Chapter 751: Chapter 348: Standardized Runes (2)

"What do you mean?" Atrey asked, puzzled.

Selena didn’t elaborate, simply said indifferently, "I hope you still remember who was responsible for your father’s death."

"Of course I remember, it was the necromancer sent by the Western Alliance."

Atrey’s gaze turned cold, and she said word by word, "The Dawn Church was involved too." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

At that moment, Atrey suddenly understood, turning to look at Luo De, "Will you avenge my father?"

"That’s just something done in passing."

Luo De said calmly, "I want a peaceful life, but some people can’t die, I can’t sleep."

"Alright, I’ll do it."

Atrey rolled up the map and put it away, "Since you trust me, I’ll handle it well."

Atrey didn’t say anything else, took the map, and turned to leave.

"Duke Luo De, you’re truly impressive, even the old queen works for you," Fa Fuke praised.

"These things suit her just fine."

Luo De didn’t focus much on the matter, instead spoke to Selena, "I need thirty educated wizard apprentices to go to the Northern Territory to establish an academy."

"You’re going to establish two wizard academies?" Selena was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, one in the north and one in the south."

Luo De nodded slightly and explained, "I can’t ask all the apprentices from the Northern Territory to leave their homeland to study here."

If not for the lack of manpower in the initial stage, Luo De would even plan to open four academies.

"We can’t place all our hopes in one place, otherwise if any accident occurs, it will be a disaster."

"The academies in the north and south can research the ruins discovered nearby, making it more convenient."

Luo De smiled and said, "I also plan to establish a merit-based reward system, making the north and south wizard academies compete so that neither would slack off."

"Wouldn’t this make both sides refuse to share knowledge?" Selena asked.

"Sharing is inherently a win-win, as long as we trade with merit points, there won’t be any problems."

Luo De said.

No one would casually share absolutely confidential information, even the Dawn Society can’t fully share now.

Luo De wants results.

As long as sufficient results are achieved, whether they share or not is not important.

And when one side can’t complete it independently, they will naturally cooperate.

Selena nodded slightly, saying, "Alright, I will arrange it."

"If anything is needed, inform me promptly."

After Luo De finished speaking, he suddenly remembered another matter,

"By the way, I found a problem in the Empire’s treasure vault."

Saying this, Luo De reached out to the guard beside him, "Give me your sword."

"Yes, my lord."

The guard drew the sword from his waist and presented it to Luo De with both hands.

Luo De lifted the sword and placed it on the table, "There are runes on the Enchanted Longsword, right."

"I found in some noble family treasure vaults, and even the Empire’s treasure vault, some enchanted weapons with damaged runes."

Luo De asked, "Can damaged runes be repaired? Like this broken pattern."

"It’s somewhat difficult."

Selena lightly shook her head, "Because everyone’s control of magic power is different, the runes drawn are not exactly the same."

"Unless you can find the original enchanter to repair it."

Fa Fuke agreed with a nod.

"This is not ideal."

Luo De slightly shook his head, "Against ordinary weapons it’s okay, but if the opponent also uses enchanted weapons, it’s easily damaged."

"Enchanted Armor is the same, even if the runes are inside the armor."

"This is indeed a problem."

Selena nodded thoughtfully.

"But it’s always been this way, even in Ancient Times," Fa Fuke said.

"We don’t necessarily have to learn everything from Ancient Times."

Luo De frowned and said, thinking, "Is it possible to engrave those sharp, robust runes onto standardized-sized metal plates or metal rods to create standard components?"

"Standard... components?" Selena, hearing this new term, looked puzzled.

"Just like the wheels of a carriage, can be replaced anytime."

Luo De took the sword and pointed to the handle, "For example, when the Forging Masters forge this sword, they can leave a groove here."

"And the runes made into metal plates or metal rods can be directly embedded in the grooves to give the sword enchantment effects."

"When this sword is damaged, the standardized rune components can be directly detached and embedded in another sword."

After Luo De finished speaking, the garden suddenly fell into silence.

Selena, being the wisest, was the first to react, surprisingly asked, "Just like embedding gemstones on a Magic Staff?"

"Yes, that’s what it means." Luo De nodded.

Fa Fuke understood too, took a deep breath and praised, "My god, this idea is amazing!"

Seeing their shocked yet delighted expressions, Luo De pressed further, "So, is it doable?"

"It should be feasible!"

Selena nodded, lowering her head to start thinking.

She then muttered to herself, "We can modify the target where the rune takes effect, shifting from self-effective to target-effective, infuse magic power to manually activate when the two are connected."

"Just like the Shield Spell, it can be cast on oneself or others!"

"Exactly!"

Fa Fuke immediately chimed in, "Also, every rune can be engraved on an individual metal rod, as long as the runes don’t conflict, you can insert whatever you want on the sword!"

"Wait, this method can be used not just on enchanted weapons!"

Fa Fuke’s eyes widened in excitement and said, "Magic Staffs, Magic Jewelry, they can all be used!"

"We can put the Magic Model inside a standard ’component,’ and then embed it on them!"

"Magic Jewelry would be more challenging," Selena said.