He used a similar way to deal with the Rune as Syra had done before with Nivlek's, but instead of using just Spirit Mana, he used all the Elements. So he had Spirit, Light, Air, and Fire used through his Mana Pool, and Dark, Water, and Earth through Mana Gems of his staff, who had the design to focus only on the Dark and Water.
He already had his INT boosted, and he used all the Mana he had stored on his new ring, which was Dark and Water Element, since those two were the hardest to grow and control for him for now. He tried to balance the different Elements, but not by amount, but by 'weight, 'which he had understood more since he grew, and continued checking his Mana Tree.
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