Bayern

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Bayern (拜仁)
Alias(es)	Apostle Bayern; Divine Chosen; Wise Bayern; black cat Bayern; Lazy York
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Ace's wizard collective; High Tower; Bayern School
Occupation/Role	Scholar, wizard, physician, researcher, Apostle, leader of the wizards
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 64

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Wizard Apprentice / mental overclocking	75	Gains black-and-white supernatural perception, through which he perceives the mathematical charm of the world.
Initial demonization	118	Reaches initial demonization; his mental power approaches the intermediate wizard limit at 91 units.
Advanced wizard apprentice	270 277	The 0-ring Bright Moon Meditation Method raises his mental strength to 9.5 scales; a failed formal-wizard promotion leaves him at 9.9 units.
Level 1 life form / Formal Wizard	410 412 414	Thoth's favor enables a Level 1 life leap without abandoning the wizard path; his physical and soul strength stabilize at twenty degrees.
Level 2 advancement ceremony	437	Undergoes a Level 2 advancement ceremony with Logan, using spatial solute and vitality essence to transform the Soul Secret Treasury Space into a Mindscape.
Legendary Wizard	543 551	Leads other Legendary wizards in welcoming Ace and establishes the Bayern Astrology Award.
Bodily deification	566	Steals the World of Qi's accumulated fate power, deifies his body, and begins deifying his soul despite severe injuries.
Ten Rings Legendary Wizard	641	Recognized as a veteran Ten Rings Legendary Wizard and one of the wizards closest to Ace's path.

Background / History

Bayern was an elderly scholar with an intense passion for mathematics. He first sought Ace's guidance on trigonometry, but was directed to Daina; their discussion quickly became absorbed in mathematics. Ace later judged Bayern to be an unusually suitable candidate for the supernatural because of his pure pursuit of truth and lack of religious reverence. 64 65

After receiving a magic book, Bayern became a wizard apprentice late in life. His mental overclocking gave him a black-and-white view of the world that revealed mathematical patterns, but also sharpened his regret at having little time left to study magic. He devoted himself to gaining points, collecting runes, improving meditation, and proving that mathematical analysis—not imitation—was essential to understanding spell models. 75

Bayern inferred that Ace was connected to the Fire-Lighter and possibly a founder of the wizard path. His attempt to meet Ace in the north was delayed by demonic invasion, leading him south toward Tsimari instead. 75

In Tsimari, Bayern survived a failed expedition through the Storm Trench, infiltrated a Merfolk community through transformation, learned their language, and spent more than half a year studying Water Attribute Demonic Beasts. He developed water-element spell models through extensive experimentation, stole Anazil's Dice from a Merfolk priest, and escaped the pursuing priests. 116 117

After reaching the Northern Territory, he used disguises—including the identity of “Lazy York” and a black-cat form—to hide among wizard apprentices. His mathematical instruction improved their rune analysis and spell-model construction, earning him acceptance within the Enchantment Enthusiast Research Society. Ace formally recognized Bayern as a capable candidate and later made him an Apostle. 114 125 127 140

Bayern became a trusted organizer within the High Tower. He led apprentices during evacuations and field operations, served as the first president of the Apprentice Guild, taught experimental subjects, conducted research on Divine Descendant wizardization, and helped establish that lower-ranking Divine Descendants could become wizards. 192 204 243 277

Unable to advance through his first formal-wizard promotion experiment, Bayern pursued lich transformation research as a possible route to longevity. Instead, during seven years abroad, he practiced medicine on the Old Continent, gathered research materials, and earned the favor of the demigod Thoth through his understanding of logic and mathematics. Thoth granted him a life leap while allowing him to remain a wizard. 270 291 412 413

Bayern returned to the High Tower as a formal wizard and later became a major leader of wizard civilization. He developed astrology-based magic, led the Starry Sky Tower's imperial wizards, presided over the Supreme Council, and remained active in theoretical disputes and major magical research. 414 466 533 602 641

Appearance

Bayern is an elderly man whose appearance changes repeatedly through magic, rejuvenation, transformation, and advancement.

• Originally wears white robes with red sashes, a Scholar's Badge, and a long white beard. 65
• Often appears barefoot in gray robes during the early High Tower period. 146 155
• Maintains a black-cat form for concealment when among hidden wizard-apprentice groups. 125
• Uses a raw-wood staff containing his transformed magic book and Anazil's Dice. 155
• As the Divine Chosen, wears white robes, carries a tall raw-wood staff, and bears a first-ring six-pointed-star badge. 410
• His descended barbarian body retains a long white beard that he values enough to keep in a special storage bag. 533

Personality

Bayern is driven foremost by intellectual curiosity. Even when confronted with old age, danger, and poor magical aptitude, he refuses to abandon research or his aspiration to pursue “true knowledge.” His approach to magic is grounded in logic, mathematics, experimentation, and patient verification. 75 119 270

He is cautious and highly adaptable. Being hunted by Merfolk teaches him not to approach every extraordinary phenomenon recklessly; later, he relies on disguise, infiltration, observation, and careful planning to survive hostile environments. 110 116 120

Bayern is loyal to Ace and the wizard collective, though not blindly obedient. He accepts Ace's authority and role as Fire-Lighter, while retaining enough independent judgment to question dangerous promises such as easy immortality. 146 289 411

Abilities & Skills

Mathematical Rune Analysis

Bayern applies mathematics and logical reasoning to rune decomposition, spell-model construction, and magical research.

• Identifies mathematics as necessary for analyzing runes rather than merely copying them. 75
• Teaches other apprentices the relationship between mathematics, rune structures, and spell models. 125
• Uses systematic degradation of soul runes to discover new secondary runes and spells. 119
• Deduces that light may be an electromagnetic wave after adapting to the Blainia-@@REF_ENTITY_4383962@@ equations. 558

Transformation and Infiltration

Bayern is especially proficient with transformation magic and identity concealment.

• Escapes Fishmen through Minor Polymorph and Magic Power Fluctuation Concealment. 110
• Uses blood-based transformation to impersonate York, then conceals him in a rune-silenced cellar. 116
• Transforms into Merfolk to infiltrate their sacrificial group and survive underwater. 116
• Uses black-cat and Ace-like forms while working among wizard apprentices and leading operations. 123 192

Perception and Detection Magic

Bayern specializes in perception spells and develops several detection-oriented spell models.

• Enhances his meditation method with a personal rune structure that greatly improves Perception. 116
• Uses Lesser Magic Sensitivity to observe magic-power accumulation as differing colors and intensities of light. 119
• Detects concealed wizard apprentices despite Lesser Magic Wave Concealment at close range. 120
• Develops Lesser Super Vision Insight from Super Vision, Magic Sense, and Insight runes. 155
• Is identified by Ace as the apprentice most proficient in perception and transformation spells. 192

Water Attribute Magic

Bayern independently researches Water Attribute Demonic Beasts and develops related spells.

• Acquires and analyzes water, density, pressure, and nourishment runes. 116
• Deciphers fine density-rune adjustment patterns after nearly a thousand failed attempts. 116
• Integrates acid transformation into water spells, granting them corrosive effects when sulfur is used as casting material. 116
• Uses Lesser Potent Nourishment Technique to rapidly heal injured wizard apprentices. 204

Astrological Prophecy

Bayern develops an astrology school centered on determinism, prediction, and fate manipulation.

• Publishes programmatic theses on astrological prediction based on determinism. 466
• Creates Minor Deterministic Prophecy, a golden spell that can produce long-term precognition and causal-determination effects within prepared prediction arrays. 466
• Further develops his fate magic into the Epic spell Star Fate Guidance Technique. 565
• Uses the technique to guide Ming Yan's fate and restore his ability to contend with Tuoba Lin. 565

Medicine and Research

Bayern uses medicine as both public service and a means of gathering knowledge and materials.

• Learns New Medicine from Eris and gains renown as a physician on the Old Continent. 412
• Treats patients freely in Tidal Port alongside wizard-apprentice disciples. 410
• Uses medical work to collect Divine Noble blood and Demonic Beast materials for research. 412
• Conducts cellular comparisons among ordinary humans, wizard apprentices, Divine Descendants, and Demonic Beasts. 242

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Magic book — Initially manifests as a beard, magic book, and parchment bag; later transforms into a wooden staff. 66 155
• Anazil's Dice — Merfolk treasure with detection, short-range precognition, appraisal, danger avoidance, and warning functions; contains complex three-dimensional rune structures. 116 117
• Scholar's Badge — Worn during his early life as a scholar. 65
• First-ring six-pointed-star badge — Worn publicly as leader of the Bayern School. 410
• Raw-wood staff — Used during his work as a physician and wizard; later associated with his magic book. 410

Relationships

• Ace / Fire-Lighter — Mentor, leader, and later collaborator. Ace selects Bayern for the wizard path, appoints him Apostle, entrusts him with missions, and repeatedly assists his advancement. 65 140 192 411 437
• Daina — Fellow mathematics enthusiast; Daina teaches him trigonometry during their first meeting. 64
• Tang Sen — Collaborator in improving the Compendium of Low-Level Demonic Beasts. 75
• Betty — Fellow wizard and occasional rival; Bayern's ideas inspire her mechanical research, while she later becomes a fellow Legendary Wizard. 128 566
• Thoth — Demigod patron who favors Bayern after their discussion of logic and mathematics, enabling his Tier 1 life leap without forcing him off the wizard path. 412 413
• Eris — Assists Bayern by providing a spatial solute to expand his Soul Secret Space. 412
• Logan — Participates alongside Bayern in the Level 2 advancement ceremony. 437
• Thomson — Bayern's disciple and the great-grandson of Bayern's grandson; a mathematically gifted Legendary Wizard. 636

Story Role / Major Arcs

Entry into the Wizard Path

Bayern begins as a scholar seeking mathematical guidance. Ace recognizes his potential, offers him the supernatural path, and Bayern embraces magic despite his age. 64 65 75

Merfolk Infiltration and Anazil's Dice

While seeking knowledge in Tsimari, Bayern infiltrates the Merfolk, creates water spells, steals Anazil's Dice, and escapes to the Northern Territory. 116 117

Apostle of the Fire-Lighter

Bayern integrates with hidden wizard apprentices, becomes Ace's Apostle, leads apprentice groups, and acts as a reliable field commander and organizer. 127 140 192 204

Divine Descendant Wizardization Research

Bayern researches whether Divine Descendants can become wizards, trains captured subjects, and produces conclusions that support High Tower strategy against the Divine Noble order. 243 277

Search for Advancement

After failing a formal-wizard promotion, Bayern seeks alternatives through lich research, medical practice, and travel to the Old Continent. His encounter with Thoth ultimately enables his successful life leap and formal-wizard status. 270 291 412 414

Leadership of Wizard Civilization

Bayern rises into a leading role among the wizards, directs councils and institutions, advances astrological magic, and becomes one of the most senior Legendary Wizards associated with Ace's intellectual path. 533 602 641

Trivia

• Bayern was nearly sixty when he first experienced mental overclocking and became a wizard apprentice. 75
• He discovered that ordinary paper combusts when used to record rune structures; Demonic Beast fur can preserve them instead. 75
• He remained in black-cat form partly because Minor Transformation did not transform clothing, leaving him unable to return to human form without being naked. 125
• Bayern created the Bayern Astrology Award, though he emphasizes that its name represents responsibility for prizes and funding rather than personal superiority. 551