In the past, when Inscription Masters deciphered an Inscription, they would design the basic magic for it themselves.
But Xiaomo's team couldn't be bothered with that work. They were already too busy just verifying new Inscriptions.
A new Inscription was released every day or two, and for a long time, many Mages would camp out in the announcement hall. The moment they got their hands on something new, they would immediately send it back to their labs to begin experiments.
Being the first to develop a new Magic no longer depended on who was more skilled, but on who was faster and could pull more all-nighters.
There had also been a recent string of Mage duels, mostly taking place in front of Mage Guild branches.
These were all cases of Mages developing the same Magic, running into each other on their way to register it with the Guild, and dueling on the spot to determine ownership.
