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Chapter 376 Making Runes

The rune base began to glow dark gold, but at that moment Abel noticed something wrong . The rune he had just drawn began to melt, and the dark gold crystal core rune base was too powerful for the blue rune ink to handle .

Abel’s face soured . He failed . In a flick of a hand, the dark gold rune base vanished .

Abel did not give up; failure was expected . If not, he would not have prepared 3 types of rune ink for the experiment . Without a single break, Abel snatched the second dark gold crystal core rune base and unleashed his power of will onto the Akara pen on his right hand . In a split second, all the remaining blue rune ink inside was expelled .

Afterward, he dipped it into the gold rune ink and started drawing carefully again . His previous failure did not deter him . The rune he drew was just as perfect and did not need the Akara Pen to correct him .

But after 30 seconds, the rune on the base also began to shake viciously . The dark gold crystal core and the gold rune ink were exchanging energy, but it continued to intensify until the energy almost lost control .

Just as he had expected, a dark gold beam of light suddenly emerged from the rune base and it slowly scattered to the floor like little stars . Afterward, it too had vanished .

Abel did not give up . He still had one last hope, the dark gold rune ink . In no time, he drew another perfect rune . Now he just needed to wait for 30 seconds .

But after he waited for 30 seconds, 40 seconds, 1 minute, even 10 minutes, nothing had happened to the rune base . Abel could clearly sense with his power of will that they were exchanging energy, but every time the dark gold crystal core made a move, it was held down by the dark gold rune ink .

Although it didn’t explode, the rune was basically useless . The strokes just wouldn’t line up with the energy of the crystal core rune base, so the power couldn’t be ignited .

He failed again! Disappointment raced up within Abel . Abel was almost always successful, whether it be from making magic weapons, rune signs, or even Potions . He had not failed in a long time, so this really hit him hard .

However, Abel did gain some knowledge after failing . Suddenly, he looked confident again . He pushed upon his Snake Ego belt and cleared out a ‘Soul Potion’ .

All of a sudden, an alchemy bench appeared in his mind . Everything was the exactly same, other than the fact that he had unlimited resources to do unlimited experience in his mind .

Since his mind was basically a computer, his thoughts were quick and countless inspirations popped up as he started his experiment again .

Back in reality, Abel remained still in front of his actual alchemy bench . An hour had passed just like that . Suddenly, his eyes popped open, purple flashing within them . His mind was still operating like a computer, the effect of the ‘Soul Potion’ still hadn’t worn off .

In a flick of a hand, a cloak appeared on Abel’s body . It was the invisible cloak he took from Assassin Arvid . However, Abel was only using the power of the will expansion crown on top of the cloak . He didn’t really want to disappear .

Although Abel’s body had slowly disappeared as he put this cloak on, his power of the will had almost doubled . Everything in the world had become much clearer to him .

Afterward, Abel picked up the last crystal core rune base . In a dark gold color flash, all the rune ink was expelled from the Akara pen on his right hand, and its tip had turned pure white once again .

Abel gently dipped the Akara pen on the gold rune ink . He paused for a little before the pen made contact with the crystal core, but then the Akara pen began to move at an immense speed . It was almost like it had turned into a shadow .

There was no way Abel could draw a rune this fast without the ‘Soul Potion’ and the mysterious crown to enhance his power of the will . Since every stroke of the rune needed to be the exact thickness, he would have to start all over again from even a slight mistake .

Normally it would take Abel a few minutes to draw a rune, but this time it had only taken him 20 seconds . Before the crystal core base even got the chance to merge with the rune ink, Abel flashed his Akara Pen and all the gold rune ink was expelled .

He immediately dipped it in the dark gold rune ink and started drawing it again . The crystal core rune base had already started changing, but it was then quickly covered up by the new layer of dark gold intermediate rune ink . Anything could happen by this point .

After another 20 seconds, Abel stopped his . He was clear-headed from the effects of the ‘Soul Potion’, and he stared at the rune in his hand with yearning .

The rune base continued to fuse from beginning to the end of the rune, but then it was held back by the dark gold rune ink again .

After around 30 seconds, a layer of dark golden glow wrapped around the rune . Just when he thought he failed, the glow disappeared . The rune did not scatter, but instead, it remained intact on his hand .

Abel focused with his power of will . Although it looked very peaceful, there was massive amounts of energy roaring inside, just like that 3#tir rune . He had succeeded .

Abel was very satisfied . He understood why he had failed so many times . By this point, he had not even met the basic power of the will and grasping that was required .

If he was going to make another actual rune, he still wouldn’t be able to do it without talking about ‘Soul Potion’ .

A rune needed to be drawn under 20 seconds . That was quite a dramatic shift since it would normally take Abel a few minutes to draw one . This alone just showed how dramatically different the rune knowledge of the Dark World and the Holy Continent was . Abel was always proud of his rune drawing skills, but he still had a long way to go .

Since he knew his weakness now, he could improve it . As his wizard rank continued to increase, his power of will would too . As long as he kept drinking the ‘Soul Potion,’ one day, he would reach the level required . As for his speed, his intuition told him he would only achieve it once he became a head commander .

Speed was always the Achilles’ heel of knights . Since their speed relied on their mounts . They only needed to focus on developing their strength and defense . That was the case for Abel as well .

Abel shoved his successfully made 8#al rune in his Horadric cube to examine it .

Through the Horadric Cube, Abel could tell if this rune was accepted by the Dark World . He then focused his power of will on to the Horadric Cube and some stats appeared:

Rune: Al

Can be placed on weapons with socket

Weapon: increase 5-30 fire damage

Armour: Fire resistance +30%

Helmet: Fire resistance +30%

Shield: Fire resistance +30%

This rune that Abel personally created with his own hands had been accepted by the Horadric Cube . This meant that Abel had the ability to make the most powerful weapons in the Dark World, Rune Words .

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