It had been late at night when Liam and the others ca to a halt. They decided to take so well-deserved rest after deciding on the rotation of the night watch and fell asleep on the cold floor.
Only Liam and Ludwig were left awake, which was quite a surprise. Liam was pretty sure that the others had never been forced to sleep on a cold and hard stone floor, yet they were unmoving and rigid just like the stones they had been sleeping on.
'Is that how much you guys desire strength or do you want to stay by my side to have soone to depend on?' He wondered while continuing to stare at Ludwig, who was playing around with azure currents that swirled around both of his arms.
Even though he was on night watch duty, he didn't really seem vigilant of the surroundings. Of course, Ludwig was a bit relaxed because he had already released a network of Arcane Power to make sure that he would be inford the mont sothing or soone approached them in a range of a hundred ters.
Had Liam not been aware that Ludwig was intelligent, he would consider him a genius. No monster or Demon would think that Ludwig was actually paying attention to the surrounding area as he continued to play around with Arcane Power.
'Definitely an S-rank Arcane Power stat and a Soultrait related to Arcane Power. Anything else doesn't make sense!' Liam told himself the longer he observed Ludwig. He triggered his Devil's Eyes for a few minutes to observe Ludwig and watched the precise way in which Ludwig expanded his Arcane Power around their resting spot to form a security shield cum alarm. It was extrely accurate, and certainly not sothing anyone without Arcane Circle could accomplish.
The creation process of Arcane Circles was considered as 'Cultivation' in so Realms and by so races, while others considered it a form of 'Training'.
As for the Arcane System, it considered the existence of the Arcane Circle as so sort of ranking. Basically, it said that soone with two Arcane Circles would be a lot stronger than soone with a single Arcane Circle. Of course, the logic behind this was a little bit more complicated.
Arcane Circles were ford around the heart, and they strengthened the host in their entirety, drastically at that. There were several types of Arcane Circles. These types were basically a asuring stick to divide the quality of the created Arcane Circles, with the worst being Trash Arcane Circles.
It can be created with only three Stats at [C], forming the weakest Arcane Circle around the heart, and providing the lowest benefits in terms of overall enhancents.
None of that was important for Liam and the others since they would never create the weakest Arcane Circle, not as long as their heads continued to work properly.
The mont an Arcane Circle was created, it couldn't be fixed, upgraded, or destroyed. ddling with it was highly risky and it would lead to severe backlashes. At the sa ti, it was not possible for the second Arcane Circle to be of a higher quality than the first Arcane Circle.
To beco truly powerful, it was best to strive toward creating a high-quality Arcane Circle. That was the only way to allow the Arcane Circles that followed suit to be of the sa high quality as the first one!
Yet, even then, Liam guessed that Ludwig's control over Arcane Power must be superior to soone with one Advanced Arcane Circle. That's how amazing Ludwig's achievent was!
Liam could see that Ludwig gained more confidence and that he was feeling a lot better and less tired than the days before. He seed to have been struggling to control the massive amount of Arcane Power at first. But, right now, there were no signs of that struggle left behind.
Ludwig gained confidence and he collected a bunch of treasures while walking through the maze in the second basent, which boosted his confidence even further.
'As long as your head doesn't turn into a piece of decoration, you will make it far…though that's problematic,' Liam thought, almost instinctively considering Ludwig as a potential future threat.
However, instead of doing sothing against Ludwig, he rely sighed and told himself that he wouldn't end Ludwig's journey even before it had started, in the first place.
Liam closed his eyes and rested for a few hours before it was his turn for the night watch. He went over to the Arcane Shop and browsed through the other shops as well to take a look at the goods that attracted his interest.
There were a few items he wanted to purchase but most of them were simply too expensive. Right now, he wasn't in need of anything in particular, either.
He closed the shops with that in mind, put so firewood into the charcoal of the campfire, and retrieved the pan from his Keychain of Miniature Tools.
Liam got hold of the half-butchered boar corpse which he had put up for display to sell in his shop for an exorbitant price. He dissected it properly, drained all of the blood and he fashioned himself a al. The fragrant sll of his dish woke the others. All of their stomachs rumbled nearly at the sa ti and everyone began to stare at him with puppy eyes. Saliva trickled down the corners of Felicia's mouth, which caught Liam a little off-guard.
He sighed deeply and reconsidered throwing the body of the boar at the hungry hoodlums of ducklings when he halted in his tracks as Ludwig stepped forward.
"Even if you don't want to teach us, please show us so tips and tricks on how we can survive in the Arcane Apocalypse. As for your paynt, you can choose from any of the treasures, I've collected yesterday!" He said with a serious expression on his face. It was obvious that his offer was genuine and Liam tilted his head as if he was reconsidering it before he looked over to the small stash of items that belonged to Ludwig.
Since Liam told everyone that the rule 'finders keepers' applied in their group, he didn't take the things Ludwig found, no matter how useful they may be. He had his own principles, and he was not yet desperate enough to forcibly take away the treasures of the weak and poor.
"You do realize that so of your items are worth quite a bit even if you cannot use them properly, don't you?" Liam asked in return, rather than giving Ludwig an answer.
"I know, but I think that learning how to survive is more important!"
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