"So how do we exactly grow stronger using these items anyways?" Asked Rita. "I do know we can increase our maximum Mana by overusing it and letting it regenerate, and also we can strengthen our bodies by letting Mana flow freely around our body for a long while But how do we exactly improve our magical power to reach the next Tiers and so on?"

"Wow Rita, I can't believe you said all of that in a row, I am quite proud of you." I felt moved.

"W-What's wrong with me getting a bit more serious?!" Rita felt slightly offended. "Well are you explaining or what?"

"I am tired of explaining stuff so Elayne, you explain them." The Great Spirit sighed.

"Yeah, yeah~" I smiled. "So anyways, you know how our Magic Circles have Runes And Circles, right? Depending in the number of circles within your Magic Circle, your Tiers will improve, from one to two, and from two to three, four, five, and so on..."

As I explained, Mark and Rita remained in silence listening as if they were my students.

"So anyways, how do we get into that? Well, through forging of Runes! Our Magic Circles need a certain amount of Runes to increase their Rank and then reach the next one. Each Tier or "Circle" has ten phases, each one made out of a certain amount of Runes. So if we want to reach Tier 2, we'll need to first get through ten different Ranks."

"I see, it is like earning EXP and Leveling I suppose." Mark quickly translated it into game-like terms

"Yeah I guess that works." I nodded.

"Hmm, well, can you know how many runes do we have?" Rita wondered.

"Close your eyes and concentrate, as you feel your own mana inside of your heart and the magic circle, you can see how many runes you have. To reach Tier 1 Rank 2, we need 200 Runes." I explained.

Both of them did as I explained them and were quickly capable of accurately telling how many Runs they had and in which Tier and Rank they were.

"It's true I somehow can tell." Mark said. "I currently have around 80 Runes, 40 are Fire Runes and 40 are Nature Runes. Did the Great Spirit forge these?"

"Yep! And each Rune is not just that, they also compose the spells engraved in your magic circles. So while you grow stronger, you will naturally improve your magic spells as well, or get brand new ones too." I said. "For example I have one hundred Spirit Runes, these are special Runes which compose every element each. I was able to get this because of my strong connection with my Arcadia's Avatar, with this, I can conjure tons of Nature and Spirit Magic Spells!"

"Yeah you're already cheating the game and this isn't even a game" Rita sighed. "I also have 80 Runes and they're all Darkness/Shadows."

"Interesting, is it possible to get more elements by engraving new runes of other elements?" Asked Mark.

"Yeah its possible." The Great Spirit said. "But I don't recommend it if that was so easy Elemental Affinities wouldn't even matter, right? You won't receive the best effect and it will be overall pretty weak, better to specialize and create many spells for your single element instead of trying to use everything."

"I guess that's for the better for now." Mark agreed.

"Alright! So anyways, how do we exactly forge runes, and how do we use these crystals for that?" Asked Rita.

"Well, this is a special magic circle that uses materials, which will grant us an incredible quantity of Mana, enough for us to forge more Runes very quickly. You're supposed to do this over time slowly, but nobody's going to do that, right?" I said. "Drinking MP Potions works too but the problem is that your belly's eventually going to get full with two of them, and that can barely do much."

"Also, these magic circles specialize on Rune Forging, so they're extra special and better than anything anybody could ever offer you in this world." The Great Spirit said with a cocky smirk. "Anyways, let's not waste any more time already!"

Like that, we quickly began creating the magic circles using the many materials we had. We used a specialized liquid made out of Hollow Mud, the dust of one of their Hollow Crystals, Monster Blood, and my own Blood Sap for extra magical prowess, and used them to paint the new magic circles.

After a few minutes, we were ready, each node had purified hollow crystals as well as monster cores which we had saved. Once it was activated, all three of us began utilizing our magic circles. The biggest Hollow Crystal was from the D Rank Hollow Legion, which was connected to all three magic circles and had insane amounts of Mana inside.

FLUOOOOSH!

"I can feel so much Mana flowing into my body, this is insane!" Mark was surprised.

"With this much I am already beginning to forge runes automatically!" Rita felt amazed.

"Don't make a ruckus! Let's concentrate and do this as quickly and efficiently as possible, let's not waste a single drop of this Mana!" I said.

We spent the next three hours, the total duration of the magic circles, forging runes across our magic circles. The sensation was rather interesting, it was a bit electrifying, and fuzzy as well. By closing my eyes, I could see the Mana concentrating and turning into new Runes.

With the Spiritual Energy of the Great Spirit helping me, I made each Rune into a Spirit Rune instead, and slowly yet steadily, I ended making hundreds of them, one by one, emerging like sparks of light across my magic circle, like stars in the middle of the night sky.

FLASH! FLASH! FLAAASH!

Once we were finished, our Mana capacity had increased way more, and we felt our magic spells were also stronger, magical auras began overflowing from our bodies, representing our elements.

"Well done! What you've awakened right now are called [Elemental Auras] and they begin emerging naturally once you hit Tier 1 Rank 5! We're already more than halfway through our current goal!" The Great Spirit celebrated.

Currently, I had a bit over 500 Spiritual Runes, and the changes were as clear as water, as I could see countless tiny spirits flying all around us!