Adian sat in the gradually slowing subway, his eyes seemingly alight.
He was very excited.
Finally...
They were finally going to co out from that dim Underworld!
Of course, the Underworld had its charms. But he yearned to catch a glimpse of the sun in the Otherworld...
This Otherworld crossing experience could be said to be supre—their mining of the gold veins in the ashen barren lands for half a month and restraining their levels to the peak of what ordinary people could reach.
Then they proceeded to the Sporogenesis Mill. Under the guidance of Naifertali, they advanced, filling their spell charts with four or five spells. They exchanged the mined gold for a heap of silver and paper currency, purchasing a whole set of equipnt.
...Only then did they finally leave the Starter Village and head for the surface.
Learning spells and rituals was indeed interesting.
But Adian still felt that it would have been more thrilling to go and fight monsters, do quests, and run errands first. Once they realized the insufficiency of their abilities, they could have turned back to such tasks...
Who would grind experience and skills without following the main quest line at the start?
...But now that they had finally erged, looking back, Adian felt that it was actually quite good.
Especially the feeling of having so initial capital, not having to be frugal with spending, was the best...
"Mr. Alfonso, we’re almost there."
Shisan Xiang put down the scroll in his hands, his voice exuding a youthful air but also a maturity beyond his age.
The red-haired, red-eyed man sitting opposite nodded, his gaze involuntarily assessing Shisan Xiang.
...This was probably the most normal person in the squad.
Alfonso thought to himself.
Shisan Xiang’s naturally curly hair was fluffy and ssy, his slender and frail body clad in a wizard’s robe of red and black—according to Husky, in this attire, he looked even more like a phantom thief.
This robe was not the "uniform" of any Wizard’s Tower.
Having heeded the warning from Nefer Tower, none of them went to learn spells with the Bone Healer Seti.
It was a "Starter Gift Package" that Shisan Xiang bought with the money they—especially he himself—earned from mining gold.
It was a robe personally sewn by Naifertali, an artifact powerful in its own right... and also a fashion statent with a unique style.
The sleeve on its left side was longer than the right.
Because attached to that left hand was a half-finger glove—the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger each had a ring, connected to the sleeve itself, turning the end of the sleeve into a semi-glove while the index and thumb remained exposed.
Stored within the robe were three instant casts of the "Ring of Searing" from the School of Shaping. Each use would cool one of the rings. It could conjure an invisible, searing circle of fire and tighten it instantaneously.
If used adroitly, it could bind multiple enemies together and scorch them, also working well with the terrains Husky created to control the foes.
For a Soul Reaping wizard at the bronze stage, lacking in offensive tactics, it could be considered a complent to his capabilities. And the ans of replenishing this spell was not complex... It required no incantation, only a moderately priced artifact, which could be recharged through a ritual.
Adian, on the other hand, bought an amulet resembling a dreamcatcher from Naifertali... This purple necklace could amplify the "Healing Touch" spell, doubling the healing effects while treating soone asleep, the only cost being that she would have a nightmare the next ti she dread after healing soone with this effect.
It didn’t an falling into a nightmare world, rely having a nightmare.
...But she doesn’t sleep in this world, so it didn’t matter.
Paired with a bracelet with a silver bell with slight hypnotic properties, and a white crystal standard ring that slightly strengthened her healing effects, this could be considered quite a potent healing starter kit.
However, if one were to talk about lavishness, Husky was the one with bigger ambitions.
—She didn’t save any money.
Upon leaving Nefer Tower, she converted all her share into items without leaving a penny behind.
In Husky’s words, "This is clearly a reputation shop, and those items might not be there if we co back later".
The silver-haired girl spoke with confidence.
She was wearing a white dress that looked like a wedding gown, which was exceptionally extravagant. It wasn’t a cursed object made by Naifertali but rather an artifact imbued with divine power confiscated from the followers of the Pale Princess.
This artifact was called the "Pale Princess’s Gentle Touch".
Its effects were quite powerful, but the curse it carried was also exceptionally strong—it prevented the wearer from receiving healing from others, turning all healing they received into damage... However, when the wearer inflicted damage on others, they could heal themselves by a fifth of the inflicted damage, and any healing effects they produced themselves were increased by 50%.
In other words, it was effectively a 30% omnivamp.
As a shape-shifting witch, she was in a certain sense the most traditional kind of spellcaster.
She had three bottles hanging at her waist—containing black fire, clear water, and acid. During her half-month of learning, she had successfully mastered the technique of using acid to cast the "Corrosive Acid Arrow" spell... and imdiately thought of a special application for the "Black Fire Arrow".
She was also capable of thrusting spikes of rock out from surrounding buildings or wrapping herself in the power of the earth for protection. The "Rock Strike Technique" used by the wandering child was the "warrior version" of the shape-shifting witch’s ability.
The efficiency and range of control for shape-shifting witches weren’t as fast or wide. However, they were much better at fine details—turning water into sharp blades or encapsulating soone in a coffin made from earth was within their capabilities.
Moreover, if there were a fire spreading, they could freely grab flas and condense them into fireballs to be used as projectiles.
The spell slot chanism of the shape-shifting witch was rather unique.
Their Guided Spells slots were fixed.
For example, "Solidification of Liquids", "Elental Solidification", and so on. The higher the level of the shape-shifting witch, the more types of "shaping" they could perform... and apart from "Guided Spells," all other spells were used to store "models".
For instance, "spheres", "blades", "columns", "coffins", "shields", and the like. They needed to pre-mold a model during their downti and store it in their spell slots. Then, when it ca ti to use it, as long as the minimum requirents for the model were t, they could "generate it with a single button press".
The lower the precision and the smaller the volu, the faster the shaping speed.
And the shaping spells were only based on ti for their mana consumption... This ant the more exquisite and reasonable the model they molded, the better the effect.
She had also purchased a set of "cut-resistant gloves" specifically because shape-shifting witches could, in theory, liquefy tals they touched and reshape them. This ant that shape-shifting witches were the natural foes of warriors.
All she had to do was touch an opponent’s blade, and to their baffled surprise, they would find that all that was left in their hands was the hilt.
And the "tal" that was removed could be controlled for a short period of ti. Of course, continuous control also consud mana, and a better tactic was to counterattack imdiately.
However, considering that she, as a modern person, might not have the exceptional reflexes required to dance on the edge of a blade, Husky had spent a substantial sum to custom-order "cut-resistant gloves", mainly intended for catching blades with bare hands...
To prevent the long-established tragedy known as "Jude of Shaping" from befalling her, and to withstand attacks from flash-type spells which she was temporarily unable to transform or defend against, Husky also specially purchased a knight’s helt and had Naifertali make the visor out of smoky quartz.
When she was fully ard, her appearance transford into...
A silver-haired girl wearing a fully enclosed knight’s helt, dressed in a sowhat revealing white wedding gown, sporting heavy gloves that covered half her forearm made of tal wire and iron pieces, with an assortnt of bottles and jars hanging around her waist, and a shield in her left hand.
"— She looks just like a pervert."
Thirteen Spices comnted, "It feels kind of embarrassing."
"But it has good stats."
Husky argued forcefully: "The most embarrassing thing would be having no damage at all, right?"
After so thought, Thirteen Spices conceded that Husky was correct.
So they decided to ignore her strange behavior.
When they first t Alfonso in their fully ard state, Husky’s attire caught him completely off guard. But it worked well... One would hesitate to attack when faced with such an odd sight for the first ti.
In that mont of hesitation, Thirteen Spices, who had caught on to the opponent’s emotion, imdiately prevented an unnecessary fight—Husky had recognized the man’s identity... He was the "Saint of Thieves", the brother of Naifertali.
After revealing their identities, they quickly shook hands and made peace.
Lord Alfonso was on his way to Frost Speech province... He had matters to discuss with the newly appointed Duke of Winter. And this was sothing that neither his teacher nor Naifertali knew about.
Although as a Saint his status was high, Alfonso had never t the Duke of Winter nor ever been to the surface—Thirteen Spices and the others eagerly volunteered, taking on the task.
... Of course, they had never been to the surface either.
But who cared about that?
As long as we research the information quickly enough, Alfonso won’t realize it’s our first ti here too...
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