Asd woke up with a pounding headache and an overwhelming urge to vomit, and it took an overwhelming amount of will to hold back the contents of his stomach. He looked to the side, noticing the small window at the side of his bed, and beyond that all he could see was the dark of clouds. It was early morning, but still dark enough that most would consider it night. Asd had a lot on his mind, so much to think about and at the same time so much to explore, whether or not his freedom was still in question, it didn't matter too much, as long as he could keep getting stronger.
[Master, should I facilitate the selection of the Rune-Smith class. I have isolated and compiled a training regimen from the past experiences of other rune-smiths and the spells they created and mastered. It should be relatively smooth sailing for you from here on out.]
"Go ahead Gaia, the sooner we get this done, the more chances we have in keeping our ass alive and strong enough to weather any storm that comes our way." Asd said to Gaia as a jolt of electricity seemed to go through his body shifting his awareness until he found himself in an area that was quite familiar to him. The only difference was that he was not in his human form, but rather his shifted Werelion form, as if he needed any more confirmation him and his inner beast have become solidly one after his advancement to 1st circle mage.
All seven of his spells, or rather all six of them, along with a dragon made of runes interwoven into all of them floated 10 feet above the air. The atmosphere was rife with power, so far he has not had the pleasure of coming down here since his advancement to 1st circle mage. It was wholly different now, there was a brightness to it, above his head was the sun, only it was blazing blue and white as soft brown earth nestled in between his paws as he stalked forwards and the breeze, the all soothing wind seemed to sing and whisper a song so ancient it made his body shiver with power.
The darkness that used to be his mind space had disappeared, now all he could see was a field rife with life, the only thing missing was water, but the dragon rune or rune dragon seemed to make up for it as its form didn't just go through all of his spell formulas, but also into the earth beneath his feet, the sun in the sky and the wind that sang in his ears. There was flux and motion and a perfect balance unlike anything he has ever experienced, this place…. It felt like home.
*Rumble! *
The world shook, akin to the force of a powerful earthquake but rather than just the earth shaking, it seemed as if reality itself was the one that was shaking. A foundation slowly built itself underneath the runes, then it grew into a wall made of flowing runic script, metal frames, and pipes. It all amalgamated into an arch that had the words [Rune-Smith] written on it in bold letters. It only covered one part and grew to about a height of three meters, barely reaching below the spell modules that had taken shape to form his seven phase meditation method.
No one really told him what picking a class would be like, it was somewhat jarring but from what he could see there wasn't much to it. There were still spaces left that would probably be covered by other classes or advancements before it becomes a complete structure that would house the current spell modules and future spell modules that he would add to his current collection. On the arch, just below the words for [Rune-Smith] the word [Mana Manipulation: Skill]>> [Mana Scribing: Skill]>> [Mana Forging: Skill]>> [Mana Infusion: Spell]>> [Rune Casting: Spell]>> [Reinforcement: Spell]. These were all the skills and spells that the class would afford him, and it was quite important he paid attention to them, because spells would take up slots for his 1st circle spells. So it was wholly possible he would be left without any defensive spells in their 1st circle, however that wouldn't be too hard as the class only had three spells.
Skills had no limits, and more often than not most of them did not need mana to activate. He felt different too, just as Professor Mona had told him it seems his mana interface has evolved into a mana system, and it was capable of running itself independent of a network because of Gaia bonding with it. She was a construct of magic, basically a fuel source in and out of itself. So his interface would always be active, without the need of being connected to a server.
[You have chosen Rune-Smith as your first class! Mana Manipulation Skill Unlocked!]
[Mana Manipulation 1st circle: The ability to control and sense the ambient and active mana within your body and the vastness of reality itself. +10% effectiveness and damage to all spells and mana reliant skills and abilities.]
[The Skill Rune Mastery has been Unlocked!]
[Mana Connection has leveled to strong lvl4]
[Mana Control has leveled up Mild Level 5]
NAME: Asd Elmalk Leo
AGE: 17// SPECIES: WEREMAN// BREED: WERELION
CLASS: [Royal Alpha] [Rune-Smith]// RANK: 1st Circle
MANA POOL: [1560/1560]
MANA STRENGTH: [Mild Lvl 8]
MANA CONNECTION: [Strong lvl 4]
MANA CONTROL: [Mild lvl 5]
STRENGTH: [Mild Lvl 3]
SPEED: [Mild Lvl 5]
VITALITY: [Strong Lvl 2]
ATTRIBUTES: Earth// Fire(Solar)// Wind(Sound)
SKILLS:
{Star-Fire Mastery 1st circle}
{Earth-Element Bloodline Summon Max}
{Swordsmanship Mastery 2nd circle}
{Combat Mastery 2nd circle}
{Alpha's Aura 1st circle} CLASS
{Alpha's Authority 1st circle} CLASS
{Mana Manipulation 1st circle} CLASS
{Rune Mastery 1st circle}
SPELLS:
Fire Element:
Earth Element:
Wind Element:
MEDITATION METHOD:
{Cradle of The Dragon
MANA WISP SYSTEM: Lvl 3> 0th circle Base Form [ wisp] Travel form [ Iron Mosquito] Battle Form [Mana Interface Tattoo]
[we've grown master, I think we should start figuring out 1st circle forms so that I can be more helpful to you, especially as a guard since you don't seem to be pursuing an active combat role.]
"We'll figure it out soon enough Gaia, I feel strange though, and now that I think about it, and pay it a closer attention, I already had a class before [Rune-Smith] however I haven't seen anything of it, except the skill I gained when I became an alpha. But I know for a fact that these are skills and abilities every were that becomes an alpha will get. What I want to know is what makes this so different as a class from Rune-Smith. I don't know what sort of class [Royal Alpha] is, just that I'm an alpha."
[I don't have an answer for you master, I'm not to conversant about the abilities of Weres, I just know a lot about magic. I think if there are secrets and powers to be discovered on account of being an alpha, we will find it out eventually. In the main time the training regimen I've compiled will help you make the most of your time on this ship, especially since it's a construct of runes and forging, though it's a work of a Rune-Engineer rather than a rune smith, you should be able to learn quite a bit from the airship before we arrive at our destination.]
Asd nodded in agreement, he was a runesmith now, and the best place to Tully learn about the smithing part of his class was to take advantage of his current environment. Everyone else was probably sleeping at the moment, so he would wait until dawn to find the engineer and hopefully get to learn a few new things from the crew of the airship and its passengers, with an emphasis on professor Mohali, also known as Mona. By the time he gets to his destination, Asd by virtue of the god will be stronger, much stronger, because knowledge is…. Power.
[Based on my research of the work and advancement of other Rune-Smiths, you would first need to master runes, or at few basic ones that you can be conversant with and utilize in your forgings. Then you need to be able to manipulate mana, shaping it into the forms of the runes, and then manifest it out of your body.
But there's a couple of process to that because you have three distinct types of mana based on your Elemental Attributes. Fire, Air and Earth attributed mana flows through you master and they will always have an effect on anything you forge, just mastering the manipulation of man's and learning to shape it into runes wouldn't be enough, you have to learn to isolate the attributes within your body and also learn to filter it so that you can have access to a fourth; pure unfiltered mana, and that's what you need to inscribe runes.]