Ever since meeting McDougal, Albert found it hard to believe how drastically his campus life had changed.
Delving too deeply into the secrets of runes had taken a toll on Albert’s brain, manifesting as a persistent sense of lethargy over the past few days. However, this high-intensity workload did have its benefits. His experience points in the Ancient Runes skill were skyrocketing at an astonishing rate; in less than half a month, they had surged by nearly 1,000 points.
Most importantly, Albert felt he was nearing the thing he wanted most: the true method for utilizing Ancient Runes that McDougal had spoken of. If he leveled his Ancient Runes skill to level 3, he might be able to grasp that knowledge in a short time, but Albert preferred to spend more time on it. Even if he leveled the skill up directly, the knowledge gained would still require a long time to digest. Moreover, pouring a massive amount of experience into a skill at once was a significant burden on his experience pool, and Albert would not risk it. To him, upgrading a skill directly to level 2 was within his current threshold, and he only did so for practical skills. The experience in his pool was not just reserved for leveling; it was also his greatest safety net and contingency. To have only outflows and no inflows was certainly not a good thing.
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