Chapter 166: Learning To Make Rune Signs
After the electric arc disappeared, what's left on the ground was just a fully burnt black chuck of beef. Black Wind ran back, he glanced at its burnt food on the ground and gazed at its owner. It looked like it was waiting for an explanation.
After being attacked by Black Wind's gaze, so Abel had no choice but to honestly do his job as a chef again. If he had enough time, next time, he would definitely tell Ken to process all the meat, so he wouldn't have to stress about it.
As he was barbecuing the beef, he opened the Horadric cube to take a look at the skill tree again. It gained three new spells, and one by one, Abel began to focus on their icon with his power of the will.
His power of the will focused on the snowflake icon of the 'Ice bolt,' and some statistics appeared
Icebolt
Can shoot out one Ice bolt at a time. Damage and slow down the target
Mana consumption: 3
Current skill rank: 0
Ice damage: 2-4
To the next rank: 1/15000
Abel then focused his power of the will on the 2 lightning icon of the 'charging bolt,' and some statistics appeared
Charging bolt
Can shoot out multiple strikes at a time. The flickering lighting strike will find its own target to attack.
Mana consumption: 3
Current skill rank: 0
Electric damage: 2-4
Energy: 2
To the next rank: 1/15000
At last, Abel focus his power of the fire crucifix icon of 'warmth' and some
Warmth
Increase mana recovery
Passive
Current skill rank: 0
Mana recovery: 18%
To the next rank: 6/15000
When Abel stared at the statistics of the 'warmth' spell, he understood why basically no wizards would want to learn this spell. It could only speed up 18% of mana recovery after he had just learned it. However, the weird thing was that this spell was a passive spell. The spell kept speeding up his mana recovery rate in the background as long as his mana storage was not fully filled. That's why when Abel was using up his mana on testing out his other spells, his experience of this spell had also increased.
If Abel could somehow have a talk with a wizard who practiced the 'warmth' spell, he would have realized something about the 'warmth' spell which normal wizards learn. Although this spell's pattern would also emerge in mind, if a normal wizard wanted to unleash its power, what they needed to do was to connect it with their power of the will.
However, Abel could unleash the 'warmth' spell differently. The process of unleashing the spell was replaced by the skill tree in his Horadric cube, so as soon as his mana began to decrease, the skill tree would unleash the 'warmth' spell automatically to speed up his mana recovery.
Although gaining three new spells was a good thing, when Abel looked at the rank experience under the spells, his brain began to hurt. There were so many spells he needed to rank up. How could he have enough mana to do that?
Besides the 'warmth' spell, all the other four spells he had learned needed time and dedication to practice. He had already decided to use the mana recover to automatically practice the 'frozen armor' spell in the day time. In regards to these three attacks, he could only practice them in the Rogue encampment.
When Abel thought about the automatic practice of the 'frozen armor,' he was reminded of the weak little souls again. He opened the perception of the weak little souls. The grey ball of weak little souls almost didn't grow at all. Their intelligence only increased by a minute amount, and their power of will control was limited too. They were still a long way until they were intelligent enough to think about some slightly complex ideas. Their power of will control was only 10% that of a normal person.
There was only one use for these weak little souls for now, and that was to set a timer for them to automatically practice spell. Even Abel had drunk up two bottles of 'soul potions,' they still had a long way to go.
Abel searched the blacksmith guild, noticing there were not many iron ore left. If he wanted to make more exploding big swords, he would need to bring some more iron ore in. Without the firepower of the exploding big sword, Abel was not confident in killing off all those creatures of hell in Blood Moor. On top of that, there were new spells he needed to practice, so he decided to dedicate his next few days practicing spells.
The next day on the 11th floor of Morton Magic tower, Abel sat respectfully at the bottom chair in front of Wizard Morton, listening to him explain his knowledge on rune signs.
"Although runes were first passed down by the dwarfs, it was the humans who truly spread and pioneered it. In other worlds, it was started by wizards. It was wizards who started etching runes on crystal cores, which successfully solved the downside that runes needed magical gems and weapons to unleash its power.
Abel didn't really understand, drawing a rune on a weapon and make a magical gem as its source of energy was a great idea. How was that a downside? Abel suspiciously asked, "Teacher, how is magic equipment a downside?"
Wizard Morton took a sip of the special wine Abel had provided, enjoying its taste in detail and proceeded to say, "First, magic equipment needs a blacksmith, and that blacksmith needs an extremely strong power of will. This alone was beyond the ability of most humans; even the dwarfs themselves don't have many blacksmiths who were able to make magic weapons.
Up to this point, a smile emerged from Wizard Morton's face looking at Abel and said, "Camille had told me, I could never have guessed that you are one of the few humans who's able to forge a magic weapon. However, can you make enough magic weapons to support the entire human race?"
Abel shook his head, feeling a little embarrassed. No matter how strong his body was, or how high was his power of will, he could not spend his whole day forging magic weapons. Despite that, he might not even forge enough weapons for the entire human race.
"Your blacksmith Master status was very honorable. You need to make good use of it. You can make contact with many inheritances from the dwarfs, which most wizards could never do," exclaimed Wizard Morton.
"Teacher, can blacksmith Master go learn from dwarfs?"Abel asked with excitement. A mere 'magic weapon forging guide' by the dwarfs allowed him to master the forging techniques of the four types of magic weapons, as well as strengthening his basic knowledge of runes. This allowed him to alter the runes from rune signs, and apply it on to his magic weapons. If he had really had to go and learn from the dwarfs, his forging skills would definitely increase tremendously.
"Yes, however, the dwarfs' perception of time is different from humans. They live too long, so no one knows when the next time they will invite a blacksmith Master to study from them.
Seeing the disappointed face of Abel, Wizard Morton proceeded to say, "Magic weapons don't mean much to wizards anyway. Do you want a wizard to go into battle with a magic cane on one of his hands, and a magic weapon on the other?
Up to this point, Wizard Morton couldn't help but laugh out loud. Due to the damage caused by mana to a Wizard's body, they could only use drugs to help them sustain their constitutions at a normal human level. A magic weapon would definitely be way too heavy for them.
Even if a blacksmith Master could make an extremely light magic weapon, wizards were still better at making long-distance attacks. How could they rush towards a Knight holding a magic weapon and try to strike it out?
Hearing these words by Wizard Morton, Abel couldn't help but remember his battle style in the Rogue encampment. However, he couldn't dare to say it. No matter what, he could not tell anyone about his golden combat qi, it was life and death to him, and he could not explain it clearly anyway. Furthermore, his golden combat qi had to do with the secret of his Horadric cube.
"Most importantly, rune signs could be unleashed and directed through the power of the will, but magic weapons could only unleash its power through striking. That's why wizards prefer to use rune signs." Said Wizard Morton.
If Abel was a weak body wizard, he too would choose the rune sign as a way to defend or attack, as he could direct it anywhere with his power of the will, and don't need to make any physical contact with his enemies. Abel totally agreed with Wizard Morton after he tried to see things from another perspective.
"You already have experience of drawing runes in magic weapons, so etching runes on rune signs should be easy. They are from the same ancient rune system anyway."
As Wizard Morton was speaking, he took out a carving knife and an already formed squared crystal core from the portal bag on his waist. He then proceeded to say, "Now I will demonstrate how to make a basic fire attack Lar rune sign."
Abel knew the ability of the Lar rune all too well. The entire rune could probably increase 5 to 30 fire damage, as well as an increase fire defense for 30%.
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Chapter 167
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Chapter 167: First Time Making
Wizard Morton placed the crystal core on the table and secured it with his left hand. He held a carving knife right hand and began to etch. Abel, who was sitting at the bottom chair, could clearly sense the Wizard Morton's power of the will surrounding the crystal core.
As Wizard Morton's carving knife moved along, mana had been injected on the etchings through the tip of the blade. Abel was very familiar with the Ral rune. It was the one he used on his exploding big swords. However, the Ral rune that Wizard Morton had etched was a little different from the one he had learned from the dwarfs' ' magic weapon guide.' Although from a distance, they looked about the same, there were many small detail differences.
Wizard Morton was very quick; it seemed like it was very easy for him to etch these simple rune signs. After around 20 minutes, the last line was finished, a white light flashed on its surface. The mana of the etching seemed to have formed some kind of connection with the crystal core. A type of energy came out from the crystal core and bonded with the mana, creating a white substance smoothing out the surface of the etching. Now, only the rune could be seen. There were no signs that it was etched by a knife.
Wizard Norton handed the rune sign to Abel. It might as well be a piece of art. The material of the crystal core alone was fascinating enough. Since it held a lot of energy, it looked a lot more delicate and precious than normal jade to a human eye. The rune on top of it was alluring as well; every single stroke, big or small, straight or curve, was absolutely gorgeous.
"The runes we study in our school of wizardry can be a little different from other schools of Wizardry. Of course, there were differences in power as well, but generally speaking, the runes we study in our school of Wizardry are more powerful than most other schools," Said Wizard Morton, sounding a little proud.
Abel curiously pointed at the rune on the rune sign and said, "Teacher, aren't you afraid of other people copying your rune? You just etched it right onto the surface."
Although others might not know, Abel had copied a rune multiple times in the past.
"This is only a low ranking rune sign. If it's a higher rank one, I will add some precautions on top of it, so other people can not see the rune. Of course, copying a rune is not an easy job. Although most wizards just copied the runes they had learned and didn't know a thing about the fundamentals of runes, copying a rune was still a very effort consuming task. Every stroke's depth and thickness needed to be slowly tested out to copy the rune successfully.
Wizard Morton then proceeded to say with a smile, "Of course, sometimes if a wizard wants to give his close friends and family a rune sign as a gift, and he trusts them, he would not add any precautions on top of the rune."
Abel lightly nodded. At that point, Abel also realized, the 'magic weapon forging guide' that he was given was not a normal book. It had a direct and basic explanation of all 4 of the runes; it was like he was given a lesson on the fundamentals of runes.
"In our school of wizardry, the runes we can learn include, El, Tir, Ist, Tal, Ral, Ort and Shael. These seven runes can all be mastered by a novice wizard.
Looking at Abel, who was a little touched, Wizard Morton said with a smile, "But before you can start, you must first learn how to use a carving knife."
Abel rubbed his hands together said in a somewhat embarrassed tone, "Sister Camille had already taught me the 11 carving knife skills, and I already know how to use a carving knife."
"Camille had thought you already? Practice more then." Wizard Morton abruptly stopped, he looked at Abel and proceeded to say, "Did you say you already know how to use a carving knife? How long have you been practicing, you must dedicate time and effort on everything you learn!"
Wizard Morton was about to teach Abel to lesson, but then he remembered how fast Abel had learned his spells. Therefore, he lowered his voice and asked, "Do you really know how to use a carving knife?"
"Yes, teacher!" Abel nodded in certainty.
Wizard Morton took out another crystal core from his portal bag and handed it to Abel. He said, "try to etch on this crystal core for me."
"Teacher, I have only been practicing on a jade. I have never etched on a crystal core before," Said Abel in a somewhat uncertain tone as he received the crystal core.
"Don't worry, it's only a crystal core. Just go ahead and try." Said Wizard Morton waving his hand.
Abel remained silent. He tried to imitate Wizard Morton and put the crystal core on the table. He secured it with his left hand and took out his alloy carving knife from his portal bag. Soon, he began etching the Ral rune.
Wizard Morton stared at the alloy carving knife in Abel's hand. He couldn't help but nod his head. His disciple was really a blacksmith Master; no wonder he had the best treasures for personal use.
Abel had tested out his knife skills in the simulation countless times. Now, as he truly held the carving knife in his hand, he immediately felt a difference. It was like the carving knife had become apart of him, and the 11 knife skills seemed to have merged together, he seemed to be able to use any knife skills he wanted flexibly.
Abel did not remember clearly how the Ral rune, which Wizard Morton had just etched, looked like, so he just applied the Ral rune that he learned from the 'magic weapon forging guide'. The only difference was that it lacked some of the strokes responsible for energy transfer.
The alloy carving knife was extremely sharp, and with Abel's strength, the etching process was very smooth. The only challenges were maintaining his mana at the etching lines. It was a bit similar to multitasking, a part of his concentration needed to make sure the rune was etched correctly with his power of the will. Another part of his concentration needed to continuously control his mana alongside the movement of the carving knife, as well as injecting the mana into the lines that were left by the carving knife on the surface of the crystal core.
Luckily Abel had practice multitasking for a day in the past. Although he didn't get much result from it, he didn't seem to have a problem etching the rune. Abel was so familiar with the Ral rune, it could draw it out even with his eyes closed, as he carefully injected his mana into the etching lines.
Abel had focused with all his might for 40 minutes. He did not dare to make a single mistake. When he finished etching his last line, a white light flashed, and the mana of the rune began to create feedback with the crystal core. Soon, the etch marks had disappeared from the crystal core, and what remained was a white rune on its surface.
"Teacher, did I succeeded?" Asked Abel as he handed the crime sign in his hand to Wizard Morton.
Wizard Morton took the rune sign and did not speak for a long time. However, there was a voice shouting in his heart, saying this kid was a genius. He really was a genius. If he was this gifted back in the days, how was he still a rank 11 wizard after all these years?
Wizard Morton still remembered how long it took him to learn how to etch a rune sign. He was somewhat proud of the result, and he always used his result as a basis to teach his disciples. But now, he didn't even want to think about it.
Wizard Morton finally got a taste of how tiring it was to be the teacher of a genius. The tiring aspect was not in the teaching process but in the heart. It didn't matter if they were spells or etching runes, he only needed to teach, and Abel could grasp it very quickly, to the point where he almost mastered it.
Maybe our school of wizardry will depend on him in the future, Wizard Morton thought to himself. He then began to think about all the benefits Abel's potential could bring to his school of wizardry. As long as Abel don't die, their future would be limitless.
"Of course you succeeded," said Wizard Morton as he handed the rune sign back to Abel. He then followed, "Although the Ral rune sign you had used was a bit different from the one we use in our school of wizardry, you still successfully etched a real Ral rune sign."
"Since you already know how to use a carving knife, and have good knowledge of runes, you can learn how to make a rune sign all by yourself. Now, I will give you all 7 of the runes for novice wizards."
After wizard Morton finished speaking, he stood up and took out seven lambskin parchments from a pile of lambskin parchments on his bookshelf. He then turned back to Abel and said: "Don't give this to anyone, only your disciples in the future could learn these runes."
"Yes, teacher!" Said Abel as he took the lambskin parchment documenting the runes. Abel knew in his heart how important knowledge was. Although he had no idea what the teacher meant by 'our school of wizardry', he knew the information in his hand could not be given to anyone else.
Just like in the wizard trading ground in Caral city, there were many low ranking wizards trying to resell resources, but there weren't many of them who actually had the right to sell. All of this just reflected how important knowledge was in this world.
Wizard Morton took out five bottles of potions and placed it on Abel's hand "These are crystal core softeners. Every bottle can soften 20 crystal cores. It should sustain your training for a while.
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Chapter 168
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Around ten days had passed. Abel had again returned his crazy four months working schedule: studying in the magic tower in the day, returning to his mansion to enter the Rogue encampment at night to do his training–especially the electric spell 'charging bolt.' As a rank 0 spell, his 'charging bolt' could only unleash two electric arcs. However, every time it increases a rank, he could gain an extra electric arc, and the spell would get more powerful. As more preparation may quicken the speed of work, he was ready to increase his 'charging bolt' spell to rank five until he was hunting in Blood Moor again.
In the laboratory located on the 9th floor of Morton Magic tower, Abel placed the short magic cane, which was able to unleash 'fire bolt,' and the short magic cane without any magic ability, on the lab bench. He wanted to know what was the secret to unleashing the magic in these magic canes. However, he was not willing to use that magic cane with the 'spirit transfer' ability as a testing subject.
He dragged along a huge microscope made by the crystal and placed the short magic cane without any mana under it. Abel began to slowly examine every single detail of the magic cane from the handle upward. Every time he discovered a mark, he would make a note on a lambskin parchment.
After the short magic cane without mana was examined in great detail thoroughly. The sketched out short cane on the lambskin parchment was filled with arrows, documenting every mark on the short cane.
Abel was a little bit mad; the owner of this magic cane doesn't seem to care about this magic cane at all. There were all kinds of scars on top of it, which made him wonder. Maybe the magic cane was so badly damaged by its owner's lack of care. It had lost its magic ability.
At that moment, a 'frozen armor' flashed out on his body. However, it did not affect his work at all. He had gotten used to it these past ten days, and he had fully mastered the ability to multitask. Although the job of the weak little souls was very simple, it was still multitasking nevertheless.
Afterward, he placed the second short magic cane under the microscope and ran through the same process. He documented every mark on a lambskin parchment and began to compare the differences between the two magic canes.
Actually, Abel didn't really need to compare them. He was already certain that there were no runes or patterns on these magic canes. All of those marks were made by a lack of maintenance and care. The result had also confirmed this after his comparison, so what was the thing that actually makes a magic cane a magic cane?
Abel did not give up. He scanned the two magic canes with his power of the will. Through his power of the will, the magic cane with the 'fireball' spell gave him a familiar feeling. Could this magic cane have a soul?
Abel was a little uncertain as he scanned a few more times. He did not felt anything when he scanned the magic cane without magic ability. However, the magic cane with the 'fireball' spell certainly possessed soul waves. Other wizards might have a hard time detecting these tiny soul waves, but Abel had drunk the 'soul potion' made out of souls in the past, and he also has some weak little souls within him that he could take a look at once in a while. Therefore, he was very familiar with soul waves.
It was impossible for a human to see their own soul since it was in one with their mind. The soul could only leave the physical body once the person had died. But still, it could not be seen with a naked eye, and it often fades away very quickly. Therefore, normal wizards would rarely do research in regards to the mysteries of souls.
Was a soul bound to the magic cane? What kind of soul could give a magic cane it's mana? Countless questions rose from his heart. He had never seen a magic cane in real life before, so there was no comparison he could draw from. Abel had hit a wall in his research up to this point, but there was one thing he could be certain. Magic canes were definitely made out of some very special material because that mana-less magic cane without any soul waves still had the ability to increase damage to immortal beings by 50%.
Abel searched on Morton's observation records, but he could not find anything in regard to the material of magic canes. Wizard Morton was only expertise in making rune signs and did not do too much research into magic canes.
It seemed like the only way to keep progressing with his research on these two magic canes, was to wait for the dwarf's invitation. Only the dwarfs could tell him more information related to this.
However, Abel was sure of one thing, and that was even the magic cane without mana could be considered as a treasure in the Holy Continent. Maybe he had only interacted with a small part of the wizarding world, or maybe his skills in wizardry were still too low. However, he couldn't help but feel like the Dark World was generally much more advanced than the Holy Continent. Even a short magic cane used by some of the lowest ranking creatures in the Dark World was considered as a very decent treasure here. At least these short magic cane could allow a wizard to unleash a quickened spell, let alone spells such as 'spirit transfer.'
Up to this point, a sense of fulfillment began to emerge from Abel's mind, and suddenly, joy struck his heart. Two days ago, he had already fulfilled the rank two novice wizard pattern, but he did not feet like he was about to increase his rank. He only understood why after he asked Carlos. Even if the pattern was fulfilled, it still needed a certain period of time to adjust through meditation. However, this period of time was not certain. It could be a day, or it could be a year.
Looking back, he seemed to be quite lucky. In he took his time in the Rogue encampment into consideration, he had been stuck at this fulfilled rank two novice wizard state for around 20 days. The worst scenario was if it did not happen.
Abel pushed all his stuff into his portal bag and returned to his room. His room was where most of the mana was concentrated on the 9th floor. It should be the safest place for him to increase his rank.
He sat in the middle of his room and stopped the automatic quicken 'frozen armor' spell from the weak little souls. He then calmed down his spirit and injected his power of the will into his mind. The rank 1 and rank 2 novice wizard pattern was intertwined in his mind, shining in a white glow. Below these two patterns, was the 'warmth' spell pattern shining in the brightest red glow. This special spell continuously drew energy from the surrounding atmosphere and turn it into mana to replenish the Wizard patterns.
He recalled the rank 3 novice wizard pattern. He had already mastered this wizard pattern the first time he used the 'soul potion'. Now he just needed to copy it from his memory to become a rank 3 novice wizard.
Some time had passed. Finkle called Abel through the identity card multiple times, but there was still no reply. Normally, Abel would appear in the guest lounge on the first floor, right on time for lunch during lunchtime. However, not even his shadow could be seen today.
"Mr. Carlos, Mr. Abel had locked himself in his room. He did not reply no matter how many times I call him. Could something have happened?" Finkle asked Carlos, who was just having lunch on the first floor.
"Finkle, don't worry. It seems like Abel is just taking care of something, and he needs to concentrate. Just wait patiently for a bit." Carlos tried to comfort Finkle with a smile.
Camille put down the juice that she was nibbling on and said with a smile, "You really care about Abel. Unlike my Joey, she probably wouldn't even care if I locked myself up for a day."
"Ms., how can you say that about me." Said Camille's Wizard follower Joey in a somewhat squeamish tone.
"If you are still worried, I can call the teacher to check on him," said Camille without a choice, seeing the worries on Finkle's face.
"Ms. Camille, can you really do that?" Finkle fat face suddenly filled with surprise.
"Ok, ok, I'll call the teacher now."
As Camille was just about to contact Wizard Morton through her identity card, a strange energy wave suddenly came from above.
"Someone had ranked up!" Camille and Carlos exclaimed at the same time.
The 2 exchanged a curious gaze, and Camille said, "Weird, the energy wave is not that strong. It doesn't seem like someone had become an official wizard. Could it be ether brother Warren or sister Eury who had ranked up?"
"Other than them, who else would rank up around here?" Said Carlos shaking his head.
Suddenly, both of them thought of the same person. Camille then said to Finkle with a weird facial expression, "We don't need to contact teacher now!"
"Ms. Camille, why?" Finkle asked in confusion.
"Abel deserves to die. Did he think he has the skills to take my place as the 5th disciple?" Before Camille could even speak, Carlos had jumped up, losing his temper.
"Who can you blame for not putting in the hard work. It seems like you will be the 6th disciple in a few months, with Abel's speed of progress." Said Camille with a smile, mocking Carlos's misfortune.
"Mr. Abel had ranked up?" Finkle could still remember the look on Abel's face when he first entered Yveline's magic tower. Back then, he was still not a wizard, and only in the last few months, he had grown from a rank 1 to a rank 3 novice wizard. This speed of progress made Finkle question if he was really as stupid as a pig.
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Abel just increased his rank. He still wasn't fully awake from the shock of excitement when he felt his identity card vibrating on his waist. In order to avoid people disturbing him when he was increasing his rank, he set a do not disturb on his identity card. Who kept calling him?
The moment he connected, the Finkle's voice came, "Mr., you there?"
"Finkle, what's up?" Abel asked.
"Mr., did you rank up?" Finkle sounded very excited.
"How do you know?" Abel asked in a puzzled tone. He did not know that when wizards increase their rank, an energy wave would be unleashed.
"Abel, come down and have lunch with us, quick!" Camille's voice came through.
Abel quickly packed up his stuff and hurried to the first floor. The moment he arrived, Finkle stepped up with a face full of joy and said, "Master, you almost scared me to death."
Abel took a sit on a chair. He looked at Finkle and said, "Why's that?"
Camille said with a smile from a side, "It was time for lunch, but you locked yourself up in your room. Your wizard follower thought something bad had happened to you and was just begging me to connect teacher."
"Finkle, don't be like that in the future. It's very normal for a wizard to lock themselves up!" Although Abel said it like it was nothing, he was actually very touched in his heart.
Abel turned his head, seeing the slightly depressed looking Carlos. He then asked weirdly, "Carlos, what happened to you today?"
"Junior brother, Within three months I will…." up to this point Carlos came to a halt, after a while, he changed mind and said. "No, in four months…." he stopped again. At last, he said with a certain tone, "in five months, I will definitely become a rank 4 wizard."
"Congratulations Carlos. You rank up so quickly." Abel congrats him genuinely.
"Ha!" Camille was just taking a sip of the soup, but she couldn't help but suddenly spit it out when she heard what Carlos had said. This could only end badly for Carlos.
"Camille!" Carlos jumped up. He was about to teach Camille a lesson, but then he was reminded of Camille's rank. So instead, he just stuck out his hand and asked his wizard follower for a towel. Then, he began to rub angrily.
No matter what, Camille was still a woman. Although she could be a little alpha sometimes, her face still immediately got red after she spat her mouthful of soup on Carlos's face. She quickly followed, "Sorry, sorry, Carlos."
"Junior brother, are you trying to piss me off intentionally?" Said Carlos helplessly, looking at the innocent look on Abel's face.
"Carlos, what really happened to you today?" Abel asked again, Carlos seemed very odd today.
"He was worried that you would take his spot as the 6th disciple since you increased your rank so fast." Camille couldn't stop herself, and she said out was on Carlos's mind in one breath.
"Carlos, I had only become rank 3, and you are already well on your way to rank 4!" Abel wasn't too sure what Carlos was thinking.
"Abel, since you are already rank 3. Can Carlos and I invite you to join our gang?" Said Camille seriously, looking at the expression of Abel.
When Carlos heard the words of Camille, he seemed to forget about everything that just happened and said with excitement, "Yeah, we can do missions together in the future."
Abel had no idea what they were saying all of a sudden. He asked, "Camille, Carlos, what gang? what mission?"
"Since you are now a rank 3 novice wizard, you can apply for a wizard badge. With this wizard badge, you can apply for missions and gain some credits from the wizard Union." Camille explained.
"Junior brother, the teacher can only give you the spells for novice wizards for free. For official wizards spells, you need to go to the wizard Union and buy it with your credits." Carlos followed.
"How much does it cost to teleport to the wizard Union every time?" Abel was familiar with the credit system. In his past world, a lot of occupations also had a credit system. Since this world had developed for a long time, also coming up with the credit system was not a surprise. However, if he needed to go to the wizard Union to apply and finish the mission every time, the teleportation fee might not be cheap.
"We did not tell you this before because we were afraid it would affect your training. Now, since you are a rank 3 novice wizard, we'll let you know." Said Carlos as he dragged Abel in front of the defense circle in front of the teleportation circle.
At that moment, the teleportation circle was shining in white light. Carlos took out his identity card to open the little door between the golden fence. However, nothing happened. He then said in a somewhat embarrassed tone, "Right, I forgot. The teleportation circle can only open this door when no one is teleporting."
"Carlos, you are always crude like this!" Said Camille in a mocking tone.
At that moment, the white light began to concentrate, and a silhouette of a man emerged from the white light. It was a big build middle-age male wizard with a magic robe.
"Carlos, Camille, Hello. Oh, and this must be Abel!" Said the big build wizard with a smile as he greeted them.
"Mr. Murphy, Hello!" Said Camille and Carlos together as they bowed.
Abel saw the two bowing, so he bowed as well. He knew who that was; he was the owner of another magic tower, Wizard Murphy.
"I'll get going now, or else the teleportation circle will tell your teacher I am disturbing him from making money." In a big loud, Wizard Murphy had disappeared from the teleportation circle again.
"Wizard Murphy also has a teleportation circle in his magic tower?" Abel asked in a puzzled tone. If Wizard Murphy was going out or going back, he needed a teleportation circle in his magic tower to teleport.
Camille replied, "Both Yveline magic tower and Murphy magic tower have a closed by a branched magic circle that relies on this main teleportation circle in front of us to operate. Although they have some features of this main teleportation circle, all branched teleportation circles need to go through the main teleportation circle to teleport to places further away."
"But I never saw a teleportation circle when I was in Yveline magic tower." Said Abel.
"Of course you've never seen it. Branched teleportation circles don't have a defense circle like this, so normally they are built in a specific room, not in the first-floor lounge like this," Camille's replied.
Then, Carlos pointed towards the golden fences covered in patterns outside of the teleportation circle and said, "Do you think the teacher had made this? Defense circle and teleportation circles are all installed by the wizard Union. First, this can make sure the magic tower is safe. Second, make sure the person teleporting is safe. The defense circle can separate the person teleporting from the magic tower. This makes sure that they can not be attacked by the magic tower during teleportation, and they can not attack the magic tower."
"A teleportation circle must be very expensive, isn't it?" Abel softly asked Carlos.
"The cost is one thing; the most important thing is that only an intermediate wizard can request to install one. Normally the owner of a teleportation circle won't let a wizard who is a higher rank than they enter the teleportation circle in their magic tower. If they let a wizard who is a higher rank than them to enter their magic tower, it might be very dangerous despite the defense circle. Therefore, the wizard Union had set this prerequisite. Only intermediate wizards can request to build a teleportation circle."
Afterward, Carlos places his identity card on the teleportation circle again. The small door opened, he went inside first, and the small door disappeared.
Camille and Abel then followed, each also entered the teleportation circle with their own identity card.
"Let's be quick. Let's not take up too much time from the teleportation circle." Camille reminded.
"Sure, I'll show little brother how to operate this, so he can operate it himself in the future," Carlos replied in one breath.
Carlos took out the three leafs wizard badge from his pocket and placed it on to a gap in the corner of the teleportation circle. The teleportation circle began to shine in white, but much less than before.
"It shouldn't take up too much energy to ignite this. Only the energy from the magic tower should be enough, so it doesn't cost us anything to do this." Carlos said to Abel with a smile.
"What's this?" Abel asked as he saw a beam of white light shoot up from the center of the teleportation circle on to the wall, casting some words moving around in a confined manner.
Abel had seen this technique in the wizard Union before. It seemed like some kind of television generated by the magic circle. Now, it also seemed like this technique was much more advanced than he had initially imagined.
"This is the mission list. If you see any mission you like, you can just press down directly with your wizard badge," said Carlos pointing at the words moving around in the wall.
"Carlos, accept mission 1473, quick." Shouted Camille, pointing at a message on the wall.
Abel looked at mission 1473, it wrote:
Mission number:1473
Mission demand: 500 feather grass
Mission time: 7 days
Mission credit: 2 points of credit
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Chapter 170
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Abel had seen the feather grass I'm 'Morton's observation record' before. It was a type of plant grow in the southern part of the country. Normally they grew together with weeds, and it was very hard to differentiate them.
Carlos quickly controlled his wizard badge to accept mission 1473. Abel asked hesitantly, "He needs to get that much feather grass. Are seven days enough?"
Camille replied with a smile, "Who said we are the only one getting it? You'll see in a moment."
Carlos looked at the mission list thoroughly again and said, "No many good missions. The closest bounty hunting mission is still in Duchy of Keyen. The teleportation fee alone was not worth the credit. It's a good time to take some rest. We'll go after little brother got his wizard badge."
"Let Abel take a look at the selling list. Stop worrying about the time," Camille suggested.
"Ok ok, I just want the best for us," said Carlos as he tried to control his wizard badge to illustrate the shopping record.
Merchandise name: constitution potion, credit required: 1 affect: recover body damage, increase body constitution.
Merchandise name: strength potion, credit required: 100 affect: forever increase strength
Merchandise name: speed potion, credit required: 100 affect: forever increase speed
Merchandise name: will potion, credit required: 100 affect: forever increase will
Merchandise name: crystal core reshaper, credit required: 2 affect: soften crystal cores for reshaping.
Merchandise name: basic fireball spell guide, credit required: 10
Merchandise name: basic warmth spell guide, credit required: 10
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"Can all of these be exchanged with credit?"
The first item on the list, 'constitution potion,' was very understandable. He had four bottles on him, and he even gave Finkle one as a gift.
However, the 'strength potion,' 'speed potion,' and 'will potion' down below made his eyes sparkle. According to its description, it seemed to be some good stuff to forever increase an attribute.
"Abel, you really think such expensive items are good stuff? Carlos's wizard badge can only show items for novice wizards. How good can they be?" Camille said in a disdained tone.
"Camille, but these things can forever increase your attribute!" Said Abel in a puzzled tone.
"Although the description here can't be wrong, what the word 'increase' can be debatable," said Camille as she used her thin little finger to make a tiny hand sign. She then followed, "let's take the will potion, for example. Ever since I first saw it, I've always wanted to accumulate enough credit for a bottle."
Camille stopped, signaling Carlos to turn of his magic circle. She then took out her identity card and placed it on to the defense circle. She said as she was walking out the teleportation circle, "Back when brother William was still in the magic tower, he told us that every person could only use one will potion in their life. And the will it increase was extremely low, only around 0.5 points, and both the 'strength potion' and 'speed potion' are just the same."
Abel followed behind Camille and exited the teleportation circle with his own identity card. He then quickly asked, " then how much constitution can the constitution potion' increase?"
"Every time, it can increase around 0.001, and you can only drink one bottle a month, which was around enough to repair the damage a wizard will cause to their body during training. To a wizard, 'constitution potion' are lifesavers," Said Camille helplessly.
Abel then thought of the 'crystal core reshaper' and ask "I've just seen some 'crystal core reshaper,' does that mean the potion we create for the crystal cores was exchanged?"
"Yeah, but we can't help it anyway. The teacher doesn't have any potion inheritance, so we can only buy those ready-made 'crystal core reshaper' to soften the crystal cores. This adds a lot to our cost, but at least every bottle can be used 20 times. We would just be losing money by making all those rune signs," Said Camille in an unsatisfied tone when she talked about the 'crystal core reshaper.'
"Little brother, you have to tell the teacher that you have ranked up as soon as possible. So when you get your wizard badge, we can start our mission immediately," said Carlos laughing loudly as he exited the teleportation circle.
"Carlos, please use your brain. We all felt the energy wave when Abel increased his rank. How could the teacher not know?" Camille rolled her eyes on Carlos.
As the two began arguing again, Abel looked at them with a smile. However, in his mind, he was thinking about the 'constitution potion.' It seemed like he had underestimated the potion initially. He always thought it was just something wizards use to recover the damage the mana caused to their bodies.
Since Abel had his golden combat qi, he never saw 'constitution potion' as an important resource. But it shouldn't be a surprise, anyway. If it really was an important potion, it wouldn't become something novice wizards use every month.
However, Abel had a Horadric cube. He could combine these 'constitution potions,' and that could make a drastic difference. If the 'constitution potion' he took in every month was a master's one, he wonders what effect would that bring.
If he could also combine the 'strength potion,' 'speed potion,' and 'will potion' into master's potions. It might still be able to increase his ability by a lot, despite their one-time use. It was a pity that these three potions were too expensive. In order to combine a potion into a master's potion, he would need at least 27 bottles of that particular type of potion. That would be 2700 credit points, and if he needed to combine all 3 of these potions into master potions, he would need 8100 credit points.
Looking back, the seven days mission just then would only give them 2 credit points. Seemed like the 1 credit point 'constitution potion' was the most bang for the buck for now. The other three potions were unattainable for him.
"Abel, come here. I'll let you see how we complete these missions" Camille called Abel out of his thoughts.
"Coming!" Abel quickly followed the steps of Carlos and Camille.
The three exited the magic tower, all the low ranking wizards outside of the magic tower immediately stood up and bowed.
"I am announcing a mission. Help me get 500 feather grass in three days, and I will give out one bottle of 'constitution potion as a reward." Carlos stepped up and shouted.
"Mr. Carlos, leave the mission for us!" A rank 1 novice wizard shouted.
"Mr. Carlos, please give us the mission!" Shouted another rank 1 novice wizard.
"Give us the mission, please, Mr!"
All of a sudden, there were already around ten novice wizards fighting for the opportunity for this mission. The students of wizardry could not do a thing as they stood quietly by the side.
"Let's do it according to the old rule. The first person to bring us the feather grass will be the one who gets the reward," Carlos announced again without looking at a specific person.
"Now go! Go find those feather grass!" Afterward, the 40 or so low ranking wizards who just surrounded Morton Magic tower disappeared almost immediately.
Abel thought this mission must be very boring, but only some words by Carlos, countless people were fighting for this mission.
"Little brother, did you see it. If you just make the mission public, it can not only save our training time, and it can also allow low ranking wizards to have a chance of getting some 'constitution potion.' All of those low ranking wizards have their own team, and some of them also have powerful families. Therefore, it's much more convenient for them to complete the mission for us." Said Carlos, feeling a little proud of himself.
"Carlos, you are too clever. How can you come up with such a genius idea," said Abel in admiration? It was a win-win for both the low ranking wizards and themselves; this was a perfect way to go about doing missions.
"Stop tricking Abel. How can this guy come up with this idea? It was the teacher who did. Therefore, even those wizards outside of the magic tower can still have a chance of getting resources." Said Camille gazing at the embarrassed Carlos.
"The teacher was too considerate!" Said Abel sincerely.
"Our magic tower is not the only magic tower who do this. Sometimes, the other two magic towers will also give out some small, less time-consuming missions for the low ranking wizards to join," Camille proceeded to say.
"Those black markets are too 'black,' a bottle of 'constitution potion' can sell for a very high price." Carlos spat out.
"There's still black markets here?" Abel asked in a puzzled tone.
"Of course! I'm starting to think if it's the three disciples in Yveline magic tower who are selling all of these 'constitution potions' in the black market," Carlos mumbled to himself.
"Be quiet, don't let anyone hear you!" Although Camille was criticizing Carlos, her facial expression showed that she agreed with what Carlos had said.
Abel began to think, maybe the three disciples of Yveline magic tower had gone mad. They could do anything to get benefits or help to rank up to an official wizard.