Ruger and Mahama chatted sporadically, both keeping their eyes on the room inside. Neither used his mental power to probe it; they watched with their eyes alone, afraid of accidentally disturbing Varin. If Varin was able to act now, that meant Wizard Jillian had already begun her plan.
After becoming a Three-Ring Wizard, one could accumulate power to the limit and condense an origin point, then attempt to reach out and seek the World Runes one favored.
The thought left Ruger a little excited, filled with anticipation for his own future.
He wanted to experience what it felt like to draw himself inward and condense an origin point.
And what it felt like to merge with World Runes.
Watching Varin's room, Ruger scratched his chin. Thinking about it now, Wizard Zorn was probably in a preparatory stage. He had not yet reached a level that satisfied him, but he was already capable of merging with World Runes. He was a true origin-point Wizard.
Wizards on different paths naturally chose and pursued World Runes in different ways.
Just as Varin was doing now, becoming a lower-tier spellcaster, a Gem Summoner, would fill out her path as a Wizard and lay the groundwork for her future. Everything she did today would ultimately influence her final choice.
Ruger tilted his head, thinking again of his teacher and the things his teacher had said.
Perhaps once he deciphered something more from those little curved, looping symbols in the Black Book, he would see everything more clearly.
The next time we meet, my teacher should be a High-Rank Wizard!
As Ruger was thinking, a strange power suddenly surged through Varin's room. The fairies in the street outside were chattering noisily, too.
The entire Fairy Kingdom was changing.
Yet there was little fear in those noisy