Odis had some ideas about how to play the role of a "fighting scholar," but he always felt that he hadn't grasped the key to the problem.
Russell's reminder made him realize that the core of his role could not be separated from "knowledge itself".
Odis had felt during his underground boxing matches that fighting against others was, at best, just acting, and his potion showed no signs of being digested.
Now he finally understands that fighting is just about accumulating practical experience, but the core role is to think about the knowledge that can be gained from fighting.
As for what knowledge he could gain, Odis immediately thought of things like boxing manuals.
He thought about it carefully. In this extraordinary world, although there are many fighting styles, those styles basically only have a "general outline" or something similar, and there are no books that systematically explain fighting techniques.
Odis felt he could try writing a book of this kind, but at the same time he should also focus on practical experience. The experience and cases gained in actual combat, as well as his reflections on fighting, should be the true essence of being a "fighting scholar".
Thinking of this, he continued browsing and turned to the second page of the diary, which was an analysis of the former royal Soren family of Intis.
It is clear that Russell was already preparing to overthrow the monarchy when he wrote this diary.
This analysis is quite brilliant, but it's outdated because the Soren family has long since declined. According to some information that Odis accidentally obtained, the family seems to have no more angels.
At least not on the surface. Even if there are hidden angels, their condition probably isn't much better.
The content on the third page wasn't very interesting either; it was about Russell's "invention" of the flush toilet shortly after he arrived in the world.
The contents of page four once again caught Odis's attention:
June 11
Today I attended another secret meeting of that ancient organization, and I heard one of the members talk about occult symbols, which I found quite interesting.
That member believed that mystical symbols should possess greater power, and that magic circles should not be merely decorative.
He gave an example of how he accidentally obtained an elven "relic" and discovered a broken magic circle.
The mystical symbols used by the elves are completely different from the currently used symbols. This member replicated the magic circle, and even in its incomplete state, an electric current appeared within it.
He guessed that the complete magic circle should release a bolt of lightning.
This is very interesting. If it is a complete magic circle, can I use it to replace the generator?
But this has a fatal problem: it requires a constant infusion of spiritual energy into the magic circle.
Hehe, a group of extraordinary beings are injecting spiritual energy into the magic circle to generate electricity, so I might as well just ask an "Ocean Singer" to generate electricity directly.
However, after hearing my request, the "Ocean Singer" will most likely strike me with lightning.
At the gathering, just as one member lamented the difficulty of completing the Elven magic circle, other members immediately voiced different opinions.
Two members gave particularly insightful and to-the-point speeches.
One person said: This is a world dominated by extraordinary characteristics.
One person said: "The magic circle is very inconvenient to carry and can only be used in a fixed location."
Yes, one problem is that any extraordinary ability in this world is inseparable from extraordinary qualities and spirituality.
Especially extraordinary characteristics; some advanced magic arrays require the intervention of extraordinary power to unleash their immense power.
As for the fact that it is very inconvenient to carry, that is another fatal flaw. Rather than studying such a hopeless magic circle, it would be better to just go to the "Scroll Professor" and buy a few scrolls.
After reading this diary entry, Odis couldn't help but sigh: This world is not lacking in intelligent people! More than a hundred years ago, some people had already realized the wider applications of magic arrays, but the limited language of that era restricted their research.
Thinking of this, Odis smiled knowingly. The reason he had such profound knowledge in this area was because he possessed an advantage that even the most extraordinary scholars in the world did not have: he knew a hieroglyphic script.
After arriving in this world and conducting research for some time, Odis discovered that the mystical symbols of this world resembled an evolution of hieroglyphics.
After conducting some research in this direction, he discovered that it was indeed the case: mystical symbols are a special kind of hieroglyphics.
The civilizations of the northern and southern continents must have used pictographic writing at some point, but around the second era, alphabetic writing became the mainstream, and pictographic writing disappeared into the long river of history.
The evolution and study of mystical symbols had come to a standstill in that era, so Odis attempted to further deduce mystical symbols, and indeed they achieved even better results.
This process is somewhat like using simplified Chinese characters to deduce oracle bone script or bronze script. Although the process is extremely difficult, there are always clues to follow for Odis.
Odis read the contents of the diary again: Legend has it that the Elven race came from the Western Continent, which should have inherited hieroglyphic writing. Therefore, the magic arrays used by the Elven race should be different from those of the Northern and Southern Continents, and may be more effective.
He suddenly thought that he could try searching in the "Knowledge Wilderness" to see if he could find some Elven script and magic arrays.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
Continuing down, page five is also uninteresting; it's Russell commenting on the figures of the two noble ladies and describing his interactions with them, from initial acquaintance to deeper conversations.
It's not that it's uninteresting; rather, it can be read as a novel with ambiguous romantic elements.
Odis put away the diary, intending to hand over the five pages to the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery in a little while and ask for reimbursement for the cost of the diary.
Then, when the Tarot meeting is held, submit it... or you can submit it to Mr. Fool in two installments as a way of thanking him for the help he provided earlier.
Now that Odis has an exceptional memory, he won't forget something after seeing it just once, so there's no need to make a copy for him.
Twenty minutes later, the carriage arrived at the Backlund Mechanical Research Society. Odis found Max and, in a secluded reception room, explained his conjecture about the suspicious wealthy merchant Blair.
Of course, names like Sharon wouldn't appear in his conjecture; he only mentioned that Max had told him that a battle had recently taken place within the "Rose School" at an abandoned West Bayron shipyard, which led him to this assumption.
Although Odis repeatedly stated that it was just a guess based on his intuition, Max took it very seriously because Odis's intuition had helped them thwart the operations of the evil secret organization on several occasions.
Then, Odis reported that one of the members was investigating Capin's matter.
Max was about to report this information when he noticed that Odis hadn't left immediately, so he asked, "Is there anything else you'd like to add?"
Odis said, "I also received several 'relics' of Emperor Roselle."
Max understood: "Reimbursement."