When Benjamin heard this, he felt embarrassed.
In the initial plan, there was no research group on "runes and elemental planes" at all. Yesterday, he wanted to keep one more powerful mage in the academy to prepare for his magic vacuum period. But now, looking at the old mage's meaningful smile, he felt that the other party had discovered this.
In fact, it was not difficult to find out that Wallis had arranged his accommodation. He just walked around the college and asked questions, and he knew that Benjamin was lying to him.
But... judging from the old mage's appearance, he shouldn't be angry.
"Actually, I am the only one who knows something about the elemental planes and runes." Thinking this, Benjamin simply told the truth, "We don't have any foundation, and the manpower in the academy is not very sufficient now. Of course we will expand This study, but not now, I’m afraid.”
The old mage didn't take it seriously, but asked: "How did you learn about the elemental planes and runes? How much do you know about them?"
Seeing his eager look, Benjamin also realized why the old mage didn't mind his big words at all.
Because these two things are so important.
From the previous conversation, we know that many people, represented by the old mage, are experiencing a terrible bottleneck. Their magic has reached this point and has lost its direction. Only runes and elemental planes can save them.
Therefore, Benjamin became their only hope.
"Okay... I can't say some things easily, but I have entered the elemental plane in spiritual form many times." Thinking of this, he said.
"Have you been in?"
The old mage seemed to have heard some extremely shocking news, and his face was full of disbelief.
Benjamin nodded.
Seeing this, the old mage seemed to have thought of something. He took a deep breath and slowly recovered from his surprise.
"Dean Benjamin, this may be a bit presumptuous, but could you please take a moment to discuss these matters with me in detail?" He hesitated for a moment and asked solemnly.
Benjamin smiled: "Of course no problem."
Just like that, they found a free classroom and sat down. Benjamin roughly described to the old mage what he saw when he entered the pure blue world several times.
When the old mage heard this, he nodded and thought deeply. From time to time, he would take out a pen and paper to write something, looking thoughtful.
"Master Benjamin, if you can enter the elemental plane so frequently, your method of learning magic must be completely different from that of ordinary people like us, right?"
After listening, the old mage thought for a while and suddenly said this.
Does he also know about the consciousness space
Benjamin thought this and had no intention of hiding it. He nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that I can't hide it from your eyes."
"No... I was just searching for relevant clues and found some content related to the fourth generation Pope. At the time, I thought it was a meditation method exclusive to divine magic, but now it seems that magic is the same."
Benjamin became interested: "What did you find?"
Hearing this, the old mage sighed and said, "The fourth generation pope... that guy spent his whole life in the military. He was so powerful that it was beyond ordinary people's imagination. He massacred countless mages in that era. Regarding this information, the church has hidden it very well. I only know that his power is related to the elemental plane. It is said that he built a gap space in his spiritual world that can connect the real world and the elemental plane. He draws power from the elemental plane, so he becomes So incomparable.”
After hearing this, Benjamin did not shake his head.
His consciousness space... seems to be the same thing.
I just don’t know about changes like character merging and space mutation. Has the Pope ever experienced it? If so, how did he deal with it
It would be nice to have some experience to draw from.
"You have been pursuing the elemental plane, but... in your opinion, what is it? Do you think it can really solve the bottleneck you encountered?" After thinking about it, Benjamin asked such a question.
The old mage replied with a serious face: "Of course. Because in my opinion, the elemental plane is the source of magic."
"So you think that the elements in this world all come from another space. Maybe some accident happened tens of millions of years ago, like the magic method of the gods in the legend. The elements flowed in, and magic came into being?"
The old mage nodded.
Benjamin touched his chin.
This kind of speculation... is actually the simplest and most straightforward hypothesis, but after those few experiences in the pure blue world, he always felt that things were not that simple. The elements did not flow into this world by accident.
He felt that there was an extremely profound connection between the elemental plane and this world.
Besides, he didn't think there really were "gods" in the elemental plane.
"Think about it, the scene when the priest attacked yesterday was some kind of divine art." The old mage seemed to be interested and continued, "Obviously there was another will in his body, and it was A will that absolutely suppresses us. And only you can resist it... Obviously, that will comes from the elemental plane."
"I agree with this, it does come from the elemental plane." Benjamin also nodded and said, "But... I don't think that will is God."
Just kidding, if he was really a god, how could he be driven away so easily? If they were gods, they wouldn't be alive now, and the entire magic academy would have been razed to the ground long ago.
In the end, the priest even had the phenomenon of two wills competing with each other. This is not something that God would do.
Therefore, he is more inclined to have consciousness in the elemental plane, but that consciousness is just some indigenous life that exists there, just another kind of creature, not at the level of a god.
"Master Benjamin, God is just a title." The old mage said with a smile, "We can use other names to replace it, but on the church side, they must think that the will from the elemental plane is God."
"Then this god is too undignified." Benjamin curled his lips and said, "Moreover, there must be more than one will there, and there may even be as many as ants. Are there so many gods in the world?"
And what he didn't say... was that he accidentally stole one, and it was in his conscious space.
"Forget it, let's put this theological discussion aside for now and let's talk about practical matters." Before the other party could speak, Benjamin sighed and continued, "What do you know about runes? How many?"
When the old mage heard this, he didn't say anything more, but took out a piece of yellowed parchment from his pocket.
He slowly spread the parchment on the table.
"I found this in a ruins. What is depicted on it must be runes." He introduced, "I don't know what kind of power these things have, but every time I trace them carefully, I can feel my spirit." The force is vibrating faintly.”
Benjamin raised his eyebrows and looked at the parchment.
There were about six or seven runes on it, and among them, he saw a familiar triangle. The triangle was drawn very straight, but there was a small opening missing in the right corner.
this is not…
The old mage also noticed Benjamin’s gaze.
"Master Benjamin, this rune is one of the most basic runes, and it should represent the water element." He pointed to the triangular character and said.