"How- How do you-" Enan opened his mouth in shock, he was feeling unbelievable, he had no idea how Kale knew it, because even his own son, daughter and wife came to know about it just a while ago.
Kale just smiled and didn't reply.
'Idiot, did he think I will just blindly enter his house? My Ghost Spirits were here way before me, you were the one who told them all this while filling your belly,' Kale laughed inwardly.
The greatest benefits of Ghost Spirits were not their offensive or defensive ability, it was always about their auxiliary abilities, a normal person like Enan couldn't see them even at Tier 4, Kale was sure of it after he saw that Ajin and Mikol were completely oblivious to their existence back then.
"Old man, didn't I tell you? My speciality is in information collection, as long as two people know something, I will know it, from the time you wake up from your bed to the time you sleep… No, how you remain awake until midnight, I know all of it hahaha…" Kale gave him a mocking smile.
This time, Enan was more shocked than angry. His eyes subconsciously scanned through the things in the room, he was wondering if there was something that let his words reach Kale's years 'Is he using the so-called transmitters made using science? No, I'm sure no such equipment would work in my region, unless they use Psychonic energy but I don't sense any energy fluctuations around, hmmm… Did Valart give me out? Or the letter was read by someone else… Whatever the reason, I will think of it later, for now…'
"My son has nothing to do with our deals, leave him out," Enan said in a bad tone.
"Nothing to do with it? Was it me who killed Vivie in the dungeon? Hahaha, I was just kidding, why are you so angry, I only offered to travel together nothing else, it's just I will feel much safer if such talented noble blood is there to protect me," Kale said.
'That's bullshit, he has the backer that can kill Tier 4 so why would he even need others to support, he has some hidden agenda for taking Dale,' Enan thought.
Kale saw him being quiet and added "By any chance, are you thinking that why someone like me who has the means to slay a group lead by Tier 4 needs other people to accompany me on my way? Are you getting old too fast? If I take them with me then who would keep a watch on you in case you try something funny,"
Enan's eyelids twitched, he easily bought Kale's words because they seem reasonable, if Kale took all his team to the trip then it would be like giving one more chance to Enan for killing them all at once.
"No matter the reason, my son is the only heir I have, I have decided that he will stay out of our business, change this condition, I can't agree to this," Enan said in a firm tone.
Kale looked at him then put down his spoon "Hmm, I see, you don't want him to go with us, but you know what, I have also decided to take one noble blood from your family to accompany me, if you want me to change the third condition then as an alternative let your daughter go with us as his fiancé, oh actually, I don't mind if it's Lady Serene that is accompanying me either,"
Thump!
Enan slammed his hand on the table as soon as Kale finished speaking, the surface of the table cracked and several utensils flipped in the air.
Kale lifted his plate in time calmly then placed it back when the vibrations were over. He then picked up the last piece of steak using the fork and placed it in his mouth, chewing it without a care in the world.
He then wiped oil on his lips using a handkerchief and drank a mouthful of wine, Kale then looked at Enan who was staring at him with raging eyes "So what's your choice out of the three?"
Enan took a deep breath then spoke "You… Can go together, but if something happened to him, I swear on the name of Volt Family, we will become eternal enemy,"
"Of course, the trip was around three days later if I remember, so until then, we will be staying here just in case, I guess this big mansion of Lord Enan should be able to easily hold a few small guests for three days," Kale said as he stood up from his chair.
Enan was not in the mood to argue anymore, he nodded in agreement.
***
A while later, at the leftmost side of the mansion.
Kale and the group were standing in front of the unused guestrooms near the pond.
"That jackass, why did he have to give the rooms so far away here, there should be also rooms near the rightmost part," Kale muttered in dissatisfaction.
'It's because his wife and daughter live in the rightmost part,' Elza inwardly thought but didn't say it out loud.
"Anyway, now that we have some free time, let's shape the growth route for you three too," Kale said as he looked at Elza, Xaxa and Zalie.
Fynn's body slightly shook, he remembered the time Kale gave him the same offer and he chose those martial arts, his look towards the three women contained slight pity.
***
Two days later…
Town Lord Mansion, Guestroom.
It was a big room that was once filled with luxurious furniture and decorations that showed the pride of nobility, but right now, all the furniture including bed, chair, tables, etc…, were pushed to the four corners of the room like trash.
Because of that, the room was now highly spacious, a boy with long silvery-white hairs was meditating in the centre of the room, at first look, everything will look normal but if one was careful enough they would notice that, although the boy was sitting cross-legged, his legs weren't actually touching the ground, his body was floating a few centimetres above the floor.
It was Kale, right now, he was activating ‹Earth Magnet› and cultivating at the same time.
Theoretically, this level of control was already enough for him to be taken as Tri-Star Mage because ‹Earth Magnet› was one of the hardest spells to control after activation at Tier 2.
A Tier 2 Spell which can make someone fly, such a spell was same as having Tier 2 Mythical Grade Equipment if compared, but it was still only taken as same as Tier 2 Epic Grade Equipment in comparison.
The reason? It was because theoretically the spell was highly beneficial but it was very hard to control in practical use.
The spells that could allow one to grow Mana wings to fly were way simpler compared to it in real battles.
It was not easy to make quick turns, retreat and stop when using ‹Earth Magnet›. The reason Sanae gave him that was not because it was a rare spell, it was so that Kale could learn to balance himself and his patience increase while trying to learn this spell.
Balance, patience and calm mind are the main qualities every Plant Mage and Pharmacist needs to become successful, if they lack in this field then they won't be able to keep going on the path, there is a high failure rate in the creation of every plant, potion and pill, only by practising and increasing proficiency patiently can they be able to craft the target things more effectively.
The spell was like a hidden test to check if Kale had what it takes to become a good Plant Mage.
At present, Kale's focus was inside his Origin Chasm.
Except for his ‹Wood Star Constellation›, there was now an ‹Earth Star Constellation› made of five brown earth spell enigma, Kale actually has 7 earth spells but in the free time he had, he only practised 5 of them to Ethereal mastery level to become Tier 1 Expert Wood Mage first.
In ‹Wood Star Constellation›, Kale had taken Life Sense as his core spell, as for ‹Earth Star Constellation›, Kale was hesitant between ‹Earth Magnet› and ‹Earth Sense› for a short while before choosing ‹Earth Sense›.
With his experience and comprehension skills, it was easy for Kale to get used to ‹Earth Magnet› and get the ability to fly at low heights albeit with high Mana consumption cost, so a boost in it will allow him to fly higher than the safe limit of 100 meters at Ethereal mastery level.
But he still chose ‹Earth Sense› in the end, why? It was because of his high similarity with ‹Life Sense›, at present, it did not have that much importance, but there was one thing Kale wanted to try with that high similarity.
'Now that I have reached the Expert stage in both the subclass, I can finally try to reach it,' Kale thought as a faint smile appeared on his lips.
He deactivated ‹Earth Magnet› and slowly landed on the ground, he spent several minutes recovering his energy, it was easier because of the Mana Restoration Ring and Origin Stones he 'borrowed' from Enan.
Once his reserves of all three energy were full, he started controlling his two ‹Magic Star Constellations› in his Origin Chasm,
Under his control, both of them closed distance which each other, entering the range of influence.
Fortunately, both Earth and Wood element had high compatibility so there was no strong rejection between the two, Kale manipulated and both the constellation started to combine their formula, green link lines from ‹Wood Star Constellation› tried to connect to the enigma's of Earth Star Constellation, the latter did the same but with brown threads.
Due to the lack of strong rejection and the lines successfully joined each other like ink but it was just the start, two constellation cannot have different kinds of link, once they started to join, the power of both constellation started to impose on each other for supremacy. Kale's whole focus was on maintaining the balance.
At such a time, the best solution for anyone would be to use a higher tier spell enigma of the next subclass they want to reach and connect it to the newly made constellation to balance the powers.
In simple words, if Sara with Tier 1 ‹Ice Star Constellation› and Tier 1 ‹Water Star Constellation› was trying to advance to Tier 2 ‹Glacier Star Constellation›, then it would be better for her to learn an easy Tier 2 Glacier Spell in advance. Although it won't be easy learning a spell of different subclass and the effectiveness of the spell would become low, but with that, it would become easy for her to balance the power of the Water and Ice element in ‹Glacier Star Constellation›.
So if Kale had learned a random easy Plant Spell before trying to advance subclass then it would have become easy for him.
This was a short trick for mages but there were disadvantages too for it.
In Sara's case, the simple next tier spell she would use will become her core spell, meaning after advancing she would have three core spells.
The higher the number of core spell a constellation has, the lower would be the boost for each of those three individual spells and the stability of the constellation will also decrease.
It would be like the same company having multiple owners who do not like each other.
Kale had his own plans, he was using the centuries-old way known to all but not used by many, especially at Tier 2 subclass advancement.
Inside the Origin Chasm, when the new constellation was still in the process of forming, a direct link was formed between ‹Life Sense› and ‹Earth Sense›, both of them floating towards each other, only stopping when they were closest to each other compared to others.
A tiny bluish-green vortex started to form at the midpoint of the link connecting them directly.
Kale was not trying something new, he was using the same centuries-old method, spell fusion, the only peculiarity here was, he was a teenager advancing to Tier 2 subclass was using this method.
'Both ‹Life Sense› and ‹Earth Sense› have high similarity in their effect and design too, the former scans the life in surrounding while the latter scans below the ground, combining them would be like making up for each others blackspot,' Kale thought as he put all his attention on the two spell enigmas shining brightly when they came in contact with each other.
Kale made an imaginary picture in his mind of the two spell enigma, breaking down their spell formula to modify and merge it into a new spell formula, his understanding of the two elements played an important role here, allowing him to develop instincts that supported him in the fusion.
As the new formula was being created, the tiny vortex was also taking the rough shape of a spell enigma.
Suddenly, Kale realized that his vision has become clearer, his memory seemed to receive a slight boost at this moment, it became slightly easier for him to merge the two spell formulas, Kale used a part of his consciousness to check his body to find out if something was unusual and realized that his Psychonic Energy was being consumed slowly,
It wasn't hard for Kale to guess what was happening, it was his ‹Auto Photographic Memory› trait at work there, it was the trait he awakened because of his overly mature mentality at birth during the time Mutagen was injected into his body.
Kale again placed all his focus on the spell formula, with his years of experience and skill, even his little knowledge on the spells was enough to successfully fuse two Tier 1 spells formulas.
With every second, the two complex looking formula went through a sustainable change, they kept changing as the compatibility between them increased, finally there was a point where those two looked like two halves of the same formula, in the last step both of them combined make a completely new formula with similar in structure but with a completely new element affinity.