Day 25: Runic ability (III)

'I already lost my money, I am not going to leave empty-handed, what's the worst that could happen?' That was Blake's thought as he didn't know the true consequences of all that.

"Well? Have you made up your mind? Or do you prefer a kiss as compensation? hehe."

"W-what?"

"Haha! I'm just kidding, you don't need to be embarrassed." That joke came out of nowhere causing Blake not to know what to answer, and since he took a moment to look at the boxes carefully, he decided to choose the one that looked the least strange.

"I'll take this."

"White purity, I see... You should be careful, sometimes the light is more gloomy than the dark." With a bit of concern from Sakuya's comment, Blake did not think twice and began to open the box he had in his hands without paying attention to his surroundings.

"Wait, don't open it here...!" But before hearing the warning, Blake had already opened the box. The moment it was opened, a ray of light filled the entire lobby blinding anyone who was in that moment, the flash lasted less than a second, but it was so strong that Blake had to close his eyes for several seconds to get rid of the disorientation he had in that instant.

When he was finally able to see again, what he first saw was that the box had disappeared and in its place was something familiar to him. In his hands was a scroll, it was similar to the spell scrolls he had seen before, but this one was different, it gave off a unique and ancient feeling so to speak, anyone who had seen it could realize that it was a treasure. Blake was about to take a closer look when he heard the shout next to him

"I-Impossible, did you spend all the luck you had for the rest of your life?!" Blake wanted to ask the reason for her reaction, but a new voice prevented him from doing so.

"Sakuya! What was that... Oh!" He didn't know what was going on, Blake could only see the expressions they both had. He wanted to shake them out of his astonishment, but the voice of the system cut him off.

[Acquired: Runic Ability - Timeless Slash.]

'Runic ability?' If someone had been there, he might have seen the faces of wonder and curiosity in those present. Blake thought about investigating a little more, but Sakuya's voice wouldn't let him do it.

"Ah, I can't believe I sold it to you for only a hundred coins!"

"Huh?"

"Blake, do you know what this is?" He could see the somewhat serious look on Shino's face and he didn't want to repeat what the system told him, he shook his head, as it was best to hear what she had to say first. "This is a runic ability. I suppose you already know how magic normally works, right?"

"I would say I understand the basics."

"Well, listen, just as you use runic energy to materialize the elements in the form of spells, you also use runic energy when using tools or weapons"

"Yeah, that's basically what I understand." Blake didn't know where all that was going, but he could only pay attention.

"You see, like spells, runic abilities are also ways of materializing the elements that surround us, the only difference between them is that runic abilities are the product of the use of a martial art together with a specific element. There are various runic abilities, many can be learned through continuous training or understanding them, and at the same time, these are divided into different levels that indicate their difficulty in mastering them and the power behind them." Not only did he not remember magic, but also runic abilities, Blake was just as curious about them as the first time he saw a spell. "You can identify them by the color they give off each, this also indicates how strong the user who performs them is. Listen carefully please, you need to understand this."

Blake felt strange, Shino's gaze was incredibly serious and it seemed as if she was about to explain something that would completely change Blake's life.

"Listen, Blake. Normally not everyone can learn to use a runic ability and that is due to the difficulty of each one. The color indicates the rank of the ability and these are divided as follows: The green color belongs to a beginner rank ability, a red color would be the apprentice rank, the brown color indicates the practitioner rank, the gray color is for the rank of expert, blue belongs to the rank of master, and the color yellow is called the rank of emperor." Blake was just getting more and more surprised, just as with magic he was very curious, and he was considering trying to learn runic abilities himself. "Each level of runic ability is more difficult to master than the previous one, there are people who spent their entire lives trapped in the beginner range without being able to advance, and at the same time, there are people who improved their strength to the limit to the point of being called emperors... I'm sorry if it's too much information, Blake, but I thought you wouldn't know anything about this."

"Don't worry, it was actually all new to me, but it was kept in my head so it won't be easy to forget." This was true, for some reason Blake's mind couldn't forget what he had heard, it's as if it would have permeated deep into his head and there was no way it would come out. "So I got a runic ability? I can't wait to learn it."

"What do you think you're doing; do you want to die?!" Just at the moment that Blake was about to open the scroll, Sakuya hit him on the head preventing him from doing so. He was taken aback by the blow and wanted to ask her why did it until Shino spoke again.

"Wait, Blake, Sakuya is right, you must not open it."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because you will explode!"

"What!?"

"Let me explain, Blake. Before trying to learn a runic ability, something else is necessary."

"What is it?"

"Enter the runic path."

[Progress... Saved.]