Chapter 1006 Runic Language
"Right then, now that we've dealt with that guy, I'll tell you why I'm here today." Shiro smiled towards Silvia who sat opposite her.
"I don't know if you have heard but the details for the next event has been released. Basically, it's going to be a fight between Queens on who can capture and protect zones within a certain country and you see, that country is known to have lots of important information for Clerics, Alchemists and Druids alike. There's no doubt that the country will be destroyed once the Queens are done with it hence why I want to see if you want to come with us to the country and get as much information as we can." Shiro offered with a smile as Silvia's eyes lit up.
"Are you talking about Vrish' Lir?"
"Oh? You know of the place?" Shiro raised her eyebrow in surprise.
"Yup. I want to be the best Healer there is after all. There's no doubt that Vrish' Lir has been on my mind for the longest time but there's no secure way of getting there. No teleport spots nor a secure path. The country of Vrish' Lir is surrounded by a confusing mist that protects its borders. Those that manage to get past the mist are allowed entry into Vrish' Lir while those that don't can only try over and over in hopes of getting lucky. However, it doesn't mean there isn't a guaranteed chance to enter Vrish' Lir. Every five years, they have an event that opens a single entrance and Clerics, Druids, Alchemists will need to demonstrate their prowess to the ruling power. If the demonstration is satisfactory, you are allowed entrance without going through the mist." Silvia explained as her eyes flickered with excitement.
"Seems like you know the place well. But yes, the next event will take place in Vrish' Lir. I want us to go there before the event starts in around a week. We'll get as much information as we can from there and I'll add it to the library so other clerics can study it in the city." Shiro smiled as Silvia nodded her head.
"When do we leave then? I suggest that we leave immediately so that we can use as much time as possible in Vrish' Lir. Also, how many people are we taking?" Silvia asked in a hurry as Shiro thought about it.
"It depends. How many talented and trustworthy healers are there?" Shiro asked.
"From the top of my head, I can think of 5 that are at the top of their game. Their talents are quite impressive as they can definitely hold up to our party if they joined." Silvia said as Shiro nodded her head.
"Alright, then you can take those five with you along with a few more that fit the requirements. I'll be looking for roughly 5 to 10 Alchemists to take with us. As for Druids, I don't think we have any of them in our city but if there are, I'll be offering them a place too." Shiro nodded as she crossed her legs.
"Alright, I do have a route towards Vrish' Lir mapped out but I never got a chance to go there since there were people who needed help here." Silvia smiled as she stood up and walked over to her bookshelf.
Looking around for a moment, she pulled out a book before bringing it over to the table. The moment she opened it, Shiro noticed a small rune at the corner which caused her eyes to light up.
"Wait a second, what's that rune?" Shiro asked, pointing to the bottom left corner of the book.
"Oh this? It's like a marker for each page. There's a different one but people have figured that it means nothing. The one who wrote this confirmed it means nothing too since she found them scattered around Vrish' Lir but they were mostly created by daily objects when seen from a certain perspective. This book is a document about her travels in Vrish' Lir, there was a binding oath that prevented her from spreading any contents of the knowledge earned but she still wrote about the travel, the life and some of the trials in this book of hers. There's even a map drawn in the back." Silvia smiled as she flipped to the end and showed Shiro a map of the rough layout of Vrish' Lir.
Looking at the runes on the back of the book, Shiro narrowed her eyes since it was very similar to the runes used in the tier 8 magic circle. During her time with Chronos, she studied the runic language of the gods but it was hard to grasp.
If she didn't have Chronos helping her, it would seem like written gibberish to her but once she had some context, the words started to form meanings so the moment she saw the runes in the book, her mind had already started to piece it together with the other runes that she knows.
"Is it possible for me to read this book? I just need to read it once then I can make my own copy." Shiro asked with a smile.
"Oh of course, you can take the whole book too if you want. I have another copy after all." Silvia smiled as Shiro nodded her head.
Talking for a little longer, they started to make their way back to Shiro's room.
On the way back, Shiro couldn't take her eyes off the book as she was reading each page carefully on her way back.
Looking at the pictures that were printed on the book, Shiro could see what Silvia meant. When looking at the streets in a certain spot, the lights and buildings would merge together to the point that you'll be able to see the faint outline of a rune. But when tracing it out, one would see that it means nothing in the normal runic language that everyone uses in their magic circles.
However, she knew that the runic language was diverse and new variations existed everywhere. Even in the dungeons, unique runic languages existed hence why she was able to have such a good control over souls. She memorised quite a few runic languages from her time in the future when browsing through her older self's computer.
But even with all of that knowledge stored in her mind, there was not a single instance of the runes used by gods and yet there were some in this book. A book written about a country that will soon be destroyed by the event hosted by the system.
"Seems like the runes are interesting for you." Nan Tian asked as Shiro glanced up from her book.
"Mn they are. They're quite similar to the runic language used by Chronos. I'm thinking it probably took inspiration from it since the god language is hard to decipher." Shiro nodded her head with a smile.
"Is that what you've been using for your spells? I noticed that you used it to cast your life fire earlier."
"Oh that? Yeah after some experimenting. I saw that I could increase the effectiveness while also focusing the healing to a small area if I use a rune from the god language. Compared to the normal runic language that we use, the runes used by gods are more diverse. A single correction allows you to change the effects greatly but that also complicates the process of forming spells. It's power that's exchanged with convenience. But I suppose for gods that lived a long time things like this are easy for them." Shiro chuckled as she demonstrated by showing him two similar runes in the book.
"Right now, this rune has similarities to the runes used for healing with additional components used by the runic language the gods use. Combining these two could either mean the rune has increased healing effectiveness, a better focus area or… the power to poison. Healing runes and poison runes are similar to each other since they're both in the field of medicine.
"Though If I wasn't studying runes for the past few weeks to use the time stop ability then I probably wouldn't have picked this up. But I think a trip to Vrish' Lir would be quite helpful for me too since I might be able to get a hint about how to construct a tier 8 magic circle." Shiro smiled as Nan Tian nodded his head.
"That's good then. I'll see if I can get some talented alchemists to come with us so that they can study how to create a similar potion to the one we're selling right now."
"That would be good. Though I'm not sure if I'll use it. If I drink too much it'll have adverse effects. With the one we made, it was the highest purity so it was fine but with how much I'll need to drink per combat, I will be troubled." Shiro sighed.
"Hmm… that is a problem."
"It's fine though. Once I finish studying this language I'm going to see if I can track down another entrance to the beyond. Even if I won't need it then. Having these kinds of potions are helpful." Shiro nodded with a smile.
Arriving back in her room, Shiro sat down and studied the book while Nan Tian sent out the recruitments for the trip to Vrish' Lir.