Lucian crushed all the Golden Runes, and an enormous quantity of Runes flowed into his body.
Melina stepped down from the Roundtable Hold, stood before Lucian, and held out her hand.
Without needing to say anything, Lucian skillfully placed his hand in hers.
"How many Runes do you have now?"
Melina sensed the Runes within Lucian. Although she had estimated them earlier, the actual amount was even greater than expected.
"Adding what you had left before, you now have 263,000 Runes. That's enough to raise your strength by quite a lot."
Even Lucian could not help drawing a sharp breath when he heard that number.
This was a huge profit.
With this starting capital, he could rapidly improve his strength and start snowballing. Things would only get easier from here on out.
Lucian thought it over. Although he had plenty of Runes now, he could not waste them.
After all, he was about to challenge a demigod.
Up to this point, Lucian did not know the exact extent of a demigod's strength. He had only heard accounts from others.
And he had to take Great Runes into consideration. Though the game had not shown it, a demigod possessing a Great Rune was surely stronger than one without one.
In that case, it was best to play it safe and invest everything into attributes that could directly improve his combat power.
He would not add anything to Faith, Intelligence, or Arcane.
Lucian told Melina, one by one, which attributes he wanted to strengthen.
The vast amount of Runes was rapidly consumed, transforming into Lucian's own power.
Before long, the Runes had nearly been exhausted, leaving only 8,000 behind.
The current Lucian was terrifyingly strong.
His Vigor reached 30 first. Now that was a health bar truly worthy of a warrior.
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