When you open the journal Runes & Magic, you will see the introduction of Dean Manan Amos, who is the editor-in-chief of the current issue, or a message:

"From ancient times to the present, the mysteries of runes and magic are like the bright stars in the sky, and countless mages have used their wisdom as bricks and stones to build towers and capture these bright stars.

They were ecstatic and cherished their treasures, but in the end everything they had built collapsed with the power of time, leaving only a few wrecks for those who came after them to admire, revealing what they had achieved.

Runes & Magic aims to turn every starlight into bricks and stones, giving it to anyone who is on the path of studying runes and magic.

In the journey of building the tower, every time we share wisdom, we can have an additional foundation, and only when everyone can draw nourishment from the wisdom of our predecessors, can we surpass our predecessors and build a tower that can truly lead to the mysteries of runes and magic."

Xia Lin could see from this passage that Dean Manan was looking forward to the journal Runes and Magic, and he was silent as he continued to turn over the introduction, followed by the title of his Rune Variants and the Four Basic Rune Theories.

Underneath the title is the simple line of his name: Charlem Karl.

Seeing that his research results will be published in "Runes and Magic" from today, and being tested by countless mages in the imperial magic world, he questioned, although he had already had various ideas about this, but Xia Lin's hands began to tremble slightly for some reason at this time, and it was difficult to maintain the previous peace in his heart.

He checked his paper several times, and after repeatedly confirming that there were no typographical errors or omissions, Xia Lin hesitated to turn over the paper and saw the editor's comments on the back, which were the remarks of the famous archmage above the five rings in the empire.

Straitsch Reedian: "Groundbreaking application of mathematics, a tool that mages have long overlooked, to analyze the nature of runes and magic, and has yielded results comparable to those of His Excellency Stonen Grantlear. The new generation, who stand on the shoulders of giants, is growing into new giants."

Sagna Lombart: "Enlightening research, for the second time the mages have taken off the veil of runes."

Gladyse Lydia: "The results of the amazing research are that the four basic runes are not earth, fire, feng shui, and ruined the beauty of magic!"

Imis Isaac: "The mysteries of magic are like the stars in the sky, and Charin Karl plucked the most brilliant one in 1391."

Agnes Fredetrika: "From this day on, the wizarding world has entered a new era."

Fermi Yinlan: ......

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The evaluation of the five Six-Ring Court Archmages and the high-ring mages in the Imperial Capital represents that the wizarding world has completely recognized Xia Lin's contribution to the study of runes by the small Second Ring Mage, and from now on, Xia Lin's name will inevitably be known by many mages in the empire.

In addition to the five court archmages, there are also the comments of Archmage Fermi Yinlan, Master Flynn Kundel, and other high-ring mages that Xia Lin has heard of or had a relationship with each other.

Looking at these evaluations that did not hesitate to praise words, Xia Lin couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

If they knew that their Karl Lab had cracked the mystery of the rune connection during this time, and initially achieved the purpose of customizing the magic, but did not publish the results, I don't know how they would react.

As for why it is said to be preliminarily achieved, it is because Xia Lin currently has one more puzzle that has not been solved, that is, the template rune group that affects the effect of the spell.

The two types of variant runes that make up this rune group, which Xia Lin named as the structure rune and the shape rune, have twelve nodes in common, but how the remaining sixteen nodes affect the shape and content of the spell effect is still a mystery for the time being.

If it weren't for the fact that the purification technique also has the ability to perform it with its own magic power, and it is a ring of spells that must be inlaid with magic crystals to take effect, Xia Lin would not be sure that the purification technique is indeed a ring of spells.

And the rotation is being studied

technique, Xia Lin adopted the template rune group in the two-ring spell whirlwind technique, and it also did not involve the study of the two types of template runes.

However, Xia Lin will not release the two theories of "Rune Weight Theory" and "Luna-Carl Rune Connection Theory" in the short term.

The introduction of these two theories means that the mysteries of runes and magic have been officially solved, and the eyes that will be attracted will not be curiosity and admiration, but malicious exploration and scrutiny.

Continuing to flip through the two pages of the remarks of the high-ring mages who had considerable influence in the magical world of the imperial capital, Xia Lin saw another content that he was more concerned about, that is, the article that Dean Manan promised to use the first issue of "Runes and Magic" to promote the Karl Magic Award.

According to Xia Lin's vision, the Karl Magic Award is shortlisted from June to March of the following year, and the research results of the mages are screened, and about 20 to 50 candidates are obtained.

Then, with the editorial team of Runes and Magic as the core, these candidates will be qualified, and ten nominees will be selected from them over a period of two months, and the nominees will immediately receive a nomination bonus of fifty gold lunt and a 13.91-gram Karl Magic Award Mithril nomination medal for that year.

On June 12th, the day that Zeng Xia Lin officially began his magical research, the Karl Magic Award will be officially awarded to the winner, with a prize of 3% to 5% of the annual profits of the New Leaf Chamber of Commerce, minus the part necessary for the operation of the Carl Magic Award Foundation, with a minimum of 500 gold lunents, in addition to a 61.2-gram Adamantite Gold Medallion.

With the strong ability of the New Leaf Chamber of Commerce to absorb gold, 3% of the annual profit means a huge bonus of at least six hundred gold lundes, and 5% can easily break through to one thousand gold lundes, even for some high-ring mages above the third ring, it is also an extremely large amount of money.

After reading all the contents of Runes and Magic, and deciding to publicize the founding of the Journal of Runes and Magic and the Carl Magic Award through the Imperial Capital Newspaper, Xia Lin carefully closed the page and placed this commemorative first issue of the sample issue on the top of the bookshelf in his office with the hands of a mage.

He then opened the letter that Archmage Agnes had sent to him from Mercury the Raven, with intricate gold trim and precious incense powder.

The reason why he didn't use teleportation to convey the message was probably because Archmage Agnes didn't have Xia Lin's beacon in his hand, and it was more formal.

"Venerable Charin Karl hereby inspires:

The editorial team of Runes and Magic, after consultation with His Majesty Sassen XVII Pulit Ahlika, has decided that February 17 will be the opening time of the Royal Treasury, so please wait outside the Palace of Dragon's Sleep at 8 o'clock in the morning on this day."

On this luxurious letterhead of unknown material, there is only a short sentence written, which turns out to be the magical equipment that the manuscript was adopted by "Runes and Magic" and was rewarded with a 20-point rating.

February 17, two days later.

Seeing this letterhead, Xia Lin couldn't help but think about what type of magic equipment he needed.

In this world, magic equipment can be roughly divided into three categories: low-level, intermediate, and high-level, of which low-level is the magic equipment enchanted with spells below the three rings, and it is also the most common magic equipment in this world.

Intermediate magic equipment is the magic equipment enchanted with the spells of the four to six rings, this kind of magic equipment is already extremely rare, only a few ancient ruins can still be found this kind of magic equipment, they usually have some incredible effects.

However, it is said that there have been many alchemists in history who have broken through the boundaries of the three-ring spell enchantment and achieved the enchantment technique of the four-ring to six-ring spells, and they have also earned the title of alchemist grandmaster.

As for high-level magic equipment, it is all handed down from ancient times and belongs to the existence of legends.

They are powerful, and they seem to have the wisdom to choose their own masters, and they are usually named holy swords, magic swords, etc., leaving their own names in history, Xia Lin did not expect to get such an existence from the royal family.

In the royal treasury that has been inherited for thousands of years, there must be a lot of cherished magical equipment, and Xia Lin is not ready to be there again when the time comes

Pick and choose slowly, but decide in advance what equipment you need.

First of all, Xia Lin thought of the necessary space equipment for the protagonist, such as what space rings, space bracelets, space belts and other equipment, although old-fashioned, but very practical,

It's just that Xia Lin has never heard of such equipment in this world, and even magic involving space is very rare, the lowest is the flashing technique of the three-ring spell system, and then the six-ring teleportation technique that Xia Lin has seen Archmage Gladys perform.

Secondly, Xia Lin was going to ask for some life-saving magic equipment, as a researcher, Xia Lin was not keen on fighting fiercely, even if he was given some highly lethal magic equipment, he had no place to use it.

On the contrary, the magic equipment used to save his life is more suitable for him, after his test, the mage armor of the first ring can also block the close fire of the Type 2 rifle two or three times, although the defense is much better than the traditional plate armor, but it is still not enough.

Probably the shield technique of the three rings can completely immune to the damage of rifle bullets, but in the face of cannonballs, Xia Lin is also very skeptical about the effect of the shield technique of the three rings.

In this case, Xia Lin naturally had to upgrade his protection level first to prevent some accidents.

Finally, Xia Lin may also consider some more special curiosities.

The so-called strange objects are some magical items with unknown principles found by adventurers in ancient ruins, many of which have strange effects, and may be able to provide some ideas and progress for his research.