Chapter 1499

Carving Runes was like writing, but instead of ink and paper, the pen and tip were formed from pure mental energy, and the ink itself was raw life force energy. The strokes, once completed, became powerful Runes. Of course, this was a hundred—no, a million—times harder than writing words. A single word had maybe a dozen strokes, but a Rune? Millions, even billions of intricate markings. And every single one had to be perfect. One mistake? The whole thing collapsed. There was no doubt—this process was brutal, requiring extreme precision and endurance. Writing with a pen only strained the wrist, but Runes carving drained both mental energy and life force. Some Rune Masters, in their attempt to engrave a particularly complex Rune, ended up burning through their reserves completely—and died from sheer exhaustion. Becoming a Rune Master wasn't just hard. It was damn near impossible. … Wyatt and the others had just entered the courtyard of the Lovelace residence when they saw