Chapter 60：The Big Mouth (2/2)

”For example, on a TV show with one of the greatest runes' masters, she said that flight runes cards are one of the most complicated ones. There would be a need to inscribe runes for levitation, propelling force in all directions, and even runes to decrease the air resistance.”

”All of these in one rune?”

”Yes, they are a series of runes that merge into one. Just like words and letters, although they are comprised of different letters, words still have their meaning. It all depends on how you arrange them to work together.”

”That's brilliant!” Arthur was truly amazed as he pondered over the meaning of Ori's words. It was the same as he had understood in the underground cave, but he never thought how these runes would work together to make skills.

[Compress-I: Use mana to compress a metal. The metal would return to its original state when the mana supply is gone. (43%)]

[Vegetation-I: accelerate the growth of plants and vegetations at great costs of mana. (25%)]

This was the result of today's training, and the group decided to hunt one more monster before they returned home. They walked through the maze until they heard the voice of a roaring golem, and they dashed toward its location.

As they were near, they realized there was another group studying the runes on the golem as they restrained it. They were a group of five people, wearing expensive-looking armor and robes.

The golem lying on the ground was a middle-mid-tier, something that Arthur was able to kill but with difficulty. It has been dissected and studied by the group of people, seemingly coming here for the same reason like them.

”Oh, Ori?” The robed person standing in the middle turned around with surprise. Arthur had difficulty determining if this person was a man or woman since he was too beautiful to be a man. However, some masculine features remained in his handsome appearance.

”Tyrin? What are you doing here?” Ori's face was gloomy, unlike his usual self. Arthur felt his change in mood and studied the man more closely.

It wasn't a long shot to call this man one of the most beautiful people Arthur had seen in real life, and he wouldn't find it weird if this man turned out to be a model. However, what grabbed Arthur's attention was that this young man was dignified beyond his age.

”Plucking out flowers as you can see,” His voice oozed with sarcasm even though his expression didn't change. Ori's face turned a shade of red as anger overtook him.

”Why haven't you been answering my calls?” Ori changed the subject and Tyrin turned around and crouched to study the runes on the golem further.

”I have no time to play, unlike you with that club of yours. I'm doing actual research,”

”You… You...” Ori's body trembled and Arthur felt like he might need to step in to calm him down.

”Are you and your little circus participating in the Runes Apprentice Cup? If so, we'll have an easy time winning.” Tyrin mocked and the rest of his friends began laughing. Arthur could perceive that Ori might as well have a heart attack at any moment, so he stepped in and grabbed his shoulder.

”Be careful, show-offs who run their mouth are the first to fall,” Arthur smiled thinly and Tyrin's expression turned into a frown. Ori has calmed by Arthur's intervention and led the group away under the icy glare of Tyrin.

”Who was that?” Arthur asked after they were a distance away. Ori took a deep breath and sighed.

”We used to be friends before he started ignoring me, going to his family's research institute. He started looking down on me after he found out I made a runes club, and our relationship turned into one of competitiveness afterward. We'd meet in tournaments and the market,” Ori's mood was down and Arthur had no idea how to console him. The other two didn't know what to say either so the group ended with an awkward silence.

”He's also my childhood crush,” Ori coughed in embarrassment.

This guy was really a big mouth.