The Last Alchemist

Both are rune magic, but the invincible magic constructed by Rosen using the ancient Manoin runes is very stable and works every time, without the bad habit of "arbitrary and indifferent" of basic runes.

Because of the invincible magic, Rosen's first impression of runes is precision!

The invincible magic composed of countless Manoin runes has a precision close to the micron level. If there is any error, the magic will fail. The strange runes obtained from the Death Guards are almost as precise as nanometers. If there is any deviation, the magic will be declared invalid.

Comparing the two, Rosen couldn't help but wonder, the same rune magic, the same means of stimulation, why is the precision of the ancient Manoin runes completely gone on the basic runes?

This is illogical.

Following the same logic, Rosen assumes that basic runes also require high precision, but because the basic runes given by Lilith or the founder of runeology are very rough, they are only an approximation of the correct rune form, which leads to the instability of the rune effect.

Because it is only an approximation and there is no unified standard, rune magicians will construct strange rune forms when constructing runes. Sometimes, it happens to be closer to the real rune, so it works; sometimes, the error exceeds the limit allowed by rune magic, so it is invalid.

If Rosen's assumption is correct, then the crazy disorder of basic rune magic can be understood.

Driven by this idea, Rosen could no longer sit still, stood up, approached the manuscript, squinted his eyes and carefully stared at the basic runes on the manuscript. The more he looked, the more certain he became.

"It must be a mistake. According to Lilith's description, these runes were originally copied from some ancient inscriptions. People only know that they are useful, but they don't know why these runes are useful. Since we don't understand the principle of how runes work, the possibility of making mistakes is naturally very high."

"So, what should the correct basic runes look like?"

The only way to determine this is to experiment.

Verify one by one, correct little by little, and finally get runes with precise shapes.

Although these are just basic runes, Rosen has already developed a strong interest in rune literature.

In his opinion, compared with ordinary magic in this world, rune magic is the real magic. It is mysterious and mysterious, and its power is beyond imagination. It may even break the basic laws of the universe such as the conservation of energy.

He immediately began to arrange the experiment.

Preparing paper and pen, Rosen selected the simplest basic rune, activated the magic power, and constructed the shape of this rune.

The first construction was completed, and the rune was invalid.

Rosen was not discouraged. He dispersed the magic power and started to construct again.

The second time was still invalid.

Come again. Invalid again.

This time, his luck was particularly bad. He tried dozens of times in a row. Finally, on the 37th time, a faint light appeared in the air, indicating that the rune was effective.

"Got it!"

Rosen immediately spread the paper flat on the table, and pressed it down with a paperweight on all sides to keep the paper as flat as possible.

Then, he controlled his magic power and carefully moved the rune light and shadow in the air to the paper, keeping it parallel to the paper. After that, he gently picked up the feather pen and followed the outline of the rune light and shadow, copying the shape of the rune on the paper as accurately as possible.

The rune was not complicated, and Rosen copied it quickly.

Then, he dispersed his magic power, compared the rune shape on the paper, and used magic power to construct this new shape again.

He was as accurate as possible.

After a few seconds, the new rune was constructed, but there was no faint light in the air.

The rune, which was almost exactly the same before and after, was ineffective!

Rosen's heart was "smashed", and he was a little upset: "Are you kidding me?" ’

If ordinary people encounter such difficulties, they will probably give up, but Rosen is stubborn in scientific research and never backs down. When encountering a problem, his first thought is to think about how to solve it.

He sat on a chair, supported his chin with both hands, and stared at the runes on the paper: ‘What is wrong? Is my copy not accurate enough? Try it and you will know. ’

He immediately set about solving the problem of accuracy.

He used alchemical magic to flatten the tabletop and spread the paper as much as possible to ensure that the paper surface was absolutely flat. This was not enough, because the magic rune might be deformed when it was turned over.

After thinking about it, Rosen set some reference points on the paper.

With these reference points, when constructing runes with magic, he can use the geometric axiom of ‘three points determine a plane’ to make the magic rune and the paper surface on the same plane as much as possible.

After doing this, Rosen activated the magic again and constructed the rune.

This time he was lucky. After only 8 attempts, the rune took effect.

Rosen picked up the pen and began to copy the rune shape on the paper.

After copying, he removed the previous magic power, and then constructed a new magic rune according to the rune shape on the paper.

"This time, it should work, right?"

The moment the magic power was completed, Rosen's mind was slightly shaken, and the faint light of the rune flashed in the air.

Rosen was overjoyed: "It really worked!"

Success once does not mean that it will always be successful, but at least it is a good start.

Rosen removed the magic power and constructed the rune again.

As a result, after the second construction was completed, there was no movement in the air, and the rune was useless again.

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Rosen did not believe in evil and continued to experiment.

The third time, success.

The fourth time, failure.

The fifth time, failure.

It failed until the 20th time, and it was not until the 21st time that it succeeded again.

Rosen was a little depressed, but he did not believe in evil. He continued to experiment with the copied runes again and again, and did it thousands of times. The results showed that whether the rune was effective was still a random event.

There is no evidence that Rosen's copying of the effective rune form has an impact on the success rate of the rune.

Rosen was in a depressed mood: "Could it be that the basic runes are really spiritual operations with unpredictable results?"

After sitting in the chair blankly for a few minutes, he cheered up again and tried to comfort himself: "Don't worry, Rosen, things are not that simple. There are countless geniuses in this world, and there must be countless smart people who want to improve the success rate of runes, but they all failed, which shows that this is very difficult. Otherwise, the problem would not have remained until now!"

After thinking for more than ten minutes, Rosen changed his experimental idea again.

He compared the original rune sample given to him by Lilith and tried again.

This time he was lucky. After only three attempts, the rune took effect.

Rosen carefully copied the shape of the effective rune.

After that, he kept repeating this process. After about three hours, he copied the precise appearance of 100 effective runes.

Rosen spread out the papers one by one and began to carefully compare the appearance of the runes.

His idea was very simple. If the instability came from the flaws in the rune shape, then there must be some potential unified law between these effective runes.

What he had to do was to find these rules and condense them into a rune form. If this could increase the probability of the rune taking effect, then his initial hypothesis would be verified to be correct.

Each of the 100 rune forms required precision, and they had to be compared one by one. The workload was really not low.

But Rosen didn't care at all. He was like a madman, comparing very seriously. He had to carefully measure every stroke, every stroke, and even the arc of the rune.

100 runes were not few, and Rosen had to compare them for more than 20 hours before completing them.

In the process, he not only compared them, but also continued to conduct rune experiments, trying thousands of times.

The sun outside the window gradually moved westward and slowly sank into the horizon. As night fell, the temperature began to drop rapidly. Rosen's breath was covered with white mist. He shrank his body unconsciously. His feet were completely numb from the cold, and his hands were as stiff as chicken claws.

But he felt nothing and continued to work meticulously.

It was not until the early hours of the morning that Rosen let out a breath and paused.

He sat curled up in a chair, rubbing his forehead with one hand. His face was full of fatigue, but his eyes were filled with deep joy: "After 2814 experiments, the probability of the rune taking effect has increased significantly! My guess is right!"

The probability of Lilith's rune form taking effect is completely random. The rune shape modified by Rosen still has a low probability of taking effect, but it is no longer random. After thousands of experiments, the probability of taking effect is stable at more than 20%.

This 20% is not the final probability, but for every 100 repeated experiments, there will be about 20 effective times. If repeated 20 groups, it will be the same every time.

Since the guess has been verified, the remaining work is to find the truly correct rune form and increase the probability of taking effect to 100%.

Only a 100% effective rune is a good rune and can be used in battle. Otherwise, no matter how powerful this thing is, using it in battle is still a gamble.

Inspired by success, Rosen took a short break, then cheered up again and started looking for the correct rune form again.

"Simply comparing the form is useless. We must use mathematical models to truly establish the form."

Rosen took out a brand new piece of white paper, drew two straight lines, one horizontal and one number, and introduced a cross coordinate system.

'Use functions to describe the rune form. In this way, no matter where I go, no matter if I have paper and pen in hand, I only need to remember these functions to draw the correct rune form with 100% accuracy. '

'Of course, I will find the correct rune form first! '

Although he was a little frozen, Rosen was full of energy. He drank a mouthful of ice water on the table that was so cold that it penetrated his bones. He shuddered and started looking for the correct rune again with full energy.

When he was concentrating, time passed like light. The sky outside the window brightened again. The sun rose, climbed all the way to the center of the sky, and finally slid slowly down the sky. When it reached the horizon, Rosen stopped his work again.

In front of him was a piece of white paper with a basic rune drawn on it. The coordinates of more than fifty key positions were written on the rune, and there were more than 20 equations written next to it.

At first glance, compared with Lilith's spiritual rune, the shape of this rune seemed to have not changed much, but if you look closely, you will find that except for the general appearance, this rune has actually changed completely.

Looking at this rune, Rosen's mind moved, and magic power surged out, constructing a rune shape in the air.

Half a second later, the air was slightly bright, and a rune light and shadow appeared.

"Success!"

Rosen removed the rune and constructed it again. Half a second later, the rune light and shadow appeared again.

"Success again!"

This experiment was repeated for hundreds of times, and there was no failure!

In order to avoid accidents, Rosen continued to experiment.

This time, he tried it 3,000 times, and the result was still effective every time.

At this point, Rosen sighed with satisfaction, carefully put away the manuscript recording the correct rune form, and then his eyes turned to the other 20 basic runes.

Now that the correct method has been found, it is only a matter of time to find the correct form of all basic runes.

Originally, Rosen wanted to continue, but his body couldn't hold on any longer. His stomach was growling and his mind was dizzy. He had to rest immediately.

He glanced at the runes on the manuscript reluctantly: "My dears, wait for me to come back!"

He put the manuscript away and hid it in a secret corner of the room. He washed his face with ice water, looked up and looked out the window, and found that it was already dusk, just in time for dinner.

He went to the restaurant on the first floor of the lobby of the Flower Hotel and ordered a roast suckling pig, a large pot of sea bass soup, a huge white bread, and a bottle of Moonlight Night red wine.

When the food came, he didn't want a wine glass, but drank directly from the bottle, a mouthful of refreshing fine red wine, a mouthful of fragrant barbecue, and ate with relish.

Just when he was eating happily, suddenly an old man with a rough temperament and red as fire sat down opposite the table. The old man was about fifty years old. After sitting down, he didn't say anything, just stared at Rosen.

At first, Rosen was a little uncomfortable, but he changed his mind and thought that the other person was just sitting opposite him and didn't disturb him, so he didn't care. Filling his stomach was important.

He picked up the spoon and drank several mouthfuls of thick fish soup, then took a big sip of red wine, picked up the knife, cut off a large piece of tender rib meat with moderate fat and lean, and was about to put it in his mouth when the red-haired old man opposite him suddenly said: "Young man, it's a waste to drink like this on a moonlit night."

Rosen ignored him and chewed the suckling pork by himself. After swallowing it, he took another big sip of wine and said: "I'm happy."

The red-haired old man laughed: "Then, as a magician, you hang out with monsters all day long, and it's also because you're happy."

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Rosen's heart skipped a beat and he slowly put down the knife in his hand.

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