Gaming Sword Magician

Chapter 135: Becoming an inscriptionist (a)

Whittaker pulled out the red inkpot from his [Seven Element Inking Set]. When he gazed at it, Noah notified,

[Blood inkpot

Type: Flame

Rank: High-quality

Effect: Can be used to draw flame magic rune]

"Let's start!"

The Yin-Yang heavenly brush appeared in his hand and he dipped it into the flame-type inkpot then after three seconds, he pulled it out and started drawing a flame-type magical rune on the talisman paper.

In his vision, the scene of Elder Zachary sketching the Flame Wave rune one line at a time played. He followed his actions to create the design of the basic fire type "Fire Wave" magical rune.

The creation of a magical rune design depended on the exceptional memory of a person and control over the movements of hands. Whittaker had the first but lacked in the second. He didn't have exceptional control over his hands.

Anyhow, half of the magical rune design is quickly inscribed on the talisman, and the young boy could feel the heat emitting out of the lines.

"This looks easy," He beamed a smile while thinking that he was about to create a talisman for the very first time in his life. 

The process seemed to be going smoothly, hence Whittaker thought it is easy to become an Inscriptionist; However, he was wrong as his rune design that seemed perfect in his eyes, was too shaky. It was bound to end up in a failure.

Whittaker wasn't Elder Zachary and he couldn't complete a magical rune design in a single stroke. His brush was empty of ink before he could complete the design.

Quickly, he dipped the brush into flame blood inkpot and continued. The fire element converged into the talisman as Scarlet lines were drawn on it, one after another. 

Several minutes after, Whittaker finished with inscribing the Fire wave magical rune design on the talisman.

"Shaa that!" Instantly, the talisman was set on fire as it started burning and Whittaker rushed to the bathroom, throwing the flaming talisman into the water tub. 

[The Guardian has failed to inscribe the magical rune design!]

"Noah, am I a failure?" Whittaker felt disheartened at failing his first attempt at creating a talisman.

Guardian, don't be sad. Most inscriptionist takes several months or more than a year to even memorize a single rune design. Plus, they need several years to learn the technique of inscribing magical rune designs on a talisman paper. Even Elder Zachary needed six months to create his first-ever talisman. Furthermore, he had honed his calligraphy skills for three years, took another three to memorize twenty basic-level rune designs before announcing himself as an inscriptionist. Right after, he went to the talisman hall to take the formal test and become a talisman master. In simple words, he became a talisman master after training for six years and six month Noah notified the sullen boy.

But with the help of his exceptional memory, he memorized dozens of magical rune designs within a few minutes.

Finally, he concluded that he wasn't bad at inscribing rune designs. Rather, he was extraordinary, if nothing else.

Hearing Noah's word, Whittaker understood that he wasn't the only one who failed while creating a talisman for the first time, hence his mood brightened up and he said,

"Thank you, Noah. I will keep on training until I inscribe the flame wave rune design on the talisman paper, even if I had to spend the entire night training!"

Quickly, he took out another piece of talisman, dipped his heavenly Yin-Yang brush in the red inkpot, mixed the hairs of the brush with the flame element blood, and started to draw the flame Wave rune design on the talisman paper.

...

Five tries later,

Sha Sha!

As soon as he completed the Fire Wave design, the talisman paper was instantly set on fire and he was hit by a burnt smell suddenly.

Cough, Cough! While coughing, Whittaker used his hand to cover his mouth and nose to block the black smoke from entering his body through the nostril or the mouth. All the while, he was running towards the bathtub. 

Throwing the blazing talisman paper inside the bathtub filled to the brim with clear water that was slowly but surely turning murky, he exhaled a breath of relief.

"Why do I keep on failing, again and again?" Whittaker was shocked. This was probably the biggest hurdle he had faced in his entire life.

He had continuously failed five-time to inscribe even a low-tier Flame Wave design and his hopeful, smiling face turned ugly at the result. 

"Noah, where did it go wrong. I followed the same actions Elder Zachary took and the magic rune design is exactly the same. Could it be that I need to complete it within a certain time limit?" Whittaker dispiritedly analyzed the mistakes he might have made during the inscribing process.

Ding!

There's no rule to complete a design within a certain time limit. The Guardian failed because you have used more than the required flame blood, which caused the design to become unstable and the paper to burn into ashes. Moreover, your Flame Wave design is extremely shaky

Noah notified the reason for failure to the young snowy-haired boy, who has been wondering about the reason for his five failed attempts at creating a talisman.

"So it's because of using an excess amount of flame blood. But what do you mean by my design being shaky?" Whittaker exclaimed. In his eyes, every line was drawn exclusively so how could that be one of the valid reasons.

Normal eyes won't be able to detect the momentary detail but once Guardian utilizes Devansha eyes, you will find out how much shaky your design is!

Once he used Devansha's eyes, Whittaker was shocked. The design which he thought was perfect seemed like a massive colony of an ant. It may seem straightforward but there were various curves and bumps to it.

"I will probably have to train for months to become an inscriptionist!" Whittaker muttered after realizing the reason for his failure.

Ding! There's no need for that!

Suddenly, Noah's monotone voice rang beside Whittaker's ear.