Chapter 60: Picking Up Points
After finishing his meal in the cafeteria, Adrian made his way to the Rune Making hall immediately.
As expected, the hall was sparsely populated, with only a handful of students scattered across the chairs, their heads bowed over rune designs.
Adrian settled into a chair near the front, his eyes flicking to the Tech Core’s status panel hovering in his vision.
[12:27 AM]
"About thirty minutes to go," he muttered under his breath, adjusting his posture. Rune Making and History were scheduled at the same time, a cruel overlap for students juggling multiple subjects.
’Are they trying to make this harder for us?’ he thought, then shrugged. "I’ll just have to convince Master Toren to let me leave on time for History. I can’t miss out on those Contribution Points."
The points were his ticket to leave the Academy, and he had plans for the weekend.
Closing his eyes, Adrian focused inward, drawing mana into his Dantian. The warm, tingling sensation returned, mana pooling steadily as he sank into the rhythm of cultivation.
Time slipped away until the bell went, and Master Toren strode in, his robes swishing and his sharp eyes scanning the room.
The lesson began promptly.
Toren moved to the chalkboard, picking up where they’d left off last class: the binding rune, a critical component for linking rune elements into cohesive enchantments.