Runes were incredibly difficult to learn, comprehend, and properly master.
According to Steve, most ordinary Evolvers would spend an enormous amount of time mastering even a single Rune, and some would never succeed at all.
And before Frost could even worry about mastering one, there was the first obstacle.
He needed knowledge of a Rune in the first place.
Usually, that meant obtaining a Rune Tome containing the knowledge and understanding necessary to begin learning a specific Rune.
Acquire the tome, absorb its knowledge, and understand that knowledge.
Then somehow put that understanding into practice. And even after doing all of that, there was no guarantee of success.
A person still needed sufficient inherent talent and enough astral energy to actually invoke the Rune.
Frost stared blankly at the ceiling.
"It's obstacle after obstacle..."
He sighed for what felt like the hundredth time today.
Still, Harod had offered them an opportunity.
