Chapter 973: Rune Equipment
After finis.h.i.+ng his “knowledge” helmet, “spirit” sword, and “spirit” s.h.i.+eld, Abel was ready to make more armor worn by wizards.
Rune of Chid
5% chance of casting a rank 15 blazing path upon being hit
5% chance of casting a rank 15 fireball after hitting enemy
+2 wizard skill rank
+3 warm
+30% increase defense
+30% fire resistance
Reduce 7 physical damage
Attacker receives 14 damage.
Required runes: #21 pul +#8 ral +#12 sol
Pul was the only advanced rune he had got in the dark world. Now, he is prepared to enhance his skills. Of course, that would only happen if there was a +2 wizard spell rank effect, but he wasn’t going to use that on himself as of yet. He wanted to use his dark golden “snake magician skin.” While it was not as good as the “chid” armor in terms of stats, its superior defensive capability was the more appropriate choice for this current situation .
He decided to keep the snake magician’s skin on him for his own safety and use the chid for Frankenstein. That was when he realized something. The rule of his soul wouldn’t rank up just because he had better gear on him, but his spells would rank up. Right now, it was his “control freezing’ and “control lightning” that was buffed by the gear he was wearing. They were both basic spells by the standards of the law-defying wizards of the central continent, but now, they were rank 10 and 11 in total.
The snake magician’s skin increased all his skills by one rank. Mara’s kaleidoscope did two for each skill. Jordan’s stone increased one for all skills. The rune “knowledge” did for one. The “spirit” sword and “spirit” s.h.i.+eld did 4 for all skills. There was also a buff on his lightning spell by the “firelight force’s super large protection rune.” That made his lightning spells rank up by one. Overall, his fighting capability increased to a rank 23 level even though he was just at rank 21. It was the same for Frankenstein. Its “control freezing’ spell reached rank four while the owner was at 11 for the same one.
Even now, Abel didn’t have the chance to reach the frontline of the battlefield. He couldn’t imagine how powerful the law-defying wizards would be, but if he were to use Wizard Malon as an estimate, he would think that most of the law-defying wizards here would be in that range. That was when he realized something. His gears were starting to become better themselves. All the skills he learned, no matter what cla.s.ses they were, were now about rank 9 in total. He couldn’t go higher than that, though. He needed a #20 Lem for that, but he didn’t have enough crystal cores for it even after saving it for so long. He could get a #11 amn from #10 thul with the Horadric Cube, but if he was using the thul as a single unit to create just one #20, he would need a total of 59049 pieces of thul to get the job done. One #10 thul would take the crystal cores of 27 blue howling rabbit crystal cores. There were a total of 1.6 million blue howling rabbit crystal cores that he needed, and he was not going to spend the time, effort, and the lives of the blue howling rabbits for something so costly. Yes, not even dropping his training would be enough to make up for that number. That was just how it was for powerful runes running from #24 ist to #33 zod.
On the second day, after receiving the metallic stone monster from the Crazy Heart Valley, he had it inside Jason’s burning red skull to cover its only weakness inside. Jason’s head used to be covered by red stone steel and the t.i.tanic helmet. It should be well protected, but Abel did plan on reinforcing the abilities that it already possessed.
On the sixth day, he spent most of his time inside the dark world. He was practicing all sorts of spells to prepare for his upcoming mission on the frontline. On the seventh morning, he brought Frankenstein and pa.s.sed an underground teleportation circle open just for him.
Wizard Hal quickly bowed towards him, “You’ve come, Master Bennett!”
Abel smiled as he walked out of the teleportation circle, “I wasn’t late, right, Wizard Hal?”
Wizard Hal spoke after taking a glance at Frankenstein, “Oh, no, no! I was just about to leave! It’s fine!”
Abel sort of guessed what was meant by that, “How come it’s just us, Wizard Hal? Just two law-defying wizards?”
Wizard Hal explained, “Why, of course! Master Bennett, this is the standard size for a powerful organization like us! We are all we need to meet up with the wizards.”
Abel nodded in compliance.
Wizard Hal seemed to remember something, “Do your followers have a bond with you, Master Bennett?”
Abel didn’t seem to understand where the question came from, “You mean Frankenstein? We have a master-servant relations.h.i.+p. If I die, it dies with me.”
Wizard Hal became speechless. He didn’t think that any law-defying wizard would sign this sort of contract with Master Bennett. Law-defying wizards were supposed to be very accomplished. They were not supposed to agree to a contract between masters and servants.
Wizard Hal continued despite being obviously shocked, “No problem, I guess. Follow me to the teleportation, then, Master Bennett.”
So the three stepped onto the teleportation circle, disappeared, and reappeared on top of a golden large-sized teleportation circle.
Wizard Hal explained to Abel, “This is the intermediate teleportation of the Wizard Union. Master Bennett, this is where all the men deployed to the frontline are sent through.”
Suddenly, Abel felt a scanning force sweeping across him and Frankenstein.
A mechanical voice called out, “A law-defying wizard without a wizard badge. Please show your badge to identify yourself.”
Wizard Hal prompted Abel, “Please, Master Bennett, show your contract.”
As overly strict as it seemed to Abel, he responded by revealing the contract force between him and Frankenstein.
The mechanical voice quickly responded, “The alarm has been lifted. It is a contract creature. We’ll release him now.”
Following that, a golden light was emitted to activate the large-sized circle. Abel, Wizard Hal, and Frankenstein disappeared from the large-sized circle once more. They were going further this time. He could feel it from the dimensional force he was sensing. When his surroundings started to s.h.i.+ne, he found that he was inside a trapped room full of different circles. He sensed at least four defensive circles where two law-defying wizards were doing a check on them.
One of the law-defying wizards seemed to recognize Hal, “Hal! You’re coming here after just getting promoted? What’s the nation of Evil going to do? Be careful, alright?”
Wizard Hal quickly responded with the teasing punch to his good friend, “You want one, Cyril?”
Wizard Cyril responded by doing the same, “No, no! I’m so scared! I can’t bully you anymore after you’ve promoted yourself so quickly!”
Wizard Hal turned to Abel, “Master Bennett, this is Wizard Cyril. He’s one of the wizards that the lightning clan has posted here.”
“You’re Master Bennett?” Wizard Cyril said pa.s.sionately, “I’ve heard so much from you!”
“Ah hum,” the other law-defying wizard coughed before speaking to Wizard Cyril, “Check if you must, Wizard Cyril.”
Wizard Cyril smiled and introduced him to Abel, “Master Bennett, this is Wizard Haywood. He’s a pretty stubborn fellow if you ask me.”
Wizard Haywood didn’t pay attention to the snarky remark, “I’m Wizard Haywood from the Land of Freezing Frost, Master Bennett. According to the rules of the frontline, you must show your identification here. Same for the law-defying wizard accompanying you.”
Abel activated the crest on his chest, “This is my crest, Wizard Haywood.”
He revealed his contract once more. He had things planned out already. The next time he came here, he was just going to put Frankenstein in his portal beast ring to not have to do another check.
Wizard Haywood tried to hide to shock as he noticed the relations.h.i.+p between Abel and Frankenstein, “Thank you for cooperating, Master Bennett.”
It was quite a shocking thing to see the contract between Master Bennett and Frankenstein. That was just what applied to everyone. Masters and servants could only become so if they gave their consent, but what sort of law-defying wizard would agree to become anyone’s servant?
“Let’s gather together after my s.h.i.+ft ends, Hal,” Wizard Cyril spoke and turned to Abel, “Are you coming with us, Master Bennett?”
Wizard Hal said skeptically, “So I’m a tool to get Master Bennett to talk with you. Is that it?”
Wizard Haywood suddenly spoke, “Do you know what the most convenient currency on the frontline is?”
“Haywood! I’m trying to make this work! Just shut up!” Wizar Cyril shook his head.
s.h.i.+fts were meant to complete missions, but the partners could negotiate the order among themselves. This was true for Wizard Cyril and Wizard Haywood as they were good friends with each other.
Wizard Hal seemed to be interested, “What do you mean, Wizard Haywood? What currency are you talking about?”
Wizard Haywood spoke in his usually calm voice, “It’d be the light healing potion. Almost all the resources are available for trade with it, but there are just too few running around the market. It’s basically a reserve currency that’s overly demanded at the moment.”
Wizard Cyril tried to change the subject, “Hal! So why did you have Master Bennett here today? I do appreciate that he’s got a law-defying wizard to guard him, but this is a big operation we’re having!”