33 Chapter 33 Dragon Magic (1/2)
(CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE COMPLETED BASIC MANA FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING)
”Eh…System?” interrupted Joseph.
(SHUs.h.!.+ I NEED TO FINISH THIS NOTIFICATION.)
Joseph shushed himself.
(REQUIREMENT 1 OF 2 FOR t.i.tLE: BEGINNER MAGE, UNLOCKED)
(REQUIREMENT BASIC COMPREHENSION OF 5 RUNES NOT MET)
(PROGRESS 1 OF 5)
”System, a t.i.tle?” he asked, confused and startled.
(I'M NOT DONE)
”Oh, sorry!” he ducked his head as he waited.
(INTERMEDIATE MAGE REQUIREMENTS 0 OF 3 MET)
(MUST HAVE BEGINNER MAGE t.i.tLE)
(INTERMEDIATE UNDERSTANDING OF 3 RUNES NOT REQUIRED)
(MUST HAVE BASIC THAUMATOLOGY)
(ADVANCED MAGE REQUIREMENTS 0 OF 4 MET)
(MUST HAVE INTERMEDIATE MAGE t.i.tLE, ADVANCED UNDERSTANDING OF 1 RUNE, INTERMEDIATE THAUMATOLOGY, HIDDEN REQUIREMENT)
After that were requirements for master mage, specialized mage, grand master mage, Arch Magus, etc., but the requirements weren't readable. As he looked further down the list, he realized the system must wait to display information until certain conditions are met. It made sense in hindsight that the System needed some requirements to display things if the list was nearly infinite. He started looking into some of the new options. Basic thaumatology requires thaumatology teacher.
”c.r.a.p System. That's not helpful. How many thaumatology teachers are there?”
(NONE DETECTED IN HUMAN KINGDOMS)
”What? Then what am I supposed to do?”
(REDISCOVERY OF LOST KNOWLEDGE THAUMATOLOGY REQUIREMENTS MET 1 OF 4)
(BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF MANA AND ITS MOVEMENTS CRITERIA MET)
(COMPREHENSION OF 7 RUNES OR A RUNE SET (EARTH, FIRE, AIR, WATER/LIGHT, SOUND, ILLUSION, ETC.))
(ABILITY TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND ORIGIN WORDS IMPOSSIBLE AS UNMODIFIED HUMAN)
(ABILITY TO SPEAK ORIGIN WORDS IMPOSSIBLE AS UNMODIFIED HUMAN)
”System, what are Origin Words?”
(MAGIC IS MEANT TO BE THOUGHT OR SPOKEN)
He had a sudden suspicion. ”System, what species first spoke Origin Words?”
(DRAGONS)
”The Runes I'm studying, are really Origin words, aren't they?”
(CORRECT)
”Dragons are large, aren't they?”
(YES, YOUR a.s.sUMPTION IS CORRECT)
”They hear at frequencies humans can't hear and speak at frequencies human vocal chords can't make, don't they?”
(CORRECT)
”Well, shavist. Are there magic spells that can duplicate it?”
(A MODIFICATION OF AN EXISTING SPELL CAN ALLOW SUB-SONIC SPEECH. NO CURRENT SPELL ALLOWS SUB-SONIC HEARING. THAUMATOLOGY IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BEFORE ATTEMPTING SPELL RESEARCH)
”Sometimes you are an … never mind. Are those options available with Life Points?”
(YES, ONCE YOU ARE ABLE TO BECOME NON-HUMAN)
”Fine. If Origin Words are supposed to be spoken, is that why it's so hard to write them?”
(CORRECT. MODIFIED RUNES REPRESENT A POOR ATTEMPT BY HUMAN AND ELVEN MAGES TO WRITE VOCAL INFLECTION)