The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 676

Karl gently straightened the two blades and passed them to the clerics, who looked overjoyed to have such an interesting pair of test samples in their hands.

"We could test how much energy can be passed through them, but that would be destructive testing. What I am more interested in is the fact that one of the two really is stronger than the other, despite having the same active rune.

Perhaps it’s the intent behind them, proving the superiority of this method on human tools. Or perhaps there is some more profound meaning that I have missed with my incomplete translations." Karl explained, then moved on to the next page of the manuscript.

The details there were about how to enhance Elven steel for durability, as even the Dwarves recognized that it had a very fine edge. Their words about the things that Elves did with trees were far less polite than the insults they had hurled at the humans’ craftsmanship, and Karl did his best not to laugh as he read it.

"Well, we can say for certain that this author was not a fan of Elves. Or perhaps not a fan of their supposedly hedonistic ways. But as I don’t have an Elven crafted weapon to test any theories on, we can keep going." Karl translated, as the clerics dutifully copied the pages.

They were Blue Dragon Clerics. The fact that they couldn’t actually read the pages would not stop them from transcribing them exactly as they appeared in the tome. One of them had some skill with Runes, but not at the level of having the Runecrafting skill, as the Librarian had not yet had time to finish a duplicate for the others to copy.

[The artistry of Dwarven Runecrafting is not just about appearances, as many of the other races believe. In fact, the matrix of the Runes, even irrelevant filler, is integral to the even distribution of the flow of power across the surface of the item.

I have no idea why I’m writing this, perhaps my memoir will be a children’s book, full of facts that any small child should know? Or perhaps just so that the basic knowledge is not lost if Runecrafting should fall out of favour in the future.

Such was the fate of Golem Masters, whose constructs were so durable that for ten generations, no more needed to be made, and the basic knowledge was lost, making it nigh impossible to train new apprentices once the old masters had passed and left only their most valued tomes.

Yes, that is what I shall do. Forgive the rambling of an old man as I impart to you the basics of the basics.]

The text went on for two more pages, detailing the proper ways to write Runes on an item so that the effect applied evenly, the artistry behind how they wrapped a common surface, such as a hammer, vase, or armour plate.

To someone of his time, it likely would have been obvious, as they would have seen it every day, and heard the tales from their parents, or their master if they were coming from a different trade.

That made Karl wonder what sort of societal set up the Dwarves had. Did they have something akin to a trade school, where System Users could just learn a trade of their choice?

Did they have masters choosing apprentices, or teaching one of their children the arts to take over their business?

That made Karl wonder if it might be possible for some of the mages to learn Golem Crafting, as a subset of Rune Crafting, and make armies of autonomous Golems to defend small towns that didn’t have much of a guard force. _{free𝑤ebnovel.com}