"Investigator" or "Time and Space Explorer" is not a special profession of St. Byrons Comprehensive College. Ring sorcerers whose core spiritual runes are time-related concepts or who have obtained time-related spiritual runes can travel through time through relic time keys that fluctuate in level from poet level (level 5) to angel level (level 1) and explore the past at a time point before the Sixth Epoch.
The Time Key is a one-time relic, and different keys open different eras. All the Time Keys are related to the fallen Old God Infinite Tree Father.
This is an extremely powerful old god, belonging to the good god camp. If you come into contact with relevant knowledge and traces, you have a chance to obtain the golden miracle spirit rune. According to legends and some ancient stone tablets, the father of the infinite tree fell in the chaotic era of the Fourth Epoch, but he integrated his body into the continuous infinite time and space with the help of his own concept of "infinity", thereby communicating the past and the future.
The Key of Time is the relic left behind by the fallen old god. Because the fallen old god exists in continuous time and space, his relics can be used to enable time jumps, which are not limited to the time point before the Quaternary Epoch when the Father of the Infinite Tree fell.
But for some reason, no time key has been found so far that can go back to a past point in the Sixth Epoch. This is also an important topic for the ring sorcerers in their research on time.
In short, the doctor asked Xia De to draw the two spirit runes. While conveying the news of Xia De's core spirit runes to the academy, he briefly introduced the common sense in this area to him.
Spirit runes belong to the language of the past and are basically non-repetitive. Unless you have seen spirit runes with the same meaning before, you cannot make them up, so you can use this to prove that you are not lying.
But before Xia De could ask questions like "What about time stability?" and "Will there be a time paradox?", the academy's reply came back unexpectedly:
"If Shad Sulen Hamilton is willing to join the History Academy, the History Academy is willing to list him as a key training target and provide him with a keeper-level relic for self-defense after he joins the academy."
"What's the meaning?"
Shad looked at the doctor.
"We value your talent, but your status as a correspondence ring sorcerer remains unchanged. As a key training target, you don't have to complete more mandatory practical credit tasks, and books can be bought cheaper in Saint Byrons. As for the Keeper-level (Level 3) relic... literally."
The doctor shrugged.
"They are always like this. They are generous to talented people, but they will never break the rules."
"So I should agree?"
"Unless you have a reason to refuse."
The writer answered simply, picking up her blonde hair:
“There are always some key candidates every year, but I think there is no harm in that.”
Thus, Shad successfully became a first-year correspondence ring wizard student at the History School of St. Byrons Comprehensive College.
To become a ring sorcerer, one needs to be exposed to the four elements, and to advance as a ring sorcerer, one also needs the four elements.
For each ring, at least one rune each of Golden Miracle, Silver Blasphemy, Brass Inspiration and Black Iron Whispering Spirit should be engraved on the Life Ring to accumulate enough spirit to complete the sublimation of the rings.
There is an upper limit to the amount of spirit that can be accumulated in a certain ring, so engraving four spirit runes is no different from engraving 400 spirit runes and then sublimating them. There are even disadvantages to engraving too many spirit runes, because the spirit runes required for each ring advancement must be engraved in this ring.
Under normal circumstances, engraving spiritual runes is not a simple matter. It is also very important to correctly balance the contradiction between the number of spiritual runes and one's own research on magic and spells.
Warlocks of the first to fourth rings are called low-ring warlocks, those of the fifth to eighth rings are called middle-ring warlocks, and those of the ninth ring and above are called high-ring warlocks.
This division is not due to numbers, but when the four-ring and eight-ring sublimation occurs, in addition to the four required spirit runes, it is also required that all sixteen spirit runes of this stage, one for each ring, form a series of meanings with the core rune of the ringmaster himself, which is called the "Word of Sublimation".
In Dr. Schneider's group, only the doctor with five rings has completed four sublimations himself.
When he was promoted from the fourth ring to the fifth ring, he used the Black Iron Whisper - Run at the first ring, the Silver Blasphemy - Malice at the second ring, the Bronze Inspiration - Hound at the third ring, the Golden Miracle - Light at the fourth ring, and his own core rune dream to construct the sublimation words for the low ring to the middle ring -
The hounds of light run in malicious dreams.
There is no limit to the types of runes for the Word of Ascension; the Doctor just happens to have four of them.
If the conditions of the Word of Ascension are not met, then one will never be able to advance from the fourth ring to the fifth ring, or from the eighth ring to the ninth ring. And because the four spirit runes used must come from different fourth rings, there is no chance to make up for it.
The choice of sublimation words can be based on past examples, which constitute a sublimation code with thousands of records. Ring sorcerers look for examples based on their core runes and prepare from the beginning of each stage, so each force regards their own sublimation code as its most important secret.
At the low, medium, and high levels, you can use the same core spirit rune to connect the words of sublimation. Therefore, the larger the number of core spirit runes, the more options there are, and it does not have much impact on the difficulty of advancement.
However, if you do not want to rely on past experience with the "Words of Sublimation", or if the core spirit runes are really rare and there are no examples to refer to, then you can only try it yourself. If you are lucky, you will always be able to gather the conditions for sublimation.
However, Shade would not be eligible to view Saint Byron's Ascension Code until half a year later, and confirm his choice of the most important spiritual rune for the first ring. The academy was also worried about the reliability of the correspondence ring sorcerers, and also wanted to make sure that the correspondence students who became extraordinary people would not regret it. Moreover, the advancement of ring sorcerers was difficult in the first place, so half a year was not a waste of time.
Although the number of spirit runes in each ring is unlimited, it is quite difficult to obtain spirit runes. In addition to the required credits obtained through study exams and practical credits obtained through school tasks, promotion to the academy grade also requires that one's grade and ring number correspond.
Therefore, it is quite normal to study a grade for two or three years. If people cannot find the string of spirit runes of sublimation planned at the fourth ring, their promotion time will still be postponed even if the conditions of the four spirit runes are met.
Of course, the teaching materials, the Ringwitch Basic Course, the keeper-level relics promised by the History Academy, and the History Academy's investigator mission will all be discussed three days later after the academy has sorted out Shade's teaching materials.
By then, not only will there be the teaching syllabus and training program provided by the college, but all four members of the same group will also be present to give Xia De advice.
So after confirming his joining the School of History, Dr. Schneider announced that Shade could leave.
"Leave now?"
Xia De was still memorizing these common sense things in the last second, so he asked with some surprise.
"What else do you want?"
The doctor asked in surprise.
"I mean, I joined the academy and I didn't..."
As a woman, Miss Louisa understood what he meant:
"Mr. Hamilton, that's really all there is to the admissions process. I'd like to repeat what the doctor said. Please remember that we are correspondence ring sorcerers and have no close ties with the academy. We train ourselves and obtain knowledge from the academy, and the academy gives us practical tasks to meet credit requirements. We are just correspondence students."
"Oh well."
After sitting for almost the entire afternoon, Xia De stood up, and the doctor and the writer also stood up to see him off. The latter had something to do with the doctor today, so she couldn't leave for the time being.
When Xia De was almost at the door of the room with the two of them, the doctor suddenly said:
"Also, there are two taboos you need to remember. St. Lawrence Comprehensive College stipulates that all ring wizards of the college are forbidden to set foot on the new continent. This is a taboo of the college. The common taboo for ring wizards is that they are forbidden to commit suicide.
If you set foot on the new continent, the academy will regard you as giving up your student status. If a ring wizard commits suicide, it will at least cause a crisis no less than the loss of control of a keeper-level relic."
The "New World" refers to the land discovered outside the current "Old World" during the great geographical discoveries fifty years ago, which is somewhat similar to the great geographical discoveries of the previous world. However, there are no humans in the New World, but the products are extremely rich.
"Why?"
Shade asked in confusion.
"We don't know the college's rules, but as for the prohibition of suicide..."
Miss Louisa looked at the doctor:
"The doctor thinks it might have something to do with 'another self'. If we commit suicide, the other self might do something."
The doctor shrugged.
“That’s it for now, and we haven’t encountered any suicidal ring sorcerers.
Xia De, remember to come over three days later, which is Wednesday at 10 am. In addition to the academy affairs, you will also need to learn about the regular study sessions within the group and our fixed academic year tasks. Oh, speaking of which, you can study your own spiritual runes these days. I'll lend you this notebook."
Then he thought of going to the desk and took out a black-covered notebook from the locked drawer and handed it to Shade. It looked quite old:
"Regarding the magic of developing spirit runes, you can try it yourself first, but since you have just gained power, it probably won't be smooth. Your most important task in these three days is to rest. Being a ring sorcerer is harmful to the soul and body. Use the three days of bed rest to read your notes. You will probably sleep until noon tomorrow... See you in three days, and remember that you need to pay back 10 pounds within a month."
The farewell was a little too sudden, but Xia De knew that he had disturbed him for too long, so he sorted out his chaotic thoughts and said seriously:
"See you in three days, Dr. Schneider, Miss Louisa... Thank you."
"No need to thank me, I just came here to bear witness today."
Miss Writer said, but she seemed to be in a very good mood.
"No need to thank me. I said, I just want to find a fifth ring warlock for the team."
The blue-eyed doctor looked at Shade and answered very softly.