114 Spider Puppet Part 1 (1/2)
The man looked up at Saleen. Seeing the tears in his eyes, he was astonished. He waved his hand and said, ”Come over here. You are a friend of Aini?”
”Yes,” Saleen said as he walked over. ”I’m Saleen, Saleen Metatrin.”
As he spoke, he took out the silver badge that Aini had given him, placing it on the table. At the center of the badge was the lion symbol belonging to the Clyde family.
The man did not move. The golden-haired woman moved first and took Aini’s badge into her hands, feeling it.
Saleen had already calmed down and was looking at the man’s laboratory. Like Faerun, he was using corrosive rays to carve gemstones, but Faerun used an alchemy array made of over three thousand metal parts and his setup was much more intricate.
The alchemy array on the laboratory table was standard elemental alchemy. Although Saleen had not done much research on alchemy, with a little calculation from the Figaro formula, he could guess what the man was planning to do.
This gemstone was a rose quartz and was one of the rarer rose quartz known as star rose quartz. With extreme precision, the man expertly carved out a hole inside of the star rose quartz. The special structure of the star rose quartz allowed the substance within to slowly spread towards the outer edges, almost as though it were a naturally hollowed gemstone.
A star rose quartz could imprison souls. Saleen knew that since they were the parents of Aini, they must have known that he was learning death magic. This star rose quartz would be a piece of spatial equipment with a death contract. Of course, Aini’s parents did not know death magic, and this prop was only a prototype.
Aini would be able to quickly rise to the standards of a Grade 4 mage, and with the death flames, he would possess a coordinate in the death dimension. This coordinate would be connected to the Myers Mainland, usually, and Aini would be able to use this coordinate to absorb energy from the death dimension. If any death creature walked past the coordinate, he could forcefully call upon them to fight for him in battle.
This form of summoning was random and it was impossible to tell which death creature would walk past the coordinate. There was a limit to the time that the creature could be called upon and once the time was up, it would return to the death dimension. However, with the space of a death contract, the death creature would be able to stay in the Myers Mainland.
Before becoming a sorcerer, the coordinate radius that a death mage could control was incredibly small and hence the creatures summoned would all be by chance. With this equipment, the combat abilities of a death mage would be greatly increased.
Bang…
The star rose quartz floating in the air exploded with a soft bang, and the elements within the six metal pillars were immediately thrown into chaos. The man sighed and stopped the motion of the alchemy array, carefully calming down the agitated elements on the verge of exploding.
Even though it had failed, Saleen was still very impressed. To be able to calm down the chaotic elements, Aini’s father was definitely a sorcerer. However, from the looks of things, he was not as solid as Faerun when it came to controlling energy. Otherwise, the experiment would not have failed in the first place.
”Uncle Fellett,” Saleen called out.
”Yes?” Fellett looked in surprise at Saleen as he continued by saying, ”If you control an alchemy array nine times more complicated and use a green spirit as an ingredient, the effect will be better.”
”Nine times more complicated? Green spirit?”
Fellett gave a bitter laugh. He motioned to a chair nearby and said, ”Saleen, sit.”
Saleen sat down, and Fellett said, ”Alchemy arrays even four times more complicated are heirlooms that are passed down for generations. There are no such things among the Clyde family. For stability, I have used the most common alchemy array to process things. As for green spirits…they are too rare.”
Before he could say finish speaking, there was already a green spirit the size of a fist in Saleen’s hand. Seeing the pure green spirit in Saleen’s hand, Fellett was shocked and shook his head. A green spirit was even rarer than a star rose quartz. With quality like this, it was the first time he had seen such a thing. If this had happened in the past, he would have accepted it. However, he did not have any money now.
Saleen thought in his heart: If this was something that could be found easily, I wouldn’t have taken it out either. After taking the bracelet from Aini, something did not feel right. That was a gift that a father had given to his son for protection. Even though I had already traded it for something of equal value, seeing Aini in that state, it was certainly heartbreaking.
”Uncle Fellett, Aini and I have fought alongside each other.” Saleen placed the green spirit on the table and pushed it over. Continuing, he said, ”As for the alchemy array nine times more complex, I happen to know of one. Moreover, it is also one used to control corrosive rays.”
Saleen was speaking the truth. He could remember the alchemy array that Faerun had clearly. If it had been any other alchemy array, even if they were only twice as complex, he would not have known them either. This had been his choice from the start. Out of magic medicine, alchemy, or magic arrays, he had only been able to choose one.
However, Saleen had never thought that after becoming a mage, he would have even less time than before. He did not have the time to research other things, and he did not even have the energy to research mid-grade magic medicine.
”But, I have nothing to trade you for this,” Fellett said in disappointment.
Saleen laughed and stood up. Taking a piece of paper and pen, he began to write out the formula for the alchemy array that Faerun possessed. Fellett wanted to stop him, but he was stopped by Aini’s mother. Seeing this, Saleen felt even more touched.
Aini’s mother was a fighter as well. Now, for her son, she was willing to go against her conscience and accept Saleen’s goodwill. However, this time, he was not doing it to get them to owe him a favor. He just wanted to simplify his relationship with Aini. Who knew? Perhaps the two of them would cross paths many times in the future. After a great deal of time, he managed to write out the Figaro formula and even drew hundreds of three-dimensional magic patterns. So long as Aini’s parents were not too stupid, they would be able to make a set of alchemy equipment using his drawings.
Saleen put down the pen and passed the entire stack of formulas and drawings to Fellett.