Chapter 41
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Several hours later, when Greem exuberantly rushed back to his room, he found an Apprentice Adept was waiting for him.
To his surprise, after putting out the ‘item for sell’ notice, the first person who came to see him was actually Anm, the administrator of the Magic Practice Room. Though Greem barely had contact with anyone, he had heard that this Anm hadn’t managed to squeeze himself into the ten man list for the mission of guarding the Swamp Tower.
This also meant Anm, who was an Intermediate Apprentice, had to face the risks brought to him by the approaching compulsory missions.
“I heard you have an egg of a Giant Lizard in your possession?” Upon meeting Greem, Anm didn’t hide his objective of being here. As the clock was ticking, all beginner and intermediate Apprentices were filled with a sense of crisis, thus they were seizing every second they had to strengthen themselves. As a result, the items which were very useful for small scale battles between Apprentices, such as potions and scrolls, had their prices skyrocket. They were so expensive that even the richest Apprentices felt a heartache when purchasing them.
If not for this, Greem wouldn’t have nearly gone bankrupt just because he purchased a few one-time use spider webs.
But this was not a bad thing either.
From the ‘blackmarket’ list provided by Danny, Greem saw many rare materials that he could hardly find during normal times. These items were definitely the treasures of other Apprentices, many of which had been set aside to be used when they broke through to the next level in the future.
Imagine this: within a group of Beginner and Intermediate Apprentices, a Pseudo-Adept who had mastered Ring of Fire suddenly appeared, cast the Ring of Fire magic spell on these rookies, putting them in intense pain. Not only that, he might not even need to attack personally, as just the Fire damage would be enough to kill all rookies who had no Fire elemental resistance.
Whenever he thought of this breathtaking scene, Greem just couldn’t control himself and trembled in excitement. But, when he recalled that Ring of Fire couldn’t stop an enemy from attacking, his excitement quickly turned to dislike.
By contrast, Fire Shield and Inferno Shield were rather low profile.
Forming a shield of dense Fire Elementium and making it hover around the caster’s body in order to block any possible direct magic spells and melee attack, and if there was an enemy that dared to get closer before the shield completely broken, it could also inflict some nasty Fire damage.
Generally speaking, it didn’t have any obvious offensive abilities, but possessed excellent defensive abilities.
Therefore, as expected, Greem borrowed two magic spell books: Fire Shield and Inferno Shield.
In this place, it required fifteen Knowledge Points to purchase the Fire Shield magic spell book, but it only cost three Knowledge Points to borrow it once. So, most Apprentices preferred to borrow it a few times and take their time copying it rather than spending so many of their precious Knowledge Points purchasing a book.
It was time for the Chip to shine.
Greem just needed to borrow the book once, and the Chip would be able to scan all the content it and store it in his mind. Then, he could spend his own sweet time studying them, thus saving a huge amount of Knowledge Points, which he could use to borrow more books.
Also, he couldn’t master a defensive magic spell by reading just this. He still needed to do a lot of preliminary studies. Gritting his jaw tightly and steeling his mind, Greem borrowed all the required books in one go.
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‘The Influences of Fire Elementium Density Toward the Effectiveness of a Magic Spell’
‘Elementary Fire Control Techniques’
‘Analysis on the Usage of Fire Shield’
‘Characteristics of Fire Elementium Distribution’
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Carrying a tall stack of borrowed books, Greem once again rushed back to his room. As he reached his room, he heard the door of his neighbor open up and saw Mary’s cool and elegant face poke out from behind the door.
“Where is my present?”
“Ugh…”
Suddenly, Greem was struck dumb and felt glued to the floor.
As he was busy with his summoning core, he actually completely forgot about Mary!
Staring at Mary’s gloomy face, and realizing she was going to rampage soon, Greem quickly let out a loud cry.
“One hour… just give me one more hour. The present is going to be ready soon!”
After that, he ran into his room.