"That's my..." Ragna was the first to react, it was impossible for him not to identify that what he was seeing was the same runic ability that he had created. "H-How is it possible?"
Ragna's knowledge obviously came from Mei, so both he and she were aware of the complexity of learning a runic ability, it was no longer even necessary to mention learning one that was originally created by someone, so seeing what Blake had just done, there was only one way to express what they felt.
"It is impossible!" Mei's voice came out of her subconsciously causing her calm attitude to go to waste. Ragna wasn't in a better condition than her since the surprise hadn't left her face, but what happened next… Well, it's something that isn't a surprise anymore coming from Blake.
"Overvitality!" Blake's voice was clearly heard, now it could be seen how his figure was enveloped in that pink aura, but this time the color was deeper at the same time that the figure of the sword that had replaced the leek had become several times deeper causing the same scene from when Ragna had used the same runic ability.
Blake was enjoying the sensation, his body was experiencing a rush of energy that seemed to be endless, his physical abilities had undergone an increase, and Blake was aware of this as he was using a new system function that he had remembered to see exactly the effects of his new runic ability.
{Overvitality. Class: Runic ability. Rank: Beginner. Attribute: Life.
Your body will undergo a boost of vitality beyond your imagination, the life element will dance around you and nature will be ready to become your weapon… Although the effects after that may not be very pleasant.
Effect: HP +25%, ATK +25%, DEF +25%}
That was not a very clear explanation unlike what was in his head, but, noticing the effects it gave him and seeing his statistics quickly, Blake was able to visualize how they had indeed suffered a considerable increase.
"Brother Blake, quickly, disable the runic ability!" The voice, like the figure of Ragna, had approached Blake the moment he saw the state he was in.
Blake was aware of this and did as Ragna was told, he wanted to ask him if there was something wrong, but it was at that precise moment that Blake experienced the reason why Ragna had warned him.
His body became unbelievably heavy, Blake had already shed some of the fatigue from the battle, but compared to how he felt now, it was like comparing a cat to a tiger.
His body had practically collapsed on the ground being received by the hardness of it, his fingers trembled slightly and his gaze became a little blurry, he thought he would faint at that very moment, but when he felt Ragna's hand on his back, that energy that he had just lost had recovered a bit.
"Are you okay, brother Blake?" Some gasps had just come out of Blake once he was able to sit up on his own, and now he had realized that the side effects were no joke.
"Yeah... It seems I underestimated your runic ability a bit."
"Believe me, the same thing happened to me many times in the beginning, I realized that the amount of runic and life energy you used to activate it was too much, overvitality is based on you using all the extra energy in your body and it explodes in a short period of time, so once you stop using it, your body will end up in a state like you've been fighting for several days without a break." Ragna couldn't help but give a short explanation before his attitude returned to the same as before. "But that doesn't matter, I just don't have words, after what I saw I'm completely sure, you are a genius among geniuses, brother Blake!"
Ragna's eyes were shining at that moment, he didn't care one bit that Blake used the runic abilities that he took a lot of work to create, everything he had witnessed was enough for his excitement to grow, he had always heard stories of geniuses or ancient monsters from his master, Ragna was aware that he had a talent for the runic path thanks to being an Earthmate, but looking at Blake, he felt like they were from two different worlds.
Blake only scratched his head to see Ragna's attitude, those words no longer caused any new emotion in him, it seemed that they had become something normal to hear and he didn't take too much importance. The energy in his body was gradually returning, Blake had also noticed that his runic and life energy had been reduced by a considerable amount and reminded himself that he would learn to better use the runic ability he had just learned to prevent something like this from happening again in a critical situation.
But before Blake asked Ragna to help him get up, before his eyes appeared Mei's delicate face, looking directly at him before hearing her question.
"What was your name?"
"Blake…" It didn't take long for the answer to come out of Blake, but he was still somewhat confused by Mei's sudden action.
"Okay... Shino, leave Blake in my care." Those words had been said by Mei with incredible calm. She had already made her decision, in her eyes, Blake was more attractive than any other treasure in the world and she was not going to waste the opportunity to nurture such a good seed.
"Oh... I should say that it's not a surprise that you think that way, master... But I can't let you do that."
"Maybe before I would agree with you since he is your disciple, but now I have nothing else to think about, I'll take Blake with me." Mei was being clear with her wishes, and maybe that was blinding her a bit, but all the ideas that were in his mind would disappear at the moment that a new phenomenon was appearing in the middle of the place...
[Progress… Saved.]