Chapter 141: Suprise Kick to the Balls
Abel seemed frightened by what Wizard Black was saying. He slowly took out his golden magic card, and while he was a bit reluctant to give it away, he still handed it over.
Wizard Black smiled. Abel was still a child, after all. Words were all it took to threaten him. The younger these apprentice wizards were, the easier it was to swindle from them. The experienced ones were harder to trick, though. Since they knew they were going to die soon, they would just not hand the gold coin on their cards over. All in all, Black got pretty lucky today.
Wizard Black took out his golden card as well. He looked kind of displeased with how slow Abel was being. He stepped forward and connected the two cards. The two cards glowed in a dark-gold light. Wizard Black smiled when he saw the '310250' value point on Abel's one.
'Teacher!' Abel shouted as he looked behind Wizard Black. He was like an Oscar actor, hypnotizing himself that it was really Morton who was standing behind Wizard Black.
Normally speaking, Wizard Black would not fall for a childish trick like this. Abel was just thirteen, though, and he was obviously from a noble family. If he had the brain to play this kind of joke on the adult in front of him, it was kind of hard to see how he became a rank two apprentice wizard in the first place.
Wizard Black turned around after hearing Abel's shout. There wasn't anything behind him. Actually, they were inside a barrier circle. There's no way that he wouldn't know if someone was behind him. For the many years that he had lived, he did not expect to be fooled by a child like this.
A white light appeared from Wizard Black. It was from his defense rune. Abel knew what was the defense rune could do. He still had two of them that he got from the worgen prince. He knew what their limits were.
A cold smile appeared from Abel's face. He had almost 4,000 pounds of raw strength. Since his strong point was around 15.12, he could deal with about 16,000 pounds of damage with the four-time buff of his combat qi. Although the defense rune could reduce physical damage, it wasn't exactly a perfect tool to avoid injury.
As Abel's leg made contact with Wizard Black's groin, he could hear the sound of something breaking. This kick was fatal for any wizard if they did not have their defense rune. It did hurt Wizard Black pretty badly, but it wasn't going to kill him.
Wizard Black's face paled. For an instant there, he couldn't remember any magic, runes, or any defensive techniques he had learned over his whole life. Extreme pain was the only thing his brain could feel.
Abel didn't stop. There was a seven-level wizard right in front of him, and Abel cast a firebomb spell, then a small and 7-level firebomb fired into Wizard Black's wide-open, screaming mouth.
BOOM
Wizard Black's head exploded. Abel stepped back to avoid the blood that was spurting out. He sat on the ground and breathed heavily.
In just a few seconds, Abel was completely out of mana.
At the beginning of the "conversation" they were having, Abel tried to lower Wizard Black's guard. He then tried to scare him by using Morton's reputation. For the killing blow, he used his balls-breaking kick, which was finished by several fireballs to the head. As fast as the encounter was, he did gain a lot of experience during this encounter.
After calming himself down a little, Abel stood up and looked for things from the headless body. As Morton told him, every official wizard had their own space bag. As it turned out, Wizard Black was no exception.
Abel looked into the space bag with his Power of the Will. Because its owner just died, it was easy for him to open it.
Inside were tens of crystal cores, as well as several runes with both attack and defense functions. He counted the runes. There were 11 of them for attack and 3 for defense. If Wizard Black had the time to use more than one defense rune, it would be Abel, who's going to have his head blown up by now.
Abel also found four pieces of sheep parchment scrolls. Since the space bag was not too big, the wizards would only use them to carry basic necessities.
Abel took out the four parchments. There were recipes for making two types of potions, one for recovery and one for providing nutrition.
The "recovery potion" was meant for recovering one's stamina. After drinking it, one could regain some of the stamina that was lost for a short amount of time.
The "nutrition potion" could be used as an alternative form of diet. Once consumed, one would have no need to eat or drink for a long period of time.
Abel looked at the two recipes. Morton never taught him about these kinds of potions. Disappointingly, he wasn't sure if he could ever make any use of them.
For the other two parchment scrolls, one was a house deed for a certain location in the Kingdom of St. Ellis. Abel had never heard of this country before. The parchment paper was glowing with the magic wave, something that Abel had never seen before.
Quickly, he decided to look at the last parchment scroll. It was a guide for making a certain type of magic circle, which meant that one of the two cards inside the bag was for activating the magic circle.
The magic circle was called the "Seclusion circle." Once set up in open space, it would completely separate a small area from its surroundings.
Abel was a bit happy. He didn't expect to find a way to control the seclusion circle so quickly. After taking out the card that as meant for monitoring the circle, he did as the parchment scroll showed him and deactivated the space that was trapping him inside.
The giant tree disappeared as soon as the circle was switched off. Instead, a small, round plate was on the ground in front of Abel. It was about the size of his palm and had all sorts of runes written on it.
When the middle-aged wizard looked down, he screamed as he saw the headless corpse lying on the ground. He tried to run, but no man could run faster than a fireball. Immediately, his backlit on fire after Abel shot a fireball towards his back. Eventually, the scream became less and less audible as the man was burnt to his death.
'Who used their spells here?' a familiar figure flashed before Abel.
"O honorable wizard, a dark wizard just attacked me! I had to cast my own spells to kill him." Abel bowed to the wizard in front of him.
It was a young wizard who was wearing a very fancy robe. He had a golden card in his hand. According to what Abel heard from Carlos, it must be the key to activating the circle that could teleport regular wizards.
"Interesting. A rank two apprentice wizard killed a rank four apprentice wizard," the young wizard said as he examined the headless corpse on the ground.
While the body was without its head, the clothes were obviously Wizard Black's belongings. Wizard Black was a rank seven wizard, who was early to an exchange meeting for official wizards. The young wizard couldn't help but ask again.
"Did you really kill this man?"
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Chapter 142
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"Sir. This dark wizard tried to trap me inside his seclusion circle. He wanted to kill me!' Abel said.
"Impossible!" The young wizard couldn't believe what Abel said. If a rank two apprentice wizard fought against a rank seven apprentice wizard. There was just no way that the latter would lose.
From the young wizard's perspective, judging from how the body had lost its head, Wizard Black must've taken a fireball to the mouth. It was hard to imagine how such a scenario could happen, but all the evidence was here. As for the rank four apprentice wizard, he died from having his back burnt from a fire element spell.
The young wizard threw a cautious look at Abel. While scanning Abel from top to bottom, he realized that a portal bag and a circle plate were lying on the ground. Just when his mind was about to be taken over by greed, the tree token on Abel's waist had him thinking twice. After all, he was not the headless corpse that was lying on the ground. He wasn't one yet, at least. He had a bright future ahead of him, which he should not risk losing because he tried to piss off Wizard Morton.
"I understand now. You can pick up what you want from them. I'll take the bodies," the young wizard said with a smile, then watched enviously as Abel took everything from Wizard Black. Even all of the rank four apprentice wizard's belongings were taken.
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When Abel was done, all that was left for the young wizard were two magic gold cards that could not be transferred at all.
"Keep these magic gold cards," the young wizard said while trying to be nice, "I'll tell the Wizard Union to contact the Bank of the Holy Continent. What they'll do is to force a bank transfer from Wizard Black to your account. Is that okay with you? All you need to do is to take these two cards and give them to Wizard Morton."
Regardless of what methods Abel used, the young wizard respected him for killing a wizard that was way above his league. Besides, Abel was a disciple of Wizard Morton, which was, by no means, a title that should be ignored.
In fact, Abel did feel some malice from the young wizard. When he felt it, however, it didn't remain for too long. Perhaps it's because Morton was mentioned. All that ill intention just then was quickly turned into a sense of admiration.
"Thank you for the advice. When my teacher asks about what happened today, I'm going to say something good about you," Abel saluted to the young wizard.
Abel then left happily with the loot that he retrieved. The young wizard, too, left with the two dead bodies. When the two were gone, a figure appeared from where they were talking. It was Wizard Morton.
Morton saw the blood on the ground. He thought it was a good idea to get Abel here for some training. He wanted to teach him about how dangerous it was in the world of wizards. He had no idea that Wizard Black would have a seclusion circle, though. Abel was lucky (or just really smart) to have handled all that on his own.
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When Morton realized that Abel was trapped inside the seclusion circle, he pretty much just gave up on rescuing him. Even for him, breaking a seclusion circle was not a quick and easy job. Instead, Morton planned to kill the dark wizard as soon as the circle was deactivated.
Abel killed not only the rank four apprentice wizard but also headshot the rank seven dark wizard. As the situation changed so quickly, Morton decided not to show up at all. If he did appear and spoke to Abel, Abel might just rely on others to save him during his future adventures.
After seeing that Abel was safe, Morton teleported himself back to Caral City. Since his guardian circle was at a much higher level than the wizard women, no one noticed that he had left his tower.
"Abel came back!" Camille smiled at Abel. He's in a pretty mood. He probably made some good deals when Abel was out.
"What did you buy, Abel?" Carlos asked.
"Some crystals cores," Abel said abruptly. He didn't want to talk too much about it. He wanted to see his teacher first.
"How much did you buy it for? Were you ripped off?" Carlos asked with concern.
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"Not when I am getting from you," Abel laughed.
"Well, you're pretty sensible for saying that," Carlos patted his chest, "You know, I do know a lot about everything that goes on in a market."
"Yeah, yeah. Come on, pack your things. We're going back now," Camille said.
Carlos said as he packed up the few rune cards that he had on the rack, "Don't be like that, man! You know, I did buy a material that was worth twenty gold coins for just ten."
"Well, why don't you talk about the time you spent 100 gold coins for a piece of junk?"
"Er…that was just a mistake!"
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Abel heard their conversation. He was delighted. As the three went on with their conversation, they came in front of the teleportation circle.
"I'll pay for transportation this time," Camillie rushed in. Abel chose not to argue with her. As for Carlos, he just pretended that he was looking at the scenery around them.
After the wizard activated the transportation circle, a bolt of white lightning took them to their destination.
"We are back! Nothing feels better than your own home, am I alright? Carlos shouted in excitement whilst trying to recover from his headache.
"Fair enough," Abel replied. Just when he stepped out from the circle, he could hear Wizard Morton calling for him from downstairs.
"Come here, Abel," Morton called.
Abel thought to himself as he quickly said goodbye to Camillie and Carlos, could Wizard Morton have known about Caral City already? Man, the wizards sure had a good network system.
"You looking for me, Sir?" Abel asked as he went to level 11 from level 10. When he arrived, Wizard Morton was already waiting for him.
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"You did very well at Caral city. Actually, you did much better than I thought," Morton smiled.
There was just no way that Abel could hide about what he did. Now, all the wizards in the other three Duchies knew about how he, a rank two apprentice wizard, has successfully murdered a rank seven dark wizard. Wizard Morton was a proud man now, much prouder than he already was before.
"You knew about it already, Sir?" Abel replied whilst scratching his head. He did see this coming, but he was still pretty surprised that Morton could know about it so quickly. In fact, the news came faster to Morton than he did.
What Abel didn't know was that Wizard Morton was protecting him behind the scenes the entire time. While students wanted to find a good teacher, good teachers wanted to find good students. Because of how talented Abel was, Morton had to put in extra effort to look after him.
Abel took out the portal bag and gave it to Morton, "This is what I got from that dark wizard. Please, accept this gift on my behalf."
Instead of taking the portal bag, Wizard Morton just stood there with a "proud dad" look on his face. What Abel did was very touching for him. When he got his first portal bag, he was hugging it in his sleep. Abel, though, he decided to give it away to thank his teacher.
"Keep it. Actually, look for anything that could be used to identify its owner. If there is, I'll go search for the magic tower he's at," Morton said with a smile.
"You mean this?" Abel asked as he gave a card to Wizard Morton. He had no idea what the card was for.
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Chapter 143
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Morton took the sign for looking, then smiled, "Just as I thought. This is the main control card for the magic tower at the Duchy of Keyen. In case you didn't know where the Duchy of Keyen is, it's north, and it shares a border with the Duchy of Koror and the Duchy of Laka."
Abel took out the house deed and passed it, "According to this sheet of paper, there's supposed to be a house to be collected in the Kingdom of Ellis. Do you know where that is, sir?"
"A house in the Liante City? Where did you find this deed?" Morton said, then tried to feel the magic wave emitted from it for a second time, "This is not a fake. As long as you have this house deed, the house is yours to collect regardless of your status."
Wizard Morton added, "And about where the Kingdom of Ellis is. You see, within the territories that are claimed by the humans, there are seven duchies in total on the Holy Continent. With the Duchy of Carmel being one of them, there is also the Duchy of Koror, the Kingdom of Laka, the Duchy of Keyen, the Duchy of Tex and the Duchy of Larvid."
"Together, these seven duchies formed a union with the Kingdom of St. Ellis, which is just enough to form a triangular balance between the Kingdom of St. Anwall and the Kingdom of St. Pierre. There are a bunch of other small duchies, of course, but basically, there's a triangular relationship between different factions in the human world. And while they compete against each other, they also need each other to survive against the powerful Orc Empire."
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Wizard Morton looked back at the house deed in his hands, "It says Liante City here. Liante City is right in the center of the Kingdom of St. Paul, the Kingdom of St. Anwall, and the Kingdom of St. Ellis. This city belongs to three kingdoms, and they manage it together. Many years ago, it was once the center of the human world. If I was 200 years younger than I am now, this deed would've had me very interested."
Morton returned the house deed to Abel, "Remember, this house deed is very precious. Do not let others know you have it. Many young wizards dream of living inside Liante City, but without their own house deeds, they could only stay for up to ten days. Liante City is a place for fulfilling dreams, but only a few are lucky enough to be a part of it."
This house deed was just like an ID card without a name. It was absolutely for one to be allowed in certain places. Strange though. How did Wizard Black manage to get something like this?
What Abel didn't know was that everything was very expensive in Liante City. If Wizard Black did go there without his salary from his duchy, he would have to hunt for spiritual beasts in the Budapest Mountain Range if he wanted to make a living. That being said, the smart thing to do for him was obviously to stay inside the duchy.
"This deed will be very helpful for you when you become an official wizard, Abel. You'll need it when you want to go to Liante City," Morton said.
"Thank you, sir!" Abel bowed. While his head was still down, Morton had already sent him back to the tenth floor.
Morton took out the control card of his magic tower. In a blink of an eye, he teleported himself to the portal down on the first floor. Then proceeded to vanish from the building.
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Abel did not back to his room. Instead, he left the building with his status card. Today, he wanted to find the wizard apprentices that he was looking for. If he did, living in the magic tower would be a lot easier for him.
"Mr. Abel is coming!"
Unlike the first time that Abel came to the Morton Magic Tower, everyone showed a lot more respect for him. Not only were their eyes more focused when they noticed him, but they also bowed to him when he was walking past them.
By this point, everybody knew what "sir" Abel was looking for. Since he didn't have his own disciples, he was going to do some scouting around the magic tower.
Abel wasn't going to pay too much attention to these people, though. In just a while, he walked towards the front entrance of the Yvelines Magic Tower.
"Good day to you, Master Abel!" a bunch of people greeted from every direction.
Abel still didn't care. Instead, he just kept looking for the fat figure amongst the crowd. Yes, Finkle. He was always so easy to find when the people around him were so thin.
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"Come here, Finkle," Abel called out.
Finkle gave Abel a bow, "Anything I can help you with, Sir Abel?"
"Yes, actually," Abel smiled, "I need someone trustworthy to help me with some daily chores. I don't know a lot of people, though. What do you think if I were to ask you to become my personal assistant?"
"Am I competent enough for you, sir?" Finkle asked cautiously, despite the excitement that's shown from his expressions.
Abel nodded as he took out a status card from his pocket, "You can come if you want."
"You said yes? Oh, dear, you actually did!" Finkle suddenly shouted. For a moment there, he looked kind of dumbfounded with Abel's request, but after being granted access from the first to the ninth floor of Abel's magic tower, he was literally on his toes because of how happy he was.
Finkle quickly gave himself a slap on the cheek. He wanted to make sure that he wasn't dreaming. "Thank you, Mr. Abel, I will do my best for you!" he exclaimed as he thanked Abel for another few times.
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Finkle carefully took the status card from Abel's hand. After giving it a long, careful look, he slowly put it in his pocket. When he did, he gave another bow towards Abel.
Abel laughed as he saw the palmprint on Finkle's face, "You better enter that magic tower after the mark disappears. I don't want my friends to think that I was the one who hit you."
"Sure, sure," Fink nodded again and again.
"Welcome, Abel! What brought you here today?" Wizard Sam walked out as he opened up the door to the Yvelines Magic Tower.
"When did you come back, Uncle Sam?" Abel asked. Ever since the last time he saw Sam, Sam has been going out for the last several months. He didn't come back once during those times.
"Let's have a seat inside first, Abel," Sam invited Abel over as he saw the people standing outside.
For Abel, the tower seemed both familiar and strange to him at the same time. After sitting himself in the guest room inside the main hall, he saw two apprentices that were doing some cleanup.
Their names were Ethan and Sam. When they saw Abel, they quickly went to him and gave their greetings.
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"No need to be so formal around me," Abel said as he remembered how nice Cody was to him in the past, "Thank you for taking care of me back then, Cody. If you have anything you want help with, just come visit me in the Morton Magic Tower."
"That's fine, Abel, but I've got Cody's back when he needs it," Sam said, then let out a loud laugh.
"Thank you, Master Abel," Cody said with a somewhat stern look on his face. For him, it must've been difficult to see how things would turn out so differently between him and Abel. They were both apprentices just a few months ago. And if Abel wasn't so grateful as to return the favor of his help back then, he wouldn't have so much support by now.
On the other hand, Ethan seemed kind of disappointed that Abel didn't mention him. Since Abel didn't say anything about him, Sam's probably going to think that he bullied Abel before or something. Life was going to be hard from now on, Ethan thought to himself.
Whilst showing no care with what the two apprentices were thinking, Ethan, shooed them away with his hand. He then turned towards Abel, "How are you doing at the Morton Tower?"
"I was just promoted to being a rank two novice wizard," Abel replied in the most direct way that he knew. Because of how close Sam was to him, he had no need to lie here.
"Dear Spirit! Really?" Sam said in surprise. If anything, he was the one who taught Abel how to train through meditation. He knew how long the routine was going to take, but four months? Genius would be an understatement here.
As though afraid of letting someone else hear it, Sam whispered something to Abel, "You know, um. Master Yveline knew how fast it took for you to become a rank one novice wizard. Even now, he's still mad that he gave you away to Master Morton."
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Chapter 144
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Abel suddenly understood that Wizard Yveline was probably in the magic tower this time. That was why Sam spoke so quietly.
"Sam, are you saying bad words about me?" a voice came from their back, making Sam shake his hand.
"Teacher, how are you today!" Sam stood up from his chair and greeted him.
Abel stood up as well as Sam did. He was surprised because the man that Sam called him the teacher was pretty young.
Sam was in his forties. He became a trainee wizard twenty years ago. His teacher should be at least 60 years old. He should be, but…?
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"You must be Abel," the Yveline Wizard said as he touched his face, "I can see that you're surprised. Wizards don't just live longer, you see. Their appearance change when they've reached about 150 years of age. If you have become a wizard at 20 years old, like me, you can keep your face even when you're 130 years old."
That didn't add up. If Wizard Yveline could be a formal wizard before he was thirty, why was he still a level-6 wizard during all this time?
It's hard to find the right answer to that question. Whatever this man was saying, he must be hiding some secrets behind him. Abel should start worrying about himself, though. If he became a formal wizard soon, he would have to look like a child for a very, very long time.
"Sir, if a minor becomes a wizard, will he never grow up?"
"You're so confident!" Wizard Yveline laughed, "Take it easy, boy. If the situation you described happens, your body would grow until it's fully developed."
Wizard Yveline knew what he thought. Abel was embarrassed and touched his head.
"Abel, I'm very regretful." Wizard Yveline continued, "Morton just talked to me because he wants his own wizard apprentice. I didn't know before, but you are a genius. If I knew earlier, I would've never let you go."
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"What about me, Sir?" Sam interrupted because he just had to.
"Shut your trap, Sam! You're worthless compared to him! Worthless! Do you hear me?" Wizard Yveline's face reddened as he shouted at Sam, then toned down a little as he noticed Abel's reaction, "Abel is far stronger than you. He killed Wizard Black, a rank 7 dark wizard all by himself! If you can do the same, Sam, I will be just as proud of you as I am for Abel."
"Don't worry, sir!" Sam said jokingly, "I'll kill any rank seven dark wizard when I become a formal wizard. If you tell me the names on your list, sir, I'll get their heads for you soon enough."
How far the gossip spreads, Abel thought. The murder he committed was in Caral City, but the news spread in just a few hours.
A level-7 dark wizard appeared in the four normally-peaceful duchies. That alone was already big news. But more shocking yet, he was killed by a rank two novice wizard. Such news was simply impossible to hide. In just several minutes, many of Wizard Yveline's friends came and told him about it.
Wizard Yveline punched Sam in the head, then pointed towards Abel, "You see that boy? Do you see that? That's goddamn genius right there! He's your nephew, and your NEPHEW defeated a level-7 wizard today!"
Sam finally shut up. Instead of making any more smart remarks, he just looked at Abel with his mouth open. The more that he had thought about what Wizard Yveline was saying, the more he was stunned by how talented Abel as.
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Wizard Yvaline gave a lighter smack at Sam, "Look at yourself, Sam? Do you look like a wizard? Talk to me, damn it! Are you a wizard?"
Abel explained in a soft voice, "Uh, to be fair, the dark wizard I killed didn't know that that I'm also an immediate knight. He should've never got close to me, but he didn't know better."
"What! You're an immediate knight?" Sam's jaw dropped even further. He couldn't believe how much of a genius Abel was.
"Would you stop being so humble, Abel?" Wizard Yveline sighed, "Either that, or you should start learning more about dark wizards. Even elite knights are a piece of cake for them. Yes, I am talking about close-range combat."
Abel argued as he acted out what he did back then, "I also used some tricks, too. I told him who my teacher was, and I kicked him in the groins as he thought about whether he should attack me or not."
Look at those thick leg muscles. As Abel showed how he destroyed Wizard Black's balls, both Yveline Wizard and Sam closed their legs together. They felt sympathy for the pain that Wizard Black had suffered, and they also praised Abel for his quick-wittedness.
Level-7 dark wizards were different from those who do experiments at magic towers. They were all deadly assassins, which would make sure that their target was dead every time they attack. Yet, despite all that, Wizard Black was still defeated. Abel explained it as being lucky, but Wizard Yveline didn't think so.
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"Abel, you're Sam's nephew. That means we are family. Though you are not living here, Morton and I are close friends. We always welcome you to come over here." Wizard Yveline took out a status card to Abel.
Abel looked at the status card in doubt, wondering if he could accept it. Sam laughed, "Just take it, Abel, this is a VIP guest card. You can get an extra one in the future if you want."
Wizard Yveline laughed, "There are supposed to be two of these at each magic tower. Because of how small our tower is, we don't get a lot of VIPs coming to visit us. Just take it. Since you are a part of our family, you can come and leave as you want."
Abel took this card and thanked Wizard Yveline, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Wizard Yveline."
Wizard Yveline had his pwn plans. For him, Abel was a very profitable investment, and as long as he was alive, he could be a very significant figure on the Holy Continent. By handing Abel the VIP guest card now, the Yveline Magic Tower might be under his care in the future.
"I'll let you two talk amongst yourselves now, " Wizard Yveline stood up and laughed his way towards the stairs.
Sam and Abel stood up as well and saluted him until he came up the stair.
"It's getting late, Uncle. I need to go back," Abel said. It's not like he didn't want to bond with Uncle Sam here, but he also wanted to check some of the treasures in his Kong Kong spiritual beast bag.
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"Sure. Your welcome to come over here if you're free. Remember to use your VIP guest card," Sam replied. As a wizard apprentice himself, he knew how precious time was.
Sam came with Abel to the door. Once Abel went out, he could see Finkle waiting for him.
"Why are you still here, Finkle?" Abel said
"Sir, I can't leave without your order," Fink replied with a somewhat smug look on his face.
Abel said as he waved his hands, "You can go to the 9th floor and study at the apprentice room, I won't stay in the magic tower tonight."
Come to think of it…maybe Finkle wasn't the best candidate to become my wizard apprentice, Abel thought to himself.
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Chapter 145
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When Abel went back to the Triumph Boulevard, he saw Lorraine training a warhorse that he had once rode. Ever since Black Wind was in the house, he decided to let Lorraine have his horse.
"Stretch your left leg, Lillac; Not your right," Lorraine said. She was training her horse to do a dance move.
"You are a good trainer, Loraine. I didn't think that it's going to be this fast for you to train this horse to do dressages."
Abel was glad with the way that Loraine was spending her time. As an elf, it was hard for her to integrate into human society, let alone with other upper-class human females. Since Loraine wasn't very interested, to begin with, she spent her time with the warhorse that Abel gave her
"Abel, you're back!" Lorraine called out, then threw the reins back to Marcy, the family trainer. She ran to grab Abel's arms.
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"Sir," Marcy took the rein and bowed to Abel.
"Marcy, thank you for training this horse," Abel smiled.
"Sir, I have done very little. Miss Lorraine is very talented. After I taught her some of the basics, she completely did all the training by herself."
"Can elves speak with animals, Loraine?" Abel asked as he knew very little about elves.
"Some of them can. Not all of them, though," Lorraine said. She didn't look like she wanted to go into the details.
Abel changed the topic, "Marcy, would you mind training Lillac a bit more?"
On the road towards the restaurant with Lorraine, Abel had thought quite a lot to himself. Not only was his closest friend, Black Wind, very friendly to Loraine, White Cloud also seemed to like her very much. She was probably born with some special abilities which, according to herself, was very rare amongst the elves.
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In terms of combat capabilities, the druids were the strongest amongst the elves. As children of nature, they could manipulate both the forces of nature and their mana. They could control fire, soil, and wind. Due to their eternal pact with mother nature, they also could rule over beasts and plants. They could summon eagles, wolves, vines, and even elves that were in the elemental class. Lastly, they could shapeshift into other creatures, such as a big bear or a terrible wolf.
There were two conditions to becoming a druid — first, the power of the Will. Second, one must be close to animals. Judging from how fast Loraine learns, Abel could tell that her power of the Will was much stronger than the others. And all the signs up till now was suggesting that she was very, very good with animals. That didn't make sense, though. If she was so talented at such an early age, how did the humans capture her in the first place? How did she ever become a slave?
While there were a lot of questions inside Abel's head, he would not ask them until he has sent Lorraine back to the elves. If Loraine didn't want to talk about it, he wasn't going to force her.
After dinner, Abel decided to spend some time with Loraine. He apologized to her for not spending enough time together, and after getting some food from Ken, he went back to his room.
It wasn't just Loraine. Abel, too, had a lot of secrets that he couldn't share with others. Even if he was going to share them, he had to do it after he became strong enough to bear the consequences.
In his room, Abel took out the board for his seclusion circle. In the center of this rune-filled board, there was a fire magic stone.
Abel scanned this stone with his power of the Will. About half of the gemstone's mana was gone. As it turned out, the gemstone was a battery for activating the seclusion circle.
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Besides the magic stones he synthesized himself, this was the second fine magic stone that he had ever seen. The first one was from his wizard teacher, who gave one to his classmates as a reward for her breakthrough.
As long as it was a fine gemstone that was powering the circle board, Abel didn't need to worry that the circle was going to have a power shortage. In his Kong Kong spiritual beast bag, there were loads of the same stones that he synthesized with his Horadric Cube.
After placing the board in the middle of the room, Abel took out the activation card for the seclusion circle. Soon, numerous giant trees appeared around him. With the seclusion circle under his possession, no one was going to know about his Scrolls of Town Portal. No one was going to find out about any one of his secrets. Whether it's the defensive circle that was in the city or the wizards that were doing their daily patrols, no one was going to know what he was doing inside his seclusion circle.
Abel took out the Scrolls of Town Portal from his Horadric Cube. As he inserted his power of the Will into it, a portal appeared in front of him. After stepping into it, Abel started to feel dizzy, but it didn't take much time for him to recover from it.
It was the morning at the Rogues' Encampment. Abel sat cross-legged on the ground and took out some of his battle trophies in the Kong Kong spiritual beast bag.
Pretty soon, the ground was filled with the floor tiles that were once made with meditation jade. Abel also had the jade pillow taken out, but after noticing how dirty the ground was, he decided to set up his "Akara's tent" first.
Inside Akara's tent, there was a stone alchemy bench, some empty wooden racks, a wooden drawing table, and a wooden chair. After taking all these into his Kong Kong spiritual beast bag, Abel started placing the meditation jade tiles on the floor.
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Because of how big the tent was, Abel decided to separate the spaces with some wooden racks. He then moved the ambergris timber bed, chair, and table over here. From this point onward, the newly decorated "Akara's tent" was going to be his private resting spot.
One half for resting. One half for alchemy experiments. This was just a temporary set-up. After learning how to make his magic circles, Abel could try completely cutting off the experiment area to the resting area. If he could do that, whatever experiment he might be doing, he could make sure that it wouldn't affect his resting spot. Morton wasn't going to teach him, however. He wasn't good at brewing potions, nor was he good at performing alchemy.
After re-decorating the tent, Abel went outside to have a look. While the tent looked about 2.5 meters tall and 3 meters in diameter, he wasn't sure if he could pack it up. As he tried, he noticed how easy it was to leave his power of the Will on the tent. Since the tent's original owner was lone gone, it was effortless for him to declare ownership to it.