Volume 1, The Wizard's World Chapter 8 Abel's Commission
Sufficient patience is a basic quality for apprentices, especially in this situation.
So the two of them stood there like logs waiting for the instructor to finish the work in hand.
The huge room fell into silence, with only the rustling of scribbling and gentle breathing, making it extremely quiet. Fortunately, Ian himself was taciturn, so he didn't feel depressed.
Not long after, Fox inserted the quill into the ink bottle and apparently finished writing. Then he picked up the thick, yellow paper and read it carefully from beginning to end, looking very satisfied.
Carefully dry the ink on it, and after placing it, he laughed proudly, and then stopped when his eyes casually glanced at Ian and the two.
"Oh, I forgot that there are you two little guys!" Abel chuckled, looking for their hands, "Come here, I have something to tell you."
"Teacher, do you have anything to tell me?" Jasmine walked over and asked obediently.
"Well, didn't the monastery ask you and that person to investigate the nightmare incident a few days ago?" Abel Fox couldn't remember Gervas' name, but vaguely remembered that there was such a person. There was Ian standing in front of him again.
Naturally, they got confused and asked, "Boy, what's your name?"
Ian's face was expressionless, thinking that this man was really good. He couldn't even remember who accepted the tasks he personally issued. He replied in a neither humble nor condescending way: "Ian Hyde, mentor!"
"Yes, Ian, you know what you are going to do, right?" Abel asked.
"Yes, mentor!" Ian cherished his words like gold.
Seeing that Abel Fox had mistaken the person, Jasmine didn't explain. He couldn't remember it anyway. No one could remember a dead person's name. Even not long ago, he was a famous figure in the monastery and a famous genius.
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"That's it. Don't you, the awakened apprentices, get a reward on Independence Day? I'll give it to you in advance, but you have to help me complete one thing, how about it?"
Oh? Reward?
If it's potions, I can agree to it, but if it's other things, I'll have to listen to the conditions, the two of them thought at the same time.
Ian didn't need to say anything about this. He continued to play the role of the silent one. Jasmine quickly asked: "Is the reward you mentioned a potion?"
If it is really medicine, they will agree to any conditions.
Unfortunately, the strong wizard shook his head and took out two items from a pile of messy manuscripts, namely a dagger and a fist-sized crystal ball: "Haha, don't be greedy. How can alchemical potions be so easy?
Send it out?"
Ian and Jasmine couldn't help but suffocate when they heard the words, and they felt the same in their hearts.
Just listen to him continue: "How about you bring someone back for me. The sculptor's dagger and the spell crystal here are yours. You don't have to wait until Independence Day."
"These are the things I specially selected for your mission. With them, it will be much easier."
When Ian saw it, his breath became a little thicker. These two things were indeed of great help to their mission.
Besides, this is a real magic item. Once you get it, it will be yours. How can you not agree to it?
He turned his head and exchanged some glances with Jasmine, and both saw the longing and final vigilance in the other's eyes.
"Who do you want to bring?" Jasmine asked.
"He's not an important person, he's just a kid. I saw him when I was out and he has some potential to become a wizard. I want you to bring him back to be my apprentice." Seeing that neither Ian nor the two agreed, Abel immediately became impatient.
"No problem, what is his name? You still need to give us detailed information!" In order not to offend her mentor, Jasmine gritted her teeth and agreed. After all, it was not a difficult task.
If the other party is the heir of a noble family, she can at most use her family's power, and let the other family and the monastery negotiate for the follow-up matters.
"Take it, there is his portrait on it, but after four or five years, the appearance may have changed. You can combine the name and portrait to find it." Seeing Jasmine agree, Abel Fox immediately pulled out a piece of paper from the desk.
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There is a picture of a boy wearing a decent little suit and smiling broadly.
Ian looked away from the side and saw that it read: Appleton, Alfred Trevor, son of Carl Trevor, affinity to dark elements, no faith, can be brought back to the monastery in three to five years, 1554
In January, Abel.
Judging from the ink marks on the paper that were beginning to fade, this piece of leather paper was probably written down casually by Abel Fox four years ago. The handwriting was so sloppy that he didn't even dare to recognize it.
Ian felt relieved when he found out that this person was not a nobleman, but looked like a child from a wealthy family.
As long as he's not a noble, there won't be much resistance to taking him away.
As for the address, it was not a problem for them at all.
So he and Jasmine had a tacit understanding and each took the same thing and left Fox's library. Jasmine took the spell crystal, and he chose the sculptor's dagger.
In the wizarding world, magic items are divided into levels 1 to 4. Level 1 items are the most precious, have the most powerful functions, are least in quantity, and are the most difficult to control; level 4 items are the lowest in value, have the weakest functions, but are better in quantity and control.
The lowest difficulty.
For wizards, the higher the level of magic items, the better. They must be evaluated based on their own strength. Only by using the right magic items at the right level can they have the greatest effect.
The Sculptor's Dagger is a level 4 magic item in the same category as the Spellcasting Crystal.
But in terms of value alone, the spell-casting crystal is more valuable to awakener-level wizards.
After all, it can store positive and negative energy, help them master witchcraft in advance, and cast more witchcraft. Naturally, it cannot be compared to the sculptor's dagger.
When Abel Fox took out these two things just now, Jasmine was worried that Ian would compete with her for the spelling crystal, but she didn't expect that Ian would choose the dagger without looking at the spelling crystal, which made her confused for a while.
Ian had his own reasons for doing this. At that time, he also wanted to compete for the spell crystal, but later he discovered that this level 4 magic item could be directly transformed into a hunter's broad blade, so he changed his mind.
Although the grade of the hunter's broad blade is unknown, the function of "depriving the god's spokesman of luck and burning the energy in the wizard's body" is quite unbelievable.
You should start at at least level 3.
Moreover, he has not forgotten that there is an unknown spokesman for the gods hidden in Todus Cemetery.
It’s always good to be prepared for a rainy day.
Let's get back to the subject, and talking about the dagger itself, it might be more vivid to call it a carving knife.
As a level 4 magic item, it was originally made by a wizard who was a sculptor to develop his hobbies.
Because the carving knife made of ordinary materials is not enough to deal with the various bones and strange metals contaminated with magical energy, after much thought, I finally made such a dagger.
In addition to the sharp effect pursued by this engraving enthusiast, it is also endowed with the effect of increasing the success rate of engraving magic circles and reducing consumption.
In other words, it allows Ian to cast the magic circle that he could not cast originally.
From this point of view, this magical item called a dagger, which is actually a carving knife, is also a great weapon. Regardless of the thought of modification, Ian is not at a loss in choosing it.
"By the way, do you still want to borrow the 'Sand of Sorrow'?" Ian asked after leaving the library.
Jasmine chuckled, and suddenly spread her right hand, revealing a large glass bottle in the palm of her hand. Most of the bottle was filled with crimson granules. She showed a proud smile: "Borrow, why not!"