"Studying makes me happy … to hell with that."
Many people dared to say that they liked to study. However, only an extremely small minority liked the feeling of obtaining knowledge, rather than the joy of defeating an opponent.
At the very least, Rorschach, a rogue mage, wasn't one of those rare few.
Over the past few days, it wasn't that he hadn't made any progress in his studies. Rather, he had made too much progress. Every day, he would obtain countless new knowledge points and improve himself … But from another perspective, this meant that his previous foundations had been far too weak, so weak that he would feel like he had never read a book before.
"Ha, I really have never read a book before. If I knew that I would be studying physics, chemistry, geometry, the arcane arts, astronomy, and foreign languages here, I would have paid more attention to my classes …"
There were far too many subjects to study. His lack of basic knowledge would constantly remind him of his shortcomings in various areas.
For example, if he obtained a magical thesis that he needed, he would first discover that he didn't understand the draconic language, and then he would discover that he couldn't understand the energy conversion formulas. Then, he would need to test his spatial imagination in order to construct a magical spell's model. Even if he simply threw a magical spell, he would need to calculate the trajectory of the spell.
To put it nicely, Rorschach was making tremendous progress every day. He was crazily absorbing all sorts of knowledge and theories like a sponge. To put it bluntly, he was doing his best to study. He was studying the theories that most mages had accumulated before becoming an official mage.
Roxia's previous classes had been about magic armor pilots and arcanotech devices. There were far too many things that Roxia lacked when it came to accumulating knowledge necessary for a mage.
However, just studying and studying wouldn't be enough. He would need to study what others knew and what he didn't know. In the end, he would be at the same level as others, and others would be able to defeat him with their skilled techniques and solid knowledge.
In order to create his own path, just being "not bad" wouldn't be enough.
But that was the critical part.
"… I've barely passed the basic botany course. Now, I need to study magical plants and forests. Right, I also need to learn the history of the wood spirits. I also need to study it intensively. There are far too many new and messy things in there."
At this time, Rorschach, as a nature mage and a creator mage, had to study plant creation. He had no choice but to face his own race — wood spirit hybrids.
Wood spirits were completely different from normal life forms. It was as if the Creator had suddenly changed their style when creating them … In fact, the wood spirits were the first new species to be created by the Aishi in the past thousand years. They were also one of the very few new species that didn't have much of a relationship with the Aishi Creator.
In the Aishi Continent, animal life forms were common, but there were also mineral life forms and plant life forms. High-level magical plants could transform into human forms after gaining self-awareness. There were also several Abyssal Lords of the Abyss who were magical plants. Before the Wood Spirits, there were also Ents and Tree Shepherds, but the Wood Spirits were different.
Those plant-type lifeforms still had wood-based physical characteristics. Meanwhile, the wood spirits, which were also evolved from magical plants, were pure carbon-based lifeforms. At the very least, as long as the wood spirits remained in their humanoid forms, they were essentially no different from any other lifeform in Eich.
"This normalcy actually makes it seem even more abnormal. It's as if the Creator forcefully made plants into perfect humanoid forms."
And it was precisely because of this that the Wood Spirits had the advantages of being both intelligent humanoid and plant life forms.
It wasn't without reason that humanoid life forms eventually became the rulers of this world.
Perhaps they had weak physical bodies, but because of this, they would use tools to make up for their weaknesses. Meanwhile, wild beasts that were born strong would be addicted to becoming stronger and stronger.
Perhaps they had short lifespans and didn't have any mental abilities that would allow them to communicate with each other. However, they had learned how to write and speak. They were capable of recording their thoughts, knowledge, and experiences so that the next generation would be able to stand on the shoulders of their predecessors.
Stone tools, bronze tools, bronze tools, machinery, electrical appliances, and so on. The characteristics of this era's advancement could be seen quite clearly in tools.
And in the Aishi world, the elves and humans both possessed this type of intelligence and potential for civilization. However, while the elves were addicted to living long lives and magical traditions, humans finally succeeded in overtaking them. With the magical technology revolution, humans became the undisputed rulers of this world.
The Wood Spirits didn't fall behind because of their seemingly weak humanoid form. And in order to make up for this weakness, they created all sorts of tools from the moment they were born. Magical plant shells and wooden floating battleships were the most direct examples of this.
Just like humans, the Wood Spirits were skilled at using tools. Not only were they skilled at learning other species' knowledge and civilization, they were also skilled at modifying and evolving the knowledge to suit themselves.
The Wood Spirits had the troubles and desires of mortals. However, because of this, they also had the greatness of mortals and the possibility of improving with the times.
In this generation, not only were the wood spirits members of a civilized society, they were also vaguely at the forefront of technology, biochemical technology, magical engineering technology, and navigation technology. Most importantly, their technology tree was something that only they could use. The wood spirits were still learning how to use the wood spirits' technology, which gave them a unique advantage in every aspect.
"I never expected that not only can the weak plants be used as weapons, but they can also be used as transportation tools, large machines like aerial battleships, and even artificial limbs. The Wood Spirits are capable of replacing any part of their body with a plant's body. They can even connect to large plant shells on the outside …"
After reading enough books, Rorschach finally understood why the Wood Spirits' technology tree was completely meaningless to other species.
"So, the key was this inconspicuous natural talent ability of the Wood Spirits, the ability to communicate with plants."
At this moment, Rorschach recalled the mechanical AI species from science fiction. The Wood Spirits had far too many similarities with them in terms of evolution.
Since the Wood Spirits were machines, they could easily communicate with machines to improve themselves. Naturally, it would be much easier to establish a mechanical civilization.
Meanwhile, the Wood Spirits used plants as if they were using their own physical bodies. Ordinary plants that had no consciousness were the foundation of everything. Under the Wood Spirits' control, these plants would mutate and evolve into the Wood Spirits' flesh, blood, companions, tools, motherships, and so on.
The result was that Rorschach was addicted to learning.
He had no choice but to learn. He didn't know the basic characteristics of plants. He didn't know the countless types of plants' characteristics. Naturally, he wouldn't be able to analyze the evolution of magical plants and modify them, nor would he be able to create his own magical plants.
After confirming that the Wood Spirits' technology would supplement his own abilities, Rorschach had to learn the botany, evolution, and life sciences that might have originated from Earth.
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