Tiles

"Well, the part where you said that I wouldn't be able to know which challenge the tile will pose might be a little incorrect. Actually, very incorrect," he replied.

"Even my generation lost the meaning of these runes. How will someone from such a backward empire be able to understand them?" Nefrati was shocked that he could understand the runes. Based on everything she knew about Leo, the impression she had was very far from this.

Since he didn't even have a master being this talented and wasn't a noble either, she assumed he was incredibly poor. Being incredibly poor, he wouldn't have any access to any resources. How was he supposed to learn something as rare as runes in a backward empire in those conditions?

"Well, I wouldn't call my empire backward. I think we just lost some techniques because of the power of time. Anyway, I can read the runes so I know what's coming," he said.