Chapter 92: 91: Yet a Great Step for the Enchantment Industry

Chapter 92: Chapter 91: Yet a Great Step for the Enchantment Industry

Bernie took the elemental crystal with the Magic Rune engraved on it from Lis’s hands and studied it carefully.

Seeing this, Lis didn’t disturb him and quietly waited nearby.

After a while, Bernie put down the elemental crystal and asked Lis with confusion,

“I didn’t recognize this Magic Rune, and what’s strange is that it doesn’t match the style of any current school of Magic Runes. Lis, where did you learn this from?”

“Don’t rush. did you figure out what effects this Magic Rune has?”

Lis waved his hand and asked again.

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“No, just tell me.”

Bernie replied straightforwardly. If he had figured it out, he definitely would have been able to match it with an existing school of Magic Runes.

That was certain. It was a haphazard creation by players from a previous life; it would be crazy if it resembled any existing school!

Lis didn’t answer directly but hinted instead,

“Try looking at it again with Elemental Vision.”

Upon hearing this, Bernie didn’t say much and immediately circulated his magic power, focusing on the elemental crystal in his hands.

At first, he noticed nothing, but Bernie soon spotted something amiss.

“What’s this, this elemental crystal… it’s absorbing elemental particles!!!”

Bernie’s amazed voice was completely uncontrollable, and the phenomenon was just too outrageous.

You should know that restoring magic power was a phenomenon only seen with magic gems, but Bernie was sure that what he was holding was a true and genuine elemental crystal.

That an elemental crystal could do this was simply a breakthrough that overturned Bernie’s common knowledge as a mage!

“So… is it the effect of this special Magic Rune?”

Bernie finally caught on and stared incredulously at the elemental crystal in his hand.

Gently caressing the Magic Rune on it, Bernie looked at it as one might look at a most intimate lover.

Lis patted his shoulder and said,

“Snap out of it, it’s not as exaggerated as you think!”

“No, you don’t understand!”

Bernie, who was always deeply engaged in research on enchanted products for civilian use, was very excited, seemingly seeing the direction of his future efforts in this peculiar Magic Rune.

“If I’m not mistaken, this Magic Rune allows the elemental crystal to re-condense magic power!”

“This is no simple matter; it solves the biggest problem of civilian use of enchanted products, much stronger than my idea of reducing magic power loss.”

“Don’t talk, let me think, let me think!”

Lis watched Bernie’s fanatic expression with some helplessness.

Bernie was just like that, completely absorbed when it came to interesting matters, paying no mind to anything else.

Perhaps it was because of this personality that he became the first among the younger generation to break through as an Intermediate Magic Pattern Master.

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After a while, Bernie finally calmed down from his excitement, clutching the elemental crystal engraved with the “Self-Charging” Magic Rune and turning to look at Lis.

“The principle of this crystal absorbing elemental particles is simple, because of this Magic Rune, this is…”

“This is called the ‘Self-Charging’ Magic Rune, I guess you could say…I developed it myself.”

Lis touched his nose, after all, he was indeed the first to engrave this Magic Rune in this world, so calling himself the developer was not wrong.

“I see.”

Bernie didn’t hesitate and believed what Lis said.

Because he was sure, such groundbreaking, innovative Magic Runes, if developed by someone else, as a rising star in the field of Magic Runes, Bernie would have heard some rumors.

Lis developed a new type of Magic Rune, and Bernie was sincerely happy for his good friend.

“I’m going to find the teacher; this Magic Rune is too astonishing, the teacher will be shocked too.”

Bernie was already eager for Daher to see the Magic Rune as well.

“Wait a moment.”

Lis stopped Bernie, preventing him from going directly to Daher.

The Magic Rune of course needed to be shown to Daher, which was Lis’s purpose that day, but there were still some things that needed to be clarified with Bernie first.

It wasn’t that Lis was worried Daher would forcibly take the “Self-Charging” Magic Rune; he was quite familiar with the master’s robust character. After all, in his past life, Daher was quite well-known, an important plot NPC.

However, the following series of plans required Bernie’s cooperation, so they needed to discuss everything first.

Lis pulled Bernie aside and sat down, staring at him seriously:

“Bernie, do you think this ‘Self-Charging’ Magic Rune is important?”

“Of course!”

Bernie replied without hesitation.

“To put it in cliché terms, how high do you think its value is?”

Bernie was silent for a moment after hearing Lis’s words, then looked up and said seriously:

“If I’m not wrong, it could significantly reduce the cost of enchanted products, truly achieving the civilian use of enchanted products.”

“The value of that… it’s huge, I can’t even imagine.”

“So, I want to keep the profits it generates in my own hands.”

Lis said word by word, his expression serious.

“That… is difficult.”

Bernie shook his head but didn’t express doubts about Lis’s idea.

As an Intermediate Magic Rune Master, he naturally knew that the “Self-Charging” Magic Rune was a goldmine. It wasn’t strange for his friend to want to keep it in his possession.

The key point was that this goldmine… was too big, too big for anyone who understood its true value to give up fighting for it.

Especially since it was a treasure that could continuously, sustainably generate profits.

After all, that’s what being a Magic Rune Master was about, earning wealth through enchanted products and reinvesting in new Magic Runes.

That’s why Bernie, now an Intermediate Enchanter, might be even wealthier than Lis, a Court Viscount.

“I know it’s difficult, but how can I not try?”

If it wasn’t that he really needed money now, to the point of affecting the speed of Lis’s ability improvement, why else would Lis be willing to reveal the “Self-Charging” Magic Rune now?

“Here’s what I’m thinking, last time I mentioned to Mora about the three of us setting up a guild together to produce and manage products related to this Magic Rune.”

“For sales, we can leverage Mora’s Golden Vine Flower Commerce, and I also know the controller of Radiant United Commerce. We can get him on board to expand this venture.”

“I met with His Majesty the King yesterday, so I think the Royal Family won’t be an obstacle for us anytime soon.”

“As for the Church of the Gods, they will be busy soon and won’t have time to focus on us.”

“Right now, the most urgent thing is to ask your teacher, Master Daher, if he can teach us the ‘Hidden’ Magic Rune, which is very important for protecting the secrecy of the ‘Self-Charging’ Magic Rune.”

“Regarding the ‘Hidden’ Magic Rune, I think there won’t be a problem if I talk to the master.”

Bernie stammered, unable to help it; the shock of what Lis had just said was too much for him.

What was going on? He was clear about Mora and the Golden Vine Flower Commerce, but since when was Lis so familiar with the controller of Radiant United Commerce that he could confidently pull them in for such a significant matter?

And what about the fact that Lis met with King Feis yesterday, and it sounded like His Majesty had specifically seen him?

What’s happening with the Church of the Gods? He hadn’t heard anything about problems there; was Lis’s information really that well-informed?

At this moment, Lis seemed somewhat unfamiliarly brilliant in Bernie’s eyes.

That’s great!

Watching Lis’s earnest yet spirited demeanor, Bernie took a deep breath and couldn’t help but feel happy as well.