Chapter 28: Uravis
Cassian stood up, brushing off the dust from his hands. His golden eyes gleamed with excitement as he examined the runic portal. The intricate patterns were glowing faintly and pulsing as though they were waiting for something—perhaps a key, a sacrifice, or sheer brute force—to activate them.
"Well, I guess I'll have to find out," he muttered.
He placed his hand over the center of the rune, and instantly, a surge of mana rushed from his palm, flowing inside the runes. The mana loaded the runes with their energy and slowly charged them up, causing the runic symbols to light up one at a time. Each symbol differed from the other, having different functions, but they all led to one result, the portal.
Every time they charged up, a glitched light flickered within the portal, notifying him that it was slowly being activated.