Return of the Legendary Runesmith-Chapter 69 - 68- His armament(1)

"How could he be taken away when we heard nothing?" Allen had a severe frown on his face as he walked alongside others.

They were finally back in the academy.

Adrian was kidnapped, and Ariana, along with Elana, went to search for him, the latter leaving the site without anyone’s permission.

However, the others were told to return to the academy by the Headmistress.

Now that they were walking down the concrete path, Allen realized that they were fooled.

"They, most probably, chanted a barrier around the carriage to keep us in the dark." Aries, unusually serious, responded in a solemn voice.

"They even created a distraction for the Headmistress so she doesn’t come in the way. Masterplan..." Hayden added, and despite him taking their enemy’s side, no one said anything against it since they, indeed, had used quite a good tactic.

"What do you think? Who could it be?" Thalia asked no one in particular.

"Isn’t it obvious? The Acolytes." Aries responded in a matter-of-fact tone since magic only can be exploited so independently by them.

Chanting an explosion in a faraway town, then appearing before the carriage and taking away the Professor without making a noise...this was something only a high-ranking Acolyte could achieve.

But, "Acolytes don’t require armaments to chant magic...why would they abduct a runesmith?" Sylvie raised a question that betrayed the belief they had built.

"...she’s right. Either it was a highly trained warrior, which is mostly unlikely, or a non-believer working with Acolytes." Allen revealed his thoughts.

Although all of them were worried, none of them could do anything about it other than to guess what could have happened to him.

However, there was a certain someone in the group who had already decided to take the help of her family and rescue Adrian.

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It took him some time, but Adrian returned to his senses and stared at the ceiling.

...something disastrous happened. He failed.

For the first time ever since he landed in this world, he failed while performing a live tuning.

It was not only the physical but also the emotional damage that he received.

’I didn’t even have the complete knowledge, so it was understandable...’ Consoling himself, Adrian asked the system, "Thanks for pulling me here, but how would I save myself once you throw me back out?"

He could still see the timer in the corner of his vision, and once it reached 00:00, Adrian would be facing several Acolytes and a mad chimpanzee.

Talking about Munrow, that memory he saw actually shook Adrian. He...had a traumatic past, which explains why he always hated Acolytes so much and killed them indiscriminately in the past

However, after being thrown out of the org, he was working with those same people whom he hated from the deepest depth of his heart.

The first experience of memory reading was quite traumatizing, even for Adrian, not only because of what he saw, but also because of the ugly failure he faced for the first time.

A cruel lesson he learned today.

[Considering the host’s situation, the host would be connected to a being on the server of the cross-dimensional group chat.]

[Connecting....]

Adrian’s eyes widened as he hurriedly asked, "You are connecting me with someone who is not from this world? Will they help me?"

[Every member on the server can ask for each other’s help only in exchange for something of similar importance.]

"So, kind of barter? Hmm, so I have to provide them with armaments?"

[Most likely.]

That didn’t sound too hard, but to tune a weapon, he needed the person to be here...’ Wait...am I going to meet some strange entity here?’ Suddenly, the darkness around him started to feel slightly threatening as he sat near the books and waited.

After five or so minutes, the system notified him,

[Server connected.]

[Warning: Don’t discuss personal information or anything regarding the real world during the chat, or they will be censored.]

[Name: Forgelet.]

Adrian’s brows elevated...what kind of name is that?

[XXXXX Is that you? Hey, is that you?!]

He read a few words appearing on the system screen, but it seemed it wasn’t the system interacting with him.

’System, why are there hidden characters?’ Adrian asked, but even after waiting for a few seconds,, there was no response.

Deciding to use the opportunity to gain some help, he talked back, "Um...can I ask for your help?"

[You need my help? That’s strange ... and why do you sound so distant? Just say it.]

Adrian was now confused... Was he close to the person? No, he wasn’t. Then...the previous owner of the body... no way. He never had anything like a system and all.

[XXXX? Are you there?]

Another message broke his daze as Adrian hurriedly asked, "I need to deal with seven Acolytes and a strong weapon-wielder who has an affinity with Gravity.... Can you provide me with something to deal with them?"

Adrian confessed everything honestly, since this person, Forgelet, was his only ray of hope, so they must be aware of the situation.

[Hmm...]

The other person seemed to be thinking, and Adrian didn’t disturb them and waited silently.

After not so long, they said,

[I have just the perfect weapon for you! If you are dealing with magicians, you can deal with them from a long range. And the weapon wielder won’t be a problem.]

As those words disappeared, a box appeared before Adrian out of nowhere.

Adrian slowly lifted the lid...and was stunned.

Inside the box was a...gun...

A six-chamber vintage revolver, to be precise, with a small box of bullets beside it.

’What the heck...’ Adrian picked up the revolver, and its weight clearly signified that it was real...a real fu*king gun!

’Am I back in the Stat-...?’

Another message popped up, breaking his train of thought,

[There are thirty-six bullets without any runes. You can choose any rune to build over it.]

Adrian was amazed... Could he build any runes on them? For real?

[As for my payment, it seems you haven’t recovered your memories yet, so I’ll hold onto it for now.]

Adrian blinked in surprise....memories? What memories.

[The connection has been discontinued.]

Adrian heaved a sigh...he couldn’t even ask the person.

Well, he got something useful.

’Let’s create a game changer.’

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A/N:- Thanks for reading.