[Kent's POV]
Just as Lucy Gray left the top floor on her white swan, Kent closed the door and took out the golden square box from his bracelet. He caressed the octopus' image on the box and prepared to take out the things sent by his aunt.
An excited smile played on Kent's lips as he activated his aura to access the golden box that came from Royal Delivery.
Just as he used the aura on the golden box, the octopus image glowed, and a transparent octopus' spirit came to life. The spirit floated like a swimming jellyfish and rose to the height of Kent.
It stared at Kent's face for a long time and dissipated into thin air in green color. In the next instance, the golden octopus image turned into an emerald green color.
With a sigh, Kent accessed the golden box. The storage box itself is a spatial instrument, and there are three items packed neatly in it. As Kent extended his hand, he retrieved a heavy manual in the size of a dictionary.
The entire manual is made of bronze, including the pages, decorations, and designs.
"The Arcane Archer's Tome"
The title of the manual is etched on the book cover with a special technique. A symbol of Blue Planet, adorned with a conical wizard cap on it, is minted at the bottom of the book, with the name Blue Planet Wizard Association written in small letters.
As Kent opened the first page, '99 Magus Arrows for Beginner Arcane' is written in bold letter. An image of an archer aiming an arrow to the sky is depicted in a brave stance.
With a surprised face, Kent turned up the next page, where three lines were written in a gleaming thread texture.
"This book is the first part of the Arcane Tome, contain explosive, damaging arrow spells. The second part contains killer arrow spells, and the third part contains mass destructive war sovereign arrow spells.
The person who masters all 133 arrows mentioned in the these three manuals of Arcane Tome will be awarded the "Arcane Sage" title by the Blue Planet Wizard Association.
A wide grin formed on Kent's face as he went through the lines. He knew how hard it was to get his hands on these types of rare manuals, but his aunt sent the best of the best for him.
Keeping the book aside, Kent picked up the long bow from the golden box. As he stood with the bow, which is almost the same height as him, Kent's eyes gleamed in white while staring at the imposing size of the bow. The entire bow is dazzling in snow-white theme.
Suddenly Kent felt startled and lost the grip on the bow. But thankfully, he regained his composure shortly and captured the bow in a split second. The reason for his sudden perplexity is the snow-white snake passed along the curve of the bow on one side.
The craftsman of this bow is definitely a sage-level smith who took intense care in balancing its size with its weight.
Kent couldn't contain his excitement, as the bow looked very majestic and every inch of it contained intricate carvings. Along the body of the snake, aura particles were etched in shining white crystals, making it a work of art in its own right.
Even though the entire bow looked snow white in color, two crimson red stones were etched in the snake's eyes.
Kent, balancing the heavy bow, leaned forward to take a closer look at the eyes of the snake.
"What the…?!!! These are mana stones." Kent cried out in surprise.
[Aura stones and mana stones are different. Until the Grand Master Magus stage, people use Aura and Aura Stone to gain strength and advance to the next level Magus. But from the Grand Master Magus stage, people can only raise their level through mana absorption.
Mana stones were accepted as currency on all planets, whereas Aura stones varied for each planet, so they were confined to their own planet.]
After spending enough time with the bow design, Kent observed that the bow string is not connected on both ends.
He stood straight with the bow and untied the bow string, which is wrapped around the top end of the bow. Using all his strength, he dragged the bow string down, which is very hard to stretch.
Kent used his 8th-class Magus aura and put all his strength into drawing the bow string. After struggling for five minutes and after several failures, Kent successfully tied the bow string to the other end.
Just as the bow string connected, a white gleam passed along the snake carving of the bow and a name lit up in bold characters at the head of the snake.
"V.I.C.T.O.R"
Those five letters were carved in bold characters with a separate design for each letter. An arrow bump passed through the base of these letters.
"How majestic…!" Kent muttered while caressing each letter carved in imposing calligraphy.
Even though he felt scrupulous pain in his muscles, Kent held onto the heavy bow dearly. But his low stamina didn't let him hold the bow for a long time. Controlling the painful feeling, Kent carefully placed the bow on the bed.
"Ahh… It's too heavy for me. I must train my body as soon as possible. Otherwise, this bow will be trash in my hands." Kent muttered in a determined tone while pressing his muscles to ease the pain.
Soon he felt relaxed and picked up the golden box to check for other items.
Except for a small black wood box in the corner, the golden box is completely empty. With a sigh, Kent picked up the small black wood box.
Just as he took out the last piece of item from the golden box, the octopus' image on it began fading, and the golden hue of the box slowly receded.
Just in a few minutes, it turned into a cramped-up wooden box, and its internal space collapsed, making it useless for future use.
"What the hell? I thought of using it as storage or a gift. But this thing became useless." Kent muttered with an annoying look while staring at the disintegrating Royal delivery box.
But Kent doesn't know that the golden box won't support placing foreign objects in it. Only items marked with the blue planet Magus seal can be placed inside, and once they are sealed golden box with the octopus' spirit, no other things can be placed inside.
Shaking his head in disappointment, Kent opened the small, black wooden box.
"Knuckles…?! Why did I receive knuckles?!!!"
Kent's eyes went wide after seeing the black, plain knuckles inside the black wooden box.