Strongest Hammer God novel Chapter 363

Kyle and Michael entered into an agreement, and Kyle left again.

Michael would need some time to advance, and Kyle also wanted to focus on the other tome first.

The one about techniques.

Naturally, he wasn't planning on sharing this tome with anybody.

The Chief probably already knew about the contents since his father was the one who wrote it, and Kyle didn't have anyone else he wanted to share it with.

"I shouldn't use the mind-beam thing, right?" Kyle asked.

"No, read it yourself," Theodor said. "Forcefully imparting knowledge cannibalizes experience and problem-solving skills. The main reason is that this kind of knowledge acquisition is not always available."

"If you take a shortcut now, you will lack the experience of acquiring knowledge in the future. You must make your own logical conclusions and learn it yourself."

"Sure thing, Boss," Kyle said as he opened the first page.

The first page of the tome just told Kyle all of the rules of the tome, but it didn't mention the failsafe.

Kyle went to the first chapter, which was all about how Ether worked.

"Did you ever learn this?" Kyle asked.

"I did," Theodor said, "but I don't remember the contents."

"How come?" Kyle asked.

"Limited space," Theodor answered. "Don't forget that I am only an Inheritance Crystal. I am not the real Theodor. I filled this Inheritance Crystal primarily with knowledge about Golemancy since I assumed that my inheritor would make use of it."

"Huh," Kyle said, "but you have power over what kind of knowledge you store, right? Why not just delete some golem knowledge and remember this now?"

"In the past, I would have done exactly that," Theodor said, "but that's because I didn't have faith in your power."

"Right now, I know that you will learn and understand everything inside the tome. If I remember the contents as well, we will have stored the same information twice."

"Instead, it makes more sense to keep a storage of knowledge that's foreign to you."

"I am no longer your teacher. I am your companion."

Kyle blinked a couple of times.

"Wow, that almost makes me feel warm inside."

Theodor didn't answer.

'Did Theodor change this much?' Kyle thought. 'He's just an Inheritance Crystal, right? His purpose is to get me to kill the King and his lineage.'

'Theodor is a machine, right? He's like an AI.'

'What if he just says whatever I want to hear to make me more complicit?'

Kyle scratched the back of his head.

'Eh, too annoying to think about. I should read more.'

Kyle kept reading.

The more he progressed while reading, the more his progress slowed.

The beginning was still easy to understand, but the next part built upon the part before.

The introduction was just a general overview of what Ether was, but the second chapter already went into numbers and details.

From a magical concept, Ether transformed into numbers, math, and physics.

'I mean, I get it. It's like Earth physics. It's nice to learn about how different natural laws work, but as soon as you get into details, you're confronted with a shitload of boring-ass math.'

'Sadly, you need to have all of that math to actually make use of the concept and to actually accurately predict what's going to happen.'

It took Kyle almost three days to finish the basic course on Ether.

He knew way better how Ether worked now, and he knew more about how the techniques worked, but he still wouldn't be able to make one.

Luckily, the next chapter talked about techniques in general.

As Kyle read more about this chapter, his eyes widened.

"Wait, you can combine Elemental Ether?" Kyle asked.

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