After sending away the envoys from the two countries, Benjamin forced the queen to write a letter of appointment and temporarily transferred the management of Icol to the president. And with the Queen's warrant, they can finally restore Icol's administrative system to normal.
The president was busy with this, and Benjamin was too lazy to read the densely packed small print on the documents. He had no knowledge of the administrative details of Ikol, and he knew that many local officials even had a hostile attitude toward him.
—After all, it would be difficult for him to take over this country after so many difficulties.
We can only wait for the president's action.
After experiencing this series of things, Benjamin still believed in the old mage. This man, like him, does not have a strong desire for power, but more of a sense of responsibility to other mages and the pursuit of a better magic environment.
They will try their best to guide the situation in Ikol in the direction most beneficial to the mage.
In this way, temporarily staying in Regina's palace guest room, Benjamin opened a book.
"Interesting, those mages actually conducted so much research and hypotheses on runes, and even summarized them in a book." The system commented on the book.
There is no doubt that the huge barrier that protected the academy at that time was the result of runes, and Benjamin was also very interested in this. However, due to the rush of time, Benjamin had no time to listen to the reports of the mages, so he had to accept the temporarily compiled "A Preliminary Exploration of Runes" and rushed to Ikol with the queen.
Now, Ikol's matter is left to the president, and he can also take the time to see what new progress those mages have made in their research on runes.
Opening the pages of the book, Benjamin found that the content inside was quite messy. This is not a rigorous theoretical book, but more like a collection of research drafts. Benjamin had no choice but to flip through it quickly and find the more valuable content inside.
"... Using special materials, engraving the runes in a certain pattern, and stimulating them with spiritual power can achieve a doubling effect."
Seeing this, Benjamin finally cheered up.
This should be the source of the barrier that blocked Ikol's army at that time.
Regarding the discussion in this aspect, the book is actually not complicated. They didn't seem to have concluded any rules, but discovered several special combinations of runes, so they inferred that there might be more.
Like the barrier at that time, the rune research team named it "Rune Formation·Defense".
Using a special liquid mixed with the blood of Kuhe Vine and Cloud Bat, runes representing commands such as defense, affinity, and stillness are drawn on the ground, and combined with the pattern of a six-pointed star, a continuous and extremely powerful form can be formed. A powerful defensive barrier.
-This is the result they arrived at after countless experiments based on their experience in potions and magic props.
The range of defensive barriers is very wide. As long as they are arranged overlapping in a certain pattern, a place as big as the academy can be completely laid out. When the academy mage fought against the Ikol army in the town, the students helped draw this formation in the academy and finally defended the academy.
Seeing this, Benjamin couldn't help but nodded.
Rune formation...
Originally, he thought that the development direction of rune research would be the inward exploration of the mages themselves. Unexpectedly, these people set their sights on more practical applications.
This is a discovery that could change the world. The book said that once this formation is drawn, it has a shelf life of at least one month. The materials are not expensive, but the effect is excellent. And more importantly, as long as this thing is drawn, ten mages are enough to activate and maintain the mental power.
They have not tested the defense limit of the rune formation, but it is scary enough to be able to withstand repeated bombings of high-level magic, right
It’s hard to imagine how much impact this thing would have on the world if it became popular.
What's more, the book also stated that "Rune Formation and Defense" should only be the most basic formation. In addition, there should be more powerful rune formations waiting to be discovered by them.
If we really get to that point, what will the world look like
Benjamin couldn't help but take a deep breath.
No matter what, this thing... they must keep it secret and must not leak it to the church. The church may also be studying runes. If they find out, things will definitely become very troublesome.
In addition to the rune formation and defense, they also discovered several combinations of runes, which in summary were about formations that imprisoned living creatures and aggregated elements. The application effect should be good, but it still needs to be tested, and the practicality is definitely not as good as the defensive formation, so Benjamin did not look at it in detail.
In addition, the rest of the book is the various conjectures of the mages about the runes.
"This thing... is unreliable. Cross it and tell them not to waste time. You can let them study this thing... and this... what the hell? Cross it..."
The system uses its intuition to judge the runes of those mages one by one. In the end, most of the conjectures in the book were labeled wrong by it, and Benjamin also crossed out, planning to hand it over to the mages when he went back, so that they would at least avoid some detours.
After dozens of crosses were drawn, this body from the pure blue world saved them at least a few hundred years of time.
Benjamin also felt relieved.
Finally, at the end of the book, the mages put forward their own opinions on the connection between runes, magic, and spells.
"We believe that the magic used now is probably just a incomplete version. The spell is like a product created by humans using their own narrow understanding to sound out the runes. The real magic belongs to the runes, and this will be This is an important research direction for us in the future.”
Seeing this, Benjamin couldn't help but feel moved.
The incomplete version of magic, the real magic belongs to runes... Thinking about it this way, he suddenly felt that the biggest difference between his meditation method and other mages was that others practiced the incomplete version, while he practiced the full version.
So, if research continues, will one day everyone be able to meditate in a similar way to him? I am afraid that the average level of mages will be many times higher than it is now...
But if that were to happen, his specialness would seem to be erased.
In any case, Benjamin is still very happy with this result. No one knows how many years it will take until that day comes. At least for now, he can use this advantage to be hundreds of years ahead of the times, and that's enough.
And the research on runes will definitely become a weapon for them to face the church in the future!
After reading the entire book, Benjamin closed it with satisfaction. He walked out of the room, ready to take a look at the current situation in the palace. Unexpectedly, he bumped into the person looking for him in the corridor.
"Lord Benjamin, there is a guest outside who wants to see you by name!" A servant stopped and saluted him hastily and said.