mchenry-crisis.org Chapter 25: Learning! The Upper Limit of Magic!
Chapter 25: Learning! The Upper Limit of Magic!
The bookstore owner may be in poor health.
But this does not affect his professionalism in choosing books.
The fact that someone could take over a bookstore in Hogsmeade is enough to prove that while the owner may not have much of a business sense, they certainly have a pure love for books and knowledge.
The three textbooks he chose for Ian were all very suitable for beginners, ranging from simple to more complex, allowing beginners to quickly overcome the learning hurdle.
The Magical Rune Table: This is a rune table for ancient runes, which includes the text, meaning, and standard and correct pronunciation of ancient runes.
"An Easy Introduction to Ancient Runes": As the title suggests, this book is perfect for those who want to further understand the basics of runes after learning how to read them.
"Advanced Rune Translation": This should be the most comprehensive compilation of knowledge on the use of ancient runes in rune learning. It can truly enable learners to understand how to comprehend texts written in runes.
……
Three textbooks that progress step by step.
This is enough to allow Ian to gradually step into the threshold of learning ancient magic runes.
of course.
Even with a reasonable learning process, knowledge like ancient magic script still has a high learning threshold, and as the bookstore owner said, most people find it difficult to learn.
"Ugh! This is so hard!"
Ian sat by the window of the cabin, holding the "Magic Phonics Chart," and read it.
Golden sunlight shone through the sheer curtains.
The raindrops sprinkled into every corner of the room, draping the tranquil space in a golden veil, but failed to change Ian's somewhat depressed mood.
He had been studying it diligently for quite some time, but he still found it difficult to learn even the simplest spell pronunciation, which meant that no new skill had ever appeared on his personal panel.
Well, how should I put it?
It's really difficult.
If you think about it, it's understandable. If ancient spells weren't so complicated and difficult to learn, how could they have been so quickly replaced by the spells of modern wizards as a medium for casting magic?
That's right.
Ancient magical script.
And nowadays, there are spells like "flickering lights" and "forgetting everything".
In reality, they are all just mediums for releasing magic.
Wizards transitioned from choosing ancient runes as the medium for magic to using easily understood spells, a process that inevitably involved natural selection.
To be honest, the potential of ancient runes is actually much higher than that of spells, which is why many powerful wizards come into contact with them during their development.
however.
The upper limit of ancient magic script is only open to the exceptional, while for the mediocre, the lower limit it provides is equally astonishingly low.
Ancient times.
Many young wizards have died from the instability of magic.
same.
Many wizards, like Ian now, are stuck at the beginner level for a long time, wasting their lives and perhaps not being able to cast a few decent spells even when they are quite old.
In the early years.
The fact that many witches and wizards were sent to the stake by ordinary people was largely due to the fact that the prevailing magical medium at that time was still dominated by ancient magical script.
The appearance of a curse.
The learning difficulty for mid-level and low-level wizards has been improved.
This is the most important reason why spells replaced ancient spells.
after all.
They are the largest group among wizards. Comparing ancient runes and modern spells is like comparing an automatic car to a manual car.
"I hope the magic that Teacher Mara gave me is a powerful one, otherwise all this suffering will have been for nothing!" Ian's tongue wasn't particularly nimble.
Unfortunately, Runewing was among the earliest creations to evolve from the characteristics of magical creatures and plants, and naturally contained many syllables that are difficult for human vocal cords to imitate.
This made Ian very upset.
but.
He did not give up learning.
This meant that Huang Tian ultimately did not disappoint those who were determined.
[Successfully understood and pronounced runes, gaining Rune Proficiency +1]
Ancient magic script is very difficult to learn.
Fortunately, while Ian's talent may not be among the absolute best, he is still certainly among the best, so he won't waste his entire life learning only a few runic characters.
After a period of intense and dedicated research...
He gained something.
As Ian learned to spell his first rune character, a new skill appeared on his profile panel: the "Insight" trait granted by the panel began to take effect.
[Successfully understood and pronounced runes, gaining Rune Proficiency +1]
Language proficiency +12
[Successfully understood and pronounced runes, gaining Rune Proficiency +1]
[Successfully understood and pronounced runes, gaining Rune Proficiency +1]
Language proficiency +12
……
Some things.
When the first step was taken.
The rest becomes much simpler because of the cheat, at least for Ian, this is a very correct principle, and each improvement in proficiency allows him to gain some understanding.
but.
Compared to the improvement rate of other skills, the proficiency of [Runic Proficiency] is obviously improving much more slowly. Fortunately, learning this ancient magical script seems to also improve the proficiency of [Language Proficiency].
The increase in values is quite significant.
It is likely related to ancient magic script, which is also a language, and one of the most difficult languages to learn. It will be presented as a separate skill state, probably because it is more than just a language.
Ancient magical script.
The most common is ancient runes.
These are the secrets that human wizards unearthed from various magical creatures and plants when they first explored the mysteries of magic. They are the earliest bridge for human wizards to come into contact with and control magic.
Most ancient magic and ancient alchemy were created on this basis. In the primitive period of the magical age, runes were the best medium for carrying and releasing magic.
It can be viewed as a special loop through which magic flows, forming ancient magic that is quite unfamiliar to modern wizards.
The same reason.
When it was inscribed on ancient alchemical artifacts, the artifacts were naturally endowed with this property, allowing ancient sorcerers to even capture time through these artifacts.
And with the evolution of the magic runes.
This magical medium, which is extremely difficult to learn and can easily lead to deviations and unstable disasters if not handled carefully, has fallen into obscurity due to the creations of two different eras.
The first piece.
Naturally, in order to stabilize the release of magic, change the difficulty of learning magic, and reduce the danger, people created the [wand], a groundbreaking product that serves as a wizard's "wheelchair".
It's like a stabilizer for magic.
It can make spellcasting more stable and simple.
With the further development of the times.
The introduction of wand cores has further enhanced the importance of wands, adding something new to the magic used by wizards. Each wand core possesses unique characteristics and effects.
such a situation.
It increased the power of the magic.
same.
This also increases the danger of magic.
As a result, various catastrophic magical accidents proliferated... Thus, modern spells, simplified from ancient magical script, were born in the research of wizards to meet the needs of the times.
It simplifies the magic circuit, which naturally reduces the power of magic significantly. However, its ease of learning and greater safety make it a favorite of the times.
The Ministry of Magic exists.
Most wizards don't need powerful magic at all, so when you think about it, it's not that incantations, which lack self-defense capabilities, gradually replaced the role of runes.
of course.
For wizards who pursue higher magical attainments, the study and application of runes remains an unavoidable process; however, what was once a pillar of the magical world has ultimately become a celebration for a small number of exceptionally talented individuals.
No one can say for sure whether this is good or bad.
No one can say for sure whether, with the development of the times, curses will gradually follow the same path as ancient magical scripts. Perhaps, some historical events have already been unfolding without anyone noticing.
after all.
Change always begins quietly.