Chapter 101 |
Jado looked at the body on the ground, then glanced at Lynn and the demon, Fura, by his side, realizing he had arrived late.
He eyed Fura, who stood beside Lynn.
“I guess I’m always a step behind,” Jado joked.
“He took my stuff. So I came to chase him down. Then he resisted, and I accidentally killed him,” Lynn explained.
Listening to Lynn’s lame excuse, the three wizard apprentices wore odd expressions.
Was it okay saying it was accidentally killed?
Well, Jim was already dead. Lynn could come up with any excuse now; the dead wouldn’t contradict him.
“Wizard Lynn, since you’ve killed him, naturally, his belongings are your spoils. We’re just late to the party. But I remember he had two identical source materials on him. We can only use one Clayheart to construct a wizard tower. Would you be willing to trade the extra Clayheart with me?” Jado proposed.
“3,000 magic stones or another source material,” Lynn countered.
“3,000 magic stones it is,” Jado conceded.
Magic stones were something to earn, but he needed this source material.
Plus, the other source materials on him were necessary for constructing his wizard tower. If he traded them away now, there was no guarantee he’d acquire them again later.
“Do you have any magic stones on you? Lend me some; I’ll pay you back later,” Jado asked the two wizard apprentices beside him.
The two apprentices scrounged up some magic stones from their pockets and gave them to Jado. With this, Jado gathered 3,000 magic stones to give to Lynn.
Seeing Jado’s hefty expenditure, Lynn knew he had probably offended him this time.
But Lynn didn’t regret it. This was 3,000 magic stones, along with Jim’s savings. He now had all the money he needed for opening his shop, his first capital, including the money for buying things from the Abyss market.
The transaction concluded, and as Lynn and the succubus left, another wizard who came with Jado asked in puzzlement,
“Why not just kill him and take the items from him? Why go through all this trouble and expense to trade with him?”
“Didn’t you see the demon next to him?” Jado said.
“The succubus with pink hair? It doesn’t even have wings; it’s probably just a demon with impure bloodline,” the young third-level apprentice said.
“That’s no ordinary succubus. I’ve seen her make a move,” Jado said. “You know there are many demons in Demon City.”
Here, they were at the Abyss’ demon academy, where many demons were present as usual.
In fact, their academy had close ties with some demon forces in the middle of the Abyss. Many special demons tired of the atmosphere of constant fighting in the Abyss came here.
But even demons in Demon City had to abide by rules.
“There was a fourth-level Horned Demon that violated the rules and attacked in Demon City. But it was instantly killed by that succubus,” Jado recounted.
“Instantly killed?” the third-level apprentice said solemnly.
Killing after a hard fight was one thing; cleanly and swiftly killing was another.
Although the result was the same, the meanings conveyed were completely different.
And that was a fourth-level Horned Demon. To instantly kill a fourth-level Horned Demon, what level of power did this succubus truly possess?
Demons were different from other creatures; demons could absorb the flesh and blood essence of their kind through internal strife to evolve.
During the process of evolution, demons could awaken any talents.
That was what made demons terrifying. Because no one knew what abilities a demon had awakened. Even demons of the same level and the same race might have different abilities.
And demons, as a race, naturally possessed strong vitality and healing powers.
Back in Demon City, Lynn went to the service hall to thank Senior Toby.
Toby waved it off, saying it was nothing but a small matter.
However, Lynn also realized his shortcomings, especially after seeing the one-ring magic attack spell Jim used. Lynn felt there were flaws in the spells he currently mastered.
If given the opportunity, he should also learn an offensive one-ring spell, as well as a defensive one.
Lynn delved into some research materials and books, finally uncovering information about the two source materials in Jim’s ring.
The sand-like source material was called “Desert Mirage Sand”, capable of setting up illusion magic arrays to confuse enemies externally and construct illusions within wizard towers.
Compared to the Desert Mirage Sand, the source material resembling wind was even more valuable. It could even be used as the main sector source material in the construction of higher-level wizard towers.
This wind-like source material was called “Soul of the Wind,” the core source material for constructing the floating sector of wizard towers.
While there were alternatives, none matched the cost-effectiveness of the Soul of the Wind.
The most significant reason was that using the Soul of the Wind as the core source material for the floating sector reportedly reduced most of its consumption.
For the floating sector, what was the speed? Flexibility?
For lower-level wizard towers with tight energy supplies, cost-effectiveness was more important than consumption.
If it couldn’t be maintained continuously, what was the point of having this floating sector?
Afterward, Lynn headed to a shop that wasn’t doing so well.
But this shop happened to occupy the best location on the main street of the central city district—the Wizard Magic Knowledge Hall.
This was Lynn’s destination.
The items sold here were all kinds of magical knowledge, including spells.
Here, Lynn keenly felt the weighty price of knowledge.
It was no wonder business wasn’t as good as the neighboring magic potion shop. Everything was so expensive; besides buying spells, people hardly bothered to take a second glance as they passed by.
A single one-ring spell, ‘Interlocking Lightning’, was selling for a whopping two hundred magic stones. Lynn acquired the right to learn, modify, and use this spell.
However, the only thing he didn’t have was the right to trade. Lynn couldn’t trade the ‘Interlocking Lightning’ spell with any other unit within the world covered by the wizard network.
However, if it was a student, teaching could be conducted in the form of apprenticeship.
This involved many rules, densely packed, like a rulebook, almost closing off all possible loopholes that could be exploited.
More importantly, there was an omnipresent wizard network acting as a watchdog.
The reason for choosing ‘Interlocking Lightning’ was because Lynn had been struck by this spell before, so he had a strong say in it.
This spell was fast, like most electrical spells.
Speed meant enemies couldn’t dodge. Otherwise, no matter how powerful the spell was, if the enemy dodged it, the damage would be zero.
Back at his residence, Lynn prepared to stubbornly practice this spell to death.
He aimed to learn it before heading to the Abyss.
Returning to his place, even before Lynn entered the building, he heard a familiar voice from next door, “Hey, are you my new neighbor?”
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Author’s Note:
Seeing some readers discussing whether there is a female lead or not in the comments section, I’d like to address this here. I feel that many readers dislike having a female lead when the character is merely used to advance the plot or cause trouble for the protagonist. After encountering such characters repeatedly, readers naturally develop an aversion to stories with female leads. I also dislike such female lead characters who lack depth and only serve as plot devices. However, creating a female lead character who is complex and compelling is challenging. I will try to write more distinctive supporting characters, but ultimately, it depends on everyone’s attitude. If everyone dislikes them, then I probably won’t include them either……
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