Luo De looked at these blackened things and immediately instructed Lawrence to arrange for people to send these charcoals to the Blacksmith Shop.

Beduo was mechanically adjusting the plate armor blanks, his eyes vacant, waiting for the hammer to fall again and again.

When he saw the baskets carried in by the slaves, he instantly widened his eyes, tossed the armor blank aside, and reached out to grab one,

"Is this, black stone?!"

Beduo looked outside, more baskets of black stone were being carried in!

Beduo was full of excitement, his voice trembling slightly,

"You really got the black stone!"

Luo De nodded slightly and said, "It looks like what you described, but we won't know for sure until we try it out."

"You're as powerful as a god!"

Beduo exclaimed loudly in admiration.

His exaggerated words made Luo De unable to hold back his laughter.

Such a thing compared to a god; if the Godstaff of the Holy Council next door heard this, Beduo would surely be charged with blasphemy.

But here, one can say whatever they want.

"Alright, hurry and try it out." Luo De urged.

"Yes, Lord!"

Beduo respectfully saluted Luo De.

Beduo quickly told the apprentices to clear out the nearby furnace, then carefully put the charcoal in and lit it.

He watched intently, focused on the flames within, eyes gleaming with anticipation and joy.

"It really is! It really is!"

Seeing the trace of blue and white flame, Beduo jumped up with excitement.

He quickly turned and ran into the inner room, took out the Sea Pattern Magic Iron Fish Spear, and placed it inside.

Soon, Luo De saw the Fish Spear gradually turn orange-red, with traces of blue patterns on it.

"Finally softened it!"

Beduo's hands began to tremble, he looked at Luo De excitedly,

"Rest assured, Lord, leave it to me this time!"

Beduo confidently assured, "I'm sure I can complete it this time!"

"Okay."

Luo De nodded calmly, no longer disturbing Beduo, and immediately left the Blacksmith Shop.

However, reforging was a time-consuming task.

If Beduo succeeded this time, Luo De planned to throw the remaining Fish Spears into the blast furnace for remelting.

Luo De returned to the manor.

Avril was organizing teaching materials in the old wooden house, while Vivian and Milly were fighting over a jar of honey nearby.

"That's enough, can't you let Milly have some?"

Luo De said helplessly, "She's still a child."

"According to the time of my birth, I'm still a child too!"

Vivian retorted indignantly, "Besides, this jar was given to me by Sis, but she eats more than I do!"

Luo De sighed, ignoring these two.

Just as he was about to hug Avril to relax for a moment, a guard rode a horse, rushing into the manor with urgency.

"Lord, I've brought back what you asked for!"

Few inside Frost Leaf Town could ride like this.

Luo De naturally recognized this guard.

—The one sent to liaise with the Dawn Society.

The guard jogged up to Luo De, presented the package to him, and said slightly panting, "The Dawn Society sent this for you!"

Luo De looked at him and smiled slightly, "Thank you for your hard work."

After receiving the bag, Luo De immediately opened it, revealing an exquisite wooden box inside.

Opening the wooden box, a handmade thick booklet lay inside, labeled "Sea Race Text Manual."

"Very good, yes."

Luo De nodded with satisfaction, then told the guard, "Go take a rest, I'm giving you two days off."

"Thank you for your generosity, my Lord."

The guard bowed respectfully and withdrew.

Luo De immediately returned to the manor's study, eagerly beginning to study this "Sea Race Text Manual."

This manual was made with Luo De's new paper, clearly newly crafted.

But the content was very detailed, with thousands of characters corresponding one-to-one with the Empire's language.

Luo De immediately took out the four tomes he collected from the seabed to match one by one.

"Sea Race Rune Scripture Foundation"

"Three Thousand Years of Deep Sea Epic"

"Apprentice Comprehensive Basic Disciplines"

"The Silent Heart Chamber"

"It seems that except for the last one, all are quite valuable."

Luo De murmured to himself, but he did not rush to flip through these texts.

Without knowing the characters, opening them would be useless.

Luo De placed the tomes carefully back, then took three sheets of draft paper from the cabinet and spread them on the table.

These sheets were filled with various intricate patterns, which could be pieced together in order.

—All traced from the ruins' gate, and they seemed to be Sea Pattern Race characters too.

Luo De focused on the patterns above, then referred to the manual to search for corresponding content.

He found most of the characters, learning from the small print that more of them were witchcraft runes.

Luo De immediately opened the "Sea Race Rune Scripture Foundation" to find corresponding rune diagrams inside.

Kept busy from day till deep into the night.

This pace continued for two days.

Luo De finally found all the runes within the texts and deciphered their meanings when combined on the gate.

A total of nine different runes formed together to create the most common rune restriction used by Sea Race Wizards.

Once the rune restriction is unlocked, the ruins' gate can be opened.

This restriction is very simple.

Luo De just needs to inject energy into the nine runes in a specific order to activate and lift it.

Simply put, it's like a nine-digit combination lock from his past life.

"Oh my god."

Luo De felt like he was going insane.

"Activation of nine runes sequentially, calculated by permutations, isn't that hundreds of thousands of combinations?"

Luo De made a simple calculation and sat down on the chair, somewhat disheartened.

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