The flames under the bell tower have not yet been extinguished.

  Rainwater mixed with thick smoke, forming wisps of gray mist, lingering between the broken walls. The collapsed wall was scorched, blood was spilling from the cracks, and the bodies of the three trackers had been burned to the point of being twisted.

  Aaron sat behind the broken wall, his face pale, sweat and rain mixed together, and his breathing was heavy and rapid.

  "Scroll space..." He chewed the information that had just emerged in a low voice, "It can store text components, memorized runes, writing fragments, structures..."

  He stretched out his trembling right hand, and the blank scroll had returned to his palm, the cover was glowing, and it was obviously no longer the original damaged ancient artifact, but a structural artifact with an independent "will".

  Activated function: Scroll space (1/1)

  Current storage: Basic Rune Barrier, Basic Rune Burning Embers

  Talent obtained: Rune Memory (Primary)

  Description: Can memorize and copy any successfully written rune, mental power consumption is halved

  Magic Energy Storage (Primary): Maximum magic power 5, current magic power value: 0.7

  Status warning: Severe mental load, it is recommended to rest, or find "Mind Clarity Potion"

  The system prompt appeared in his mind, the logic is clear and indifferent, like a bystander recorder.

  "The Burning Embers shot almost exhausted all the power." Aaron whispered.

  Although the shot was thrilling, it also revealed the true power of the "Scribe" - not the power itself, but **"the logic of constructing reality".

  As long as he writes the right rune, even an ordinary person without magic power can drive miracles.

  "That is to say..." His eyes sparkled, "As long as I have the text, carrier, and rules... I can copy any spell, even the chapters of the gods."

  But this excitement did not last long.

  He heard footsteps.

  And there were more than one direction.

  "They still have people." Aaron quickly turned over and hid in the collapsed area of ??the inner layer of the clock tower, and put the scroll into his arms.

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  Warning: Continuing to fight under high-intensity mental load may cause "rune backlash"

  Suggestion: Go to a safe point immediately, perform the lowest level of recovery or trade

  Safe point?

  He remembered the trial task mentioned in the first stage reward of the system - "Become a true scribe", one of which is to imitate and write a self-created rune.

  "I'm not strong enough." Aaron gritted his teeth, "I need...real resources."

  He suddenly remembered something.

  Before being expelled from the academy, he overheard his instructor mentioning the "Free Writers' Gathering in the Old Town". There gathered a group of scribes who were excluded by the tower but mastered the knowledge of ancient runes.

  One of the gray-hatted writers, codenamed "Candle Talker", is said to have mastered the method of copying the spiritual clarity ritual.

  "Go find him."

  Aaron no longer hesitated, and took advantage of the night and thick fog to slip out from behind the clock tower and sneak into the ruins of the old city.

  In front of the abandoned underground library tower in the old city of Vestulan.

  In the thick fog, an iron door slowly opened, and a figure wearing a gray robe and a mask walked out of the darkness.

  "Are you looking for the 'Candle Talker'?"

  The voice was low, mixed with some slight rune vibrations.

  "I... I need a spiritual clarity potion, or a ritual." Aaron whispered, holding the scroll hidden in his sleeves tightly.

  The gray-robed man was silent for a moment, then sneered: "The new writer... carries the breath of a blank scroll. You are not an ordinary person."

  Aaron's heart tightened.

  "But I don't care who you are." The gray-robed man raised his hand and pointed at his chest: "I only recognize transactions."

  Trigger special event: Free Writer Transaction·Beginner

  You can choose:

  1. Provide a basic rune that has not been memorized (will be forcibly stripped)

  2. Provide a "non-text structure"

  3. Accept the "equivalent compensation" task, and get the required items for free after completion

  Aaron gritted his teeth and chose the third option.

  You accepted the task: Well of Memory

  Task target: Go to the lower level of the library tower in the old city and copy the remaining forgotten words

  Risk warning: There are unknown mental pollutants, please build a "text defense structure" in advance

  The gray-robed man handed him a damaged guide book and slowly turned back to the shadows.

  "Go, scribe."

  The lower level of the library tower.

  The air was filled with the smell of moldy paper and decayed ink.

  When Aaron approached the "Well of Memory", ancient "forgotten words" appeared one after another beside the broken deep well. They were in a blurred and faded state, and were constantly eroded and peeled off by the wind.

  This is the so-called "forgotten language" - words that only exist in the depths of memory and have never been written in the world.

  He began to write.

  But with every stroke, a memory was pulled out of his mind.

  He forgot the name of his mentor, the appearance of his mother in childhood, and even why he came here.

  "Can't stop..." He used up his last bit of reason to complete the last stroke.

  Boom!

  An invisible storm swept across the bottom of the well, and those forgotten words gathered into a very fine rune, which was imprinted into his scroll.

  Mission Completed

  You have obtained: Mental Clarity Spell (Incomplete), Memory Recovery Potion x1, Experience Points +50

  Scroll Space +1

  You have successfully triggered the first "self-created variant rune": "Memory"

  Aaron staggered out of the library tower and walked in the gray rain and fog.

  New structures, new words, and new possibilities gradually emerged in his mind.

  He was becoming a true scribe.