Thewis gave Angor a puzzled look. He thought Angor was just being stubborn. But now Angor was telling him that it was a rune? Could it be that his previous judgment was wrong?
Angor picked up the suitcase and pointed at the "corner" that Thewis mentioned again and again.
"The pattern formed by these stitches is indeed a bearing angle."
"If this is Cheng Jiao, then where is the magic pattern? The outer shell of the suitcase looks brand new, "White Bear wondered.
"Yes. There are no runes on the outer shell. That's because … the runes aren't on the outside. They're on the inner wall, where we can't see them." With that, Angor released a ray of light from his finger and drew several light traces on the outer wall of the suitcase.
It was an illusion spell, which was used to cast basic illusions.
"You can trace your fingers along these traces of light and see."
Thewis took over the suitcase and began to touch the traces with his finger. When he felt it carefully, he found that there was a distinct difference between the areas where the fingertips were pressed and the areas where the fingertips were not.
"These are the runes on the inner wall of the suitcase," Angor said as he added some more lines. "Take a closer look at this. What's this?"
Initially, there were only a few scattered traces of light, but as they connected with the traces of light that he added, they formed a corner of a mageweath that everyone was very familiar with.
"Fire?" Sunders muttered.
Angor nodded. "That's right. This corner of the rune represents fire."
Thewis followed Angor's line and touched it again. The more he touched, the more serious his expression became. In the end, he sighed deeply and spoke with mixed feelings. "You're right. There's a rune inside."
Angor ignored Thewis' strange tone and continued, "There's a corner on the outside of the suitcase to extend the effect of the runes to the outer shell, so you can't see through the inner wall.
"I took a closer look. The runes almost cover the entire suitcase. There's also a rune extending from the zipper. This means that once you open the zipper, you'll destroy the runes inside. "
What would happen if a permanent mageweath was destroyed? If it was a non-offensive mageweath, it would be fine, but if it was a mageweath with powerful offensive abilities, it would be hard to say what would happen.
Thewis' pale face confirmed Angor's words.
"What are the runes inside?" White Bear asked.
"I still need to confirm what the specific mageweath is. However, in order to prevent prying, I reckon that there will be a mageweath that shields energy, but generally, such mageweaths won't have a corner of the 'fire' mageweath. " He frowned. "I think it's a compound rune, which means there's a magic array inside."
The effect of the Magic Array was even more violent than the magic patterns! Thewis now understood that if he had opened the suitcase without a care, the explosion of the magic array inside would have resulted in a powerful energy collision!
With Thewis' strength, he might not be injured, but the suitcase would definitely be destroyed!
Thewis felt lucky that Angor was an expert in mageweath and noticed the anomaly at first glance. Otherwise, the suitcase would have exploded into pieces, leaving nothing behind.
"This is probably Roland's backup plan. It's to prevent us from discovering the suitcase." White Bear immediately understood the crux of the matter after hearing this.
"We can't be sure if it's Roland's item or not. But we can confirm that it's not a world, and there aren't any strange creatures inside, "Angor said. Angor spoke in a plain tone. To prevent people from finding out what was inside the suitcase, the rune was designed to self-destruct, which meant that the thing inside the suitcase was not a living creature. Maybe it was a very important clue. Otherwise, why would someone go to such lengths to destroy the suitcase?
"Is there a way to open the suitcase without touching the runes?" Thewis asked.
"Yes, but we need to reverse the runes and find the core."
Angor was the only one who could do that. Thewis wanted to ask Angor for help, but he didn't know how to express it.
Last time, Thewis asked Angor to reverse the "Bloodline Retrace" magic array on the Crimson Crown. It was based on the fact that Thewis was stronger than Angor.
Now, Angor's strength was not to be underestimated, and Mister Phantom was more than capable of suppressing an entire faction. Thewis didn't dare to ask Angor for help now, not to mention that Eureka was the one who caused all the trouble in Padt Manor.
"Can you help me reverse the runes?" Thewis asked after some hesitation.
"If there's a clue about Roland inside, I'll owe you two favors. Even if there isn't, I'll still owe you one. "
Favors were hard to quantify, and Thewis was implying that he could help Angor without any conditions, as long as it was within his means.
Thewis was a promising truth-finder candidate, so two favors from him were quite important.
Angor gave Thewis a meaningful look and nodded. "Sure."
Angor's goal was to find Roland and use the Crimson Crown to remove the mysterious energy from his servants so that they could enter the dream wasteland.
Therefore, even if Thewis didn't say anything, he would still reverse the mageweath.
Without further ado, Angor decided to head back to the manor right away. Before they left, Angor glanced at Fullington's body. He didn't notice when Fullington's face turned purple, and his skin was covered with a thin layer of white frost. He was no longer breathing.
From Fullington's point of view, he didn't do anything wrong by making a deal with a supernatural. Besides, as a mortal, he couldn't refuse a deal offered by a supernatural.
However, the suitcase was most likely the cause of all the trouble in Padt Manor. Angor could understand Fullington's point of view, but who could understand those innocent servants who caused all this trouble?
They left, leaving only Fullington's body in the snow, accompanied by the lonely tree.
…
After returning to Padt Manor, Angor began to study the runes on the inner wall of the suitcase.
Since Angor believed that the suitcase might have something to do with Eureka's insanity, he decided to use it in Padt Manor instead. Therefore, he decided to go to the Gravity Garden to study the runes.
Before that, he had to figure out what the runes were.
He reached out a finger and slowly traced the patterns on the inner wall of the suitcase.
While Angor was studying the runes, Thewis and the others gathered in the hall outside and waited patiently for the results. They still couldn't find Roland. However, the supernatural who made the deal with Fullington was most likely Roland. Even if it wasn't, it had to have something to do with Roland.
Thewis pondered for a moment. If he wanted to find Roland, he might have to start with the suitcase.
White Bear took out his short cane and began to communicate with the River of Fate.
White Bear opened his eyes with a sad look. Again, he didn't find anything useful.
The River of Fate whispered something into his ears, but White Bear couldn't decipher it at all. White Bear missed Dodoro very much. If it were Dodoro, the Whispers of Fate wouldn't be so difficult to decipher. Instead, the Whispers of Fate would directly tell Dodoro the correct answer.
However, White Bear could still vaguely feel that the suitcase they found seemed to be the only shining point in the chaotic darkness.
If they could open the suitcase, they might find the answers to their questions.
Thewis and White Bear seemed to be looking forward to the leather suitcase. Both Thewis and White Bear were looking forward to it.
The clock on the wall kept ticking. On the morning of the third day, Angor and Sunders finally came out of the Gravity Garden.
Angor took a seat in the hall and placed the suitcase on the table.
At this moment, the leather case had changed drastically. The outer shell of the leather case was covered with dense light marks. Thewis could recognize that these light marks should represent the mageweaths on the inner wall. He could also recognize the simple meanings of a few of the mageweaths, but after the mageweaths of different meanings were combined together, he would need a professional to decipher them.
"These are the runes on the inner wall. I drew them all on the suitcase," said Angor. He pointed at the runes. "Just as I thought, this is a magic array. There are three different runes inside."
He snapped his fingers, and a part of the complicated runes on the case glowed in blue. "The blue runes represent the runes used to block runes."
Next, some of the runes glowed green. "The green ones represent the Spirit Prohibition runes."
Energy Prohibition runes and Spirit Prohibition runes differed by only one word, and their meanings were similar as well. However, their effects were completely different.
Energy Prohibition runes blocked all forms of energy detection, while Spirit Prohibition runes prevented energy from leaking out.
These two types of mageweaths were too similar, and a large number of the same lines were drawn together. It was a nightmare for many apprentices when they first started learning. Back when Angor was studying Prelude to Rebirth, he used Spirit Prohibition runes in his lab to prevent undead creatures from escaping. Since he had done it before, it was easy for him to identify them.
"Apart from the green and blue runes, there are Advanced Burn runes and some mediums for the three runes," said Angor. He pointed at the remaining white runes and said, "The magic array created by these three runes is called 'Ignite'."
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