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Chapter 136
🕑 Added 2024-06-17 02:00:06 +0000 UTCAnton memorized all the spellbooks that they received from the vampires but what he found annoying about this world’s magic system was that after he cast the spells, he would need to memorize them again.
Frederick then informed him that that’s why a mage would create his or her own spellbook comprised of all the spells that the mage had already memorized so the said mage would only bring a single book comprised of the spell he would use during his or her adventures.
“So should I make my own spellbook now?” Anna asked their magic tutor.
“You will not be able to since you will need to purchase a specially made empty spellbook that was made by a magic crafter and those are only available in large cities.”
Anna was disappointed that she couldn’t immediately create her spellbook but she was truly enthusiastic since she kept casting her single cantrip and memorizing the spell again. She declared that she wanted to become a powerful mage as soon as possible.
In the meantime, Anton carefully felt his magic ability and told Frederick that he felt that he could memorize more spells or even higher level spells if there were any that were available but to the mage’s relief, Anton didn’t ask about Frederick’s spellbook.
Anton decided that he would not be serious about the magic system of this world. He would create his spellbook but he would not dedicate a huge amount of time pursuing spells since he had his powerful magic system from the world of Diablo II and not only that, but soon, he would be able to create his very own spells and had already made an enchanted item. Basically, the magic system that his Diablo II game blessed him had infinite potential.
At first, he was interested in learning the magic system of this world since he thought that the spells of his Diablo II system were finite but then he learned that with his imagination backed up by the internet of his old world, the possibilities were endless.
Ander’s merchant caravan only stayed in the tiny village for around three hours and then they left immediately. One more village which was around four days travel from where they were and then they would arrive in the merchant city of Ruandelle.
During their travel, Frederick kept practicing his spell by expending all of his cantrips by filling a wooden tablet of air conditioner and then memorizing the spells again. Anton could feel that the mage was somewhat desperate to increase their level and when he suddenly shouted that he was successful in memorizing the first level spell Cure Wounds, he then told Anton that he had taught all he could to the siblings and would like to remain in the caravan as a hired wizard.
“It’s fine by me, Frederick, but you will need to speak with my Father about that.”
Anders did tell the mage that he could remain as a mage retainer for the family and the mage was joyful. He promised Anders that he would try his best to increase his power so he would be useful to the family and Anders told him that he would fund the mage’s pursuit of power as long as there was visible progress.
Anton also completed Act III of the Hell Difficulty during those days of travel and he luckily received the armor Skin of the Vipermagi from Mephisto. It fueled his desire to start farming the boss but he held himself off and would continue his plan of starting the farming grind once he completed all of the Acts of the Hell Difficulty.
Because of his scattered skill points to different spells and his mediocre items, Anton was beginning to feel the challenge of killing the mobs inside the game in Act III but that only served to make it more exciting. That meant that with the level of spells that he had right now and the items that he had, it would probably take Anton longer to complete the remaining two acts and there was a chance that it would force him to grind for items before completing the Hell Difficulty but for now, he was making do.
Regarding his enchantment, he was still striving to improve the wooden table of air conditioner but he didn’t make any more progress so Anton decided to start studying the passive skill Warmth and he learned that it was truly complex and would probably more time before he was successful in isolating all of the mana pathways of the said spell.
When they arrived at the last village before the merchant city of Ruandelle, They heard the news that the city of Leminthor was now in the middle of the war with the Undead Coalition. The villagers who shared the news with them had worried looks on their faces but they kept comforting themselves that Leminthor was far away from where they were.
That solidified Anders’s desire to move past Ruandelle and strive to get to a powerful wizard city. All of their retainers were either single or had their family with them and they were relieved that they were able to leave the city of Leminthor before the war started. They were very thankful that they successfully joined a powerful and rich merchant caravan and were comforted that it was guarded by an extraordinary archmage. They knew this for a fact since they had already seen Anton defeat an army of monsters.
They only stayed in the village for a couple of hours and continued their journey to Ruandelle. Anders informed everyone that they would only stay in the city for around three days and no one complained about that since they still felt that they were lucky to be able to escape Leminthor.
Everyone had no delusion that Leminthor would win the war with the Undead Coalition since the coalition was powerful enough to defeat several cities consequently and was able to start a war with Leminthor while they were in the middle of the battle with the powerful nation of Tiande.
Anton and all the others inside their carriage saw the merchant city of Ruandelle in the distance and it was a grand grand-looking city. He could see the towering spires even from where they were, which told Anders that the buildings were huge indeed.
When they neared the city gates, everyone saw the long line of people entering the city. At first, Anton thought that they were refugees but Frederick informed him that although there were a lot more people than normal, the number was still not extraordinary for the city since the people entering the city could be more than that, especially during festivals.
Anton saw that there were two gates catering to the people who were entering the city. One for those who were on foot and one large one for people who were riding carriages or mounts and for caravans such as themselves.
They were not the only caravan that was entering nor they were the largest one. Anton could see that they were somewhat in the middle in terms of caravan size and he was impressed at how efficient the city guards were in inspecting the caravans. He also saw that there was a mage together with the guards inspecting the caravans and the mage was casting some spells.
Frederick informed him that the mage was making sure that there were no contrabands that could harm the city like undead hiding inside the carriages or materials that could cause untold destruction, things like that.
