Chapter 218
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Chapter 218: “My Thoughts on the Similarities and Differences of Ancient Runes” | by Lolthlinda
After a brief moment of contemplation, Lolth reached her conclusion.
Let’s teach them!
Kanor is definitely trustworthy, and Dorothy seems to be a good person as well.
After spending several days together, Lolth believes Dorothy is someone she can get along with!
Moreover, even though this technology sounds like it can create gods and establish a Divine Kingdom, it appears quite dangerous initially.
However, this is similar to how advanced mathematics and physics can provide the theoretical foundation for constructing nuclear weapons and even more frightening things; it sounds dangerous, but it isn’t necessarily so.
If studying these subjects could actually lead to creating nuclear weapons to destroy the world, then physics would have long been removed from mandatory education.
University students wishing to apply for related fields would probably have to undergo two rounds of political screening.
This ancient rune technology follows essentially the same principle.
The crystal core that the Evil God Girl sent to Lolth is more akin to a repository of knowledge, containing the complete system of rune technology.
Creating and becoming a god are very significant aspects of it, but they do not encompass everything.
Moreover, it is unrealistic to suggest that one could learn these rune techniques today and suddenly control the evil god to bring catastrophe to the main plane tomorrow; that is completely implausible.
Even if I instructed those two talented young women, it would be nearly impossible for them to attain the knowledge level of the Plague Evil God Girl before she ascended to godhood in such a short time, especially without any related technologies or rune devices.
The Evil God Girl and her associates could open a half-plane using this technology, which is clearly only achievable if an entire civilized nation has been utilizing this technology for at least a millennium.
Starting from scratch to develop the equipment and conditions necessary to open a half-plane, and to assemble such a team… it would be exceedingly difficult for Kanor, the girl from the town, and Dorothy, the princess who was nearly killed by her own aunt after being expelled from the Golden Peacock.
It’s even difficult to determine whether it would be faster to establish a new church from nothing and work to enhance one’s power to ascend to godhood, or to execute this plan.
After all, even Lolth does not intend to directly implement this ancient rune technology in the present day in a simplistic manner; instead, she wishes to refine it to better suit current reality, so she can create similar or even more advanced systems that align with modern developments.
Completing all of this, Lolth estimates would require at least seven or eight five-year periods to achieve any meaningful scale.
In simple terms, technology is merely a tool; the “harm” and “benefits” depend on its application.
Under this premise, teaching these two young women the ancient rune technology raises one primary concern: whether the rune technology obtained from the evil god might be “contaminated.”
Although this green high-level crystal ball appears quite normal, it was extracted from the core of a half-plane that has fallen into an evil Divine Kingdom, and Lolth cannot be certain what strange elements might be incorporated within it.
The learning and teaching of “extraordinary knowledge and skills” differ substantially from conventional learning because, with the presence of extraordinary and magical powers, the saying “knowledge is power” has transformed from metaphor to literal truth.
Sometimes, knowledge truly is power.
Therefore, the dangers of acquiring knowledge have become more evident.
Indeed, learning it could induce madness, dementia, or even death.
Especially with techniques like runes, knowing and understanding carries certain risks.
Furthermore, its source being a “gift from the evil god”…
The risks are simply multiplied exponentially.
So, whether Dorothy and Kanor should learn it must still honor the wishes of the two young women themselves.
Before proceeding, Lolth needed to explore and examine this rune technique more thoroughly.
Although she had already learned about this technique through practical application and reverse engineering in the Evil Divine Kingdom.
However, it was still not as convenient or efficient as directly accessing “prepared instructional materials.”
If she didn’t need to activate the array to access the crystal ball, who would voluntarily struggle and sit on the ground solving puzzles like a human computational device?
It was comparable to attempting to learn advanced mathematics and derive various functions on the spot during a mathematical competition; it was truly an inefficient and arduous approach.
Even though Lolth excelled at this and derived satisfaction from it, this “efficiency-seeking individual” still preferred the experience of assimilating organized knowledge that could be readily comprehended.
With these considerations in mind, she began her study of the runes.
By channeling magic into the crystal ball, an extensive amount of information connected to her consciousness once again, and faint green glowing symbols gathered in the “spiritual realm,” their light pulsating like breath, making her feel as if she were suspended in an ocean formed by ancient runes.
Countless case studies and principle analyses, numerous individual runes and their combined effects were assembled together, leaving Lolth momentarily entranced.
“What a complex and intricate system…”
This ancient script differs completely from the common magic runes used in the mainland plane. Besides having a more independent structure for each rune, it also possesses the characteristics of “high energy consumption, rapid effect, and complexity.”
Nowadays, regardless of which plane you are in, the mainstream magic runes are primarily simple and easily combinable.
The new textbook published by the Main Plane Wizard Association on “Prefabricated Magic: Runes, Scrolls, and Magic Circles” indicates that there are only about fifty commonly used patterns for general runes or magic circle energy circuits.
Runes, magic circles, and scrolls all rely on inscribing special magical circuits into magical materials or creating sustainable magical circuits with one’s own “magic,” enabling the infused or passing magic to be assimilated, fluctuate, and function through these specialized magical pathways and circuits.
Consequently, there have been Sages who humorously described wizards as essentially linguists who invent a language to communicate with magic.
The most significant distinction between these ancient runes and current runes is their “complexity.”
Their stability is founded on the single rune’s capacity to support the effects that current multiple rune combinations achieve.
For example, the rune for “accelerating internal magic recovery”… in this ancient script, it can be accomplished with just one specific rune symbol.
But in the current universal runes, the simplest structure requires four runes working in concert: “absorb magic,” “transfer magic,” “accelerate magic flow,” and “cycle rune”!
