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nAfter getting over his initial shock at how simple obtaining the second runic parchment was, Valyr took in a few deep breaths to compose himself before proceeding to look at the rune arrangement on the now larger piece of parchment he held.

nShifting his gaze towards the side of the parchment where the runes lay, Valyr closed one of his eyes in slight fear that he would have to endure multiple waves of pain once more to be able to look at the larger parchment. Fortunately, even with his only open eye intently staring at the runes on the parchment, no such pain washed over his body at all, allowing him to inwardly let out a sigh of relief as he opened both of his eyes to get a better look.

n“I still have no clue on what this does.” With all of his attention focused on the now larger parchment, the young man quickly noticed a specific detail that he had overlooked back when he only had one runic parchment in his possession. On two corners of the larger parchment were two slanted lines that seemed to intersect at a point past the current parchment he held, prompting Valyr to think that the intersection would only be found once he obtained the third and last runic parchment.

n“A triangle surrounding a magic circle…” Though Valyr felt that the triangle surrounding the magic circle was an aesthetic choice by the creator at best, he still pondered a bit deeply into it, thinking that there might be a purpose for the shape other than purely for design.

nFaintly shrugging his shoulders as he had come at a dead end in his contemplation over the triangle, he soon focused his attention on the runes that made up the magic circle, as well as the incomplete magic circle himself, finally getting a better idea of what the magic circle’s purpose was.

n‘Thank the heavens I studied a lot about runes back then as a player, even if it was just because I had nothing else to do.’ As these words lingered in his mind, a bitter smile crept up onto Valyr’s lips.𝒪𝗏𝒍xt.𝚌𝑂𝗆

n‘In any case, the magic circle has something to do with the soul…’ Examining the structure of the magic circle in greater detail, Valyr was able to pinpoint certain elements of the magic circle that allowed him to deduce the general purpose of the magic circle. ‘As to whether it’s a link to another soul, a ritual involving the soul, or whatever, that I have no clue.’

n“Once again, there’s only one way to find out what it really does.” More or less satisfied with the additional information he had obtained from the second runic parchment, he stashed the large parchment into his spatial bracelet before proceeding to head through the exit, appearing at the entrance of the Uncommon Depths not long after.

nWhoosh!

n“How much sunlight is there left before the sun starts to set?” Seeing that he had appeared at the entrance to the three dungeons once more, he took a look at the entrances to his left and right, watching a few people enter the dungeons for a short while before proceeding to distance himself from the entrance to get a better look at the sky.

n“Only a couple or so hours left before the sun sets.” Taking into consideration the amount of time he had spent in the dungeon as he looked at the position of the sun, a slight frown appeared on Valyr’s face as he pondered over whether or not to head to the Rare Abyss right now and complete the quest, or postpone his entry to the Rare Abyss for tomorrow.

n“Well… I do feel like it would be a waste if the momentum I’ve built up so far in clearing the dungeons disappears…” Fortunately, it did not take long for him to make a decision, his gaze affixed towards the entrance to the Rare Abyss as a flame of determination flickered in his eyes. “Plus, it’s not like there’s anything or anyone stopping me from entering the dungeons at night.”

n“Then again, this is the Rare Abyss we’re talking about…” Becoming silent for a bit, Valyr tilted his head downward with his eyes closed as the gears in his mind gradually turned. After a while, he looked directly at the three dungeons before distancing himself even further, only to take out the Skill Keys he had obtained from the two dungeon runs not long after.

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n“Since that’s the case, I might as well evolve all of my Common grade skills to Uncommon grade.”

nDing!

nWould you like to use 1 Common Skill Key and spend 100,000 XP to evolve ‘Basic Crimson Flame Manipulation’ to the next grade?

nMaking up his mind to evolve his Common grade skills to the next grade, Valyr went ahead and begun the upgrading process with the skill that had become his main method of dealing damage ever since he distanced himself from the effects of Tidemother’s Vengeance.

n‘I have enough XP to evolve a decent number of the Common grade skills to the next grade, but would I have enough for all of them?’ As this question popped up in his mind while he looked at the prompt the system gave him, Valyr went ahead and commanded the system to show him the amount of unused XP he currently had, only for a grin to appear on his face not long after.

nDing!

nUnused XP: 6,223,836

n“Guess I was worrying for nothing.” Closing up the screen he had just brought up, Valyr let out a brief cackle before proceeding to confirm the prompt that had appeared before him earlier, allowing Basic Crimson Flame Manipulation to finally undergo the evolution process.

n“I actually have enough to evolve all of them, and then some more.”

nDing!

nYou have successfully evolved ‘Basic Crimson Flame Manipulation’ to Uncommon grade.

nThe skill ‘Basic Crimson Flame Manipulation’ has evolved to ‘Intermediate Crimson Flame Manipulation’ due to the change in grade.

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