About twelve hours had passed since Cain had locked himself in his private workspace. He had been doing a lot of work, preparing all the materials he was going to use for crafting.
Night had already fallen, but Cain was not aware, as the basement didn't have any windows, only vents. The whole place was illuminated by fluorescent light bulbs, making it bright enough for Cain not to need any more lights to be able to read the tome.
All the parts that Cain had just read through was just the introductory part of the tome, as well as the index for herbs, gems, special stones, ores, creatures and devils.
He placed the tome on a table, and opened up to to a certain section he kept bookmarked, which was the section that introduced Runecraft. Ha tinge of nostalgia washed over him as he began reading...
Once he was done, he closed his eyes and thought to himself,