"Behind me is the door that I opened earlier, I know this is strange and maybe I should be worried, but my curiosity is stronger, besides, you already know what they say, no pain no gain, although I do not know who says it…" Without thinking again, Blake got close enough to that door and began to push it, but just as he began to exert force, strange energy radiated from the door and flooded his body giving him a feeling of discomfort that quickly became a deep pain that attacked him. "Arghhh, I had forgotten this part!"
Blake instinctively moved away from the door when that pain ran through his entire body, but not even a second passed when he pushed his entire figure against that door again, he knew that the pain was going to be inevitable and that soon it would be even more painful, but he understood that if he walked away every time, he felt that great pain, he wasn't going to get anywhere, so he completely ignored his security and gave a loud scream while continuing to push that door with all his might.
Outside of that site, the situation was not quite normal either. Shino hadn't left Blake's side as she watched the creation of the elemental core going on inside him, but every time she focused on whether that drop of truth was real or not, she got even more confused, but once she felt the elemental essence within Blake begin to flow with greater intensity, she realized that it would all be over soon and could search for the answers she needed.
All of this seemed to be synchronized with the situation that Blake was going through since at the same time that this great amount of elemental essence was entering and taking the form of what would be a core, Blake was slowly taking several steps while supporting the pressure and the pain that could destroy his body at any moment since he hadn't stopped trying to open the door in all that time.
He could feel that it was almost there, so he took the last of his strength and clenched his teeth to push that door. All the pain he felt was enough to render him unconscious, but it hadn't stopped at that point, and just when he felt like he couldn't go any further, the door seemed to give way and swung open allowing Blake to fall forward into the new room that he had unlocked, but he couldn't even rest when a large cluster of runes was shot towards his head causing him to put all his concentration on them.
But outside of that, just when he managed to open that door, something else had also happened.
"I-It was formed. Seriously, the elemental core was completely formed... And that drop of runic essence is still there, I can't figure it out..." But even though that was enough to keep her occupied, Shino was once again taken aback by the feeling Blake conveyed since she understood what that meant. "Third level of runic awakening! He broke through three levels just by entering the runic path?!"
But once she realized that the feeling she conveyed didn't seem to stop at that moment, she then understood that this wasn't the end.
"Fourth level of runic awakening! Is he going to...?!" And just as those words came out of her, she could see how Blake opened his eyes showing that particular grayish glow and a wave of energy began to expand from the position in which he was making her realize that she was right. "Fifth level of runic awakening!!"
That scream did not go unnoticed by Blake, and although he did not know what his master was referring to, he quickly opened his stats because he felt his body brimming with incredible vitality.
{Name: Blake
Species: ???
Level: 6
HP: 249/286
RP: 276/367
Coins: 5406G
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
M.ATK: 0
M.DEF: 0
STR: 24
VIT: 35
INT: 20.}
'Wow, everything increased again and it was not a small increase, I can actually feel much stronger than before!' But before he could enjoy his new changes, even more, Blake was surprised as he was grabbed by the shoulders and continuously agitated while being deluged with many questions.
"Blake, I need you to tell me if you know what just happened! Were you a wizard?! What exactly is your elemental affinity?! Don't you feel anything strange in your body?!" And even after she asked him that, Shino hadn't stopped shaking Blake, so even if he wanted to give her the answer to all of his questions, it was impossible in that state.
A few minutes passed before Shino realized that and released him so he could breathe and the situation calmed down a bit.
'Sigh... I guess strange things happened again.' Blake was already aware that something must have happened while he was in that place, so he could only answer what he knew. "Answering the questions, yes, I am a One-rune wizard, is something wrong...?"
"That should be impossible!" Still not understanding his master's reaction, Blake could only look at her and try to understand why she reacted that way.
"Why is it impossible?"
"Blake, you don't understand, once someone forms a drop of runic essence inside their body, it would be totally impossible for them to form an elemental core, the runic essence inside your body should prevent you from being able to form elemental essence, it shouldn't be possible that in a single body those two things exist, but you, I could see perfectly how both the drop of runic essence and the elemental core coexist perfectly within you." Once Blake heard all that, he quickly closed his eyes and felt as if he was really inside his body was a small gray sphere next to that drop without disturbing each other causing a new headache to be generated in him.