After Angel muttered those words, his brows suddenly furrowed, and he stared even more closely at that strange rune pattern.
The Tree Spirit, standing beside him, had heard Angel's murmur as well.
Although the Tree Spirit could not draw rune patterns, he still understood some of their rules. Connective rune patterns were a type of bridging rune pattern that bonded together the corners of different rune patterns. They held no meaning themselves, yet served as crucial joints that linked what came before to what came after. They were an indispensable part of all Rune Pattern Drawing.
Though indispensable, connective rune patterns appeared in great numbers during Rune Pattern Drawing and carried no meaning of their own, so they were often overlooked.
Judging by Angel's tone, he seemed to have overlooked a certain connective rune pattern earlier. Now that he had examined it more carefully, he had discovered that the connective rune pattern was duplicated?
What did a duplicated connective rune pattern signify?
Drawing upon his scant knowledge of rune patterns, the Tree Spirit racked his brains to ponder it... But before he could figure out the reason, Angel's murmur reached his ears again. "Oh, I was wrong. It isn't duplicated."
The Tree Spirit: "..."
Angel stroked his chin and pondered for a moment. Then his eyes suddenly lit up. "This extra little corner can't possibly form a connective rune pattern. Could it be a... rune pattern connected to somewhere else?"
"Then could it be a functional rune pattern?"
"If it's a functional rune pattern, it must have an effect." With an excited expression, Angel muttered to himself, "The defensive rune pattern is already complete. This function definitely has nothing to do with the defensive rune pattern—it's an independent functional rune pattern!"
"Maybe it's the answer we've been desperately searching for?!"