B2 Chapter 185: The Third Skill

Kaius looked at Porkchop with desperate eyes, trying and failing to suppress his eager desire to rip open his notifications and dive into his next skill selection.

It was only fair to ask—after he had picked first last time, and as a coherent team it would be important to get their input on the skills he was offered, even if he had the final say.

Porkchop held his gaze for a moment, stern and unyielding. Slumping his shoulders with a sigh, Kaius relented. It was rather greedy for him to try for twice in a row.

“Just messing with you, go ahead.” Porkchop said with a snort, nearly shoving him off his seat with a playful bat of his paws.

“You’re sure?” Kaius asked, unable to hide the gleeful smile that spread across his face.

“Yeah,” Porkchop nodded. “I don’t get as antsy about this as you do. Besides, I’m really curious about what you got offered.”

Without standing on ceremony, he seized the lifeline he had been given and threw himself fully into his notifications.

**Ding! Class skill available for selection!**

Latent Glyph of Aelina:

Class Skill – Tier I

Affinity: Arcane, Martial

Type: Glyph-binding, Runic, Spellcasting

Selection Available!

Heroic

The ‘Glyph of Transference’, Aelina is the source of the Runeblade’s legendary ability to appear as soon as they are called upon. Its hymns are at once the logistical backbone of Vesryn, and a source of unrivaled battlefield mobility. Ephemeral and swift, it is bound to the feet, where the centring touch of the earth can remind initiates that the present is ever fleeting—and time is not a resource to be squandered.

This skill allows the user to inscribe Vesryn translocation and motility spell-hymns to be activated at will, limited only by the availability of mana to reserve into the working, and sufficient space on the body. Creates a hymnbook on the user’s status if one is not already present. Multiples of the same glyph can cast hymns inscribed on their counterpart.

Each level moderately increases the power, range, and area of effect of spell-hymns cast through the glyph.

Each level slightly decreases the physical size of inscribed spell-hymns.

Every 100 levels the user may learn another runic hymn of the relevant tier to add to their hymnbook.

Spell-hymns Known:

Tier I –

Selection Available!

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Latent Glyph of Tsi’ria:

Class Skill – Tier I

Affinity: Arcane, Corruption

Type: Glyph-binding, Runic, Spellcasting

Selection Available!

Heroic

The ‘Glyph of Withering’, Tsi’ria is the unrelenting siege that devours all resistance. Some foes are too mighty—or too wily—to be dealt with direct force alone. Tsi’ria, and the insidious creep of its mighty afflictions, grind away at such enemies until they are but dust in the wind. Tsi’ria is inscribed on the sclera, so that all may know the risks of drawing Vesryn eyes.

This skill allows the user to inscribe Vesryn affliction and curse spell-hymns to be activated at will, limited only by the availability of mana to reserve into the working, and sufficient space on the body. Creates a hymnbook on the user’s status if one is not already present. Multiples of the same glyph can cast hymns inscribed on their counterpart.

Each level moderately increases the power, range, and area of effect of spell-hymns cast through the glyph.

Each level slightly decreases the physical size of inscribed spell-hymns.

Every 100 levels the user may learn another runic hymn of the relevant tier to add to their hymnbook.

Spell-hymns Known:

Tier –

Selection Available!

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Mystic Persistence:

Class Skill – Tier I

Affinity: Arcane

Type: Glyph-binding, Metamagic

Selection Available!

Unique

Sometimes you just need a bit of extra kick. Solar light that vaporises from the inside out, a burst of healing that continues to trickle in, flickering incorporeality after a blink—that kind of thing. It’s saved me more than once, sure as the hells.

This skill allows the user to alter a runic hymn inscription to have additional over-time effects for 5 seconds, for 20% added base mana reserved.

Every level reasonably increases the potency of the over-time effect.

Every 20 levels the additional over-time effect extends for an additional 1 second.

Kaius couldn’t contain his gasp as he processed the fact that he had not one, but two different glyphs available—spell casting ones at that.

He’d always thought that the chance was pretty good he would get offered more, afterall it was a central function of the class, but there had been a niggling doubt that the rest would align closer to his Bladerite in function. Single purpose speciality things, with far less of the breadth of capability offered by Drakthar.

That worry was blown aside as easily as sand in the wind. If there had been just one, it would have been possible that the glyphs would be an infrequent and rare thing, but two? The chances of that would be incredibly unlikely.

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He knew that he would pick one—while Mystic Persistence was good, it just simply didn’t have the same level of utility—but which?

Thank the gods he had his team with him to work through it, he’d have sat there ruminating on the decision for hours if he was left to handle it alone.

“Well, what did you get?” Ianmus asked, curiosity naked on his face.

“Yeah, you wouldn’t gasp like that if it wasn’t good.” Porkchop agreed with a nod.

Shaking his thoughts from his head, Kaius minimised the selection screen.