Chapter 2292 Optimize Flaws <TOC> Chapter 2294 Sunlight Sanctuary
Translator: SumTLMan
Feng, seeing Angel determined to try, did not dissuade him further but silently observed Angel’s actions.
As Angel took out the inscription pen, blood ink, and leather paper, Feng also silently analyzed in his mind which type of rune Angel might be drawing.
“The material of the leather paper is the same as before, entry grade, but it has been tanned with a potion, which, judging from the smell, seems to be some kind of low rank magical plant potion.”
“The blood ink is made by combining some kind of bird’s magic bloodstone with the juice of the cow vine root, also entry grade.”
Feng thought to himself, from this series of preparatory materials, it can be seen that the rune Angel is about to inscribe should be stronger than the previous Clean Rune, but not by much, probably some kind of low rank composite rune.
In a moment of thought, Feng also breathed a sigh of relief. Given the speed at which Angel inscribed runes before, this kind of low rank composite rune should not take too long.
If Angel really believed the “preconditions” he listed before, to inscribe that kind of very complex rune, it would take several days or even more than ten days to start, which would really be a waste of time. The thought Feng left in the painting could not last that long.
However, thinking back, Feng did not believe that Angel could really inscribe complex runes or magic formations. Angel’s choice of a low rank composite rune was probably due to his limited strength.
As Feng’s thoughts stirred, Angel had already picked up the inscription pen, dipped it in blood ink, and began to inscribe on the leather paper.
When Angel inscribed the rune, he was still as relaxed and casual as ever, with the lines on the leather paper being smooth and gentle, and the curves graceful and elegant. Even with Feng’s knowledge, seeing Angel’s inscription again, he couldn’t help but praise in his heart.
Perhaps Angel’s technical depth had not yet reached the standard, but his fundamental skills were extraordinary, and Feng even had the illusion that Angel’s foundation in rune studies was even higher than that of his old friend Renekton.
“It must be an illusion…” Feng thought to himself, even if Renekton specialized in alchemy rather than enchantment, but having immersed himself in alchemy for thousands of years, how could he not surpass Angel.
It must be an illusion.
Casting aside those irrelevant thoughts, Feng holds Angel in high esteem, especially for his foundational skills. Feng believes that once Angel grows and encounters more enchantment techniques, he will undoubtedly make a remarkable impact.
Speaking of more enchantment techniques, Feng recalls a sacred place for alchemists in the Southern Region of the Wizarding World, known as Sky Mechanical City. Feng respects the alchemy techniques there; during his time working at the Temple of Prophets, he heard some prophecy wizards discuss Sky Mechanical City. It was foretold that a mysterious alchemist, who delves into the unknown, would emerge from there. This rumor, dating back a thousand years, intrigued members of the Orderly Guild to venture to the Southern Region, yet they failed to find that alchemist.
Although the identity of this mysterious alchemist remains a puzzle, the emergence of such a genius from Sky Mechanical City speaks volumes of its profound legacy.
“Before Angel heads to the Source World, I might suggest he learn enchantment techniques in Sky Mechanical City. I wonder if Angel has any connection to Sky Mechanical City; if not, I could write him a letter of recommendation.” Feng thinks to himself. Although he doesn’t have deep connections with Sky Mechanical City, coming from the Southern Region and with his reputation, writing a recommendation letter would be sufficient.
As Feng’s thoughts wander, the rune on the leather paper begins to take shape.
Feng examines the rune Angel has inscribed, his expression turning slightly peculiar.
This familiar outline.
Angel has actually carved the Clean Rune!
However, judging from the space it occupies on the leather paper, it seems not to be a single rune. The Clean Rune must be part of a composite rune.
Even so, Feng finds it odd. Why choose the Clean Rune again? Or is it that Angel is most adept at inscribing the Clean Rune?
Could it be that Angel made his fortune by inscribing Clean Runes in other people’s rooms?
——The reason Feng thought of this was not out of malice, but because when he was an apprentice, he made a living by painting portraits with Unstain Runes. Unstain Runes might sound prestigious, but they are actually just a means of preservation that lasts a long time. Having painted for a long time, Feng’s skills in other runes were average, but his craftsmanship in Unstain Runes was exceptionally exquisite.
At this moment, Feng was secretly pondering whether Angel might be in a similar situation.
The answer to this was still unknown, as Angel had already begun to paint the other runes within the composite rune.
The Clean Rune, the Breath of Life Rune, the Growth Rune, and the Constant Temperature Rune.
There were four runes in total, which might not seem like many, but it exceeded the minimum requirement for a magic formation. Thus, this composite rune could also be referred to as a magic formation.
“However, the combination of these four runes seems to lean towards cleaning and recovery?” Although Feng did not know the name of this magic formation, he could roughly guess its effects from the runes themselves.
The Clean Rune represented: dust removal, stain prevention, and self-cleaning.
The Breath of Life Rune represented: healing and the aura of life.
The Growth Rune was paired with the Breath of Life Rune, mainly to expand the range of the life aura.
The Constant Temperature Rune: was to maintain a fixed temperature.
The combined effect of these runes was to maintain a vibrant life aura and a clean, warm environment within a certain range.
Such a rune could either be placed in a dwelling, a greenhouse, or a herb cultivation room. It was a magic formation that could be desired but was not essential.
Feng did not believe that such a simple magic formation, no matter how well inscribed, could cause a black hat to appear.
It is known that during Renekton’s experiments, from single runes to composite runes were tried, and only when the magic formation that inscribed eighteen runes was attempted did the rune achieve the crowning of a black hat.
Angel’s portrayal was too simplistic, which was certainly not acceptable.
However, Feng did not voice his thoughts; his ideas were similar to Angel’s, considering it was just an attempt, and failure was a normal outcome.
Time passed by bit by bit.
Composite runes differ from individual runes; although there are only four runes, it does not mean that the inscription time is merely four times that of a single rune. Often, the addition of one rune multiplies the inscribing time.
Angel took only a few minutes to inscribe a single Clean Rune, but inscribing this composite rune took nearly an hour.
When the final stroke of the Growth Rune was completed, Angel followed the pattern back to the Clean Rune. There was one last stroke to make on the Clean Rune, which was also the final stroke of the entire magic formation.
It was the rune bearing corner that represented “transformation.”
Previously, Angel’s inscription process was relatively easy, but at the last moment, Angel’s expression became serious.
With a gesture full of ceremonial significance, he used a Magic Hand to pick up a small metal box, the Mysterious Rune inside fitting onto the inscription pen. As the halo touched it, the pen immediately emitted waves of mysterious fluctuations.
Angel, without hesitation, took the inscription pen and outlined the remaining last rune bearing corner.
It all went smoothly at first, but just as Angel made the final stroke, everything in front of him suddenly went dark.
It was as if the whole world had its lights pulled out, all brightness dragged under a curtain of darkness.
But this sensation of darkness was very brief, lasting only a blink of an eye, before everything returned to normal.
At this moment, Angel looked down at the leather paper with the magic formation, which was now complete.
Moreover, it was flawless.
He put down the inscription pen and rubbed his brow. After briefly sensing the condition of his body, which showed no problems, Angel also didn’t detect anything unusual from Feng’s expression.
Angel speculated, could it be that after not inscribing magic formations for a long time, suddenly concentrating so intensely caused his brain to become somewhat fatigued, leading to the darkness before his eyes?
Although that’s what he thought, he always felt something was not quite right.
However, now that the magic formation was complete, Angel decided to set aside his concerns for the moment and wait to see the results before asking Feng about it.
On the other hand, Feng, admiring the exquisite magic formation on the leather paper, was impressed. Regardless of whether his speculation about Angel’s “cleaning” skills was true, just this one magic formation alone was definitely one of the most beautiful he had ever seen.
The strokes were smooth, the underlying lines were elegant, and the supply of energy was stable from beginning to end, which was already hard to achieve. Moreover, the depth of the runes and the spaces left blank were full of meaning.
The new generation are all monsters.
If he wasn’t just a strand of consciousness created by Feng, he would probably try every means to lure Angel to the Turing Magic Cube. Not to mention the reason Angel arrived here, just this beautifully crafted rune alone promised a bright future.
As Feng was reflecting, the flawless magic formation began to emit a faint light. Within the light, one could clearly see a figure dancing joyfully along the curves of the runes.
“The coronation is about to begin,” Feng said in a deep voice.
Angel also gathered his wandering thoughts, paying attention to the scene emerging within the faint light.
Angel naturally had expectations for the color of the coronation hat, but his emotions were very restrained.
He was well aware that although this “Sunlight Garden” magic formation was more complex than a single Clean Rune, it was much simpler compared to advanced magic formations.
Although Feng did not express any opinion from beginning to end, Angel could tell that Feng also did not believe that “Sunlight Garden” could receive the coronation of the black hat.
Angel also wanted to depict the advanced magic formation in —Advanced Edition—, but it was too time-consuming, with even the simplest advanced magic formation taking days to calculate. Mr. Feng was still opposite him; if he were to depict the advanced magic formation, success aside, it would certainly not be polite.
Therefore, Angel chose “Sunlight Garden.” It was the most complex magic formation he could depict in the shortest amount of time.
Whether it would be effective was now to be seen.
The figure in the dim light remained blurred. He danced a strange dance, moving crazily back and forth over the pattern, seemingly inspecting the rune.
When the inspection was almost complete, the figure stopped, took a hat out of his bosom, and casually threw it.
This act of throwing the hat was like a special coronation ceremony, giving new life to the rune.
However, at this moment, both Angel and Feng were not thinking about the so-called “coronation ceremony”; their eyes were all fixed on the black top hat…
Yes, black.
“Is it really black?” Feng stared incredulously at the black hat still flying in the air in the rune. The hat fell, merging into the magic formation.
It was only then that the dust settled.
With the disappearance of the black hat, the entire magic formation seemed to be eroded by time, undergoing some unknown sudden change.
The whole leather paper was enveloped in a thick black mist.
The dense fog emitted an intensely mysterious aura, as if proclaiming its very existence.
Feng stared intently at the fog, trying to see through it to observe any changes to the leather paper, but the fog obstructed all vision.
As Feng waited quietly for the fog to dissipate, his gaze suddenly caught Angel standing opposite him.
He noticed that Angel had inexplicably frozen in place.
And Angel’s eyes were dull and lifeless, like those of a dead person, devoid of any luster.
Seeing this, Feng seemed to realize something and slapped his forehead, exclaiming, “Oh no, I almost forgot about this.”
Feng attempted to reach out to touch Angel, but just as his hand was about to make contact, he stopped himself, saying, “No, I can’t touch him.”
Feng stood up, pacing anxiously around Angel, muttering to himself, “How could I have forgotten to mention it… a black hat, why did it have to be a black hat the first time?!”
“What did Renekton say again? Right, right, right, the resistance of will… Given that Angel has made it this far, his will must be strong, capable of resisting, right?”
“It should be, right?”
While Feng was talking to himself, he failed to notice that Angel’s gaze was gradually becoming lively again.
After regaining consciousness, Angel felt a sharp pain in his head.
He pinched the bridge of his nose while taking deep breaths.
Angel’s heavy breathing caught Feng’s attention, who looked at him in surprise and asked, “You, you woke up so quickly?”
After finishing his words, Feng seemed to realize that his statement might have been a bit inappropriate, and quickly added, “What I mean is, are you alright?”
Angel, rubbing his nose bridge, took a moment before nodding in response, “I’m fine, just need some rest.”
After a pause, Angel lifted his eyes, which bore a hint of weariness, “Do you know what just happened?”
Instead of answering directly, Feng asked, “Why don’t you tell me what you experienced just now?”
Angel recalled for a moment and said, “The moment the black fog appeared, my vision suddenly went dark… Right, the same thing happened when I was finishing the last stroke of the rune earlier. But that was only for an instant, whereas this darkness lasted a long time. In my perception, it felt almost like a month had passed…”
He used “felt like” because, after waking up, Angel immediately contacted Eremy. Based on Eremy’s feedback, Angel realized that in reality, only a dozen seconds had passed.
“What then? After everything went dark, what did you perceive?”
In that darkness, Angel perceived nothing but was bombarded with many meaningless mysterious symbols or information into his mind.
These incomprehensible mysterious messages, like a torrent, washed over Angel’s thoughts.
If it were an ordinary person, they might have been driven mad by these absurd and unrestrained messages.
But Angel felt relatively fine because he had once been swallowed by the spotted puppy and had perceived a vast amount of mysterious information in its stomach. Although Angel couldn’t understand those mysterious messages, they were like some sort of fantastical imprint deeply etched into his mind. Based on this, Angel later created illusory Mysterious Objects.
The mysterious information Angel experienced this time was entirely meaningless, seemingly existing only to wash over one’s thoughts and drive them insane.
Because Angel had experienced the wash of truly mysterious information, these meaningless messages had no effect on him.
The only side effect for Angel was the overwhelming influx of chaotic information, which made his brain tired and somewhat sleepy.
Chapter 2292 Optimize Flaws <TOC> Chapter 2294 Sunlight Sanctuary