"System, is this a World Rune?" Noah swallowed and asked, looking at the rune in front of him.
"Yes, Summoner. Here is the information on the World Rune."
After Noah asked, the system panel displayed the rune's information.
"World Rune: Resolve"
"A powerful rune will grant you the power of immortality!"
"The Resolve Rune will continuously enhance your physical strength and greatly boost your recovery ability."
"Summoner, please explore the rune's other powers yourself."
After Noah finished reading the information provided by the system, he was first overjoyed, then a little worried. He was overjoyed because the World Rune was an extremely powerful treasure. With this World Rune, his strength would skyrocket. His worry was also due to the World Rune being too powerful; the rune's immense power could make people lose their minds and go mad. In the background story, Brand and Ryze's master, Tyrus, both went mad because of runes.
Noah expressed his concerns to the system, which quickly responded.
"Summoner, please rest assured. The power of this Resolve Rune has been adjusted and limited by the system and will not affect the Summoner. Furthermore, as the Summoner's power increases, the rune will gradually recover its original power."
"Oh, that puts my mind at ease. Now, let me try the rune's power."
After hearing the system's explanation, Noah finally relaxed. He was also afraid of turning into Brand. Although being completely on Fire was quite cool, he still thought he looked better now. He reached out his hand towards the rune. The surrounding energy fluctuations did not harm him; instead, they made him feel a little warm. The rune floated quietly in his hand.
"The power of immortality."
Noah felt a bit emotional. He was someone who had already died once. Although he had only just recalled that memory, he still felt fear at the sensation of Death at that time. However, the rune before him possessed the power to grant him immortality. He was already impatient.
"System, how do I use the rune?"
"Summoner, please accept the rune's power with your own will."
"Will?"
Noah placed the rune on his chest, and the thought of absorbing it appeared in his mind. The Resolve Rune slowly merged into Noah's chest.
"This feeling! I feel my whole body filled with endless power!"
After the Resolve Rune merged into his body, Noah felt an infinite power emerge throughout his entire being. His body, which had already been strengthened by the Yasuo template, now felt even stronger, and he felt a continuous force enhancing his physical body.
Noah felt the Resolve Rune continuously transforming his body. He looked at his arms; the muscles were even stronger and more defined than after being enhanced by Yasuo. He felt his body was more than twice as strong as before. Noah touched the muscles on his body.
"Let's try the power of the Resolve Rune." Noah had just begun to interact with the rune and didn't know how to use it yet, but he could try to develop it by thinking of the rune's powers in the game, such as Grasp of Immortality.
Noah thought to himself, he clenched his fist, and with a thought, a powerful rune power directly enveloped his fist. He then swung his fist towards the nearby table. But after he swung it, he suddenly remembered that this was his bedroom.
A burst of energy erupted with Noah's fist. This was after Noah had realized his destructive behavior midway and pulled back his strength.
"Boom!"
The table instantly shattered, along with the surrounding floor and chairs, sending wood and dust flying everywhere.
"Cough, cough~" Noah waved his hand, fanning away the dust in front of him. He suddenly felt like a husky. He had destroyed his home when testing Yasuo, and now he had done it again.
Noah continued to mobilize the rune power. The energy attack just now was performed by thinking of Grasp of Immortality to operate the rune power. Therefore, when he used the Resolve Rune's energy attack, he had a feeling that he could absorb the life essence of living beings. This should be the effect of Grasp of Immortality, which can increase vitality.
Now he wanted to try other rune powers: the other two Resolve keystone runes, Guardian and Aftershock, as well as the Brutal Strength rune, Resistance rune, and Vitality rune. Although these were game settings, Noah could develop the Resolve Rune's power based on these runes.
Rune power surged from Noah's body, then circled around him. Under Noah's control, the energy now enveloped him like a shield. Noah felt this was the power of Aftershock, but also like the power of Guardian, because he felt he could burst this shield to cause damage, and also grant the same shield to other people or objects. With a thought, the furniture in front of him was enveloped by the same rune energy.
The power of the Resistance rune (Conditioning, Resurrection Wind, Bone Plating) and the Vitality rune (Overgrowth, Revitalize, Unflinching) was directly manifested in him. He felt his body becoming stronger every moment.
He didn't dare to test the power of Explosion because he felt he could directly collapse the house. Font of Life should allow him to heal others with the rune's power, but there was no one around him right now, so he couldn't test that idea. Of course, he also considered testing it on himself, but he felt that even if he made a cut now, it would be instantly healed by Resurrection Wind.
Noah had already felt the power of the World Rune. After calming his excited mood, he suddenly thought of another question: with such powerful energy from the World Rune, would the energy fluctuations from the rune's emergence just now be detected by powerful beings like the Ancient One or Odin?
Noah asked the system about this.
"Summoner, please rest assured. The system has already eliminated the World Rune's energy fluctuations; no one will detect the rune's power."
"Oh, that puts my mind at ease. But it's still a bit fantastical, gaining immortality right at the start." Noah looked at his body, feeling a little emotional. He had just awakened his memories and gained the buff of immortality; it was too wonderful, like a dream.
"But first, let's check the mission system."
Noah felt very strong now and needed to find something to test his abilities. Moreover, if he obtained another 2000 essence, he could do another ten consecutive draws. He had to immediately take on missions and earn essence fiercely.
He clicked on the mission panel, but the next moment he was a bit confused because the panel was empty, with nothing on it. This made Noah's restless heart calm down instantly, and he decided to ask the system first.
"System, please explain how to accept missions. Why is it empty now?"
"Summoner, the system will now introduce the mission system to you."
"Missions are generated by the system scanning events around the Summoner, or they can be specified by the Summoner and then judged by the system for their mission level."
"Mission levels are divided into A, B, and C."
"The higher the level, the richer the reward."
"System starting scan…. Scan complete. Summoner, please check."
"Okay, let me check first."
Noah clicked on the summon panel again, and this time it was no longer empty. The panel displayed several C-level missions and one B-level mission. Noah first looked at the C-level missions and found them to be of similar types.
"C-level Mission: Discipline the Local Thugs ①"
"C-level Mission: Discipline the Local Thugs ②"
There were several missions about disciplining thugs. Don't ask why there were so many thugs around, because this was Manhattan. In Marvel's Manhattan, there was a place called Hell's Kitchen, a very chaotic area. Coincidentally, Noah's residence was a bit close to Hell's Kitchen, so the surrounding public order was relatively poor at night.
After finishing the C-level missions, Noah turned to the B-level mission.
"B-level Mission: A certain superhero is in crisis and needs someone to rescue him."
"Superhero? Who could it be? Could it be Daredevil?"
After reading this mission, Noah immediately chose to accept it. He also wanted to see which superhero needed help. This was the first Marvel superhero he was about to encounter, and he was still a little excited. Oh, he might also meet a certain villain, after all, someone who could put a superhero in crisis.
"Alright, let's go!"