There wasn't much that Glenn needed to introduce.
Dave had been working in the laboratory for a few months. Although he did odd jobs, he knew the place well.
Glenn introduced Dave to the other four apprentices.
Perhaps because Dave had become an official apprentice or because of Glenn, the apprentices who were not friendly to Dave greeted Glenn and introduced themselves.
Dave maintained his friendly attitude as if he had forgotten about the way that people had mocked him before.
However, no one knew what he was thinking.
After becoming an official apprentice, Dave no longer had to do his odd jobs.
In Glenn's words, a Potion Apprentice with a 60% to 70% success rate in refining Spirit Water, even if it was just refining Spirit Water, shouldn't be reduced to doing odd jobs.
This kind of thing could be done by the other level 3 acolytes.
Dave soon accepted his new status as an official apprentice.
The only empty experiment table in the laboratory, number six, would belong to him in the future.
Including the experimental equipment on it, he also had the right to use it at will.
Other than the two days a week when he had to refine potions according to the laboratory's requirements, he could freely use the rest of the time.
He could do his own things, come to the laboratory to use the equipment here or refine his own potions.
There was also an increase in salary- he would get four magic stones every month!
It was four times more than when he was doing odd jobs!
It didn't seem like much. After all, he could earn this Magic Stone by refining Spirit Water for a few days.
However, in reality, there was a huge difference between an acolyte who needed to come to the lab to clean the equipment daily and an official apprentice who only had to work two days a week…
The real difference in salary was more than ten times!
Dave finally understood why so many acolytes wanted to become official apprentices.
Ignoring everything else, just this treatment…
Even if he didn't have such a high success rate of refining spirit water, he wouldn't be able to make money by refining potions himself.
Just by relying on this weekly salary, he could be much more at ease than other acolytes…
"Oh right, Mrs. Izu told me to get you a better set of equipment."
Glenn slapped his head and pointed at the metal pot in Dave's hand.
"These equipment are too outdated. At the very least, they should be made of glass, right?
"It's too late to do anything today. I'll buy you a new set later. Do you have any requests?"
"Ah?"
Dave was stunned.
Was there such a good thing?
Although he was embarrassed, he didn't refuse.
A better set of experimental equipment was very important to him.
Although it was more convenient to stay at home than in his residence, he was afraid that he would accidentally expose his level in Potionology.
However, it was definitely better to have an additional set of useful equipment than nothing.
"I don't have any special requirements. Just an ordinary one will do."
..
Back at night, Dave sat on a chair.
At this moment, there were two books in front of him.
One of them was Lin En's Potionology, which Mrs. Izu had given him today, and the other one was the spell book he had found in the apprentice market today, the Shadow Hand.
Dave had been eyeing this spell for a long time.
He happened to run into it at the market today, so he bought it.
The price was not high either. Two and a half magic stones were all it cost.
Dave guessed that it was partly because the spell was so popular that the price had not dropped.
Basically, the mage apprentices who had to stay in the laboratory would practice the Shadow Hand or similar spells.
If they hadn't learned it before, they wouldn't miss it if they had the chance.
Dave was the same.
After watching Mrs. Izu's " performance " today, he was even more determined to learn this spell.
He bought it with magic stones.
Dave's pockets were already empty after he bought the magic crystal.
But today, Glenn gave him four magic stones, saying that it was an advance payment for this month's salary.
What else could Dave say?
Only now did he know that he could get the salary in advance…
After today, his impression of Glenn completely changed.
No matter what, those who were willing to pay were good people.
This logic was not wrong.
Shadow Hand was a dark element spell, but its effect was different from the common dark element spells. It leaned towards control.
The principle was to condense dark elements into an invisible hand that could be used against enemies and also played a supporting role in experiments.
It was said that the level-one version of this spell could form several hands at the same time, greatly increasing its effect.
Dave didn't ask for much. One hand was enough for him.
There was a magic crystal on the table. Dave tried to construct the mental model of the Shadow Hand in the crystal.
It was not easy to learn a spell. Even with the help of the mage crystal, the progress was not so smooth.
Soon, the mental model that he had constructed for half a day still collapsed.
However, Dave was not in a hurry.
After feeling it for a while and concluding his failure experience, he put the book and the mage crystal away.
The main point of the night was not the Shadow Hand.
At best, it could only be considered an auxiliary method for potion refinement.
The book, Lin En's Potionology, was Dave's main meal for the day.
It was a Potionology book that was even more advanced than the "Basic Potionology" book, and it was also a Potionology book that Mrs. Izu had personally given to him.
How rich would the Potionology knowledge be?
Dave had no idea how much Potionology knowledge he could absorb with his Level 2 Potionology.
He could test it out today.
Just by looking at the cover and the printing style," Lin En's Potionology " shouldn't be a book with a long history.
However, the thickness of the book was astonishing. The thickness of one book was thicker than two Basic Potionology Books, and it felt heavy in his hand.
Dave flipped it open and found that it was not about Potionology.
It was the preface of a wizard named Lin En Dougal.
Dave looked at it with a weird expression.
"My name is Lin En Dougal, a well-known wandering mage, a prodigal who travels in the sky. Today, I came to a strange place called Earthsea…."
After skipping the beginning, Dave flipped to the next two pages and found that they were all prefaces written by Lin En.
In other words, it was his autobiography!
Moreover, it was written in the Hoen language, which consumed mental energy to read.
"This fellow…No wonder this book is so long!"
Dave had no choice but to start from the first page.
He was afraid that he would miss out on some key information if he skipped the prologue.