As someone with great attainment on the space attribute, Ren could tell that this acceleration didn't come from the space attribute , nor from an increased quantity of mana , but , it's from a unknown source
After this success ,Ren felt like a veil that was blocking him was lifted and torn apart, he could feel a new type of essence around him , existing within the space itself , and said essence was a bit denser inside the accelerated space
This essence was without doubt 'Time'
Ren decided to call it time essence
Next would be understanding the rune on a more profound level , although not obvious with the normal runes, advanced runes effects greatly depends on the comprehension of the caster , especially the three dimensional ones
An example of that would be a rune that summoned fire for some and ice for others, after countless tests, it was discovered that the rune use was to transmit energy between two polar elements , not to create ice or fire
The rune quickly dispersed as Ren's mana was depleted
Ren wasn't bothered, researches should be taken slowly
After finding a clue in this new attribute , he was satisfied
Ren continued meditating while thinking of his development plan
There's the faint trace of white dragon bloodline in his soul, awakening it would mean that he wouldn't have to worry about improving his physic , but awakening a bloodline never was easy , especially a dragon bloodline , also, in this life, he didn't plan on conforming with the white dragon bloodline , after all , it only cover light, ice, water, wind, white flame and space attributes
According to Ren knowledge, the moment of awakening a bloodline is the best for evolving the bloodline , which also increase the reasons of leaving his bloodline matters for later
Next would be his ring, with it, he doesn't have to worry about his safety , however , the crux of the problem is that he is too weak! overusing it may lead to a bad ending, after all, an equipment with the concept of destruction isn't a toy , unless he have another equipment with the concept of creation to suppress the destruction concept within the ring, he wouldn't rashly use it
What's matters now is the question , should he raise his mana purity or quantity ?
Raising his mana purity would make his spells stronger, but at the same time, it would make it harder to regenerate his mana on places with low mana density, well, as long as he isn't able to connect with the void that's
As for quantity, it's a bad idea, as without a strong physic, he can't store a large amount
Ren settled with the first choice, and so he passed the entire day 'sleeping'
After waking up from his sleep-like meditation, he picked the apple and started eating
As today he didn't have school, Ren planned passing the day at home
The apple wasn't sufficient to satisfy Ren appetite, so he went to get another one at the kitchen
The 'cat' was lying in the table, without even looking at Ren, he asked on a casual tone
"Since I'll stay here for a while , we should introduce ourselves , shouldn't we? I'm Joseph Ailen, a high elf and a prince"
"Ren, just an 'average' human"
'Average? who are you trying to fool...?' Joseph held the thought but didn't express it
'Hmm? Elias ? and Lena too ...' Ren was on his way to his room, however, a series of knocking sound came from his door, Ren could feel the aura of Elias and the mana fluctuation of Lena, there also seemed to be a group hidden a bit away, however, he didn't pay attention to them , as they didn't seem to hold any malicious intention
Ren went to the door and opened it , and as expected, Both Lena and Elias were standing behind it
"Eh, you're awake ?" Elias seemed pretty surprised, well , it's normal, as Ren usually stays sleeping for a long time
"I just woke up because i was hungry , and i would like to continue sleeping" Ren said after taking a bite on his apple
"Well , i was thinking of inviting you to see our competition in the sword art club-"
"Not interested" Ren rejected him without a second thought
"We can take breakfast on our way in the your favorite cafeteria"
"Alright" But on a second thought , he agreed
...
As a club under the school , the sword art club is located within the school grounds
Ren , Lena and Elias were on their way to the club
Ren was munching on a Donut
"See? Going out isn't bad, don't you think so?" Elias said
Ren just responded with a 'hmm' , not giving his question any care
"Today competition is to decide the member's ranking within the club and also to see who will be our representative"
"hmm, it is indeed delicious"
"Are we talking about the same subject"
"Maybe"
Ren didn't give much attention to Elias , as when left his apartment , he felt a killing intent lock in him , even thought it was very faint, it didn't manage to escape Ren perception
Strangely enough , the source of the killing intent is partly fused with the shadows , an explanation for this is that the source of the killing intent is someone who held a certain mastery over the shadow element or darkness
In addition , there was a group that was following them, they were the same that were hiding when Elias came to his apartment, which made Ren guess that they were some kind of bodyguards assigned to Elias and Lena
On top of that, Ren guessed that's the reason that Elias came for him today is related to the person hidden in the shadows
'The person or people who holds the killing intent seems to be kept in check by the other hidden group, i guess they already have a plan , still , it wouldn't hurt to be extra careful'
Ren closed his eyes while contemplating, after that, he opened his eyes and a flash of light seemed to pass within his eyes