Chapter 37: Chapter 37 rune class
Clank! Clank!
"Gahh!" The dummy only attacked me in my vital spot; even though I knew it was going to attack me in my vital spot, I couldn't dodge or deflect its attacks. The strikes were so precise, mixed with feints, leaving even my soul bound confused.
'Was Taren always this strong?' I'm feeling more pressure from him than Aiden, even though it's an inferior copy.
Fwoosh!
With great speed, the dummy approached me and stabbed me in the head. But it didn't touch my head. Dodging the dagger, I let go of my left hand's dagger and grabbed the dummy's hand.
Kacha!
Without giving it any chance to retaliate, I quickly sliced its four fingers, rendering it unable to hold the dagger again.
'Inch by inch, slowly and steadily, targets all its weak points' I commanded myself. Rushing to the dummy side, I tried to stab its eyes with my fingers. Since the dummies are designed to be real humans, they will avoid losing one of their most important senses.
'You fell for it.'
The dummy's head straight up came where I was predicted. Mustering all of my strength, I powerfully kneed to his head.
"Argh!" I grunted in pain as I kneed it. Even though it didn't pose much of a problem to the dummy, I achieved what I was after. As it's head flew backwards, I swept it's leg, grabbing it, I sliced off it's foot, taking away another most important part.
SWOOSH!
KACHA!
"Eh"
Suddenly, I felt an engulfing pain in my chest. "Arghh!"
SWOOSH!
"Not this time, fucker!"
Kacha! Kacha! Kacha!
Ding!
My suit lit up red, indicating I was dead. The pain I felt suddenly vanished. "Huff–huff–huff, I-I didn't know he was that powerful."
Sitting on the ground, I looked at Lui's battle, who was fighting a copy similar to mine. The dummy's fighting style looked chaotic and graceful at the same time, like it had a high battle sense. All of the moves were executed perfectly at perfect timing, but I felt like the dummy was going for the most painful weak areas.
'Mmm, that guy... He can see it' His eyes followed the dummy's every move, and he was patiently waiting for it to arrive. But when it arrives, he takes the attacks like he couldn't see or counter them.
'Is he purposely doing it or his eyes can follow it but his body can't move' but I felt like he was patiently waiting for the attacks. I looked at Ms. Elisa to see if she was looking at the battle. As if to confirm my suspicion, she was also looking at him with furrowed eyebrows.
Ding!
'Its over' His suit lit up red, showing he was dead. With that, all of the fights came to an end.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
"All of you showed remarkable skills... Especially you, Lui Grey. After three months, you guys could apply for rank assessment for class change." She looked at me and smiled.
"Jadel, you're remarkable when it comes to fighting. You're one of the few students I've seen who have far exceeded their battle sense at their age. But alas, the ranking assessment didn't work like that; if it had, you would have jumped ranks by now. But cheer up, I'm sure you will become strong even with your body condition. I got a strong feeling that you will accomplish that."
Seeing her beautiful smile, I could only curse the fucking entity for putting me in this 15 year old boy's body.
'Sigh—what can I do? What is done is done'
I showed a confident smile and acted like a good kid. "I will make your feelings real, Ms. I will become strong."
"Good, I will root for you."
Pat! Pat!
'Fuck, don't pat me. I'm an adult, and you're causing unnecessary hormones to stir up.' Although I thought that, I was enjoying her patting.
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"Hey man, wait." I heard someone telling me to wait. Turning around, I saw Lui approaching me.
'Is it me.' I pointed at myself to confirm if he was telling me. As if to reply, he nodded.
'Why is he talking to me suddenly?'
"Is there something you need?"
"No, since you're going to the cafeteria, let's go together."
"… Okay"
I walked with him to the cafeteria. I don't know why, but after meeting him, I'm getting a prickling sensation all over my body. And now it seemed to have increased as I felt his eyes scanning my body.
"Is there any problem?" I asked, feeling uncomfortable.
"Ah, no. I was just looking at you; I heard your talk with Ms. Elisa, so I was just curious about you."
'I feel somehow uneasy, even though I can't sense any malice in him'
"Nothing, just a small problem." Curtly replying, I started to walk to the cafeteria.
"Oh, if you don't want to tell me, I won't pry into it."
After that, he didn't talk to me, and I didn't ever sense his gaze on me until we reached the cafeteria.
"What food is good? Which one should I choose?" he asked, looking at the cafeteria menu.
I looked at the menu before answering, "I don't know, man, I'm not a picky eater, and I haven't tried food other than this." I pointed at the food I usually eat.
"Ok, then I will try this."
"Your choice"
'Oh, some are still in E classes, huh? Looking at the cafeteria hall, I found a few of my fellow classmates eating their food.
'Let's eat now'
….
"Good afternoon, students. My name is Reneova Ovis, and I will be teaching about runes." The professor introduced himself. He had black eyes and blond hair and looked like an adult who seemed to be in his twenties.
Well, that's what I thought when I first saw him. But apparently he is a middle aged man who is in his fifties.
"Since you're new to class, let's talk about what rune magic is." He paused and looked at the students to see if they were paying attention.
"To tell in simple words Rune magic involves words given visual form. You can engrave these words onto items to increase their magical power or embed spells.
Because of this, rune magic can do any magic, from enchantment to elemental.
Besides items, you can draw or summon runes from thin air and also apply them to your own body. But I won't tell you to engrave a rune in your body unless you're 100% sure about success. One mistake could lead to death."
Hearing his words, I looked at my left hand.
Gulp!
'Yeah, at that time I thought I was going to die'
"This leads us to the weaknesses of rune magic. Since it tends to be ancient and hard to decipher, rune magic becomes hard to use. Couple this with the fact that it can sometimes have longer casting times.
Despite that, once you overcome that, you'll find that rune magic can be extremely versatile and powerful."
….
"Do you guys understand?" he asked after explaining all the basics of rune magic.
""Yes""
"Good" He took out a piece of paper and started to draw on it while using mana as ink. After finishing it, he showed us.
"This is the simplest water element, rune. Look closely." Saying, he injected mana into it, causing the rune to activate and form a water ball. After that, the paper turned to dust.
"Whoa"
"Awesome." Seeing that, the students exclaimed in amazement.
"Now take out the ink and brushes the academy gave you and try to copy this." An holographic screen appeared, showing a rune "Don't worry about making a mistake, and I will help you guys."
'its simple' I took out a piece of paper and copied the rune. Since Jadel was passionate about mana engineering, he learned rune magic to strengthen his gadgets. And as I obtained this body and his memories, I also became proficient in this field.
'I feel bored'
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