Warlock Apprentice

Angor decided to let Chloe Brothers go in the end.

Before doing so, Angor warned them as well as asking them about what exactly happened on the day of the assault. Also, he asked White Chloe to give him some blood.

The blood of a wizard basically held everything about the wizard himself. A wizard who learned blood-related art could use someone’s blood to curse or even kill people. Angor would not do anything like that, but he could still track down the current whereabouts of White Chloe by using the blood as a tool.

The blood was his final warning for the twins.

After the brothers left, Angor went toward Dave’s shop instead of heading home.

When he reached the shop, he saw Dave crafting some kind of machine part on his working table.

Dave asked Angor to wait a bit. He was melting down a piece of metal using Thaw spell and carefully shaping it with his Hands of Spell.

Dave answered in a somewhat impatient tone, “Who told you the quests are all from the organization?”

“They’re not?”

“No, duh! Brute Cavern only put up a really small number of quests for people. Most of them are published by other wizards or apprentices. The quests looking for alchemy weapons are initiated by Level-3 apprentices. I think they learned some kind of secret, so they are all preparing for something to come. There are many teams looking for new members.”

“I see…” Angor was not interested in their secret. He was still thinking about how the quests were published. “So, I can put a quest there too, right? Say, if I need someone to help me find a potion or an alchemy material?”

Dave nodded. “Of course you can. Although finding a potion might be a little…” He glanced at Angor and continued, “You can’t find alchemy potions in the underground market or from quests. We’ve too few alchemists in Brute Cavern.

“But, you can try accepting quests which ask for custom weapons. There are always such quests with great payment, and sometimes they give you rare materials in return. Keep in mind though, you should avoid quests which don’t provide blueprints. No alchemist will ever accept them because creating a correct blueprint takes too much time. You also have to find proper materials for the new blueprint on yourself. If I had that kind of time, I’d rather spend it on improving my skills.”

Dave’s suggestion provided Angor with a new idea. Angor did not really want the extra merit points because he could always earn points by making more weapons. He was, however, interested in the rare materials.

However, he was busy with his tower challenge now. Any new idea would have to wait until he reached the top level.

“Are you going to make something new recently? You know, I can always help you with your plan,” said Dave as he revealed an intrigued look.

Apart from being a bit jealous about Angor’s skills, Dave also developed respect toward Angor. He believed that he could learn something really good if he followed Angor’s steps.

Even if there was no alchemy knowledge to learn, he could still gain innovations from Angor’s creations. Those alchemy weapons he saw last time all had wild, yet great designs, especially the Tang… Tang Dao? And Emei Piercers. Their names sounded weird, yet the simple shapes held great potential, which meant Angor possessed some unique and viable alchemy ideas.

For alchemists, having their own inspirations was always more important than having great alchemy skills.

“Plans?” Angor considered. “There’s one. But it’s not a weapon.”

“Oh! Can you tell me?” Dave really wanted to know. It was not polite to ask for someone’s alchemy plans so boldly, but Dave could not really hold back his urge to learn.

Angor did not seem offended in the least. “It’s a music box.”

“Music box?” Dave rolled his eyes. He knew what that was. Some kind of plaything in noble families, completely useless.

“Why music box? Try something else maybe? Another weapon will do. You just began to study alchemy, there’s no need to go for different stuff so early.”

Angor shook his head and insisted. “I’m not really overdoing myself. It’s just a simple toy for Toby. Toby loves music, so I want to make something using Echo Flowers.”

This was what Dave thought:

To make a toy for a familiar pet… how much time and money does he have?!