Half-elf Ranger

The ‘pull back’ is one of many properties of magic weapons, most of which are used on throwing weapons such as javelins, hand hammers, or battle axes.

After a weapon with this characteristic is thrown, it will return to the hand under the control of its owner’s mind.

Its principle is similar to the five-level spell “Telekinesis” in the Change School, which permanently and permanently creates a freely manipulable spiritual link between the holder and the weapon.

Due to this magical feature, only large throwing weapons can be successfully enchanted. If you want to enchant a slender piercing light weapon such as an arrow with this feature, you can only rely on the enchanting technology mastered by Pardo in the Emerald Tower. proficiency is simply impossible to complete.

This is also the fundamental reason why Thorne found the old wizard ‘Tower of the Seven Sages’.

“How is it, is there a problem?”

Thorne, who was sitting in a chair, was playing with an exquisite ceramic teacup transformed from an illusion, and looked at Sandcott, the old wizard staring at the four arrows he pushed over in a daze, with a little worry in his heart.

If the old wizard can’t be enchanted, he can only go to the Wizarding League station in Deep Rock or Sept City.

This also means that these four big killers will not be able to play a real role when facing the Mara hunters next, and he naturally does not want this to happen.

Hearing the voice of the ranger on the opposite side, Sandcott came back to his senses, and a pair of turbid eyes flashed a look of fear when looking at the four sharp arrows.

The clusters of two of the four sharp arrows are dark gold, and the other two are bright silver.

Under the sunlight formed by the illusion, the dazzling brilliance was reflected, and the palpitation brought by the light made him subconsciously move his eyes away.

In the eyes of the old wizard Sandcott, although the four arrows were quietly laid flat on the table at the moment, as a wizard, he could clearly feel the sharp aura emanating from them. , especially sharp arrows whose clusters appear as bright silver.

From this, it can be seen that the characteristics of these two sharp arrows are definitely ‘breaking the devil’.

Moreover, what shocked him the most was that this sharp arrow exuding silver light actually made him feel that even if he activated the strongest protective field, he might be shattered by an arrow.

The old wizard looked hesitant for a moment, then stretched out his right hand, which was a little trembling, and picked up one of them.

Starting with the sharp arrow, the first impression it gave him was heavy, which did not surprise him, because the material of these four arrows was entirely made of pure metal.

After all, this uninvited ranger intends to enchant these four sharp arrows with the “return force” property.

The first thing that equipment with this feature must ensure is that it is strong enough and durable, especially for near-disposable consumables like arrows.

If it was made of wood, it would be difficult to engrave runes. In fierce battles, it is very likely that the enemy would use brute force to break it or cut it into two pieces with a sharp blade.

Then, the permanent items made at such a high price seem to be a bit of a loss.

Obviously, the owner of Sharp Arrow has already taken all the disadvantages into consideration.

Thorne was not surprised to see the change in the other’s expression looking at the arrow.

There are two main characteristics of these four arrows, namely, breaking the magic and breaking the armor.

The main material is forged from Adamantite and Mithril.

The cost of just four arrows cost him nearly 20,000 gold coins, not including the runes that Pardo helped him enchant.

It can be said that for these four arrows, Thorne spent almost all his savings in the past three years.

Although all the income of the entire wizard tower belongs to him, but for the development of the tower, these liquidity funds are all kept by Anderina.

His daily consumption all came from the bounty quests in the Fortress of Watch and the rare materials obtained from hunting monsters in the Great Sword Mark Mountains.

Sometimes the extra income is used to subsidize the family. For example, the corpse of a young white dragon he slaughtered last time was directly opened by Taling and brought back to the tower.

And he didn’t bother to ask what the white dragon’s body was used for.

The old wizard held one by one in his hand, gently stroked the arrow shaft, and slowly moved to the position of the arrow cluster to feel the enchanted mysterious runes on it.

He felt the sharpness and armor-breaking runes on the dark golden arrows, and the high-level magic-breaking runes on the bright silver arrows.

Even the breath of the wind element was detected on the arrow shaft. In addition to accelerating the speed of arrows, this deeply hidden magic aura also played a role in adjusting balance and gravity.

Although he could see at a glance the true function and characteristics of the runes on the arrow cluster, this kind of arcane knowledge related to enchanting was something he had never seen in the Wizarding League.

Seeing that the old wizard did not reply, Thorne was carefully observing the arrow he pushed past. He was not in a hurry, and had been sitting there waiting patiently.

He found that the flow of time in this illusion space was very fast. He clearly remembered that when he came here, the small courtyard was a morning full of dew and mist.

At this time, only half an hour or so has passed, and it has become a warm and calm afternoon.

The air was filled with the fragrance of flowers and plants, and everything seemed peaceful and peaceful, save for the occasional buzzing of bees and large beetles.

After an unknown amount of time, the old wizard finally ended his observation and research on arrows.

Thorne, who was sitting on the side, looked up and glanced at him.

He could clearly feel the regret on an old face when Sandcott put the arrow back on the table.

This kind of feeling is like seeing something that I like very much, but never have any hope of getting it.

Thorne’s eyes flickered, and after thinking for a moment, he roughly guessed the true thoughts of the old wizard.

He smiled lightly, and an immature idea slowly appeared in his mind.

“Lord Thorne, if you want to enchant all the four arrows with the ‘pullback’ feature, there is no problem at all.” The old wizard looked at the ranger opposite.

Then, he hesitated again, and said with a look of embarrassment: “Although I can assure you that there is no problem with your enchanting craftsmanship, your four arrows are no better than ordinary throwing weapons, and their size is too slender and light, which is why It means that the required enchanting material must be a very special…”

“I know.” Before the old wizard could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Thorne’s hand.

I saw him show an expectant expression, took out a fingernail-sized gem from his pocket, and said with a smile: “The required enchanting material is violet stone, right.”

Sandcott looked at the gem in Thorne’s palm subconsciously, and immediately found that it was a dark blue gem that would change color.

If you look closely, you can also notice the purple star pattern flowing inside the gem.

Violet stone is a relatively rare magic gem. The star pattern inside the gem can autonomously absorb the free magic elements in the air. It is one of the necessary materials for making high-level magic equipment…

The rich knowledge of the old wizard made the details of the Violet Stone appear in his mind for a moment.

“That’s right, the violet stone is what we need.” Sandcott, who saw the gem clearly, gave Thorne a surprised look, then nodded to confirm, and said to him:

“The gem in your hand is indeed a violet stone. If it is divided into four parts and enchanted, it will be enough.”

The price of a violet gem in the Wizarding League is about 5,000 gold coins. As long as you have money, this precious material is not difficult to collect.

The only thing that puzzled him was how the other party knew the special material that he wanted to enchant arrows.

After all, this kind of unpopular magical knowledge was discovered in the blue tower of the Wizarding League at a great price in exchange for a little enchanting knowledge related to the Arcane Empire.

Could it be that?

The old wizard who lived in the tower all the year round suddenly remembered the information about the Emerald Tower in Waterfall Town.

It also reminds me of the goblin who succeeded in consecrating the gods three years ago, and his priesthood happens to have the priesthood of wisdom related to the two fields of magic and knowledge.

This also means that the tower in the town of Falls is likely to be the same as the tower of the ruined Winter City, and it also holds a part of the inheritance of the Arcane Empire.

Thinking of the old wizard here, he finally looked at the tower owner of the Emerald Tower from Waterfall Town.

“If that’s the case, then the four arrows will be entrusted to Master Sandcott.” Hearing the old wizard’s confirmation, Thorne looked relieved, sat up straight and asked him: “How long will it take to complete the enchantment? What is the total processing fee?”

Hearing that the ranger in front of him was honored as a master, for some reason, the old wizard Sandcott was inexplicably panicked, and there was a slight change in his originally calm expression.

He immediately said in a slightly respectful tone: “Don’t worry, Your Excellency Thorne, this kind of enchantment can be completed tomorrow as long as the materials are complete. As for the cost…”

The old wizard took a peek and found that the other party’s expression was very calm from beginning to end, so he took a deep breath, calmed down his slightly fluctuating heart, and said tentatively:

“If Your Excellency is willing to let me keep these four arrows in the tower to study for five days, then I will enchant you for free.”

As a wizard proficient in the art of enchanting, he is confident that the other runes on the arrow will be engraved within five days.

If he is lucky, and he successfully deduces the craftsmanship of a rune, he can get a lot of benefits from this rune.

Although this idea is a bit unrealistic, he still wants to try it out of professional instinct.

“Oh?” Thorne saw the other’s thought at a glance, but he didn’t point it out, but smiled suspiciously, and then looked at the old wizard with interest.

In Thorne’s view, the slightly older-looking wizard had a wizard level of around 12 at most.

This means that his talent is not very good, and he is not too young, at least in his sixties.

If you don’t use some kind of special ritual that can prolong your life, from any point of view, this is a wizard who will never be able to advance to the legend of destiny.

Just like the original founder of the Emerald Tower, the opponent’s death can only increase the strength to the fourth order.

From this, it can be seen that this is a wizard who is very tight and has a bit of a downfall.

Listening to Alvie, when the other party was in the Wizarding Union, an unimaginable disaster occurred due to a failed spell research, and he lost a lot of money and owed a lot of debt.

What surprised Thorne most was that the Wizarding Union’s debt was eerily similar to their real-world mortgage.

The only difference is that if this debt is not repaid, even if it is death, those necromantic wizards who are good at playing with souls will let these debtors know what the soul from the wizard is for.

If nothing else, the old wizard who was crushed by debt will either die in the tower or transform into a lich.

As for special rituals to prolong life?

That’s what the real rich get.

Although in the eyes of the world, wizards give people a very rich feeling.

But as Thorne who has raised a group of low-level wizards, he can confidently tell others that many times, wizards are short of money.

Just like the purification technique that Andrina has been researching, this spell is like the wizard tower, it is simply a bottomless pit, and every spell experiment is accompanied by the consumption of a lot of expensive materials.

The only thing that pleased him was that the sorceress had a bulging purse.

He knew almost any depth of her whole being, including all aspects, but he didn’t know how deep her wallet was.

For the past three years, whenever the circulating funds of the Wizard Tower were about to bottom out, she would look at herself proudly, and lightly patted her small wallet.

What shocked Thorne even more was a piece of legendary equipment that Andrina gave him before leaving.

He still can’t figure out how the other party got this kind of legendary equipment with no market price.

Facing Thorne, the old wizard Sandcott, who bowed his head slightly, seemed to notice the other party’s interested eyes, and felt a little nervous in his heart, and the whole person began to feel a little uncomfortable.

Obviously, he knew that the other party had guessed his little thought.

Although he is the tower owner of the ‘Tower of the Seven Sages’, he is also from the wizarding alliance in the middle of the continent.

But this tower is just an ordinary tower, and the identity of the Wizarding Union does not bring him any special treatment.

After all, the Wizarding Union is too big, and almost 70% of the wizards in the entire continent come from there.

This system of reverence for strength within the alliance has also directly caused many poor wizards with ordinary talents to be very unsatisfactory.

This is also the real reason why he will take the initiative to study the enchanting process when he knows that his advanced legend is hopeless.

But because of an accident, he went bankrupt.

All debts were divided into installments by the headquarters of the Wizarding League, all of which were placed on the body.

Let him have no extra resources in exchange for more spells, knowledge, materials, and the authority to improve his strength and the Wizarding Alliance.

Under this endless cycle, it is destined that the rest of his life can only be repaid every debt he owes.

If it is not clear until death, his soul will be willingly acquired by those high-level wizards who study the necromancy school under the influence of the power of the contract, and transformed into a special creature through rituals.

The old wizard felt somewhat unwilling when he thought that his research on the magic of the illusion school had improved significantly, but he could not improve further due to lack of knowledge and resources.

But now, seeing this tower owner from Waterfall Town, he seems to have thought of a good attempt.

“It’s just a few runes. In fact, you don’t have to think about it so complicated.” Seeing the cramped old wizard, Thorne accepted it as soon as he saw it, and then said sternly:

“I have a suggestion for you. If you are willing to serve me, I can not only help you pay off the debt of the Wizarding Union, but I also have a complete inheritance from the Arcane Empire here.”

After Thorne finished speaking, he paused deliberately, because he knew that the other party needed some time to think about it.

After all, an old and homely wizard like him can hardly hold anything except spells in his mind.

In the face of social life in life, sometimes it is not as good as an ordinary person who has been devastated by life.

Seeing the change in the other’s rich expressions, Thorne knew that the other party was already moved.

He glanced at his surroundings and saw that the afterglow of the setting sun had begun to disappear towards the horizon.

So he threw a bigger bait again and said:

“I know that the main direction of your spell research is the school of illusion, but you certainly don’t know that the long-lost arcane empire has been able to simulate a complete world through illusion, a small garden like you, where time passes so fast, in In the illusion world of the Arcane Empire, I am afraid that even a speck of dust falling on the ground is inferior.”

Thorne didn’t brag anything to the old wizard, because what he said was exactly the small worlds that the administrator of the demi-plane showed him when he entered the abandoned demi-plane.

“Is this true?” When the old wizard Sandcott heard Thorne tell about the glory of the Arcane Empire, he looked at him with a shocked expression, and his heart was a little excited.

He didn’t doubt the magical knowledge passed down by the Arcane Empire, he doubted whether Thorne’s Emerald Tower really possessed such magical knowledge.

After all, as a wizard from the Wizarding League, how could he not know the legend about the ninth tower, the City of Clouds.

It is said that knowledge from the Arcane Empire is passed down in the Cloud City of the Wizarding League.

It is a pity that his talent is too poor, and he has no chance to study in Yunzhong City.

If he can really learn about the arcane empire in the Emerald Tower, even if he is transformed into a lich, he is very willing.

“Of course it’s true, you didn’t already judge the specific origin of the runes on these arrows.” Thorne saw the clear bloodshot in the eyes of the old wizard’s excited and cloudy eyes, and he understood that the other party was completely moved. .

Although the innate talent of the native wizard is not very good, and his strength has only reached the third rank after a while, Thorne believes that it is such a wizard that he needs most.

Because the too promising aboriginal wizards are not easy to control, these wizards may not be willing to work under him.

And this kind of desolate wizard is just right, their rank is not high, their age is not young, they are almost weighed down by various installment debts and can’t stand up for a lifetime.

I am afraid that even they themselves know that they have almost no chance to advance to the Legend of Destiny, so they gave up this ambition and took the initiative to devote themselves to the research of enchantment and illusion.

This rich knowledge and enchanting experience was exactly what he needed most when his Emerald Tower started.

Then, Thorne calmly watched the old wizard Sandcott in front of him, and said slowly:

“I need you to serve in the Emerald Tower. As for the installment debt of your Wizarding Union, I will help you pay off. At the same time, you can also exchange the Emerald Tower for spells and knowledge inherited from the Arcane Empire.”

“Yes.” The old wizard who had been silent for a long time looked at Thorne and nodded slowly.

Then he stood up and bowed his head slightly to Thorne, who was sitting in the chair, to show his respect.

The old wizard clarified Thorne’s words and repeated it solemnly: “According to the contract, I will always serve the Emerald Tower, you need to help me pay off the debt of the Wizarding League, and have the authority to acquire the knowledge of the spells of the Arcane Empire. Is that so?”

“That’s right.” Thorne nodded slightly and said, “If there is no problem, make the contract and go to the waterfall town alone.”