Chapter 170: Definition of Loyalty (1/2)

”Poisons are really interesting,” Kadyn murmured as he read the book while sitting on the counter, waiting for customers. After realizing that he had no affinity with Formations, he stopped learning about them and focused on learning about herbs—and poisons also come in the same category, so he also learned about them, and the more he learned the more interested he became.

There was a method inside the library that would let one develop Poisonous Mana Pool. That really caught his attention. After developing the Mana Pool they needed Spell Glyphs to cast their spells, but other than that—they also needed to concoct poisons and then merge them with their Mana Pool, and to cast a spell required Spell Glyph together with specific poison.

Poison Masters had the same ranking as other mages, like—only Rank 2 Poison Master or above could merge Rank 2 poisons. If your rank was lower than a poison, death would be mercy for you.

The concoction process of poisons was also terribly hard and tedious, even harder than potion brewing—as there was no danger in potion brewing, but poisons were something else.

Nonetheless, though poisons could kill, they could also save lives of many, and that was the reason Kadyn delved into this topic. Though he never tried to concoct poisons before he was very interested in it.

As he was sitting, reading the book, Hot Rod walked down the stairs. ”We are going to launch Storage Ring tomorrow,” he said. ”I have already asked Dion to find a printing press. We will use the templates as you asked us. With this even more customers—”

”Why can't I access the Rank 2 books and scrolls in the library?” interrupted a voice. Kadyn and Hot Rod looked at the newcomer and found Cecelia was scuttling towards them.

Kadyn eyed her and then lowered his gaze and started reading the book again. ”Maybe,” he said, ”it's because you can't let go of your pride.” Then he lifted his head. ”Or, maybe because you don't trust anyone other than yourself.”

Cecelia frowned. ”What do you mean?”

”Did you try to read Rank 1 books?”

”I don't understand—”

”Go, and try to read Rank 1 books,” he said. ”Then tell me what happened.”

Cecelia was still frowning. She was confused but went to the library, nonetheless.

Hot Rod stood at the side, he cast a curious gaze at Kadyn and asked, ”Boss… why can't she read Rank 2 books?”

Kadyn lifted his head and smiled at the man. ”She can't even read Rank 1 books. You will see; just wait.”

Hot Rod looked more and more confused, but waited nonetheless; and after five minutes, Cecelia walked down with a terrible expression. She looked at Kadyn and said, ”What's going on?”

”You really can't read Rank—?”

Cecelia gave him a hard look and Hot Rod flinched. He felt a dangerous sensation, but soon it vanished as Cecelia turned towards Kadyn.

”You know,” Kadyn said. ”There are a few requirements to fulfill before you could become a Bronze Rank employee. 100 energy points and…”