Chapter 48

"Sure, I just completed the advancement."

"......" Zoro stood there for a long time, stunned, before he finally came to his senses from the shock.

But his mood was incredibly complicated. Thinking back, when this Mage Merlin first came to the Sage Tower, he had just formed a magic vortex, barely qualifying as a Level 1 Mage. Now, in just a few months, he was already preparing to inscribe magic runes, and could stand among the ranks of High Mages at any moment.

It took Zoro a full ten years to advance to High Mage!

Originally, it would have been better not to compare, but now, Zoro suddenly wanted to swear...

Standing there, Zoro really wanted to ask, "Are you human or a beast?"

"Mage Zoro, Mage Zoro..." Seeing that Zoro had not reacted for a long time, just staring at him with his eyes, Lin Yun finally couldn't help but call out a couple of times.

"Ah, it's nothing, nothing..." Shouted by Lin Yun, Zoro finally came to his senses from his anger and grief. To cover up his loss of composure, he hurriedly searched for the two books Lin Yun wanted on a row of bookshelves.

This was only because he was Salaman's disciple. If it were another mage, they might lose their balance of mind, or even be left with a psychological shadow on their future magical path.

Advancing from a Level 1 Mage to a High Mage in just a few months was not something a human should do...

The two books Lin Yun wanted were not very obscure. Zoro spent a little time and found them on the bookshelf. When he handed them to Lin Yun, he also reminded him, "I heard from the teacher that this 'Examples of Magic Rune Construction' has been very controversial recently..."

"Uh, I know." Lin Yun nodded, not saying much.

Lin Yun had long known that 'Examples of Magic Rune Construction' was very controversial. In fact, in the millions of years to come, this book would be mentioned by the peak mages, but as a negative example, because there were indeed many errors in it.

However, in this era, the research on magic runes was far from mature, so only the top mages could sense this controversy.

And even they could only sense it...

If they were asked to point out the problems, none of them could do so.

In this era, only Lin Yun could point out the problems in the book. Lin Yun could count the number of errors in the book with his eyes closed, why these errors were errors, and how to correct them. After living for over twenty years in the end times, Lin Yun had long memorized all of this.

However, Lin Yun did not come today to play a "find the differences" game...

Leaving the task of finding errors to future mages.

Lin Yun came today to find a classic magic rune that had been repeatedly mentioned by the powerful mages of the peak era in this 'Examples of Magic Rune Construction'.

The name of this magic rune was the Magic Power Array.

Of course, this was the name that would appear millions of years later. In this era, the name "Magic Power Array" did not exist. It was usually called a "waste rune" or a "useless rune."

The first to use this term was 'Examples of Magic Rune Construction'. In this book, the Magic Power Array was used as a negative example, and the author used it to emphasize how important it was to construct magic runes correctly, and that if one did not do it well, they would end up with a waste rune...

This was the only way Lin Yun could obtain the construction method of the Magic Power Array...

Constructing the Magic Power Array was not difficult, but obtaining a complete Magic Power Array was almost as difficult as climbing to the heavens. Even at the peak of the magical civilization, there were no more than five mages in the entire Noscent who possessed a complete Magic Power Array, and coincidentally, none of these five mages left any legacy.

This led to the situation where, after the fall of these five mages at the end of the peak era of magical civilization, no mage in the entire Noscent knew how to construct a complete Magic Power Array. In that vast, decaying library, the records of the Magic Power Array were limited to some descriptions, without any real construction methods.

Lin Yun thought for a long time before he remembered that a book mentioned that the Magic Power Array was once called a "waste rune," and the first to use this term was a magic book called 'Examples of Magic Rune Construction'. The author seemed to be a High Mage from the Third Dynasty, who was not famous at the time, but was recorded in history millions of years later because of this book.

Of course, the way he was recorded in history was a bit peculiar...

After thanking Zoro, Lin Yun took the two books and found a seat to read them page by page.

Lin Yun read very quickly. In just half an hour, he finished 'Examples of Magic Rune Construction'. Indeed, there were too many errors in this book. Lin Yun found at least twenty errors just by reading it once, which was almost unimaginable for a magic book.

It was important to know that magic was a rigorous art. Any oversight could lead to completely different results. A book with twenty errors that no one had noticed was the only one Lin Yun had seen in all these years.

Fortunately, Lin Yun's focus was not on these errors, and he almost forgot about them after reading. The only thing Lin Yun was looking for was the construction method of the Magic Power Array. It was somewhat ironic that the only valuable knowledge in the entire book was treated as a negative example and mocked by the author. Some of the words used were even quite harsh, saying that a High Mage who constructed such a waste rune would probably not achieve much more in his life.

Unfortunately, the author had no idea that millions of years later, as the research on magic runes matured and formed a complete system, the waste rune he spoke of began to shine, being called one of the most powerful magic runes, giving High Mages the ability to contend with High Mages.

However, in the present, the Magic Power Array could indeed be called a waste rune.

Because in this era, the research on magic runes was far from mature. Even many High Mages and Archmages taught their disciples based on experience, and the magic runes they described were isolated, with some connections but no complete system.

In such a situation, the Magic Power Array was indeed equivalent to a waste rune. To unleash its power, at least six magic runes were needed. When these six magic runes formed a Magic Power Array, a High Mage could truly face an Archmage head-on.

Without any external force, just the mage's own magical power could surpass the level restriction and face an Archmage head-on.

It was precisely because of this that the Magic Power Array was called one of the strongest magic runes.

What Lin Yun wanted to construct now was such a Magic Power Array system.

Lin Yun took out his magic book and copied the entire construction of the Magic Power Array word by word. After finishing, he put down the quill, closed 'Examples of Magic Rune Construction', and began to digest the knowledge. After half an hour, he opened the other magic book.

This time, it was 'Detailed Explanation of the Max Formula'...

'Detailed Explanation of the Max Formula' was from the late Third Dynasty. Although the title suggested it was written by the Archmage Max, known as the Flame Tyrant, it was actually written by one of Max's disciples. From a disciple's perspective, he detailed the entire magic system of Max and conducted extensive battle analysis. It could be said that he analyzed the control of fire magic by an Archmage to the extreme.

This book was quite popular in this era. Many High Mages and Archmages hoped to gain insight into the Flame Tyrant's control of fire magic from this book.

Lin Yun was no different...

For Lin Yun, 'Detailed Explanation of the Max Formula' was one of the few good books in this era. In that vast, decaying library, Lin Yun had seen this name in many books, but he had never had the chance to see the book itself until he came to this era and found it in the Sage Tower's library.

Of course, what Lin Yun wanted was not the control of fire magic...

There were many such insights in that vast, decaying library. Max, despite being known as the Flame Tyrant, was only an Archmage. However, in that vast, decaying library, many of the insights were left by Heaven Mages, and even those above the Heaven stage.

What Lin Yun truly wanted were the battle examples.

If Lin Yun was not mistaken, the Flame Tyrant Max was from near the Ghost City, a place known as the paradise of undead creatures, even more terrifying than the Bone Plane. The Bone Plane, though overrun by undead creatures, was dominated by a single Bone Dragon. However, the Ghost City was not much worse than the Undead Plane, and the once-a-century Undead Tide was a terrifying disaster that put the entire Noscent on high alert.

Max, being from such a place, was destined to spend his life fighting undead creatures. It was probably because of this that he achieved such high accomplishments in fire magic, as undead creatures feared fire the most, besides holy light.

What Lin Yun wanted were the battle examples between Max and the undead creatures, preferably the battles with Bone Demons in his youth...

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