Basic skill of Gravity Rune: Weight Increase.
Increases the gravity on an object.
A weapon enchanted with this will apply a “weight increase” debuff to any solid it hits, making it heavier for a short time.
To Torina’s perception, the weight increase debuff only lasts for an instant, just at the moment of impact, and disappears immediately after separation.
If she becomes more skilled in the future, it might last longer.
It doesn’t matter; even if it only makes the opponent’s weapon, equipment, or part of their body heavier for an instant, it can create a significant opening in intense combat.
“And the downside is obvious… First, unless you can increase the duration of the weight increase in the future, this is very much a first-strike kill.
If the opponent is prepared in advance, it won’t be easy.”
“Yeah, I can see that.”
“And secondly, this skill can’t be used recklessly.
For example, if the opponent uses a heavy sword to perform a downward slash on you, and you use an enchanted sword to block it, it will make their heavy sword even heavier, thus increasing the power of the downward slash.”
“You need to calmly analyze the battle situation…”
“Anyway, let’s practice first.
First, achieve the ability to quickly enchant during battle and be able to end the enchantment at any time.”
Torina and Milora analyzed the gravity enchantment together, studied its usage, and tactics, and continuously familiarized themselves with the characteristics of gravity during sparring.
By the way, Torina’s hem brushed against Milora’s sword multiple times afterward, revealing more than once, so Torina simply stopped covering up—resulting in Milora’s movements becoming more and more erratic.
“Milora, what’s wrong with you? Your movements are all over the place.”
“Torina, you… they’re so big… it’s making me dizzy…”
“??”
Just like that, a day passed, and it was soon evening, but Milora was still not satisfied.
(Note: It’s not that she’s not satisfied from looking at Lai Lai, but from practicing skills.)
“I feel like I’m gradually becoming more skilled!”
“How did you get so skilled~”
“Because you teach well.”
“You can’t catch the joke… Speaking of which, can you only increase gravity? Can you decrease gravity? Like making something you hit lighter?”
“Decreasing weight is just reversing the weight increase, right? I’ll give it a try.”
Milora held her breath, gently caressing the short sword while muttering something, which sounded like she was reciting the weight increase rune backward, and then—
“Take this!”
“Wow~”
The moment Torina blocked with her sword, she clearly felt the sword become lighter, but her swordsmanship was originally focused on being swift and sharp, so the sword becoming lighter only made her stronger.
“See, Milora, when facing an opponent like me, making the weapon lighter only puts you at a disadvantage—”
“Hey!”
“!?”
Milora swung her sword again, this time the blade brushed against Torina’s skirt.
Her skirt immediately floated up against gravity, like Marilyn Monroe standing over a vent.
“Ah~~~! Milora, you pervert!”
“But you have anti-exposure technology underneath! Even if the skirt floats up, all you see is a mysterious shadow!”
“Pervert~~~~~~! I want to see yours too!”
“Eek!? Ah! Don’t, don’t tickle me! My thighs are ticklish! Ugh…”
Basic skill of Gravity Rune: Weight Decrease
Opposite to weight increase, it reduces the gravity on an object.
The range and duration are the same as weight increase.
Later, the third opening of the labyrinth also ended, and Patty returned.
She really had no fate with runes, coming back empty-handed all three times.
But she brought back a piece of explosive news.
“Torina, it seems like the Star Rune you mentioned was obtained by someone else.”
“Eh?”
“When I was wandering in the labyrinth, I saw a silver-white light shooting straight into the sky in the central area, sparkling beautifully.
After coming out, I heard from others that it was a phenomenon caused by the legendary strongest rune symbolizing the stars, but no one knows who got it.”
“This…”
Torina’s heart sank.
“A light shooting straight into the sky”… Making such a big commotion, it must be someone who achieved a high resonance with the rune.
Achieving high resonance proves that the person got a head start in the past few days—most likely during the first labyrinth exploration.
So the question arises.
Did that person get the Star Rune before Milora purely by luck, or was there another reason?
She looked back at Milora, who also had a serious expression, realizing that things were a bit tricky.
“In other words, I will inevitably have to fight that person later… using the Gravity Rune against the Star Rune.”
“Yeah… but don’t put too much pressure on yourself, just do your best and leave the rest to fate—”
“—Isn’t it exciting? A destined confrontation! Just like in epic stories!”
Milora inexplicably got fired up.
She never gets discouraged by a strong enemy, only more enthusiastic.
Is this some passive skill of Feng Aotian?
“I’ve already got the basics of enchanting down! What other skills are there? Give me a direction!” Milora eagerly asked, hugging Torina’s arm, her perfectly sized and elastic C-cup pressing against her, feeling great.
“Next is the simple ‘diffusion,’ which is spreading the power of the rune into the surrounding space… When you’re just starting to learn, it’s best to use a medium like a rune sword to cast, like this.”
Torina stepped back a bit, letting the lightning rune attach to the blade, and stabbed the sword into the ground, creating a circular area with flickering electricity centered around herself.
“I can apply ‘electrified’ or ‘paralyzed’ abnormal states to enemies stepping into this field.
The effect isn’t as strong as direct contact, but it can still serve as support.”
“So, if I learn it too, I can apply weight increase or decrease effects to enemies in a small area, or even directly apply pressure with gravity from a distance…”
“Yes, so give it a try, doesn’t it sound cool?”
“Yeah!”
“Let me teach you hand in hand, come~”
Torina hugged Milora from behind, guiding her hand holding the sword closely, making Milora’s face blush, sticking close~
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While Torina and Milora were practicing their sword skills in a flirty manner—
Anna-veil was practicing her spear and rune alone in the wasteland outside the city.
“Take this!!!!”
Her spear—Cassius’ Spear danced like a silver snake, sometimes thrusting, sometimes sweeping, sometimes lifting, bursting with the star power of the rune at the moment of attack and retraction, each strike causing a series of brilliant explosions.
In just a few days, her combat power had increased by more than one level compared to before.
This wasn’t just the power of the Star Rune, but also because of the system’s assistance.
[Very good, very good, you’ve learned the ‘Corvos Style Spearmanship’ I taught you very quickly]
The system expressed satisfaction.
[This spear technique emphasizes the combination of technique and magic release, and since you’ve already laid a solid foundation before, you can use it directly]
“Yeah, it’s indeed impressive.”
Even the usually stubborn Anna-veil had to admit it.
[See, as long as you follow my guidance, you can easily make progress, and in the future, only victory, victory, and victory await you]
“Yeah…”
Victory, victory, victory.
Clearly, it’s victory, but why… does she always feel like she’s already lost?
