195 Donald’s Reminder (1/2)
Chapter 195: Donald’s Reminder
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
The next morning, when the warm sun was shining in the sky, a carriage was driving down a remote road toward a large building in a dark green forest.
”Lucien, when you're done with the procedures, I'll introduce you to Jerome and Rock, and then you'll be able to exchange your books with them,” Lazar, still wearing his black long coat, looked out of the window and stared at the green trees, ”but you have to remember that you can't exchange spells with any sorcerer, unless that spell is over a hundred years old. Although learning magic or arcana can be very secret, and the congress also encourages sorcerers to exchange their knowledge, but if no purchase record can be found with the new magic you use in public, you’d be in big trouble. You’ll need to either pay hundreds of times more money, or even stay in jail for ten years, and your corresponding memory will also be erased.”
Lucien nodded. ”I see. Thanks, man. I really appreciate all the help you’ve offered me.”
At the same time, in Lucien mind, he felt that this strategy adopted by the congress was very smart. Since one’s earning of arcana points relied largely on how many times his or her paper was cited, ideas and knowledge exchanging between sorcerers could give every sorcerer better chance to get their papers to be more influential. However, new spells were different, as they directly meant power, and needed to be protected carefully.
”No worries, after all, we are friends, aren’t we?” Lazar waved his hands casually and smiled, ”Actually almost every influential group has a few unique spells that have never been submitted to the board, including us, the Will of Elements. Our group and Holm Royal Magic Academy jointly own a legendary magic, Element Breakdown, which is created by the grand arcanist, Hathaway Hoffenberg. If you join our group, when you become a ninth circle sorcerer, you can buy this magic and try to analyze it, and that will definitely bring you lots of benefit when you want to upgrade to a legendary level.”
Lazar was promoting his group obviously, and he got a bit excited. In his eyes, Lucien was a very promising sorcerer.
”I will think about it…” said Lucien thoughtfully.
Actually, because of Natasha, Lucien did not mind joining the Will of Element at all, so even if one day his identity as Professor was exposed, he still had a powerful group backing himself up, however, on the other hand, Lucien was also very interested in studying soul, since this was a world where soul did really exist.
And, if Lucien was going to join the Will of Element, he wanted to enjoy more attention from the group, instead of becoming one of its common members like the many ordinary members in the Hand of Paleness.
The memory of what Lucien witnessed in the viscount’s castle was still fresh.
Understanding why Lucien was being quite hesitant, Lazar grinned and changed the topic, ”So are you still distressed with the money you just spent buying the materials?”
”For sure.” Lucien frowned. The seventeen purified elements he just bought cost him two high-quality Wave Stones, and what Lucien had now was only one Wave Stone, two Thales, one arcana point, and some different kinds of experiment materials. Lucien felt that he just got robbed.
”Cheer up, man.” Lazar patted Lucien on his shoulder, ”Just be grateful that the school has the other forty-eight purified elements, and doing experiments there is much cheaper, or it could even be free if your experiment was also part of the apprentices’ class. Besides, you don’t even need to rent a place there! The school generously offers you a small house with a garden.”
”You’re right, Lazar.” Lucien held his head a bit higher. He was hoping that publishing his first paper could save him out of the financially difficult situation, and before he came here, Lucien had sent his agreement letter back to Common Arcana and registered the school’s address with the journal to stay in contact with them.
A while later, the carriage slowly stopped in front of a black iron gate of the ancient magic empire style. A black golem, seemingly made of iron, came and opened the gate.
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On the third floor of the black magic tower.
Lucien, wearing white shirt, brown vest, and double-breasted black coat, was sitting in front of an old, ordinary-looking, bare-headed man, who was wearing a black magic robe stitched with silver and white patterns.
”Welcome, Evans. I’m Donald, headmaster of Douglas,” said the level-four arcanist, fifth circle sorcerer, who was organizing some paperworks.