Chapter 54: Tier 2? (1/2)
In the vast darkness within him, Tyler's consciousness hovered above his Mana body. He didn't want to believe his conclusions, because just the thought of the demon king manipulating his life in Neron for more than 3 years until he was finally captured and imprisoned under the castle frightened him to his core. Someone like that would've to be nearly omnipotent.
How in the world could someone like that be killed off by mere humans, even if they had the aid of an artifact. If he was truly that powerful, he should've known he was going to be betrayed by his generals and prepared for it. Does that mean something went wrong, or am I his backup plan?
Tyler was starting to get a migraine and didn't want to torture himself anymore, wasting more of his time. Perhaps all this might be part of some master plan, or maybe he was being delusional but, as long as he was alive, he wouldn't give his body to anyone.
He took a deep breath even though he was just a spiritual consciousness and was incapable of such actions. He slowly returned his consciousness to his body and opened his eyes. Though he only expanded his Mana body a bit, it was enough for now as he couldn't rush the process even with knowledge of advanced magic runes.
What Tyler hadn't expected was the damage that had been done to his Mana body already. He felt frustrated as he knew that expending too much mana at once like what had happened in the forest could permanently damage his Mana body. Even in a very dangerous situation, he needed to be fully aware of his mana flow at all times, which would not be an easy task.
'Mmm... What should I do now?'
He didn't know why but he felt his time in the library was coming to an end and he wouldn't have enough time to learn all the way through all three levels of intermediate magic runes. Sigh... ”I guess I can just learn the spells without activating them for now... Mmm, I wonder if there are any skill books or tomes here?”
He picked up the Tier 2 spellbook he had brought with him and started reading. With his knowledge of level one intermediate magic runes, he quickly learned the theory of the spell and all he needed to do was build the magic circle with those runes to activate the spell within him. He memorized the structure of the magic runes as he left that section of the library and walked in a particular direction.
He would learn as many useful tier 2 spells as he could on his way to his destination so he occasionally stopped and flipped through other books he had picked up along the way. Since Tier 1 spells took very little time to learn and there were a lot of them on a single book, he also picked up some of them and learned them. He had also picked up some of the magic scrolls he had seen along the way, taking his time to stack up on the ones he might need.
Since he couldn't learn Tier 3 and above spells yet, he picked Tier 3 scrolls like |Flight| and |Communicate| along with various others, including divination scrolls, Anti-Divination scrolls, and ended up being forced to turn his shirt into a makeshift bag he tied around his waist.
Just like this, a few more hours went by and he arrived at his destination. Tyler stared at the artifacts and magic items in front of him and he smiled. Last time he was too scared to touch them but right now he had learned a spell just for this and even took the risk of expanding his Mana body to give him more control.
Tyler looked at the ring in front of him and raise a hand in front of it.
”Appraise Magic Item!”
As the magic circle slowly formed in front of the ring. He constructed the magic circle with ease and it soon took shape and the spell activated. Tyler instinctively turned his head around to stare at the library, however, nothing happened. His guess was right, the level of disturbance was almost non-existent and could not disturb the library.
Focusing back on the artifact, knowledge about the ring in front of him entered his brain like it had been there all along.
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•Monarch Ring• [Artifact]
The ring of a Supreme ruler. It contains the insignia of the King and holds his authority within. This item bonds to its welder when it is first activated and can only be used by another when the owners' soul is destroyed or no longer bond to this plane.
Currently Bound to None
Primary Effect: Monarch Authority.
Secondary Effects: ?????
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”What a useless piece of junk.”
Tyler was annoyed by what he saw in his mind. The ring was basically useless to him and the only reason he still had an interest in it was that it was probably the key to the secret door behind the throne. Why would he want something that was mostly more trouble than it's worth luckily it would only be bound upon activation so he didn't have to worry about that?
He picked up the ring and stuffed it in his pocket and proceeded to the next item and activated Appraisal on it as well. It was a necklace whose chain was made out of an unknown metal and had what looked like an angel wing attached to a sky blue gem that resembled a teardrop attached to it.
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•Iris Tears• [Artifact]
The last drop of the goddess of the sky caught by a hermit and preserved in a sea crystal giving the energy within an additional element. As the goddess of the sky, Iris has complete control over the wind and clouds, able to change the weather at will.
Primary Effects: [Spell] Weather Control. Tier 7
Secondary Effects: Complete immunity to all attacks of the wind element.