Warlock Apprentice

Prome’s Alchemy Shop.

 There was no delivery or stockpile work today, and it was almost nighttime. The shop had no customers, so Dave left his post and went to his workbench. He planned to see if he could mix additional materials into a “Tang Dao” in order to grant extra effects to the weapon.

 Compared to enchantment, the process of synthesis was a lot slower. However, synthesis had a way better chance of triggering the secondary effects of materials, and as long as one could find valuable materials, they could apply greater effects.

 Bit by bit, Dave melted the chunk of metal in his hand. He then weaved the liquid into a cluster of strings before carefully sending them into the flame.

 He widened his eyes in excitement when the blade took on a bright glimmer like the stars.

 “I did it!”

 He lifted the weapon in his hand and sliced at a touchstone nearby.

 Angor hesitated for a bit before he said, “I have a… friend, who might be locked up somewhere like that.”

 “Your friend? A criminal?”

 “Crime?” Angor thought about his “friend” and chuckled. “Maybe. He can’t deny his birth, which was his crime.”

 “Is he… an important friend?”

 “He once helped me with something, and I already repaid him. However, I don’t want to see him being made into a puppet, so I want to see if I can do something to get him out.”

 A helper? Dave considered and quickly recalled a name. “You mean Balba?”

 “You know him?”

 “Not really. Sailum mentioned him to me when we talked. Balba saved you from an assassin, right?”

 “Yeah… that’s him.”

 Angor knew about Balba’s sad fate from the start, but he never cared about it too much since Balba was mostly a stranger to him.

However, things became a little complicated when Spivet delivered a message to him, that Flora wanted his help to “puppet-fy” Balba.

 This was only a trifle to Spivet or Flora, yet Angor really didn’t wish to be the “executioner” who would determine Balba’s fate with his own hands.

Balba was sentenced to this sad end because he was a half-blood between a human and an otherworldly brute. Whenever Angor thought about this, he couldn’t help but worry about Jon, who was a hundred percent an “otherworldly intruder”.

 It was fine to just know Balba’s fate. However, he was going to be the one who would end Balba’s life. He could not convince himself to do this, especially when Balba helped him once.

 He decided to pay Balba a visit later. He did not know what he should tell Balba yet. He figured he would speak to him first and see what they could do from there.