Invitation

Fran immediately returned to the temporary accommodations specially set up for mages by the Alliance and pushed open the door to her room.

She walked to a table and placed the longsword she had just bought from the weapons shop on her way there on the table.

She immediately copied the runes from the book onto the longsword, making a one-to-one replica.

She took a deep breath and used her Mental Power to draw the pattern stroke by stroke on it with a specially made pen.

At first, her drawing process went very smoothly, and she hardly felt any obstacles.

But after she had drawn half of the runes, she suddenly felt that her Mental Power had been slightly depleted.

She didn't pay much attention to this feeling and continued to focus on drawing the runes.

Now she felt that every stroke was difficult to make. Not only did each stroke consume a portion of her Mental Power, but her attention was also constantly wandering, making it difficult for her Mental Power to concentrate on the task at hand.

A seasoned rune maker might have failed by now, as they have likely never faced such immense pressure in rune creation.

However, Fran is different. Her Mental Power has already surpassed that of First Order Mage by a large margin, not to mention her mastery of runes, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

So she withstood the pressure and allowed the rune to take shape in one go.

After finishing, Fran let out a long sigh of relief and slumped into her chair, her eyes looking somewhat tired.

"It directly consumed a quarter of my Mental Power..." Fran carefully sensed her current Mental Power and couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.

Drawing this rune is really difficult; she felt that if Raymond could draw even half of it, he would be considered very Talent in drawing runes.

She turned the longsword over and saw the red-glowing runes on it.

It was a bird flying in the sky, with extremely large wings, surrounded by raging flames in the background.

Fran directly channeled her Mental Power into it and felt a progress Short Sword similar to the one she had received from the Mercenary.

Her immense Mental Power quickly filled it, causing the runes to emit a dazzling red light that spread throughout the entire longsword.

The air in the room suddenly heated up, and Fran felt a burning sensation in her hand gripping the hilt of the sword. Flames suddenly appeared at the tip of the longsword and spread downwards.

The entire blade was enveloped in yellow flames, radiating terrifying heat. Fran didn't bring the sword too close to the wooden table, yet flames began to ignite on the table.

This prompted Fran to quickly withdraw her Mental Power, causing the runes on the longsword to gradually dim, thus dispelling the intense heat from the room.

She quickly extinguished the small flames in the room to prevent a fire.

After confirming that there was no risk of fire in the room, Fran lay back in the chair and began to think about the longsword engraved with 'ancient' runes.

Although these runes were far more powerful than the runes Fran had previously learned, Fran was still not entirely satisfied with them.

"This effect is a bit weak."

She could just sense the maximum power that the runes on it could unleash; it was much stronger than her unenhanced Fireball at the Proficiency level, but that was about it.

Putting aside the fact that she spent a quarter of her Mental Power just inscribing this rune, that's enough for her to cast four First Order spells, yet this is the only effect she got.

Moreover, her Fireball is now enhanced by Dragon Flame, making the resulting fireball far more powerful than those cast with the runes on this longsword.

Moreover, she silently checked the Panel, but there were no changes; the Ancient Rune Warrior's message was still there.

[You have created a powerful rune. Runology Proficiency +100]

"This isn't an ' Ancient Rune '..." Fran murmured to herself.

This is by no means Ancient Rune recognized by the Panel. Although its effect is indeed much stronger than that of contemporary runes, it is still not significantly stronger.

Fran rubbed her eyes, puzzled. If this wasn't Ancient Rune, then what was the real Ancient Rune?

"Although none of these are true, but..." She felt that these runes were not far from being true Ancient Rune.

She suddenly remembered the description of the Ancient Rune Warrior: 'Key information was not erased'...

"The key information, what is it?"

She felt she was very close to the truth; these runes must have had their true, crucial information erased, which led to this result.

"But what is the key information?"

Thinking about this gave her a headache. There was nothing else in the book. Although she knew that some crucial information might have been erased, she had no idea what it was.

After much thought, Fran decided to start with the rune that Elephant of Mountains.

To be honest, if those believers in the Elephant of Mountains saw this book, they might just rush up and burn it on the spot.

This is far too presumptuous; inscribing someone else's deity on runes might actually be effective.

Fran, in any case, dared not inscribe this rune on her weapon; if those believers saw it, it would be a matter of life and death.

Fran guessed that the patterns on the other six runes were also Deity, as she remembered that the book about Deity described them very clearly.

The Deity we can see in the Material Realm and Spirit Realm are only a small fraction of the Astral Realm; many more are Deity among the Stars.

She believed that these six were Deity who had never been to the Material Realm. She didn't know if the Spirit Realm existed, since she had never seen it.

"These runes all share the prominent characteristics of these Deity ..." She began to ponder the common features of these runes.

In reality, runes are far less powerful than spells. If that were true, why would she bother practicing spells? She'd just practice running runes instead.

However, these runes, engraved with Deity symbols, do possess unimaginable power. It could be said that as long as one could activate the runes on the sword in Fran's hand, one could crush a mage who was about to advance in rank.

This led Fran to suspect that the power was provided by the symbols of those Deity...

She suddenly had a mischievous idea. "Haven't I already met one of those Deity?"

She still remembers the appearance of the Lord of Radiance when he gave her the Radiant Priest, that pure white figure...

What would happen if I drew a rune in the style of that figure?

The more Fran thought about it, the more promising it seemed. She rubbed her hands together, ready to get started.

However, she no longer has a medium for drawing runes; she only bought one of those longswords, wanting to try it out first.

"I'll buy another one when I go out later." She glanced at the sky; the sun was already touching the distant mountains. It was time for her to go eat; after eating, she would go...

Just then, there was a knock on her door. When she opened it, a waiter was there.

"Your Excellency, the administrators of Gede Town have invited any mages staying here to dinner. Do you have time?"