Chapter 905 905 The Professor

Chapter 905 905 The Professor

The commotion surrounding a lecture on magical item creation given by a Saint Level Professor, as the rumours in the room were, drew all the women who had been more interested in chatting with Cassie and Ella away from the side room, leaving the two free to rejoin Wolfe.

Only, they found that he was the Professor in question, and he really was giving them a lecture on magical item creation.

They didn't know what he was planning to teach them, but hopefully, he wouldn't give away too many of the secrets that might lead the people of this world to begin understanding the military technologies of their world. These magic users were still at war with the Demon Realms, and they didn't want to upset their allies at home, or force regional Guardians to return to protect their holdings in the Demon Realm from armed invasion.

That would make this entire trip a disaster, no matter what they might have gained from the Lowest Planes.

He was standing at the front of the room with a whiteboard standing against the wall, and a pointer stick in his hand, almost looking like a professor in the robes that the hotel had provided to them for the event.

He waited until everyone was seated as well as they could be, with the young ladies up front to learn, and the older Nobles sitting in the comfortable smoking lounge chairs further back. They could still see just fine, but it would be somewhat embarrassing for them to be asking questions during a lecture for teenagers, so they had remained further back.

A few of the younger men had joined them, thinking this was something for girls interests, but when Wolfe waved his hand and the title appeared at the top of the whiteboard [Intermediate fixation of runes and inscriptions to magical items] a number of them went to get folding chairs and sit up front.

Cassie and Ella were shown to a pair of chairs at the side of the room, close to the stage, where Petros and the Elders were sitting.

"Greetings, Ladies Noxus. I am Petros, in case I hadn't introduced myself yet. And these are the distinguished Family Heads from the town, of the families Marneus, Niall, Drummond, and Gold. Then, finally, the Marneus Oracle, who insists it is good luck for her to sit exactly where she is."

Cassie smiled at the old woman, who she realized was sitting under the only fan in this corner of the room, and nodded her head. "Indeed, you should never question the wisdom of an Oracle. They see a considerable number of things that others wouldn't expect. I also believe that I know what bit of good luck she was waiting for."

The room was getting unreasonably warm with so many people in it on a warm summer evening, even with the window open, so Cassie activated a [Chill] charm, and activated it under the fan before handing the token to the Oracle.

"For you, Oracle." She whispered.

The old lady smiled and patted her on the shoulder.

"It's a flaming sword inscription. That's, that's..." She stammered.

"Exactly. It's the same spell, but with the additional modifications to the base runes to instruct it to attach to the item, and to coat the desired area in fire. Now, if you change this part, and add these symbols to the fifth rune instead, what do you have?" Wolfe asked.

One of the boys raised his hand. "That's the inscription for a magical bow. It affixes the spell to an item that is touching the enchanted item, in this case, an arrowhead."

Wolfe smiled. "Excellent. If you stop thinking about the spell as a unique symbol and realize that it is actually a group of seven modified symbols, you will have a much easier time with the creation of new magical items."

A girl on the side rolled her eyes. "What good will that do us? I mean, it's seven individual runes, but how am I supposed to know if it's done right? I know the inscriptions for all these spells, so what good is knowing that the runes are individual?"

Wolfe smiled and changed a few runes on the inscription.

"Who can tell me what this inscription does?" He asked.

None of the youngsters raised their hands.

"Anyone in the back?" Wolfe asked.

"It coats the hair of anyone with the Dubois Family's ginger locks with flames." The Oracle laughed.

The girl gasped. "Such an evil spell. Have you been plotting against my Family?"

Wolfe shook his head. "No. Anyone who can actually read Runic and didn't just memorize the shapes by rote can alter inscriptions at will to create the exact effect that they are after.

That is the difference between basic and intermediate enchanting. Once you understand the Runes, and at least some of the modifiers, then you can create much more varied effects."