Chapter 47: Sein’s Choice of Elements
“I haven’t been on many academy quests lately. My mentor has applied for a four-month break for me, so I don’t have any magic beast core crystals or flesh to offer you for the time being,” Sein explained.
“But I do have a leftover energy crystal from today’s experiment. Its elemental energy has been depleted, though. Are you still interested in it?”
Sein reached into his pocket and produced a transparent energy crystal that had once pulsed with abundant elemental energy.
Now, only faint, nearly imperceptible yellow intricate elemental lines remained, hinting at the presence of residual energy.
Seven was not picky, but rather, in this case, beggars could not be choosers.
With a flick of its brown beak, Seven effortlessly plucked the crystal from Sein’s hand and devoured it.
The once hard crystal was reduced to fragments within moments.
This was not the first time Seven had left Sein astounded by the strength of its bite.
Seven’s hoots broke the silence before saying, “Becoming the apprentice of a full-fledged black mage is certainly a promising journey, especially when your mentor is as esteemed as Master Morsidor. I highly doubt there’s another black mage in the entire Black Magic Academy with a more substantial collection of energy crystals than Master Morsidor.” Emerging from n0v@lbin☆, this material harbors clandestine details.
The crystal Sein had given Seven had once been an advanced geo-attribute energy crystal.
In Master Morsidor’s laboratory, this energy crystal was considered high grade, though Sein had seen even rarer Grade One Energy Essence on a few occasions.
Seven’s eating speed was impressive.
In a single gulp, the fist-sized blank crystal that Sein had been holding disappeared into Seven’s belly.
After a brief exchange with Seven, Sein located a tree stump bearing signs of previous use and took a seat.
He closed his eyes and fully immersed himself in his meditation.
Three years ago, Sein had discovered that White Raven Forest, with its serene ambiance, offered a higher elemental concentration than most other places, making it an ideal location for an initiate to meditate.
In fact, the outcome of meditating here surpassed the effectiveness of meditating in the small side room with the energy-gathering magic array at Master Morsidor’s residence.
As Sein entered his meditative state, Seven left him in peace.
It departed silently, making no disruptive sounds or movements. Sein did not even notice its departure.
The forest remained quiet, except for the faint chirping of birds and insects, along with the gentle rustling of leaves in the breeze.
Yet, Sein knew that beneath her bold exterior, Leena was a composed individual.
Every time she did something impulsive, she had already considered the potential consequences and whether she could bear them.
Leena’s reputation as a “crazy bitch” had spread far and wide, yet she not only survived but also thrived.
If she were truly irrational or foolish, she would not have been able to advance to the rank of a senior initiate, let alone become the apprentice of a full-fledged black mage.
A few years ago, the Leena of the past might have promptly asked Sein about his unusual behavior, but not now.
She knew that Sein would confide in her if he wanted to, and she would not push him if he did not want to share.
Leena herself did not know when she had begun to care about Sein’s feelings.
Together, they prepared a dinner that would have been considered luxurious by the standards of other junior initiates.
Sein remained silent throughout dinner. As usual, he was immersed in a magic tome while eating his meal.
Although he had read the “Annotations of Enthildor” more than twenty times, it somehow grew more flavorful with each reading.
Some of the detailed notes within it offered Sein fresh insights every time he read them.
Sein suspected that its author, Master Enthildor, was no ordinary full-fledged mage.
He appeared to be a more formidable figure than his mentor, potentially as powerful as the Dean of the Black Magic Academy.
A sentence from the tome caught Sein’s attention. “Magi are the source of all spellcasters’ professions in the Magus World. They do not rigidly partition the knowledge and content they study. As long as it benefits magi, they are eager to master it.”
Sein strongly agreed with this statement.
Beyond his formal studies as a pyromancer and alchemist in training, he also delved into the umbra element and apothecary knowledge.
It was not that Sein was greedy for knowledge; he was genuinely interested in those fields.
While his understanding might be shallow in those areas, the diverse knowledge greatly benefited him.
Besides, there were no rules dictating that Sein, who had higher affinity for the pyro, lumen and umbra elements, should limit himself to learning magic spells of these three elements.
Whether it was dendro, geo, hydro, aero or even the rarer electro element, poison, secret or summoning spells, that he might come across in the future, as long as a subject interested him, Sein was eager to delve into it.
After all, the pursuit of knowledge and the exploration of the mysteries of magic elements were the driving forces for mages to continuously grow stronger.
Using his magic quill, Sein carefully jotted a note in one corner of the “Annotations of Enthildor” before closing the tome.
He then looked at Leena, who had also finished her meal and suggested, “Let’s skip cleaning up tonight and get some rest.”