As soon as Vincent teleported to his office, he dispersed the illusion on his left hand, revealing that the entire thing had now corroded up to his shoulder, and even parts of his pectoral muscle.
"You said too much," Mimir said with a pain in her eyes as she handed him a potion.
"No risk, no reward," Vincent said calmly as he swallowed the potion and closed his eyes to rest. Beads of sweat imdiately dropped from his forehead, and his complexion beca paler.
Mimir sighed deeply. "Be honest. How much of your full strength can you use?"
"60% for normal output, and 70% if I push myself," Vincent said. The backlash from breaking the covenant did not just take his arm, but also affected his soul.
"This is not enough in case the Demon Lord escapes its seal. You need to warn the others to prepare to replace you in case of an ergency," Mimir warned. They had a duty granted to them by the Arcane Council, and Vincent would be in severe trouble if he allowed his selfishness to affect it.
"Give so ti to stabilize, and I'll tell Sherman."
"What about Liu Xing?" Mimir asked.
"He has beco a little too ambitious. I can't trust him now," Vincent replied as he slowly opened his eyes. "What happened to the investigation?"
"It was the Kaos Clan."
Vincent squinted. "Everything makes so much sense." The Kaos Clan is a Blood Crest Family known for their study of spatial magic. However, there was a ti in the clan when these people worshipped the Void and tried to summon dinsion entities. A wise clan mber killed all the people involved in the ceremony, barely managing to preserve their clan.
"It appeared many of their clans had been secret mbers of the Veilbreakers. I even found signs of a ceremony to summon a soul from another dinsion," Mimir revealed.
"Where are they now?"
"They've hidden themselves in a pocket dinsion. These idiots thought this was enough to hide themselves."
"Give the coordinates," Vincent said as he stood up.
"Do you want to rest first?"
"No need."
Mimir sighed before using their soul link to transfer the information. Vincent took a mont to process the data before using the ancient rune incantation: "Raido." An ancient rune that resembled the letter [R] materialized in the room before slowly transforming into a rectangular portal. Vincent did not hesitate and stepped through.
He appeared floating above a small town with more than 20,000 people, all mbers of the Kaos Clan. Vincent's eyes were clear, calm, and cruel. His eyes suddenly glowed white as energy and power radiated from him.
"Isa," he uttered, continuing to use ancient runic magic. Vincent watched as everything in this pocket dinsion rapidly turned into ice. All the Kaos Clan mbers, the animals, the buildings, and the entire dinsion, which was as large as a small city in the modern world, slowly froze as if the world had suddenly returned to the ice age.
No one could resist, even the Grand Sorcerer of the Kaos Clan. However, Vincent was not satisfied. The Blood Crest Alliance has recently displayed too much hubris for his liking. He can only bla his laissez-faire approach to running the library. Regardless, it was ti to corrupt their way of thinking.
So, Vince used the Raido Spell again, but not to travel, but to find the spatial nodes of this pocket dinsion. He destroyed a few nodes, leveraging the collapse of this entire pocket dinsion. He took one last look at this place, ignoring the collapse of space itself, before teleporting ho.
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"Did you feel that?" Christian asked.
"You an the earthquake? It's quite common around here."
"True," Christian nodded. He rembered feeling small-scale earthquakes a few tis since coming to this place. Since it was not important, he returned to the third area library.
"What exactly are you looking for?"
"The recipe for the Hercules Potion," Christian replied.
"You know this thing is a scam, right?"
"What do you an?"
"Such a high-level potion should not be left in the third area, but exist as a sign that the library is truly fair. However, the recipe is basically useless because of the required materials."
"Why am I not surprised?" Christian shook his head. "Anyway, I only want it just in case."
"As long as you don't have high expectations."
The two soon reached their destination, and Christian found what he was looking for in the Potion Isle. He found a place to sit down and read the content:
[Potion Main Materials: Bright Tree Dew, Thousand Heart Eye, and Orc Hero's Heart.
[Secondary Material: Pure Steel Leaf, Purple Rhizos, White Ginger Root, Screaming Plant Juice.
[Refining Process:...]
Christian skipped the refining process for now and focused on the effect.
[Primary Effect: Bloodline Optimization.
[Secondary Effects: Low Poison Immunity, Low-Probability of Spark Awaken, Spirituality Awakening, 10-year Life Extension For Mortals, Curing a Variety of Diseases (Including…)]
Christian imdiately read the list of diseases, and as expected, his Cognitive Aequilibrium was one of them. He felt relieved, but he was soon intrigued by so of the effects, so he searched for books on the subjects.
Spark Awaken imdiately caught his attention. Spark Awakening ant that a Squib, who inherited a Spark from their parents, but it was inactive, could have a chance at becoming a full-fledged wizard.
'Aunt Eleanor would love this potion,' Christian thought. However, he imdiately felt conflicted. On one hand, he wanted to solve his issue, and on the other, he also wanted his aunt to be a wizard.
'I love Aunt Eleanor, but with my situation, I cannot be in a weakened state. And one cauldron should make enough for both of us. Plus, I don't even know if I'll be able to get these materials,' Christian thought.
He was lucky he had controlled his expectations because he was imdiately disappointed after learning what these primary materials were. He had no chance. He glanced at the refining process and was surprised to learn that the potion required three spells.
Typically, a potion only requires one spell at the end of the brewing process. However, this formula required three spells, each at a specific interval during the brewing process. 'More than one spell? That's an interesting idea to experint on.' Christian did not waste ti and wrote Entry 38 in his magic journal.
Christian closed all the books in front of him.
"Are you finally done?" Kallista asked.
"One more thing," Christian said before looking for the books Vincent said he would give him, especially the one about the ceremony. As soon as he had his thought, a golden light led him to a book in a corner of the library, out of sight of most people. Christian opened it and morized every word, and as soon as he finished, the book disappeared from his hand.
As he was about to leave, the golden light also led him to the spell area, stopping before a thin scroll. Surprised, Christian opened it. His eyes imdiately lit up. The scroll contained a spell called Minor Clairvoyance Charm. As long as he has been sowhere or had a precise map, he can cast the spell, and an invisible light that only he can see will appear to guide him to his destination.
'Did he give the spell because of my lack of direction?' Christian's cheeks turned red out of embarrassnt. "No need to be ashad. Anyway, this spell is perfect for ."
Christian left the third area, preparing to learn this spell later before bed. Kallista followed him, but once they arrived at their destination, they did not interact much. Kallista was busy searching for spells, and Christian lost himself in morizing books.
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