Warlock Apprentice

After reaching Sunders’ mansion, Angor immediately started to work in front of a desk.

He already recorded Nausica’s body data in Brute Cavern and created a general blueprint for her arm. Now, he needed to put his ideas together and create several functions that could be used in fights.

It took him about half a day. Now, he had to determine how to assemble and finalize the appearance of it. He didn’t lie to Nausica when mentioning the name of Mithra. He was indeed going to see the old man tomorrow and hopefully receive some advice. Even though Mithra was an Apothecary, but the fact that this city was home to the most crucial machine alchemy knowledge meant that Mithra was bound to be experienced enough.

The night sky was clear. Moon and stars shone brightly across the occasional drifting clouds.

Angor took out Toby from his pocket. It had been half a month since they left Dark Castle, but Toby was still sleeping. However, he sensed something powerful flowing within the bird’s body, which was probably the emotion of “wrath”.

He took out a Soul Orb; Toby opened his beak out of instinct at the smell of soul energy.

Carefully, Angor stroked Toby’s feather and checked his condition. It seemed Toby’s vitals were stable and fine.

The gentleman pointed at Papaya, who had been staying quiet out of fear. “She’s a talented one. Since you have so many people with you, might as well test them out. If you manage to find five talents, you can go accept the recruitment quest and get some reward out of it. At the same time, the talents you find can join Brute Cavern as apprentices. Sometimes, letting people solve their own problems is better than helping them as an outsider, no?”

Angor left Sunders and pondered what he just learned.

Sunders was right; the Krakok could always find their own solution to address their bloodline problem, on condition that some of them stepped onto the path of wizardry and persisted.

But it wasn’t easy to find five new talents.

…

Angor returned to his bedroom and saw Number One waiting at his door.

“Mister Padt, the master asked me to arrange the guest room next to yours for the new guests.”

Sunders said so?

Angor planned to keep the Krakoks in his own room for the moment. Sunders probably did this to grant him space for personal study, and Angor felt grateful for it.

He took Dodoro and the Krakoks to the neighboring room and kept them there.

The talent test wasn’t an urgent matter. He planned to wait until the Krakoks found a new home. One thing at a time.

Even so, he wanted to give Dodoro the test as soon as possible.

When traveling on Gondola with Shadow, Naga mentioned something about Dodoro’s exceptionally high spiritual power indicator, which meant Dodoro was qualified as a talent. The Talent Sphere couldn’t show people the exact nature of one’s talent, but he could always refer to Abelles’ Annual Talent Collection and take a guess.

With that in mind, Angor called Dodoro to sit down in front of him.

Dodoro complied with a friendly smile.

Angor placed the Talent Sphere, a lit oil lamp, and a glass of water on his desk. Fire and water were two of the most commonly seen “changes” during talent tests.

“Put your hand on the sphere later and observe your surroundings carefully. Tell me if you see something abnormal, like something new, something amiss, the fire burning bigger or going dim, or if the water moves… Anything. Stay focused.”

Dodoro grew serious after hearing Angor’s words. “I understand!”

“Then let us begin.”