Chapter 5903 Rune Study

Chapter 5903 Rune Study

Ves gained a lot of basic insights and understanding by quizzing Furia about runes.

He learned that there were so many runes that it was impossible for anyone to learn and master them all. This was especially the case when personal runes got added to reality all the time by True Gods who were located in many distant galaxies.

It was even possible for runes to be 'forgotten'. This mostly happened with personal runes that True Gods took great care to hide for one reason or another. If these True Gods perished without leaving any inheritance behind, other cultivators practically had no means of learning and mastering the personal runes of these deceased and mostly forgotten deities.

That did not mean the personal runes disappeared. They continued to exist in the fabric of reality, but without resorting to exceptional methods, there was no way for other cultivators to discover them and utilize them for their own purposes.

Runes differed from each other by many factors. Their strength and potency varied by complexity, related concepts and the strength of the True God who originally produced their own personal runes.

Ves found it quite important to learn that True Gods were able to strengthen their own personal runes.

In fact, it was their domains that got stronger. Their personal runes merely caught up to this development and became more potent even when they were utilized by other cultivators.

Furia did not know how far this could go. She did not have access to any information that could explain how personal runes changed when their creators ascended to the rank of God King.

Ves had a few guesses, but the fourth major cultivation rank was so far away from him that it was pointless for him to engage in speculation.

The transformed Fire Elemental also granted Ves with another crucial insight.

"Is it possible to mass-produce runes in any way?"

"NO. THESE RUNES THAT YOU HAVE BECOME OBSESSED WITH ARE NOT PURELY MATERIAL SHAPES. THEY ARE FORMED OUT OF E ENERGY THROUGH SPECIFIC METHODS. AS FAR AS I AM AWARE OF, YOU CANNOT SIMPLY PROGRAM A MACHINE TO CARVE RUNES ON AN OBJECT AND POWER THEM WITH E ENERGY. IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. THE RUNES HAVE TO BE MANUALLY FORMED BY A CULTIVATOR."

"Just to be sure, you don't necessarily have to be a True God in order to apply these runes, correct?"

Ves grew disappointed when he heard that. The limitation on mass production meant that he would be churning out millions of rune-carved mechs anytime soon.

"Just to be sure, you don't necessarily have to be a True God in order to apply these runes, correct?"

"NO, BUT WE ARE QUALIFIED TO USE MORE POWERFUL RUNES. I AM AWARE OF AT LEAST THREE CATEGORIES OF RUNES, OF WHICH I CAN NAME TWO: LESSER RUNES AND GREATER RUNES. I AM CURRENTLY EMPLOYING LESSER RUNES IN MY WORKINGS AS I HAVE YET TO RECALL ANY GREATER ONES ASIDE FROM MY PERSONAL RUNE."

This was important information! Even though Ves had no right to work with greater runes as of yet, he already understood the potential of mastering a set of lesser runes!

Ves wondered why his scattered knowledge of traditional blacksmithing did not go into so much detail on runes. It was clearly an essential component in creating powerful artifacts.

Then again, what could he expect from a set of tattered and highly incomplete records?

"Can I work with lesser runes, whether in my personal cultivation or in my design projects?"

"I DO NOT THINK SO. I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT LESSER RUNES TO KNOW THAT ONLY CULTIVATORS WHO HAVE INITIALLY FORMED THEIR DOMAINS AND BEGIN TO SHAPE THEM ARE ABLE TO DO SO. THIS IS BECAUSE RUNES ARE DERIVED FROM DOMAINS THEMSELVES."

Ves grew disappointed. A Senior Mech Designer still fell into the category of the first major cultivation rank. He would have to advance to the rank of Master Mech Designer if he wanted to reach the second major cultivation rank.

"Are there any exceptions to this general rule?"

Together, the Dominion of Man and Furia inflicted progressively greater damage to the poor beast.

Its threat level decreased as a result. It not lost the ability to catch up to the Dominion of Man, but also had no fur left to launch at its prey.

Of course, the fleeters insisted on keeping a certain distance from the god beast. The creature probably had a few tricks left up its sleeve that were most likely effective at closer ranges.

It still took a relatively long time to defeat the two-headed beast. The creature was simply too massive, and its thick flesh simply took a lot of effort to destroy.

The Dominion of Man was not in a hurry to end the 8th wave though. Her damage control teams continued to patch up holes and fix a lot of hazards.

Damaged gun turrets received much-needed repairs while the more intact ones received light servicing.

Everyone knew that they had a more difficult fight up ahead. It only seemed prudent to service the Dominion of Man as much as possible while they still had the luxury to do so. If the final challenge of this tribulation event was as powerful as everyone feared, then anything could make a difference!

Even so, the fleeters did not dare to drag out this fight. Once the two-headed beast finally succumbed from all of the fire and other attacks, the Dominion of Man had flown close enough to receive a large dose of tribulation energies!

While everyone on the ship benefited from the latest lightning baptism, Furia received the greatest reward due to her outsized contributions.

Ves could clearly sense that Furia became more solid and stable. She even found it easier to keep her dangerous side in check.

"We will need your strength for the test to come."

The tribulation storms became more restless than ever. It had already begun to gather an increasing amount of energy in preparation for rolling out the final and most difficult challenge!

Ves glanced at the projection that showed the hazy alien face of the Subjugation King.

Ever since his clone got defeated, the God King's connection to the storm had degraded.

It had not been cut.

Ves could still feel that the storm possessed a hint of subjugation and tarnish from those dark storm clouds.

The Subjugation King was still watching. He just did not bother to interact with his future slaves anymore.

Ves grimaced when he recalled the fact that he got marked by this powerful alien bastard.

His greatest fear was that once the tribulation event had come to an end, the God King would still be able to monitor what took place in the Red Ocean through the soul mark!

That would really be bad for Ves, because it meant that he had turned into a massive security risk for red humanity!

Ves just hoped that this was not the case. The soul mark was already absurd for several reasons. There shouldn't be any room for more.

"Wait a second."

Having just learned about runes, Ves suddenly realized that the soul mark was probably made out of a complex array of runes!

It was highly unlikely that they consisted entirely of lesser runes, though. They had to incorporate greater runes or a more superior variant in order to exhaust the tribulation storm to such an enormous extent!

That just made Ves more upset. The stronger the runes, the harder it became for him to get rid of them. This was especially the case if one of them just happened to be the Subjugation King's personal rune!