Rather than deal with Black Castle, many people preferred to pay more and buy through other channels. They had all sorts of reasons, and for some, it was because their presence was unwelcome.
On December 6, the fourth issue of Truth and Magic was published. Just as previously agreed, finished Magic Books appeared at several locations that maintained a tacit understanding with the Dierjia authorities. Little Corner Inn received thirty copies.
Above Black Castle, postal gargoyles with altered markings had already set out ahead of time, flying to the various addresses that had subscribed to the journal. Some addresses were lighthouses themselves, while others were private residences like Hope and Tommy's.
Inside Little Corner Inn, whether people truly understood what they were looking at or not, they could not help drawing a sharp breath when they opened the books and saw the title of the lengthy paper.
Successful, precision-controlled Human Transmutation?
In the courtyard of a detached house in a small Basman town, the postal gargoyle had not even left before Hope and Tommy eagerly opened the book they had received.
"My God."
Drawing on the knowledge in the third issue, someone had actually overcome the flaw of uncontrollable factors in Human Transmutation and successfully performed it with limited materials?
As they read further, Hope and Tommy felt their scalps tingle and goosebumps rise all over their bodies, as though an electric current had passed through them. There was pride in seeing their knowledge used and so generously praised, but even more than that, there was shock, emotion, and awe at this breakthrough in theory and practical technique.
"This isn't just shaping a human body. They even completed the mind and established detailed rune formulas and theoretical particulars."
The more knowledgeable someone was, and the better they understood all this