The so-called rune mage was actually a special type of spellcaster. They didn't cast spells through incantations or rituals. Instead, they first made the spells into runes and then used magic to activate the runes to cast the spell they wanted.
Compared to normal spellcasters, rune mages cast spells more flexibly and quickly, but it also required more agile skills and a stronger physique. In order to carry the power of the spell, the materials used to make the runes were generally quite strong. "Strong" and "heavy" were basically twins. People who could carry a large number of runes, even if they weren't as strong as a tiger, had to at least be a rare strongman.
Not to mention others, with Palin's small physique, he would find it difficult to move even if he was given eight or ten runes. If he was given twenty or thirty runes, he might be crushed to death.
Therefore, rune mages were generally strong men, and because they needed to cast spells, they also needed powerful magic. There weren't many spellcasters who had these two qualities, but they were quite common in some races.
For example, the dwarves.
The dwarves were a race created by the Earth Elemental God and the Earth Goddess. Originally, they wanted to create a race that was both strong and flexible, intelligent, and had good magic aptitude. But when it came to the actual creation, they found that these advantages couldn't be taken into account — or rather, with the power of the two gods, they weren't able to create a race that had all these advantages.
In desperation, they took a step back and finally created a race that was slightly shorter than humans, with abnormally thick limbs, great strength, good magic aptitude, and a relatively flexible mind.
In general, the dwarves were a relatively powerful race. But they also had their own shortcomings. It wasn't known if it was because their creator was the Earth Elemental God, but the dwarves' way of thinking was more one-track minded. It wasn't that they weren't smart, but that they were stubborn.
For example, if a dwarf went to a restaurant and wanted to eat "fish-flavored shredded pork," then when the food was served, he would most likely argue with the waiter, "Where's the fish? Where's the fish? "This question would entangle him for a long time. It was almost impossible to convince him to admit that "there was no fish in the fish-flavored shredded pork." He would probably only nod his head in approval if he really got a fish or some fish soup and made a new dish. Of course, he would never go back on his word. Dwarves were creatures of the Order Faction, and going back on their word was in conflict with their values.
If this was considered a small drawback, then the other drawback was a little bigger — the dwarves' fertility was a little bad.
It was said that dwarves originally didn't have this weakness, but after the death of the Earth Elemental God, their fertility suddenly plummeted from a "high fertility race" to a "low fertility race". It was said that at the worst point, not a single dwarf baby was born in the entire world for twenty consecutive years.
Of course, this problem was very serious. The Earth Goddess thought of several ways and finally solved a part of it, so that the fertility of the dwarves would at least not be wiped out because of this. But for this, the dwarves had to pay a huge price. Although they still had very good magic aptitude, their ability to control magic had become very poor, so it was difficult for them to produce excellent spellcasters.
As the saying goes, change comes with change. The dwarves were not low in intelligence, so naturally they would think of a way. After thinking about it, the current dwarf god of runes finally came up with a solution. This dwarf, who was only a forging master at the time, took a different approach. He engraved runes that represented magic on a solid metal plate, and when it was time to cast a spell, he just needed to inject magic into the runes to activate the magic.
This method of casting spells quickly became popular among the dwarves, and it also spread to other races, and even influenced the elves, who were the mainstream spellcasters. Among all kinds of magic tools nowadays, many contained rune technology.
However, even a rune mage who could cast spells with runes had to be able to make their own runes to be considered a qualified rune mage.
Sui Xiong was looking for such a talent.
And the place he was going was not the dwarf kingdom located in the Broken Cloud Mountains, but the Holy Kingdom of the dwarf gods.
It was not easy to discuss with the dwarves. It was better to discuss with the dwarf gods directly.
After all, he was also a god, and he was also a respected figure among the gods. If he visited in person, the dwarf gods would give him some face …
Sui Xiong thought about it, and soon he came to the Holy Kingdom of the dwarf gods.
The Holy Kingdom of the dwarf gods was called the "Eternal Mountain." The overall structure was roughly a very towering and majestic mountain, then surrounded by low mountains, then surrounded by hills, then plains — there were no forests, because the dwarves did not like forests, and there was no sea, because the dwarves hated the sea.
The dead dwarven believers lived in this vast divine kingdom. Some of them lived on the plains, some lived in the hills, and many lived in the mountains. But only those who had made great contributions or outstanding achievements and were recognized by the dwarf gods could live in the central mountain.
Well, they lived in the mountain.
Whether it was the dwarf gods or the best believers, they all lived in the mountain.
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 uneasy. The Void Mask had a reputation for being able to fight, belligerent, eccentric, and unreasonable … In short, his reputation was not necessarily good.
In the eyes of the evil gods, this guy was a super devil who had killed hundreds of evil gods and even the God of Fear, who was almost the leader of the evil gods.
In the eyes of the good gods, this guy was an eccentric person who used necromancy at will without psychological pressure, enslaved the dead to work for him, and didn't think that this behavior was wrong at all.
The dwarves were not in the evil camp, nor were they particularly firm in the good camp, so at least they could still welcome Sui Xiong's visit and not shut him out.
Of course, even if they didn't welcome him, they didn't dare to.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Sui Xiong explained his purpose of visit.
"I want to recruit some rune mages," he said, "and the pay will be absolutely satisfactory."
The dwarven gods looked at each other. Finally, it was the God of Runes who spoke. "Just this?" he asked in confusion.
"Isn't this important?" Sui Xiong asked.
The rune god was silent for a moment, and said, "I don't quite understand your thoughts, but if you want to find rune mages, then I'll go with you."
"To be honest, I'm very curious about why you would come here to recruit people …"
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