"You.. are quite slick on this one" Alsiel said, amazed
"Well, when you are in this bussiness for as long as me. you will learn how to do some trade maybe sometimes bowing to have something more....., here you take one the other is for safekeeping" James say while he toss one of the stone to Alsiel.
"Yeah 'Safekeeping' i don't think think i will see any of those stone again" Alsiel sigh
"Hey, i earn you this okay it's not bad to have a bit of knowledge." James then took the stone for safekeeping and give the scroll to Alsiel.
"you know" Alsiel say " i might not be good at acting, but i could see from that guy face that there must be something wrong with this scroll of his"
"i know, but this time around he needs you to be his scout, maybe even being a test subject so i don't think you will just go and explode on me. so i think it will just be extremely hard to do with a little to no result" James explained
"I see, so you want to try this thing too ?" Alsiel ask
"Nah, i'll try my friend and see wether they have something similar, left a copy for me will you!" James then goes back to do some inteligence search.
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Because only 2 hour is given Alsiel then go and read the scroll as fast as he can, then he goes to copying the flow of energy from the stone in his hand into the channel as described in the scroll. Alsiel never felt anything like this before, it feels so refreshing like the air that he always breathe are polluted and now some strange things are entering him that both feel cold and warm creating a pleasing feeling that sadly only lasted a for about 30 minutes since he first started. when he open his eyes the stone already turned into ashes and fly away.
Alsiel then do the same thing but in a way that make the energy flow out from his hand into a shape of a ball. The ball then manifest in his palm with the size of a quail egg. "hmm, the scroll describe level one is as big as a palm size. guess this was some small success then." Alsiel murmur to himself, he then check the so called mana inside his body, " it seems like the mana could regenerate itself inside my body but because there is nothing of the like outside it cannot replenish from the surrounding" Alsiel analysed. "im hungry?, so it transform energy that i have into mana. wait then what will happen to me if i don't have enough energy?"
"James im going to go get some food" Alsiel hurriedly say to James while James seem to look at the stone in his hand like the most precious thing on the world.
"Yeah, hurry up and get it. don't forget to come back before the estimated time. don't want the client waiting any longer" James say happily while cuddling with the stone.
"Oh Alsiel" James said hurriedly.
"What?" Alsiel ask
"Run some small errand for me while on the way will you....."
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