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"Try inputting magic power into it."

The great wizard made a prompt decision and decided to give it an experiment.

Bennett cut off the rune along with the wall, and then filled the gap in the wall with the rune.

Together, the two carried the rune brick to another room.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard. Bennett used his mental power to scan and saw that it was the patrolling maid.

With a thought, the maid collapsed in the corner.

"what happened?"

The archmage was setting up surveillance and isolation runes in the experimental field when he suddenly noticed Bennett's mental fluctuations.

"It was the maid on patrol. I've put her to bed."

The great wizard took a look and after confirming that there was no problem, he continued to arrange the rune formation.

Bennett watched from the side. This experimental site was set up by a master. It was very rare in this era when magicians were almost extinct.

Soon, the ground and walls were covered with runes.

"Put the rune in the center."

Bennett picked up the rune bricks. Without a suitable environment to handle them, Bennett didn't dare to let these runes come into contact with magic power. It was better to use his hands.

After making sure it was placed properly, Bennett stepped aside.

The archmage input his magic power into the runes, and both men frowned.

A rune on the wall lit up. It was a rune for detecting and intercepting communications. The lighting of this rune meant that these mechanical runes were connected to a person.

The bricks themselves, after the magic power was injected into the runes, began to transform.

But it just turned into a corner of a gear. The wizard was thoughtful. She used magic to lift the brick and placed a table under the brick.

The brick fell gently onto the table, and the table began to deform, merging with the brick and gradually becoming a complete gear.

Bennett held an empty right hand, and a sharp sword appeared in his hand. He swung the sword at the gear. The gear was not damaged at all, but a large piece of the blade was rolled up.

"There is no doubt that there are reinforcement runes among these unknown runes."

Bennett said.

The great wizard walked forward and picked up the gear with his hand.

Bennett was startled and said quickly:

"Be careful……"

"Be careful, I set up the formation here. Do I need you to warn me if there is any danger?"

The Archmage said this unhappily, and then continued to look at the rune. There was some confusion in her eyes, and then she seemed to understand something, but finally returned to her doubts and said:

"It shouldn't be like this. There's no natural disaster, but a new type of rune is born?"

"Where do you think this rune came from?"

Bennett actually had some guesses in his mind, but he still wanted to exchange ideas with the archmage.

The Archmage placed the gear back into the center of the magic circle, crossed his arms with one hand, supported his chin with the other, and said:

“There are three sources of runes. One is the magic core of a monster, and the other is the blood of some giant monsters.

The other is the wizard's natural disaster."

"Finally, it's about observing the world after the natural disaster."

Bennett added.

The Archmage nodded, looked at Bennett, and said:

"You should also know about the steam engines in the North."

Benny nodded. Of course he knew.

Humans moved from north to south, not initially because of the nobles’ selfish desires, but because the environment in the north was too harsh.

Half of the year is covered with ice and snow, making food production difficult. People cannot fill their stomachs and have to deal with the problem of the cold.

In the south, food can be harvested three times a year, making it more suitable for survival than in the north.

But in the past hundred years, the North has always been suppressing the South. This is not only because the ice and snow make the soldiers here more resilient.

Also, the supply of soldiers in the North is several times that of the South.

The greatest contribution to this was the advent of the steam engine.

The Archmage looked at the runes and said to Bennett:

"What do you think? Could it be that the appearance of the steam engine gave rise to a new spell system here?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, the great wizard denied himself.

"No, it's impossible. How can a new rune system appear without a natural disaster? How can a new natural disaster rune appear without a natural disaster?"

Bennett looked at the rune at the center of the experiment. There was no doubt that it was a derivative rune of the Scourge Rune, a by-product of the Scourge Rune.

One rune has multiple functions, which is the most obvious feature of the Scourge Rune.

This gear-like rune has at least two rune effects: reshaping and reinforcement. It is undoubtedly a derivative rune of the Scourge Rune.

“Perhaps it’s because the advent of the steam engine has the effect of changing the world.”

Bennett said thoughtfully.

After hearing this, the great wizard fell into deep thought again, but soon she smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying:

“If the steam engine can drive the development of the world, then the appearance of agricultural tools should also have a natural disaster rune. However, so far, I have never heard of any agricultural tools occasionally having runes appearing.

Moreover, talk of promoting the development of the world is really too arrogant.

No matter how powerful you are, you cannot withstand a natural disaster from the Scourge Wizard, a punch from Adam, a sword from Beth, or a breath from a dragon.

After all, it is a useless toy, just for mortals’ amusement.”

The wizard didn't think any more and waved his hand. The gear caught fire and soon turned into a pile of ashes.

Bennett was stunned for a moment. If it was just a burning spell, Bennett would naturally not have any reaction. He was already familiar with burning spells.

But the method the great wizard used to destroy this thing was not burning.

What destroys the gears are the gears' own molecules. Those molecules suddenly become more active than usual. In the more violent and irregular motion, those molecules generate their own energy and ignite themselves.

The archmage glanced at Bennett and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Obviously, she was quite satisfied with Bennett's reaction.

"Boy, you still have a long way to go if you want to become a real scourge."

The archmage waved his hand, and all the runes in the room disappeared, leaving behind burnt marks where the runes were engraved.

"Clean it up, and then we'll check other places."

Bennett gave the wizard the middle finger in his heart. Why are you trying so hard to be so pretentious? Aren't you going to have to rely on me to deal with you?

However, while restoring the room to its original state, Bennett also recalled the spell he had just cast.

The sudden intensification of the irregular molecular motion gave Bennett an unexpected sense of familiarity.

This thing must have been learned before, it should be high school knowledge.

Unable to find a clue for a moment, Bennett started from the archmage's runes and associated them with his own application of runes.

I have many methods, none of which are direct nuclear explosions. Nuclear explosions have many byproducts, such as molecular changes, collisions between neutrons and atomic nuclei, and heat...

"What are you doing? Come out quickly."