Chapter 50: Glyph-Wielder

A bit of over three months.

For ninety seven days, Tom did nothing however eat, practice and sleep.

The precise pathways that he had traversed with the assistance of [The Fools] aura have been one thing that Tom had managed to decide to reminiscence. Even then, the method of utilising the Management Glyph in battle was way more arduous than he had anticipated. Not solely did he must issue within the pretty negligible time lag between the activation of his [Deck Card] and the Management Glyphs modulation, however he nonetheless needed to modify for exterior components like his opponents reactions.

His greatest problem although. was Alephs coaching itself.

The Management Glyph wasnt one thing others might train. Both you possessed the expertise to utilise it otherwise you have been decided sufficient to energy via it. Although maybe there was a 3rd manner. A excessive sufficient [Mental] stat would most likely do the trick.

Aleph couldnt assist him grasp the rune itself so as a substitute she boxed him into conditions have been he could be pressured into utilizing it. One second they might be making small discuss over brunch and the subsequent second a block of crystal would come hurtling at his stomach. If he needed to keep away from the bruise, he needed to shortly manifest a flame lance and kill the crystal blocks momentum.

He failed. Once more. And once more.

Even within the midst of sleep, the sound of a crystal brick whistling via the air would instantly rouse him. As a result of Aleph, being the cruel taskmaster that she was, refused to permit him to drop his guardeven in sleep.

Toms eyes slowly opened, revealing a relaxed gaze. He was seated on the ground in a meditative posture, his again held straight and his legs crossed.

He had discovered that merely dedicating two hours a day to visualising the Management Glyph helped improve his response time in fight and meditation basically helped him recenter his ideas.

I’m prepared, Toms voice resounded with a poise that he had been missing earlier as he kicked himself again onto his toes.

A second later, his [Revenant Claw] phased into actuality, settling completely onto his left hand.

You already know, Ive seen loads of precious artifacts however. none of these got here with the power to part from the void. Its unsettling.

It amplifies the bottom impact of widespread playing cards by 75%, Tom answered the unasked query with none hesitation. He didnt need to mislead Aleph any greater than he needed to.

Hum, Aleph mused. That’s each spectacular and disappointing. What a stupidly unbalanced [uncommon] artefact.

Toms eyes grew keener at her phrases, however in the end he shunned commenting.

Shardweave Regalia.

Regardless of having seen it earlier than, Toms consideration was nonetheless captivated by the crystalline armour that Aleph had donned virtually instantaneously.

He was additionally grateful, for it meant that he might go all out with none worries.

His assaults werent highly effective sufficient to pierce her armour, in any case.

Earth Bullet, Tom muttered underneath his breath, inflicting a small, misshapen chunk of rock to separate itself from its bigger counterpart and pace off in the direction of Aleph.

A loud thump rang out as his Earth Bullet embedded itself into the wall behind Aleph.

Regardless of how briskly you’re, Tom muttered, as he despatched one Earth Bullet after the subsequent flying in the direction of Aleph.

After dodging the third one, Aleph was pressured to materialise a crystal defend in entrance of her to defend her from the impression.

That is it.

The second he had been ready for.

[The Flame] – [Water Propulsion] – [Earth Manipulation] – These have been the one three playing cards the Management Glyph labored on.

Aleph had instructed him that not all Glyphs labored on all playing cards, however on the similar time there have been methods of utilizing Glyphs on playing cards that may not be revealed with out in depth analysis. And contemplating all of the doable types of widespread playing cards. She had no manner of figuring out which might work on which.

He simply needed to determine that out himself.

However he didnt want the Management Glyph anymore.

[The Shadow]

It was moments after Aleph had observed the absence of Earth Bullets pelting her defend that her reflexes picked up on the glint of a blunted steel sword.

Tom was inches away from victory.

On the similar time, Alephs defend shattered.

A closely panting Tom held his blunted sword in opposition to Alephs crystalline helm however on the similar time, a second crystalline sword long-established out of the defend that had been guarding her seconds earlier floated mid-air, its blunt tip pressed in opposition to his neck.

Congratulations! You go! Aleph cheerfully chimed.

You werent even.., Tom paused to take a deep breath, …combating again and all I might handle was a draw, He muttered underneath his breath, although the smile on his face stood in opposite to his assertion.

Guess that simply means Ive obtained a protracted strategy to go, Tom acknowledged, although on the similar time an attention-grabbing thought flashed via his thoughts.

I ponder how Aleph would react if she knew I used to be solely stage three.

Regardless, it was lastly time to revisit the Zelez Dungeon.