Having spent so much time with Charles, Evan knew exactly what the guy was thinking.

"Ahem... Don't be in such a hurry. Young people should understand that there's an old saying in this other world: 'Haste makes waste.'"

"You talk as if you're not a young person."

"Alright, let's look at this first. This rune's effect is binding and locking."

Charles pointed to the first new rune and told Evan what it represented.

"By inscribing this rune and then infusing it with the user's soul power, it can resonate with other runes, thus binding the object inscribed with the rune to the user."

One of its effects is that it consumes energy to summon items that are not nearby. It's not spatial teleportation; it's flying directly there. The user has to bear the energy consumption along the way.

The second effect is that it records the user's soul fluctuations, preventing anyone other than the user from activating the other runes on this runic weapon.

This is quite good, especially for rune weapons. It can ensure that if the equipment is accidentally lost, it will not be used by anyone with ulterior motives.

However, Evan doesn't really need it. Once the Mind Armor reaches the third stage, it completely locks the user down, making it useless to anyone else.

"And this one, the effect of this rune is fusion, a rather useless rune."

Fusion, a rune that sounds very powerful, can combine the inscribed object with other substances.

However, there is a limitation: the object to be fused can only be the source that infuses power into the rune.

In other words, it can only merge with the user, and it's not a fusion between characteristics, but a direct integration of matter into the body.

For example, if you fuse with a piece of stone, your hand may become like stone, with increased hardness, but it may be unable to move or become very stiff.

There is also the possibility that some body structures are different from the original body, which may cause problems with blood transport.

"This is a total rip-off. I was so excited when I first found this thing, but now I wish I'd never even discovered it..."

At this point, Charles also sighed, thankfully he hadn't tested the rune immediately after acquiring it, but instead studied its operating mechanism.

Otherwise, he would have been the first to get infected.

In addition, there are some runes, such as the superior rune of the fire rune, Flame, which increases the upper limit of the flame temperature it produces, but also increases the consumption.

Charles collected his updated runes into another manuscript and gave it to Evan as a gift. After all, they were old friends and had fought many times, though he had never won. Their relationship was quite good.

As a return gift, Evan took out a forged Mind Armor Round Shield from the forging workshop.

"Wait, you created a mental weapon? Isn't this thing a bit too precious?"

“We already have more than one person here. More is not necessarily better. Two or three items are the limit for a person’s emotional resonance. More than that is too much for their mental capacity.”

I was already planning to incorporate mental armor into my future trading system. This is a gift between friends, but if you want more, you can exchange it for some of your better items.

Smith has recently been paving the way for Evan, who, according to the top administrator, may become the top administrator of the settlement within a few years.

Realizing some terrible possibilities regarding the darkness, Evan wanted to accelerate the strengthening of his own settlement while connecting with other settlements.

Faced with possible despair, humanity must unite its hopes.

He doesn't need to worry about his mental weapon being misused, because this equipment is his creation, forged entirely by him with his own inner fire.

So, those who know, know.

"That's right, thank you..."

Charles hadn't expected to receive such a gift, since mind armor was currently only circulating in Evan's community.

Although everyone knows that mental weapons are good things, that ordinary people can use them, that they can be used to fight against powerful beings, and that they can even evolve to unleash more power.

However, no mental weapon had ever been circulated to the outside world, and there had been no opportunity to trade it before, so he never expected that he could obtain one.

Even if it were just a shield, he could imagine its value.

"Thanks, buddy..."