Gaining Runes
"... Huh?"
"Yea, I'm surprised too. I've never seen something like this before. Well, I guess we should move on... maybe half and half will be good for you?"
"Yea... half and half has to be good, right?"
The old man did a similar ritual with the crystal ball and when he finished, he almost wasn't able to speak.
"... How is this even possible? You have no talent in this either. This is so strange..."
Vi was broken. He could understand not being talented in one thing... but two?! This was unthinkable for him.
"Well, third time is the charm. Don't give up hope."
The old man began the ritual again but when he put his forehead against the crystal ball, something going against his reality acurred.
Instead of the normal letter that would come to his head, he saw something that would forever haunt him. He was sent to a fiery wasteland, he could feel the immense heat melting him from the inside out. When he looked in front of him beads of sweat appeared on his head.
"It's you?!"
"Get out."
"HUPH!"
The old man jumped backward from the crystal ball, luckily Vi was able to catch it in time so it didn't break.
"What!? Don't tell me I don't have any physical talent either!"
The old man wiped the sweat off of his head and returned to Vi, "No, you're talented in pure physical... let's just move on. Let's talk about runes. Runes are very important, there is a clear and easy pattern to gain them. Repeat a specific task over and over again, and you will eventually get a rune related to what you were doing."
"For example, I have punched millions of times and now I have a 10000% bonus on my punches. Boy, since you are a pure physical attacker, you will need to focus even more on things like that. This girl over here will have to focus on both physical-related runes, and magical-related runes. Physical runes are straightforward, but magical runes are more complicated. You stay here and start to focus on runes, I'll explain magic to the girl over there."
The old man left with Forset, leaving Vi alone to figure out what to do, 'I guess I'll start by slicing with my scythe...'
Vi began to slice his scythe left and right, over and over.
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"825!"
"826!"
"827!"
As Vi was in the middle of training a notification lit up his vision, making him stop.
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Gained "Cut Rune I"
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Vi dropped his scythe and his arms went limp, he was physically and mentally exhausted. Although, that didn't stop him from looking at what this new rune did.
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{Common}
Cut Rune I, Level I
You are skilled at cutting with sharp weapons.
Buffs: 50% More damage done while cutting.
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"YESSSS! It was worth it! I wonder how Forset is doing?"
Vi walked over to where Forset and the old man walked off earlier, and when he saw what she was doing, he was mesmerized.
She was mumbling strange words while writing runes in mid-air with her hand. The runes were bright blue and very clean looking, making Vi not able to take his eyes off it.
When she stopped mumbling, she took her hand, which was now covered with a bright blue aura, and hovered it over her shield, transferring the aura to the shield.
"100!"
Vi saw how she was breathing hard and her hands were trembling. It gave him strong determination to continue his training.
He walked back to his original spot, but he didn't pick his scythe up. He began punching the air, 'Who knows when my scythe might be useless, I need to have other weapons to rely on.'
"One!"
"Two!"
"Thre..."
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It was a couple of hours later and Vi just finished his last training method. He looked at all the new runes he had gained in this training session.
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{Common}
Punch Rune I, Level 1
Your punches carry more strength.
Buffs: 50% More damage done with punches
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{Common}
Kick Rune I, Level 1
Your kicks carry more strength.
Buffs: 50% More damage done with kicks.
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{Common}
Blunt Rune I, Level 1
You do more damage with blunt attacks.
Buffs: 50% More damage done with blunt attacks.
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{Commom}
Running Rune I, Level 1
You are more swift on your feet.
Buffs: 50% Faster while running
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Vi was proud of his new collection of runes. They may not be much right now, but everyone starts somewhere.
"Well, I think I'm done with this for now. Where is that old guy?"
"That what?"
Vi froze up, he looked behind him and found the old man with a fake smile on his face.
"I was talking about someone else-"
"Ugh."
The old man, quicker than Vi could see, punched Vi in the stomach making him recoil.
"Anyway, I will allow you to be done, there is only one thing left for you both to finish now. Once you kill the dungeon boss I'll let you leave. Don't think it will be easy, this is a dungeon that is way above your level, but weren't my lessons to teach you how to go past levels? If you can't do it then you need to train more. You can leave with the girl once you are both ready."
After saying that the old man disappeared in thin air. Vi figured that he wouldn't see him again and went over to Forset to see if she was ready.
When he went over to where she was, he saw her pushing forward with her shield.
"Hey Forset the old man just told us we have to bear the dungeon boss if we want to leave, are you ready yet?"
Forset turned over to Vi and began to walk toward him while talking, "Alright let's go then, I was just trying to get to the second level."
"I think it's through the other iron door."
Forset nodded at Vi's hypothesis, and they walked over to the iron door. Vi was getting nervous, this would decide if he wasted the past couple of hours or not.
As Vi got in front of the door he steeled his nerves and opened the door. This time he opened the door with less strain than before.
When he opened the door he saw something interesting. The room was like a mid-evil throne room. There were pillars lining from one side of the room to the other with a gold-lined red carpet leading up to a golden throne.
As Vi's eyes dragged to the throne he saw a big figure sitting on it. On the throne was a figure wearing royal gold and red, baggy clothing. The only thing visible besides his clothes were his skeleton head and hands. It was leaning it's head on it's fist against the armrest of the throne while glaring at both of them with bright red eyes.
It slowly got up from his lazy position and got off the throne. it reached behind it's back and pulled out a royal greatsword. It was a shining gold color with gems embedded in the handle of the great sword.
Vi took out his scythe and got in an attacking stance, he was ready for a bloody battle.