How long has it been? Adrian doesn't know. There was no clock here after all.
However, from what he could guess, more than five hours had already elapsed since he was thrown into this void space to read the book about runes.
He has already understood the essence, the importance, and the features of runes. What the five strings of runes could do.
Half of the book basically focused on that and the latter half was concerned with how he could apply the knowledge to create the rune.
After attaining the memories of the original user of the body, Adrian learned the runic language—the symbolic language in which a runesmith inscribes the magical words and allows a weapon to become Celestial Armament.
Now five hours later, he finally finished the book and stretched his body, "Gaaaah! It was tough."
His body was used to study for this long but Adrian's eyesight was hindering him quite a lot.
Not to talk about this eerie silence around him was quite creepy…well, it was comfortable as well, but whenever he realized that he was all alone here and couldn't get out on his will, that scared him.
"Okay, system…I think I can manage things tomorrow…" He was hopeful that by the knowledge he received, he would be able to shut all those mouths that accused him of being a fraud.
From where does his confidence come? Well, the books the previous Adrian has read were all complicated and hard to put into use. They all made everything quite complicated because of their lack of knowledge about the world and from where these runes originated.
However, the book the system provided was quite straightforward, and only things that were related to runes and could have helped in runesmithing were written there.
'It almost felt like someone wrote this book for an idiot like me….' Heaving a sigh, he called out again, "Can I go now?"
[Knowledge won't be enough in your journey. The host needs to learn how to apply his knowledge to the real world and create miracles.]
As the system screen disappeared from his view, a certain section of the room appeared before Adrian—startling him as he saw someone sitting on a small stool.
"THE F*CK IS THAT?!" He jumped away, taking a fighting stance as he saw the humanoid figure sitting there with their head leaning down.
Even after staring at it for a couple of seconds, the figure didn't move, and slowly Adrian realized that it was just a humanoid doll resting there.
[It is a magical tool for you to practice runesmithing. Go ahead and try to understand the element with which the tool has an affinity.]
"Are you sure it's safe?" Adrian asked as he took a strong gulp.
The magical tool was wearing long pants and a white shirt. It didn't have hair, and rather than human skin, its translucent flesh was exposed.
The system didn't say anything and Adrian slowly approached the magical tool.
Taking a deep breath, he finally touched the hand of the tool, and felt the warmth of a human from it,
"Damn...so I really can draw a rune for it, huh?"
[Indeed. Just proceed with everything you have learned and make a perfect weapon for her.]
Adrian blinked in confusion, "But there is no weapon here-" Before he could have finished speaking, another portion of the room was illuminated.
He turned his head in that direction and found it was a small dojo with a hanging punching bag and several weapons hanging down the stand.
Adrian was taken aback, as he asked, "How huge is this place, exactly?"
[With time, the host would know.]
Adrian hummed as he got up and approached the weapon rack before picking a sword.
It was not a real sword but a wooden one.
Adrian ran his finger down the sword and identified that it, indeed, was wood from the top to the base.
'The connection of the rune would be pretty bad...' Adrian heaved a sigh. The material of the weapon heavily matters when forming a rune on it. After all, if the weapon couldn't hold runes and accept the magic of the wielder, it would snap in no time.
The best and most versatile conduit is Silver. It can accept runes up to the third thread.
[Ding!]
[For your knowledge: +10 EXP]
[Total: 320 EXP]
Adrian raised his brows as he looked at the screen, "What is this EXP and when did I earn so many of them?"
[EXP is the experience points the Host earns through learning and applying the knowledge of Runesmithing. Using the EXP, the host can unlock:
1. Shop(Locked): 1000 EXP
2. Inventory(Locked): 3000 EXP
3. Cross-dimensional chat group: 5000 EXP.]
'Look, system, I am really eager to know what the last one is, but I am too eager to draw the rune at the moment.'
[For showing such dedication: +3 EXP]
[Total: 323 EXP]
He really can't understand this system.
Redirecting his focus on the lifeless doll, Adrian began the ritual.
Not using the traditional method he went to draw the ritual and did everything he read in the book.
He was really nervous while doing so, since not just runes, magic was new to him.
He reincarnated into this world just a few minutes ago, and he was performing something that takes years for a person to achieve.
If he really succeeds, would he be called a genius?
'No...Adrian has been in this profession for ages...so I won't be hailed as a genius...but, whatever...'
His fingers moved in a way that made it seem that he had been doing it for a long time rather than this being his first time.
It took him about an hour, and three failures and corrections but in the end, looking at the glowing sword, he smiled in triumph,
'I did it...I am fu*king Runesmith now!'
[For your achievement: +100 EXP]
[Total: 423 EXP]
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A/N:- I purposely didn't describe how he formed the runes. Just wait for the big day~