Runemaster in the Last Days

Navi fell into silence.

She knew that Nalan was right.

But she still felt unwilling.

"Damn it! I have to practice harder."

Seeing Navi rushing off to practice, Nalan shook his head slightly.

To be honest, he was not as calm as he showed on the surface. But he knew very well that there was no point in getting angry about it.

The two continents were indeed opposing each other, but what does it have anything to do with him?

Nalan didn't care too much and didn't want to care either.

As a magic warrior, his progress is faster than Navi.

So…

'The next person who advanced to rank 7 had to be me.' Nalan's eyes flashed with determination and ruthlessness.

It seemed that they did need to increase their speed.

Otherwise, it was unknown how they were going to face that rank 7 rune master.

None of them liked to have their fate placed in the hands of others.

This is what fueled their ambition to reach the peak.

…

Samuel and Riya's side

The mana compression didn't take a long time since Riya had experience before. Even though there were some pain from this process, Riya didn't care that much. It was a process that everyone had to go through when they advanced from rank 6 to rank 7.

For rune master, the second stage was to carve the runes into their heart.

Upon reaching rank 7, no matter what their profession is, their mana heart, mind, and soul would be connected with each other.

And the process for each of them would be different.

For rune master, it was a process that they had to do through using their own runes, carving their path forward in their own heart. And the runes that they selected for their own heart would be written in the smallest font as possible and as many as possible.

Naturally, they have to think about the stability of the runes and so on.

Riya had already made it once and recalculate it in the past year when she had nothing to do. She wanted to add more runes, but she also knew that there was a limit to how many runes that she could make.

So she simply picked the best course for her.

Riya opened her eyes and runes carving had appeared all over her body. She raised her finger and started drawing runes in the air once more before it head towards her own heart and mind.

The left hand draw runes for her heart and the right hand drew runes for her mind.

These runes were formed simultaneously and moved at extremely speed, forming inside her heart and mind.

Outside the formation, Samuel was watching this scene.

He was not too surprised.

After all, Riya is a rune master and technically speaking, the second stage of advancement ceremony would differ depending on their profession and path. He himself would not have such actions.

Time passed quietly.

Soon, the runes were done and the mana surged once more.

Samuel closed his eyes as he could feel the pressure rise and the mana outside was rushing towards Riya at rapid speed. This made it hard for them to look around and after a few seconds, he could feel the wind had slowed down.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and saw that Riya had stood up.

The runes marking on her body had disappeared, leaving only faint mark behind both of her eyes in petal shapes and a small pattern on her forehead. The marks were not very prominent and couldn't be seen unless they were standing close to her.

The dancing runes had stopped and dissipated into countless mana petals as it slowly fell down.

It was beautiful.

No matter how many times he saw it, Samuel felt that Riya's advancement ceremony was really beautiful.

"Is it done?" Samuel heard himself asking in a low voice.

Riya raised her head and smiled faintly. She was wearing a robe that she had customized from Peter and then arranged runes on it. The robe fluttered slightly along with the mana's movement as everything calmed down slightly.

Seeing her smile, Samuel's eyes moved towards Riya's forehead. The mark was slowly fading away, but he could guess that it should be the same mark that appeared on the sky during Riya's advancement.

Magicians and magic warriors would have their advancement markings on their body.

For magicians, the location would be either their forehead or slightly below their neck. For magic warriors, the location could be on their navel, stomach, or it could be behind them, depending on their shape.

As for warriors…

Their advancement markings couldn't be seen at all.

But they could change their body shape to a certain degree freely without any restriction. So if they prefer a bulky look, they could change their look to have their muscles visible or if they prefer a relatively plain look, they could make their muscle didn't stand out too much.

There was no specific markings for these warriors.

Whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, Samuel didn't know.

"Yes, it's done," Riya said and heaved a sigh of relief. "How much time has passed?"

"Hmm…" Samuel opened his phone to take al look and then said, "50 minutes. It's really fast."

Fast?

Riya rolled her eyes and then chuckled. "Well, the most time consuming phase is the mana heart compression but as long as you know the trick, you can do it quickly. It's just a bit more painful if you do it fast."

After all, they were basically squeezing their own heart.

It was definitely not an easy process.

But since Riya had undergone this process once, she just had to replicate it and then moved quickly in accordance to what she had learned before.

"You did it until it's the size of a pearl, right?" Samuel suddenly asked.

"Of course," Riya replied.

From the size that was slightly bigger than a fist to the size of a pearl, it would be a lie to say that it was an easy compression. Besides, the amount of mana in Riya's body was extremely large.