Return of the Legendary Runesmith-Chapter 27 - 26- Guidebook

Adrian knew exactly what was in Allen's possession—a book of sword arts that he would be able to use in the future. After all, until now he doesn't understand the ancient language completely—unlike Adrian.

Allen was actually taught by a veteran Warden, or so he believes. But in reality, he was actually trained by his ancestor—the same swordsman who put an end to Darkness all those years ago.

Allen was a reincarnation of the Hero who defeated the villain. His growth is limitless. He originally had an affinity with just flames, but soon he discovered he could use Light too. In the future, he would be able to utilize other elements, too.

He has a God-gifted talent who was destined to rise over others, not only because of his master or talent but also because of plot armor.

Many people were about to die around Adrian, including Ariana and Elana but nothing would happen to Allen and Olivia—who are treated as the two main characters.

Now, if possible, after ensuring his own safety, Adrian would try to protect Ariana. Not only because of his close relationship with her but also because of the support she showed when the world was against him.

"Is this good enough?" Allen asked nervously as he saw Adrian assessing the book for quite a long time.

Adrian raised his brows before looking at the black-haired teenager and nodded, "Yes, this will do." It was, as expected, the guidebook for the three basic swordsman's techniques.

True, he wanted to use a spear, but mastering a sword was easier in comparison, and he didn't know where he could find such a detailed guidebook for spearmanship.

"Sir, may I ask what is written there?" Allen asked in a curious voice.

Adrian told him vaguely, "Just some ancient script for runes." He lied since if he had shown interest in anything other than Runesmithing, it would have caused suspicion. After all, Adrian wasn't a warrior.

"Anyway, you want me to inscribe Runes on your weapon, right? What kind of material was used to carve your weapon?"

"Mithril." He informed with his chest pumped with pride. The cause of that slight arrogance was the fact that he bought the sword through his own earnings.

Adrian wasn't interested in that, as he said, "Okay, meet me at my workshop in three hours."

Allen nodded, "Thank you, sir."

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Adrian was in the time chamber. He arrived here as soon as Allen left. The reason was his childlike curiosity.

He wouldn't lie. After being reborn in the world of swords and magic, he also wanted to become overpowered, not just for the sake of his survival but also to rise through the ranks. It was a fantasy of every person who regularly read fantasy novels.

He had the talent, and a body suitable for a warrior. But just that, the previous owner of the body converged his focus on studying since he chose this line of field. And teaching about runes didn't demand physical prowess.

However, things are different now.

"Let's see...what does it say." Adrian was standing in the practice gallery of the time chamber.

This section of the chamber was just a long gallery with a wooden floor and a hanging punching bag. There were training dolls on the left with their heads covered with helmets—maybe to practice kenjutsu. And several weapons, made of wood, were stored on the rack.

Adrian opened the first page and took a sword in his hand.

[The first step—Quickdraw: It is a sword technique where the user swiftly draws their sword from its sheath and attacks in a single, smooth motion. It's all about speed and precision—striking the enemy before they can react.]

"...sounds cliche but will work." Adrian believed if he mastered this technique, he would be able to pull that 'Check yo b*lls'.

The swiftness to draw the sword cut the opponent, and sheath it back...yeah, that's the gist of it.

Turning the page he was thinking that there would be a detailed way of how he could use the technique...but not even in a lifetime, he imagined the instruction would be so plain yet terrifying.

[Pull your sword from the scabbard. Slash is diagonally. Put it back.]

[Do this a hundred times in five breathes.]

[Only move to the next step after achieving this one.]

"...." Adrian was blank.

He just put the book aside and pulled a wooden scabbard from the rack.

Inserted the sword inside its designated cover, and took a deep breath.

'Here goes nothing!' He pulled out the sword, a diagonal slash before he swiftly tried to put the sword back—

"Ou!"

—only to stab his hand because he lacked the precision of a swordsman.

He has used a sword before(the previous Adrian) but not much to get used to quick motion.

Looking at his bruised hand, Adrian muttered under his breath, "I thought fulfilling the requirement of the book would be difficult...but here, I need to first learn how to put my sword in the sheath."

Adrian felt a brief moment of depression but he didn't let it drown him.

The first thing he needed to do was to get used to his weapon.

The first step was to take out his sword, swing it meaningfully, and then slowly bring it back inside its cover.

His movements were slow, but he didn't hurt himself anymore, and there were no wasted movements.

For the next few hours he did nothing but let his body learn how to put the blade back in its cover.

The main characters of the books he read got used to these things fairly quickly, but now that he was doing it himself, he understood that he wasn't in a novel.

This was his reality where he needed to take baby steps and learn small things to become a warrior.

'There is no shortcut...I have to go through all this.'

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A/N:- I hope you all liked the Chapter. There would be powerups since this world runs on runes. He just needs to learn basics and he would be able to power up himself.

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