bookandnovel Chapter 247 The Demon-Slaying Coating, the Dust Settles
Chapter 247 The Demon-Slaying Coating, the Dust Settles
Chapter 247 The Demon-Slaying Coating, the Dust Settles
"Of all these runes, you can probably only pick out four or five core ones."
In the laboratory, Ian was making his choice.
He definitely wouldn't choose high-level runes for the first ring; he would only choose core runes for the mid-stage of the first ring.
As long as these runes reach the Master level.
He can check the supplementary conditions, which are enough for him to find some flaws and then address them.
"And this is also the fastest way."
Ian pondered.
Every minute and every second counts now, and the college values efficiency—the faster the better.
So he chose a rune and began to inscribe it; this was how he learned runes.
This method can be well integrated with the panel.
The other wizards watched Ian's actions with puzzlement, but none of them asked.
The main reason is that their analysis speed has been the fastest during this period, even in Connor's lab.
"So this is Lord Ian."
The fervor in Finney's eyes was unmistakable.
Hayden, standing to the side, pursed his lips, realizing the courage he had once possessed.
Perhaps we could attach ourselves to a powerful wizard.
Time passed little by little.
The frontline fire demons completely suppressed the alchemical puppets of the elemental magic faction, causing them enormous trouble.
This pressure also naturally reached the project team.
Everyone got busy.
On the contrary, Ian was quite relaxed, even branding runes, which seemed like he was neglecting his duties.
Naturally, some people are dissatisfied.
However, he didn't dare to say anything, and even though it reached Augusto's side, it had no impact on his current status.
On the other side, Connor's eyes flickered when he heard the news.
"Have you given up?"
But is it possible?
"What's the point of branding runes? Familiarizing yourself with runes? Is it really that useful?"
He was puzzled.
But this is ultimately a good thing, because with his father's help, they are making progress little by little.
In the blink of an eye.
Several days have passed.
Ian upgraded his first mutated rune to Master level and then started working on new runes.
"Are there two defects?"
Ian looked at the completed runes, his eyes thoughtful, and then called over Hayden and Finney.
"Two directions, one for each of you, and give me a report in a week!"
"clear."
Their eyes lit up.
Is it finally about to begin?
But when they saw their mission, they were taken aback.
This was a directional study addressing the flaw in the rune, and Ian directly provided their specific direction.
"Will it work?"
The two were somewhat shocked.
Because they watched Ian carve runes there for days, and that's how they discovered the flaws.
But soon.
As they began their trials.
"There's really a reaction?"
Hayden and Finney exchanged bewildered glances, their shock growing once more.
Is it by chance?
But soon they found out that wasn't the case, and a few days later, they saw Ian start issuing new tasks.
But the problem is that they haven't finished their previous tasks.
"We still don't have enough people!"
Ian raised an eyebrow; their lab still had too few alchemists.
What should I do?
"Minister, I need more staff!"
In the office, Ian stared intently at Augusto.
"Ian, I understand you want to achieve results faster, but many things can't be accomplished simply by having more people."
Augusto advised.
"I plan to target the weaknesses of these runes and then analyze them to determine the alchemical creations that can be targeted, but I don't have enough people in my lab."
Ian said again.
However, this time it included part of Hayden and his colleague's experimental content and results.
Augusto remained silent and opened the report in front of him.
A few seconds later, he raised an eyebrow slightly.
wrong.
It seems we've actually discovered the problem with this Darkfire rune?
How confident are you?
When he looked up again, he asked with a serious expression.
"Seventy percent!"
Ian said.
That's still an understatement on his part.
Knowing the flaws but still not being able to develop a corresponding creation is, frankly, quite difficult.
"Alright, I'll give you some more researchers, and this document about Darkfire Runes as well."
He then handed over a notebook.
Ian's eyes lit up.
Although he deciphered the Darkfire rune, a complete rune system is not just about the runes themselves.
It also includes rune synergy, communication methods between these runes, and so on.
Perhaps what he has now is still incomplete, but it is still of great help to him.
soon.
A dozen alchemists arrived at Ian's laboratory.
This also shocked many other wizards in the project team, after all, they were able to call for help at a time like this.
This undoubtedly demonstrates that the laboratory is indeed productive, even to the point that Augusto might approve of it.
"Father, what should we do?"
Connor gritted his teeth, feeling somewhat flustered.
Because he knew he was no match for Ian, a result of the inertia of long-term defeats.
"I'm almost done here, so I can have more time to help you." O'F raised an eyebrow.
Connor breathed a sigh of relief.
Once his father gets involved, there shouldn't be any problems.
Time passed little by little.
Ian's side is splitting off more and more small projects.
At this point, Ian also realized the benefits of having power; it really helped him reduce a lot of trouble.
Of course, Ian did not come away empty-handed during this process.
His mastery of darkfire runes and related alchemy techniques improved rapidly, including his microscopic eye and forging hand.
But just one month later.
Ian's last selected rune reached Master level, and a new completion condition emerged.
This time, however, he took matters into his own hands.
Several days later, dozens of reports appeared in his hands, and before him stood all the wizards from the laboratories.
"I'm about to conduct an experiment, everyone get ready."
Ian said calmly.
The wizards below looked at Ian with awe, only after spending time in the laboratory could they understand how powerful Ian was.
It's important to know that all of their projects were created by Ian alone.
Is it finally time to start developing alchemical products?
"Lord Ian, it seems that Connor's side has made some progress," Hayden said, leaning over.
"Then let's have a competition."
Ian said calmly.
He knew dozens of flaws in the Darkfire Rune. One or two wouldn't matter, but when they were all connected, it was a different story.
But the wizards before them knew nothing of this.
Because he assigns tasks in a very fragmented way, only he himself knows what he wants.
"The Darkfire rune system is a set of runes composed of fire and dark attributes, but perhaps Crimson Eye is better at fire attributes and much worse at dark attributes. What I need to do is disrupt the balance of dark attributes."
Ian took a deep breath.
There are many alchemical products that disrupt this balance, and Ian happens to have mastered one of them.
However, it disrupts the balance between the dark and water attributes.
But now it's just a change.
It wasn't very difficult for him.
However, creating new alchemical products requires testing too many things, and it's not something he can do alone.
Fortunately, he has plenty of manpower.
What's amazing is that he only needs to create a prototype, and then he can improve it to make it complete.
So it was only three days later.
A silvery-white solution has already appeared, at the initial stage of the first ring, which can slightly disrupt the balance of the dark attribute.
"It failed."
At this moment, Hayden looked at the things on the lab table and felt a wave of frustration.
This kind of thing is completely meaningless!
"Prepare the materials; I need to mass-produce this stuff."
Ian simply said calmly.
"Yes."
Everyone nodded.
The materials were quickly prepared, and Ian began the configuration process.
Materials of this low grade are almost no challenge for him, and his proficiency improves rapidly.
Just one day later.
He then advanced to the master level.
The talent points gained were pitifully few, but Ian saw more than a dozen flaws that needed to be addressed.
"Tasks have been assigned."
Ian looked at the wizard and immediately spoke, then distributed half of it to them.
Then he started a new attempt on his own.
Just one week later, a new version of the solution appeared.
This time it's still only the first level, but its strength has increased several times, enough to shake the balance of the Darkfire Rune.
This shocked many of the wizards present.
"Please keep this a secret, as there are still significant improvements planned for this product."
Ian said.
Everyone nodded immediately.
Everyone who joins the project team has to sign a contract. If this gets out, it won't be as simple as just paying out magic stones.
Time passed little by little.
The quality of the solution is improving almost weekly.
Finally, a month later.
When the solution reaches the quality of the later stage of the first cycle.
"But it's still not enough, there are still flaws, but this is my limit."
Ian watched calmly.
On the table was a bottle of pale silver solution, as if it were mercury.
But it is not mercury.
Ian took out a staff, opened the bottle, and the solution inside floated out.
The solution floated onto the staff and, under Ian's control, quickly covered the entire staff.
Then, he picked up his staff and looked at the armor fragments that had been placed not far away, surrounded by alchemists who stood holding their breath.
next moment.
An ice blade appeared.
The ice blade wasn't its usual color; it was covered in a faint silver layer before flying toward the armor.
The ice blade struck the armor, which immediately emitted a layer of dark red light waves in an attempt to block the ice blade.
Normally, ice blades cannot penetrate defenses.
But in that instant, the silver light pierced into the light wave, and it actually began to disintegrate.
Everyone held their breath and focused.
next moment.
The light wave shattered with a deafening roar, and then the ice blade sliced the armor in two.
"It's a success!"
The crowd cheered.
"The anti-magic coating can be applied to magical artifacts and can disrupt the balance of dark fire runes, reducing their effectiveness by 30% to 70%."
"But even a high-level alchemical doll is enough to reduce defense by 30%."
Ian pondered.
Although the Flame Demons are of the same type, they are also divided into different levels, including the initial, intermediate, and advanced levels of the first ring.
The anti-magic coating can damage high-level dolls.
This demonstrates that complete success has been achieved.
"It's done!"
Ian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Please keep this a secret for now, everyone. I need to go see the minister first." He looked at everyone.
At this moment, everyone's gaze towards Ian had turned into one of fanaticism.
In just one month, they watched as the coating improved time and time again.
It was as if Ian could spot flaws at any moment; this terrifying intuition shocked them all.
Say goodbye to these people.
Ian knocked on August's door.
"Enter!"
As soon as Ian entered, he saw August's figure, with Senior Researcher Finley standing to the side and Connor behind him.
As if noticing Ian's appearance, Finley glanced at him and said, "Sir, we are researching attack systems, especially the Balrog model which can absorb surrounding elements. We have developed a suppression device that can weaken its ability to absorb fire elements by about thirty percent."
Finley explained.
"good.
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Augusto's eyes lit up. As expected of someone with the support of a second-level alchemist, their research and development speed was indeed very fast.
This is also one of the most annoying aspects of the Balrog.
"Connor was a great help in this," Finley continued.
Augusto nodded.
That's true.
"Ian, you're here. Is there something you need?" Augusto turned to Ian and asked.
"Sir, I've finished mine too."
Ian hadn't expected such a coincidence and stepped forward.
"Oh?"
Augusto looked curious.
"Anti-magic coating..." Ian took out a new bottle of solution and introduced it.
"Thirty percent to seventy percent?"
Augusto was taken aback, seriously doubting whether he had misheard.
"Yes, it mainly depends on the coating content, but the limit I can improve it to right now is 30%."
Augusto was taken aback.
To be honest, he was completely dumbfounded at that point.
It wasn't that it was too little, but rather that the effect was too exaggerated, and he immediately thought of another problem.
"Wait, it targets Darkfire runes, which means that anything with Darkfire runes as its main element can break the spell?" he asked.
"It has some effect, but it's not very strong."
Ian shook his head.
This is because his understanding of the higher system of Darkfire runes and the corresponding knowledge is not yet sufficient.
"OK."
Augusto nodded.
But I also understand that this is enough.
Not far away, Finley and Connor frowned, listening to the introduction with complete disbelief.
"How could he possibly be better than my father?" Connor pondered.
But it's not his place to question it.
"My lord, since the effect is so good, shouldn't we test it?" Finley said from the side.
"Too."
Augusto nodded.
Soon, a tattered set of alchemical dolls appeared before him. Ian followed the same steps and then broke through the dolls' defenses.
"Good! Good! Good!"
Augusto said "good" three times in a row, and the way he looked at Ian had completely changed.
"Ian, your coating is more valuable than we imagined; it can completely solve the problems the project team is currently facing."
"Regardless of anything else, I'll at least give you a nomination spot from our project team."
"Thank you, Minister."
Ian's eyes lit up.
Isn't this what we've been working so hard for?
Not far away.
Connor's face instantly turned ugly.
But I also understand.
Ian's product this time is really too powerful; it's a complete game-changer.
Ian, I am not as good as you!
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He looked at Ian, sighed inwardly, and was completely convinced, no longer having the slightest thought of comparison.