Chapter I

Morey

Dark blue grit, evenly sprinkled on top of the milky herbal juice. Morey watched intently as the blue dissolved little by little into the potion, stirring gently with the glass rod.

Morey's hand was steady, he seemed to have practiced a job like this countless times, and the moment the blue color in the potion was about to completely dissolve, he quickly snapped the cork and shook it expertly. I saw that the light blue color in the potion quickly disappeared, but just as it was about to completely turn back to white, I suddenly didn't know where something was wrong, and there was a muffled sound of 'bang'. This explosion made the young man's hand tremble, and the potion in the bottle suddenly dispersed into a white mist.

Sighing, Morey put the bottle back on the table in disappointment.

"That's right! you actually made six bottles out of ten ingredients!" Unlike Morey's expression, a middle-aged man sitting on the counter not far away had his eyes glow when he saw this scene, and his voice was quite happy. "Although you kid can eat enough, it's not just a rice bucket!"

This man is Morey's current temporary boss, named Nguera, who is considered by Morey to be a rare miser in the world, at least until now, he has not received a single bonus.

On the old wooden table in front of Morey lay ten medicine bottles, six of which were milky white, mixed with a faint blue starlight, which was very beautiful.

Morey didn't speak immediately, but looked carefully at the bottoms of the failed bottles. After seeing a black spot, he suddenly pouted indignantly and said. "Boss, you see, even the Apothecary Guild has begun to sell water-changing potions, is there any place in this world that can be trusted!"

The purity of these materials can be said to be very miserable, if you can change the materials better, although Morey can't make zero mistakes, but he still dares to say that he is nine out of ten.

"Morey, would you like to stay here and work?" Morey just turned his face, but his eyes were stung by the reflection of his boss's Mediterranean head, and he quickly withdrew his gaze. Unfortunately, I didn't see the boss coughing dryly, and stuffed a water bottle under the table. "It's been a good job these days. ”

Hearing this, Morey was stunned for a moment, and there was a look of memory in his eyes

It's been a week.

The memories before coming to this town are blurred, and Morey only remembers his former self, as if he was following a person who seems to be a mentor all over the continent. Probably because of his poor learning, when he came to the vicinity of Gülen one day, he didn't know what he had done wrong, and finally let that person break out.

Morey vaguely remembered that the man was very angry and said something like this-

"There is no one on the Rogge Continent who is stronger than my magic carving skills, but I didn't expect that even I couldn't teach you?!! I decided! Either you find a way to unravel these five magic carvings yourself, or you don't come back!"

So saying, the man flew up and kicked Morey into the river, and left in a huff. That might not have been a big deal, but when Morey woke up from the river three days later, he found the back of his head covered in dried blood. It was obviously unlucky when it fell into the river, probably hitting a stone or something.

So the question changed from 'can I go back or not' to 'where should I go back'. Except for the magic carving technique that I learned before, I don't know what level of magic carving it is, and I am not unfamiliar, and the rest of my memories are basically washed away by the water with the stone in the river, I don't know how many hundred miles.

Luckily, thanks to his skill at mixing etching potions, Morey was able to find a job at the town's only magic carving shop. In any case, at least for the time being, you don't have to worry about food and housing.

The so-called magic carving technique is actually a technology that has just emerged in the Rogge Continent in the past few hundred years. That is, through a certain alchemy method, the magic law is engraved on the item in the form of lines, so that the item can exert a certain magical power. Since the effect is really good, it is naturally sought after by the fighters.

After all, even a gadget engraved with insect repellent magic is very useful in the wild.

Occasionally, some mages will customize some enchanted items, or even more advanced enchanted items. After all, even a magician doesn't have the energy to study every magic, so it's a good choice to choose some magic carving props.

Learning magic doesn't require a lot of magical talent like becoming a magician. But the demands on spirit and talent are extremely high. Even if it is just a basic etching potion, the average magic carving apprentice must have a special instructor to teach it for a period of time before it can be mastered, and the success rate and the quality of the match depend on the individual's ability. Most of the materials required for magic carving are not expensive, but there are not many magic carvers who can make finished products, and due to the strict imbalance between supply and demand, any magic carving shop is often doing good business.

This determines that certified engravers are very popular.

For example, if the owner of this place, Enguala, had not had to keep this old shop, it would have been more than enough to open a shop several times larger in the city.

"By the way, boss?" Morey glanced at the magic clock on the wall, his eyes suddenly changing. "Isn't that thing about the same time to soak?"

Nguera scratched his bare head, looked at an unsightly black box on the table and shook his head, but his face was much more solemn. "It's not close. ”

Morey seemed to look at his left hand casually, and asked casually: "I don't know what the pattern of the housekeeper carving in our store is, but it is quite loud outside, I really want to see what the use of knowledge is." ”

"Hehe, you said this magic carving, it was when I was still practicing magic carving in the city when I was young, and I once got the master's guidance" Engela sighed, but his eyes were firmly fixed on the box in his hand, and the box began to glow slightly. Just as the light suddenly brightened, Engela hurriedly poured a small cup of potion that had been prepared from the small mouth on the side of the box. "Back then, I finally learned this 'vortex' magic pattern, and this is already a third-level magic pattern!!"

After about three minutes, when the box was completely dark, Nguera finally breathed a sigh of relief and gently lifted the lid. Morey also looked at him with a solemn face.

In the box lay a pale blue orb, the size of an egg, densely covered with intricate white magic carvings. At that time, Nguera was not so gorgeous when it was first carved, but I didn't expect it to change so much after soaking in the special potion.

Morey also sighed in his heart, the high-level magic carving pattern is really not the 'volatilization' magic carving pattern used in insect repellent props can be compared, just looking at the cumbersome process dù is several times better. In fact, 'volatilization' is already the most complex magic carving I have seen since Morey came here.

In fact, the reason why Morey stayed here for a week was to see this so-called 'vortex' magic carving.

He didn't tell the boss directly about this, because it was impossible for the carver to agree, but Morey didn't expect to see the boss's magic carving process with his own eyes. The mental power injected into the magic carving, the knife technique, the details of the pattern, etc., are almost impossible to see directly on the finished product, and if there is no direct teaching, outsiders will not be able to learn even if they see the magic carving pattern, but what Morey needs is not to learn.

Quietly taking off his gloves, Morey naturally placed his left hand at his side, avoiding the boss's gaze. And on the five fingers of his left hand, there are five small magic carved patterns that are faintly emitting light.

"So what's the use of this?"

"Haha, follow me!"

Nguera laughed and dragged Morey into the toilet.

"Let's just let you see the effect of the 'vortex'! But this thing still has to be sold, so it won't inject spiritual power, so the effect may be almost good, so let's see." Ngela proudly raised the 'vortex' bead and aimed it at the toilet pit, pinched it gently, only to see the light blue light on the bead shine, and the water in the toilet immediately rolled up a small whirlpool and flushed the toilet clean.

"How?"

Faced with the boss's proud rhetorical question, Morey was so angry that he almost vomited blood, so he had to say with difficulty. "Good!"

"How do I feel like you're not telling the truth?"

At this time, the counter girl who was watching the counter in the outer store suddenly shouted, interrupting Nguera's muttering. "Oh, it just so happens that Charlie is here, Morey, you go and send the vortex orb over, don't forget to collect the money! Eighty gold coins are not missing!" Nguera patted Morey's shoulder, yawned and left, he hadn't slept well for two days in order to make the so-called third-level magic pattern, and now he was too tired to do it.

Taking the vortex orb, Morey looked at the back of Engela leaving, and suddenly sighed.

"Eh, although the effect is a little inexplicable, this is also the highest level of magic carving that can be found here, so make do with it. Morey gritted his teeth, and the little finger of his left hand slammed down on the bead, only to see the blue light on the vortex bead flicker, but it only subsided in a few seconds.

Looking at it again, the white magic mark on it has disappeared!

As the carved pattern dissipated, the vortex orb seemed to have run out of magic power, and its brilliance was gone, and with a little force, it shattered into powder on Morey's fingertips. Morey's face was a little pale, but he still showed a satisfied smile, and on the tip of his left little finger, a vortex of Enguera's Zhendian Demon Carved Pattern appeared.

"Very good, now you can make another one!" took out a blank magic crystal bead from his arms, Morey didn't care about the frightening loss of mental power, raised his hand and pressed it with his little finger!

"Whew, the first Magic Pattern is complete!" Morey took a deep breath, glanced at the intricate pattern on his little finger, put on his gloves again, and walked out of the store.