive. That's one of the main reasons they conquered so many planes–to acquire souls.
It took them millions of years of development before they could reach Edward's level of making runes without any soul.
The Magus Race was very advanced for their age, as only Tier 12 entities will start involving Primordial Runes. As for the Void Runes? Only a few geniuses of Tier 14 will begin to learn them, but Tier 15 is truly required for everybody else.
That Old Guy Odin was lucky and had an opportunity to learn Primordial Rune at Tier 10 and soon rose to become a legend.
"I'm proud of you, kid," muttered Merlin. However, he did not dare go see him as the current situation could endanger Edward if they met.
บท 514: Comparison and Update
After mastering the Defense Primordial Rune, Edward focused on the second artifact that made clones. However, this rune was harder to master as it involved multiple runes fused into one.
As such, he had to break them down and study them individually. So, Edward created a Shadow Clone to spear this endeavor while he focused on something else: updating his Arcane Runes.
The first step Edward took was turning these runes into living runes. He followed the formula he used for the Primordial Runes, modifying it to fit his own rune.
Things proceeded smoothly as he created his first [Living Arcane Rune].
"What do you think?" asked Edward.
"Just like Primordial Runes, they are inherently more potent but not very effective for battle–unless you stored them beforehand."
Edward agreed. [Living Runes] take too much time to engrave. Furthermore, creating one takes a tremendous amount of soul power and Willpower. Such consummation is not ideal for battle.
So, the best use of them is for Artificer or storing them beforehand and using them similar to a magic scroll.
"You're correct, but the usage of energy has reached a new height." The consciousness of the rune has a natural instinct not to waste any energy. So, with this [Living Rune[, the empire's energy usage reached a new height.
Edward activated the Arcane Rune Spell, a basic Fireball Spell. However, he felt like two people were casting the same spell with the Living Runes. The rune ensured Edward did not waste any mana during the casting process while borrowing the mana in the environment and boosting the spell like an Arcane Sorcerer.
"How are the calculations for the 3-D spell going?"
"It's still 10% completed," replied Morgana.
Arcanists can cast Ultra Spells using 3-D Runes. However, most 3-D Runes are used for magical artifacts. Regardless, Edward wanted to know how powerful Ultra Spells would become after turning into [Living Runes].'
And it was not just them. Edward can use Law Spells, which are even more powerful. So, he wanted to know what would happen after Law Spells used [Living Runes]. What about Law Spells that used Living 3-D Runes?
All these researches are the tip of the iceberg of his future research. So far, he has only recreated one major aspect of Primordial Runes.
"Remind me to upgrade my Grimoire."
Edward still had the Grimoire from Black Clover. After returning home, the Grimoire did not have much effect on him, so he decided to use it as a powerful magic scroll book.
He will store countless terrifying spells that require long casting time and have weird requirements. So he can summon the book and cast these spells when needed. Now, with the study of Primordial Runes, the Grimoire will have more potential.
"No problem."
Edward focused on the other aspects of Primordial Runes and recreating them. He did not take much effort to make his Arcane Rune resonate with a [Authority] nor borrow Cronai's Will.
However, he hit a barrier when trying to recreate Primordial Runes's ability to access the World Source. The closest he came to was creating a very complex Energy Converter, allowing his Arcane Rune to also use countless energy to activate.
However, he knew this was a pale comparison.
"As long as the Empire discovers a new energy, we can immediately create an energy converter by studying how it reacts to a Primordial Rune. However, their ability to access the World Source should not be so simple."
"Why don't you try to use Willpower to force access to the World Source?" suggested Morgana. Since such a rude method worked for [Authority], it might work for World Source.
"Let's try."
Edward mobilized his Willpower and created another rune.
"It failed," replied Edward. "The resistance was a hundred times more than normal. It's like Cronai would fight me to her last breath if I tried."
"In that case, you might have to raise your Willpower to 10 if you want to have a chance of succeeding," explained Morgana.
"True, but even then, it might be a simple process."
Morgana nodded, "So, what do we do now? Do you have any ideas?"
"No. It seems Primordial Runes have a special identity, and their status as the primary and best magical language cannot be changed. So, our goal now should be to master more of them until we can dethrone them."
"It would be best if we had an encyclopedia of Primordial Runes," commented Morgana.
"That's not a bad idea."
Edward accessed the Akashic Record and searched for such a thing. However, after seeing the price, he closed it without hesitation. He guessed even if he sold most of the Empire's current knowledge, he might not be able to buy it.
'Primordial Runes are so valuable?' Edward sighed, "The Magus Race should have created an encyclopedia. Let's see if we can find it. In the meanwhile, let's turn the recorded runes we have into true Primordial Runes.'
The rune recorded in the Awakened Individual of the Empire can only be said to be the lowest level of Primordial Rune imitation. What Edward has to do is turn them into the genuine them, allowing the Empire to master more Primordial Runes.
"What is Orochimaru doing?" suddenly asked Edward.
"He's doing his own research on the fusion of the flesh and the soul."
"That's interesting. Tell him to participate in the Chakra Research. Now that we know Chakra has greater potential, we should place more emphasis on it."
"As you wish," said Morgana before sending a message. A few seconds later, she said, "He refused. According to him, he's already too busy."
"Tell him if should listen to the man who controls his funding."
"...He agreed, begrudgingly."
"As long as he listens," nodded Edward. "Send a copy of the information to Tsuna to see if she's interested in continuing studying Chakra."
After giving these orders, Edward continued his research on Primordial Runes and updated his Arcane Rune.
He has subdivided his Arcane Rune into different categories, classes, or types. First, there are common runes, which can be simple or complex, followed by 3-D runes used in Ultra Spell.
Then, there are Sub-Law Runes used by incorporating Advanced Dragon Language; these runes can resonate with [Authority]. He plans to use them to allow Arcanist to use the next class of runes: Law Runes.
As the name implied, these runes were created and modified to allow him to cast spells with his mastered Rules.
Another category is Will Runes, which can borrow the Universe Will's power; these runes paired great with his Will Coating Technique he created based on One Piece's Haki System.
Finally, there is Paragon Runes, which are a combination of everything else. Paragon Runes are the new class of rune he created that matched Primordial Runes.
While deep in his work, time passes. Edward looked at a design of Netheril before him.
After mastering many Primordial Runes and creating countless Paragon Runes, Edward chose to update the floating city. Moreover, this update is major, as he was trying to elevate it to Tier 11.
His plan was simple: use Primordial and Paragon Runes as the core of the city, turning it into a living creature. With the Living Runes as the core, he could link the consciousness of all the runes, turning the entire city into a living creature.
As a creature with a soul and consciousness, turn Netheril into a Tier 11 Entity. Sadly, his plan faced a major flaw–he did not yet create the method of becoming Tier 11.
So, even if Netheril became a living thing capable of training and growing like an Arcanist, it made no difference.
"Regardless, the new update will greatly improve the floating city.'
If Netheril were on par with a Tier 10 God who controlled a dozen planes, after the update, he would be on par with the ones who controlled hundreds of planes.
'Furthermore, I can use Netheril to test out any Tier 11 method I create.'
"Master, it's time to go."
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