Chapter 1866 All Things Law <TOC> Chapter 1868 Mirage Fog
Translator: SumTLMan
Stepping back from the Dream Bridge to reality, Angel, not yet with eyes open, sees a blurry shadow before him. His heart tightens, and he abruptly sits up, fully awake.
As his fluttering pupils slowly calm, Angel realizes the shadow is the knight’s armor he had brought back earlier.
“Thought someone had broken in…” Angel mutters, straightening up in his chair.
He had planned to continue his research on the green runes on his right forearm upon returning to reality, consolidating his self. But startled by the armor, his gaze keeps getting drawn to it.
“Should I study it?” Angel wonders. With time on his hands, a change in mental environment might even aid his research on the green runes.
With this thought, Angel focuses on the runes on the armor’s breastplate.
Here, over twenty fragments of broken runes converge. Angel prepares to randomly select one to study.
The clock’s hands, emitting a faint ticking sound, go round and round.
After about ten hours, Angel’s attention finally drifts from the manuscript in front of him.
Looking at the densely written paper, his head feels swollen. His sudden pause isn’t because he’s finished studying, but purely because… he can’t continue.
In the past ten hours, Angel has been doing one thing: repairing the broken runes.
He guesses that fully repairing these runes might form a magic formation. Thus, he randomly selects a broken rune to repair, aiming to restore it to a complete rune.
When thinking about it, it feels easy, but when it comes to actually doing it, it becomes painfully difficult.
Moreover, the more Angel delved into it, the more overwhelming it felt.
The challenge before him seemed insurmountable.
Firstly, he only had a fragment of a rune, so how could he determine what the complete rune was? It’s important to know that each angle of a rune can be combined with different bearing corners.
For example, a bearing corner that means “Sun” can be combined with “Cloud,” “Rain,” “Earth,” “Human,” “Fire,”… over thousands of different bearing corners.
And after combining them, further combinations are possible.
Angel couldn’t determine which specific rune it was.
Even if he listed all possible bearing corner combinations, what would be the specific method of drawing the rune? Different methods of drawing produce different effects. It’s known that runes aren’t just drawn on a flat surface; three-dimensional drawing is also common.
Angel initially thought to list all the types of combinations possible with the rune fragment he had, and then think further.
However, after ten hours, he listed nearly 180 types, and that was not the end. With his knowledge, he estimated he could list several hundred more if he wished.
If for every bearing corner, Angel could list several hundred combinations, and then select one potential magical formation to be drawn on the armor from these thousands, if not tens of thousands of combinations, would that be possible?
Maybe it is, but the time it would take is not just a matter of tens of hours, but perhaps it should be measured in years.
Even if Angel had the time now, it wouldn’t be feasible to waste it in such a manner.
Moreover, if it took years of time, and in the end, he found out that the armor was just inscribed with a simple “Defensive Magic Formation,” he would probably be so frustrated that he might feel physically ill.
The probability of a Defensive Magic Formation appearing on the breastplate of a knight’s armor is indeed quite high.
After deducing this, he decisively stopped his research.
Although wizards do indeed study a topic for years, even decades or centuries, this is in the spirit of ‘delving into’ or, in other words, self-improvement and the pursuit of truth.
Spending time for this purpose is acceptable. But now, with the condition of the armor unknown, it’s truly unnecessary to waste time on it.
Angel decided to set aside the repair of the damaged rune, to be revisited when the opportunity arises.
For the next period, Angel continued his research into the Green Rune System.
…
Two days swiftly passed.
At a certain moment, Angel suddenly closed his notebook, and at the same time, a profound understanding rose from his mind.
If this insight were to be expressed in words, it would be: “Attention, the marked one has entered the Wilderness of Dreams!”
Last time, after leaving the Wilderness of Dreams, Angel slightly modified the permissions of the ‘Gate of Dreams’. The change was made to alert him whenever Sanders entered the Wilderness of Dreams.
Now, judging from the feedback from the ‘Gate of Dreams’, Sanders has entered the Wilderness of Dreams. This also indicates that the endurance formula should be completed.
As this matter concerns the issue of power, whether or not Freud can withstand the new power, Angel definitely needs to be present. Therefore, without any hesitation, he closed his notebook and entered the Dream Bridge.
When Angel arrived, Sanders glanced at him: “You’ve come at the right time, the result of the endurance formula is out.”
Sitting nearby, Freud became tense suddenly due to Sanders’ words.
Angel asked, “Can he withstand it?”
Sanders didn’t nod or shake his head, saying, “It’s hard to say. If it’s just about overseeing the birth of plants, within the known variables, Freud should be able to bear it.”
“But ‘plants’ is a generic term, encompassing many specifics. These specifics might contain some unknown variables. The threshold of these unknown variables, and in which range they fall, is difficult to determine. If the unknown variables significantly interfere with the outcome, then it’s hard to ascertain whether Freud can withstand it.”
Angel replied, “So, it’s still a matter of uncertainty.”
Sanders nodded, “Yes, but the likelihood of success might be a bit higher. Because, as far as we can see now, there aren’t many unknown variables.”
“In the face of uncertainty, should Freud give it a try?”
Angel was asking Freud, but it wasn’t Freud who answered; it was Sanders.
“It’s worth a try.”
Under the watchful eyes of Angel and Freud, Sanders quietly said, “The data I lack are the details of these unknown variables. Allowing Freud to try would enable me to make a more accurate judgment.”
“Moreover, even if it fails, I’ve estimated the risks. The power related to plants, in fact, returning it to the Wilderness of Dreams, should have an impact not much different from the Celestial Cycle.”
The Celestial Cycle is actually entrusted to the will of the Wilderness of Dreams to control, and its advantages are quite apparent. Because it’s not easy for a person to control and reach every corner of the Wilderness of Dreams in minute detail.
Of course, while there are many advantages, there are also many disadvantages.
However, compared to core powers, even if this power is returned to the Wilderness of Dreams, the impact on the future development prospects of the Wilderness of Dreams is not considered too significant.