Chapter 359 - Phoenix Blood (1/2)

Roland’s reaction was understandable, because the ma.n.u.script was made of weird triangular symbols.

They seemed to be a mess, but Roland had found that they were special spell models that were different from humans’ elemental magic and elves’ natural magic.

The first few pages were depictions of models, and the rest of the ma.n.u.script was written in a language of triangles that he had never seen before.

“Have you ever asked a Mage to decipher this?”

“I let a few trustworthy Mages read it, but none of them could understand it,” Cage said with a bitter smile. “But one of them said that the words may be written in the devil language. So, I estimate that this ma.n.u.script might be a loot that my ancestors got. Now, few human beings can understand Elvish, not to mention the devil language. Besides, there are many kinds of devils, and there’s no telling which dialect this is.”

As a book lover and collector, Roland had learned more about this world.

The devils actually had more categories than the number of intelligent races in the main plane where human beings lived.

Most devil races had their own languages. Even the inferior devils, who could barely count as intelligent creatures, had their unique languages.

So, it was hard to translate the ma.n.u.script even though it was of evil origin.

“Then let’s translate it.” Roland put the ma.n.u.script on the desk.

Cage was surprised. “You know the language?”

He was even slightly alarmed. Could this young man be related to the Realm of Devils?

Roland snapped his fingers, and all the three of them were wreathed in a halo.

Cage was surprised at first. Then, when he looked at the ma.n.u.script, he realized that he could understand it now.

He was even more surprised. “What kind of spell is this? I’ve never seen any spell that can let you read something you don’t understand!”

Andonara was quite proud, as happy as if it were her who had cast the spell. “This is a spell that Roland modified. He’s the only person capable of it in the whole world.”

Cage looked at Roland in surprise. As a n.o.ble and a Warrior, he was literate and had received a good education, but he never considered himself smart.

Though he knew that he was not smart, he was aware that whoever could modify spells were the best geniuses.

This young man was strong, smart, and had huge potential. No wonder Andonara eloped with him.

Cage thought about that for a while. Then, he read out the words that he could now understand.

“‘I am Kelter from the Reed family. If you can comprehend these words, it means that your bloodline power has been awakened. I’m writing this so that the future generations can understand something very important.’”

“What?” Cage exclaimed. He had thought that the ma.n.u.script that had been kept in his bas.e.m.e.nt for quite a while was a loot of his ancestors. Little did he expect that it was actually written by Hero Kelter himself. He couldn’t help but shout, “Why did he write it in the devil language?”

Hearing that, Roland stood up and said, “I’m going to take a walk.”

He’d better keep a distance from family affairs.

Andonara immediately grabbed his arm and smiled. “I’ll go with you.”

She was only from a branch of the family, and it seemed inappropriate for her to read the Hero’s notes that had been intentionally written in the devil language so that n.o.body else could understand.

“That’s unnecessary. This is Anna’s room anyway.” Cage closed the ma.n.u.script and said, “I’ll go back to my room.”

That would do!

Roland and Andonara stayed in the room.

Andonara talked to Roland for a while before she went to bed.

Roland, on the other hand, continued cracking the elven spells.

Firstly, he needed to figure out the function of every round node. Then, he could establish mathematical models with the data. With enough data, he could infer the functions of all the nodes and even seek new combinations.

Roland had always believed that math could explain 99% of things in this world.

The last percent accounted for the complicated, unreasonable, and even chaotic feelings of intelligent creatures, which even the greatest mathematician couldn’t calculate or predict.

The elves’ spell models were much more complicated than those in elemental magic. Metaphorically speaking, the natural magic would be a 2D picture, and the elves’ spell models would be a 2.5D picture with shadow and perspective, but they were not exactly a 3D hologram either.

Thanks to almost twenty years of systematic education, Roland was a great self-learner. He was not exactly the best student, but he was definitely one of the geniuses of this world.