Or perhaps you can use a formula.
Even the Dark Great Mage Diao, who was sealed, hadn't memorized the formula. He had to search for related illustrated tutorials.
"Found it."
He lightly tapped a magic stone button with his finger, and the dancing magic runes combined randomly, forming a not-so-sturdy lock.
While gesturing, he located each magic rune one by one and then substituted them into the formula by their numbers. After some scribbling on the ground, there was a click, and the satchel was unlocked.
"More tiring than fighting a boss. I hate arithmetic the most."
He flipped the satchel over and gave it a shake towards the ground, causing a lot of items to clatter out immediately.
Four sheepskin scrolls, a book, a magic wand, two keys, and probably an amulet or a badge. In a world with such complex faiths and deities everywhere, it was hard to determine ownership just by looking at a badge.
He checked the magic wand.
"A 3-ring wand?" He discovered in surprise.
