Runemaster in the Last Days - Chapter 234

Chapter 234: Purification Formation
Ruben rubbed the back of his head and looked at Samuel resentfully. “Stop hitting me on the head. What if I become stupid, Sam? You know that I rely on my head to live!”

“With how stupid you have always been, do you think one hit will change anything?” Samuel retorted and rolled his eyes. He looked at the formation in his hand and shook his head. Even if he were to read this several times, he was sure that he wouldn’t be able to draw it.

“Can I try to make it?” Ruben was annoyed and then looked at the paper once more.

“You can try, yes.” Riya nodded. “First, memorize the runes drawn there and then try to replicate them on paper first. Once your drawing is right, you can try to use mana to draw it on the surface of a bigger rocks. Only when your mana control is good can you try to draw it on the smaller rock.”

“…Smaller rock?” Ruben paused when he heard Riya’s words. He thought that the formation was big.

Riya nodded and then looked around the road. They were on the mountain paths, so there were many rocks scattered around. She bent down and picked one, around the size of her palm. It was not that small, but it was not that big either.

“Many formation had to be written within a small space and for this formation, the best rock should be around this size,” Riya replied. “Of course, I don’t mean you can’t use bigger rocks, but the effect will be reduced due to the mana circulation extend to wider area.”

Ruben: “…” I’m sorry, but I’m stupid and didn’t understand.

Riya looked at Ruben and looked at Samuel suspiciously. Was his friend really this stupid?

Samuel’s lips twitched and he quickly explained. “Runes’ size can depends on what you want to use them for, but there’s no way you would want to use too many resources for the same effect you can achieve with much fewer resources, right?”

“Yes!” Ruben nodded.

He understood it if Samuel said it this way.

Riya: “…” it was not completely accurate but whatever.

She looked at the stone in her hand and then took out her jade pen. “To draw runes, you can actually use your finger directly but for many beginner, they will need tools to assist them. For example, brush, pen, and so on. Of course, these tools had to be modified to be able to transport mana. Of course, using tools are also quite convenient if the tools are good.”

Ruben looked at the pure jade pen in Riya’s hand and his lips twitched. He was not that stupid and knew that the jade in her hand was one of the best jade in the world. It was clear that this Riya was not as poor as one thought.

“If you really want to learn, watch me.”

With that, the two people turned to look at Riya.

The small formation on the rocks were actually quite simple and it didn’t require many strokes. In order to accommodate these two people, Riya slowed down her speed when she draw on the stone as they continued to walk.

It seemed that she didn’t mind that their environment was like this.

Swish! Swish!

Even when Riya slowed down the process, it was still completed under 30 seconds.

The two people looked at the stone that now has the formation blankly, feeling somewhat at loss.

That’s it?

Riya handed over the stone to Samuel kindly. “Try to infuse your mana inside and you will feel some air circulation. It’ll purify the air around you but it’s not very powerful, which is why of them are necessary.”

“Oh.”

Samuel nodded and followed Riya’s words. Like she said, he really did feel some air circulation on his hand.

It feels cool.

“Let me try?” Ruben looked at the stone eagerly.

Samuel handed over the stone to Ruben and then looked at Riya. “Can you draw formation everywhere?”

He could see how relaxed she is when she was drawing, which made him a bit confused. There were also rune masters and formation master in his family in that world but they would always kick others out when they wanted to make formation.

In their words: they needed complete tranquility.

Riya looked at Samuel and tilted her head. “Oh, don’t try to replicate me to make formation while we walk before you become proficient in it. Most formation and talisman masters needed to stay in a closed room and not disturbed because making runes required their full concentration.”

“You….” Ruben was stunned and wanted to say that she was doing well but Riya interrupted him.

“I’m different. I’m a powerful rune master,” Riya said with smile.

To be exact, she was a pure rune master instead of a magician. Many other rune masters still used ordinary magic spells when they were fighting because runes were only an auxiliary methods for them. Who would want to draw those complicated runes when they were fighting with others?

It was too cumbersome.

But Riya’s talent in ordinary magic was really bad. Her talent in physical art was also very bad, which left Riya very little choice.

She didn’t want to give up so easily.

So when she found out that she was suitable to become rune master, she basically poured her entire life to study runes and formation. In this way, Riya was able to use runes when she was fighting and even if she was in all kinds of environment, it would never stop her from making runes.

This was her specialty.

“Is that so?” Ruben was confused and then looked at the stone in his hand. As he infused his mana, he could feel cool wind, which was really cool.

Riya sensed Ruben’s mana and blinked her eyes. “You have more mana than the two siblings.”

“Ah? How do you know?” Ruben was stunned.

“The mana airflow that overflowed when you pour mana is obvious,” Riya replied. There were also some magic spells that would allow them to see through their enemies but Riya couldn’t do those magic.