Chapter 37：Tests (2/2)

”I guess I will need to do tests to figure this out. I only hope I don't blow up myself”

Said Mack, already grabbing one of his daggers.

Another self-mutilation session was about to start.

One that would change the course of all the planets in the vast dimensions.

Because what Mack was about to start, was something completely unheard of before. Not because no one ever thought about it. But because no one had the exact perfect conditions for that.

A body over saturated with Essence.

Warlock Blood.

Basic runic knowledge.

A strong will.

And more importantly, one needed to have the balls to do it.

And Mack had all those.

~slash~

A single rune was carved in his left hand, close to the tattoo.

But nothing happened

~slash~

~slash~

Two more.

Nothing happened.

Mack focused his mind on his left hand. He used the same process he did with the Argonian cape. Thinking as if the newly carved runes were part of his body.

He could feel a change. He urged with his mind for it to work. To Essence to go there. To activate. All ethereal thoughts but with the same will behind them. To active the runes.

Mack closed his eyes. He could feel something moving in his skin and flesh. It was there yet not. It was very subtle. Almost imperceptible.

Mack opened his eyes. The runes were blinking in red blood light.

~boom~

”Arghhhhh!!!!!!”

Mack screamed in pain.

He grabbed his left arm with his right hand.

The pain was lacerating.

His hand had exploded. And now a hole appeared where the runes were supposed to be, he could even see thru the hole.

Not even half a second later, blood started to pour from the hole like it was a bottle of wine that was just opened.

The explosion had hit an important vein in Mack's hand.

~stumble~

Mack fell to the ground.

Only a few seconds passed, but he already lost too much blood.

Mack passed out in a pool of blood.

Again.

Present seemed to repeat the Past. While the future seemed to be anything but a good one.

And that was just a regular day in Mack's life.