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Chapter 193: Ashore (2)
Translator: Leo Editor: Frappe
Isabel raised her right hand with her palm facing upside.
"Yaomuse…Tera…The Ice Devil!" She invoked the incantation in a low voice.
A small blue vortex slowly appeared on top of her palm spinning, with a red spot of light flashing in the center of the vortex.
The dim light illuminated Isabel's pretty face. She grabbed some red dust from the pouch by her belt and sprinkled it onto the vortex.
CHI*
After the dust was poured into the vortex, the air flow changed and the dust turned into three, small triangular crystals.
The three crystals formed a circle above her palm and started spinning.
Isabel raised her hand and threw the three spinning red crystals toward Angele.
Angele raised his arms. Within seconds, a two-meter-long silver bow was conjured in his hands. He carefully attached the bowstring to the bow and a long black arrow made out the negative energy particles appeared on it quickly.
The three red crystals quickly flew to the tip of the arrow and rotated several times, it almost looked like they stuck to the surface of the tip. The black arrow looked elegant and mysterious with glowing crystals on its tip.
Angele raised the bow and aimed at the sky.
CHI*
The arrow was unleashed from the bowstring.
A blue wave slowly spread into the air as Angele lowered his longbow.
On the sea, the female Dark Wizard screamed and started running backward after realizing she was being attacked.
The arrow soared through the air and caught up with the woman in a black robe. Suddenly, the arrow turned into a humongous silhouette of a centaur. The centaur roared and charged toward the woman.
The distorted centaur shadow was about two meters tall. It had long gray fur and white skin, two long white horns on its head, the torso of an adult human male, and the lower body of a strong stallion. In its hands were two flamberges. The eyeballs that should've been there were replaced by two small spheres of blue flame.
"Ice…" The blurry centaur shadow shouted in an ancient language.
BOOM*
The distorted shadow powerfully struck the woman.
An intense white glow flashed in the air. Unprepared for it, Angele reflexively closed his eyes in response. Then, he saw the left side of the female Dark Wizard's body frozen, while her body's right side was engulfed in dark flames—a scene with such contrast that looked horrifying and strange.
Layers of glowing barriers surrounded the woman's body: black ones, red ones, and green ones. More than ten barriers were trying to subvert the damage dealt.
The frozen area on her body expanded and eventually stopped the flame from burning continuously.
The woman raised her head and groaned.
Angele stood on the deck and shook his head. "It's over," he muttered.
Isabel walked to Angele and showed a big smile to him.
"Your archery skill is impressive, and the energy arrow is powerful. With the help of my ice buff spell, it broke two of her barriers easily…" Isabel stared at the female Dark Wizard and spoke light-heartedly.
"Her mentality wave is packed with evil. We warned her already, but it seems like she fears those merfolk Wizards more than us." Angele nodded. "Isabel, the spell you cast is called Ice Devil, right? I'm surprised that this woman had so many layers of barriers."
"Yeah, that was unexpected." Isabel responded in a low voice, "That woman has a bunch of low-level enchanted items and tried to activate all of them to help herself defend against the arrow, but it was just a waste of time and mana."
"That was 15 layers of barriers from the enchanted items. However, they were too weak…" Angele pursed his lips. "She's burning the negative energy stored in her body to resist the ice damage. I doubt she can survive this time…The necromantic negative energy is strong indeed, but the side-effects will be severe." Angele recalled the way he used the necromantic energy particles not so long ago. Although he controlled the amount and time, some of his organs were still permanently damaged.
It seemed like this woman had a lot of negative energy particles stored in her body.
The woman on the sea was still struggling. She turned around and charged toward the merfolk Wizards.
The water under her feet froze as she advanced.
The merfolk Wizards had serious expressions on their faces. The old leader glanced at the ship and shouted in a language that Angele could not understand. He was not sure if the old Wizard was talking to him or the woman.
The female Dark Wizard did not seem to care. Her face was completely contorted due to the intense pain coming from her body.
BOOM*
The woman exploded as she got closer to the merfolk Wizards.
Her body broke into pieces like ice shards, splattering everywhere.
The ice shards vanished into the air and turned into dark bloody mist amid Angele's sight. The mist surrounded the area around the merfolk Wizards. They had not expected the woman to turn back on them before dying.
"I knew it." Angele sneered and watched the merfolk Wizards get trapped in the mist. "The woman carried some evil enchanted item with her and triggered it right before she died."
The merfolk Wizards' bodies and their dolphin-like mounts started melting in the blood mist. They turned into strange, dark red liquid within seconds that looked like slimy wax.
After the blood mist was blown away by the wind quickly, the only thing Angele could see was a hint of red mixed in the blue water.
Isabel turned to Angele and stared at him.
"We're getting close to our destination. What's your plan? Still want to join the Six Ring High Tower?"
She started questioning about Angele's future plans after the elimination of the threat. It seemed like Isabel had no interest in the incident's background.
"Yeah, that's my only choice now. I must find the item I need." Angele nodded. "Six Ring High Tower is my best bet, but before that, I need to have some rest."
The conversation ended here.
The ship was now approaching the dock. However, the people on the ship were still shocked. The way Angele and Isabel took out the female Dark Wizard surprised them. Even the rank 3 Wizard apprentice envied the two formal Wizards' power, yet at the same time, he feared how they dealt with matters. The sailors distanced themselves from the two, as they didn't wish to offend them in any way.
The ship remained in silence. The people were now just preparing to dock. Ten minutes later, the sailing speed began decreasing.
Angele saw people standing by the shore. In front of the crowd, several Wizards of Light were standing amid them, looking at the arriving ship. Behind them, there were many fully armored guards.
"They're my family members." Isabel had no expression on her face.
Angele nodded but did not respond.
Isabel must have already sent messages regarding the situation to her mother as they got closer to the island and Wizard of their family were sent to the dock to welcome Isabel's return.
Wizards had their secret means of transmitting messages to others without being noticed.
The ship slowly docked by the shore. Isabel stepped forward and waited for the sailors to drop the ladder.
She turned around and glanced at Angele.
"Contact me with the sigil." She sent the message using energy particles and carefully climbed down the ladder.
The two Grand Knights bowed to Angele and followed after Isabel.
Angele walked to the railing and looked down.
Isabel was talking to the Wizards of Light in a low voice.
"Uncle Daeron, why are you here? Did my mother send you?"
A middle-aged Wizard of Light with a large nose glared at Angele with his brow knitted.
"Miss Isabel, your mother is not happy with what you did this time… You boarded the ship and went to a ruin without permission. This is not going to end well for you."
"I'll explain to her myself, don't worry." Isabel responded in an emotionless tone, "Let's get back to the castle first."
"Sure." Daeron nodded. "Was that Wizard Green on the deck? Why are you two staying together? You didn't mention this part in the message."
Daeron probably saw Isabel talking to Angele earlier.
"Well, he's the first friend I made. I don't think I need to report everything to you." Isabel stared at Daeron.
Daeron pursed his lips and was about to say something else, but Isabel turned around and walked straight to the carriage parked by the street.
He looked at Angele again and narrowed his eyes.
It was hard for a Wizard to reach the next stage as the chance of failure was high. He knew Wizards like Angele were all having trouble advancing to the next stage.
Most of the Wizards from other areas stopped progressing after reaching the Gas stage, and without the support of a large organization, barely any of them could advance to the Liquid stage.
Wizards had long life expectancy, but it did not mean they would not die from trying to advance to the next stage. Some important resources were just difficult to acquire.
However, for the Wizards with pure bloodlines in Nola, advancing would be much easier. There were plenty rare resources for them to purchase, and the families would try their best to support the inheritors.
Daeron assumed that the Wizard named Green would stay at the Gas stage for more than a hundred years and the chance of him advancing was low. Isabel only needed about ten more years to reach the next stage and become a Crystal stage Wizard. After reaching the Crystal stage, it would be possible for her to try to advance to the next rank. Rank 2 Wizards were extremely rare nowadays.
Daeron shook his head. The gap between Green and Isabel was huge. It would get even larger as the time passed. After Isabel reached the next stage, she could spend hundred years doing experiments and researches, but by that time, Angele probably had already passed away.
He knew Isabel was attracted to the Wizard Green. Sadly, it would be hard for them to become close friends. Isabel would have to inherit the family after reaching the next rank.
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Chapter 194: The Six Ring Area (1)
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"However, if Isabel fails to reach the next stage within 100 years, she'll have to convert her body into energy form…" Daeron shook his head. The possibility of failing was way too low, he thought. Reaching rank 2 might be hard, but Isabel's talent level and the resources that her family could provide would help in advancing to Crystal stage.
Before entering the carriage, Isabel suddenly turned around and whispered to Daeron. She asked Daeron to give Angele a wooden token that would grant him the trading rights in the area, including the right to purchasing resources and knowledge. Furthermore, Angele could even become a resident of the Six Ring area with this small piece of wood.
Isabel passed some more information to Angele using energy particles before leaving in the carriage.
Angele stood on the deck and watched Isabel leaving with her family members. He slowly climbed down the ladder and stepped onto the ground.
"I wish I could help her." Isabel had told Angele about her situation in the messages she sent. Isabel did not tell her family about her body condition and the usage of the rhino blood. The family thought that she could still live for about 100 years, but the truth was she only had about 20 years left. She asked Angele to keep purifying the rhino blood for her, so she could at least try to reach Crystal stage. The fate of Isabel's family would change if things went south.
'Her mother will find out about the truth soon or later.'
Angele thought for a while and shook his head. The soothing wind was blowing on his face.
The shore became empty after Isabel's crew left.
He glanced around; the only people he saw were several sailors that had just finished unloading the ship.
"So, master Green, can we leave now?" Captain Haw shouted from the deck, trying his best to be polite.
The rank 3 Wizard apprentice and the sailors all stood beside the railing and stared at Angele.
"Sure." Angele nodded. He obviously knew that those people fear his power.
Captain Hawk looked relieved after hearing Angele's response. They pulled up the ladder and started their preparations for sailing.
The ship left slowly after several minutes.
Angele stretched his back and pulled up the collar, walking to the street on the opposite side of the dock.
After about half an hour, a forked road appeared ahead and there was a road sign in the middle. The road toward west led to the public trading area and the way toward the east to the Six Ring High Tower.
Angele checked the sign and turned right immediately.
Although Kuirman was a Wizard of Six Ring High Tower, he still doubted if anyone knew the man was also a member of the cult. People who had known of Angele killing Kuirman all died on the island, so he had nothing to fear.
Even if the organization tried to track Kuirman down, the strange forcefield surrounding the ruin would deter prophecy spells of any type. Not many people knew about the exact location of that island, to boot.
With Isabel's token, there was no point in him worrying about being accused as a murderer at present.
Nola was a huge area.
The Six Ring High Tower's territory was about the size of a province. Several large cities were being controlled by several Wizard families. Some small towns were assigned to contracted Wizards.
The situation was similar for the two other major organizations.
Each of the major organization was operating like a small country, also using the public area as a haven in communications.
Angele walked for about an hour. Vibrant trees stood silently on both sides of the road. Tall black city walls appeared ahead, blocking the path like a long, twisted snake. Angele glanced around, neither could he see the end of the wall nor did he find any entrance on its surface.
By the end of the road, there was a black bunker with a smoking chimney on the top.
Two old men wearing gray robes sat outside the door of the bunker playing chess on a white rectangular table.
It was cold and cloudy; the chilling wind was blowing the old men's long messy hair to the side.
At the right side of the bunker was a large, empty ground. Several white and black carriages with different engravings were parked there.
Angele saw the bunker and walked straight to it.
This place did not look like the entrance of a major Wizard organization.
The two old men noticed his presence and stood up at the same time.
"This is the back door of the Six Ring High Tower. Who're you and why are you here?" one of the old men questioned, looking confused.
Usually, the members would enter the organizations from the private dock since the public dock only led to the back door. That was the reason why there were not many people around.
Angele's original plan was to join the Six Ring High Tower. However, he decided to only trade for rare resources with the organization after obtaining the token from Isabel.
"I'm a Wizard associated with the Jones family." Angele took out the brown wooden token. The character 'S' was painted on its surface with two twisted strings above and below it.
The old men checked the wooden token.
The wooden sign started glowing after being stared at. The 'S' pattern on its surface twisted slightly like a living snake.
The two old men were just rank 3 Wizard apprentices. They quickly bowed to Angele after ascertaining the authenticity of the token.
"Can I enter now?" Angele nodded.
"Of course."
The old man responded, untied a short white wand from his belt, and pointed at the empty wall.
CHI*
A large arched gate appeared on the black wall. Angele could see the green grass on the other side.
Angele kept the wooden token into the pouch and walked to the gate.
More than ten different energy waves rushed through his body as he entered the gate, disappearing after the wooden token glowed again.
'Interesting. I doubt people can enter the back door by force, the defense here is great.' Angele slightly nodded.
At the other side of the wall was an endless dark green sea.
Between the trees, there was a narrow white path leading to the deeper area. It was long and twisted.
Angele was already inside the Six Ring High Tower's territory.
Through the gaps between the trees, Angele could see a white obelisk far ahead, barely visible in the fog. However, it seemed like the obelisk was not the one he had seen earlier in the public trading area; this one was different.
Suddenly, he heard the noise made by birds flapping their wings in the sky.
Angele raised his head and saw about ten humongous eagles flying over his head. Gray robes sat upon the backs of those eagles. It seemed like they had not become formal Wizards yet.
They were not concerned about Angele's presence, but he waited till this group disappeared in his sight before advancing.
Based on the advice given by Isabel, there were many unpopulated areas in the Six Ring High Tower, and by entering the territory from the back door, he could reach one of the trading towers quickly by walking down the path.
The trading towers were Wizards' favorite spots, as they were mainly used for the trading of knowledge and resources. There were two requirements for building a trading tower.
First, a strong organization to help maintain the fairness of the trade.
Second, a huge diamond-shaped crystal for public communication.
Several carriages and horses passed by Angele as he headed to the tower.
Some Wizards of Light were riding horses and some were riding strange beasts that had the body of a bull and the feet of a goat. All of them were traveling at full speed.
Angele also saw Wizards riding flying mounts in the sky heading to the other areas from time to time.
Angele, wearing a gray robe, went past several crossroads as the road widened. More and more Wizards appeared ahead.
He finally had a clear view of the white obelisk standing by the side of the road quietly.
Several carriages were parked on the empty ground in front of the obelisk.
The white obelisk was more than ten meters tall and was surrounded by metal railings. It almost looked like the obelisk had sunk into the grass.
Wizards stood around the tower; Angele was not sure what they were doing. Some of them looked excited but the rest looked disappointed.
There were also several Wizards pressing their palms against the body of the tower with eyes closed for some reason.
Angele slowly walked to the obelisk, still trying to figure out what was going on while checking the surroundings constantly. His behavior attracted some attention.
Three young Wizard apprentices chatting near the tower noticed Angele. One of them whispered to his friend, turned around, and walked to Angele quickly.
"Is this the first time you visit the tower?" the man asked, "Do you need any help?"
Angele glanced around. He tried to show that he knew how the tower worked, yet it seemed like there were many people here acted just like him.
Two other newcomers behind him were being welcomed by Wizard apprentices as well.
He pursed his lips and looked at the Wizard apprentice in front of him. The man was a rank 2 Wizard apprentice. Based on the energy wave he was releasing, Angele determined that this guy advanced to rank 2 not so long ago.
Yellow skin, black hair, and black eyes. The young Wizard apprentice had an average-looking face and probably would not attract any attention in the crowd.
"Who are you?" Angele looked at him and questioned.
The young man bowed and started explaining.
"I'm in charge of this trading tower. Don't worry, I'm one of the apprentices sent here by the organization. I'll explain how to use the tower for you. Also, if you don't mind, I can provide you with many other services." His voice sounded young and energetic.
"Huh?" Angele looked at the people around the obelisk. "So, they're sending messages to communicate? I think I'm capable of doing that."
"You're correct. Let me introduce myself first, my name is Ivan." The young man smiled. "If you know how to send and receive the messages, please follow me to the rank 3 Wizard apprentices. They'll guide you through the trading process here including how to the specific wave channels."
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Chapter 195: The Six Ring Area (2)
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The Wizard apprentice turned around and walked to the other side of the obelisk.
Angele hesitated for a second then followed him.
They arrived at a large empty ground covered by vibrant green grass.
He saw several other people waiting there already. There were five of them, three light Wizards and two Wizard apprentices. They were brought here by other Wizard apprentices from Six Ring High Tower.
The Wizard apprentices were chatting with those people, trying the best to lighten up the mood here.
Angele followed after Ivan. He glared at the three formal Wizards quickly.
There were two female Wizards and one male Wizard.
The two female Wizards stood close to each other, giving the impression that they were friends. Their white robes were tightened up by belts, Angele walked closer and realized the two were probably sisters. Their faces looked identical with sun tanned skin and they all had dark red curly hair.
The male Wizard was having a conversation with the female Wizard apprentice that led him here. He was checking the girl's body out while talking. Although the man had an average-looking face, his blonde shiny hair still caught some attention.
The girl looked clean and pretty, but it seemed like she was having trouble dealing with the talkative Wizard.
Angele waited for a while after reaching the grassy ground.
Two more Wizards were brought here by the Wizard apprentices and all the people here were outsiders.
The one on the left was a thin man with a goatee and the one on the right was a middle-aged woman with a depressed look on her face. They were all wearing green robes that shared the same patterns. It seemed like they were from the same organization. Angele still had not figured out what the green robes represented yet.
After everyone arrived, a young man with red hair walked to the front.
"Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. I'm a year 1 apprentice from the Six Ring College. I'm in charge of explaining how to use the tower to you."
He wasted no time and showed how to properly release the mentality wave. Also, he mentioned the specific wave channel and a simple application of energy particles required to activate the tower.
The young man demonstrated the necessary steps and walked away after.
The other Wizard apprentices started to explain the available services to the people they brought here.
"If you need a few resources or knowledge, you can get them from the trading tower. However, if you need a larger number of items, you can ask me to do it for you. I'll hire trusted companies to transport them to you. The fee I'll ask for won't be too high. Also…not sure if you're interested, I can also connect you with the girls…female apprentices and female Knights…A formal Wizard like you will be attractive to them." Ivan turned to Angele and said, "You know, this is the land of Wizards, the richest area on the west coast. We're the ones with the most power. If you have enough money, we can even get you the beauties from other races."
Angele was not interested in the girls, but he wanted to know more about this area.
"Let's exchange our communication runes then," he spoke in a light tone.
Ivan chuckled, quickly drew a complicated rune in the air, and pushed it forward.
Angele raised his right hand and the rune sank into his palm.
"Also, I think you'll need a place to stay, right? I can find you one in the forest," Ivan added.
"I'll talk to you later." Angele nodded. "I need to check out the trading tower first."
"For sure." Ivan bowed and walked away.
Angele turned around and walked to the obelisk. He found a gap between the Wizards around the tower and put his palms against on its surface.
CHI*
Strange noise echoed in his ears.
A strong mentality wave stroke Angele's body. The wave was weak and slow, and would not inflict any damage to a formal Wizard.
Angele then released his own mentality wave. However, the wave from the tower was not making any contact with his.
He recalled the wave channel the young man mentioned and modified his wave slightly.
Suddenly, a huge information screen appeared on the surface of the obelisk. Rows of trade information were listed on it.
Angele glanced around making sure that he was the only one reading the screen, and nodded slightly.
'Golden Ring Flower, 25 grams, looking to trade for Armored Beetles.
The blood of snake pterosaur, 30 grams, looking to trade for two tons of bronze.
Maragas lion's egg, meet up and discuss the details.
Eyeball of a hundred-eyed ghost, looking to trade for the essence of a magic ore.
…
...'
Information flooded the whole screen.
Angele noticed a button at the bottom of the screen that was used for turning the pages.
There were more than a thousand pages and each page listed more than 100 different trading information.
He started thinking; his utmost priority was to obtain the heart of the tree and the formula to help increase his mentality. These two items were extremely hard to find. Isabel had asked her family to search the heart for him, but he still needed to acquire the formula by himself.
Angele kept turning the pages.
'I hope I can filter it to formula only…' he thought.
Suddenly, the screen blurred and white light flashed at its edges.
Quickly, the page number reduced to two pages and the view became clear again.
Trade information about the formulas was left on the screen.
'Original formula of the Giant Potion, looking to trade for a thousand-eyed spider.
Original formula of the Burning Blood, looking to trade for a heart of the earth.
Copy of the Arcane Potion, looking to trade for liquid gold, the amount can be discussed later.
Pages of high-level potion, Dragonize Potion, meet up and discuss.'
Angele checked the names of the formulas carefully.
The newer listed formulas would be at the top. There were many potions he had never heard of. Only several of them could help him increase mentality. He spent about half an hour to figure out which ones might be helpful.
The first one was Oasman's Enhancement. The owner was asking for a phoenix flower.
The phoenix flower was hard to procure. It usually grew deep in the molten magma. Angele had no idea where he could find one.
The other one was named the Illusionary Garden and the owner was asking for a live three-headed bird. It was a much easier requirement to fulfill, but the three-headed bird was an aggressive creature. The bird was about ten meters long and was the king of the sky. Angele was not sure how dangerous the bird was, but from what he read in the book, the creature was capable of slaying a formal Wizard. He was only a Gas stage Wizard and not sure if it was worth a try.
From the more than two hundred different formulas, he only found two potions that would help increase his mentality.
Angele was a bit speechless. He pursed his lips and decided to search for something else.
'Show me cursed weapons.'
The screen blurred again.
Several seconds later, filtered information showed up.
'Calatrava Cross Greatsword. Two-meter attack range. Poison damage. Can damage spirits. Looking to trade for cursed dual short swords.
Cursed weapon crafting. Must provide materials. Looking for two icy butterflies.
Blueprint for the Speedy Knives. Looking to trade for 1.3 kilograms of Dragon Scale Flower.'
Angele stopped there realizing how valuable cursed weapons were. Kuirman's cursed scimitar probably was much more expensive than he had thought. Just a blueprint could already be traded for more than one kilogram of Dragon Scale Flower.
One Dragon Scale Flower was about 20 grams and this guy was asking for 1.3 kilograms.
Angele was impressed by the convenience of the trading system in the area, but people were asking for rare resources as if they were easy to find.
He decided to search for the information related to enchantment after checking the weapons and the formulas.
Angele checked the descriptions and found a book named as Fire Enchantment of the Giants, but the owner requested a meetup.
He pressed on the row with the book using his finger carefully.
The information was zoomed in and the introduction of the item appeared on the bottom of the page.
About ten minutes later, a different mentality wave appeared on the information.
Angele closed his eyes and modified the wave channel again.
"You want my book, Fire Enchantment of the Giants, right?" A deep male voice was transmitted into Angele's ears.
"Yes. What are you asking for?" Angele responded.
"Magic stone cards, rare materials, potions, anything, as long as they are valuable. Now tell me, what can you offer?"
"How about the formula of the Ghost Voice?"
"Ghost Voice? Interesting. Sure, what location will work for you? I'm not giving you the physical copy, we can just use the orbs. Ghost Voice is an ancient formula, it's probably worth more than my book, I'll add something else to the trade to make it fairer for you," the man responded politely.
"Sounds great."
"We can meet up on the first day of next month. Name the location."
"Sure, just come to this obelisk," Angele responded.
The two agreed on the location and time and described their appearances before cutting off the communication.
Angele lowered his hands, opened his eyes, and walked to the other side of the obelisk.
Ivan was politely waiting on the side.
"Master, do you want to check the residential areas?"
"I have many places to recommend, we can go check them out now if you have the time."
"Sure, lead the way."
Angele nodded and left the obelisk with Ivan.
After about three hours, Angele picked a two-story house built beside a small lake.
The house was painted in white with a red roof. In front of the house itself, there was a garden surrounded by fences. The whole place was hidden in the forest.
"Good choice. A Wizard who loves quiet places built this house a long time ago. He sold it to my family before leaving the area," Ivan introduced the history of the house as he opened the fence gate.
The place was covered in tall grasses. Even the path connecting the gate with the house was blocked.
The two entered the house and Ivan showed Angele the rooms.
"The place is good enough, I'll take it." Angele made the decision. "Also, get me a map of the Six Ring area, the place is huge."
"Sure," Ivan responded politely.
"Two healing potions for the house, right?" Angele took out two small glass tubes with green liquid inside.
"Of course, that's more than enough." Ivan smiled. He grabbed the two potions Angele was handing over to him, opened the stoppers and checked if they were real.
"From now on, you're the owner of this house. A low-level magic circle was set up by the gate that'll prevent insects from entering the garden. It's a nice and cozy place. Also, you can ask me for daily supplies, I'll ask workers to deliver them to you as soon as possible."
"Umm…" Ivan hesitated for a second. "Actually, there are many other Wizards living around here. I hope you'll get along with them."
Angele nodded.
"Great, I'll stop bothering you then." Ivan bowed to Angele. "Don't hesitate to contact me if you need anything. I and my family will try our best to fulfill your request. The only thing you need to do is to message me using the communication rune."
"Sure, thanks."
Ivan left right after finishing his words. After about 30 minutes, a young rank 1 Wizard apprentice knocked on the door and told him that she was in charge of delivering him the daily supplies.
This girl was the 'worker' Ivan talked about. Her talent level was low and she started meditating a bit too late. Angele doubted if she had the ability to advance to the next rank.
Angele stayed in the house and studied the cursed scimitar he acquired from Kuirman. Also, he wanted to know what exactly happened to the signet. He went to the trading tower several times but did not find any newly listed formulas.
After Ivan sent him the map, he sent Isabel his location using the communication rune.
Angele needed some time to check the items he had acquired in the ruin. In addition to that, he finally had the time to modify the older spell models. With the mentality compression techniques, it would not be a problem to him.
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Chapter 196: Change is Good (1)
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BAM*
Bright lightning flashed outside the window followed by the rumbling thunder.
The light illuminated Angele's face.
He sat near the table beside the window, focusing on the notes he was writing down.
A black slim neck vase was standing on the table quietly. Its ceramic surface was clean and smooth. On top of the vase, there was a fist-sized glowing crystal that brought light to the room.
The light from the crystal was gentle and bright.
BAM*
The thunder shook the ground again.
Angele put down his notebook on the table, stood up, and walked to the window.
It was noon. He had stayed in the house for about ten days and discovered that a storm would strike the area every three days. The weather here was quite queer.
Angele kept studying the spells he learned recently and once again he was certain that his mentality would not increase just by meditating every day.
He also did not see any people selling advanced meditation techniques, as those techniques could only be acquired through joining powerful schools. Without needed resources, it was extremely hard for wizards to progress.
Modifying spell models was a long-term task; he needed to spend years on the project. Angele had learned many spells over the years. He purchased dozens of low-level spells when he was in Ramsoda, and his goal was to complete the modification for all of them.
Angele thought for a while and sighed with complicated feelings.
Through the window, he could see the branches dancing in the wind. The screen created by the downfall was hitting the surface of the lake. The water in the lake looked muddy after the soil on the side was brushed down by the storm.
He saw two pedestrians passing by the further side of the forest. The only path around his house lay there. The two people were wearing long raincoats walking fast in the heavy rain.
Angele turned around and looked around. He was in the study. Two tall bookshelves were filled up with books, random notes and data sheets covered the table along with several small glass bottles with spell materials.
In the corner of the room, there was a black statue of a flying eagle standing in the corner. The eyes of the eagle were two glowing amethysts.
In the center of the white wool carpet, there was a dark Calatrava cross surrounded by a circle.
It was a beautiful house but the place was empty.
Angele glanced around knowing that he was the only person in the room. Raindrops were still hitting his roof and windows furiously.
Loneliness filled up his mind again.
"Well…" Angele sighed slowly, then checked the time. "It's about time."
The study was on the second floor. Through the window, Angele saw blue steam rising from outside the fences and a tiny white pigeon appear in the intense steam.
He opened the window. The white pigeon slowly landed on the windowsill and shook the water off its feathers.
"Master Green, your transactions at the trading tower have new responses." The pigeon's high-pitched voice echoed in the room, sounding like a young girl.
"Thanks, got it." Angele grabbed some black beans from his pouch and threw them on the windowsill.
The pigeon lowered its head and quickly finished all the beans.
"Also, master Green, please be careful with your belongings. We have multiple reports of wizards' houses getting robbed when they were out. Many rare materials were lost. I think it's a good idea to hire some guards or followers. Do you need any recommendations?" The pigeon raised its head after finishing the food.
"Thefts?" Angele was surprised. "Who's doing this? Why are they targeting wizards?"
"It's quite common here, you know, some races are gifted with such skills. If they become wizards, they'll get even better," the pigeon said sarcastically.
"So, who are you recommending then? I do need to build some small guarding posts around the house." Angele would be staying in this area for a while. Nola was safe and rich and also a great place to collect knowledge and rare resources.
"What type of guards do you need?" Pigeons like this were trained by Ivan's family members. They were great at delivering messages from a long distance.
"Give me 3 Knights and 3 Wizard apprentices. That'll be better. Apprentices can check the unknown energy waves and Knights can help with daily issues…" Angele nodded.
"Sure, I'll send you a list of those who are available. The guard posts will be built soon for you too." The pigeon slight shook its wings.
"Now, if you'll excuse me." The pigeon turned around and flew into the air. It became a ball of blue steam and vanished into the rain quickly.
Angele closed the window. With a flick of his fingers, the carpet and windowsill were dried up within seconds by the Fire energy particles.
He then covered the crystal lamp with a piece of black cloth. Angele pushed the door open, walked down the stairs, and put on his rain cloak.
He left the garden through the fence gate.
The rain hit his gray cloak hard. The howling wind was brushing on his face.
Angele put on his hood, lowered his head, and walked toward the trading tower along the narrow path.
Visibility was low in the heavy rain. He could barely see the road several meters ahead.
After about 20 minutes, the trading tower Angele visited before appeared in his sight.
Only five people were using the tower in the rain. Two white robes were chatting by a carriage.
Also, several white robes and green robes stood by the path. It seemed like they were waiting for their trading partners.
Angele glanced around. His sight fell upon a green robe with a blank expression on his face. The man had a scorpion-shaped scar on his forehead and an eye patch covering his right eye.
He noticed Angele's presence and stepped forward after checking Angele's appearance.
"Gray worm?" he questioned in Anmag with a low voice.
"Wisp?" Angele responded.
The green robe pursed his lips and shook his head, thinking that he should have given Angele a better codename.
"Well, let's find a quiet place." He sent Angele a message using the energy particles.
Angele nodded, turned around, and led the man to the shadow of a large tree.
They stood under the shadow and stared at each other.
The one-eyed man took out a fist-sized translucent orb from a pouch.
"Let's do the trade then."
Angele nodded his head and the man tapped the surface of the orb with the index finger.
A ray of flame came out of the orb and stopped in front of Angele. It floated in the air, slowly solidified, and turned into a crystallized strange rune.
The rune looked like a red ruby with a dot in the middle that slowly rotated in the middle of the air. The rain was dropping through it. Obviously, it was created with pure energy.
"You can read some to check the book." The man looked at Angele.
Angele nodded and pointed at the red glowing rune.
CHI*
The rune turned into a red cloud. Information was being transferred into Angele's brain directly.
After several seconds, Angele lowered his finger, and the red cloud returned into the orb.
"Great, that's the information I needed." He only had a peek at what was inside the book, but he had already gained some helpful information about the whole enchantment system. Also, he was certain that he made the right choice.
"Shall we start then?" The man lowered his voice and let the orb float in the air. He pressed his hands against the orb and closed his eyes.
Angele raised his hands and put them on the orb with his eyes closed as well.
The orb floated in the air. Green and red glows appeared inside. Each of the colors controlled half of the orb.
After about ten seconds, the two moved their hands away from the orb at the same time.
They remained silent for a while.
The man in green robe suddenly raised his head. "I'll assume the formula you gave is legit."
"Well, there's no point in me giving you a fake one. Also, I hope you didn't remove any chapter in the book." Angele stared at the man.
"I'll never do that. I've been selling books like that for years and never had any complaints. If you find something that doesn't seem right, you can come find me, I'll do my best to make sure the book you get is proper," The man shook his head and explained.
"Good then." Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes. Zero had already checked the content of the book and reported that there was a 90% of chance that the book was real.
"Alright, let's exchange our communication runes then. If there's a problem, we'll be able to talk to each other." The man drew and flower shaped rune in the air as he spoke.
Angele drew his black rune in the air and the rune from the man sank into his hand.
"Great. See you then." The man turned around and walked away quickly.
Angele watched the man disappear into the rain. He then pulled up his collar and started heading back.
Trading like this was usually not protected by any organization. It took time to test the materials or the knowledge people got and that increased the risk of trading with strangers.
However, the Six Ring High Tower would record each of the tradings conducted using the trading tower. People needed to leave their unique communication runes in the system and if anything happened, the organization would track down the one who provided fake items. Even if he escaped, his family would have to take the responsibility.
The wooden token Isabel had given had a similar function. If Angele did anything wrong during the trade and ran away, Isabel's family would be deemed responsible for his behavior.
Angele started checking the enchantment knowledge he just acquired after returning to the house.
He finished the lunch brought by the Wizard apprentice and studied until the sun started setting.
Angele sat in the reading room alone, the rain outside already stopped.
"Several important points were missing but the basics are there." Angele felt relieved, the first trade he did was successful.
'Zero, how's my body condition? Is my mentality still increasing?'
'Checking…'
'Angele Rio. Strength 3.6. Agility 5.3. Stamina 6.2. Mentality 23.4. Mana 22.7. Genetic limit reached. Healthy.'
'How's the illusion signet?' Angele questioned.
'The great harpy's bloodline is affecting your body…Your resistance to illusions has increased.'
Angele felt disappointed, as his attributes were not increasing. He had no idea how long he needed to increase the mentality to 40, but the potion formulas that would help increase mentality was expensive and hard to find, even in an area with rich resources like Nola.
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Chapter 197: Change is Good (2)
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The potions gave Angele a tremendous help when he was still a Wizard apprentice. However, after he became a formal Wizard, only high-level potions would increase his mentality. The Potion of Tranquility and the Awakening Potion were no longer effective. He needed high-level potion formulas and to collect the rare materials required for the concoction of such potions.
He quietly sat at the table for a while, yet he couldn't figure out a better option as the main problem was the lack of resources.
"So that's why Wizards spend hundred years looking for ways to advance. The gap between each stage is huge. No wonder they can't reach the next rank. I must gather an enormous amount of resources for me to gain mentality quickly…but how did the ancient Wizards rank up so easily…What did they learn from the other worlds…?"
Angele muttered.
He was certain that Master Liliana and the old Wizards he had met before all needed an immense number of resources to progress.
Based on the knowledge he had, the increase of mentality required a physical body. That was the reason why converting oneself into energy form would be the last thing a Wizard wanted to do. Once he lost his physical body, it would be impossible for him to progress further, as his mentality would remain at a certain level.
A Wizard's rank was determined by the level of spells one could cast, and casting high-level spells required a high mentality level. In other words, mentality level could be used in determining a Wizard's rank.
Angele thought for a while but did not reach any valuable conclusion, so he decided to visit more ruins that were left by the ancient wizards when he had the chance.
The ruin Angele had entered was built thousands of years ago. However, he wanted to explore the ancient ones that were underground or in the dangerous zone of the Gem Sea. If he could manage to find those ancient ruins, it would be possible for him to uncover the secret of the ancient wizards.
He removed the black cloth covering the crystal lamp.
Under the dim light, Angele raised his right arm and a small bump appeared on his shoulder, moving quickly toward the center of his palm. A crack appeared on the surface of his skin, revealing a chain of keys.
Angele held the keys in his hand and tapped them with his left hand.
CHI*
Light flashed upon the keys surrounded by a white glow.
'Prepare to test the source of the illusions.' Angele ordered.
'Test no. 324, test preparation, ready,' Zero reported right away.
Angele narrowed his eyes and shook the keys with his right hand.
CLANK*
The noise made by the key hitting each other echoed in the room.
Intense heat hit his palm as Angele closed his eyes.
He was surrounded by darkness after opening his eyes again.
Angele was still sitting on the same chair at the same location, but he could not see anything in the room.
ROAR*
He heard beasts roaring from all angles.
Angele stood up quickly. Three silver metal scars appeared on his face and blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes. Those light dots became the only source of light in the room.
He suddenly stepped forward.
Kata-kata*
Clear footsteps kept echoing in the darkness.
Many red dots of light were spreading to all angles. Angele was in the center of it. They looked like wide-open eyes searching for something specific.
The light dots kept moving around and disappeared into the endless abyss.
CHI*
Angele's right arm was suddenly slashed by something. Fresh blood was dripping down his hand.
'So this is the first stage?' Angele slowly raised his left hand. The signet in the center of his palm was glowing.
CHI*
A strange noise appeared from behind.
KA*
The energy wave from the signet blocked the strike. Angele could feel the intense heat coming from the center of his palm.
One of the light dots extinguished as the attack missed.
CHI CHI CHI*
The noise sounded like arrows leaving the bow; the beast roar echoed in the space.
Lines of black strings were stabbing Angele quickly, but the energy wave from the signet kept blocking in the incoming projectiles for him.
The number of red dots of light reduced as the time passed.
PA*
The place became silent again as the last light dot disappeared.
Angele was breathing heavily. Sweat from his forehead was dripping down his chin. Bloody wounds were left on his face and arms. He closed his eyes again after calming down.
He returned to his chair again after reopening his eyes.
The surroundings were still same. However, the table, crystal lamp, bookshelves, and the carpet were decaying slowly, including the wall and the floor.
The objects were aging, almost as if they traveled in time.
The surface of the wooden table was covered in white dust. Its red color turned darker, and some cracks appeared on the edges.
The light from the crystal lamp darkened and slowly extinguished.
The floor, the carpet, and the walls, all lost their color and became rough.
Angele sat on the chair with a blank expression on the face.
"Stage two…" He raised his right hand.
The silver glint on his skin disappeared slowly. Wrinkles climbed up the back of his hand with dots of dark age spots.
"I shall not fail this time!" Angele's expression turned serious.
He slowly stood up, raising the left hand in the air, and slightly waved.
"Hades! Mophillia!" Angele shouted.
A dark light ball was released from the illusion signet and strange noises echoed in the whole room.
The light ball was expanding; something was about to rip it open from the inside.
Time passed; wrinkles showed up on Angele's face as well. His appearance changed from a young man to a dying man within minutes, but he was still channeling the spell with his left arm raised in the air.
CHI*
The dark light ball was finally ripped open from the middle.
An enormous creature slowly moved out of the dark glow.
The creature had the body of a female human, the wings of an eagle, and a long snake tail.
The creature's body was covered in metallic black scales and the noise made by her tongue sounded just like a snake. Her seven-meter-long body twisted around Angele slowly. It almost felt like the creature had bones.
Angele rubbed the great harpy's head carefully and the life energy power returned into his body. The wrinkles disappeared within seconds.
The golden eyes of the creature narrowed slightly. Her long snake tail formed a circle around Angele and trapped him in the center.
The great harpy had a beautiful face. Her skin had a dark metallic color, giving off the impression that she was covered in armor. Instead of hair, Angele saw black twisting tentacles over her head. Under the black eagle wings, he did not see any arms, and the feathers were coated with dark energy particles.
CHI*
The harpy was excitedly moving around Angele, trying to please him like she was a pet.
Angele raised left arm and the creature's body started shrinking. She transformed into a strange snake that was about one meter long and twisted around Angele's left arm, her tail still wiggling.
"Finally…I succeeded…" A relieved smile slowly appeared on Angele's face.
He left the table, walked to the window, and carefully pushed it open.
The same forest and the same lake, but it was already late afternoon; everything looked golden under the setting sun.
The world outside the window was deadly silent.
"This, is the illusion world the keys led me to? Or…the great harpy's bloodline opened it for me?" Angele muttered.
"Tell me, where is this place?" He turned his head to the harpy on the arm.
"Ha…Night…mare…" The harpy's voice was hard to hear.
"The Nightmare Realm?" Angele was surprised. He just realized that he was probably walking on the same path the ancient wizards walked on.
Recently, Angele kept testing the evolved illusion signet and the keys. Zero tested the chip from inside the keys and slowly developed a method to strengthen the signet. Although he had not yet understood the principles, the method still worked.
He thought the illusions were from the strengthened signet, but it seemed like…
"The great harpy has the ability to communicate with the Nightmare Realm…so I'm considered as the inheritor of the harpy's bloodline…" Angele quickly connected everything together and found a plausible explanation.
Legends spoke that great harpy could pull creatures into the illusion world, but no one knew that the illusion world was the Nightmare Realm.
There were no rules in the mysterious Nightmare Realm. It was one of the ancient worlds discovered by the ancient wizards.
The creatures from the Nightmare Realm still had many bloodlines left in this world.
The records in the book were true.
Angele slowly rubbed the harpy's body. Flows of information were transferred into his mind and the information explained the connection between the Nightmare Realm and this world. It was the hidden treasure in the great harpy's bloodline.
"I need to go back first. I need to collect more information about this world before proceeding." Angele barely had any intel on this realm. He could imagine how cautious the ancient wizards were when they entered an unknown world for the first time. The natural laws of different worlds varied. It was possible that his spell had a different effect here. Angele was not sure if he could protect himself from the attack of strange creatures.
Angele raised his left hand and pushed forward.
BAM*
A circle of a translucent wave was released from the center of his palm.
His sight blurred for a second and finally returned to his real house.
"The Nightmare Realm…" A clean smooth metal mirror suddenly appeared in front of him.
The reflection of his face looked unfamiliar. His blue eyes turned golden, which was the color of the great harpy's eyes.
"Amazing…" Angele looked at the signet on his palm. The color of the signet had darkened, like a distorted crack that led to the unknown abyss.
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Chapter 198: Peace (1)
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'The effect of the ancient blood turned me into an inheritor of the great harpy…' Angele waved his left hand and the metal mirror sank into his skin.
He turned to his shoulder and saw nothing there. It seemed like the great harpy stayed in the Nightmare Realm.
Angele could feel that a small part of his soul was left in somewhere far away from here, it was the place the great harpy stayed at. They could sense each other's presences, but there was no way for them to communicate.
"So, can I take things out of the Nightmare Realm? Or…was my physical being actually there…?" Angele wondered while rubbing his chin.
'Zero, show me the recording. I need to do some investigation.' He sat down.
'Searching…Transferring the scene to your brain…'
The events that happened not so long ago visualized in front of Angele's eyes.
He used his mentality to monitor the changes happened to his energy wave and body condition. Furthermore, Zero displayed the detailed body data in Angele's sight.
Ten minutes later, the blue lights dots around his eyes vanished into the air.
'I was right. It was only a small part of my soul that was taken into the Nightmare Realm.' Angele finally understood what happened. 'The great harpy from the signet was not complete…She existed because I was in that world all the time. The ancient blood in the signet was weak and the creature I saw is just…an incomplete illusion.'
The ancient great harpies and the regular ancient harpies had low intelligence…They communicated through basic methods and were living by their instinct. Those chaos creatures had the brains of one-year-old kids. Although they were strong, they had no way to control themselves. That was why the ancient great harpies were wiped out by the ancient Wizards. Their power, however, was still incredible.
Angele thought for a while.
'So I need to double check if the world really is the Nightmare Realm. I need to be more cautious if it's the real one. Nightmare Realm is one of the countless worlds the ancient Wizards spent a long time investigating…Chances of finding rare resources are very high, also…'
Angele narrowed his eyes slightly. 'The special abilities the great harpy has…With its ancient bloodline, I was able to enter an ancient world. That might be the reason why so many Wizards were trying to extract the pure ancient blood. I shall keep the method as a secret and look for more notes left by ancient Wizards.'
It was possible that someone was spying on him. The pigeon said there were thieves with special techniques around here. Angele carefully created a thin layer of silver metal to cover up the signet on the center of his palm.
'Alright, I'll check what effect the signet has on me.'
Three days later.
Angele stayed in the small house beside the lake. He spent the whole time trying to test the abilities of the evolved signet. He had not yet got the chance to read the Fire enhancement method he acquired not so long ago.
The illusion from the keys was no longer a threat to him. Shadow beasts would attack him during the first stage, but Angele could easily dodge their strikes. With the help of the great harpy's ancient blood, the shadow beasts stopped attacking him after about 15 times of tests. They were not concerned about Angele entering their space anymore.
Angele did some experiments and realized that there were more than 1000 shadow beasts in the illusion space. Their attacks could penetrate any physical barriers, but they could be damaged by energy attacks. The shadow beasts would revive after being killed after about three hours. It seemed like they were being trapped in another dimension by the keys.
Angele assumed that those beasts were related to the Wizards from Axis of Time. If a Wizard was immobilized in the dark space, no matter how strong he was, the beasts would be able to kill him sooner or later as they would keep spawning. However, it was nearly impossible to stop a strong Wizard from moving around.
Also, the beasts would only strike when the keys hit each other. They were sensitive about human blood and flesh.
Angele's signet and ancient blood of harpy helped him enter the dark space anytime he wanted.
The Nightmare Realm was the second stage, but it seemed like there was an internal cooldown timer. Angele tried many times after the first time, but it seemed like the great harpy was resting while collecting energy to take him into that world. He had no idea how long it was going to take.
Angele decided to check on the harpy later as there was nothing he could do at the moment.
By the end of that day, Isabel sent someone from her family to Angele's house.
"You must be Wizard Green?" In front of the door, there was a middle-aged man in a white robe with a silver owl sewn on his right chest asking politely.
Angele nodded. "Did master Isabel send you here?"
The male Wizard nodded as well. "Yes. My name is Rossi and I'm master Isabel's follower. I've been working for her for about 20 years already."
"Come in, please." Angele turned around and led Rossi to the living room. "Take a seat. I just came here not so long ago, so my apologies as I don't have the time to decorate the room."
"That's totally fine. Thanks."
Rossi walked into the living room but did not sit down. He just stood by the table and slightly bowed to Angele.
"Wizard Green, Isabel asked me to bring you the resource you asked for. Please take a look."
Angele rubbed his chin. "Ah…I forgot to check master Isabel's communication rune. I've been really busy recently." He pursed his lips to an apologetic smile.
A light blue glint appeared on his nails as Angele raised his right hand. Blue smoke rose from the back of his hand and it looked like something being ignited.
Several seconds later.
The blue glint disappeared from his nails, instead, a pattern with a flying bird was drawn by flowing blue energy strings in the air. It almost looked like there was water on those strings.
Angele raised the other hand and carefully tapped on the pattern.
His skull numbed for a second and a female voice was transmitted into his brain directly.
"Green, we found the heart of the tree. It's included in this delivery. Also, I added some other items to that. You saved me back in the ruin, so I want to show my gratitude. I hope you can accept them." Isabel's voice sounded tired. "Also, Rossi is someone you can trust. I've known him for more than 20 years, so there's no point in hiding our relationship in front of him. One more thing, you know the amount of rhino blood I need, right? Can you prepare it for me? If you need any other rare materials, just tell me, I'll try my best to find them for you. Rossi will be in charge of delivering them to you."
Angele released some mentality waves and quickly created a small complicated rune model in the air. After the model was completed, he focused the wave on the rune.
'For sure. Also, it'll be great if you can find me some formulas of potions that help increase mentality. You know what I needed, I owe you one.' He opened his mouth but no voice came out.
All his voice was collected by the communication rune and his words were delivered to Isabel.
The communication rune worked like a voice mailbox. When it was activated, he would be able to hear the messages delivered to him. It had a range limit, but it was convenient to use.
After replying to Isabel's message, Angele waved his hands, and the blue strings vanished into air.
"I'll ask the workers to carry the items inside." Rossi saw Angele finish checking the messages.
"Sure." Angele stood up and nodded.
Rossi clapped his hands.
A group of short men wearing black coats carried white boxes into the living room.
They breathed heavily as they lined up the white boxes on the floor carefully.
Those men had messy hair and large noses. Their skin was dark and their bodies were muscular.
Also, all the men had black beards on their chins, with length varying. They finished their work quickly while keeping everything in order.
A short man with the longest beard walked to Rossi and Angele, then bowed politely.
"Sir, everything is here. Do you need us to do anything else for you?" His voice was deep.
"That's all. You guys can go have some rest now." Rossi smiled.
"We'll stay outside the house. Just let me know if you need us to do something," the short man nodded and responded.
Angele looked at the man. The man's head was around his waist, but they carried the heavy boxes into the living room easily.
"Dwarves or Gnomes?" Angele asked after all the short men left the house.
"They are dwarves, forest dwarves. They're born with magic resistance, so they can stay in Nola." Rossi explained, "Forest dwarves enjoy peaceful lives. They came to Nola about 30 years ago. Most of them are working as farmers or workers. They earn good money here. Even if they decide to go back to their hometown, the amount of money they have will be enough for the rest of their lives."
Angele felt a bit speechless. "Are there other races like them here?"
"Well…yeah. The ghost pigeons, I think you have already seen them around, they are in charge of delivering public messages. Also, the dryads in the Snake Bird Cliff's territory have the ability to purify the air. The older the dryads are, the better they can increase the air quality. The dryads created an area with the best air in Nola. People who want to live in the area will be charged a monthly fee. The area is under Snake Bird Cliff's control." Rossi chuckled. "They found themselves a great way to make money actually. Their business is growing well."
Angele shook his head and smiled.
"Dwarves, ghost pigeons, and dryads are the main races living here. There are also many races with much less population, but I'll have to prepare a long list for you if you really want to know more about them. If you have time, you can go check the area they live in. It's marked on the map with a red circle," Rossi added.
"Got it. Nola is a great place. Everything is new to me." Angele smiled again.
"Oh, one more thing. If you want to go to that area, I suggest you hire some centaur warriors. They are honest and reliable. There was one time that I left a piece of ice tongue scale on the ground and one of the centaur warriors returned it to me after picking it up. If he had decided to sell it, he could easily purchase a full set of high-quality gear with the money he'd get."
Rossi recalled the event and smiled. "You know that ice tongue scale is nearly impossible to track, right? That thing has no smell and it's translucent. If the warrior decided to keep it for himself, there'll be nothing I can do about it."
"I'll think about it. Honesty is welcomed anywhere on this land." Angele slight nodded.
"Alright, let's check the items now." Rossi raised his right hand and pointed at the boxes on the floor.
Each of the boxes was about a meter wide. They were heavy and stable. The boxes' edges were covered by silver iron strips with rivets.
Angele grabbed the key Rossi handed over to him and crouched in front of one of the boxes. He opened it quickly after unlocking the lock.
Inside, there were pieces of yellow wood with various sizes. Some were large like a human's head but some only had the size of a fist. Angele noticed some blood stain on the inner walls of the box.
The fragrance of flower mixed with the smell of blood permeated the air as Angele picked up one of the wood pieces.
He held the wood piece in hand and started scanning it using the chip. Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.
"How many boxes of the heart of the tree are here?" Angele stood up and questioned.
"18 boxes. The other five boxes have different items inside," Rossi replied.
"Sounds great." Angele smiled. "Thanks for delivering those to me, Rossi."
"It's my pleasure to work for you and master Isabel," Rossi bowed and said politely, "Now if you'll excuse me…"
"Sure, I'll see you later."
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Chapter 199: Peace (2)
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Angele opened the five boxes one by one after Rossi left.
In each of the first four boxes, there was a huge white egg and bits of wood filled up the rest of the space to prevent it from breaking. The egg was about one meter long and half a meter wide.
On the surface of the egg, there was a blinking silver rune, most likely used to store the information about those eggs.
Angele checked all the runes and finally understood what those humongous eggs were.
They were the gift Isabel mentioned in the message. These four rhino eggs were the ones she acquired while collecting the rhino blood.
All the eggs were about to hatch. The only thing Angele needed to do was to remove the silver runes. The baby rhinos would consider the first person they saw as their owners after breaking out of the egg.
The rhino had the similar size as the glowing elephants, but their strength was stronger and their stamina was higher. The creature had a slow speed, but it could draw life energy from the earth and recover extremely fast from physical injuries.
Rhinos were popular as they could endure a certain amount of damage for their owners. Isabel gifted Angele four rhino's eggs. Even if Angele decided to trade them for other rare resources, it would bring him a great profit.
Although there were ten boxes of the heart of the tree, there was only one heart. The heart's size was enormous and had to be cut into pieces for delivery.
The last box was filled up with magic stones. There were also several crystal cards lying in the middle with some rhino blood samples.
The members of the Bennies Family knocked on the door as soon as Angele finished carrying all the boxes to the storage room.
It was Ivan, the Wizard apprentice that helped Angele back at the trading tower.
"Master Green, here is the list of available guards and apprentices." He clapped his hands and two strong men carried a huge square book into the living room.
The book had a black cover; the length of its side was about one meter and was about half a meter thick.
BAM*
The book was dropped onto the floor. It sounded like a large stone hitting the ground. The two men bowed to Angele and Ivan before leaving.
Angele walked to the book and opened the cover. Inside, he could only see high-quality pictures of people. The information of the person on the page was slowly transferred to his brain through a special force field.
The Knights were listed on the first half of the book and the Wizard apprentices were listed in the second half. Some of the Knights already served in Nola for years and Angele knew that the radiation of energy would have negative impacts on their body. There was a limitation on how many years they could stay in Nola, so he decided to look for the ones that came to Nola recently.
Angele spent a while to check the list and picked five Knights that came from the other side of the Gem Sea. Three men and two women, they arrived at Nola not so long ago. According to the information from the book, all of them had no relatives and they could stay in Nola for at least 20 years.
The Wizard apprentices listed in the book all reached at least rank 2 and under their pictures were communication runes. If the rune was no longer glowing, it meant that other wizards had already signed a contract with them. There were probably several wizards reading the list at the same time.
Angele listened to Ivan's explanation as he read through the information of the apprentices.
"This is the complete list of apprentices that entered the land through the Sea Hawk Dock. I would suggest you make the decision quickly if you see someone you want…"
CHI*
Angele finally found someone he was interested in and decided to send the contract, but the apprentice's communication rune stopped glowing as Angele was about to put his finger on it.
Angele shook his head and stared at Ivan.
"Does this happen often? I was about to send a contract to this guy."
Ivan shrugged, brows knitted. "Well, yeah…Wizards know who they need. Some apprentices are stronger and have better family backgrounds. They are quite popular, you know."
"It's a different story for Knights. The list was made by the master wizards of the Six Ring High Tower. All the apprentices or Knights on the list all registered at the obelisk and were asking to be hired. There are many lists like this in the three major organizations, but the names in the book may vary. Still, you need to be fast if you want to hire a good apprentice."
"Knights are usually not that popular." He added, "They're weak and have many limitations. Apprentices can assist you in the experiments and some of them are capable of handling the materials."
"Yeah, I can understand that." Angele nodded and kept reading the list.
About half an hour later…
"Huh?" Angele suddenly stopped at a page.
The rank 3 female apprentice's picture looked familiar. There was a serious expression on her pretty face. The blond ponytail was hanging behind her head.
Angele confirmed his assumption after reading the information transferred to his brain.
'Nancy Aria. Age 22. From Labyrinth College. Rank 3 Wizard apprentice.
Language: Anmag.
Proficiency: Wizardry books scribe. Combat expert.
Service History: None.
Family Condition: Unknown. Relatives were lost during the war.
Risk of Hiring: Situation in Labyrinth College is complicated. Think twice before sending the contract. She is certainly talented but sadly caught in the fight between two strong families.
Information Provider: Marry Rodler (Snake Bird Cliff).'
The communication rune under the picture was still glowing. It seemed like no one had sent a contract to her yet.
Obviously, the information on the hiring risk was the main problem, as no one wanted trouble.
'Nancy is from Andes Alliance and she's the daughter of the Duke, right? A war is going on in Andes Alliance?' Angele wondered. His family and professor Adolf were still living in the alliance. If there was a war, he would have to return to that land again.
Angele did not join any organization and was not sure what was going on with Ramsoda. It would be hard for him to send letters overseas.
He thought for a while and finally put his finger on Nancy's communication rune.
CHI*
The rune's glimmer became faint and the light was absorbed into Angele's finger.
Nancy was 16 years old when Angele met her for the first time on the boat. According to the information, she was 22 years old already, but Angele was not sure if the data was correct.
Many years had passed. Nancy's face was still beautiful, but she was no longer a teen.
Angele recalled the day he cured Nancy's wound using saliva and wood bits. She probably still remembered that.
The memory made Angele smile.
Hiring Nancy was the best option for him at the moment. First, he knew the girl, and he wanted to ask her about the situation in Andes Alliance. For the risk, he already had problems with Miloshine Family, White Mist Forest, and Labyrinth College. The two Liquid stage wizards Angele killed earlier were related to the old wizard with a red beard and there was still a price on his head.
After sending out a contract, Angele kept turning the pages and sent contracts to four more apprentices, two females and two males. They were all about 20 years old and all of them were good at handling materials.
It took Angele about two hours to finish the whole process.
Ivan waited patiently beside the sofa with a smile on his face the whole time.
Once he saw Angele close the book, he stepped forward.
"Master Green, are you done?"
"Yeah." Angele nodded and responded, "Can you also send someone to the public area and tell an apprentice named Asuna from the River Arrow…umm…never mind." He suddenly stopped, realizing that there was no point in bothering the girl.
"Help me locate an apprentice named Yuri from the White Tooth Castle. I need to know his situation. I heard he was sent to the border several years ago."
"The border? Are you sure it's the border of the White Tooth Castle?" Ivan looked surprised.
"Why?" Angele stared at him, looking confused.
"Two years ago, all the apprentices and wizards guarding the border for the White Tooth Castle all died for an unknown reason. The Northland Alliance and White Tooth Castle sent a sentry team there together but nothing was found. Last year, the apprentices that were sent to the border all died again, and White Tooth Castle decided to quarantine the area around the border to do further investigations," Ivan explained.
"Is that so?" Angele felt depressed. Yuri was the only friend that had sent a letter to him, yet it seemed like he lost his life at the border.
"Yeah, sorry. I need to leave soon, let's confirm the people you selected." Ivan walked to the book, closed his eyes, and pressed his hands against the cover.
Ten seconds later, Ivan opened his eyes.
"So, five Knight and five apprentices. The Knights are all available since they are still on the list. For the salary, two magic stones per year for each Knight. If they advance during the contract period, you need to add one magic stone per year. Well, if they somehow become Grand Knights, the contract must be modified. Rank 2 apprentices will cost you 20 regular magic stones or mid-level magic stones per year and rank 3 apprentices will cost you 40 regular magic stones per year. If the apprentice has some special skills, the price might increase," Ivan explained politely.
"Not a problem." Angele just acquired a whole box of magic stones from Isabel. He also had several crystal cards and magic stones that were more than enough for daily use. The total number of the regular magic stones in that box was more than 10,000.
"I'll ask them to come to you after the contract is signed. What time will work for you?"
"How long do you need to send messages to all of them?"
"Two days. Ghost pigeons are fast. The only problem is those people live in different areas, so it may take some time for some of them to get here. Also, I heard that you need guard posts?" Ivan questioned.
"Yeah, bring your workers here and finish the job as soon as possible. I'll pay for everything. Use high-quality stones if possible. You can arrange that for me, right? After the guard posts are finished, ask the Knights and the apprentices to come here."
"Sure." Ivan smiled.
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"Now, if you'll excuse me…" Ivan bowed and left.
Angele carefully closed the gate of the garden and applied some energy particles to the handles. It was the easiest way to set up an alarm. Some strong Wizard had certain spells that could help guard a small area for a certain duration. Spells like those were effective, but an energy stone was required to support them.
Angele still had a long way to go. He still needed to learn more and collect more materials.
He returned to the house and started checking all the delivered materials. The heart of the tree and Black Rose Oil were two main components of the Tree Killer potion, and he still needed to find some supplementary materials.
Angele already finished purifying the Black Rose Oil when he was still on the ship. He put it in a small bottle and kept the bottle in the pouch. The size of the heart was huge but after the purification process, only a small amount of essence was left.
The purification was boring and complicated, but he had to stay focus.
Angele spent a long time to clean the ten boxes of the heart of the tree and after the purification, he only acquired a small tube of essence solution.
Ten days later…
In the morning, the clean sunlight penetrated the tree leaves and dropped onto the land. A golden glint was left on the grasses and the surface of the lake.
Beside the lake outside the house, a young man in a gray robe led a group people toward the white house after passing through the trees. The group members' genders varied; some were wearing metal armor pieces and some were wearing gray robes.
The leading man stopped in front of the fence and turned around.
"This is Wizard Green's house. You all signed the contract, but you still need to prove to him that you're capable of completing various tasks. Otherwise, he might ask you to leave right away." He warned in a deep voice, "Also, watch your word choices. From what I know, Wizard Green is kind and easy to talk to, but if you somehow offend him, I don't know what he'll do."
One of the young male apprentices stepped forward and nodded.
"I know, Ivan. Let's enter the house first. I'll show my respect to him for sure, don't worry."
The rest of the group remained silent, only glancing around and checking the surroundings.
There was a girl with a blonde ponytail wearing a brown leather suit in the group. There was a blank expression on her face, and she was staring straight at the door of the house. The girl's leather suit was covered in scratches and the edges were no longer sharp. It was clearly worn out.
The girl's face was pale. She stood there steadily with her right hand on the handle of her crossguard sword, giving off the impression that she was nervous.
It was Nancy, who had just signed the contract from Angele.
The two apprentices beside Nancy kept a distance from her, trying to avoid any contact with the girl.
Ivan's brow furrowed as he saw Nancy in the group.
'Why did Wizard Green offer her a contract…?' A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes but showed nothing on his face.
Ivan turned around and looked at the window of the house. There was a man standing on the second floor while looking at the group.
Suddenly, a familiar voice echoed in Ivan's ear.
"Send them in one by one. I think I need to do some simple test."
Ivan nodded and turned around again.
"Master Green wants to test your ability. Enter the house one by one. Who wants to go first?" He glared at the group and questioned with a light tone.
"I'll go first." A man with a mustache stepped forward. He was wearing a silver metal armor suit and his hair was covered by a white scarf. The man had a brown wooden longbow and a black quiver on his back.
He quickly opened the gate and walked to the house.
The door opened by itself as the man approached.
After several minutes, the man walked out of the door with a depressed look on his face.
"What happened? Nicotine?" a female Knight asked in a low voice. It seemed like the two knew each other.
The man with mustache shook his head but did not say anything, as he quietly left the place.
The female Knight pursed her lips and looked at the house.
"I'll go next!" She stepped forward.
The rest of the group was getting anxious. It seemed like the test given by Wizard Green was difficult, since the first one was already sent back.
Nancy stood by the side. Her grip on the sword handle tightened. She needed the job badly. Although the people from Labyrinth College would not do anything to her in Nola, they could still keep spreading the rumor.
Nancy already stayed in Nola for several years, but no one wanted to hire her. The comment left on her information page made people think that hiring her was too risky. Nancy already spent most of the money she brought here and she wanted to hunt the mutated beasts in the forests, but those beasts were way too strong for her. She was hurt during one of the hunts and the injuries were still affecting her.
She had to spend more money on purchasing healing gels. The enchanted items she had were broken during the fights with the people from the Labyrinth College, and she did not even have the money to fix the high-quality leather suit that she was wearing.
Although the average salary in Nola was high, it still meant nothing if she could not find a real job. The tracking seed planted on her body would alert the members of the college if she tried to leave Nola. The best way to escape the chase was to rent a boat, but the private boats were controlled by the three major organizations, and the merchant ship at the dock was never a safe option.
The second option was to be hired by a formal Wizard.
A formal Wizard could help her rent a boat inside the major organization's territory and the magic stones could be used to purchase more healing gels.
Nancy shook her head and stopped thinking.
Time passed. Another apprentice left the door of the house and was sent back. She quickly stepped forward.
"I'll go next."
Only six people were left, including Nancy.
Four people already failed the test. It seemed like the Wizard named Green had high standards.
Also, there were two girls with pretty faces and sexy bodies in the people who failed the test. Evidently, Wizard Green did not care about their appearances.
The rest of the group felt relieved after Nancy stepped forward.
Nancy made sure her clothes were clean. The leather suit was the only high-quality gear she had. Although it was becoming worn out, it showed that she had many practical experiences in combat. Formal Wizards loved to hire people who had battle experiences.
She entered the gate and walked past the garden, carefully pushing the door open after reaching the house.
Nancy walked in quickly.
The living room was dark, all the curtains were closed.
A man sat on a sofa on the left side of the room gingerly sipping a warm beverage.
Nancy finally had a clear view of the man on the sofa after her eyes adapted to the darkness.
It was a young man wearing a dark red leather suit. His brown hair was short and there was a silver glint on his skin. The man had an average looking face, but his skin was clean and smooth. Nancy could feel the pressure just by looking at man's cold expression.
"Your name is Nancy? Nancy Aria?" The man raised his head and glared at her. A light golden glow surrounded his eyes, almost as if the man was not human.
For some reason, Nancy felt the man's voice sound familiar and his accent had a hint of Rudin.
"Yes, my name is Nancy Aria. I'm here to take the test. Actually, I really need the job. If you can hire me, I'll be willing to lower my salary. 20 magic stones would be enough." Nancy was a bit confused. Nevertheless, she bowed to the man and replied in a low voice. This was the only chance she had, so she decided to lower her salary.
"So, it is you. I'm Angele. Angele Rio. Do you remember me?" The man stood up and smiled.
"Angele?" Nancy hesitated. She stared at the man in front of her, looking confused.
"Wait…that Angele?!" She suddenly remembered the young noble man that cured her wound on the ship. Nancy hesitated because the Wizard named Green had a pair of golden eyes and she had already forgotten what the young man looked like after so many years.
However, the man said his name was Angele Rio and his accent sounded familiar.
It was probably not a coincidence.
"Sorry, master Green, you're joking, right? I don't know why you mentioned his name, but it's not funny…" Nancy was breathing heavily. She took a deep breath trying to calm down. What just happened was shocking to her, and she was trying to figure out if this was the test.
"I'm not joking." Angele shook his head and stared at Nancy.
Blonde ponytail, clean and pretty face, and brown tight leather suit with white tight pants.
Her long slim legs and large breast caught Angele's attention. It almost felt like nothing had changed, as the girl still looked gentle and elegant.
Angele suddenly wanted to hug her. He had not met someone from the old days for a while.
He calmed down and stared at Nancy.
"I have no time to tell jokes. Tell me. What happened to Andes Alliance? Was there a war going on? And how is the Marua Harbor?" Angele questioned in a deep tone.
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Chapter 201: Hire (2)
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Nancy calmed down a bit, but she still felt a bit uncomfortable after hearing Angele's questions.
"So you're not joking…? You're the Angele I met on the ship?" She remembered the day Angele cured her wound using a disgusting method, but she still found it hard to believe that the young man with a low talent level became a formal wizard.
When they first met, Angele was a rank 1 apprentice while the wizard Green in front her was a formal wizard that had residential rights in one of the three major wizard organizations.
The difference was huge.
"There's no point in lying to you." Angele responded with a light tone, "Hiring you is risky, I hear. However, I want to know what happened in Andes Alliance. You're the daughter of the Duke, why were you expelled? What exactly happened to the harbor?"
Nancy finally believed that Green was Angele Rio. A formal wizard would not spend time collecting useless information about a random apprentice.
She stared at Angele, realizing that he was releasing his strong mentality wave the whole time. Nancy spent years trying to break the limit, but after her family encountered the problem, she had to escape from the assassins of Labyrinth College and had no time to progress.
Angele was no longer the son of a countryside noble. He had now become a formal wizard, and Nancy had to show her respect to him. The situation had changed. She never thought a day like this would come.
Nancy knew Angele was staring at her, waiting for the answer. Her face blushed; she lowered her head and tried to avoid any eye contact. She wanted to turn around and run away if possible. Nancy thought the reason why Angele sent the contract to her was that he wanted to mock her. The incident that happened on the ship ended awkwardly.
She could feel that her cheeks were burning.
Nancy calmed down after several seconds. This was her only chance to get hired since other wizards were scared about her background. Most of the wizards would try to stay away from trouble and no one wanted to get dragged into the war between organizations. It would be a great waste of time, but it seemed like Angele did not care too much.
"Talk. First, I want to know what happened to the alliance." Angele was getting a bit impatient.
Nancy bit her lips. She still did not want to raise her head.
"The alliance is fine…It's my family…Something unfortunate happened…" she responded in a low voice.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"So it's just your family? Good, as long as the alliance is still peaceful…" Angele realized the words he just said was inappropriate. Nancy's life changed after her family lost power in the alliance, but the only thing Angele cared was his own family.
"Well, sorry. I didn't mean it…It's just that I'm worried about my…" Angele looked at Nancy. The girl was arrogant, but she would draw her sword to fight for justice.
Angele shook his head. What happened to her was quite unfortunate.
"Alright, you're hired. From now on, you're one of my guards. Also, if you don't like this place, you can leave anytime you want. It's your right."
He stopped for a second and continued, "I hope you can focus your attention on the work. Unfortunate things happen. One of my old friends asked to become my follower, but her talent level was way too low, so I had to refuse her. Also, have you heard anything about the talented young man named Jared?"
Nancy nodded. "Jared successfully broke the limit and became a formal wizard last year. He's still a member of the White Mist Forest, I believe. Haven't contacted him in a long time."
Angele knew that White Mist Forest was a wizard organization beside the Labyrinth College.
"White Mist Forest…I won't be visiting him anytime soon then." Angele shook his head. "Do you know why I don't fear the Labyrinth College and why I hired you? Because they already placed a price on my head."
Nancy gritted her teeth. Her face was still blushing, but she did not really have any other choice.
"Thank you…I'll be leaving now." She lowered her voice.
"Wait, one more thing. What's going on between you and the Labyrinth College? Is the whole organization after you? Or…?" Angele wondered.
"No, I was framed by one of the wizards in the college. The school expelled me because of the rules. It's a wizard from my enemy's family that wants to kill me," Nancy explained.
"It's much better than I thought." Angele nodded. "You may leave now. I'll call you after all the tests are finished."
"Got it." Nancy turned around and walked out of the door quickly.
The bright light outside blinded her eyes for a second. Nancy raised her arms to cover her eyes. She noticed that Angele was staring at her body during the conversation, but she was not sure what to do.
Angele was not hiding anything. He just stared at Nancy's legs and breast. Although Nancy was not concerned about it, she still wanted to be respected.
It was impossible for her to tell Angele to stop as she was just a rank 3 apprentice and was ashamed of herself the whole time.
Nancy knew how hard it was to break the limit. The only apprentices from her ship who became formal wizards were Jared and Angele. The rest of the people she knew just disappeared. Some of them probably died a long time ago.
Nancy's father was killed and her family was destroyed.
It was impossible for her to return to the Andes Alliance and she had no one to rely on in Nola.
'No…I swear I'll rebuild my family and avenge my parents!'
Nancy tightened her fist and walked out for the fence. She saw other people staring at her and nodded. She stood beside the fences. Others knew that she passed the test.
There were two male Knights, two male apprentices, and one female apprentice left. They entered the house one by one.
The two Knights all passed the test, but one of the male apprentices failed.
A total of five people passed the test, including Nancy.
Ivan led the five into the living room and showed them the paper contracts. The paper contracts were protected by the three major organizations and were effective as long as the people who signed them stayed in Nola. Each contract had two copies and one was given to Angele.
Angele had the right to fire the people he hired anytime he wanted.
However, the five had to complete their duty listed on the contracts. As a wizard, Angele had more rights than the Knights and the apprentices. The world was never fair.
The two Knights signed the five-year contracts and the apprentices signed the ten-year contracts, but Nancy was asking for a contract that was specially designed for servants.
If Nancy and Angele agreed on signing the servant contract, Angele would have to share everything with her. Nancy knew that Angele was someone who could save her from the threats she was facing.
"Are you sure about this? The servant contract?" Angele's brow furrowed, staring at Nancy.
It seemed like the girl had already calmed down.
"Yes, I've made my decision." Nancy nodded with a serious expression on her face.
"The servant contract is a lifelong contract. I know what you're thinking, but I can't trust you. It's impossible for me to sign a contract like that with a girl I haven't met in years." Angele shook his head. A follower must be someone he could trust. Tia was probably his best choice, but he had not visited her in a long time.
Angele asked the others to leave. Only Nancy was left in the living room. He decided to make things clear.
Nancy looked disappointed.
"But I can take you in as my follower though I need you to help me handle certain things, are you fine with that? It's better than being just a guard. I'll raise your salary too." Angele thought for a while and gave Nancy a chance. He needed someone to take care of random daily issues, so he could focus on doing the research.
"Of course, that would be great!" Nancy accepted the offer right away.
Nancy knew Angele was just being cautious, but she was certain that Angele was interested in her talent and skills. Some wizards were attracted to her body, but they still backed off after reading her information. Nancy's skills would not be put to use if she was hired by wizards like that.
One of her classmates traded her virginity for a position in a wizard's lab. However, the wizard lost his interest in the girl quickly and sent her to another wizard. The girl tried to escape, but her new owner killed her with his vampire pet. The wizard told the public that the girl sacrificed herself for an important experiment.
This was the dark side of this world. People without power had impossible odds in surviving the competition.
Outside Nola, no one would question why a formal wizard killed a Knight or a weak apprentice. Their lives did not matter that much to their organizations. Only the gifted ones were important.
In a world like this, rights were acquired by the strong and powerful.
The wizard society was cruel. The best option for the weak ones was to stay out of sight or return to the mortal's world and find a normal job.
What Nancy needed at the moment was to find a strong wizard to serve. Without the wizard organization, it was nearly impossible for her to leave Nola, but living in Nola without a job would be hard.
Angele talked to her. They were from the same city, so Nancy felt a hint of warmth from him. Nancy was also a student of Professor Adolf and Angele might treat him better just for that.
Nancy decided to give everything Angele wanted from her, including her body. It was a tough decision to make, but she doubted if she could find someone better.
"Honestly, I don't trust you. I can take you in as my servant, but I need to leave a rune on your forehead. What do you say?" Angele said calmly.
"The Symbol of Obedience? Not a problem." Nancy hesitated for a second and nodded her head.
"Good, you can tell others you belong to me now." He smiled and tapped Nancy's forehand with his finger.
CHI*
A twisted black snake rune appeared between Nancy's eyebrows. The Symbol of Obedience was usually placed on people's foreheads. The symbol represented that the servant belonged to a certain wizard. Nancy was now allowed to share part of Angele's rights.
Angele placed a special rune that only dark wizards knew. It had some special functions that would help connect him with the servant.
Most importantly, the rune could help him locate the location of the servant by using the obelisk. The rune could be placed on any living beings and the energy wave it released could be easily tracked.
The rune had two limitations. First, it could not be applied with force. Second, the one who used the rune must have a higher mentality level than the one who accepted the rune.
Angele did some simple modifications to the rune. He had found a certain method in Ramsoda's library. The energy waves the rune released could constantly send the sounds around Nancy to him.
If Angele wanted, he could monitor the situation around Nancy anytime.
Angele was a formal wizard and was also a dark wizard. He could not trust a girl like Nancy. The only and most important thing to him was power.
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Chapter 202: The Formula (1)
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Angele asked Nancy to go to Ivan for the servant contract. He then closed the door and walked upstairs.
It was dark in the house. His footsteps echoed in the living room.
Angele walked to the study on the second floor and pushed the door open carefully.
Inside the room, the crystal lamp was still glowing under the piece of black cloth. The dim light penetrated the cloth and slightly brightened up Angeles' sight.
He closed the door, walked to the table and sat down slowly.
On the surface of the wooden table, there was a notebook with the knowledge system of enchantment recorded on it.
Angele removed the black cloth, grabbed the feather pen from the side, and was about to finish the work.
Suddenly, a blue light dot flashed on his right middle finger and some smoke slowly rose from the nail.
"Green, I found the formula you needed. It's in my family's treasure room. The formula is protected by a special technique. The information will disappear in half an hour if copied down to a piece of paper." Isabel's voice was transferred into Angele's ears.
"So, what do you want me to do?" Angele was not surprised. Isabel was from a strong family and it was within his expectation that they had the rare formula in storage.
"There'll be a dinner party the day after tomorrow. I'll send you the invitation." Isabel sounded calm. "You must leave the area protected by my family's defensive magic circle within 20 minutes after reading the formula."
"Not a problem."
The blue smoke vanished into the air.
Angele rubbed his nail slowly and a smile appeared on his face.
He pulled the drawer open. It was full of translucent crystal boxes, and inside each of the boxes were different types of material powder.
Angele made the powder not so long ago, as he was preparing to concoct the Tree Killer Potion.
Two days later, the sun was setting.
In front of the house by the lake, an enormous white neck eagle carefully landed by the fences.
The eagle's wings were more than six meters long, the feathers around its neck were white, and the rest of its body was black.
A young man wearing a brown leather suit with a leather helmet jumped off the back of the eagle.
The man turned his head around and looked at the other side of the lake. A team of dwarves was working on the construction site. He could even hear the noise here.
"They are building the guarding posts for me." The young man became surprised at the voice that came from behind.
A man with brown hair appeared from nowhere and stood right in front of him.
The man had a pair of golden eyes. The shape of his pupils was identical to a cat's and almost looked like they were glowing.
"Ah, wizard Green, I'm sent here by master Isabel," The young man bowed to Angele and responded politely, "Please get on the white neck eagle's back. It'll take you directly to the dinner party."
"Is that so?" Angele glared at the eagle.
The two-meter-tall eagle looked scared. Its wings trembled and backed off. Strong noise kept coming out of its beak.
Angele chuckled. "It seems like the eagle doesn't want me on his back."
"Master, your mentality wave is making the eagle panic…" The young man walked to the eagle and took out a small pill from his pouch. The eagle calmed down after swallowing the pill.
"It's good now, master."
Angele nodded and rubbed the eagle's hard feathers. He then applied some force to his feet and jumped right onto the eagles back.
It was surprisingly comfortable to sit on the creature's back. The feathers were warm and smooth.
Angele sniffed the air. There was a strange flower fragrance coming from the eagle.
The young man stood by the side and bowed to Angele again.
The eagle raised its wings.
It felt like gravity disappeared for a second and Angele saw the land moving away from him. The objects around were also becoming miniature.
Chilling wind rushed into his ears and the collar of his clothes.
Angele turned his head to the side glancing down.
The size of the house, the lake, and the construction site was shrinking in his sight. The working dwarves looked at him for a second and lowered their heads.
The only thing he could hear was the noise made by the wings and the wind.
Angele held some of the eagle's feathers tight to stabilize his body. Also, he lowered his upper body to reduce the resistance from the wind.
The trading tower, the forest, and the gray paths were quickly moving away Angele's sight.
The eagle was flying forward quickly. Several apprentices raised their heads and stared at it. From Angele's view, they looked like tiny sesame seeds.
Angele took a deep breath and looked to the right.
He could see a white obelisk partially covered in the fog. Brown houses were built around the obelisk. Angele could see flying mounts landing and departing.
Between the obelisk and Angele, it was a sea of dark green trees. Pedestrians and carriages were slowly moving on the gray twisted paths.
Angele turned his head to the left side.
It was the endless black city road, which looked like a long black string lying on the edge of the trees.
It was getting darker and darker.
After about 20 minutes, Angele saw a group of white buildings from the back of the eagle.
The eagle leaned forward and started flying down.
There were two other white neck eagles landing. An empty square was built in the center of the buildings with white slates on its surface. There were already more than ten eagles waiting on the square.
The people who just got off the eagles were having some light conversations as they walked to the largest building ahead.
Most of them were wearing white robes. Their genders varied but they all looked young. Angele knew those people were well-educated just by watching how they behaved.
Angele's eagle slowly landed on the square.
A servant wearing a gray robe quickly walked to him.
"Master, the party will start in half an hour. You can wait at the family hall in front." The servant was a young girl with a clean face. The mentality waves she was releasing indicated that she was a rank 1 apprentice.
"Sure." Angele jumped off the eagle's back.
He turned around and looked at the eagle. It was the first time he rode a flying mount; the experience was refreshing.
"How much is a white neck eagle? Can I buy them from the market?" Angele questioned.
The girl hesitated. It seemed like she did not expect Angele to ask a question like that.
"You can't buy a white neck eagle from the market, my friend." An energetic male voice came from the left side.
Angele saw two bold people walking toward him.
A strong bold man with a sexy bold woman walked over smiling politely.
The two were wearing red robes and there were complicated patterns embroidered on the edges of the collars. The pattern had the shape of an eye.
"You are?" Angele smiled as well. The mentality waves the two were releasing indicated that they were both at the Liquid stage.
The female servant walked away. She did not want to interrupt the conversation between the wizards.
"I'm Vincent. Vincent Astin. I'm…Isabel's classmate."
The bald woman said after Vincent, "I'm Alice, a classmate of Isabel."
"My name is Green, a friend of master Isabel," Angele responded politely.
"Huh? Friend?" The bold man looked surprised. "You're that iceberg's friend?"
"Come on, let's go to the palace first," Alice interrupted.
The three walked slowly on the white slates together, heading to the white palace ahead of them.
Many wizards greeted the two bold wizards on the way. It seemed like they knew many people here, but several wizards were keeping a distance from the two. Angele saw a hint of fear from their eyes.
"Wizard Green, let me be honest with you. I didn't believe that master Isabel invited an outsider to the party. Well, excuse my ignorance, I'm not looking down on you. I think you know how important Isabel is to their family. All the elders are supporters of the inheritor system." Vincent lowered his voice.
"Inheritor system?"
"Oh, right, sorry. I forgot you came to Nola not so long ago." Vincent rubbed his forehead. "Let me explain this to you. The place is ruled by two different types of wizards and each of the groups control three signal obelisks. In the Six Ring area, there are signal obelisks, three cities, and one wizard school. The supporters of inheritor system want to stop outsiders from entering their territory to keep the purity of their bloodlines. The Six Ring area has one of the best resource points in Nola and our members are selected from the elite wizards."
Angele nodded. "So it's similar to the mortal's noble systems. They only marry the members of the families to keep their bloodlines pure."
"You're correct." Vincent shrugged. "We're not that bad actually. The White Tooth Castle and the Snake Bird Cliff are much more serious on that. The Snake Bird Cliff makes sure that their bloodlines are not shared with the outsiders and White Tooth Castle is trying to recreate ancient bloodlines. The merged bloodlines will make people mad…Their members make me sick."
"So…the family controlling the Six Ring area has the similar plan?" Angele wondered.
"Yeah." Vincent wanted to say something else, but he suddenly stood straight and bowed. Alice stopped smiling and bowed as well.
Angele raised his head. He saw two women in white robes walking in the middle of the road chatting.
The two women looked young. On the collars of their clothes, there were two nail-sized silver rings.
"Hey, bow to them." Vincent pulled Angele's sleeves.
Angele nodded and bowed to the two women right away. Vincent grabbed his hand and pulled him to the right side of the road.
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Chapter 203: The Formula (2)
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Angele eyed the women again without being noticed.
The one on the left had a long black hair trailing over her shoulders. The woman had a blank expression on the face. Her skin was clean and smooth. Strangely, the woman had no eyebrows, Angele saw a hint of coldness from her long slim eyes.
The woman on the right had a balanced body. Her red hair looked like burning flame, but she had no ears or nose. Angele noticed that there were many scars on her head and those scars made her face terrifying.
Nothing caught Angele's attention and he decided to lower his head.
However, the woman with no eyebrows suddenly stared at Angele in his eyes.
Angele felt intense pain hit his skull. It felt like ice water went into his eyes, and his eyeballs numbed.
He lowered his head quickly and rubbed his eyes several times.
"Haha, don't ever try to glare at master Flan again." Vincent chuckled. "She acquired the Frost Winter three hundred years ago and served in the war between Northland Alliance and the underground races for 20 years."
"My bad."
Angele collected some Plant energy particles to cure his eyes and creased his eyebrows.
Vincent shook his head and stopped talking. It was not the first time he had seen something like this.
The three kept walking forward.
Angele's sight slowly recovered. Flan used a high-level technique to damage the nerves around his eyes, and his force shield was penetrated by her strong mentality wave.
The woman had no body temperature. Even her mentality wave was freezing.
"Who exactly is this master Flan?" Angele asked after feeling much better.
"Master Flan and master Quelina are two of the seven two-ring wizards in Six Ring High Tower. I'm not sure if you're familiar with the ancient ranking system, but the two already reached rank 2 a long time ago," Alice responded before Vincent could open his mouth.
"Master Flan is Isabel's family leader and master Quelina was sent here by the headquarters that's located somewhere in the Gem Sea. This area you see here is just a division."
Angele nodded but did not say anything. He was surprised by what he was just told. There were seven rank 2 wizards in Six Ring High Tower, yet this area was not their headquarters.
It was also the first time Angele met rank 2 wizards.
He could barely feel the mentality waves the two were releasing. It almost felt like he was looking at two average wizards. Angele was not sure if something happened to their mentality after reaching rank 2.
The people passing by all bowed to the two-ring wizards, but the two did not pay any attention to others and were just chatting using the energy particles.
Angele took a deep breath and decided not to glance at them anymore. He had not yet understood how his eye nerves were damaged. The chip did not warn him ahead and no spell was cast. The only possibility was that Flan's mentality was way higher than his.
He stopped thinking and walked in the crowd with Vincent and Alice. They entered the gate of the white palace together.
The walls and floors in the palace had no engravings. Everything was made from white jade. A large sapphire was embedded on the top of the gate. Several female apprentices stood on both sides of the hallway greeting the guests on the way.
Inside it was a spacious hall. There was a three-level fountain built in the middle, and at the top, there was a white jade mermaid statue. The mermaid was half-naked, lying down with a leaning water jug in hands. The clean spring water was constantly coming down from the jug.
There was a long rectangular table on the side. It was covered with different dishes and wines. In the right corner, a group of musicians wearing black noble suits was playing instruments.
Angele did not find any lamps in the hall. The gentle white light from the glowing roof brightened up the whole place.
Vincent and Alice went to talk to their friends after leading Angele into the white palace.
Angele spent several minutes walking around the hall and found Isabel standing in a corner talking to two female wizards. He chuckled after seeing Isabel trying her best to smile.
Isabel saw Angele walking toward her. She finished her conversation quickly and turned around.
"Welcome to the party, Green." Isabel remained calm. "I hope you have a great time here today."
"Thank you for the invitation." Angele smiled.
Isabel nodded slightly and walked straight to the gate.
Angele heard a voice being transferred into his ears from the communication rune.
"Go to the backyard. Someone will show you the formula. Don't just copy it down on a paper. Use whatever special method you know to record it and leave the area within half an hour. The formula will disappear before that." Isabel's voice echoed in his ears.
"Understood," Angele responded through the rune.
He had already acquired all the materials required in concocting the potion and the only thing missing he needed to do was craft it. With the help of the Tree Killer Potion, his mentality would increase to the same level as a Liquid stage wizard.
Angele walked out of the hall through the side door and headed to the backyard behind the white palace.
Several white robes stood in the garden having some random conversations.
The only one Angele knew here was Isabel. This place felt like a different world for him. It would be impossible for him to meet the two rank 2 wizards if Isabel did not send him the invitation.
A man with a silver circlet walked to Angele as he entered the garden.
"Master Green?" the man questioned in a low voice.
"Yeah." Angele nodded.
The man quickly took out a tiny black box.
"This is a copy of the scroll. Time is limited. I assume you know how to record it."
"For sure." Angele grabbed the box but did not open it. He hid the box under the long sleeve and held it tight in his hand.
"The flying mount has already been prepared for you. Just go to the square when you're done." The man sent the words through energy particles.
Angele nodded again and turned around, heading to the small path on the side of the palace.
He saw many light wizards relaxing and chatting. Most of them were Liquid stage wizards and some of them were at Crystal stage based on their mentality waves.
From Angele's view, most of the light wizards never experienced real battles. The only thing they did was doing researches all day. Fighting and killing were never part of their peaceful lives.
Angele felt like he was a wolf walking in a group of sheep. The light wizards around him had no self-defense awareness, as they only relied on their force shields from their Talent Spells. Strong Dark Wizards knew many ways to penetrate shields like that. The easiest way was to focus the burst damage on a single point. Most of the wizards here had higher mentality level than Angele, but they had almost no practical fighting experience in the battlefields. They were living a peaceful life, but Angele doubted if those wizards had the ability to retaliate in case the underground races' invasion got worse.
Angele knew how hard it was to survive in this world. He constantly covered his body with a thin layer of metal. Most of the physical or magical damages could be reduced.
Without the metal layer, he would die from the ambush of the two light wizards back on the ship. The light wizard's weak force shield would not stop the acid liquid from touching his body.
Angele heard Isabel's voice coming from behind as he walked out of the hall.
"Thank you for joining my birthday party today, it's my honor to…"
He did not stop and instead walked straight toward the square.
Most of the people were listening to Isabel's speech in the hall. There was barely anyone on the road.
The walls on both sides of the road were glowing. They provided enough light for Angele to see the objects ahead.
He returned the square where the eagle landed quickly.
A female apprentice was waiting there with a white neck eagle on the side.
"Master, everything is ready," she whispered.
Angele nodded, walked to the eagle, and jumped onto its back.
The white neck swung its wings several times and flew into the dark sky.
Angele could feel the connection between the box in his hand and the shield protecting the area. However, as the eagle increased its altitude, the connection was weakened.
He was basically stealing from Isabel's family, but he wondered why no one detected him leaving the shield's proximity.
An ancient formula like this one was priceless. Although Isabel was an inheritor of the family, the current leader should not give it away so easily.
Inside the room of one of the taller buildings in Isabel's family territory.
Two light wizards stood in front of the window and watched a white neck eagle disappear in the night sky.
"So that's Isabel's lover we read from the report?"
"I heard he's just Isabel's friend. A Gas stage wizard. Should we go after him? Isabel just gave him one of our rare formulas."
"It's fine. Isabel is our hope. She's the best among the possible inheritors. Margray has a bunch of mistresses and he spends way too much time playing with women. Christin wastes a ton of materials each year. We can't keep wasting the resources like that. Isabel only wanted a potion formula, it's not a big deal."
"Alright then. One more thing, ask the members to bring Para back. The Astins are acting like they don't care about us recently. We need to pressure them as soon as possible."
"Sure, it's been 20 years already? We need to keep our people's positions in the organizations. The guards around the resource point are helping the assassination team recently. It's our chance!"
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Chapter 204: Flan (1)
Translator: Leo Editor: Frappe
The eagle looked like a black dot traveling in an endless black screen.
The two crescent moons were blocked by the thick clouds, with only a hint of white glow penetrating.
Angele lowered his body on the back of the eagle. His face turned pale.
He leaned to the side and looked down. Between the dark forest, there were several carriages slowly advancing with yellow lamps in front.
In the area further ahead, Angele saw a hint of red light. Some people were probably camping in the forest.
Angele took out the black box from the sleeves and opened it carefully; inside it was a fist-sized crystal orb. Blue light dots gathered in the center of the orb. They were a special type of glowing sand.
He pressed his index finger against the surface of the orb.
"In the name of Isabel Jones," he invoked the incantation.
The blue light dots were absorbed into his finger and the light disappeared within seconds.
A blue leather scroll slowly unfurled itself in front of Angele's eyes.
The scroll floated in the air. It was surrounded by a blue glow and its edges were decorated with complicated silver patterns.
At the same time, the scroll was turning into energy particles and starting to slowly vanish into the air.
The blue glow illuminated Angele's face. He focused on reading the information recorded on the scroll. On the other hand, Zero was transferring everything he saw into its storage.
Black runes and encrypted messages covered the scroll and some of the words were hard to understand.
Ten minutes later.
Angele took a deep breath. He felt much better.
'Finally done…The mentality wave I detected was probably from the two-ring Wizard Flan, the leader of the Jones Family…'
According to the description on the book, only wizards who managed to acquire two Talent Spells through unknown methods would be given the title two-ring wizards. They could instant cast level 2 spells. Still, Angele did not even know what a level 2 spell could do.
The level 1 spells were restricted when he was still at the school and level 2 spells required special permits for wizards to view.
The mentality wave Angele detected a while ago was horrifying.
He probably needed to fully activate the evolved illusion signet to escape the tracking spell.
The illusion signet could only be fully activated for two more times. However, Angele was not sure if that was still the case after the incident of the signet absorbing too much unknown energy. The signet was still modifying his body and the ancient bloodline was still developing. If the signet disappeared after two usages, the modification probably would not be completed.
'If I didn't learn the mentality compression method, I wouldn't be able to detect the wave.' Angele pointed at the scroll with his finger and it turned into countless blue light dots before vanishing into the air.
He turned his head around and checked the surroundings.
The white buildings disappeared from his sight a long time ago.
Angele looked at the sky. The thick clouds were no longer there.
White glows surrounded the two crescent moons in the night sky. The seemingly infinite number of stars looked like illuminating sand being spread on an enormous black screen.
Two meteors drew a long arc in the air and disappeared.
Angele lowered his head and put the black box into his pouch.
Flying in the silent sky alone was an enjoyable experience and the beautiful view calmed his mind.
The familiar lake beside Angele's house appeared in his sight after a while.
The starry sky cast a reflection upon the clean surface of the lake. It almost looked like the stars dropped into the water.
The white neck eagle slowly landed in front of the fences with its huge claws.
Angele jumped off the eagle right away.
The eagle roared, almost sounding like a horse neighing. It then swung its wings and flew into the sky.
Angele watched the white neck eagle fly away and disappear from his sight.
'The formula should be real. I need to recheck if I have all the materials. After concocting the potion, I shall start preparing for reaching the next stage.'
Plop*
Suddenly, something jumped out of the lake and fell back in within seconds.
Angele walked to the lake and crouched.
The surface of the water looked like a mirror, reflecting his upper body.
Under the dim moonlight, there were several green light dots moving in the lake.
The green light dots paired up and swam around.
Angele took a closer look and realized that it was a fish with a pair of glowing green eyes.
"Interesting…" He was a bit surprised.
Angele raised his left hand, dipping his fingers into the frigid-cold lake.
Without any movement, waves spread on the surface of the water.
After several seconds, the fish swam toward Angele's fingers.
Plop*
He moved his hand out of the water. The fish with green eyes bit one of his fingers.
Angele grabbed the fish and walked to the house.
He walked passed the fences and opened the door. He then entered one of the rooms on the second floor.
White glowing crystals were embedded into the walls, bringing enough light into the room.
The room was divided into several areas. The area in front of him had black bottles, cases, and shelves on the floor.
Several large tables were standing silently on the left side of the room. They were covered with lab equipment such as beakers, test tubes, burners, and glass bottles.
On the right side, there was a tall white cabinet that looked like a refrigerator.
Angele walked to the cabinet, opened the doors, and threw the fish into a small water tank.
More than metal water tanks lined up in the cabinet and they were painted in black.
He put most of the strange fishes he caught from the lake into those tanks.
Angele carried out one of the black water tanks and closed the door. He put it down on the table, then he sat down and used a silver tweezers to pick up a strange creature with the shape of an earthworm.
He threw the creature into a glass with yellow sticky liquid and heated it up.
Angele turned the room into a laboratory not so long ago, he collected the creatures and plants with interesting properties to do researches.
Also, the laboratory could be used to test the potions.
Angele already asked Zero to decrypt the encrypted information when he was reading the scroll he acquired from the Jones Family.
'Zero, is the decryption finished?' Angele questioned.
'Decryption successful. Rare mid-level potion: Demos's Stinky Water.'
'What? I thought it was the Tree Killer Potion…Transmit the information into my brain.'
Angele closed his eyes. He could feel a massive information flow during the transmission of information into his brain.
'Potion that will increase your mentality. Side effects, unknown. Source, unknown. Main material, Thorn of Sizis, Fur of Sailor's Sand Seagull, and the Flaming Heart.'
"The Flaming Heart…" Angele was surprised, then looked disappointed after.
It was a high-energy crystal that could only be obtained from the deep magma. Its rarity was on par with the heart of the tree.
"Time to look for a substitute material…"
In the next ten days, Angele decided to purchase some basic materials from the market and concoct some potions to trade for resources, but he was not sure if he had enough resources to trade for the Flaming Heart that was found in the trading tower. The price was a bit ridiculous, but he failed to find any material to substitute for it.
Before Angele sold the Ghost Voice potions he concocted, Isabel sent someone to deliver the materials for Demos' Water to him including the extremely valuable material, the Flaming Heart.
It was a heap of expensive materials, but Isabel did not ask for anything in return.
The Demos' Water was hard to concoct. Isabel had already done her best, and Angele had ten chances to try. It was the first time that Angele would concoct this potion and he was unfamiliar with the materials, so he had to be cautious during the process.
Isabel did not know that Angele's skill was higher than most average potion masters.
Angele asked the person Isabel sent here to deliver the purified rhino blood back and returned to his laboratory.
It took about ten days for the dwarves to finish building the four guarding posts. There was a five-meter-tall stone tower standing on each of the posts. The tower was gray and rooms were built for people to live inside.
The apprentices and Knights that passed the tests already arrived at the guarding posts, including Nancy. They finished correcting the contracts and organizing their private lives before moving into the stone towers.
Nancy stayed with the other female apprentices.
Ivan helped her complete the servant contract and she officially became Angele's first servant.
A servant had higher pay than the guards. Angele was still looking for an assistant, but he had more important matters to deal with at present. He had asked the dwarves to build an underground laboratory and moved all the equipment inside.
Besides doing experiments, handling materials, and simulating the concoction process, the only thing he did was to make sure that the creatures he kept in the water tanks were still alive. It was not against the rules stated by the light wizards to do experiments on unintelligent creatures.
Life was peaceful recently.
The guards would take turns to patrol around the lake and the house. Nancy was in charge of purchasing materials, making dinners, and selling potions at the trading tower.
Isabel would send materials and resources to Angele from time to time, and in return, Angele would deliver purified rhino blood back to her.
Several months had passed without Angele noticing.
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Chapter 205: Flan (2)
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CHI*
Angele rubbed his fingers on the window. The noise it made was irritating.
A clean line was drawn on the misty surface of the glass.
He stood by the window and peeked outside through the line.
It was early in the morning. Dried yellow tree leaves floated on the surface of the lake. On the other side of the lake, there was a white stone tower. Knight Hillar, who was outside the tower, was leaning against the tower and was sipping a warm beverage. Angele could see the breath coming out of the man's mouth. Hillar was wearing a brown leather armor suit with a black snake pattern on its back. The horned helmet and shoulder guard were eye-catching.
"Winter already…" Angele took a deep breath and stretched his back.
A group of small black birds flew by the window and chirped. They flew around above the lake for several times and left.
"I thought there were no birds in this forest?" Angele turned around and looked at Nancy.
"It's December already. The birds from the west coast are migrating. They wouldn't usually stay in the Six Area due to the intense energy particle movements in the air, but you will see them during the winter from time to time," Nancy quickly explained.
In the study, Nancy stood beside the table quietly, serving a plate of burger steak and white bread. There was also a plate full of colorful fruits.
"Breakfast time." She lined up the silver plates on the table.
"Sure." Angele walked to the table, then grabbed the knife and the fork.
"How's the preparation of the materials?" he suddenly inquired.
"Master Isabel sent us some more material cases. I've collected most of the materials you listed on the note."
The material cases were sealed with spells, so Nancy had no idea what was inside. Angele asked her to collect the materials for some low-level potions. The only thing she knew about those cases were Isabel's runes marked onto them.
Angele contacted Asuna and the River Arrow recently and asked them to purchase some basic materials for him. Those materials were delivered using sealed cases as well.
He did not want others to find out about what he was planning to concoct. If someone leaked the number of materials he purchased to the public, the wizards would know how high his success rate was, and it would be a serious problem.
Angele too had finally finished preparing the materials needed for advancing to the next stage.
All the materials for Demos's Water and the Tree Killer Potion were prepared. The Demos' Water would help him increase his mentality and the Tree Killer potion would increase the chances of him successfully advancing to the next stage.
Angele cut the burger steak into pieces and sent them into his mouth.
"I've recently heard a rumor that Labyrinth College is planning something big. Stay around the house, Nancy. Don't leave the safe zone."
Nancy nodded.
"Alright, you can leave now." Angele pointed at the fireplace.
A small fireball appeared in the air and lit up the firewood.
Nancy left the room and closed the door carefully.
Angele finished off the rest of the burger steak. It had been grilled to perfection and was topped with sweet sesame sauce. The surface was crispy and the inside was juicy. It was a tasty dish.
"After this thing is done, I shall start concocting the potions and try to advance to the next stage." Angele leaned to the side and looked through the window. It was a peaceful moment for him to enjoy.
There was a tall white obelisk standing quietly in the chilling wind. The top of the obelisk was surrounded by white clouds and the view down there was blocked.
A small platform was built on top of the obelisk. A woman with white tight suit sat in the center of the platform with her legs crossed. She had a long black ponytail behind her head.
The edges of her sleeves and collars were all embroidered with silver patterns. Two crossed silver rings were painted on the back of her coat.
The woman had a pretty face, but there were no brows over her eyes. Her expression was serious and her eyes were closed. Water was dripping down her chin and blue light dots were flashing around her body.
Her ponytail and cloth were flying about in the howling wind.
The white arched gate behind her was slowly pushed open.
A tall man with a white mask stepped onto the platform.
"Master Flan, master Red Brow from the Labyrinth College wants to talk to you. What do you think?" the man questioned in a low voice.
"Red Brow?" Flan opened her eyes. Her pupils had the color of the sea. The blue light dots slowly vanished into the air.
"Sure, let's see what he has to say." Flan stood up.
"Understood."
The man quickly invoked some incantations and pointed his hands toward the ground.
Three twisted red rune appeared in front of Flan and started glowing.
Rays of light were released from each of the runes, coming across each other and forming a special pattern.
An old man wearing a long robe with three different colors slowly appeared in the center of the light rays.
The old man's shoulders bowed. His eyebrows and beard were flaming red, but his messy hair was silver white.
The old man glared at the man with a white mask, asking him to leave. The man with white mask bowed and disappeared into the gate.
"Flan, long time no see. I want to you to find someone for me. He's a dark wizard," the old man spoke slowly.
"Who exactly?" Flan wondered.
"This one."
The Red Brow raised his right index finger and pointed in the air. A twisted gas vortex appeared from nowhere and right at its center, there was a mirror-like light screen. The face of a young man with brown hair slowly illuminated on the surface of the screen. Strangely enough, his eyes were surrounded by a golden glow and his pupils were vertical.
"Huh?" Flan creased her forehead. "What do you want him for?"
"I want him dead! From your reaction, I assume you know this man." Red Brow nodded slightly.
"I know him, yeah." Flan nodded. "Tell me what happened first? People at your position usually don't care about a Gas stage wizard. Also, by the way, I know you have people in the Six Ring Area. I want them gone as soon as possible."
Red Brow narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean? I can't tell you the details, but the situation is getting worse. I'm sending more people to you right now."
"Summon them back then. Do you understand?" Flan's voice was deep and powerful.
"It's master Narry's decision!" Red Brow was almost yelling.
"Narry? Do you really think I care about her?" A cold smile appeared on Flan's face. "Old man, just stay in your organization and enjoy your retirement. I already forgave you for what you did that year. If you try to provoke me again, I'll send you to hell."
Red Brow was disappointed. "Flan, that kid killed two of my followers and you're trying to protect him?"
"He's my granddaughter's only friend and you want him dead? Isabel is all I have right now. You'll be dead in three days if you hurt this young man," Flan threatened him sternly.
"How dare you…!"
Flan cut the communication screen before Red Brow could finish his words.
In a tall black tower, far from the Six Ring area.
Red Brow took off the tricolor robe and put on a long black robe. He was enraged.
"Fu*king Flan Jones! I wasted so much mentality to track that young bastard down!" He cursed in a low voice, "Contact Vidia and his members and ask them to retreat! That crazy b*tch really meant it!"
"Yes, master," a female apprentice responded politely. There was no soul in her eyes, as though she was a puppet. She turned around and left the room.
Red Brow wiped some dust off his black robe.
"She doesn't even care about what master Narry thinks, god damn. The trace of Light of Thor was lost, and I need to dig something out from this little bastard. My special units are still in Six Ring area…I shall wait for master Narry's return and then communicate with Flan again…"
The old muttered but it almost looked like he was speaking to someone else.
Flan walked down the obelisk and entered a hidden stone room.
Her special rune was blinking on the surface of the door. The rune had the shape of a huge black octopus. The octopus had eight black tentacles coated with a purple glint.
The stone door slowly closed as Flan entered the room.
The room was dark and a lone white stone table stood quietly in the center. On the table was a silver mirror with complicated engravings on the edge.
Flan walked to the table and tapped on the mirror carefully with her finger.
CHI*
The reflection of her face disappeared. Instead, a bedroom with blue walls showed up.
The bedroom had luxury decorations. A young girl with a balanced body was slowly taking off her white robe. The robe dropped to the ground, revealing the white lace lingerie within.
It was Isabel, who was currently changing her underwear.
She grabbed some new underwear from the closet and slowly took off the lingerie she was wearing.
Flan stared at Isabel's perfect body. There was a hint of hysteria in her eyes.
"You're… mine…" She whispered, "No one can hurt you, I'll give you everything…" Flan's face blushed, her mind filled with sick desires.
Flan had started observing Isabel's body since she was young. She had planted many hidden runes in Isabel's living space and would spend several hours watching her every day.
With the runes, Flan could monitor Isabel's body condition and everything she did within range. Her heart rate, blood flow, the amount of hair she dropped on the floor, and the time she slept, Flan knew everything about her. Isabel knew that her grandmother was observing her daily life, but she never noticed those hidden runes.
Isabel looked exactly like the young Flan, and Flan was enjoying the strange pleasure that came from monitoring her granddaughter's daily life.
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Chapter 206: Preparation (1)
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Several hours later, Flan slightly tapped the surface of the silver mirror.
The scene vanished into darkness and the mirror returned to its original state.
Flan stood in front of the table. As she blinked her eyes, she started thinking.
She then turned around and walked out of the stone room.
Outside the stone room, a woman wearing a white mask was waiting quietly. She bowed as Flan stepped out of the door.
"Master Flan, master Isabel sent out several cases of materials again."
"To the wizard named Green?" Flan questioned.
"Yes."
"Potion materials?"
"Yes."
"He's living a better life than the Potion Masters in the family. Whatever, a Gas stage wizard, it's fine if she's having fun."
Flan finished her word and walked down the spiral staircase.
"Where are the guards for the family resource point?"
"Waiting for you down the obelisk."
"Time to show the elders what the Jones Family is capable of."
In the house beside the lake.
Angele walked down the stairs and reached a small door below the staircase.
The door was painted white. It had the same color as the wall, so it was hard for others to find.
Angele tapped on the door. A red dot flashed on its surface and the door opened itself, revealing a bright underground tunnel. The tunnel led to a spacious basement.
White glowing crystals lined up on both sides of the wall. They looked like small diamond-shaped lamps.
Angele walked into the tunnel and pressed his hands against the door.
Silver liquid slowly filled up the gaps around the door, resulting in the door almost looking like it became part of the staircase.
After the door was sealed, Angele turned around and walked down the tunnel.
There were four closed doors on each of the walls in the basement. Different signs were hanging over each of the doors: Material, Creature, Potion, and Spell.
Angele walked into the material room and opened the door.
A whole pile of black boxes was stored inside.
There were also several wooden barrels with meat jerky, fruit wine, and special wheat.
Angele walked to a white box on the left side and opened it carefully. Inside were two test tubes that contained blue and red liquid, protected by cotton pads.
The red and blue liquid was glowing under the dim light.
Angele grabbed the two test tubes in hand and left the material room. He then entered the potion room.
Inside the potion room, there was a shell-shaped black metal table covered with crystal lab equipment.
A head-sized glass container with black sticky liquid was being heated using a fat burner and the liquid inside was bubbling. The bubbles were rising and exploding on the surface of the liquid. White smoke formed small vortexes after the bubbles exploded and they looked like clean white roses.
Angele stood in front of the crystal container and observed the reaction quietly. After several minutes, he took a deep breath and slowly removed the stopper, then quickly poured the liquid from the test tubes into the container.
BOOM*
Intense dark smoke spurted out of the crystal container and formed a goat's head in the air. The goat head was more than half a meter tall and its spiral horns were eye-catching.
Angele was satisfied with the result.
"Baphomet…The demon with a goat's head and a human's body…so the materials I collected are correct. Good thing I stored them well."
The smoke floated in the air for about ten minutes before disappearing.
The black sticky liquid inside the crystal container turned into translucent clean liquid. It looked just the water from the lake.
Angele calmed down and took out a black stone piece with a white rune engraved on its surface.
He dropped the rune stone into the container.
Angele stared at the container carefully and observed the reactions happening inside as he started invoking the incantation to activate the rune.
The deep and loud incantation echoed in the room. The words were hard to understand, but his voice was calm and steady.
The rune stone slowly moved to the center of the translucent liquid.
The rune stone broke into countless small pieces as Angele invoked the incantation.
Angele's incantation got louder and louder, and the rune stone pieces almost completely dissolved in the liquid.
The progress was going well. He looked relaxed.
Suddenly, Angele increased his chanting speed.
CHI*
The dissolving black rune stone pieces gathered together. They merged and returned to the original shape within seconds.
However, the white rune on the stone's surface slowly vanished into the air and the rune stone was no longer surrounded by the gentle glow.
"Damn…"
Angele sighed.
"That was close. I spent so much time preparing the materials…" He eyed the black rune stone in the container with a disappointed look on his face. Angele picked up the crystal container and poured everything into a stone wash basin.
"I need to start over again." Angele shook his head with his brow furrowed.
It was difficult to stabilize the Black Rose oil and clean the heart of the tree. Angele's original plan was to make the Tree Killer Potion first but failed.
'Zero, collect the results and restart the simulation.'
'Task created, simulating…'
Angele walked to the shell-shaped table and sat down on a chair. He closed his eyes and started to go through the mistakes he had done during the process.
Although Angele had simulated the process using the chip and increased his success rate, he was still lacking in practical experience. The Potion Masters had a lower success rate, but some of them spent dozens of years to improve their skills and most of them could stay focused during the process.
Angele needed more practice to improve the concoction process, which would take some time.
'I'll do it again in ten days. Let me try the finished Demos' Water first.'
He opened the small drawer and grabbed one of the small pink crystal bottles. The liquid inside the cylinder-shaped bottle was dark.
Angele removed the stopper from the crystal bottle.
CHI*
Red smoke spurted out of the bottle and slowly disappeared into the room.
A creamy milk smell permeated the air. Angele's expression turned serious and started meditating right away.
Although concocting Demos' Water had a low success rate, the number of rare materials Isabel sent to him was enough for Angele to try four times before successfully obtaining one high-quality potion.
The hardest part of potion concocting was the mentality merging process. It required a high expertise in mentality manipulation. Otherwise, the reactions happening in the container would not happen. Usually, a Potion Master needed to try multiple times before finding the right methods for different potions. However, many materials would be wasted during the testing phase.
This was the reason why it required a huge amount of resources to train a Potion Master.
Angele skipped the testing phase by using the chip's simulation function. The best plan given by Zero after the simulations would increase his success rate greatly. However, many things could happen when concocting a mid-level potion, and he still needed to find the right amount of mentality to use by himself.
After the plan was improved to perfection, Angele concocted about 20 bottles of Demos' Water.
The correct way to use the potion was not to drink it but to let it evaporate. The effect of the potion was strong and one-fifth of the liquid would be gone in two hours.
By inhaling the gas from the evaporated potion during meditation, Angele's mentality would increase at a much faster rate.
It was the first time Angele tried to use the potion during the meditation. He had, after all, spent way too much time on preparing the materials for the Tree Killer potion.
The gas had a creamy smell and was moving into Angele's ears and nose quickly.
It almost looked like Angele's body was absorbing the mysterious red gas and the scene looked quite strange. The red gas kept spurting out of the crystal bottle and revolving around his face.
Angele slowly woke up from the meditation after a while.
His face turned pale and he quickly sealed the bottle with the stopper.
'Zero, how long did I meditate?'
'Meditation length, 2 hours 24 minutes and 31 seconds. Mentality increased by 0.1.'
Intense pain was hurting Angele's head. It seemed that the side effects from the Demos' Water were physical.
"The name of the potion is Stinky Demos's Water…Where's the stink?" Angele wondered.
Suddenly, he covered his mouth with his hands, bent over to the side, and retched violently.
A strange but awful stench rushed into his nose after he put the crystal bottle back into the drawer.
The place now smelled like rotten eggs mixed with feces, but it made Angele's head regain clarity.
The meditation made his sense of smell keener. It seemed like the stinky smell was the byproduct produced prior to the evaporation process.
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Chapter 207: Preparation (2)
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The stench was becoming worse by the second. It was the first time that Angele experienced such an unpleasant smell after reincarnating into this world.
About ten minutes later, he raised his head and straightened his back.
"Well, it definitely caused some damage to my body."
Zero displayed the hologram of his body in front his eyes. The hologram was rotating slowly and red glowing dots were moving inside his body, from the head to the lungs. The distance between each of the red dots was close.
'Unknown bacteria detected, please use antibiotics immediately.'
Zero warned.
Angele knitted his eyebrows. "It seems like I need to rest for a while before using it for meditation again. I need to increase my Mentality to 40 in order to advance to the next stage, but it seems the process will take a while. Also, I reached Gas stage faster than most of the formal wizards…If I advance to the Liquid stage in such a short period, I may get in trouble. The old guys will want to know how I did that."
In the next several months, Angele stayed in his house and focused on meditating with the assistance of Demos' Water.
He spent his free time trying to concoct the Tree Killer Potion. However, the difficulty was much higher than the Demos' Water. Furthermore, he kept improving the current spell models and studied the Giant's Fire enchantment skills.
Although Nola should be a safe place, he was still preparing for possible ambushes from the Labyrinth College. He still had some high-quality heart bombs left but nothing had happened during these past months.
The old man with red eyebrows knew what Angele looked like and could easily recreate his appearance in a mirror using spells. Angele was still not sure what spells the old man used to track him down, so he decided to stay alert.
It seemed like someone had handled the trouble for him as there was no report on sighting spies of Labyrinth College recently. The only possibility was Isabel's family, the Jones Family, had helped him.
Angele's assumption was that he was Isabel's friend, and for some reason, the Labyrinth College feared the power of the Jones Family.
It was possible for him to win a 1-on-1 battle against a Liquid stage wizard. However, he doubted if he could last two seconds under the spells of a Crystal stage wizard. The horrifying spell cast by old wizard Melissa back in the ruin could probably purify a whole city. He could not imagine how much damage an explosive spell from a Crystal stage dark wizard could do. They could likely even easily block his heart bombs.
Wizards who had reached the Crystal stage must be extremely talented and hardworking.
Many Crystal stage wizards were only one step away from advancing to rank 2 and most of them already lived hundreds of years' time in this world.
Angele recalled the conversation he had with Isabel on the ship. She said that her grandmother, Flan, monitored her daily life.
Flan gave Angele an impression that she was a pervert.
Isabel once discussed the problem with Angele during a chat through the communication rune.
She said that her grandmother spent hundreds of years in the laboratory, meditating and doing researches after the war ended. Thus, it was understandable for Flan to develop some special interest to stay sane.
However, Angele still thought that Flan's love to Isabel was over the line.
He could probably escape the pursuit of a Crystal stage, but he was certain that there was no way he could survive the attack from a rank 2 wizard.
Angele stayed in his house, doing researches, concocting potions, and meditating. This situation lasted for years.
Finally, Angele's Mentality was increased to 40.
"Welcome, wizard Wisp." Angele stood in the garden with a smile on his face, glaring at the tall slim outside the fence. The tall man was wearing a gray coat with a white cap on his head. He had a strange taste in fashion.
It was high noon; the sunlight was burning. The man smiled, took off his cap, and slightly leaned forward.
"Green, it has been a while. Have you finished the Ghost Voice Potion yet? I brought you the list of the materials you asked for here," the man spoke, and Nancy opened the gate for him. He stepped into the garden and followed Angele to the house.
The garden looked much better than before after Nancy spent the time taking care of the plants. Tiny white flowers decorated the vibrant tall grasses.
"It's been done a long time ago. You can pick it up anytime you want. Did you bring me the sample I want?" Angele pushed the door open and asked.
"Of course, the sample is right here." Wisp squeezed his white cap and turned it into a piece of white cloth, then put it into his pocket. Nancy was surprised by this 'magic' he just did.
The two sat on the sofa and Angele asked Nancy to prepare beverages for them.
"You're really in a hurry this time. I tried my best to get you the sample as soon as possible." Instead of communicating by words, Wisp sent the message using energy particles.
"Yeah." Angele slightly nodded. "I used way too many resources in the recent years. I need the materials to make the catalyst and neutralizer. The experiment is at the critical stage, so I had to ask you for the sample. My apologies if it was too much trouble."
"Not a problem at all." Wisp waved his hands. "I trust you. You never failed any of our trade. It's an honor working with you." He stopped for a second and continued, "Hey, do you know the rumor going around at the trading towers?"
"Huh? What's that?" Angele wondered.
"You're master Isabel's lover, ha. What a background you got there." Wisp chuckled. "If anything goes south, I can go talk to the Jones Family."
"Come on. Well, whatever." Angele shook his head. "We've completed so many trades with no issue. You know the truth, right?"
"Of course…If the Jones Family knows about your potion concocting skills, no one will ever question your ability." Wisp nodded.
Angele showed a wry smile on his face. "Enough of that. Alright, show me your list. You still have other works to do, right?"
"Nope. You're an important client and I'm now in charge of taking care of your requests. Tell me what you need and I'll prepare it for you as soon as I can." Wisp stared at Angele.
"Is that so?" It was not a surprise at all. Angele stayed calm.
Wisp stopped talking. He took out a fist-sized crystal orb from the pocket and threw it in the air.
"Bright White Leaf from the Viema City, also called the crystal leaf. You can check its quality."
The orb rotated several times in the air and released rays of light to the surface of the table in front of the two.
The colorful picture of an item illuminated on the smooth wooden surface.
In the center of the white light, there was a piece of white leaf with rough edges lying there quietly. It had the texture of white jade and it had the size of an index finger.
That was the crystal leaf Wisp mentioned.
Angele had already met the requirement for his advancement and he had successfully concocted the Tree Killer Potion. Everything was ready, but he was still concerned about one more thing.
The success rate of advancing to the Liquid stage.
Based on the calculation done by Zero, his success rate was around 50% and that was the reason why Angele hesitated.
Angele spent a long time trying to concoct the potions that could possibly increase his success rate. He purchased various types of materials from Wisp and made countless potions.
However, it was difficult to find the right ones.
The organization behind Wisp was strong. It seemed like they could find any rare materials Angele needed. Although Angele was still trading with people from the trading tower, none of them had the same quality as the materials Wisp provided.
Angele did his research and found out that the crystal leaf was a material that could possibly increase his success rate. The leaf had many variants the last time he acquired a piece of Red Jade Leaf and the report from Zero suggested that the leaf was worth a try.
With the help of the chip, Angele had a general idea of how high his success rate was and the possible ways to increase it.
He collected much information recently, resulting in Zero's database getting larger and larger. More data helped Zero do more accurate analyses. It was like carrying a whole library of books around.
"So, what do you say?" Wisp grabbed the teacup and took a sip.
"If the color is accurate, I'll take it." Angele nodded.
"Let's check the schedule then. I'll send someone to deliver it to you. Honestly, I think you should upgrade your defensive system here…You don't even have a forcefield detection spell activated and you're storing all the rare materials here. Let me know if you need any recommendations."
"I've been considering it recently and yeah, the defense around my house is weak. The guards won't stand a chance against any prepared attackers." Angele's brow furrowed.
"It's Nola, but anything can happen. I'll bring some magic circle books to you next time. Pick any one you want, it's on me." Wisp slightly nodded his head.
"Much appreciated." Angele looked at the crystal leaf on the table. If the leaf was effective, his success rate would be greatly increased.
Wizards were usually on their own when trying to advance to the next stage. There were many books introducing different methods, but most of them were not effective. The wizard's body would develop resistance to the effect of rare materials of high-level potions due to the side effects that came with the benefits.
The success rate would fall if he did not manage to advance to the next stage on the first try. That was the reason why many wizards failed to advance to the next level. They had wasted many resources but never realized that their chances of reaching the next stage were getting lower and lower.
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Chapter 208: The Crystal Leaf (1)
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A wizard's attributes would be lowered each time they failed to advance to the next level. Wizards at higher ranks or stages usually had a lower physical status than the ones who just broke the limit.
With the help of the Demos' Water, Angele increased his Mentality to 40, but the potion was no longer effective right after. His body had already developed a resistance to its effect. Otherwise, Angele would try to increase his Mentality a bit more. Higher mentality increased the success rate of advancing to next stages.
The potion was extremely effective at the beginning. However, in later stages, only the side effects which remained were still affecting his body.
Wisp arrived with the sample when Angele was still checking his body condition.
There was a small glass box over his palm. Inside it was a piece of white leaf surrounded by a light white glow.
"That's the crystal leaf. We put a lot of effort into collecting those leaves for you. Several wizards were hurt and some apprentices died. It was a hard mission." Wisp smiled.
"I understand. So, what do you want from me? Just say it. To be honest, I didn't expect you guys to actually find the leaves for me. I respect your organization's power." Angele stared at Wisp right in his eyes. "I've always wanted to know who exactly I was dealing with…"
"I can't tell you the details." Wisp dodged the question. "Well, I just want you to know that we spent a lot of resources to find you this thing."
Angele sipped some black tea from the cup, his eyes blinking.
He asked Isabel about the crystal leaf after placing the order. Isabel told him that even the Jones Family could only collect about three pieces of high-quality crystal leaf each year.
The leaf was highly valuable and was the main ingredient of the best neutralizer in the black market. The basic effect of the leaf was to increase the success rate of the concoction of certain potions. Only a small amount was required for each test, and it was the dream material to all Potion Masters.
In Jones Family's material storage room, there were two pieces of top quality crystal leaf that had been acquired about a hundred years ago.
Wisp brought the physical sample to Angele's house and it was one of the leaves his organization acquired. The rest would be delivered when the trade is settled.
Angele had a blank expression on his face, but he was surprised by the power of Wisp's organization.
The Jones Family was powerful, but it seemed like Wisp's organization was even more powerful.
A third of the hidden resource points in the whole Six Ring area belonged to the Jones Family. Their family members were spying most of the important resources points and military bases. Some of them had connections with the dark wizards' organizations. Flan Jones wore a black robe during the war against the underground race. She wanted a position in the Six Ring area after the war ended, so she changed to a light wizard.
Members that had pure bloodlines were rare in most wizard families, and untalented kids would be sent other areas. They could not handle the amount of energy radiation in Nola and the only way to keep them alive was to send them to normal families.
There were about one hundred family members in Jones's territory, about 50 of them were wizards with pure bloodlines and the rest were all apprentices. The family recruited apprentices from outside Nola to do daily works for them. No one complained as they were treated much better in Nola than at their own family territories.
Only a small number of wizards reached the Liquid and the Crystal stage.
The school built by the Six Ring High Tower had a huge number of apprentices, but only several of them would become formal wizards each year.
Although the number didn't sound bad, they needed to complete dangerous lab experiments and join countless exploration missions for rare materials. Also, wizards fought with each other all the time, and a war might break out anytime since the underground races were invading the land again.
Most of the newly-advanced wizards would die in fights or experiments within 50 years after graduation. Many wizards had disappeared after joining the resource collection team.
White or dark, joining a strong organization was a wise decision to all wizards.
Major organizations would be willing to take in talented wizards.
Wisp's organization did everything they could to acquire crystal leaves for Angele and the organization's background was stronger than Jones Family. The only issue was Wisp never told Angele about the details.
"I hope you can consider our offer." Wisp sipped some tea from the cup. "The Potion Masters in our organization tested your potions and the result is surprising."
He stopped for a second, glanced around and realized that no one else was in the living room.
With a flicker of his finger, a red spot of light appeared in the air and turned into a translucent bell-shaped barrier that sealed the two inside.
Angele stayed calm. This barrier was for the assurance of privacy in their conversation from any possible eavesdroppers. He knew what Wisp was trying to say. He had been selling potions to the organization for a while, and most of the materials he needed could only be traded with high-quality potions. With the help of Zero, although Angele never mastered the proper technique of potion concoction, he could still produce potions with much a higher quality than average Potion Masters.
Wisp's expression turned serious as the red barrier surrounded them. "You're the most gifted Potion Master in the history of Nola."
"Huh?" Angele was surprised. "That's what they told you?"
"Not only that, they think if you can put more time into potion concoction, your success rate and skills can be improved further. You're possibly the only Potion Master in west coast that has the ability to concoct high-level potions. The only thing you need is knowledge." Wisp stared at Angele with a complicated expression. "I was sent to you for the first trade we made. I already knew you were talented the first time I saw the potion you handed over to me."
He put his hand on the glass box.
"You see this crystal leaf here? My organization has a great offer for you."
Angele hesitated for a second and said slowly, "You mean, you want me to join your organization?"
"That's our plan. However, it seems like you don't want the public to know about your potion concoction skills. Master Isabel of the Jones Family probably knows a bit about it, but you didn't tell her everything, right? So…" He stopped for a second.
"We know you're passionate about potion concocting, but we're not forcing you to make the decision. You can take your time and do research on the situation of the Potion Masters in Nola. If you decide to join us, we can support you with rare materials like this crystal leaf. You'll be the core of the potions department and you can discuss the art of potion concoction with the high-rank Potion Masters in my organization." Wisp emphasized on the word 'high-rank Potion Master'.
Angele knew that Wisp was trying to tell him that there were several strong Potion Masters in his organization.
The scale of Wisp's organization exceeded Angele's expectations, but he still had no idea about the organization's background.
"I'll need some time," he responded with a calm tone.
"For sure." Wisp nodded. "Take your time to talk to other Potion Masters in Nola and you'll know their situation, but only a few of them is backed up by an organization that can provide them with rare materials like the crystal leaf."
"I understand but…I don't even know the name of your organization."
"I can't tell you yet, but if you decide to join us, I can tell you right away." Wisp stood up. "Alright, I need to go, and again, take your time." He took out a small black paper ball from his pouch and threw it toward Angele.
The paper ball unfolded itself and turned into a black leather paper. Rows of white words covered the entire paper and its special ink was glowing.
Angele grabbed the paper and started reading.
'Root of Moni, 10 servings.'
'Black Sparrow Tail Flower, two.'
'Crystal of Spandy Water, three.'
…
…
There were more than one hundred material names listed on the leather paper.
Angele tapped at about ten different names and the white glow surrounding those words vanished into the darkness.
He then handed the paper back to Wisp.
"That's all I want." Angele slightly nodded.
"When do you need them?" Wisp wondered.
"Deliver it the day after tomorrow. It'll be better if you can bring everything to me in one go," Angele responded.
"No problem at all." Wisp nodded. "I'll be leaving now."
"Sure. Also, don't forget the defensive magic circles." Angele pursed his lips into a smile.
"I won't, don't worry." Wisp slightly swung his hand. A white cap appeared from nowhere and he put it on his head.
"Nancy, my guest is leaving." Angele clapped.
"Coming." Nancy opened the door for Wisp from outside and bowed slightly. She was wearing a sleeveless tight black leather coat and tight white pants, giving off the impression that she was showing off her balanced body. Nancy knew that Angele's sight would fall upon her chest from time to time. She was hoping that one day, Angele would become infatuated with her.
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Chapter 209: The Crystal Leaf (2)
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Angele was busy in his endeavor of advancing to the next stage. He had no time in developing a relationship with Nancy. She had taken care of Angele's daily needs in the recent years, and Angele would give her suggestions on breaking the limit from time to time. Besides paying her salary, Angele also shared some knowledge of spell models to Nancy for free.
Basic spell models were nothing to Angele already, as he could easily explain the tricks on how to master level 0 spells to Nancy.
Angele had already learned of Nancy attempting to break the limit twice. At the first attempt, she nearly succeeded but mishap occurred at the last step, while the second attempt was a mess.
Nancy had never been fully prepared for the challenge. Angele was different, as he knew his own success rate meanwhile Nancy had to test her own luck. Water of Asu was important for the process, but wizard apprentices would develop resistance to its effects after several usages and their success rate would greatly plunge. Moreover, drinking two servings of Water of Asu was an extremely risky action. Angele had the help of a Nightmare Potion and the energy stored in the chip. Otherwise, it was highly likely that he would fail in breaking the limit.
Angele was uncertain if a Nightmare Potion would still be effective for Nancy's limit breaking considering how she had already failed in doing so twice. If anything went wrong during the process, she would lose her life. Nancy did not have a chip like Angele to store excess energy.
Even at present, wizards still continued to debate on the issue of the best method for wizard apprentices to break the limit. The main effect of Water of Asu was to help the wizard apprentice burn their potential and reach their limit within a short period of time. If the wizard apprentice failed to break the limit during that time, their body would be permanently damaged.
Angele doubted if there was still any potential left for Nancy to burn.
Nancy returned to the living room after Wisp left.
Angele was still seated on the sofa thinking about the offer Wisp mentioned. He saw Nancy walking up to him and pointed at the chair on the opposite side.
"Take a seat. I need to talk to you," he ordered.
"Sure." Nancy knew she had made the right choice after seeing the number of rare materials Angele was purchasing. She once witnessed Angele handing a two-meter-tall Piranha Flower and knew Angele's potion concocting skills were on a different level.
Piranha Flowers were hard to collect and could easily be sold for more than 10,000 regular magic stones in the market. The taller the Piranha Flower was, the higher its value would be. Most wizards would use it to make some mid to high-level potions and would not sell it just for magic stones. Many rare materials like the Piranha Flower were constantly being delivered to Angele.
Nancy decided to stay with Angele as long as she could.
She walked to the chair and sat down quietly.
"What's your future plan?" Angele questioned calmly, "Are you still trying to break the limit? You already failed twice."
"Yeah…I reached rank 3 and my life expectancy is longer than mortals'. I still have a lot of time left." Clearly, Nancy still wanted to become a formal wizard.
"Let me explain something to you." Angele was trying to explain the situation to her. "Your potential is burning off. The more potential you burn during the last step, the higher your chance of succeeding will be. Your potential is determined by your talent level. Although your talent level is high, you should still consider giving up, you don't have much potential left. Even if you succeed on the third try, it'll take a long time for your body to recover from the damage."
Angele was trying to help Nancy.
Nancy turned pale as soon as Angele finished his words. "You mean…it's impossible for me to become a formal wizard?"
"That's the reality. You're a rank 3 wizard apprentice and you can live longer than a mortal for sure, that's why you still look young. Then again, you don't have much potential left if you decide to try to break the limit again. The only thing to serve as the fuel will be your life energy. You'll die if there's not enough life energy to be burnt." The reality was cruel, but Angele had to tell Nancy the truth.
Nancy lowered her head and bit her lips forcefully, no longer talking.
Angele could understand that the truth might be too hard for her to handle.
"What's my chance? Can you just tell me...?"
Angele, with knitted eyebrows, shook his head. "I'm sorry, Nancy. It's low…very low. To be honest, I have never heard of a wizard apprentice who succeeded on the third attempt after failing twice. It would be a miracle if you succeed."
Angele decided to give Nancy the advice because he had spent some time collecting information on her situation.
Her family was not completely destroyed. It was just losing its power in the city. However, they were left there to lure Nancy back. On the other side of the Gem Sea, wizards were unknown to the general public, and people had no idea what exactly she was to Nancy's family. Personages of royal blood knew how strong a wizard was. It was nearly impossible for them to hurt a wizard with physical skills. If Nancy somehow became a wizard and tried to avenge her family, her enemy would have to beg a wizard for protection.
If Nancy failed to break the limit and lose her life, the rest of her family would be killed right away and by that time, her family would longer exist.
She needed to stay alive and find someone strong to have a child with.
Nancy remained silent for a while before speaking again.
"I beg you…"
"Sorry, it's impossible. I'll stay here for a long period. I may return to the other side of the sea 10 or 20 years later, but it's not now." Angele shook his head. "I don't really care about those assassins from the Labyrinth College. They're my enemy too. I gave you this advice because we were once on the same ship."
Nancy opened her mouth and spoke with a shaky voice.
"What do you want from me…? My body? Sure, that's the only thing I have. Please, help me."
"No, you seem to be misunderstanding me. You were once on the same ship as I had been, so I'm trying to give you my sincere advice. Yes, your body is indeed enticing but that is not the main reason. You need to think twice before making your decision. If you stay alive, the rest of your family will be fine. Your enemy already knows you're my servant."
"I apologize…I need to rethink my choices…" Nancy lowered her head.
"It's fine. Go have some rest." Angele nodded.
Nancy stood up shaking her head and left the living room.
Angele saw the tears in her eyes. She was crestfallen after he had refused to assist her.
Angele sipped from the teacup again, which was already cold.
Angele had mixed feelings about Nancy. She was indeed an enchanting girl and he liked her, but Angele wondered if his feelings stemmed out of sympathy.
There were many wizard apprentices who had failed to break the limit at the West Coast and some of them tried to sign slave contracts with strong wizards, but most of them would return to their hometown and try to find something else to do. The failed wizard apprentices who chose to stay in Nola were hoping for miracles.
Nancy was strong and stubborn. There were only two choices left for her. The first one was to try to break the limit again. If she failed, her whole family would be destroyed.
The second one was to sign the slave contract with Angele and become his property. In exchange, she would ask Angele to avenge her family. However, strong wizards had a much longer life expectancy than a rank 3 wizard apprentice. Nancy did not have that much time to wait for Angele to complete his task.
Unless Angele could reach the next stage much faster than she expected.
Angele stood up after Nancy left. He carefully picked up the box from the table.
Inside the glass box was a piece of a translucent crystal leaf. Angele took it out slowly.
The leaf lay atop Angele's palm. It felt soft and warm and its twisted veins were barely visible. It almost felt like the leaf could break at any moment.
The white glow illuminated on Angele's face. A minty fragrance rushed into his nose that was quite refreshing.
'Zero, scan the leaf. Tell me if it will increase my success rate of advancing to the next stage,' he ordered.
'Task created…Scanning…'
Ten minutes later, Zero reported back.
'With five pieces of crystal leaves, the success rate can be increased to 84.75%.'
Angele smiled. A success rate higher than 80% was incredible. He was certain that those leaves would help him reach the next level, and the effect of the leaves would exceed his expectations.
Sadly, Angele's method would only work for himself. He was the son of a tree elf, and the ancient blood from the great harpy was still affecting his body. He doubted if the other wizards could survive the strong side effects of all the Demos' Water he used. When knowledge recorded on books was not helpful enough, wizards must find their own paths to their future.
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Chapter 210: Defensive Set Up (1)
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The crystal leaf quietly lay atop Angele's palm. With his other hand, he pointed at the door and controlled the wind particles to push it close.
He then turned around and walked to the staircase. The hidden door's gap was filled up by silver metal after Angele stepped into the tunnel.
He entered the Potions Room after walking down the stone stairs.
Angele grabbed a large slim-neck bottle from a line of clean glass bottles and quickly put different materials into it from the small containers.
There were amounts of red powder, twisting worms, and various colorful steaming potions.
Angele slightly swung the bottle after everything was mixed inside.
The random potions and materials quickly turned into dark green liquid. There was a strange meat barrier on the surface of the liquid pumping slowly like a heart.
Angele raised the bottle in front his eyes and checked the color. Blue light dots were flashing. Several seconds later, a satisfied look appeared on his face.
"That's it." He carefully dropped the crystal leaf into the slim-neck bottle.
The glowing crystal leaf exploded right after dropping on the surface of the green meat barrier.
BAM*
Angele already knew what would happen next. He closed his eyes and suddenly, the weight of the bottle in his hand changed.
An octopus-shaped monster appeared in the bottle as Angele opened his eyes. Countless wet tentacles were trying to leave the tiny space and some of them were already hanging around the neck of the bottle twisting.
The strength of the monster was so strong that Angele could barely hold the glass bottle steadily.
Angele remained calm and pointed at the monster with his finger as it was about to leave the bottle completely.
The tip of his index finger turned into a silver needle and stabbed right into the monster's body.
Within a second, the twisting tentacles stopped moving and returned to the bottle, melting into slimy liquid. It was spurting out of the mouth of the bottle.
The body of the monster turned into a dark human's face after all the tentacles melted. The face was about the size of a palm, it was twitching in pain. Angele's silver needle was left in the center of the face's eyebrows.
"You'll burn in hell!" The face groaned, staring at Angele in the eyes with its soulless eyes.
"I'm trying to free you from the suffering." Angele had a blank expression on his face. He grabbed the monster and put his other hand into its mouth, taking out a ball of green slime. The slime was steaming out and the dark green liquid was dripping down its surface.
"Ah…!" The monster shrieked in pain. Its whole face started melting and turning into dark green sticky liquid.
The crystal leaf was a legendary material, but light wizards did not know the proper way to stimulate its full potential. One more critical thing was needed in any potion that contained this incredible material.
That thing was commonly used in most dark wizards' experiments—the hatred from departed souls.
The monster was created by all the hatred from the people Angele had killed. As dark wizards were known to practice dark magic using such materials, he had learned the extraction method from the book and decided to mix it with the crystal leaf.
The furious souls were no longer bothering Angele after being extracted to the potion. The cold expression on his face changed. He then looked elegant and wild just like the Baron from his memory. With his golden glowing eyes, Angele looked like a scion of a wealthy family.
He held the green slime ball in hand and blue light dots flashed in front of his golden eyes.
"Asura…Toriunan…" He was speaking in the ancient language, which meant "Come to me, my child." Angele's voice was light and gentle, repeating the words several times.
The slime ball started transforming when Angele invoked the incantation. Then it started withering almost as if it was being blown by heated air. After the liquid ball solidified, long wrinkles slowly appeared on its surface.
Angele's hand was still inside the solidified slime ball.
Crack*
The green slime ball suddenly cracked open.
After several seconds, pieces of small shards dropped down the surface of the ball.
Blue sticky leaked out of the crack that quickly gathered together, turned into a small ball, and floated in front of Angele's eyes.
He heard the clean sound of a bird twittering.
The ball quickly transformed into a glowing blue bird that flew around Angele's head while twittering.
The bird drew a bright blue arc in the air.
Angele dropped the green shards to the ground and raised his right hand.
The blue bird slowly landed on the tip of his index finger and started cleaning its feathers.
Glowing blue light dots were dropping down from Angele's finger.
The blue bird was about the size of a human fist and its wings were translucent. The blue light dots came from the end of its tail.
The light dots that dropped on Angele's skin had the texture of light soap foams, gentle but freezing.
Those light dots were brighter than the dim glowing crystals in the room. The light from the bird illuminated on all the objects around.
A light smile appeared on Angele's face as he stared at the cute little bird.
Suddenly, the bird soared and turned into a blue light needle, shooting into the center of his eyebrows.
Angele was hit by the impact, causing him to take several steps back before regaining balance.
He shook his head.
The liquid inside the slim-neck bottle was no longer there. The only thing left was a shell-shaped seed. The surface of the seed was smooth and clean, a 'V' shaped glowing blue rune was engraved onto its surface.
'Crystal leaf successfully extracted, seed acquired,' Zero reported back immediately.
Angele held the black seed in hand and started observing.
"This is the seed…I can consume it together with the Tree Killer potion."
Angele nodded, looking satisfied.
"Now, I only need to wait for the crystal leaves promised by the Wisp."
Two days later.
Inside the Potions Room underground, Angele suddenly woke up from meditation.
He sensed the presence of unfamiliar energy wave approaching the house, but he was not sure if it was an enemy.
Angele stood up and wiped the dust off his white robe. He pushed the door open and left the room.
He then walked across the hall, went upstairs and slightly tapped the surface of the white door.
Angele made sure the door was sealed properly before walking to the door of the house.
Creak*
The door was opened.
However, there was no one outside. Nancy was still patrolling around the guard posts.
Angele surveyed the other side of the lake. There was no one around the white stone tower. The patrolling Knights and apprentices disappeared.
His brow furrowed and he decided to summon the apprentices first by activating the communication rune.
He heard some movements from the left side of the fence.
Angele turned his head around but nothing was there. He turned his head back and was surprised by what just appeared in front of him.
A black cat was sitting by the gate. Its eyes were surrounded by a mysterious green glow, and it was staring at Angele.
Angele carefully put up his metal barrier and was ready for a fight. The eyes of the cat were so deep that they made his skull numb.
After several minutes, the black cat stood up and slowly walked out the gate.
Angele quickly rushed out of the gate and glanced around, but the cat had already left.
He noticed a black bag hanging on the gate's handle.
Angele hesitated for a second but still reached out for the bag.
The bag was made from black fur. He untied the bag and saw the furry inner layer.
Angele realized what was inside after sensing the energy wave. His expression changed as he reached into the bag.
He quickly returned to the living room and locked the door before pulling his hand out of the bag.
There were about seven pieces of glowing crystal leaves in his hand.
"That black cat…"
Angele realized the cat came from Wisp's organization. Its mentality wave was hard to detect but was extremely strong. It should be the first time he had encountered such mysterious creature.
The cat's mentality had similar properties as the two-ring wizard Flan from the Jones Family, different from any rank 1 wizard he had ever met.
"Interesting. I really want to know how strong this organization is now." Angele pursed his lips. He thought once again of the encounter and figured out that the cat was not a magical creature but a strong formal wizard.
The cat came from nowhere and disappeared without leaving any trace behind. The only reason it released the mentality wave was to let Angele detect its presence.
If the cat wizard wanted to attack Angele from behind, he would at least be severely injured. Zero would not even be able to warn him in time.
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Chapter 211: Defensive Set Up (2)
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It was a wise choice for Wisp's organization to ask a strong wizard to deliver the eight pieces of crystal leaves.
Angele stayed in the living room and finished checking all the crystal leaves when the sun started setting.
Thud thud*
Someone knocked on the door behind.
He returned the crystal leaves into the bag and hung it on his belt before opening the door.
It was Rossi, a wizard of the Jones Family trusted by Isabel.
The silver owl pattern on the top right of his robe was eye-catching.
"Master Green, I'm here to deliver the materials from master Isabel."
Angele's brow knitted. The number of rare materials Isabel delivered to him was worth much more than the work he did for her. However, more materials would always be helpful and there was no point for Angele to refuse it.
"You know the location," he responded with a light tone.
"Yeah." Rossi nodded and clapped his hands. The dwarfs carried a bunch of boxes into the garden.
Angele moved to the side and watched them put down the boxes in the living room.
"Master Isabel…you have to stop."
Inside a manor of the Jones Family, Isabel carefully picked up a flower from the garden and sniffed at it.
A female wizard apprentice stood behind her with a disappointed expression on her face.
"Master, why are you sending all your materials to the wizard named Green? That's your allowance," the apprentice wondered.
"I think he's just using you for the materials…That's not what a true friend will do."
"You're progressing slowly recently…I'm wondering if you're sending away too many resources. The family members will notice what you've been doing soon."
Isabel hesitated and turned around.
"But…I sent him a lot of resources since the first time. I can't just reduce the number without notifying him…and he's not using me."
"There are many wizards trying to do that…We're from a strong family. I don't recall him showing his gratefulness to you." The wizard apprentice shook her head.
"I told you wizard Green is different. I trust him, he's a friend of mine."
"The main issue is that your progress is slowing down, and your grandmother will notice sooner or later. You're borrowing materials from other wizards just because you want to support your friend. A true friend will stay with you even if you stop sending him materials."
Isabel remained silent, not sure of how to respond.
The female wizard apprentice bowed and left after finishing her words.
Isabel stood in the garden and watched the apprentice leave.
"But…the only thing I can give him…are resources…" she muttered helplessly.
Angele watched the dwarfs carrying all the boxes into the living room.
"That's it?" He counted the number and questioned.
It was different from the last time since there were only three boxes at present. Isabel's material delivery usually came with at least five boxes.
Rossi nodded. "Yeah, that's it for this time. Master Isabel needs to keep some materials for herself recently, so we can't share that many resources with you anymore. Please understand."
"No, not a problem at all." Angele shook his head slightly. He was not in need of materials at the moment and he could summon Wisp when necessary. However, Angele was shocked that Isabel still had enough materials to support her own progress after sending him so many resources.
Rossi and the dwarfs left after Angele confirmed the materials.
Angele carried the boxes to the basement like usual and put the rhino blood into the potion room.
The number of materials Isabel had been sending to him was more than enough to pay for the stabilized rhino blood. He asked Isabel multiple times to stop sending that many resources to him, but she just would not listen.
Angele knew Isabel thought their relationship would deepen if she could support him with more materials. She had no idea how to communicate with a friend properly and would feel secure if Angele accepted everything she sent.
Angele left the basement after everything is stored and started checking the other items inside the black bag.
The crystal leaves were not the only things inside the bag delivered by the black cat. There were also six special family emblems that were crafted in silver. The patterns on the front side of the emblems varied. Some were flowers and some were birds, but all of them were surrounded by twisted runes.
"So this is the defensive rune matrix Wisp talked about." Angele grabbed one of the emblems and started observing.
The one in his hand had engravings of petals and strings on its surface.
He carefully dropped the emblem to the floor.
There was no noise of the emblem hitting the ground. It just sank into the floor quietly.
A big gray bump appeared on the floor within two minutes. Angele stepped back and started observing the changes.
The bump was suddenly stretched by some strange energy wave. It became elastic and its height was growing fast.
The gray bump turned into a cylinder-shaped stone platform that was about one-meter-tall breaking from inside. Four glowing white cracks appeared on the surface of the stone platform shining like diamonds.
The floor stopped moving after several seconds.
Angele walked to the stone platform.
The front side of the platform slightly leaned forward. It was clean and smooth. There was nothing on the surface.
Angele raised his hand and lightly tapped on the stone surface.
A red light dot emerged out of the stone and sank into his chest.
Angele could feel the information of the defensive matrix being transferred into his brain.
He then tapped on the stone surface again.
PA*
A white distorted wave started spreading out.
The wave moved out of the wall and passed through the garden.
The area around the house with a radius of ten meters was surrounded by the white wave.
Angele learned the effective range through the information.
The defensive matrix could easily cover a large area around the house.
The name of the matrix was Soaring Night Owl, which was mainly used as an alarm system. The matrix could protect the area from being detected by low-level tracking spells. The cost was one regular magic stone per three days or one mid-level magic stone per ten days. It was not that expensive to maintain.
Not all wizards were wealthy, but it was no problem to Angele.
He lowered his hand and checked the surface of the gray stone. A red circle slowly appeared in his sight that covered most of the area on the stone surface.
It was the basic function of the Soaring Night Owl, which meant that nothing was detected within the effective range.
If a wizard tried to cast a low-level tracking spell to check the area, the circle would become a small red dot and a noise that sounded like birds soaring would echo in Angele's ears.
The magic circle had not yet been fully activated.
Angele took out a high-level magic stone and pressed it against the center of the red circle.
Crack*
A notch appeared and fitted the magic stone in perfectly. The red circle blurred for a second and absorbed the stone.
"This high-level magic stone will keep the matrix going for months." Angele did not care too much about using a high-level magic stone. The trading he had been doing recently involved a large number of valuable resources and some of them were priceless.
After everything was done, Angele took out the two other emblems.
He decided not to put all the control panels in the same room. He opened the door to the basement and walked downstairs.
The other emblems worked exactly like the Soaring Night Owl, Angele set them up in the main hall of the basement.
Quickly, two stone platforms with red and black crystal edges raised up in the hall.
The one on the left was named the Air Bat and the inspiration came from a magic creature named air bat. It had a great range that could cover the house, the lake, and all the guard posts around his residence. Air Bat could detect the life energy waves from creatures that reached a certain level.
However, its cost was higher than the Soaring Night Owl. One high-level magic stone could only keep it active for a month. The function sounded nice, but it would only work for certain targets.
The other matrix was called the Sanctuary that was mainly used to prevent curses from wandering souls or ghosts. It was a rare defensive matrix that could only be acquired through certain ways. Angele encountered cursed souls in Moon Gin Garden and the ruin of Axis of Time. He knew how hard it was to lift curses, so he decided to be more cautious.
Wisp probably spent a good amount of time trying to find the Sanctuary for him.
Sanctuary's main function was to expel or attract the wandering souls within its effective range with a range similar to the Air Bat.
To attract the souls or expel them depended on how Angele wanted the matrix to do.
Capturing some weak souls would help Angele study them.
After the three defensive matrixes were set up, the only thing left for Angele to do was to wait for Wisp to pick up the potions he prepared.
Angele could start trying to advance to the next stage after the transaction was completed. His success rate was higher than 80% at the moment, so it should not pose a big problem.
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Chapter 212: Liquid Stage (1)
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The three defensive matrices successfully covered the area around the house.
Angele stayed at home and started preparing for advancing to the next stage.
Wisp finally knocked on his door the day after three days of waiting.
"Good, that's the potion we talked about, right?"
Wisp threw the crystal bottle into the air and then caught it with both hands. It was a vulcanized crystal bottle with clean green liquid inside.
"Yeah. By the way, the quality of the crystal leaves is incredible." Angele sat on the sofa and smiled.
"One more thing. I heard master Isabel is borrowing resources from others recently, what's going on?" Wisp looked at Angele.
"Huh? Borrowing resources from others?" Angele furrowed his eyebrows. "Well, the number of resources delivered to me was reduced. I was told that she was in need of a certain material. That's probably the reason."
"Reduced?" Wisp shook his head. "From what I heard, the number of resources leaving Isabel was the same as usual."
"Is that so?"
"It's impossible for Isabel to do something like this. Where did you get the intel from?" Angele narrowed his eyes.
"I know. I heard it from a trusted source, it's true." Wisp stopped for a second and sipped from the teacup. "There's no point for me to lie to you."
"Well, thanks for the heads-up then." Angele nodded.
Angele raised his hand after Wisp left. The nail on his index finger was surrounded by a blue glow, which felt like his nail was being frozen.
White smoke rose from the tip of his nail.
"Isabel, just a quick question, did you reduce the number of materials this time? Don't worry about it. Save the necessary materials for yourself, I still have plenty left. I'll still stabilize the rhino blood for you." He sent the message through the communication rune. It would take a while until Isabel could read and reply to the message due to the distance.
Obviously, someone was trying to stop Isabel from sending too many materials to Angele. Rossi did not have the guts to do something like that, so it must be someone from the family.
Angele finished sending the message and deactivated the rune. He then started thinking about the situation while sitting on the sofa.
He had had a general idea of what was happening after Wisp told him about the intel. Isabel was short in materials, yet she was still sending him numerous resources.
Most of the materials Isabel sent to Angele were kept in the storage room. They were rare and valuable, but Angele had no way to use them all. He could easily acquire the needed resources by selling the potions he concocted. The quality of the materials from Wisp was on par with the ones from Jones Family.
"Nancy, come here for a second," Angele shouted as the communication rune of Nancy flashed on his nail.
Within seconds, Nancy walked into the room with a variant of swordsman's suit. She had been doing some physical training outside. The white tank top and short leather pants revealed her slim waist. There was a long ponytail behind her head, and she was walking in a pair of brown leather boots.
"I'm sending all the unopened boxes back to master Isabel. Ask Rossi to pick them up."
"But master, you haven't checked what's inside yet." Nancy was confused.
"Just send them back." Angele waved his hand. "Also, I'll be staying in the house for a while and I will not be letting anyone getting inside during that period, including you. I have something important to take care of. I'll open the door myself when everything is completed."
"Got it." Although Nancy was not sure what Angele was planning, she nodded right away.
"Also." Angele stood up and walked to Nancy, staring at the young girl that had been serving him for years.
He could smell the fragrance of the perfume as he got closer. It was faint but enchanting.
Angele raised his hands and carefully grabbed Nancy's slim waist. Her skin was tight and elastic.
"Your clothes are too revealing…" Angele whispered in a light tone, "You can wear them for me, but not for the others." His voice was deep and charming.
"Yes…Master…" Nancy blushed, knowing fully well what Angele was trying to imply. The man did not want the others to see too much of her skin.
Angele rubbed Nancy's waist with his right hand. She was slightly sweating. Her skin was warm and smooth.
"If you don't mind me asking, after this is done, can you be my lady?" Angele spent most of his time focusing on handling the materials and concocting potions, but he knew Nancy wanted to be more than his servant.
Nancy was beautiful and elegant, Angele liked her a lot. Although it was almost impossible for Nancy to break through and they could not stay together forever, Angele still wanted to enjoy the most enjoyable moments of his life together with her.
Nancy knew what Angele was talking about. She slightly leaned against his body.
"Sure. I'll wear whatever you want me to wear…" She muttered with a face still blushing.
Nancy tipped her toes and kissed Angele on the cheek before running out of the room.
Angele could still feel the softness of Nancy's lips. He peeked outside through the door, Nancy was talking to the female Knight and the female apprentice. They were laughing and running around.
The gusts of laughter from the young girls lightened up the mood around the house.
"It's about the time." Angele calmed down, then he locked the door and walked into the basement.
The reason why the next stage was called Liquid was that wizards needed to be able to liquefy their mentality.
Angele's mentality had already reached 40.7 units and that was with the help of the Demos' Water, but it was no longer effective.
He grabbed the needed potions from the Potions Room quickly.
The Tree Killer Potion and the seed of the crystal leaf.
Angele went into the spell room and sat down with his legs crossed.
It was a square room with walls covered in complicated white defensive runes that could absorb a certain amount of energy particles. Those energy particles would be released gradually back into the environment so that they would not explode during spell tests.
The twisted white runes climbed on the dark walls and almost looked like they were alive.
To advance to the next stage, it required the wizard to find the condensation point.
Each time wizards advanced to the next rank or stage, their body conditions would change and each time they changed, some potions would no longer be effective to them. Wizards needed to keep finding more powerful materials to make stronger potions. The potions were needed to be used before their body could develop a resistance to the new materials.
One of the most important steps in the process of advancing from Gas to Liquid was the compression of mentality.
Angele's applied compression technique from Markolov would be helpful during the progress.
First, he needed to create the proper formula. The simpler the formula was, the lesser mentality would be consumed. Getting the impurities out of the mentality before the liquefaction was critical.
It sounded easy but controlling the mentality was extremely difficult for wizards since they needed to find the proper method and materials to bring the effects to the mentality.
Angele was trying figure out a complete mentality compression method using the formulas.
He closed his eyes. There were blue light dots flashing under his eyelids.
There was no light in the spell room. Angele sat in the darkness unmoving and was breathing heavily but slowly.
Two hours later.
Suddenly, Angele opened his eyes, with his hands glowing. Rows of glowing red runes surrounded his body, flashing as their shapes changed.
The red glow on Angele's hands almost brightened up the room.
The activity of his mentality wave was getting intense.
'Simulating the mentality model…Gathering mentality…' Zero's mechanical voice echoed in his ears.
A hologram of his body appeared in front of Angele's eyes.
Countless red light dots were moving toward his head on the blue hologram. The dots looked like strange ants and their speed was fast.
The red dots came from different parts of Angele's body.
The red dots from his feet slowly disappeared.
Angele could not feel his feet anymore, almost like his feet were cut off.
After that, his legs, hands, and other parts numbed as the red dots left those areas.
The red light from Angele's hands was getting intensely bright. After several seconds, the light balls left his hands and gathered in front of his chest. The light blinded Angele's eyes. He was not sure what was inside.
Angele could barely feel any of his limbs after most of the red dots left.
The hologram showed that the red dots from his stomach and chest were moving into his brain as well.
It felt like something stabbed in his heart, which caused it to stop pumping.
Blood in Angele's brain was almost boiling. It almost felt like the veins were going to explode.
The pain from the heart and the brain were so intense that Angele's face started twitching.
He suddenly opened his eyes and mouth.
A silver needle shot out of his mouth and penetrated the Tree Killer Potion in front of him.
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Chapter 213: Liquid Stage (2)
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CHI*
The silver needle was coated with the dark green liquid from the potion and the liquid splashed onto Angele's body. Several seconds later, his skin was painted in green.
Angele's cold body was warmed up again. The surging life energy brought him back to life, and the blood in his vein started circulating again.
His heart was still not beating due to the power of the Tree Killer Potion.
With the help of the potion, Angele's pale skin turned red and was absorbing the green liquid quickly.
Each serving of Tree Killer Potion could keep him alive for about two hours, so he needed to hurry.
He started following the basic rules and procedures to construct the necessary runes while he was still meditating.
Angele's mentality model was shrinking and transforming as the runes changed his mind.
The huge amount of mentality was concentrated into translucent rune models that varied in shapes and sizes. Also, some of the runes were moving toward each other and some were rotating.
Time flew.
Two hours passed by.
Angele used another serving of the Tree Killer Potion with the help of the silver needle.
The green liquid splashed onto his body again.
He consumed the last serving of the potion after another two hours passed by.
Only the last half an hour was left. He barely managed to modify all the mentality models into the translucent rune models that looked like ants moving around.
Angele finished organizing all the models, then started the basic meditating that he had been doing for years.
Suddenly, all the translucent mentality models started repositioning by following a specific pattern.
The models lined themselves up and started hitting each other like building blocks. They merged together after several seconds and turned into a new model.
After the models became larger, they started moving toward each other again. There was not a single gap between any of them.
Several minutes later, only eight large mentality models were left.
However, it seemed like there something stopping those models from merging. No matter how Angele repositioned them, there was always a large gap between them.
Angele opened his eyes and his mouth. The silver needle quickly skewed all the seeds of crystal leaves and sent them into his stomach.
Something cold and freezing exploded in Angele's stomach and that kind of feeling rushed into his head.
All the remaining mentality models were then coated with some vibrating light red slimy liquid.
Angele started meditating again.
This time, when the gap appeared between the merging mentality models, it was filled up by the light red liquid.
CRACK*
All the mentality models merged into one complete piece.
It looked like a translucent crystal orb. The orb's surface was solid, but inside it was the translucent gasified mentality. Angele created an energy barrier to stop the gas from leaking out of the orb.
In the core of the crystal orb, there was a special force that was pulling everything toward it. Angele did the calculations using the mentality compression method and this was what he came up with.
Different wizards would acquire different abilities or perks after advancing to the next stage, such as faster casting speed, spell power buff, and body improvements. Their appearances might change as well and that was why some wizards' faces were covered in strange tattoos.
There were also many possible negative consequences if things went wrong during the advancing process. Some wizards even lost the ability to support their force shields with the right amount of mentality and could then easily be killed by physical attacks. It would be a critical weak point since most wizards needed protection when channeling their spells.
Angele created the mentality orb with thousands of tiny mentality models and each of the models was specifically organized. Their force orientation was modified, which was why the core of the orb could keep everything together.
When the power created by more than a thousand mentality models was directed to one single point, the damage it could do would be incredible.
The crystal orb floated in Angele's mind quietly and it almost looked like it had a physical form.
The translucent orb was still slowly shrinking, still progressing as Angele had planned.
The green color disappeared from Angele's skin after a while. The life energy waves from the mentality crystal orb replaced the red dots in his head and kept his heart pumping. The blood flow also returned to the normal state.
According to the records in the books, each time a wizard advanced to the next stage, a new mentality crystal orb would be created. Angele was trying to acquire his second mentality orb and advance to the Liquid stage. After the orb became stable, the solid barrier protecting it would disappear and reveal the core's true form.
The sealed mentality inside the orb could no longer be taken out, as one orb represented one Talent Spell, but at the same time, he would lose a great amount of mentality.
Wizards were evolving by advancing to the next stage or rank. They could acquire the abilities and talents from different strong creatures, including the ones that could control the nature.
The large mentality orb could provide the minimum amount of life energy to help Angele stay alive.
Time flew by.
Eight days passed.
In the afternoon.
Only a tenth of the original size of the mentality orb was left and it looked like a walnut.
Suddenly, Angele opened his eyes.
Crack*
Cracks appeared on the surface of the crystal orb.
The cracks covered the orb slowly and it started shedding. The orb was shrinking quickly.
The appearance of the core was revealed when the orb shrank to the size of a rice grain.
It was a sticky water drop and it just floated there without making any noise.
'Finally, it's done!' Angele knew that the shedding was the process of removing the impurities. The amount of impurities in his mentality was above average. He gained his mentality through shortcuts and the impurities was a byproduct of the potions he had consumed.
Angele finally acquired a drop of liquefied mentality, but his mentality point was reduced to a single digit.
He needed a long time to meditate before regaining the liquefied mentality.
During this period, he could only use the mentality he had after breaking the limit.
The liquefied mentality drop had nothing to do with the mentality he had before breaking the limit. The two were different, as the liquefied mentality drop used the mentality he had acquired after becoming a formal wizard.
Each time he advanced to the next stage or rank, he needed to regain the mentality through meditation and turn it into mentality crystal.
Also, he would be able to acquire one more Talent Spell after reaching the Liquid stage.
If a wizard had enough knowledge about the nature of strength, ability, and power, they would be able to turn them into Talent Spell or Talent Ability.
That was what differed between wizards and apprentices.
Ancient wizards could master the talents of the magical creatures, prevent natural disasters, and control plagues as long as they had enough knowledge.
However, modern wizards did not inherit the technique. They could not communicate with other worlds, so they lived in a world full of mysteries.
Angele started meditating after acquiring the liquefied mentality drop. He needed to recover.
He expected the decrease of mentality since the impurities were removed, what left was the pure and compressed mentality.
However, he was surprised to see that Zero had absorbed most of the impurities while the mentality orb was shedding.
It seemed like the chip evolved again. Zero now could handle more complicated calculations.
The biochip was operating as part of his brain. He could check the whole calculation process if he wanted to, but those processes were complicated and it would take a lot of time for him to do them himself.
After the chip finished upgrading, most of his mentality was recovered and he had already stayed in the basement for more than 20 days.
He had not eaten anything during the time he had just spent. The fat and nutrients in his body were converted to enough life energy power to keep him alive.
Angele needed to check the plans given by the Zero. He wanted to know what he gained from the advancement. He used a special method to compress his mentality and he was curious about the outcomes.
Angele was certain that he did everything properly. He would choose the best plan after checking what Zero had to offer.
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Chapter 214: Charming (1)
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Angele sat on the floor of the spell room. Weeks of meditation had reduced him to skin and bones.
There was a silver glint on his pale skin and his lips were gray, but his eyes were still as bright as the daylight.
He glanced around the room.
The white runes on the black stone floor were covered with a thin layer of dust.
The thick stone walls prevented Angele's energy waves from leaking outside and, at the same time, the runes stabilized the energy flow inside the room.
"That took me a while…" Angele sighed in relief.
Zero's mechanical voice echoed in his ears.
'Body scan completed. Unknown changes detected. Analysis available.'
'Show me.'
Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes and they brightened up the dark room.
'Analysis completed. New ability acquired: Bewitching.'
'Bewitching? What's that?' Angele was surprised. He had never seen anyone acquire an ability like that after reaching the next stage.
According to the books, most wizards had their attributes increased after reaching the Liquid stage.
'Bewitching. Your words, behaviors, and energy waves will affect others around you. They're now more likely to agree with the points you make."
'Ah, so it's like a hypnotic spell.' Angele raised his arms.
Suddenly, countless black flowery patterns climbed up the back of his hands, which looked like black vines twisting around his body.
Some of them had the shape of a vortex and some looked like straight strings. Angele felt uncomfortable by just staring at those patterns.
The black patterns stayed away from his face, but they spread to all his other body parts.
Angele stared at the back of his right hand. There was a glowing snake-shaped black pattern.
'No energy waves and it doesn't require mentality to activate. So, it's just a byproduct of becoming a Liquid stage wizard?' Angele wondered.
Angele tried to control the black patterns using his mind.
Quickly, the black patterns vanished into his skin and everything returned to normal.
'Zero, show me the information on Bewitching. There's something I need to know.'
'Transferring information.'
Rows of data about the Bewitching ability were transferred into Angele's brain.
The data was acquired from the memory of the great harpy's ancient bloodline.
The legend said that the great harpies were expelled by the elders because of their ability called the Bewitching, causing them to find another place to live.
When they had the intention to kill, these black patterns would appear on their body and the living beings that saw the patterns would be seduced. The patterns were invisible to others most of the time, but whoever saw them would be trapped in the illusions. People with strong resistance to the illusion would find the harpies charming, but they could turn the ones with weak resistances into their slaves.
This was their most terrifying ability besides the ability to enter the Nightmare Realm.
Although Angele only inherited a small amount of the ancient blood, this talent ability still awakened after he advanced to the next stage.
'The great harpy was eliminated thousands of years ago. Most records only talked about the ancient harpies. Also, there are many wizards with strange tattoos on their body. No one will ever find out about my secret.' Angele was not so concerned about the possible consequences.
Most of the time, the tattoo would stay invisible and only people with special abilities could see them.
When Angele had the intention to kill his enemy, the tattoo would appear on his skin, and his opponents would be impacted by the special ability.
'I think Bewitching can do more than that. Zero, can you do the scan one more time?' The memory from the bloodline was incomplete, but Angele wanted to know what exactly the ability could offer more.
Rows of data were flashing in front of his eyes and Zero finally reported back after several minutes.
'Bewitching. Scan result: The ability can create illusions and distract opponents during combat. Also, it can make the living beings around you trust you.'
'Weak point: people with special ability will be able to see the invisible patterns and will try to stay away from you due to fear.'
'Huh? That's a weak point? Well, at least I can understand why the ancient wizards spent so much time eliminating the whole race.' Angele slowly stood up.
His legs numbed and he almost fell to the floor. Angele had seated there for too long that his blood flow was interrupted.
He raised his arms, which presently looked like two slim wooden sticks.
Angele stood in the spell room and rested for a while before he could walk again. He opened the door slowly and stepped into the main hall.
The place was empty and silent. The stone walls were covered in gray dust, and it seemed like nothing happened during the past month.
Angele sealed the door when he entered the basement. If anyone wanted to open the door from outside, he would have to attack it with high damage spells or powerful physical skills.
He slowly walked into the material room and opened the door.
Angele had stored water, fruits, and nuts in several barrels for emergency situations.
He opened one of the brown barrels, reached out for a dark dried fruit and ate it.
The dried fruit was made from black bananas. It was soft and sweet, and Angele also tasted the fragrance of wine.
The fruit could provide him with calories and minerals quickly.
Angele finished half of the barrel before putting it down. He then started sipping from another barrel with some wine inside.
There were also meat jerkies and white bread.
He finished eating after about half an hour.
Angele had already recovered about half of his lost mentality after resting for a while and the liquefied mentality drop remained stable.
He was still weak so he decided to stay in the basement for a bit longer.
After about half a month, Angele was fully recovered. He was still thinner than before, but it was hard to notice under the long white robe.
PA*
He sealed the barrels one by one and lined them up.
He walked out of the door after the room was cleaned.
Angele walked upstairs and pressed his right hand against the door.
CHI*
The silver metal left the gaps and returned into his body.
Creak*
He opened the door.
It was dark outside. He could hear the insects making noises outside the house.
Angele closed the door carefully and stepped forward, then he saw a plate full of food on a small desk in the front.
The moonlight illuminated on the silver plate. There a small bowl of fish soup with some minced meat inside and it was garnished with vibrant green scallions.
Angele could still smell the fragrance of the fish soup in the air.
'It's probably Nancy…' Angele guessed. Although he asked Nancy not to get close to the house, she still decided to prepare food for him every day in case Angele was hungry after finishing his task.
The living room was deadly silent. Clear moonlight cast a reflection on the floor. The window was open and the curtain was being pushed back by the chilling wind.
The air in the room was refreshing.
There was a glowing crystal orb on the gray control panel in the center of the room. The orb was covered by a piece of black cloth but the bright white light still leaked through the gap.
Beside the door, there was a large French window with a thin white curtain on both sides.
On the opposite side of the window, there were the sofas and tables.
The walls of the room were decorated with the paintings left by the previous owner. Most of them were about landscapes, from plains to deserts, and it seemed like they were drawn by the same person. The edges of the frames were covered in luxurious silver patterns.
Hanging from the center of the ceiling was a flower-shaped crystal chandelier with a diamond-shaped ruby in the middle. The ruby was surrounded by six long glowing crystals inserted into the six petals.
There was no light coming from the chandelier as the glowing crystals had used up all their energy.
In the corner beside the window, there was an inconspicuous dark gray potted plant.
It was the first time Angele observed his living room so carefully. He walked to the plant and saw a wooden sign on the pot. The sign was about the size of an egg, the words on it were written in Anmag and it said: Ash Wood.
The plant looked like a dead tiny tree, nothing special.
Angele opened the door and stepped out of the room.
The garden was surrounded by fences. It felt like walking on a thick blanket with the grasses on the ground.
He walked around the garden, turned by the end, and reached the back of the house.
Between the trees outside the black fences, there was a gray stone house sat quietly in the darkness. The brown wooden door was closed tight and Angele could hear someone breathing from inside.
Angele stared at the stone house and sighed with mixed feelings. It was Nancy's place, wherein Angele had asked the dwarfs to build the house with a special high-quality stone.
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Chapter 215: Charming (2)
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Angele's ambition had never changed ever since he reincarnated into this world. He would do whatever he could to increase his power.
He jumped over the fences easily, then he slowed down his footsteps.
Angele walked to the stone house slowly and stood in front of the door.
An arched window could be seen right beside the door.
He slowly pressed his hands against the glass and released some silver metal liquid onto its surface. The liquid transformed into a small metal snake. It went into the house through the gaps and opened the window.
In front of the window, it was a large single bed. Nancy was sleeping with her face down under a thin red blanket, her long golden hair trailed on the white pillow, and one of her arms were outside the blanket. Nancy was breathing slowly. She was probably having a nice dream.
Angele grabbed some yellow dust from his pouch and sprinkled it on Nancy's bed.
The yellow dust vanished into the air before it dropped to the bed. One second later, the noise made by the wind, the insects, and the waving branches was toned down and soon disappeared from the room. The place became deadly silent.
Angele then walked to the main entrance and entered through the door quickly.
He walked to the bed and stared at the girl quietly for a while. After that, he removed the red blanket.
"Well…" He was surprised to see what Nancy was doing before she fell asleep.
Her right hand was below her crotch and there were small amounts of shiny liquid dripping down her legs. It seemed Nancy had been playing with herself on the bed.
Moreover, she was sleeping with no clothes on.
Nancy felt cold after the blanket was removed. She opened her eyes slowly and saw someone staring at her beside the bed.
"Nini, come on…I'm trying to have some rest…" She waved her hands and was about to close her eyes again.
Suddenly, Nancy realized who it was that was staring at her and shook her head.
Angele pursed his lips to a smile.
"It's me," he whispered.
"Master…Green…?!" Nancy could not believe her eyes. She quickly moved her right hand to her chest. Angele saw her fingers were still wet.
"Don't!" She screamed and covered her body with the blanket. Nancy sat up and leaned her back against the headboard.
Her face and neck were flaming red like petals of a rose.
Angele chuckled and pointed at the sheets. There was a tiny area of water stain that had not yet dried up.
"Ah!" Nancy screamed again and tried to cover the water stain with the blanket. Shame and anger were written all over her face.
Angele stepped forward and grabbed Nancy by the shoulder. He moved his right hand into the blanket and rubbed her back.
"It's a good day today. What do you think?"
Nancy was still trying to figure out what was happening. Her whole body was heating up, and the blanket barely covered her deep cleavage.
She had imagined having sex with Angele for many times. but she did not expect Angele to come to her at this moment.
Although many servants had deep relationships with the wizards they were serving, Nancy was still a virgin, and something in her mind was trying to reject Angele.
Nancy was born in a rich family and her parents would give her anything she wanted. However, her family was almost destroyed in political wars, and the only thing she could do to survive was to become Angele's servant.
She had always wanted to find someone she could rely on.
All people had experienced the surge of sexual desires, including Nancy. Most Wizard apprentices and wizards were very open. She even once heard of rumors saying that some wizards were exchanging their partners.
The only thing she could do was to play with herself when she felt like doing it.
Nancy was living a rough life. She was still paranoid about possible assassinations, then she found that it was quite relaxing to masturbate before falling asleep.
It almost became part of her daily routine.
However, she did not expect Angele to find out about her little secret.
"No, not now…Please…I'm not ready yet," Nancy grabbed the blanket tight and muttered. She was too scared to look at Angele's face.
"It's fine. I can wait." Angele released his hand and smiled. Nancy's body was warm and soft. He felt relaxed staying with her.
Nancy was different from the other women to him, and Angele wanted more than just the sexual pleasure.
It was hard to find a beautiful virgin like Nancy in this world. Some wizards would purchase female slaves and train them from an early age.
Angele was not in a hurry at all. Nancy was like a tasty dish with complicated flavor. He wanted to enjoy every bit of her slowly.
He knew Nancy had mixed feelings about him after witnessing what he had achieved. Angele was the only person she could rely on at the moment and she wanted to develop a deeper relationship with him. However, Nancy was not sure if Angele would just throw her away after if he ever got bored of her.
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow." Angele smiled again and rubbed Nancy's cheek. She was still blushing.
He turned around and left the stone house. Angele walked out of the fences and returned to his home.
Angele calmed down, then he walked straight back to his bedroom and started meditating.
He wanted to turn his desire into motivation.
Only power would grant him all the rights he was enjoying and without the power, Nancy would have never become his servant.
Angele needed some entertainment in his life but knew that he could not get addicted to it.
The next morning, it was still dark outside.
Angele woke up from the meditation, put on a long black robe, and opened the door.
He could hear someone moving in the living room from the second floor.
He looked down beside the wooden railings.
Nancy was working in the living room. She was wearing a gray wool one piece and black tights with a pair of leather shoes. The girl looked charming and sexy in the outfit.
Especially the black tights, her long slim legs looked perfect in them.
Nancy bent over and started cleaning the cushions on the sofa.
Angele stared at her legs. There was barely any gap between her thighs. He slightly moved his sight up and saw the dark area covered by the dress.
"You look great today, Nancy. You're beautiful," Angele said as he walked down the stairs.
Nancy straightened her back and turned around. Her face blushed as she saw Angele's face.
"You're early today. The breakfast is ready," she bowed before responding politely.
"I made a wise decision. You're a great servant." The robe Angele was wearing had silver patterns embroidered on the edges. His brown short hair was shiny and soft. Although Angele had an average-looking face, the golden glow surrounding his eyes made him charming and mysterious.
He walked to the sofa and sat down with a smile on his face. A bowl of mushroom meat soup and a sandwich were waiting for him on the table.
There were pieces of grilled meat and lettuce in the sandwich, which was quite a filling. The white bread was perfectly toasted. It was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Nancy stood beside the table waiting for Angele to finish his food.
Angele quickly finished the sandwich and sipped some soup while wiping his hands.
"Did anything happen during the days I spent in the basement?"
Nancy nodded and the pinkness slowly disappeared from her cheeks.
"Umm…Yeah…AH!" She suddenly screamed and held her dress tight.
Angele had already moved his right hand into Nancy's dress and started rubbing her butt.
"Please…" she whispered as her face blushed again.
"There are people outside…" Nancy turned her face to the other side while begging Angele to stop.
Angele could feel the warmth and softness from his hand.
"Don't worry. I'm just joking." He chuckled and moved his hand out of Nancy's dress.
"It smells great. Did you take a shower in the morning?" He questioned while sniffing the back of his right hand.
"Master Green…" Nancy stepped back after Angele's hand left her dress. She lowered her head and listened to the noise made by Angele sipping his soup. Nancy was willing to become Angele's lover, but she wondered if Angele would look down on her. She would have to show her naked body to the man if she decided to let him do whatever he wanted.
The sense of shame was Nancy's last line of defense.
She quickly calmed down after realizing she had not answered Angele's question yet.
"Master, I'm trying to report the situation…"
"Sure." Angele shrugged. "Go ahead."
"A wizard named Shiva came to visit the day before yesterday. He left an invitation letter after I stopped him from entering the area," Nancy said.
"Shiva…?" Angele rubbed his chin. "I've been living here for a while but I have not yet gotten the chance to visit the wizards around. Where's the letter? Bring it to me."
Nancy walked to the fireplace and grabbed the black leather letter, then she handed it over to Angele. She kept a safe distance from Angele intentionally and was staring at his hands.
Angele shook his head. He was not sure why the girl had not accepted him yet.
He grabbed the letter and opened it carefully.
There was a black raven pattern painted on the top of the paper. It looked so real that the bird's green eyes were staring right into Angele's eyes. It almost felt like the raven could fly out of the paper if it wanted to.
Under the raven, there were several rows of sentences that were written in Anmag.
'Master Green. My name is Shiva Rita and I'm living in this area too. I just came back from the Dark Red Plains not so long ago and learned that you just moved here. I'm looking forward to talking to you. Come pay me a visit within five years if possible. I'll be leaving after that.'
A small map came with the letter. Shiva's location and Angele's location were marked clearly on it. He only needed to go to the other side of the lake.
Angele finished reading the letter before he sealed it and threw it to the table. He sat comfortably on the soft sofa, enjoying the soothing wind coming through the opened window.
Nancy collected the dirty plates and left the room.
Angele raised his right hand and activated the communication rune. It was a blue rune with steam rising from the top of his nail.
Isabel's voice echoed in his ears.
"Are you mad at me?
"I'm sorry, Green. The resources were taken by my grandmother…There's nothing I can do about it.
"Thank you."
The message ended here.
Angele was a bit speechless. Isabel had no idea how to communicate with a friend, and Flan was still monitoring everything she was doing in the family.
He sent back most of the resources Isabel delivered to him. Angele kept the rest because he was still stabilizing the rhino blood for Isabel. It was a fair trade.
Angele decided to check the differences between the gas mentality and liquid mentality before visiting the wizard named Shiva.
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Chapter 216: Visiting (1)
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Angele thought for a while on the sofa before he stood up and walked upstairs.
He entered the study glancing through the bookshelf as his brows knitted.
"It's a problem." Angele did not grab anything from the bookshelf.
He had stored all the wizard books he borrowed from Ivan's family on the shelf. Angele would be returning the books and asking for new ones after he had absorbed all the knowledge. However, none of them was related to the Liquid stage wizards.
The biggest difference between a Gas stage wizard and a Liquid stage wizard was that a Liquid stage wizard could use various rituals to modify their own body. If a wizard could advance to Liquid or above, he would be able to deal with a large number of mortals easily. With or without activating their forcefield, even Grand Knights would no longer be considered as threats.
The modifications done on the body would greatly increase their attributes, just like the dark wizard Angele killed on the ship. However, to perform those rituals, basic Liquid stage knowledge was required. Angele was having trouble with obtaining all those techniques that were related to body modification.
Angele walked to the table and sat down.
'Not only the Liquid stage knowledge, I need the basic knowledge from the rank 2 wizards as well. The body modification techniques can be easily completed by rank 2 wizards. The problem is, I don't even have any of them.' Angele grabbed the white feather pen and span it several times.
'Zero, check my body condition.' Angele ordered.
'Scanning your body…'
'Angele Rio. Strength 3.9. Agility 5.5. Stamina 8.2. Mentality 43.1. Mana 32. Genetic limit reached. Healthy.'
The Strength and Agility stats had a small increase. Angele was quite surprised to see his Stamina increased by two. Mentality recovery was within expectation.
He stayed in the study for a while and wrote some notes. Suddenly, he heard something that sounded like snakes moving before leaving for the basement.
Angele stood up and walked to the bookshelf. He then took out a bronze telescope from a white wooden box on the bottom of the shelf. It was the source of the noise.
He carefully pulled the door on the telescope open. There was a small black magic stone inside and it seemed like there was not much energy left.
Angele replaced the magic stone with a new one and threw the telescope in the air.
KA*
The telescope floated in front of his face. A ray of white light shot out of the glass and illuminated the floor.
A lady with black hair slowly walked into the light and stood in front of Angele, she was wearing a white robe.
"What happened? Isabel?" Angele looked at the lady and asked.
"There's one thing I need to let you know. My grandmother is keeping an eye on you. Be careful," Isabel stared at Angele for a while and finally spoke.
"Sure. I'll be more cautious from now on. Thanks."
Angele lowered his head. He did not have any idea on how to continue the conversation. The atmosphere in the room was awkward.
"Oh yeah, how's your progress? Going well?" Angele broke the silence.
"Yeah. I'm doing fine."
"Umm, thanks for all the resources you sent me by the way."
"You earned it."
The awkward silence hit the room again.
Angele opened his mouth but found nothing to say. He was trying hard to break the ice.
"Just let me know if you need any other help. You have done a lot for me, so I want to make it fair." Angele was being honest. The heart of the tree and the Black Rose Oil were part of the trade, but a rare potion formula like Demos' Water was almost given to Angele for free.
He had not yet demonstrated his potion skills to Wisp's organization, and there was no other way that he could acquire a formula like Demos' Water.
Angele advanced to the Liquid stage in his mid-twenties without rare potions and materials. It should have been impossible for him to accomplish such a great achievement. Most of the other wizards would spend more than a hundred years to collect various materials to increase their mentality.
"I'm fine." Isabel's answer was short.
Angele wanted to say something else but for some reason, he just could not find the right words.
He was not sure if Flan was monitoring the conversation, so he had to keep the conversation short and simple.
"Well, I'll talk to you later." He slightly nodded.
"Sure."
CHI*
Isabel's image turned into distorted waves and blurred.
Several seconds later, she disappeared and Angele caught the dropping telescope, returning it into the white box.
He then raised his right hand. The nail on his index finger was glowing.
"Isabel, remember, if you need any help, leave me a message using the communication rune. Also, tell me the truth. How's the rhino blood?" Isabel was still experiencing some trouble with her body. She needed to recover as fast as possible and advance to the Crystal stage.
Isabel responded quickly.
"I'm fine. Don't worry."
Angele thought for a while with his brows furrowed. The blue glow on his nail slowly disappeared.
He walked out of the study and went straight into the basement. Angele grabbed some materials and entered the Potions Room.
After about two hours, Angele left the room with a tired expression on his face.
The glass tube in his right hand had some dark purple liquid inside. In his left hand, there were several test tubes with colorful nutritious water.
The nutritious water could be purchased in the market and it was used to restore energy. It was not considered a potion since the liquid was just extracts of nutritious food.
He tied all the glass tubes together and sealed them in a box. Angele left the basement and asked Nancy to give the box to Rossi so he could deliver the item to Isabel.
The purple liquid was a special potion that had a similar effect to that of the rhino blood, but it was much stronger. Angele thought Isabel needed something just like that. Although it was hard to concoct and the progress was not so smooth, he still managed to concoct one serving for her. After talking to Isabel, he was certain that she needed something that was much stronger than the stabilized rhino blood.
Angele was grateful for what Isabel did for him, thus he wanted to show his gratitude.
He left a message to Isabel after giving the box to Nancy, asking her to pay attention to the purple potion. Angele then entered the spell room and closed the door.
Angele took a deep breath and stood in the center of the room. He waved his right hand and three silver scars appeared on his face.
A silver metal tentacle was shot out of his finger and floated in the air.
'Zero, monitor the changes happening to my body,' he ordered.
'Monitoring…' The blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes.
Angele quickly conjured a two-meter-long silver crossguard sword and it floated above his palm.
The tip of the sword was wider than usual and the blade was still slim. It was a special design that was created by Angele.
He pointed forward without touching the handle of the sword.
CHI*
The sword soared through the air and the noise made his ears ache.
The blade drew a silver arc in the air and stabbed into the wall on the opposite side.
The sword was longer than Angele's height and it was so sharp that it could cut the hard stone wall open.
'Metal Mastery: Burst damage doubled. Average physical damage, 35 degrees. Forcefield doubled. It can now block more than 47 degrees of damage.'
Zero finished the calculation quickly.
"So, the average damage has reduced but the maximum damage has increased. It's nowhere near the damage the heart bombs can do, but I can control it much better.'
Angele continued the test.
He did not notice any significant change in the casting speed after advancing to the Liquid stage, but it seemed like the power of his spells improved as he had higher mentality than before. Angele could also control the energy flow better, and everything was now more efficient.
Without the heart bomb, he could do about 40 degrees of physical damage if he tried to focus his attack at a single point. After the spell buffs and enchantment, the power could still be increased. Angele could save in energy bombs if he was fully prepared for the incoming fight.
After all the tests were done, Angele changed his clothes to a white-brown tight swordsman's suit. It would help him act faster when in the forest.
A patrolling Knight walked to him after seeing Angele stepping out of the door. The man had large ears and stout body, and his arms were of the same size as his legs. It was a dwarf Knight with a long white beard that was tied up like braids.
"Master Green, are you leaving? You want me to go with you?" The dwarf's name was Surry, one of the mercenaries that came to Nola not so long ago. He was a top-level Knight. The forest dwarfs were born with magic resistance and they could fight low-rank wizard apprentices.
One of the Knights Angele hired left, and he found the dwarf Knight to replace that guy.
Angele glanced around.
"Where are the others?"
"Master, they…umm…" Surry hesitated, "They're hunting while patrolling the surrounding area."
Angele nodded. "Fine, come with me then."
"Sure." Surry nodded as well.
Angele recalled the location of wizard Shiva. He took out the invitation letter and double-checked the energy wave Shiva left on it.
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Chapter 217: Visiting (2)
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After about two hours, Angele and Surry went around the lake and walked along the forest path. They finally reached a silent large manor by the end of the path by noon.
Inside the white fences was an area covered in grass and in the center of the grassland, there was a luxurious 5-storey building covered in gray paint.
It almost looked like there many tiny buildings inside the large building. Many strange bumps were on the surface of the walls, and Angele also saw several shell-shaped balconies.
However, the whole area was cold and deadly silent.
The gate at the fence opened itself as the two walked toward it.
He just realized that there was a small creature standing behind the fences, a tiny man that was covered in short black hair.
"Welcome, master wizard Green." The tiny man was shorter than a dwarf. He looked like a three-year-old kid with wrinkles covering his face. The man was a hunchbacked man wearing a short gray coat.
"I'm a servant of master Shiva. Name's Nicole, I'm a fire spirit." Nicole stood on the side and bowed to Angele politely.
His head was around the height of Angele's knees.
"Fire spirit?" Angele was surprised. He only knew about such creatures in tales. However, he was also disappointed, since the tiny man looked nowhere close to the incredible spirit that was described in wizardry books.
They walked into the manor and saw a white path that led straight to the door of the building.
Surry was still looking at the fire spirit. He was curious.
Nicole led the two to the door quickly.
The door opened by itself as the three approached. Two female fire spirits were standing at both sides of the door. They looked identical to Nicole as their bodies were covered with short black hair. They looked weird in child clothes.
The main hall was painted in gold. A short man wearing a light green robe was there waiting for Angele. Countless gems and jades were inlaid on the back of his robe.
"Greetings, master Green. My name is Shiva." The old man was bald and his skin was covered in wrinkles, giving the impression of an old toad.
"Greetings, master Shiva." Angele smiled. "I'm sorry that I didn't notify you earlier of my visit."
"Not a problem at all." Shiva smiled as well. "I went to visit you not so long ago, but I was told that you were busy with a lab experiment so I decided to leave you an invitation letter."
"Yeah, it was an…important lab experiment."
They walked to the sofas in the hall and sat down. Surry was asked to wait outside the door. The two fire spirits served them with black tea and fruits.
"Master Shiva, are you enjoying such a nice place alone?" Angele glanced around.
He saw many raven sculptures on the wall. Golden glowing crystals were inserted into the ceiling.
Large decorative vases were standing beside the sofa quietly. There was also a black piano around the corner by the fireplace.
The floor was covered by the thick white carpet.
"Well, I do have a lovely daughter and a handsome son, but they are living in other areas. An old man like me needs a quiet area like this." Shiva sighed. "I've lived for more than 200 years as a wizard and I'm working as a professor in the public area. I guide the students and I'm living a peaceful life here. Wizard Green, do you mind me asking why you decided to come to the Six Ring area?"
"Me? I'm a wanderer and I came to Nola for knowledge. Just like any other wanderers here, I met someone who invited me into the Six Ring area. Otherwise, I would have never gotten the chance." Angele was grateful for what Isabel did for him. Without her, he would still be searching for all the materials he needed in the public markets. It would take years before he could advance to the Liquid stage, that was why he decided to repay her one day.
Although Angele was certain that he could advance to Liquid stage even if he did not enter the area controlled by the major organizations, Isabel's help still saved him a lot of time.
"A wanderer, huh? That was my plan, too. I wanted to explore the world, but my daughter and son asked me to stay in this area. They really treat me like a kid...Like, come on. I can still fight."
Shiva was a kind old man and was as knowledgeable as Angele. The two wizards were having a great time discussing events they had experienced in the wizards' world. Shiva thought Angele was just a random light wizard but was proven wrong after the conversation. Angele had many similar ideas as Shiva. They exchanged their information on certain complicated research topics.
Angele was surprised. After all, it was the first time he engaged in intellectual discussion with a knowledgeable wizard who had already lived for more than 200 hundred years. He had a database in the chip yet the old man knew a lot of things that he had never heard of. The conversation benefited him a lot.
They sat on the sofa and chatted until the sun started setting.
"Time flies really fast, my bad. I should probably leave now." Angele saw the orange light coming through the window and realized it was late.
"It's fine, really. For people like us, time is all we have, right?" Shiva chuckled. "Green, you're not working for any organization, correct? Why don't you come to my school? There are many benefits. Also, you mentioned that you're interested in the ancient blood and the ancient worlds."
Shiva stopped for a second and made sure the fire spirits were not around. He then whispered, "Let me tell you something. There's a World Stone in my school. I'm an associate dean. You can join the team that is studying the stone."
"The World Stone?" Angele wondered, "You mean the portal to the other worlds? Where will it bring us to?"
"No idea." Shiva shrugged. "We had it for more than 30 years but no progress was done."
Angele started considering the offer.
"Let me make one thing clear. This is your chance. Wizards from the three major organizations rarely have the chance to study a World Stone. The subject is usually left to the strongest wizards." Shiva stared at Angele and tried to convince him. "Look, you're smart and knowledgeable. I think you have potential, young man." He smiled.
Angele looked at the old man's smiling face, which was making him uncomfortable.
"If that's a real World Stone, I'm down for it. However, my original plan is to join the Six Ring High Tower. You know I'm here for more knowledge, right?"
Shiva stood up. "That's not a problem. We can give honorary titles to wizards like you. The school has a shorter history than the three major organizations but it is packed with ancient wizardry books. I can show you the collections at a later date."
"Sounds great." Angele nodded and stood up as well. "It's late. I'll be leaving now. Thank you for your time."
"Thank you too. I like you, young man. Come by when you have time." Shiva nodded slightly. "Also, my grandson and granddaughter will visit me on the 11th day next month. Why don't you come pay me a visit and I can introduce you to them?"
"Sure, it's great to join a family event." Angele looked relaxed.
"How's your family by the way," Shiva wondered.
"Haven't contacted them in years," Angele spoke in a light tone. He recalled the days he spent in Marua Harbor. Everyone changed and it made him depressed.
"Is that so?" Shiva hesitated for a second. "Well, I'll ask the two kids to call you grandpa the next time you come."
"What?" Angele was not sure what Shiva was thinking. It was the first time they met, yet he was trying to make Angele join their family.
Angele was not sure what would happen if Shiva found out that he was a dark wizard from Ramsoda. His thoughts might change.
He was not sure how to respond to Shiva's word. He decided to just leave the house before the old man could surprise him again with something else.
Angele could not imagine what it would feel like to be called as grandpa by two people that were likely older than him.
Shiva suddenly stopped Angele when he was about to step out of the door.
"Wait, Green." The old man was treating him like an old friend. "Catch this."
He threw a dark object to Angele.
PA*
Angele caught the item and looked at it. "What's this?"
"Open it and you'll know." Shiva had a mysterious smile on his face.
Angele opened the black box. Inside, there was a dark leather scroll that was the size of a man's palm.
He opened the scroll and it read: 'Rare Slave Market'.
"You can find fire spirits like the ones I have if you're lucky. Is Ivan's family still providing you with food and daily supplies?" Shiva waved his hand. "Grab some slaves that were captured in the wars. You can find craftsmen, tailors, and cooks. Buying them is saving them from their misery. Also, build a farm and grow your own vegetables. You need to prepare for the future. A resource point needs all types of basic functions after all."
Angele thought for a while and nodded with a serious expression on his face. "Thanks for the advice. I will."
Angele gave the building one final look before leaving the manor.
DANG DANG DANG*
The rings from the bell were deep and slow.
"So, it's 6 p.m. already. Shiva told me that the bell will ring once for each two-hour that passes." Angele felt relaxed. "Let's go, Surry." He turned around and walked toward the forest.
"Aye." Surry yarned and followed Angele. The two disappeared into the forest quickly.
He acquired the information on the World Stone from Shiva and knew that it was not a top-level secret. Studying the World Stone took time and it seemed like there was something going on in the school so the progress was slow.
Angele knew it was time for him to think of joining a strong organization.
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Chapter 218: Centaur (1)
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Angele decided to check out the slave market first as he needed more people to work for him. Perhaps the ones up for auction were born with resistance to certain damage types.
In Nola, the outer area was basically free to rent. As long as no one was fighting, the major organizations would not care how much space the slave market was using.
The most inexpensive thing in this world was the land.
Angele could easily expand his residential area if he wanted to.
Building an herb farm and resource point was part of Angele's plan. He could raise the herbs or keep the creatures wanted on a farm. However, his plan was hard to accomplish in a place like Nola. An herb farm was not a problem but a resource point needed to be built in somewhere remote. The public area in Nola was monitored by the three major organizations and the smaller organizations also had their own territories here, so the plan had to be delayed.
Seven days later.
At noon, the bright sunlight illuminated on the reflective surface of the lake.
In front of the white house, a gray carriage was parked by the fences quietly and its coachman was a fire spirit. His body was covered with short black hair and there were wrinkles all over his face. The whip in his hand had the similar length as his height.
The door of the carriage was open and there was an old man wearing green robe sitting inside.
The dazzling sunlight failed to brighten up the interior of the carriage. It seemed like the old man preferred dark places.
He was staring at the house through the window as if he was patiently waiting for someone to show up.
Creak*
The door of the house was finally opened. A young man wearing long white robe slowly walked out of the garden.
The white robe was tied up with a silver belt and it looked like a dress. The young man was wearing a pair of black pants under the robe.
"Get in the carriage, Green." The old man smiled. "I'm glad you decided to check the slave auction out. It'll take us about two days to just get there."
Angele nodded slightly. His hands were in the pockets, and the robe looked identical to a long coat.
"So, we're moving on land?" He glared at the carriage and sensed the movement of energy waves.
"Of course. What are you thinking? You want to fly this thing in the sky?" Shiva had a mysterious smile on his face. "This carriage is sent by the auction house. You can't find the location easily without it. They'll send you one too after your first visit."
"Interesting."
Angele was a bit surprised. "And that's free?"
"Of course."
"The owner must be rich." Angele jumped into the carriage.
Nancy waited by the gate. It seemed like she was curious about the auction as well.
Angele checked the seats in the carriage and said, "You mind if I take her with me?"
Shiva turned his head around and looked at Nancy.
"Sure, sure. It's a spacious carriage." He chuckled.
Angele was not concerned but Nancy blushed.
He grabbed Nancy's hand and pulled with a small amount of force.
"Ah!" Nancy was dragged into the carriage and Angele put his right hand on her shoulder.
"Alright, shall we move?" Shiva cleared his throat and stared at Angele.
"As you know, it's my first time attending the slave auction. Are there any specific rules I need to follow?" Angele leaned against the window and watched the scenery start moving backward.
The fire spirit whipped the horse and shouted. The two horses in front neighed and started moving forward.
"Rules? Well, you need to pay a deposit, about one high-quality magic stone. After the auction ended, the deposit will be returned to you. That's probably the only rule." Shiva handed a yellow leather paper over to Angele.
Angele grabbed the paper, read it through, and threw it to Nancy. It was the general information about the auction house.
"Shiva, the school you talked about, when are you going to show me the place?"
"Any time you want." Shiva nodded. "The school's name is the Cross. Although not many members are in-charge…"
Angele laughed and interrupted, "Not many members? You mean the 20 people you mentioned? And that includes you, right?"
"Yeah, yeah…" Shiva shook his head. "But we are all the best elites."
Angele was a bit speechless upon hearing this. He then changed the topic and started talking about the spell model modification.
Nancy put her head on Angele's shoulder and read the auction information for a while before slowly falling asleep.
Outside the carriage.
The bright sunlight slowly faded and the twittering birds disappeared.
Hours passed. Angele suddenly realized that it was dark outside and the dim light in the carriage came from the glowing crystals that were inserted into the walls.
"Huh? Where are we?" Angele peeked through the window. The only thing he could see was the wet rocks.
It seemed like they were traveling in a tunnel and there was a silver glint on the walls.
"Well, we're heading to the auction house. We have to travel through these underground tunnels." Shiva slowly explained, "The main location of the auction house changes from time to time. Don't worry though, the carriage will take us there."
"Is that so?" Angele stared at the wall. It almost looked like the tunnel was being widened with each second the carriage advanced further.
He opened the door but it was pitch black outside. The lamp in front of the carriage kept the path visible.
"They're trying hard on keeping the location a secret." Angele scrunched up his brows. "However, are you sure we're safe?"
"It's safe, I can assure you. It's a gray area but all major organizations need the slave auction since they need to get rid of their prisoners and slaves sometimes."
The two kept on chatting about random things.
The carriage traveled in the dark tunnels for a long time.
Angele, Shiva, and Nancy had several meals inside the carriage. Finally, they saw the light ahead.
Glowing crystals appeared on both sides of the walls. Although they only provided the minimum amount of light, it still felt much better.
A narrow passage between huge rocks appeared ahead after the carriage advanced for another two hours.
The fire spirit slowly stopped the carriage and parked on an empty ground beside the narrow path.
Angele grabbed Nancy's hand and jumped off the carriage. The place was wet and cold. A strange rotten smell permeated the air.
He glanced around with his brow furrowed. The huge rocks blocked his sight and the only thing he could see was the narrow path in the front. The glowing crystals on the walls were brighter than before.
"Let's go." Shiva got off the carriage as well.
Angele nodded and followed him into the narrow path. Nancy and the fire spirit were behind them.
The four walked for several minutes and reached a large empty hall.
A humongous arched bronze gate was in the stone wall ahead.
The gate was more than five meters tall and there was a tiny door at the bottom of it. There were people entering the door slowly with outfits varying from one another. Two muscular guards were standing in front of the door, wearing heavy black armor suits with long spears in their hands. Angele noticed the white war paint on their faces, but he had no idea what they meant.
Angele heard a high-pitched coming from the right side as he entered the hall.
"Hey. My dearest master Shiva." The voice was making Angele a bit uncomfortable.
Angele looked to the right. It was a man wearing a tight red robe, and clearly, he was mocking Shiva.
Although it was a man, his body was well-balanced and sexy. His waist was slim and his face was pretty. The man's dark red pupils were eye-catching and his long flaming hair trailed over his shoulder.
He hid his hands in his long sleeves and there were four other people behind him.
"Shiva, we've known each other for more than a hundred years, yet you did not greet me? How inappropriate."
Shiva sneered. "Nicolas, you old prick. Why didn't those dark wizards kill you back in the Dark Red High Plateau?"
"You survived and so do I," Nicolas glared at Angele as he said, "Alright, I'll be entering the gate. I didn't expect to see you here. I should've chosen the other entrances. What a shitty day!" He turned around and walked toward the door.
"Same to you, god damn it." Angele could see the anger in Shiva's eyes.
Shiva turned around with an embarrassed look on his face.
"I apologize, Nicolas is my old enemy. He's always trying to stab me from behind."
"No worries." Angele pursed his lips to a smile. "Let's enter the door first."
There were many wizards around the entrance. Some were still parking their carriages and some were already heading to the door.
The four walked to the door with the crowd and made the deposit. The guards gave them a small piece of wooden tag and let them enter the door.
They turned a corner after walking down the hallway. Angele saw some bright yellow light ahead that came from an opened small door.
They entered the door and heard people yelling.
The place looked like an enormous opera house with a golden ceiling that was glowing and random circles were painted on its surface.
The floor was covered by a luxurious white carpet with a red edge. Red wooden chairs were arranged in a shell shape. Several wizards were already sitting on the chairs and some were still picking the seats.
Most of the wizards here were light wizards. Angele also saw people wearing red, blue, and green robes, and yet no one was wearing black robes.
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Chapter 219: Centaur (2)
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Angele entered the hall through the entrance on the left. There were many similar entrances on both sides of the walls.
"Alright, let's find a good spot." Shiva was almost yelling.
"Sure."
The four found their seats at the back.
In the front of the hall was a shell-shaped black podium and the workers were still preparing for the starting auction. Most of them were wearing yellow coats.
Angele waited quietly in his seat. There were more than a thousand chairs in the hall but only about 300 people were on the seats, including the followers of the wizards.
Half an hour later, the doors on the walls were finally locked.
An elegant lady wearing a long white dress walked to the middle and stepped onto the podium.
"It's 8:30 in the evening. I assume everyone in the hall is ready for the auction. The auction will start soon."
The lady's voice was clean and sweet. There was an attractive smile on her face.
The people in the seats stopped chatting after hearing her words. The wizards started using the energy particles to transmit messages. Angele could see random light dots flashing in the air.
Muscular dwarfs with white beards started carrying black metal cages to the front. Inside the cages were naked male human beings. They were around 20 to 30 years old and all of them looked depressed. Most of them had strong bodies and some of them were covered in scars.
The lady in white dress stood on the right side. She did not cast any spell, but the whole hall could hear what she was saying.
"As usual, we'll be auctioning those slaves sent by the Northland Alliance first. They're as good as the dwarf workers. We transported them here from the Northland within 30 days. They can live for at least ten more years, I can assure you that."
"Here are 25 male slaves and all of them has the potential to become Knights. Starting bid is 35 regular magic stones…"
"40!" Before she could finish, someone already started bidding.
"45!" Someone else yelled.
"50!"
People in the hall kept bidding and some followers were yelling for their masters.
"The Northland Alliance captured them from the wars they fought."
Shiva explained as Angele was listening to the biddings.
"Northland Alliance again? They really love wars." Angele turned his head to Shiva.
"Yeah, they're strong because the alliance has more than ten wizard organizations. They're fighting every other organization around, especially the land of death, Ramsoda." Shiva nodded. "Most of the organizations in the alliance are small and the whole Northland Alliance is weaker than the three major organizations. However, they're very close."
Quickly, the auction for the male slaves was completed and some more cages were carried to the front. Female human beings were inside those cages. Their age varied from five years old to 20 years old. Most of them were pretty. The clothes they were wearing barely covered their private parts.
Those girls already lost their hope for their lives and their eyes were soulless.
"Again, the female slaves from the Northland handpicked by us," The lady introduced, "Pay close attention to cage 10 and cage 6. They're virgins and are unaffected by any plague. Our professional medics double checked them. Please place your bid if you're interested. There are 15 female slaves in total and they're good for more than 10 years. The starting bid is 50 magic stones."
The wizards on the seats seemed excited.
"60 magic stones!!" A bald muscular man sitting on the right side of the hall yelled.
"70!"
"80!"
"85!"
"100!"
The bald man furrowed his brows and shouted again.
The bidding stopped after he yelled the number. It seemed that 100 magic stones were already considered a lot for purchasing human slaves.
Angele stared at the bald man and sensed the mentality wave of a Gas stage wizard. However, the energy waves around him were unstable. It seemed that he was carrying explosive enchanted items just like him.
"That guy's name is Hamlet, a captain of a hunting team from the Six Ring High Tower. He's also a leader of a small organization in the public area." Shiva noticed who Angele was staring at.
"May I ask a question?" Nancy suddenly questioned.
"Huh? What do you want to know?" Shiva looked at Angele and responded.
"Do light wizards care about their slaves?" Nancy asked in a low voice.
Suddenly, the people around them started chuckling and some wizards were shaking their heads.
Shiva shook his head as well, but he had a serious expression on his face.
"As long as you don't use them for human subject research, the owners are allowed to expel them, or…kill them."
"Thank you, master Shiva." Nancy lowered her head and stopped talking.
Shiva started introducing the wizards that were bidding on the slaves.
He lived for so many years that he knew most of the wizards in the hall.
Angele learned that the wizards on the seats were divided into three levels.
Although it looked like they picked their seats randomly, most of them were sitting beside the ones at the same level.
The crystal wizards representing the three major organizations were sitting in the first row. Angele saw four people there. No one yet had placed any bid on the human slaves. The two female wizards were having a chat, the male wizard was having a nap, and an old man was doing some calculations on a piece of paper. It was as though they did not care about what was being auctioned at the front, and they might only be here to make sure everything was fair.
The wizards seated at the center were the representatives of the families in Six Ring Area. They would never let any possible valuable resources slide. People would fight for the slaves from the rare races and representatives from the families were sent to most of the slave auctions held in different areas.
The wizards sitting at the back were from small organizations and some of them were just living in the Six Ring Area, like Angele and Shiva.
Shiva also told Angele about the political situation in the Six Ring Area.
The situation was complicated at the moment. The large families insisted on keeping the rights in their hands, but the wizards outside were demanding part of the rights as well.
The wizards from the Six Ring High Tower's branches were refusing to hand back their power to the local large families, although they had to follow the rules, they were still trying to play some trick at the behind.
The Hanson Family from the east of the Six Ring area had the highest possibility of winning the political fight and become the ruler of the Six Ring High Tower.
They owned the largest resource point and the transportation routes of the east Nola. Some important daily supplies had to enter Nola through the east border guarded by the members of the Hanson Family.
The other larges family that had the power were the Jones Family, the Bennis Family, and the Rowen Family.
The Rowen Family was a puppet of the wizards from outside but were getting stronger and stronger every year.
The Rowen Family and the Jones Family were currently fighting for a few critical positions in the organization.
Actually, only three people in this hall were at a different level.
All of them were sitting in the first row. The old man was not interested in the political fights, so he was excluded. He was just here to make sure everything was going smoothly.
"You see that blonde man with a mustache?" Shiva sent a message using energy particles.
The rows at the back were higher so Angele had a clear view of the first row.
The man with a mustache was having a nap on the chair and Angele could see the dark circles under his eyes. It seemed like he was in dire need of rest.
"The man's name is Poland. He is a famous Crystal stage wizard and is one of the representatives of his family. Poland served in the war against the underground races and was the most powerful person in the southern area. He's from the Bennies Family that provided countless services to the wizards or apprentices living in the south."
"The two female wizards were from a relatively weak family. The one with red hair is called Julia and the one with black hair is called Mira. Although their family is not in control of any of the high towers, no one wants to mess with them due to the numerous formal wizards in their family."
The auction was still going on, with merfolk slaves being displayed at the front. The starting bid was higher than the human slaves and they were being auctioned individually. The merfolk slaves were born with resistance to magic and could live in Nola for a much longer time than human beings.
After all the merfolk slaves were sold, strong barbarians from the Northland were dragged to the front. Their Stamina was extremely high and they had decent resistance as well. Some wizards needed them to test their potions, so the barbarians were sold out quickly.
"Next, we have the rare race from the Labyrinth College. I'm sure you won't be disappointed." The lady in white pointed at the cages that were being carried to the front by the dwarfs. Angele was surprised to see female centaurs inside the cages.
The centaurs were moving around with their white hooves.
Their skin was silky smooth and their tails were fluffy. White tank tops barely covered their huge breasts.
The female centaurs all had long flaxen hair and their faces were pretty. They all looked elegant with their large black eyes.
"They were captured by the Raven Man Family and sent here by the Labyrinth College. They have high Fire and Acid resistance. Also, it's a wise decision to reproduce with them since they have a high chance to be impregnated by wizards."
The lady explained the basic features of the female centaurs. It was a common thing for them that most wizards had trouble impregnate human females.
"We handpicked the better ones when they were delivered. There are 12 of them and all of them passed the test. The starting bid is 2000 regular magic stones!"
The female centaurs caught Angele's attention. Immediately, he raised his right hand and shouted.
"2500 magic stones!"
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Chapter 220: Purchase (1)
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"2600 magic stones!" a chubby male wizard stood up and yelled.
Before Angele could place another bid, several other people started increasing the bid.
"3000!" a tall wizard stood up and yelled as well.
"3100!" The chubby wizard stared at the female centaur. He definitely had evil plans in his mind.
After comparing the information in the database, Angele noticed that the centaurs in the cages had the bloodline of the ancient centaur leaders.
The ancient centaur leaders reproduced the white centaurs with the legendary creature, unicorns, and those white centaurs were much harder to find than the normal centaurs.
Most white centaurs could live for more than two hundred years.
Also, Angele was certain that he would be able to extract the ancient blood from them. He wanted the bloodline of the ancient unicorns and the ancient centaur leaders.
The signet acquired from the ancient bloodline of the harpy helped Angele greatly and became his secret weapon. He wanted to acquire as much ancient blood as possible and discover the truth behind it.
His plan would work if he could win the bid.
Angele narrowed his eyes.
"3300!" He raised his hand and his voice echoed in the hall with the help of the energy particles.
Shiva and Nancy, who initially thought he had already given up, stared at him and wondered why he suddenly joined the bidding again.
The chubby wizard thought no one would pay over 3200 magic stones for the centaurs, he turned his head around and stared at Angele with hatred in his eyes.
"3500!" He raised his hand again.
"4000." Angele looked calm.
"4100!"
"5000!" There was no emotion in Angele's voice.
The number surprised the crowd and all the wizards tried to find out who was raising the bid.
The chubby wizard was sweating and he looked at the female centaurs again with an unwilling expression.
A wizard apprentice sitting beside the chubby wizard whispered something to him. He contemplated for several seconds and shrugged.
"Alright, sir, you win," he then muttered and sat down.
The lady in a white dress stood on the podium and slightly nodded her head.
"Anyone else? If there is no one, I'll count down to three and after that, those centaurs will be sold to the highest bidder."
"5100!" Someone broke the silence.
Angele's expression changed when he noticed whose voice it was.
He looked to the left.
A man wearing a red robe stood up, rubbing his chin as everyone looked at him. Nicolas turned to Angele and sneered.
"6000!" Angele's expression turned and shouted.
He had ten crystal cards that he earned by trading potions with Wisp.
The crystal cards were highly valuable even for wizards. Just like magic stones, crystal cards could be used as a source of power for certain high-level defensive or offensive matrices. It took more than 1000 magic stones to craft an average-quality crystal card.
Ten crystal cards could be traded for a great number of resources.
"6100!" Nicolas shouted again, knowing fully well that Angele really wanted those white centaurs.
"8000!"
"8100!"
"Alright, you win." Angele had a blank expression on his face. He shrugged and gave up. Many rare creatures had ancient bloodlines in them, so there was no point for him to spend so much money on those centaurs.
Nicolas's expression slightly changed. He did not expect Angele to give up so easily. He wanted to just raise the price one more time, but Angele was smarter than he thought.
He had to pay double the price for the centaurs. Nicolas pursed his lips and stared at Angele for a while before sitting down.
"Anyone else?" The lady asked several times and counted to three. Those centaurs were sold to Nicolas and she was happy with the result.
"Sorry, it's my fault." Shiva sat beside Angele and sent the message using the energy particles. "Nicolas is a rich ass retard. He saw us sitting together and wanted to make things hard for us."
"No worries. There'll probably be something else I want." Angele shook his head. "It's not your fault."
"Damn, I wish I'm rich too." Shiva sighed with mixed feelings. He was trying to tell Angele that he could not bid anything for him.
After the centaurs were sold, merfolk slaves, fire spirits, and male tree elves were auctioned. A muscular male wizard even spent 6000 magic stones on a harpy queen.
All the slaves were trained by professional trainers. The ones who tried to fight back had already been killed.
"Next, we'll bring you the most exciting part of this auction." The lady raised her voice and she looked excited.
The wizards all started whispering after hearing the words. The Crystal stage wizards at the front all straightened their backs and focused on the show in front of them.
"So everyone is waiting for the last one," Angele looked at Shiva and said.
"Yeah, of course." Shiva chuckled. "I will bid for it if I have the money."
Angele nodded and turned his head to the front.
The lady asked the dwarfs to bring up a brown wooden box to the front and she opened it carefully.
"The last item tonight is a forest fairy from an ancient ruin!" She threw the box into the air.
A ray of white light shot out of the box and turned into a rectangle light pillar, then a tiny white dot was pushed to the top of the pillar.
It was a palm-sized girl wearing a green translucent dress. Her long blonde hair trailed over her shoulders. The girl's eyes were closed. Her skin was clean and smooth. It looked like a beauty that shrank to this size.
The girl lay on the top of the pillar without making any noise and looked like she was sleeping.
Strangely, on the back of the tiny beauty, there was a pair of translucent butterfly wings. The wings had strange textures and were larger than the body of the girl. Angele thought it was a large butterfly before he could get a clear view of the girl.
"We found it in the ruin. A forest fairy from the ancient times. Legend foretells that if you can sign a blood contract with a fairy, it can become your strong assistant." The lady was still excited.
"Elemental fairy. She's incredibly beautiful and can buff your damage spells and create barriers for to absorb incoming damage."
The hall became noisy. It seemed like most of the wizards already knew that the fairy would be auctioned last.
Angele looked at the fairy for a while and shook his head.
"Well, I don't have enough magic stones for that. Let's go to the backstage and buy basic slaves." He had learned the procedures from the leather paper.
Shiva nodded. "A forest fairy. They'll bid for it like crazy."
"10,000 magic stones!"
The bidding was intense. 10,000 magic stones could be turned into about ten crystal cards.
"15,000!"
"20,000!"
"One serving of Essence of the Lion Scorpion!"
"One Sun Stone!"
The wizards in the auction were going crazy, that they were even bidding for the fairy with rare resources. When they did not have enough magic stones, they were allowed to use rare resources as a substitute.
Angele and Shiva stood up and left the hall through a door on the right side, with Nancy and the fire spirit following right after them.
Several waitresses wearing yellow short skirts were waiting for the leaving wizards.
"You're here for the basic slaves, right? Please follow me."
A waitress led the four to a staircase by the end of the hallway. They entered a different area while walking up the stairs.
The noise disappeared as they advanced. There were other wizards walking in front of them. Angele could hear the footsteps coming from behind.
Obviously, not all participating wizards were buying slaves from the auction. Many people were here just for the normal slaves.
The pathway was illuminated by the glowing crystals on the walls but the light only brought minimum visibility.
They entered a noisy hall after walking for several minutes.
The walls and floor were built with dark stones. Many large cages were lined up on the ground. Dirty and depressed slaves were sitting inside them quietly.
Angele even noticed whole families being thrown into the cages.
A naked human woman was feeding an infant carefully inside a black iron cage on the right side of Angele. She looked helpless and sad after noticing the buyers entering the hall.
In front of that cage, there was a thin light wizard asking a waitress about the price of the mother and the son.
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Chapter 221: Purchase (2)
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"You know why I want to buy her. She has enough milk for my baby, Grace. But two magic stones? You're asking for too much."
"It's not that high, to be honest. Your pet will consume at least five slaves each month. There are not many human slaves with enough milk out there. Several died during transportation and we have ordered them just for you…"
"I've been doing business with you for years…"
Angele walked away and kept advancing. There was no valuable information to be taken in the conversation.
He knew how cruel the slave trading market was, but Nancy felt uncomfortable just staying in the hall. Although she knew that that was how slaves treated, she still wanted to do something for them.
Angele walked behind the waitress slowly.
Countless cages were displayed on both sides of the way. Most of the slaves inside were human beings and merfolk.
There was a strange flowery fragrance in the air. It felt like they were trying to cover the stink smell coming from the slaves in the cages.
Angele remained calm. He whispered what he needed to the waitress.
The waitress nodded and led them to a quiet area with fewer cages around after turning a corner.
There were dozens of wizards walking around, trying to find the slaves they needed. The total number of cages here was about 70.
The wizards here were all chatting in low voices.
Most of the slaves inside the cages were old and the rest were in their middle-ages.
"So they are the slaves with specific skills. You can find cooks, blacksmiths, herb masters, and gardeners here."
"Get me the better ones." Angele through a mid-level magic stone to the waitress.
The woman looked excited as she caught the magic stone carefully.
"Of course. I'll find you the best ones."
"I need to find myself one more gardener. I'll see you at the entrance. Take your time," Shiva said.
"Sure." Angele nodded.
Angele and Nancy spent some time going through the slaves the waitress showed them. There were cooks, gardeners, coachmen, blacksmiths, herb masters, and sailors. The magic stone he tipped the waitress worked very well.
Angele picked 18 slaves in total, three for each job. Most of them were strong and well-trained. They could live for more than ten years in Nola after consuming a special potion the slave trader concocted.
After everything was done, Angele asked the waitress to take him to find some young girls.
There were many wizards checking the area the young girls caged in.
There were more than ten rows of cages and in each row, there were four to five wizards chatting about the young slaves with the waitresses.
"There are three different types of cages here. The first level has girls with decent body conditions and they're under ten years old. The second level has girls with average body conditions and they're under 15 years old."
"And the third level…They're younger than 18 years old, but their body conditions are questionable. Which level would you like to check?"
The waitress was showing a much better attitude after receiving the magic stone from Angele. One mid-level magic stone was more than her yearly salary, so she decided to take the chance.
"Don't worry, I'll just look around," Angele responded and walked to the first row on the right.
Inside the dark metal cages, there were young girls that were around seven to eight years old. Some were trying to stay away from the wizards walking around and some just looked lost. Angele saw several girls staring at him curiously and some were just taking a nap inside the cages.
"I'm here for young girls that can be trained into smart maids. The younger the better. Otherwise, they might die during the times I'm doing my research in the labs," Angele said as he walked.
"Don't worry. All the slaves here are fed with the Essence of Blue Saber." The waitress walked to one of the cages on the left and tapped on it.
"For example, the girls in these cages are around 8 years old. Ten years later, they'll stop growing once they reach 18 years old. Their life energy will burst out and prevent them from being killed by the strong radiation. Some can live for more than 20 years."
Angele looked to the left as he heard the explanation.
Inside the cage, there were two girls sitting on the floor, their appearances were identical and the clothes they were wearing looked dirty. Their skin was smooth and elastic. Angele found their long black hair beautiful.
The two girls lowered their heads. They feared the wizard that was staring at them from outside the cage.
"What do you think, master? They're from an island called Sand Forest in the Gem Sea. The residents on the island were eliminated by wizards from Nola as they robbed the merchant ships around for years. Their parents died during the fight and they're very smart. You don't have to teach them twice."
"Sounds like they'll become great maids." Angele nodded slightly. "I'll take them then."
He threw another mid-level magic stone to the waitress as a tip.
"So, how much for the two girls?"
"You already gave me more than enough," The waitress replied politely, "I'll deduct the price of the slaves from the magic stones you tipped me. There'll be plenty left for me."
"Good, not greedy. I like you. What's your name?"
"Kesha, master, my name is Kesha." The waitress smiled. "If you want anything else, you can come here. In the future, just tell them you're looking for me."
"Just give me your communication rune." Angele pursed his lips.
When Kesha heard his words, she nodded quickly.
After giving Angele the communication rune, she stepped to the side and said, "Master, you may go check the slaves you just purchased now. I'll show you to the room."
She waved at another waitress, then a woman walked to them and opened the cage.
Angele followed after Kesha through the hallway and stepped into a door on the side.
The room was small and empty, about the size of a bedroom.
The floors were white and the walls were painted in light yellow.
Kesha and Nancy waited outside the room.
After several minutes, the two girls were pushed into the room by a waitress and the door was locked immediately by her.
Angele stood in the middle of the room and stared at the two young girls.
"Come here, I need to check your bodies."
The two girls knew it was their chance to leave the slave cage. Furthermore, Angele seemed like a nice person.
The girl with a longer hair grasped the hand of the other girl and walked to Angele slowly.
Angele crouched and pulled the broken dress off the girl in the front, revealing her clean and smooth body. She stared into Angele's eyes as she held the other girl's hand tight. It seemed like she was not shy at all.
"You have a pair of beautiful eyes." Angele nodded slightly and straightened his back. He then pulled the other girl off her.
"Turn around for me," he ordered in a light tone.
The girl in front released her hand and spun around first. Her body was nice and clean.
"No scars, no wounds, great. Open your mouth and stick your tongue out."
After Angele spoke, the girl opened her mouth to show Angele her tongue. It was pink and normal. Also, her teeth were white. It seemed like she was cleaned before being sent to the room.
"Raise your arm and …"
After about ten minutes, Angele finished checking the two girls. He asked them to put on their dresses and left the room.
Nancy and Kesha were waiting patiently outside the door.
"They are clean and healthy as you promised. If everything goes well, they could live for at least 15 years." Angele nodded.
He wanted to train them as maids so that Nancy could be freed from housework. The two girls were smart and no tracking spells were planted inside their bodies. They were also good-looking and healthy.
"I'll take them both. Let's move." Angele clapped his hands. "Also, get them some nice clothes. How will they be transported to my place?"
"We'll arrange you a free carriage with a coachman. They'll go back with you. Don't worry about it."
"Sounds great." Angele nodded again, satisfied with what he acquired from the slave auction house.
Kesha took the two girls to the carriage. Angele returned to the entrance with Nancy and saw old man Shiva waiting for them.
"So how was it? Found what you needed?" he questioned in a light tone.
"Yeah," Angele responded.
Shiva stopped for a second and said, "I feel uncomfortable buying them actually. Those slaves are not treated well."
"You're too kind." Angele smiled.
"Is that so?" Shiva looked tired.
"Don't think too much about it," Angele pursed his lips. "That's how this world works. The weak will be ruled by the strong." He blinked his eyes.
"If the weak want to make changes to their lives, they'll have to work their way up to the top. You feel sad for them because you're powerful enough to change their destiny."
Shiva opened his mouth slightly, but no words came out of it.
"Let's go."
Angele walked past Shiva and vanished into the shadows in the hallway.
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Chapter 222: Situation (1)
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Angele and Shiva returned to their own residences using the carriages provided after leaving the slave market.
The slaves were camping by the lake temporarily, and he asked the dwarfs to build a stone house for them. The stone house would be built on an empty area beside the lake.
The two girls were already trained to do basic housework. They could clean and organize the house perfectly. The tea they made was also tasty.
Angele named them Amy and Alice. They were homophonic to number one and number two in Anmag.
Everything was going smoothly as he had planned.
Angele did not regret his failing to buy the centaurs. If he decided to go all in for the centaurs and extract the ancient blood later. His ability might be exposed to the public as the four in the front would wonder why this young man spent so much money for the centaurs. He decided to go for other rare creatures later when he had the chance.
The great harpy produced by the evolved signet was still slumbering, and Angele was waiting for the day when she would wake up. He wanted to visit the Nightmare Realm again.
Angele continued to study the enchantment system and since he had some spare time, he wanted to figure out how to get recruited by the Six Ring High Tower.
In the southwest of the Six Ring Area.
There was a large grassland in the seemingly infinite sea of trees. The grass was cut perfectly and the area was surrounded by well-organized white flowers.
In the center of the area, there was a large gray building that looked like a humongous arched bump on the ground. It looked like the building was sliced in half and the cut was the entrance.
There were four white stone pillars supporting the building by the entrance. They looked like four floating sticks that were barely providing any help. The whole place looked mysterious.
Angele saw people in white robes stepping in and out of the arched gate. Wizards vanished into a ball of smoke after leaving the gate, and he also saw people stepping out of a ball of smoke that appeared from nowhere.
There were also people landing in front of the gate with their flying mounts. They jumped off their mounts and simply walked into the gate.
Most of the wizards around the gate had serious expressions on their faces and were not hiding their mentality waves.
There were two naked female statues in front of the gates with raised right hands and on their palms, there were two golden glowing crystals. Both statues had wings on their backs; one was on the left and the other was on the right.
A young man wearing a white robe walked out of the forest and joined the crowd. His brown short hair was eye-catching but other than that, he just looked like an average light wizard.
He was tall and slim, and there was a silver glint on the surface of his skin. His eyes were surrounded by a golden glow.
"This is the southwest branch of the Six Ring High Tower," He raised his head, staring at the stone statues, and muttered. He could sense the energy waves released by the statues, and the energy was radiating throughout all the people entering the gate.
Only formal wizards could handle that level of radiation. Wizard apprentices would take permanent organ damage if they tried to enter using force.
"Alright. Green, I have to go now. Take care," a light wizard beside the young man whispered. "Contact if you need anything else. I need to deliver something to my master." The light wizard had a messy blonde hair.
"Are you the only student working for Spencer? Don't tell me he only has one apprentice." Angele shook his head.
"Well, I live close to the master…That might be the reason…" The light wizard was named Averan, one of Wisp's apprentices, who broke the limit not so long ago. Angele had recently learned that Wisp's real name was Spencer.
"Thank you for leading me to the gate. You found yourself a great master by the way." Angele smiled. He was still doing business with Wisp.
"That's my pleasure, master Green." Spencer bowed to Angele politely. "Now if you'll excuse me…"
"Go ahead."
Averan took two steps back and disappeared into the forest.
Angele turned around and walked straight toward the gate.
He stepped on the stairs and saw the wizards around talking to each other using energy particles.
Angele entered the gate and saw an enormous hall that looked like the inside of a church.
He raised his head and looked at the ceiling that was more than ten meters above him. Countless black wooden chairs lined up on the floor and a narrow path in the middle divided them into two areas.
Some light wizards already sat down on those chairs.
A long black stone pillar stood in front of the chairs quietly and there was a female light wizard reading the information on it.
The hall was deadly silent. The wizards were entering and leaving all the time, but no one spat out a single word. Most of them only sat down for several minutes before leaving. Some of them were handed small bags by the person at the entrance though some were not.
Angele checked the surroundings and sat down in a random seat.
The chair was cold and hard and there was a hint of flowery fragrance coming from it. He noticed that the other wizards would close their eyes for several seconds before standing up and leaving.
He sat on the seat and put his right fist over the chest for about five seconds.
A wizard apprentice walked to him from the right side quickly.
"Master, follow me please." It was a middle-aged man with a blank expression on his face.
Angele looked at the man. His right arm looked stronger than his left. The man was surrounded by curses from the dead wizards, and it seemed like the wizard apprentice made some contribution to the dark wizard hunt.
"Alright." He stood up and followed after the apprentice.
The two entered a wooden door on the left, then passed through a patio and arrived at an arena.
There were several light wizards waiting inside. They were brought here by apprentices just like him.
The wizard apprentice led Angele to the left side, and he waited alongside the other wizards.
Several minutes later, two more wizards were brought in.
The number of light wizards in the arena reached six.
"Rivalia, you again…Just give up. You come here every year."
A thin man sneered and started mocking a handsome blonde man beside him.
"Same to you. You have never passed the test," the blonde man responded.
"Some new faces here. Young and fresh." The thin man glanced around and shook his head.
"Gross." A muscular bold wizard said in a cold tone, "The hunt team will test our skills and I'll kick your ass if they paired us together."
"Come at me now. Why wait?" The thin man shrugged.
"F*ck off! Both of you! Noisy as f*ck!" A pretty female wizard suddenly yelled.
"So most of the people here have done something inappropriate in their lives." The blonde man named Rivalia chuckled. He glared at Angele and the other male wizard with a hood. They were the only two that had not spoken in the arena.
"Something inappropriate? What do you mean?" Angele wondered.
The others stared at him after hearing his question. They looked surprised.
"You don't know that joining the hunting team will remove all your criminal record?" Rivalia explained.
"I don't." Angele shook his head. "I'm not here for that to be honest."
"For real? Do you know how many people die in hunting team each year?" The thin man questioned and the man with the hood also stared at Angele curiously.
Angele shook his head.
"Huh? I thought this was the only way to join the Six Ring High Tower." Angele shrugged and forced a bitter smile on his face.
He had no idea on how to join the organization. In fact, one of his purposes was to acquire more information from the other people in the arena.
This was not only a branch for the hunting team. It was also a location that the organization used to transport the wizard apprentices and wizards. The wizard apprentices from the Sea Hawk dock would be sent to the school through the portal here.
"I want to join the enchantment department." The person beside Angele took his hood off, revealing a long, smooth blue hair. It was a young girl and there was something wrong with her right eye as Angele could not find the pupil, and her left pupil was blue.
"How many departments are there? Could you enlighten me?" Angele asked politely.
"The enchantment department, the hunting team, the herbalism department, and the potions department. That's all I know," the girl with blue hair responded.
Angele wanted to ask something else, but he was interrupted by a female voice.
"Come here if you want to join the hunting team, wizards. If you wish to join the other department, please stay at your position."
The voice echoed in the arena, but Angele did not find where the voice was coming from.
Only the girl with blue hair and Angele stayed in the arena, while the others followed a wizard apprentice who led them to a different room.
Angele decided to stay here because he made a promise to Wisp's organization that he would not reveal his potion concocting talent to any of the three major organizations. He needed to make others think that he was just an ordinary potion master.
Angele considered the benefits and decided to keep his promise. He only had basic knowledge about potion concoction. Potion masters would suspect how he concocted all the potions with minimum experience. Zero did most of the work for him, but that was not how potion masters in this world concocted their potions.
If he could successfully join the Six Ring High Tower, he would be able to acquire a lot of new knowledge.
A wizard apprentice walked to Angele and the girl with blue hair.
"Masters, please follow me."
The two followed the wizard apprentice down the hallway and arrived at another hall.
"So which department are you trying to apply for?" the apprentice asked politely.
"Potions."
"Enchantment," they answered one by one.
"Alright, Cynthia. Take her to the master that's in charge of the enchantment department." The apprentice gave the order to a female apprentice on the side.
"For sure."
The girl was led to the exit of the hall quickly.
"Master, this way," the apprentice said politely.
Angele nodded slightly and followed him out of the hall. They entered a garden with colorful plants everywhere. There were two old light wizards chatting beside a tiny clear pond.
"Master Ander, master Vista." The wizard apprentice stepped forward and bowed to the two old wizards.
Their hair was white and messy. Angele looked at the wrinkles on their faces and wondered how old they were.
Angele scanned the two using Zero. The mentality waves they were releasing indicated that they were at the Liquid stage.
He compressed his mentality so that other wizards could not determine which stage he was at. In order to disguise himself, Angele decided to release a mentality wave that was identical to the level of a Gas stage wizard.
Angele could not imagine what would happen if those old people found out that he reached Liquid stage before 30 years old…
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Chapter 223: Situation (2)
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The two old wizards glanced at Angele.
"Interesting. You want to join the potions department?" The old man on the left said in a light tone, "Young man, my name is Ander, and I'm in charge of testing the applicants. You know the basics of potion concocting, right?"
"Come on, no point in wasting our time. Take him to the potions lab. Following the rule, you need to concoct a healing gel within one hour. It should be easy if you know the basics." The other old man was getting impatient.
"Healing gel? Or healing potion?" Angele questioned.
"They're basically the same thing." Ander slightly nodded, he stared at Angele and hesitated for a second. It looked like he was a bit confused. "Alright, go to your potions lab and finish your test within one hour. Don't try to play any trick. We know what that potion looks like."
Angele knitted his eyebrows. He felt uncomfortable listening to the two potion masters giving orders like that, but he knew that that was how the potion masters treated other wizards. They were the only people who could supply the organization with the basic potions.
The wizard apprentice led him to the other side of the pond and they entered one of the potion labs.
"That'll be your potions lab. I'll come back in an hour. Please use your time wisely," the apprentice said in a light tone.
"Sure." Angele nodded.
The room was a bit dark. On the left side, there was a table that was covered in potion concocting equipment, such as the beakers, burners, and the test tubes. Everything needed for concocting the healing gel was here.
Half an hour later.
"Ander? What're you thinking?"
Vista stared at Ander. Looking confused, he waved his hands several times in front of Ander's eyes.
Ander shook his head slightly.
"Ah, nothing. This kid reminds me of something."
"What thing? Why don't you just tell me?"
"Well, everyone has their own secrets, right?" Ander smiled. "Okay, I'll go check that young man's potion skill first."
"There are people waiting for me. I'll talk to you later. See you. Next time you come to the east, make sure you contact me." Vista chuckled.
"Of course. We know each other for a long time, so how can I forget?" Ander shook his head speechlessly.
"Alright then, I'll be leaving now." Vista turned around and walked to the garden, then he vanished into the narrow path.
Ander watched his friend leave before walking to the potions labs on the other side of the pond.
'That feeling…It's identical to the wreckage I saw earlier…It can't be a coincidence.' He stood outside Angele's potion lab and started thinking.
'I need to do some basic tests."
Ander turned around and walked away. He entered a small potion lab by the end of the row.
He locked the door right away.
The room was empty, and the stone floor was covered by a magic circle surrounded by runes. Some of the blue runes were glowing but the rest was fading away.
The magic circle looked broken and the glowing runes were the only source of light in the room.
Ander walked to the center of the room and waved his right hand.
KA*
His right arm turned into a black wing within seconds that had a metallic silver glint on the feathers.
Ander swung his wing in front and created a black vortex. He stepped into the center of the vortex and started invoking incantations.
As the vortex got intense, red glow surrounded Ander's eyes, and his incantation speed was increasing.
The vortex slowly slowed down and disappeared after a while.
"That's it! I knew it!" Ander's right arm turned into black smoke and formed the human arm he originally had. The old man looked excited about the intel he just acquired.
"It's my lucky day now! HAHAHA!"
CHI*
The green liquid was slowly injected into a translucent crystal tube and the liquid was still bubbling.
Angele held the test tube in hand and he flicked it slightly.
DANG*
He was satisfied with the result he acquired.
Creak*
Suddenly, the door behind him was pushed open and he heard footsteps.
Angele turned his head around and saw Ander standing by the door.
"Master Ander? Good timing, I just finished making the healing gel…" he said calmly.
"There is…some ancient blood flowing through your veins…right?" Ander sent the message using energy particles.
"Huh?" Angele remained calm. "What are you talking about? Ancient bloodline? You mean the bloodline of the ancient monsters? I certainly don't have that in my body."
"The ancient bloodline of the harpies…I can smell that from you…Don't try to hide it from me." Ander sneered. "Don't try to kill me. I know the bloodline and I know the power of the illusion signet. I can summon the hunt team within a second. You can't fight a whole group of Liquid stage wizards and possibly a Crystal stage wizard."
Angele leaned to the right and peeked outside. There were several wizards walking around who did not look like ordinary light wizards.
"You're kidding, right? What are you talking about? I know nothing about the bloodline." Angele's brows furrowed.
"Explain it to me then. What's that signet on your palm? The signet from harpy's bloodline can only be created on the palms. Can you show me your palms if you're telling the truth?" Ander pursed his lips.
Angele's heart rate was increasing, but he was trying not to show anything on his face.
The two remained silent after exchanging words. The only thing Angele could hear was the footsteps of the wizards outside.
The place was a branch of the hunting team and it was impossible for Angele to fight all of them just by himself. The old man probably had special methods to contact the team. Even with the illusion signet, he was certain that it would not be highly effective on a Crystal stage wizard.
In addition to that, in Nola, he could not cast high damage spells without being detected by the towers, so his skills were limited.
However, he could not afford if Ander leaked his secret about the ancient blood.
"Hey, Lawrence, what do you need?" An incredibly powerful mentality wave appeared outside the door.
Angele held his breath and decided not to do anything stupid.
The mentality wave was much stronger than the first Crystal stage wizard he met in the mission, and his instinct was telling him to stay away from that man.
"Nothing, you know what's happening to the resource points, right? I want your opinion on that," another man responded.
The two were chatting beside the pond. The two strong mentality waves were the brightest in the night sky. Although they were far from the potions labs, they could get to Angele's room within seconds.
Angele narrowed his eyes. "What do you want? Tell me."
"Tell me how you extracted the ancient blood. Otherwise, you know what's going to happen." Ander chuckled. Angele could see the greed in his eyes.
"Ah, one more thing. I'm a contracted potion master of the Six Ring High Tower. I'm marked with a special life mark. If you kill me somehow, you'll be tracked down by the hunting team." It seemed he was not confident with his fighting skills so he decided to threaten Angele first.
"Is that so?" Blue light dots flashed in front of Angele's eyes. The method of extracting ancient blood involved the use of the chip. It was impossible for him to give Ander the complete procedure.
"The method…Sure, I'll write that down for you. I found it by luck, actually. If you don't tell me, I won't ever know that it was the ancient bloodline." He slightly nodded his head.
"Sounds great." Ander sneered again.
Angele had to write down the method recorded in the books he found in Ramsoda's library. He switched some of its concepts and tried to make it look complicated so that Ander would not notice the method was fake.
Half an hour later, Ander checked the notes from Angele and looked satisfied.
Ander raised his head and looked at the pouch on Angele's belt.
"Hey, give me your pouch too. You need to pay me so I won't run around and tell others your secret."
Angele gritted his teeth and stared at Ander. The two strong mentality waves were still outside. He hesitated for a second before he threw his pouch to Ander.
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Ander caught the pouch and checked the contents. A surprised look appeared on his face.
"You have some great items here…" the old man muttered.
"Happy now? I extracted the ancient blood by luck. Don't be too greedy," Angele said calmly. He was waiting for an opportunity. After the two strong wizards outside left, he wanted to finish off Ander without triggering the life mark. It was not an impossible task.
"One more thing." Ander stared at Angele in his eyes.
"Transfer your illusion signet to me." He suddenly lowered his head and tried to find the signet from Angele's palm. "Do it, I want it right now. I know you can transfer it."
The atmosphere here was heavy.
Angele narrowed his eyes again. Invisible black flower patterns appeared all over his skin. They looked like snakes that were moving around and surrounded by a mysterious aura.
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Chapter 224: The Turning Point (1)
Translator: Leo Editor: Frappe
It seemed like the old man named Ander had nothing to fear.
Angele's pouch and his extraction method were not what Ander was going after.
Without the chip, Angele would not be able to extract the ancient blood just by himself. Other wizards had already spent hundreds of years in trying to discover a method that had a high success rate. And even if they managed to find one, they would keep it as a top secret. Extracting the ancient blood was one thing, but creating the signet was completely different. Ander was trying to take everything away from Angele.
He himself knew that if he could get the signet, he would not need to extract the ancient blood by himself.
Furthermore, without the signet, Angele could not backstab him with the illusions. He knew how difficult it was to prepare for a strike from the mysterious signet.
The countless dark flower patterns were squirming around Angele's entire body. The patterns would only reveal themselves when Angele had the intention to kill.
However, the power of the patterns was not strong enough to directly impact a Liquid stage wizard. He needed to properly time his attack.
Angele wondered how Ander found out that he had the signet, but it seemed like…
'Zero, can you analyze the properties of the energy waves Ander was releasing?' He had a plan in mind.
'Task created…Analyzing…Success rate: 83%. The properties of target's energy wave are…'
The chip evolved again. It could now analyze the old man's energy properties using the tiny amount of energy waves being released into the air by the target.
Angele was confused for a second after checking the result.
Ander did not notice what Angele was trying to do.
"Master Ander…it seems like…you don't really care about the extraction method…" Angele suddenly said.
"Huh?" Ander was waiting for Angele to transfer the signet. He hesitated for a second after hearing his words. "Stop wasting my time. Just do it. If you don't, I'll let the whole land know about your little secret. Also, you think I don't know you're trying to trick with this piece of crap?" He waved the notes made by Angele. "I'm sure there are many people interested in the ancient blood that's in your body."
The old man was getting impatient.
Angele was not intimidated by Ander's threats.
"I extracted the ancient blood by luck. I don't think I can do that again. Why should I give it to you? If I transfer it to you, you'll be satisfied? No, you won't. You'll still sell me out." He spoke in a calm tone, "Also, if you want to push me to the public, I won't stop you."
Ander was not sure what changed Angele's mind. He knew that the young man had the ancient blood in his veins. Angele showed compliance at first but his attitude suddenly changed. If Ander leaked his secret to the public, many wizards would try to capture him and study his body. The human subject experiment was forbidden in Nola but evil wizards had their own methods of escaping detection.
Ander's brow furrowed. He believed that Angele found the method of extracting ancient blood by accident and that was the reason why he focused more on the transfer of the signet.
He had spent years studying all the different techniques and he knew Angele's method came from the dark wizards after reading through the notes. There was nothing new. Apart from that, he noticed the switched concepts from different wizard books. Ander did not believe that a Gas stage wizard would have the proper technique to extract the ancient blood.
Angele noticed the change in the old man's expression and was now even more certain that his assumption was correct.
"Alright, master Ander. Hand everything back to me. There were impurities in the ancient blood I extracted, but you…you have the purest ancient bloodline of the harpies, right? How did you manage to extract that? You know what? I can leak that to the public, too. Oh, right. You're a famous potion master, so the rumors probably won't bring any trouble to you. Also, those greedy bastards probably can't even detect the ancient blood in your veins. Ha."
Ander gritted his teeth. He tried to hide the truth from others by drinking various types of potions that could help disguise but did not expect the young man in front of him to detect it. If Angele sent out the rumor, a few high-level wizards would go after him. Old wizards had spent hundreds of years trying to find the secret of the ancient blood and they would do anything to achieve their goal. Acquiring the pure ancient blood would grant them the chance to reveal the mystery of the ancient wizards.
The reason why he noticed the ancient blood in Angele's body was that he had the bloodline in his own body and he was an inheritor of the ancient harpy.
Ander's grandfather was an abandoned child by the harpies. The harpies would only keep the female children. That was the source of the ancient blood in his veins. His grandfather developed special potions to keep him and his children stay undetected.
Ander's grandfather, father, and himself, all developed a complete method of extracting the ancient blood from harpies, but it would take years to prepare all the necessary materials and creating the signet was a different story.
"What are you waiting for?" The tables had turned.
"I'm sure that those old wizards will be more interested in your body. What do you say? Almighty master Ander?" Angele smiled.
Ander regretted his decision. He would've never thought that a Gas stage wizard could detect the ancient bloodline inside his body. The old man thought that he was the only person in Nola who knew how to detect traces of ancient bloodline in the air. The only possibility was that the young man had some incredibly rare enchant items that could track down strange energy waves.
He had met several rank 2 wizards in his life but none of them had been able to detect the ancient bloodline in his body.
"Hurry up. Come on, you know I can spread message anytime I want…" Angele was still smiling.
"I'll f*cking extract your bloodline if you keep threatening me!" Ander yelled in a cold tone, but he knew he messed up after he finished speaking.
"Aha!" Angele chuckled. "I know you have the proper method. Come on, give me my pouch now and I want yours as well."
Ander was speechless.
He opened his mouth but had no idea what to say. He was the one doing the blackmailing several minutes ago.
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Angele caught the two pouches Ander threw to him.
He opened it and checked its contents.
"Nice, nice. You got some rare items, too." Angele sneered and slightly nodded.
Ander might be a decent potion master, but he was not good at choosing his words. Angele checked the result from the chip and successfully tricked the old man.
Angele had no idea how he should solve the problem if Zero had not come up with the report he needed. He was not prepared for the trouble. This area was controlled by the hunting team of Six Ring High Tower, and Isabel would not be able to help him. Apart from that, it seemed like Flan had long been dissatisfied with what Isabel was doing for him.
Ander was a Liquid stage wizard. Although he was just a light wizard, he was still a respectable potion master. There were many potions that could help him defend against damage spells, though he had not yet found a way to deal with the life mark.
"You know what? We're even now." Angele knew when to stop. "Just one more thing, how about writing down your method for me? We're in the same boat now. We can work something out here."
Ander bit his lips.
"Don't be ridiculous."
"It's not." Angele stared at Ander. "You see, both of us have the ancient bloodline in our bodies, so we can form the best alliance. I'll help you in the future and you can help me too if I need it, right?"
Ander stared at Angele with hatred. The situation was completely different for him. Since the ancient blood was already part of his system, if it was extracted, he would die within several hours. Furthermore, his method was perfected by hundreds of years' worth of experiments. In addition to that, Ander had purchased land, potion labs, and there was someone he loved in Nola, so he did not want to lose any of those.
He had made the decision too fast. Ander wanted to acquire Angele's signet by simply threatening him and it was too late for him to retreat.
Most importantly, Ander could not understand how this young man detected the ancient bloodline within him.
Wizards had their own specialties but it was impossible for a Gas wizard to have such skills.
The two wizards stood face to face inside the room and started communicating using energy particles.
Angele looked satisfied as the conversation continued, but cold sweat was dripping down Ander's chin.
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