Abe the Wizard

The research spirit continued to speak, “The second method is with the blood of the spirit. Those who survive after consuming it will guarantee to possess wizardry potential.”

Abel laughed again, “This does the job, too. Hey, I have the blood as well. You want to try it out, Bernie?”

This was another joke, of course. The blood of the spirit was not for the meek. Bernie was not going to survive unless he had at least the body of a head commander knight. By the way, this was the first time Abel heard that the blood was capable of doing something like this. He still had twenty-something drops right now. He was using some of it on head knight commanders when he was still back on the Holy Continent, so he wasn’t aware of the side effect even if they took place.

Bernie shook his head again, “Nice try, but no! No no no! What are you thinking?”

The research spirit interrupted, “The third method is through the elixir of life. With two hundred grams, it will be enough to cleanse an ordinary person’s body so that the occupation holder’s potential can be cultivated.”

Abel was finally starting to sound serious, “What about this one, Bernie?”

Bernie replied, “But I thought the elixir of life is very precious.”

Wizard Hutton suddenly spoke, “Yes, it’s one of the rarest resources the elves are holding. There are only a few that can be collected each year, but my family does put it on sale.”

“Bernie, you still remember that I’m an elf?”

Abel blinked, then proceeded to reach out for his Valkyrie’s ring. In a split second, he got out an empty bottle and had 200 grams of the elixir inside.

He threw the bottle to Bernie, “Right here. Just have it now.”

The elixir of life was not very hard to come by for Abel. He did get a huge portion from Wizard Malon and some from the tree of life as a present. Also, now that he’s got the full recovery potion, he had all the opportunities he needed to keep the remaining one in stock.

Wizard Hutton stared at the bottle as soon as Abel took it out. He had no idea how Master Bennett could get more of it than the dwarves could. He had guessed that it was from personal connections, but he was still very confused with that assumption. The wizards only connected with other wizards, so what good would they be to trading these potions with an elf like Bennett?

Bernie seemed quite hesitant, “No side effects right, Master Bennett? I’m not going to get diarrhea from this, right?”

Wizard Hutton spat out his juice immediately. He didn’t think that anything could be said in response to something as exquisite as the living essence of the tree of life.

Abel was kind of offended, “You want to give it back to me, Bernie?”

Bernie was still unsure, but once he saw the look of shock on Wizard Hutton’s face, he decided to open the lid and had all of the liquid inside his body.

“This is actually pretty good!” Bernie called out, feeling a strange sweetness that was flowing inside his body. Actually, it didn’t take long for him to feel that something was wrong with his stomach.

Abel tried not to laugh, “Meyer, get Bernie to the bathroom.”

Butler Meyer nodded, “Yes, Master.”

“Go, Butler! I can’t hold it for too long!” Bernie yelled. Sweat was all over his face, and brown stains started appearing on his body. Of course, Butler Meyer wanted to go faster. He didn’t want Bernie to make a fool of himself inside the hallroom.

Wizard Hutton let out a long sigh, “You’re very good to your friend, Master Bennett.”

Not knowing how young Abel actually was, Wizard Hutton was actually very impressed with how good he was at making friends. He was already about a thousand years old now, so it was kind of refreshing to see a lively interaction like just then.

Abel took out a golden quality potion and placed it on the table, “This, Wizard Hutton, is a longevity potion. This will be what I’m offering in exchange for the ancient sword and shield.”

Almost all of the law-defying wizards had faced problems of running out of years. It was one of the reasons it was harder for them to promote than advanced wizards. That was true even for a dwarven wizard Like Hutton. Even with all the resources the dwarves hoarded all the time, it was not enough to make sure that he could promote before he reached the end of his lifespan. And no, he was not planning to turn himself into an android like Wizard Malon. That’s just too painful and inefficient.

Needless to say, seeing the potion on the table got Wizard Hutton very anxious.

Wizard Hutton tried not to freak out, “What might you be after, Master Bennett?”

Abel mentioned a trade, but Wizard Hutton did say in advance that the weapons were just presents. There’s got to be something else that’s implied here.

Abel revealed a smile, “It’s simple. I don’t want Bernie to face any trouble on the central continent. It’d be extremely helpful if there is a dwarven law-defying wizard to protect his safety.”

Wizard Hutton took the potion away and bowed, “Rest assured. No dwarves will ever harm Bernie in any way. If Bernie happens to possess talent to become a wizard, I’ll even take him as a direct disciple.”

Wizard Hutton knew that the potion could last for sixty years. As far as he knew, this was the best potion of its kind that’s seen on the central continent.

Abel went for another request, “Make sure you have enough supply for his training, then. I can take a portion out of my monthly production if you need it.”

Wizard Hutton refused, “No, I have enough for that. Master Bennett, thank you, but if I’m taking Bernie as my disciple, it’ll be entirely my responsibility to take care of him.”

Abel laughed at that remark, “Really? Good to hear that!”

Wizard Hutton changed the topic, “So are you trying to craft a sky ship, Master Bennett?”

Abel was quite honest about it, “A few, actually. It’s for the elves.”

Wizard Hutton advised him, “You’ll need more than the alchemists for a job like that, then. You’ll also need a lot of master blacksmiths to attend. If you happen to purchase the parts, the dwarves do offer them. You can just craft the main circle if you decide to go that.”

Abel nodded and smiled, “Great advice, Wizard Hutton! Here, I’ll let my follower Joseph do the negotiation later.”

Wizard Hutton decided to press on, “On that note, Master Bennett, would you be up for crafting some main circles for us dwarves? Again, we’ll be open to trade them with the ingredients that you need.

Ever since Bay Law City was attacked by the nation of God, the entire central continent had not been in good condition at all. This was because the elves had been, for the majority of history, been living in harmony away from the nation of god and the third row of the battlefield. Under normal circumstances, they would’ve never been involved in any conflict, but in truth, if it weren’t for the rise of Master Bennett, they would’ve been in a much more devastating state by now.

The same could be said for dwarves. Their Iron Furnace Fort was also quite far away from the hotspots. Given the recent turmoil of what happened to the elves, they became panicked to think that the same thing might just happen to them. This was where the topic of the sky ships would enter. The sky ships were, technically, the natural predators to the holy crusaders. They were a solid form of retaliation if the holy crusaders decided to launch a large-scale conflict.

One problem remained, and it was just as what Wizard Hutton was trying to address. Even the best forgers the dwarves had to offer were not capable of crafting the main circles. Master Bennett was known to be able of this craft, and he’s been doing this for the dwarves when he was back on the Holy Continent. As far as Wizard Hutton was concerned, Master Bennet was the only one he could turn to for the job. Abel thought of the same thing, actually. From what he had observed, he thought that he was the only one who could help to retaliate against the next wave of attack from the nation of God.

By scanning through the message relayed from the crystal angelic statue, Abel noticed that the nation of God had not yet given up on the tree of life. It was possible that the next attack would come very quickly, and maybe, he thought, the next wave would just be more aggressive than the previous one. He needed preparations, and he thought that the sky ships were quite crucial.

Still, he had his skepticisms.

Abel smiled, “I’d be happy to cooperate on that, but again, you’ll need to talk to Joseph for the specifics.”

Abel knew that he was going to miss something if he just went ahead to talk about it. He was not a good businessman, so he just took care of the general directions and let Joseph do the rest. It was a model that was already proven to work since Joseph did come from a family of a prominent elven family business.

The two chattered a bit more before Bernie went back. Once Bernie went back to them, they could see that he was in new clothes. Bernie seemed kind of pale, but his skin was emitting a strange shine that actually made him look quite energetic. More importantly, Abel was already starting to sense the presence of his power of the Will.

Abel was actually surprised, “You know, I didn’t know the elixir can do this.”

Clearly, he was not aware that this was one of the things the elixir of life could do. He was even starting to think that he should get extras from the tree of life. He could just distribute them to his family if he could get enough. That’s when he thought about his oak tree back at the Rogue’s Encampment, but that one seemed to be too premature for doing this.

On a side note, the elves had ownership over all the elixir of life produced from the tree of life. They were the ones in charge of all the distribution and trade, so from Abel’s perspective, it would make a massive difference if he could get the oak tree to produce it just for himself.