He Who Hunts Demons Chapter 24: 24-Baseborn Echelon

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Transcendent: Elmer Hills. Pathway: [ ] Echelon: Baseborn (Inept). Level: 8. Type: Agility. Primal Trait: Hunter. Characteristics: Night Vision. Stealth. Tracking. Game Call. Marksman. Danger Sense. Primal Skill: Shriek. Technique: [ ] Essence Core Digestion: 0% The sight of the golden words hovering before my eyes instantly reminded me of the words I’d seen in the Dreamscape, only different in that the one I was looking at now was longer, more detailed, and seemed to be focusing on what I already was than what I had become. I glanced through every single word, and I was only able to understand a few things. The rest threw me into a world of confusion, which was further intensified when I had a sudden thought pertaining to how exactly I could even make out the words. They appeared to me as Royish, but Martha had specifically stated that they were written in Runic, the supernatural language. That was a language I had never learned. The recollection of my failures to read the runes on my bullets and charms was enough proof of that. Then the words became distorted. For a second they shifted into symbols I recognized as runes, and unreadable, before returning to Royish. I jerked back with a frown. “I’m sure you must be confused, but that’s normal,” Martha said and I glanced at her. She had shifted a few steps back from my desk, standing with a slight lean to her side as she rested a hand on her waist. “You have no knowledge of Runic Language, but your essence core in conjunction with your ether body doesn’t care about that. The supernatural doesn’t discriminate.” My brows pulled down slightly. It wasn’t my frown that had given off the idea that I couldn’t read and understand Runic Language to Martha, it was simply as a result of the general profiling that came with assuming peasants lacked the ability of sophistication in most areas. Or maybe I was just seeing too much into things? Well, to be honest, I’d answered wrongly about a minute ago when she’d asked me to define what runes were. That could be a factor. And there was also the possibility that lessons on the Runic Language were so hard to come by that it was not only peasants who found it hard to learn but even those higher up in the hierarchy who had no business with the supernatural. It was a spiritual language after all. But I highly doubted that. There were a lot of things hidden from the masses, but demons and how they could be defeated weren’t one of them. I was certain anyone who shared a moderate amount of interest in the world of the supernatural would have an idea of the Runic Language., especially considering every single charm circulating in the bowels of Fitzroy were engraved with runes. Martha noticed my frown and her brows jumped up. She then sighed and shook her head. “Pardon,” she said. “That was insensitive of me. Do you know how to read runes?” Her apology and question confirmed that my first thought was correct. She had profiled me as a peasant who couldn’t afford to obtain lessons in such sophisticated languages. Regardless, I couldn’t blame her. Peasants did lack access to such things. “No,” I said. She nodded. “All right. Well, there’s no need to beat yourself up about it. Your runic projections will always appear in the language your mind is more associated with. This is due to your ether body translating the runic projections on your behalf. However, if you learn the runic language, it will always present itself as such.” I would have very much liked to learn the language, but I recalled the price tag set on it in the black market and I shuddered in response. But then I was reminded that I was an Iron Eagle now. Surely this had to be one of the benefits of joining the organization, right? “I want to learn,” I said. “Is it possible?” Martha smiled. “Very much so,” she said. “Well, technically, we shouldn’t be able to grant you the means to learn it, since our recruits should already have passed a course on it in the institution. But considering you’re