Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 83:

The so-called rune mage is actually a special kind of spellcaster. They don't use spells or rituals to cast spells, but make spells into runes in advance, and then use magic to inspire the runes, and they can cast the spells they want.

Compared with ordinary spellcasting, Rune Mage is more flexible and quicker to cast spells, but it also requires more keen skill and stronger physique-in order to carry the power of spells, the materials used to make runes are generally the same The sturdiness, "sturdiness" and "heavy" are roughly considered twin brothers. A person who can carry a large number of runes, even if he is not sturdy, must at least be a rare strongman.

Don’t talk about anything else, if you give him ten or eight runes for Palin’s small body, he will almost be struggling. If you give him twenty or thirty runes, he might be crushed alive. .

So rune mages are generally strong men, and because of the need to cast spells, they also need to have strong magical powers. There are not many spellcasters who have both, but they are quite common in certain races.

For example, the dwarves.

The dwarves are a race created by the gods of earth elements and the goddess of the earth. Originally, they wanted to create a race that was both powerful and flexible, and also had a smarter mind and good magical aptitude, but when it was actually created , It was discovered that these advantages could not be taken into account at all—or that the power of these two gods was not enough to create a race that took these advantages into consideration.

In desperation, they retreated later and finally created this kind of race a little shorter than humans, with unusually sturdy limbs, great strength, good magic skills, and a flexible mind.

In general, dwarves are a relatively powerful race. But they also have their own shortcomings. I don't know if it's because the creator is the **** of earth elements. The dwarves have a more stringent way of thinking. It's not that they are not clever, but that they admit death.

For example, when a dwarf goes to a restaurant to eat, he wants to eat "fish-flavored shredded pork", and then the meal comes up, he will probably trouble the waiter with the question "where is the fish?", and it will be entangled for a long time. . It is almost impossible to persuade him to admit that "there is no fish in the fish-flavored shredded pork". Only if he really gets a fish or some fish soup, and cooks a new dish, he will nod his approval. Of course, he will never relinquish accounts. Dwarves are creatures of the lawful camp. Reluctance and their values ​​are conflicting.

If this is only a minor flaw, then the other flaw is a bit big-the fertility of the dwarf is slightly worse.

It is said that the original dwarves did not have this shortcoming, but after the fall of the earth elemental gods, their fertility was like a high platform diving, and they fell from a "high fertility race" to a "low fertility race". It is said that the situation At its worst, for twenty years in a row, no dwarf baby was born in the world.

This problem is of course very serious. The Goddess of the Earth thought of several ways, and finally solved a part of it slightly, so that the dwarf's fertility was restored to the point where it would not be annihilated because of this. But for this, the dwarves also have to pay a huge price-although they still have good magic aptitudes, their ability to control magic has become so poor that it is difficult to produce good spellcasters. .

The so-called poor can make changes. The dwarves are not low in intelligence, so naturally they will find a way. After much deliberation, the current dwarf rune **** finally came up with a way. The dwarf who was only a master forging at the time took another path and engraved runes representing magic on a solid metal plate. When it was time to cast the spell, As long as you inject magic into the rune, you can inspire magic.

This method of spellcasting quickly became popular among the dwarves, and it was also introduced to other races, and even in turn affected the elves as the mainstream of spellcasters. Many of the various magic items now contain rune technology.

It’s just that you don’t have to be able to use runes to cast spells to be a rune mage, you must be able to make runes yourself to be a qualified rune mage.

Sui Xiong is looking for such talents.

The place he went was not the kingdom of the dwarves in the Broken Cloud Mountains, but the kingdom of the dwarves of the gods.

It's not easy to talk to the dwarves. It's better to discuss directly with the dwarf gods.

After all, he is also a deity, and among the gods, he is considered to be a person with a face. If he personally visits the house, the dwarf gods will give a bit of face...

Sui Xiong thought so, and after a while he came to the kingdom of the dwarven gods.

The kingdom of the dwarf gods is called the "Mountain of Eternity". The overall structure is roughly a very majestic mountain, then surrounded by low mountains, then surrounded by hills, and then plains-no forests. Because dwarves don't like forests; there is no ocean, because dwarves hate oceans.

The dead dwarf believers live in this vast kingdom of God. Some of them live on the plains, some live in the hills, and many live in the mountains. But only by making great contributions or outstanding achievements, and being recognized by the dwarf gods, can you live in the central mountain.

Well, live in the mountain.

Neither the dwarves nor the gods, or the best believers, they all live in the mountains.

When Sui Xiong visited, the dwarf gods also received him in a hall in the belly of the mountain.

For his visit, the dwarf gods were surprised and a little disturbed. Mask of the Void has a reputation for being able to fight, being warlike, having a weird personality, and unreasonable in doing things... In short, the reputation is not necessarily good.

In the eyes of the evil gods, this guy is a super monster who has killed hundreds of evil gods, even the fear **** among the evil gods, who is almost the leader.

In the eyes of the good gods, this guy is a perverse person who uses undead magic at will without psychological pressure~IndoMTL.com~ enslaves the undead to work for himself, and does not feel that this behavior is wrong at all.

The dwarves are not considered an evil camp, nor a particularly determined camp of kindness, so they can at least welcome Sui Xiong's visit without turning him away.

...Of course, even if they are not welcome, they dare not.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Sui Xiong explained his intentions.

"I want to recruit some rune mages." He said, "The pay is absolutely satisfying."

The dwarf gods, look at me, and I will look at you. In the end, the **** of runes spoke and asked wonderingly: "Just because of this?"

"Isn't this important?" Sui Xiong asked rhetorically.

The Rune God was silent for a while, and said: "I don't understand your thoughts, but if you are looking for a rune mage, then I will come with you."

"To be honest, I'm very curious why you will come to us to recruit people..."