Chapter 531: Rune Visualization

Chapter 531: Rune Visualization



The world spun around Sylas, and he found himself on yet another long, foggy path accented by doors. This time, there were ten of them instead of nine. But the location felt pretty

identical to the first Secret Realm he had entered.

Rune Sight. Rune Visualization...

The first Secret Realm, Introduction to Rune, Rune Patterns, and Rune Geometry, was related to Rune Sight. It taught him the fundamentals of Runes and how to interact with them before describing the concept of Strokes and Foundations to him.

He memorized a great deal of Strokes and their culminating Foundations from that Realm before he handed it to his sister. Now it seemed that it was time for him to finally improve.

Sylas entered the first door, but it was only a few seconds before it vanished, and he appeared on the road again.

He stood in silence for a moment, his eyes closed.

The Rune Sight Secret Realm was all about getting him familiar with Runes. It was titled appropriately. Those with Rune Sight could see and interact with Runes, but it wasn't on an exceptionally deep level.

By comparison, those with Rune Visualization could begin to "feel" Runes. They didn't just interact with them through a single sense but rather through multiple.

Upon seeing a Rune, it was possible to formulate this Rune in one's mind and imprint it into memory, understanding it implicitly in exchange for a good amount of study.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

However, Sylas had long reached this level. When he stamped his Runes into the air to pass the first door of the Rune Sight Secret Realm, he was already using an advanced application of Rune Visualization.

Most with Rune Visualization were only able to etch Runes in part; only those nearing Rune Enlightenment could do as he had done. But even then, it wouldn't be nearly so quick.

'So this Secret Realm is a game of memory. Easy enough.'

He took a step forward and vanished into the second door.

When he appeared inside, he found a more complex formulation of what had been in the first door. There was a quick flash of a few Strokes, and he was meant to recall them.

It was too easy.

'Those Foundations and Runes were nearly identical; they only had small differences between them. I thought that that was the challenge and just picked the one that perfectly matched the previous Strokes and Foundations. But... what if therein lay the secret...?'

Sylas realized at that moment that the Runes and Foundations during those choosing challenges weren't just somewhat identical; for all intents and purposes, they were identical.

If he used his Rune Soul to form any one of them, they would all perform the same exact function. So what was the difference between them?

The obvious answer was that the small quirks were identical to the Strokes and Foundations that preceded them. But staring at this "complex" Rune before him, Sylas realized something

else.

He had almost missed something profound.

This Secret Realm wasn't just teaching him how to visualize and memorize Strokes, Foundations, and Runes... it was also teaching him the most efficient configurations of them.

On the one hand, it was a memorization exercise, but by the same token, the methods you could use to remember Runes with greater ease were the same methods you could use to draw them with greater ease, the same methods you could rely on to expend less Wisdom and Aether per Rune, and most importantly...

The same methods you could use to construct them the fastest.

Sylas' gaze flashed, and his intention moved. With a glance, he memorized the large, complex

Rune, and in the next instant, an identical one was formed right over it, shattering the

original to pieces and replacing it with a far more perfect form.

Not only had he cleared the tenth door, he had improved upon its design, creating something unprecedented for someone with Rune Visualization.

[You have pleased the system]

Sylas looked at this message and shook his head. Last time he received a System Reward, but

it seemed that he wouldn't be so lucky this time around.

The Demerits hanging over his head were too heavy.