Chapter 54 The Mission of the Wandering Mage
Ryze is one of the most experienced mages known to the Land of Runes. Born in ancient times, he was weathered and shouldered an unbearable task. The weapons of this great mage were his indestructible determination and rich knowledge of secret techniques. He spent his life searching for world runes—they were fragments left by native magic that made the world form from nothing to something. He must find all these mysterious characters so that they should not fall into the hands of the wicked. Although they were used to create Runes, they could also be used for destruction.
"When I first learned about the runes of the world, I was still very young, just as old as Jiawen IV. I was a diplomat at that time, lobbying with my teacher."
Once he went out for diplomatic lobbying and mediation, and inadvertently heard his mentor Tyrus talking with another old mage. They lowered their voices and talked about something with dangerous potential, called "World Rune". Tyrus noticed his student, immediately closed his mouth, and clutched the scroll that never left his body in his hand.
In the decades that followed, as more and more runes were unearthed, more and more people knew about their existence. The smartest wise men in the world were studying these ancient characters, wondering what kind of power they contained. A very small number of people even began to realize how important their origins were and how powerful energy they contained within them. Some people believe that the existence of runes was closely related to the creation of the Runeland itself. The first use of these mysterious relics brought disastrous consequences and changed the landform of the entire country. Suspicion and suspicion between countries began to spread rapidly, because people were fantasizing about using this "creator's power" as a weapon.
Tyrus and Reitz traveled back and forth between the countries, trying to calm the unreasonable panic and calling on countries to remain restrained, but they found that their lobbying visits became increasingly dangerous. They were not afraid and successfully avoided many disasters, but Reitz could feel that his mentor was becoming increasingly desperate.
When the two of them fled to a mountainside, the battle broke out. Ryz suddenly felt the ground under their feet collapse. The earth seemed to be yelling and the sky trembled like a lasting end. Tyrus grabbed Ryz and shouted at his face with some instructions, but his voice was swallowed by the supernatural silence around them. For the first time, they witnessed the effect of two world runes being activated.
A few seconds later, the world subsided. Rez and Tyrus climbed onto a nearby mountaintop and looked back at the valley where the two armies were fighting. In front of them was a crazy and terrifying scene - the severity of the destruction exceeded any physical law. The army, people, and land were gone. The ocean, which was supposed to be outside the day's itinerary, is now rushing. Rez fell to his knees, staring at the new hollow in the world in a daze, which flattened everything and nothing was spared, including his former hometown.
Subsequently, a large-scale war broke out on the Rune Continent. The disaster brought by the Rune War ignited fear and murderous in people's hearts, and people now finally understood the power they controlled. Even Ryz himself wanted to join the conflict to avoid more damage and avoid more people suffering from the fate of his compatriots. At this time, Tyrus held the hand of his beloved disciple and warned him that the road to revenge would only bring more heartbreaking endings. Ryz was initially angry at the words of his mentor, but he soon saw Tyrus' lofty wisdom.
Tyrus insisted on his work, trying to hide all the runes of the world beyond the reach of human beings. However, although the Runeland ushered in more hope, Tyrus seemed to gradually collapse. Ryz saw his mentor becoming increasingly alienated. Tyrus had been dealing with runes, but he began to assign some more insignificant tasks to his students.
When Ryze was completing one of the trivial tasks, he received news that another disaster occurred. This time it was in the southwest of Valorand, Ekasia.
He immediately ran to the place where the accident happened, thinking of his mentor and close friend, hoping that Tyrus would survive. After arriving, Ryz was happy to see that Tyrus was really not hurt at all. Unfortunately, his peace of mind soon turned into worry. Next to the scroll that he had never been allowed to see, there were two world runes.
The old mage explained faintly that as long as the world runes are under the control of power, he had no choice but to use them personally. Ryz realized with horror that Tyres was not only the survivor of the disaster, but also the initiator. He continued to tell his students with an out-of-control mood that humans were a reckless child playing with powers they did not understand. Tyres could no longer play the role of a polite diplomat, tirelessly lobbying the arrogant warlord charlatan. He had to stop them.
Rez wanted to move him with emotion and reason, but Tyrus's heart was already like a stone. This man was no longer the model of life with endless wisdom that he had worshipped since childhood. His mind had already appeared flawed and could be tempted like the idiot he mentioned. Runes have corrupted him deeply, and he was destined to use them again and again, again and again, eroding the whole world little by little.
Rez had to do something, even to destroy his only true friend. He used all the arcane energy he had mastered to attack his mentor. Tyrus reached out to pick up the runes, and refused to give up their power. As he reached out, the corrupted mage was unprepared for Rez's attack. In a short while, Tyrus turned into a corpse, lying on the floor with embers.
Ryze was frightened, trembling all over, and struggled in his mind to figure out what he had just done.
After he turned around, he found that the only world runes that accompanied him, and the flashes they emit seemed to invite him to take them for himself. Rez mustered up the courage to pick up these two strange runes one by one. He immediately felt that he had been transformed into a stronger, or more terrifying existence that he could never reach.
Ryz trembled and dropped the runes and retreated in horror. If the corrupt power of these marks could defeat the power and integrity of Tyrus, how could Ryz deal with it? Ryz then realized that if he left like this, others would find and use these runes. At this moment, Ryz realized the arduousness of his mission. As long as there are any world runes under the control of power, the rune war will continue and then destroy the entire rune land.
Rez didn't know what to do next, but at this time he saw the scroll that Tyrus had been with him. Rez tried to open the scroll, and then was enlightened by the dazzling light. Suddenly, Rez understood his mission.
Since that day, Rez began to wander, and the mysterious voice has been advancing him, guiding him and shocking him. Rez is always resisting the power promised by each rune, choosing to seal the runes in hidden places to ensure that no one can use them. Rez has been completing this mission for hundreds of years, and at the same time the magical power he absorbs has twisted and stretched his life. Even if the years have passed, Rez never dares to delay and neglect. Because every period of time, long or short, the runes of the world will appear again, because the world can easily forget the price required to use the rune power.
Chapter completed!