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"[Ding! Absorbing remnant energy from the broken magic artifact]"

As soon as Rezen gave the order, Ivy immediately made her move as slivers of energy leaked out from the ring

Rezen is still clueless about just how precious magic artifacts are but he knew that if he let go of this chance, he might not receive another chance any time soon

Of all the people from the Waterside Tribe, only the Chief has a magic artifact. And even Skinny Yan that is the chief of his previous tribe only has a broken magic artifact in his possession passed down throughout the ages

Rezen absolutely cannot lose the chance given to him and he doesn't feel guilty about stealing the heirloom of Skinny Yan's previous tribe

With Ivy's control, the slivers of energy leaking out of the broken magic artifact covered Rezen's body. Not only that, even his soul was wrapped by that energy

Rezen can sense invisible chains that wrapped both his body and soul and the energy from the magic artifact cut these invisible chains

Crack...

Rezen felt like he just heard something on him breaking and after that, a sense of freedom wash his senses

It was as if the chains that bound him had finally been broken. He never felt this free before

With the sacrifice of the magic artifact, Rezen is finally free from the influence of the earth realm. He has regained his access to magic. His path is not blocked anymore! He finally could resume his path to magic!

Not only that but the remaining energy from the artifact has been absorbed by the farm, healing it considerably

From zero progress, the farm was suddenly 50% healed

As soon as the remnant energy from the magic artifact was used up, the ring instantly turned to ashes

"Finally! I could finally use magic again as long as I have a Resonance Gem! Not only that, the farm is now halfway healed. If I steal the magic artifact of the Chief, wouldn't I be able to fully heal the farm?" Rezen muttered

He succeeded in plotting against a Junior Mage and steal the magic artifact without the other party knowing. Since the Chief is also only a Junior Mage, if Rezen were to do this again, wouldn't he succeed just like how he succeeded right now?

"Master, the broken magic artifact of Skinny Yan is special compared to other peak Junior Rank magic artifacts. While the artifact itself is only at the Junior Rank because of the creator's lack of skills, the materials were of high quality. Even if Master were to steal the Chief's magic artifact, it wouldn't be enough to fully heal the farm" Ivy's emotionless voice rang inside Rezen's head and he can't help but sigh

Turns out that was the case. It seems like discovering Skinny Yan's magic artifact is a fluke

"Nevertheless, I now have access to magic. Tomorrow, I will ask the Chief for a Resonance Gem"

The tribe doesn't have a lot of Resonance Gems especially since it wasn't as if these gems have infinite durability. However, with the deaths of the tribesmen, the Chief collected the Resonance Gems from the dead and stored them herself

With Rezen's status, he should be given a Resonance Gem easily

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"So you're saying that you could finally use magic again?" Chief asked while staring at Rezen intently

With his past experiences, Rezen showed no hint of fear as if he thinks that the Chief was looking at him in a way that people usually look at others

"Yes, Chief. Because of my previous injuries, I lost access to my magic. But now, I can use magic again" Rezen answered casually

Resonance Gems formed in places rich with mana and those areas would be occupied by either magic beasts or strong tribes

As such, the weak and small tribes have to send their people to work for these big tribes for the sake of Resonance Gems

But aside from this method, there is still another way for a person from a small tribe to obtain a Resonance Gem and that is through luck!

Resonance Gems could sometimes form in random locations even if the place was not rich with mana

Some lucky people would stumble upon these gems just like Jenna. Aside from the water-type Resonance Gem, she also has a nature-type one that she obtained through luck

Unfortunately, Rezen doesn't think that a Resonance Gem would suddenly form in front of him and his only choice is to ask the Chief for it

"I see, I see. Skinny Yan seems to have lost something precious to him and you suddenly regained access with your magic. Misfortune and fortune on the same day..."

Rezen's body slightly trembled. The Chief is really smarter compared to most tribesmen!

Her suspicions over Rezen still haven't vanished

"Is that so? It was as if nature wants to cancel one misfortune with the fortune of other people. Ah, that's right, Chief, now that I have access to magic again, I could use my powers to expedite the growth of the potatoes! The more food the better! If we have enough food, we wouldn't even worry if we have to accept more people from destroyed tribes!" Rezen said

The way he speaks was as if he was merely speaking casually but he was actually pretty suggestive and he knew that the Chief would understand his words

If the Chief were to give him a Resonance Gem, Rezen would use his power to make the potatoes grow faster. The faster they grow, the better since that means more food for the tribe

While they accepted Skinny Yan and the others, that doesn't mean that they can accept an infinite number of people since there is the issue of food

However, at the same time, the number of tribesmen is also an indication of how powerful a tribe is. If the tribe not only wants to survive but also to grow stronger, they need to have enough food to support their population

As such, Rezen's help is really crucial, the Chief understood that fact. And because of that, the Chief gave up and retrieved one of the Resonance Gems that the tribe has and gave it to Rezen

"Thank you, Chie—" before Rezen could finish his words, he and the Chief already heard the commotion outside

"Help! Help! Healer! We need the healer!"

As this type of scene was not new to Rezen, his body already moved on its own as he went out of the Chief's hut to check who he needed to heal today

When Rezen saw today's patient, he cannot help but gasp. While deaths and injuries are common, this is the first time he saw a tribesman in this kind of miserable state

The injured tribesman was being carried by another tribesman and his injury was far from being normal

Not only was his whole body burned, but all four of his limbs were also cut off. If this continues, it's only a matter of time before this tribesman die

"What happened to him?" Rezen can't help but ask. He knew that this is not the doing of magic beasts

While magic beasts could only use magic and that might explain how this tribesman was burned to near death state, it doesn't explain his cut limbs

Even if the magic beast is playful and decided to toy its prey, the cut was still to clean

It was as if someone used a sword to cut the limbs of this tribesman

"It's the people from Metal Sword Tribe! They did this to him!"

An attack from another tribe!

While humans in this world are at the mercy of magic beasts, that doesn't mean that they don't fight each other

Humans fight against magic beasts but humans also fight against fellow humans!

"I will explain the situation later but please, don't let him die! I beg you, save him, healer!"

Ever since Rezen entered the Waterside Tribe, none of the tribesmen died after being treated by him

This was completely different compared to how things are usually. There are times where after a tribesman returned to the tribe with injuries, they would die just days or weeks after as they succumbed to their injuries

However, with the help of Rezen, the injured could be cured and they wouldn't die days or weeks after!

The tribesmen trusts Rezen but unfortunately, he doesn't have medicines to cure this level of injury!

The lost of limbs could be solved by stopping the bleeding but the burns are harder to deal with. Not to mention, this person already lost too much blood

Rezen's medicines are of the lowest grade since he created them without using the power of magic. But to this level of injury, they wouldn't be able to help much

Maybe if Rezen were to create medicines with the aid of magic things would be different but he doesn't have the time for that!

This poor tribesman doesn't have a lot of time before he dies!