With my new knowledge I am extremely looking forward to my next rune class. I intend to ask the professor if he can help me with mine making.
I have studied the diagram of the mine and made by four effect runes and six connecting runes the material to record the runes has to have the element of fire if it does not have the detonation is not guaranteed and the power of the explosion and cutting it in half .
For normal people they are not able to perceive a plate with elemental energy just using sensory skills or sensory magic I have my eyes so I can easily see where a mine or the like will help me to avoid being blown up while exploring a dungeon.
But going back to my classes at the institute I was disappointed that Professor Hank didn't even give a new exercise of aura when a student asked about the lack of a new exercise the teacher simply said that no need for a new exercise when they are in the room you have enough control over your aura to train the next stage.
Well that and disappointing I have been doing the exercise that the teacher went through in the first class every day and even though I feel my control over my aura has improved it still wasn't enough to go to the next stage like my elements wind and fire.
I feel my progress in my cultivation in my elemental control, but my aura is lagging behind and that is not a good thing, I think I should try harder in the aura exercise .
With the arrival of my rune class I can ask the teacher about mine making, but to my surprise at the beginning of the class the teacher gave shocking news to the class.
"Good morning everyone, I hope that during the past few weeks you have studied the rune dictionary. Because today you have a surprise test to test your study and for those who let me down I will expel you from the rune course. "
"I hope you guys try hard on the test. I don't want to have to expel the whole room like I did last year."
Seeing a small smile on Professor Frey's face, I realized that he won't be sad to get rid of our class.
"Let's start the test."
The teacher passed a simple sheet with sixteen questions about runes. I didn't have much difficulty in identifying the runes, but the part about explaining my knowledge about the meaning of the rune has already raised the difficulty of the test and the final question was to deduce the effect that of a line of runes would have if it were carved into a dagger.
When I had finished answering the questions, my answers had already filled four pages with it. I had not even noticed the time passing by, it was only fifteen minutes before the end of the class.
Deciding to wait until the end of the class to ask Professor Frey's help on my explosive mine project.
With the end of the class, the students handed their test answers to the teacher. I stay last and this allowed me to see the face of my colleagues. Many were with a face of defeat. They were not happy, but Sten and Ingredi were with a confident look. , but with a hint of tiredness.
"Professor Frey I came across a production manual that uses runes and was wondering if you can help me understand the manual?"
"This is unusual for Ulfric usually only after learning how to etch runes would a student ask for my help in making a rune arrangement because you think you can make a rune before I teach the process of etching a rune?"
"Teacher, I don't know how to make runes yet, but I think you will teach in the next class. I wanted your help so I can focus on making this runic arrangement. I specifically believe that learning runes must be done through practice and this is the arrangement I want to use. to practice."
I feel that the professor is trying to look at my soul with his penetrating gaze.
"You are not wrong to say that to master the basics of making runes involved many attempts to write runes, but there is a set already chosen by me to be used in the practice of students who pass today's test. So show me the set you want to learn how to make and why should I teach you before the set I already set aside for class? "
I pass the explosive mine manual to the teacher and wait for him to finish reading the set of runes .
"I can see that this is a level one set, but it makes it much more complicated than the set that I use for beginners, the matrix that I teach in the first place can hardly be considered level one and to make teaching easier to use the set of runes you want to study will make it difficult for you to learn runes, but I can already see why you want to manufacture this set of runes I believe you should want to master this set to use it in the institute's next survival test . "
"You are right teacher I want to use explosive mines in the next test as far as I know about it they only allow basic equipment and forbid any object purchased by students so I thought if I manufacture an object I could bring it to use in the survival test . "
"I cannot tell you how the test is but I can tell you Ulric that your idea of using a rune arrangement made by you does not break the rules I can already tell you that the second test of survival you will only be equipped with one basic set provided by the academy any other tool can only be brought if it is manufactured by the student. "
"But I will already warn you that mastering the making of this runic arrangement will not be easy and will consume a lot of your time. Are you sure you will spend your time on it instead of using that time to practice elementary or aura arts?"
"Yes, teacher, I'm sure."
"If you can pass today's test. Tomorrow after the magic class I will give you a set of chapters from more than a few books on runes and materials that helped you to make your explosive mine there in the next runes class I will teach students who passed the test how to record a rune . "
"Thank you Professor Frey."
With Professor Frey's promise of help I confirmed the rumor Erick told me about the next survival test I didn't have much confidence in that rumor I thought it was the veteran students wanting to sabotage or play with the freshmen .
But with this confirmation about the rules of the next survival test I will change my practice schedule, I will postpone the practice of the Red Blade and focus on the practice of Flaming Fists and see if there is any wind element art that does not depend on a quality weapon. like the Red Blade I doubt that the equipment that will be provided by the institute is resistant to using an art like the Red Blade.
But to master the Flaming Fists I need the help of Professor Liv and for that I have to apologize to Torris maybe I can use the test information as an apology and already join with a cooperation proposal for the test since he must be in a group as the last .
I have to talk to the Holt brothers about confirming the test rules rumor and see if Erick heard anything more about the test.
And I have to think about what else can be manufactured to be taken to the test.
Better to go to the library and see if I can find something about simple fabrications to see if there's anything useful.
With my new to-do list ready, I head to the library.
I did not find anything that is simple to manufacture that can be useful in the test only has the manufacture on useless items with no practical value for the test.
For my search for elemental arts I found one of the wind element that can be useful it can be used without weapons, but usually used with daggers and short swords it is called Transparent Blade it consists of creating a sharp wind flow in a blade, but its power increases the smaller the blade is created and it can be made using your hand envies a blade more and this is more difficult and tends to decrease the cutting capacity of the movement.
I also sinned an art of movement of the wind element that I had discarded from learning before my duel with Torris it aims to increase speed in a straight movement it is called the Green Line that name is given because if it is completely dominated the warrior can leave a green line wherever he goes I don't see why someone would want to leave a trail behind, but the movement is not only good for moving quickly on a straight during combat but also helps to increase speed and decrease physical fatigue in a long run should be great for traveling on foot.
With two new elemental arts that I believe will be useful in the next test I will train her and my aura that will help to strengthen my body.