Book 2, Chapter 213

Ogre’s Battle

Richard found no problem with crafting an elementary strength rune, even with his mana depleted. The only adverse effect was that the boost would be slightly lower than normal.

The rune he was currently working on was meant for Medium Rare, and would raise the ogre’s might greatly. Runes weren’t limited to humans: elves, dwarves, gnomes… any race with adequate intelligence could use them with only minor adjustments. Even some powerful magic beasts could use runes, an example being the mounts of rune knights.

However, few people in history had crafted runes for ogres and barbarians, even for elementary runes. Most runemasters in history had come from humans and elves, and with the elven empires...