"Those are... Runes?" At the same time as he became aware of the movement of runic energy within him, Blake realized that not only had his elemental core benefited from this, but the small drop of runic essence also seemed to be undergoing some changes at the time.
As he continued to absorb runic energy, he realized that a part of it was also converted into runic essence and was absorbed by that drop within him, causing its size to continually grow as he saw various runes floating around it.
"One, two... Five runes, plus those seem to be the same as the time runes in the surrounding area." Blake had a vague idea of what that meant, but before he knew it, a new sense of ecstasy filled it when he felt the change in his body and quickly opened his inventory to check it out.
{Name: Blake
Species: ???
Level: 8
HP: 350/350
RP: 124/500
Coins: 5143G
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
M.ATK: 0
M.DEF: 4
STR: 33
VIT: 46
INT: 37}
"Great! My stats increased again." Just by looking at that, he understood that it was because of all the skills the system gave him and that he continually leveled them up, but it was also because he had become a runic and wizard at the same time. "If I continue like this, maybe one day I'll be strong enough to advance throughout the world without worrying about anything, I also promised that person that I would let everyone know the power of his legacy once again... Really, I have a long way to go."
Thinking of the moment he arrived here and everything that had happened, Blake could only imagine what would become of him in the future, maybe at some point he would regain his memory and would have to forget about the town, but he really didn't want to think about that, yet there were many things and promises to keep, so he couldn't just leave everything behind.
A yawn sounded throughout the place after that to realize that it was already too late, so he simply put his thoughts aside and advanced to his bed to let the day end.
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/Tuesday, Spring 9/6:00 AM/
[Sleeping skill, increased.]
As the usual situation, a new morning had arrived at the time that Blake opened his eyelids with an annoyed face directed at his imaginary alarm clock, quickly got out of bed and without complaint this time, went down to the fields to do his tasks for the day only to notice something strange again.
"Why haven't some toyherbs grown yet?" In front of him was the section of the field where he had been growing toyherbs lately, but instead of all of them being fully grown, several plots looked like they were still a long way from fully growing. "Perhaps...?"
Just as he got an idea, Blake took out the magnifying glass he had bought from his inventory and used it to check which ones had already grown and which ones hadn't to see if he was right.
[Toyherb.
Type: Flower
Level 1
Status: Fully grown. Healthy
Soil: Normal. sufficiently rested.]
[Toyherb.
Type: Flower
Level 1
Status: Growing. Healthy.
Soil: Poor. sufficiently rested]
"Now I understand, it also seems that the magnifying glass works perfectly, I think I will have to use another area to cultivate while this part absorbs more runic energy." Clearing his doubts, Blake took the toyherbs that were already grown and then put them in the shipping box at the same time that collected all the extra things that the system gave him. "I think that's all... I guess I'm free to go back there now."
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His destination was already clear as he let his legs carry him down the road, the morning was feeling quite pleasant and Blake didn't forget to say hello to acquaintances of his while he was at it.
He had crossed the entrance of the forest and started to advance through it in complete safety, it had not been long before he had again reached the mysterious ruins he found. He hadn't fully investigated them yet, but he encountered another strange situation the moment he reached the main room inside.
[Species: Orc Hunter. Status: Calm. Class: F.]
[Species: Giant beetle. Status: Furious. Class: F.]
'Why are there monsters in this place?' But that question was quickly answered when he noticed the huge pink sphere floating in the area. 'It's too far away to hit with a spell, plus it looks like this beetle won't let me get close for any reason and the bow in that orc's hands will cause me trouble...'
Despite all the power he had gained lately, he didn't want to act rashly and end up in a bad situation, he knew that the place he was in was fragile enough and could collapse at any moment, so he didn't know exactly how to proceed.
"I guess I'll need support." Since he said that, the sword plant had appeared next to him giving off a slight feeling as if it was excited about something, which was rare to see also that, without waiting for Blake's instructions, it came out shot in the direction of the huge pink sphere without caring about anything else. "Wait...!"
But Blake didn't even have time to finish when he needed to block the onslaught coming at him.