37 Before the Ritual (2/2)
As Rarsu goes on about to fulfill his business in preparation for the ritual, Gray suddenly interrupts him with another question.
”Wait.” The Elf said as his curious nature revealed itself. ”And how do you exactly gather all the amounts of the Arcane Energy being piled up in one space? I'm sure that acquiring that sort of energy is not that easy.”
”You ask too many questions.” The Lizardling simply answers, but not in an annoyed manner though. As a matter of fact, he's quite impressed by the curiosity and eagerness of the Elf in learning new things, not unlike most of the other young apprentices that he has the displeasure of teaching. They were either too passive, lazy, or arrogant, the last he greatly despises.
After all, in the pursuit of indispensable knowledge, the shame of ignorance must first be overcome.
Anyways, the Lizardling had enough of such thoughts as he indulges the Elf's question. ”Arcane Energy can be harvested in multiple ways, but most of them revolve around a special type of vial called the Arcane Inhalant and is used in drawing the Energy inside. Whenever a Mage casts a spell, concentrations of Arcane Energy are left in the air until it's eventual disappearance. How much Energy being released all depends on the scale of the spell being cast. So whenever Arcane Energy flows freely in the atmosphere, we used the said vial to suck it inside and released it into the Magic Circle.”
”An Arcane Inhalant huh.” Gray grins at the possibility of such a useful item. ”As an Arcanist, can I also use it to store the Arcane Energy for me to feed on later?”
”And the questions do not stop.” Rarsu chortles in reply. ”Of course, it's quite common for Arcanists like yourself to have that item.”
As Gray was about to ask another series of questions related to Magic, he was instantly halted by the Lizardling as he raised one of his scaly hands.
”We have delayed far enough in our talking. You may save your questions for later after the ritual.” The impatience on Rarsu's tone can be heard. ”Be a kind young man and help me why don't you. We are going to retrieve the base body that we will be using for the rites.”
”There's a body involved?” Gray could not help but question him. As he was about to ask if it's a dead body of someone, his eyes widen in realization as he remembers that a living being perished in the form of crystals, so yeah, he dodged a potentially stupid question for him to ask.
”Yes,” Rarsu answers him as they now tread ahead. ”A figure made out of a special kind of clay and the basis for our little Sentinel to adjust itself at. Anyways, didn't I tell you to save the questions for later after the ritual?”
”Ehehe, sorry.” Gray could only chuckle in response.
After a short while of walking, Gray was led into a storeroom filled with assorted mysterious items piled inside. Rarsu gestures the Elf to follow him until they stand in front of a simple wooden coffin that's engraved with runes at the cover.
”Finally, I could make good use of you, my precious.” Gray could only look weirdly at what the Lizardling affectionately said at the coffin as the latter caress the object just like how a lover does.
'Wow, if I didn't know any better, then I could have sworn that this guy is a freaking necrophile.' The Elf merely thought as he cringes.
And with that said, Rarsu instructed Gray to help him in carrying the coffin as they step out of the storeroom and proceeded to head back to the ritual area.
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