Chapter 312: Rygintarth (1/2)
Inside the small gold-covered lit room two figures were plopped down on the floor, heaving heavily. Around them, the traces of a battle of grand proportions could be seen. Several smaller heaps of rubble piling up and forming small miniature hills. Around them, cracked floor tiles, craters of all depths and sizes.
In the end, just from the clues, it was unclear who won their clash. Both figures were mostly unharmed, and whilst the Guardian's armor's shattered pieces were laid across the room spread out randomly, his body was merely glistening with beads of sweat, similar to Aiden.
”I have to admit…” The guardian spoke between breaths. ”...I have not expected that we would be so evenly matched.”
”Heh, it was a first to me too…” The boy responded with a much calmer look and a satisfied smile stretched across his face. ”This was quite satisfying…. Old man.”
”Heh…” The guardian spirit smirked at the boy's words. Although he still hasn't said it directly, it felt that the tension and conflict he had in his heart have been finally resolved, and whilst he refused to let go of his past, he had at the very least started to accept the reality.
Unfortunately, all things will eventually come to an end. Now that the trial was deemed complete, and that the boy is indeed worthy of receiving acceptance of the shrine, he has to close this small reunion of theirs.
”Anyway…” The guardian spirit sighed, as he once again turned translucent, floating up from the ground. At the same time, armor pieces scattered around the floor have begun to glow with a bright, colorless glimmer, vaporizing into thin air, only to reappear on the spirit's body a moment later.
”You have passed the test. This Primal Shrine, the Voragon Sanctum has accepted you as the new successor.”
He waved his right palm drawing a small arch in the air. A golden glimmer remained lingering in the air, forming something vaguely similar to the runes that Granny usually drew when casting one of her mysterious spells. The short plume shined, resonated with the particles in the air around them, gaining even more luster, growing gradually brighter as the seconds continued to relentlessly pass.
The scene slowly changed, forming a set of runes that were not recognizable to Aiden. However, he was surprised when not a moment later his System provided an alert that he hasn't seen for quite a while.
[Rune Magic discovered! Analyzing information… 85%]
However, he had no time to linger on that thought, as the magical scene that was playing out in front of him changed once more.
The runes kept appearing, some he could recognize from before, whilst others were completely new. The system kept updating as they appeared, which after taking a quick glance at them, curved the satisfied smile on his face even higher.
[Rune Magic discovered! Analyzing information… 86%]
[Rune Magic discovered! Analyzing information… 87%]
[Rune Magic discovered! Analyzing information… 88%]
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[Rune Magic discovered! Analyzing information… 97%]
He was elated, happy. How could he not be? Just by merely standing in silence, waiting for the ritual to complete, he had already gained so much! His study of Granny's mysterious rune magic was one of the very first subjects he began to analyze. After so many years, he seemed to hit a wall as he couldn't progress, no matter how hard he tried. Now, however, he almost reached completion, after barely a few minutes!
As the symbols were finally formed in the air, they shone with newfound power, marking the completion of the spell. In the next second, the runes shot forward, one by one, seeping into Aiden's stunned body, merging with his soul.
After some time, after all the symbols have merged with his Soul Space, the system finally gave a new notification.
[Note: Primal Essence Detected!
Beginning Analyziation...1%...Error: Unable to process, System's level is too low!
A system Upgrade is required to complete the process!]
However, even this initial 1% of progress has already given something incredible to Aiden.
[+15000 Main Level XP received.]