The so-called rune mage is actually a special kind of spell caster. They do not cast spells through spells or rituals, but make spells into runes in advance, and then use magic power to activate the runes to cast the desired spell.
Compared with ordinary spellcasting, a rune mage's spellcasting is more flexible and faster, but it also requires sharper skills and a stronger body - in order to carry the power of spells, the materials used to make runes are generally quite strong. " "Strong" and "heavy" are roughly twin brothers. A person who can carry a large number of runes must be a rare strong man, even if he is not a powerful man.
Apart from anything else, for a small person like Palin, if you give him ten or eight runes, he will almost be in trouble. If you give him twenty or thirty runes, he might be crushed to death.
Therefore, rune mages are generally strong men, and because they need to cast spells, they also need to have strong magic power. There are not many spellcasters who have both of these points, but among certain races, they are quite common.
For example, the dwarves.
The dwarves are a race created by the God of the Earth Element and the Goddess of the Earth. Originally, they wanted to create a race that was both powerful and flexible, with a smart mind and good magic aptitude. However, when they actually created it, they discovered that These advantages cannot be taken into account at all - or in other words, the power of these two gods is not enough to create a race that takes into account these advantages.
In desperation, they took a step back and finally created a race that was slightly shorter than humans, with unusually thick limbs, great strength, good magical aptitude, and a fairly flexible mind.
Generally speaking, dwarves are a relatively powerful race. But they also have their own shortcomings. I don’t know if it’s because the creator is the god of the earth element. The dwarves’ thinking methods are relatively rigid. It’s not that they are not smart, but they accept death.
For example, if a dwarf goes to a restaurant to eat, he wants to eat "fish-flavored shredded pork", and then the food is served, he will probably struggle with the waiter about the question "Where is the fish? Where is the fish?" and he will struggle for a long, long time. It is almost an impossible task to convince him to admit that "there is no fish in the fish-flavored shredded pork". Probably only if he actually gets a fish or some fish soup and makes a new dish, he will nod his approval - of course, he will never refuse to pay. Dwarves are creatures of the lawful alignment, and refusing to pay is in conflict with their values. of.
If this is only a minor shortcoming, then another shortcoming is a bit bigger - the fertility of dwarves is a little bit worse.
It is said that the dwarves originally did not have this shortcoming, but after the death of the God of the Earth Element, their fertility was like diving from a high platform. They suddenly fell from a "high fertility race" to a "low fertility race". It is said that the situation is the worst. At that time, for twenty consecutive years, not a single dwarf baby was born in the world.
This problem was of course very serious. The Earth Goddess thought of several ways and finally partially solved it, allowing the fertility of the dwarves to rise to the point where at least the dwarves would not be exterminated because of this. But for this, the dwarves had to pay a huge price - although they still had good magic qualifications, their ability to control the subtleties of magic became very poor, making it difficult to produce excellent spellcasters.
As the saying goes, if you are poor, change will lead to success. The dwarves are not low in intelligence and will naturally find a way. After much deliberation, the current dwarf rune god finally came up with a solution. The dwarf, who was just a master forger at the time, took a different approach and engraved runes representing magic on a solid metal plate. When it was time to cast a spell, As long as magic power is injected into the runes, magic can be stimulated.
This method of casting spells quickly became popular among the dwarves, and was also introduced to other races, and even in turn affected the elves who were the mainstream of spell casters. Many of today's various magic props contain rune technology.
However, being able to cast spells with runes does not mean you are a rune mage. You must be able to make your own runes to be considered a qualified rune mage.
Sui Xiong is looking for such talents.
And the place he went to was not the kingdom of the dwarves in the Duanyun Mountains, but the kingdom of the dwarf gods.
It is not easy to discuss with the dwarves. It's better to discuss it directly with the dwarf gods.
After all, he is also a god, and he is quite a respectable figure among the gods. If he comes to visit in person, the dwarf gods will give him some respect...
Sui Xiong thought so and soon arrived at the kingdom of the dwarf gods.
The kingdom of the dwarf gods is called the "Eternal Mountain". The overall structure is roughly an extremely majestic mountain, then surrounded by low mountains, then surrounded by hills, and then plains - there is no forest, because the dwarves don't like it. Forests; and no oceans, for dwarves hate oceans.
The dead dwarf believers live in this vast kingdom of God. Some of them live on the plains, some live in the hills, and many live in the mountains. But only those who have made great contributions or outstanding achievements and are recognized by the dwarf gods can live in the high mountain in the center.
Well, live in the mountains.
Be it the dwarf gods or the best believers, they all live in the mountains.
When Sui Xiong visited, the dwarf gods also received him in a hall in the middle of the mountain.
The dwarf gods were surprised and a little uneasy at his visit. Masked Void has a good reputation for being capable of fighting, being warlike, having a weird personality, and doing things unconventionally... All in all, the reputation is not necessarily very good.
In the eyes of the evil gods, this guy is a super devil who has killed hundreds of evil gods, and even the God of Fear, who is almost the leader of the evil gods.
In the eyes of the good gods, this guy is a perverse person who uses undead magic at will without any psychological pressure, enslaves the undead to work for him, and doesn't think there is anything wrong with this behavior at all.
The dwarves are not considered evil, nor are they particularly determined to be good, so they can at least welcome Sui Xiong's visit and not turn him away.
… Of course, even if they weren’t welcome, they wouldn’t dare.
After three drinks and five dishes, Sui Xiong explained the reason for his visit.
"I want to recruit some rune mages." He said, "The reward is absolutely satisfactory."
Dwarf gods, you look at me, and I look at you. Finally, the God of Runes spoke and asked in confusion: "Is it just for this?"
"Isn't this important?" Sui Xiong asked.
The God of Runes was silent for a while and said: "I don't quite understand your thinking, but if you are looking for the Rune Master, then I will go with you."
"To be honest, I'm curious as to why you would come to us specifically to recruit people..."