Chapter 91 - 90: This is a Small Step for Lis
Chapter 91: Chapter 90: This is a Small Step for Lis
Early morning, at the Kane Mansion.
Lis woke up with his spirit multiplied by a hundredfold. Every time he stayed up late working himself to the bone, he would not choose meditation but instead would sleep soundly. This made him feel as if both his mental and physical fatigue were thoroughly washed away.
Lis felt that, as his strength increased, his energy levels were ever more vigorous.
In other words, the time he spent working hard was getting longer, and his rest time shorter.
He wondered whether, after breaking through to become a Legend, he would no longer need to rest at all.
Lis dressed, picked up Angela who was still sleeping, and went downstairs for breakfast.
...
This guy didn’t come back until the middle of last night and Lis had no idea what he had been up to.
His schedule was more mysterious than a cat’s.
He needed to hurry as he had important matters to tend to today!
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Feis Royal Magic Academy, Fifth Magic Workshop.
Lis stood in front of the building, this time with Angela obediently perched on his shoulder.
The reason was that Lis had rejected Angela’s idea of climbing onto his head, as that would be rather undignified for a noble, especially in the crowded Magic Academy.
Staying on the shoulder was just right, since many mages also kept Magic Beast pets!
Even so, the little white bat still attracted the curious gazes of many onlookers as they walked.
Lis didn’t mind and headed straight for the Fifth Magic Workshop.
The Magic Intelligent Life of the workshop detected Lis’s approach and automatically opened the doors.
“Respected Mr. Lis, hello, and welcome to the Fifth Magic Workshop.”
The cold and mechanical voice of the intelligent life sounded in Lis’s ear.
Lis walked in and casually asked the intelligent life:
“Where is Bernie now?”
“Mr. Bernie is currently in the Magic Rune Laboratory on the third floor.”
Lis nodded and made his way directly to the third floor.
At this time, the second floor of the workshop was no longer as deserted as it was during his last visit; several figures were busy in the laboratory, ignoring Lis as he passed.
After all, anyone who could enter the workshop alone was someone with authority.
However, it seemed the workshop’s intelligent life did not react to Angela on his shoulder, who was curiously looking around. Perhaps it wasn’t equipped with that function?
Upon reaching the third level, Lis saw Bernie’s figure, busy with something at the laboratory’s operation table.
Lis gently pushed the door open and walked in, approaching Bernie.
Seeing that he was fully absorbed in engraving Magic Runes on a device, Lis did not speak to disturb him and quietly observed Bernie’s engraving technique from the side.
Bernie, immersed in Magic Rune Engraving, was completely unaware of the outside changes; all his thoughts were concentrated on the engraving pen in his hand.
In Lis’s eyes, Bernie’s figure at that moment was like one of those great calligraphy masters from his previous life.
Observing his force without loss, his posture noble without extravagance, his hand as if commanding thousands of troops.
Only after Bernie finished the engraving of the Magic Rune with satisfaction did Lis speak:
“Impressive, truly worthy of being the youngest Intermediate Magic Rune Master in Bright City.”
Bernie wasn’t surprised and put down his Engraving Device, saying:
“All right, it’s not our first meeting, no need for such compliments.”
“I didn’t expect you to come today. The laboratory was just cleaned up a couple of days ago; I was about to notify you.”
“Haha, so here I am, showing up proactively!”
When talking with his best buddy, both of them were quite relaxed.
Lis took a look at the Magic Rune Bernie had just finished and asked,
“The one you engraved is… a Flowing Magic Rune?”
“Hmm? You could tell?”
Bernie was somewhat surprised, not because he underestimated Lis, but because the Flowing Magic Rune was a rather obscure and rarely seen Magic Rune, usually used in large to medium-sized Magic Arrays for guiding the flow of Magic Power within the Array. Most Mages wouldn’t bother to learn this specific Magic Rune.
Lis nodded, admitting that in his past life he might not have been able to recognize it either.
However, after becoming an Arcanist in this life, Lis had been persistent in studying Magic Rune knowledge, and now, combining it with the insights from his former life, his skill in Magic Runes had become quite impressive.
Lis nodded again and said,
“I can tell that this is a Flowing Magic Rune, but it seems like you’ve made a lot of modifications to it, Bernie?”
“Yes.”
Bernie pointed at the freshly engraved Flowing Magic Rune in front of him and said to Lis,
“This is the direction of my recent research. I’m trying to alter the Flowing Magic Rune to minimize the loss of Magic Power during its flow and conduction.”
“The object I’ve engraved the Magic Rune on is part of a medium-sized Magic Array. By reducing the loss within it, I want to lower the Magic Array’s consumption of Magic Power as much as possible.”
“I remember you were researching civilian Enchanted Products before?”
Lis looked at the newly completed Enchantment component and inquired.
“Yep, so I’m looking for inspiration.”
Bernie shrugged nonchalantly, willingly sharing his experimental ideas with Lis.
“You know, the Enchanted Products designed initially are often not meant for civilian use; they are mostly applied in warfare weapons and magical research (for more details, refer to the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear power stations), so I thought I’d get inspiration from the design of Magic Arrays first, then try to make a breakthrough in civilian Enchanted Products.”
“I get it!”
Lis was well aware of these things. After all, civilian Enchanted Products were only a recent concept with very few actual applications, like the Magic Stone Lamp and a few others.
In fact, the most widely diffused Magic Stone Lamps aren’t strictly Enchanted Products, but rather a special kind of stone that emits light, simply adorned with some Energy-Gathering Magic Patterns, something a Magic Apprentice could produce in great quantities in a day.
“Do you want to give it a try?”
Bernie said to Lis with a smile.
“Come on, I have something interesting to show you!”
Lis naturally wouldn’t refuse, as his purpose for visiting today was to demonstrate the “Self-Charging” Magic Rune to Bernie and thus gain the support of Bernie and Yousef Daher.
He took the precious pen-shaped Engraving Device from Bernie’s hands, its smooth and satisfying touch confirming its quality, with Lis finding no resistance when channeling his own Magic Power through it, which befits an item made of Mithril and various special materials.
Without hesitation, Lis took out an Elemental Crystal that had exhausted its Magic Power from his storage ring, picked up the Engraving Device, and began slowly engraving the “Self-Charging” Magic Rune onto it.
Bernie stood by Lis’s side, considering whether he should offer some guidance, especially since he was well aware of Lis’s previous skill level – solid fundamentals but not quite high.
But soon enough, Bernie realized there was nothing he needed to remind Lis of. Although Lis’s engraving technique was a bit unpracticed and his hand movements not as smooth and fluid, these were minor issues that could easily be corrected with practice.
Lis didn’t encounter any technical issues throughout the entire engraving process.
The “Self-Charging” Magic Rune was quickly engraved; Lis had practiced it countless times before and it wasn’t a complex Magic Rune, the whole engraving process took less than a quarter of an hour.
“Impressive, I didn’t expect you to make progress so quickly!”
Bernie sincerely praised, feeling happy to see his friend’s improvement.
“Forget about that, come on, do you recognize the Magic Rune I’ve engraved?”
Lis handed over the completed Elemental Crystal to Bernie with a smile and asked.
“This is…”