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In fact, after spending this time researching runes with Senior Sister Lily, Kael had gained enough understanding of the Life Treasury's operational methods.

By using the Rune "thurisaz" as the core of the Rune Array, and the human circulatory system along with the transit routes of Extraordinary Power as thoroughfares, it was possible to directly extract the abnormal strength in Kael's body into the pattern formed by the Rune at the top of the head.

The name "Life Treasury" truly matched its effect.

Take the human body as a warehouse, storing many precious and cherished energies. One could say that with the existence of this skill, Kael was provided with a complete and robust "Concept Circuit".

Because the premise of extracting special powers with the "Life Treasury" was that its "tentacles" could spread to any corner of the body that might contain Transcendent Power.

Then through the Rune in the "Life Treasury," with its trait of absorption, Kael could successfully draw those powers along the circuit up into the pattern on his head.

Thinking this, Kael couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This inspiration had come from Lily.

He couldn't help but recall the time the two of them spent researching in Mr. Luxius's lab.

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[Two months earlier, inside the Luxius Mage Tower laboratory at the Secret Scroll Mage Academy.]

With a surge of smoke, Kael coughed heavily a few times. He waved his hand magnanimously, cast a spell silently, and a gust of wind blew through, instantly sweeping away the dust filling the laboratory.

Kael looked at the bloated chunk of flesh on the table with some distress and said, "It seems this Rune is much more volatile than we had imagined."

Lily looked with some dismay at the monster they had confined in a cage.

The monster was left with only its lower half.

Its upper half had been blown into countless drops of blood in the explosion just now.

Fortunately, the emergency protective mechanism set up by Mr. Luxius in his lab came into play as soon as it detected the spreading explosion, immediately containing the explosive power.

Lily sighed and said, "The 'thurisaz' Rune isn't simply built according to the structure of a Magic Model as we usually talk about it.

In the more ancient times of gods, this character had its own primal meanings.

According to past records, this Rune itself contained multiple original connotations of piercing, protecting the triangle, and concealing vigour.

The concealed vigour formed the treasury itself, allowing you, Kael, to directly absorb the Transcendent Energy within your body into the treasury.
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The protective triangle symbolises stability, ensuring that when you, Kael, gather the Transcendent Power from your body to the treasury, you can maintain the balance and prevent the power from becoming uncontrollable and stored in the treasury for a long time.

And the concept of the spike represents the automatic release of power from the treasury. The turbulent Transcendent Power will grant your body greater might, and depending on the nature of the power stored in the treasury, the direction of the 'spike' unleashed will differ."

Kael nodded to indicate that Lily's explanation was correct.

"Life Treasury" was indeed very useful, and he could even say that if it weren't for the Demon Nature accumulating in the Life Treasury and frequently giving him the sense of being uncontrollable under its influence, he might have increased his use of the Life Treasury.

But now, he decided to think it over before considering whether to undertake a new round of development for the Life Treasury.

After concluding the related research, Kael felt as though he had made significant progress in this domain once again.

Unfortunately, this was as far as it could go.

With Lily, who had spent years reading the books in the library, guiding him, Kael was quite sure that they'd left no stone unturned in the Secret Scroll Mage Academy regarding the information and intelligence on this Rune.

Having realized this, Kael decided to put a hold on his plans to continue researching the Rune.

"We've now reached a high level in our study of the Rune, and further research in this area might not yield any results in the short term," he said.

Kael sighed. If possible, he didn't wish to stop there, as all knowledge he gained about the Rune would be converted through the transformation of Dark Knowledge into Skill Experience Points for the Life Treasury via the Encyclopedic Recall entry.

But now it appeared their research had reached an impasse.

Lily was undoubtedly a mage with a high level of knowledge.

Even at such a young age, she could still conduct Magic research to a certain extent and, arguably, garnered quite excellent results.

At least to Kael, who had acquired a vast amount of Magic Knowledge, Senior Sister Lily was indeed a very capable researcher.

"Indeed, we've reached a bottleneck in our research of the Rune, and pushing for a breakthrough quickly would be quite strenuous and thankless for both of us.

In this respect, I think it necessary to consult Mr. Luxius. His Magic Knowledge and Spell intuition could provide a new direction for our research," she said.

Hearing Lily say this, Kael also began to reflect.

After all, no one knew better than he did the achievements Mr. Luxius would make in the future.