Chapter 115 Exchanging Knowledge (1/2)
”They only had twelve Essence Crystals between the five of thes in front of him He had hoped there would be dozens if not hundreds of Essence Crystals as, but after half an hour of careful searching, he had found no more than twelve
Snowcloud had taken all the herbs and potions the bags contained, but other than that, she sees — not even the Essence Crystals, whose quality she had deeold, as well as a small pile of valuables And, most importantly, twelve Essence Crystals that looked to be of decent quality, no matter what Snowcloud said
”You're lucky you found even that much,” Snowcloud said ”Most novices use Essence Crystals as soon as they create them”
”You don't,” Arran pointed out, well aware that she carried around a stash of high-quality Essence Crystals
”I'
It was true, of course — as the granddaughter of the Sixth Valley's Patriarch, Snowcloud probably had access to resources that Arran could only drea
”If you're so wealthy, there's no need to be so stingy,” Arran said, only half-joking While the deserters' Essence Crystals would keep hiain And then, he would onceEssence
”I barely have enough for myself to last the year,” she said ”But if you want, you can earn one right now”
”What do I have to do?” Arran asked, his interest i h-quality Essence Crystals
”At the fortress, you spotted a novice while she used a Shadowcloak,” Snowcloud said ”I'll give you an Essence Crystal if you tell me how you did that Two, if you can teach me how to do it as well”
”Deal,” Arran replied The exchange was little more than an act of charity from Snowcloud, he knew There was no need for her to promise payment for the answer — if she told him to reveal the secret, he would have little choice but to share it with her But fortunately, it see her the technique
The prospect of two more Essence Crystals in the back of his ht technique in as much detail as he could, but even so, it didn't take him much time to cover all of it The technique was almost comically simple, and soh at its sheer plainness
He quickly discovered that he need not have feared Snowcloud's reaction, however, because she looked on in wide-eyed wonder as he explained the technique Fro her so,” she said when he finished the explanation ”I've never heard of anyone using Shadow Essence like that And you can use it tothat doesn't let h,” Arran confirmed
”I can't believe I've never heard of this technique before,” she said ”It's so simple, but it completely counters Shadowcloak”
”nobody in the Shadowflame Society has come up with it before?”
”I don't know,” Snowcloud replied ”But if anyone thought of it before you, they definitely didn't share it with the rest of the Society”
”How could so h?” Arran asked
Although he would like to believe he had enius invention that thousands of others had overlooked, that seemed too unlikely an explanation to be true