Chapter 457 The Starting Stopwatch
Kieran, a gifted elemental mage who emerged nearly 900 years after Icathia was ruled by Shurima, has dedicated his life to studying the mysteries of time.
After years of study, the highly respected Kiran became one of the elders of the Icathiya Council.
As his proposals for ascension were rejected time and time again, his resistance to Shurima grew day by day.
However, what worries Kieran even more is that his colleagues who are also the elders of the ruling council are going crazy and starting to openly discuss the issue of independence.
But in the face of the ascended group, any rebellion will become the source of suffering for the people.
Kiran, who cares about the people, ran away from the neighboring countries of Icathia and begged their rulers to form an alliance with Icathia, but their answers were unanimous and he ultimately returned without success.
It was not until he returned to the capital that Kieran was surprised to find that the governing council had re-supported a mage king without his participation in the discussion.
The other elders explained to him the forbidden power found in the abyss, saying it was enough to counter the Ascended Ones, and declared war on the Shurima Empire.
Kieran felt sad about their decision, because he would rather his homeland be suppressed again than release such an evil thing on the earth.
His fears came true.
The Void not only defeated the first batch of Ascended Ones it killed, but also swallowed Icathia into eternal disaster. The hundreds of thousands of people in the capital who had no time to escape would become the nutrients of the Void.
In grief and despair, Zieran allowed as many people as possible to hide in his tower. Tentacles in the abyss penetrated the earth and were about to devour the building that housed tens of thousands of people.
Desperate to stop these corrupting evil things, Zieran did the impossible - he erased the tower from the timeline, making it undiscoverable by the Void.
Of course, mortals who are not contaminated by evil spirits can still push open the door of this tower and take refuge here.
However, as thousands of years passed, apart from Li Lin and Kassadin, Kieran's tower had never been visited by any strangers.
Li Lin originally thought that Kieran's so-called "push yourself" would upgrade his teammates' experience like the passive skills in the game, thereby further improving his level and unlocking more skills.
But it turned out that he thought too much.
Kieran didn't know the existence of the "system" at all, or even how he grew up, so how could he use time magic to increase his "experience bar"?
What's more, the skills in the game cannot be compared with reality.
According to Li Lin's "digital thinking", Kieran's ability "Time in a Bottle" refers to observing countless timeline branches, as he just showed...
The two returned to Kieran's original room. He took out several thick books at least ten centimeters long from the bookshelf and placed them on the table, then called Li Lin over.
"This is a record of time magic that I have collected, and it also contains my annotations."
As he spoke, Kieran opened the locked drawer on the desk and took out a booklet filled with densely packed small characters and patterns of magic circles from time to time.
"This is the notebook I summarized about time magic." He paused, "There is a huge amount of magic flowing in your body. With your special ability, you should be able to master it soon."
Li Lin nodded, no longer pretending, and directly opened "Data Thinking" and stared at one of the theories about time.
After the brain has been strengthened and intelligence has been improved, "data-based thinking" can interpret some book contents faster.
It only took him more than ten seconds to memorize all the contents of this ten-centimetre-thick book in his mind.
In the next few minutes, Li Lin wrote down the contents of all the books, including Jilan's notes. After sorting them out, he activated the magic power flowing in his body and condensed a time bomb in the palm of his hand.
Kieran was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, "Sure enough, as a person protected by the will of the world, your talent is far above mine."
Li Lin dismissed the spell in his hand and bowed slightly to him, "Without your guidance, I wouldn't have been able to master some of the mysteries of time so quickly."
Time is a constant that all things cannot escape, but due to its obscurity, mystery and complexity, even Kieran, the originator of the time mage, cannot understand its mysteries.
The time magic he showed Li Lin and asked him to learn was only a very small part of the use of time.
For example, time bomb is a new type of magic invented by Kieran through his own research, which can detonate the target's time and destroy the opponent from the time level.
This method works wonders against enemies with limited lifespans, and is somewhat powerful against most items.
However, when facing targets whose lifespan is almost negligible, this ability is of little use. It can only slow down or stun the target through the time it takes for several time bombs to detonate in the area.
Of course, even if Li Lin masters all these contents, he still cannot use most of the magic in them.
Unless he chooses to exile himself outside the long river of time like Kieran and his apprentices, without the troubles of lifespan and time, existing in the past, present and future, if it interferes with reality, it will only open up a new and irrelevant path. Parallel timelines.
In addition to the "time bomb", the only thing Li Lin can personally use in the real field is the "time clockwork".
Time clockwork is mainly used to accelerate and decelerate time, and its release in the real world still has great restrictions.
For example, most living things have a limited lifespan. If you accelerate time, it will speed up the passage of your own life.
However, according to the "Canyon Theory of Relativity", the enemy's deceleration is his own acceleration. Li Lin can use this ability to delay the target's time, which in disguise is equivalent to providing himself with the effect of time acceleration.
However, Kieran can observe the past, present and parallel world's "time in a bottle" and see the future. The now-invalid "travel to the future" and "reverse time" must be used in the space-time gap outside the long river of time.
Especially the ability to travel back in time. Kieran has used this magic to combine time in a bottle to create countless new parallel timelines.
If Li Lin uses this ability, he will inevitably be squeezed out by time and eventually exiled by time itself.
In this way, he can no longer interfere with his original time and space, because doing so will only open up a new parallel timeline, rather than affecting his own time and space.
Time magic is better than nothing for Li Lin today.
But among the classics Jilan provided, the most important thing was not the application of time magic, but the theoretical knowledge about time.
Coupled with quantum theory, Li Lin may be able to explore more applications of time without involving his own time or being exiled by time.
Kieran stared at Li Lin, who looked thoughtful, as if he was sorting out the knowledge he had learned, and waited quietly.
When the brilliance in his eyes recovered and he looked at her again, Kieran continued: "If you have problems with time magic, you can come back here to discuss it with me. The void outside should not be a threat to you, right? ?”
Li Lin nodded and chuckled, "As long as it's not a void monster comparable to a demigod, this place basically doesn't pose much of a threat to me."
"Well, try not to use your armor's energy weapons, as this may awaken the sleeping void here."
Kieran warned again, and immediately made a hand gesture with his right hand to form a circular emerald green formation.
Li Lin could recognize that this was a time and space sealing spell, somewhat similar to the magic he used to seal the door that could lead to a room for observing different time and space.
After waiting for two seconds, a simple pocket watch appeared from the palm-sized circle, and then flew into Li Lin's palm.
He couldn't help but widen his eyes, his shock was palpable.
[Perfect Timing (Starting Stopwatch·Legend): The enlightenment world rune fragment belongs to the category of skillful runes. After absorbing enough time magic, it will grow into a "Perfect Timing Stopwatch". 】
[Basic attributes: none]
[Ability Effect]
[Secret of Time: Only talented mages can exert the maximum effect of this item (at least 10,000 maximum mana is required, otherwise it cannot be used). 】
[Appearance transformation: The holder can consume mana to change its appearance at will. The mana consumed depends on the size of the conversion target (minimum consumption of 500 mana, current appearance: stopwatch.). 】
[Time accumulation: When enough time is absorbed, the started stopwatch will grow into a "perfect timing stopwatch" and gain enhanced abilities (current time accumulation progress: 39.66%). 】
[Stagnation: Convert a target into an indestructible golden statue. The mana cost depends on the number of targets and the transformation time (minimum consumption is 3% of the maximum mana). 】
[Time Confinement: Confining an area for a short period of time, causing the area to enter a state of time stasis. Mana consumption depends on the confinement time and scope (minimum consumption is 5% of the maximum mana). 】
[Enlightenment World Rune Fragments: Since the energy of "Perfect Timing" has been depleted, only by becoming the Perfect Timing Stopwatch again can it be combined with the cornerstone runes. 】
"This, this is..." Li Lin was almost speechless, "This is actually a world rune fragment?!"
Kieran kept a kind smile and nodded, "While traveling in the long river of time, I discovered this world rune fragment that escaped into time and absorbed the power of time.
"The World Rune cannot be used by humans because it will corrode people's will, and even gods cannot resist its temptation.
“In the parallel timeline, a god obtained this world rune fragment, reversed the situation of being besieged to death, and almost conquered the world.
"Seeing this, the other dark descendants searched for runes from other worlds, and were influenced by their charm and erosion of souls, starting a rune war in advance.
"The combination of the Darkin War and the Rune War was simply a disaster. The Runeterra in that timeline was destroyed in this way."
Kieran sighed, "I didn't do much research on it, because even I was almost bewitched by it when I discovered it... But if you are the user, there won't be any problems."
Li Lin lowered his head and stared at the world rune fragments in his hands, frowning in thought.
Originally, he didn't want to use the World Rune too early, even if it was just a fragment.
World Runes use astral magic, but the specific source of power is unknown, at least not from Rune Land.
After all, the most powerful arcane magic on this planet comes from them.
But even if all the world runes in the five series are collected, it is still unknown whether they can be used to defeat the Void Monitor. No one has witnessed the power of the complete world runes.
Li Lin didn't want to rely too much on the world runes, he just wanted to use them as his final trump card.
But now Kieran actually gave himself a new world rune fragment, and the current "starting stopwatch" has not yet been able to merge with the cornerstone rune. Time must be accumulated to re-grow it into the "perfect timing stopwatch" .
Even if Li Lin wanted to seal it in the underground palace of Demacia's Forbidden Stone Forest and only accumulate time through the passage of time, it would take at least a thousand years to return to its original state.
To put it simply, Li Lin must always carry it and use time magic on it from time to time to accelerate it to accumulate time...
“Although I don’t know how to use this world rune fragment, it has been absorbing the power of time, which shows that it is not suitable to be handed over to Ryze and sealed under the Forbidden Stone Forest.
"However, according to another time artifact we discovered called the 'Ancient Hourglass', it has the ability to freeze an individual into a time statue and is not affected by any external force. Presumably this world rune fragment can provide you with a lot of help."
After Ji Lan reminded him, Li Lin took a deep breath, spent mana to transform it into a watch, and put it on his wrist.
"I get it, I'll keep wearing it."
Kieran smiled and nodded, "I have nothing more to help you, it's time for you to go back."