Chapter 235 - Swap Places
Tesla was only a level-1 apprentice. The 150 crystals he carried included the fund for his team. There was no way he could find 300 crystals.
“Alright… I’ll remember this! Just you wait!”
This was the first time Tesla was humiliated so badly in his life. He always believed that money was the only thing that dominated the world, and he was confident in his wealth. Now a kid just ruined everything, including his personal image.
He cursed and turned away to leave the shop.
Prome suddenly spoke, “Is your ‘information’ about how the purification garden in Floating Mech City is about to open up?”
Both Tesla and Queena jumped a little. Then they looked away with uncertainty.
“On my way, I saw the questing hall already announced the message to everyone.”
Fosah was planning to ask where Angor got the other two alchemy weapons. Now that Angor openly rejected his friendliness, Fosah only chuckled and took Laffitte away from the shop.
“What’s about the purification garden, Master? Why’s everyone buying weapons? I mean, four hundred crystals! This is insane,” Dave spoke.
Prome grinned. “You should ask Angor about this one. He knew about the information way earlier than us. That’s why you went to challenge the tower so early, am I right?”
Angor smiled and explained everything to them.
“Ah… That’s why you asked me to sell the weapons a month and a half later? You already knew their prices are gonna go up!” Dave commented.
Dave did not mind Angor’s decision to withhold the information. Even if Angor told him, he did not have what it took to challenge the tower.
Prome was still waiting for an answer from Angor and he could not really wait any longer.
“Angor, you… Did you find an anti-undead rune?”
“Sadly, I didn’t find a rune to repel the undead.”
Prome looked down a little.
“But I saw a magic array for that purpose called ‘Prelude to Elimination’. Have you heard of it, sir?”
Prome went through his memory and shook his head. “I’ve little knowledge about rune enchantment, let alone magic arrays. I only know several common ones. As for the one you mentioned… No, I have no clue.”
“You… learned magic array enchantment, Angor?” Dave asked in surprise.
Dave knew that something enchanted with a magic array was at least a mid-tiered alchemy item or something better. With such a technique, Angor could already be considered a better alchemist than Master Prome.
Prome also gave Angor a curious look.
“I don’t know if I can do it yet. I tried. Before I can see any result, I don’t have enough mana for it. How can I draw a magic array without mana?”
“I see. You’ll have a hard time drawing arrays even if you know how,” said Prome as he sighed. “Looks like I’ll have to check out the Wizard Fair.”
“Is there a way to address this problem?” Angor tried to ask, “I’ve been experiencing a lack of mana before when trying to draw some of the runes.”
“If you have problem with mana… this is pretty simple. One direct approach is to spend money—you can use magic crystals as a source of mana.”
Angor already knew that magic crystals could be used as a power source for alchemy items, however…
“But the crystals only provide primal mana, right? I still need to convert them into my body. That will be too slow.”