Chapter 118: News
The empty room was empty of any clutter, the windows and doors were closed, and the sunlight was blocked by the curtains, which made the room look a little dark.
A complex ritual circle was burned on the ground, the reincarnation staff was suspended in the center of the circle, and Sean's mana poured into the ritual circle little by little, thus affecting the staff.
This is the villa where Sean lives temporarily, and there is only him and the two feline slaves left behind in the whole house, and no one else will disturb his life.
If you count from the first day he came to Teresa City, it has been almost a month now.
Although there were no accidents during this period, not even the news of the war came, he still had a lot to do personally, so he did not spare even a second at all.
Apprentice-level alchemy wasn't as simple as it was as an apprentice, and the knowledge he had learned from Lauren was barely enough, and if he wanted to be as comfortable with all kinds of spells as he had done and not make big mistakes in alchemy, he couldn't just rely on what he had in his head.
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In this day and age, the knowledge of a professional is not a valuable thing, although it is not rotten because of the limitations of the Judgment Eye.
Sean managed to borrow a lot of books on alchemy and spellcasting through some connections.
Ever since he was promoted to the rank of apprentice, he hadn't calmed down until he used the month to consolidate his basic knowledge, which made his spell casting a lot smoother.
On top of that, he also strengthened the Samsara Staff a little, this time using the Universal Metal and the Death Bone Bracelet from Lauren's Mage Tower.
According to common sense, once the Battle of Victory Pass begins, it will generate a lot of death energy, and it is undoubtedly very cost-effective to integrate the bracelet into the staff now.
But Sean has never forgotten why this war broke out, that group of formal and master-level powerhouses will definitely not honestly wait for the result in the rear, this decisive battle will definitely attract their attention, and even do not rule out the possibility of some strong people quietly making a move.
The death energy born from the passing of life is extremely precious, even Sean knows this truth, and those who watch the show will definitely not let it go.
Therefore, unless Sean is impatient, he really doesn't dare to snatch food from their mouths.
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With this mentality, Sean simply integrated the bracelet into the staff of reincarnation as a material, and the bracelet that was also bone fit well with the backbone of the mineral-eating beast, and it didn't take much effort for the two to be easily combined.
The real difficulty is the universal metal, and although the Samsara Staff has a lot of silver and two Mithril coins added to it, in the final analysis, the main body of this staff is still bones and plants, and it took Sean nearly a month to infuse it into the inside of the spine as the core of the staff.
And what he just did was to transform the universal metal in the staff little by little through ritual magic, so that it could adapt to the nature of the staff of reincarnation, and give full play to its use.
Universal metal is not something for apprentice-level professionals to use, and those formal-level powerhouses can change the parameters with a single thought, and Sean has to cooperate with ritual magic to grind slowly.
But fortunately, his hard work was not in vain, and after concentrating on adjusting the last parameter, Sean finally breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand to grab the floating staff in his hand.
The runes and energy circuits that Sean had burned were only suitable for the apprentice-level realm, and even if he had now been promoted to the apprentice level, he didn't dare to transform them easily.
Therefore, even if he added two more expensive materials to it, the abilities of the Reincarnation Staff did not improve much, except for a large increase in potential, what should it be like or what it should be.
Of course, everything Sean puts in now will be converted into higher returns in the future, although he understands this truth, but in the face of the current situation, Sean's heart is still a little impatient.
But fortunately, after a month of study and practice, coupled with the accumulation of the previous two months, his professional level finally managed to rise from level 10 to level 11, and his actual combat ability has become more powerful.
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Three months to move up the next level!
This is a very incredible thing at the level of apprenticeship.
Most apprentice-level professionals want to upgrade, and it is impossible to temper them without a few years or even more than ten years of training, and it would be a naked insult to compare Sean's talent to them.
When he first reached level 11, even Sean himself was slightly surprised, but then he thought about it carefully, it was not too strange to have such a long time of accumulation before, coupled with the extremely training environment of the battlefield.
Of course, the three-month level can only be the speed of the early stage of the apprentice level, and the progress of the profession at any stage is more and more difficult the further you go, for example, it only took a week for Sean to be promoted from level 1 to level 2, but then it gradually slowed down.
However, in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Sean still used a little trick to cover up his true level, and showed the original level 10 to the outside world, so as not to attract the surprise and attention of others.
This kind of method of concealing the level is very common, at least it is still very effective for the detection of people at the same stage or low-level professions, unless the other party intends to conduct further exploration, a simple mental power scan will definitely not be able to detect the cats.
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After settling the staff, Sean walked out of the room, ready to go to lunch.
No. 1, who was dressed as a maid, was wagging his tail to clean the house, and when he saw him, he hurriedly bent down and saluted, and when he saw Sean, he nodded before continuing to do what he had done.
Number Two was busy in the kitchen, her ears suddenly fluttering with joy, apparently hearing Sean leave the room.
These two cat girls are professionally trained slaves, and in addition to how to serve people, they have certainly learned all kinds of housework.
The two little ones were nervous for the first few days, and at the sight of Sean they would tremble and fall to their knees motionless, but as he taught them a little, they understood what they had to do.
Although they still live in the original basement, Sean does not close the door to the basement and cage, so they can come out of it at any time.
It's not that Sean doesn't let them stay in the outside room, it's that the two slaves get restless and can't even sleep at night when they stay outside the cage and without their master.
Sean didn't plan to help them change their habits, anyway, in the past month, they have solved all kinds of trivial things in his life, which saved them a lot of trouble.
"Master, do a good job of meow ......"
A soft voice came from the mouth of the Two, and after placing the food on the table, she knelt respectfully and waited for her master's orders.
"Hmm."
Sean replied briefly, then went to the table and sat down quietly to eat while his head was thinking about something.
The Silver Eagle Legion had been in Theresa long enough, and it stands to reason that the battle to the west of the province of Beloc should be over, so why not wait for the order to be dispatched now.
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Just as this doubt appeared in Sean's mind, a sharp knock came from outside.
Broad Manor is not the only one in this house, there are also a number of people living in several other places, who are basically professionals in the Silver Eagle Legion, and have also had some dealings with Sean in the past month.
At the signal of his master, Number One hurriedly ran out.
With a soft click of the door lock, the door was quickly pushed open by the other party, and the man ignored the number one with his head bowed on the side, and walked straight to Sean's side.
"Nolan, what's the matter?"
Sean looked at the visitor suspiciously, and casually used his fork to put a piece of fluffy, refined white bread into his mouth.
The apprentice level has a lot more mental power than the apprentice level, and he recognized the identity of the other party the moment Nolan knocked on the door.
"There was a little accident on the side of Shengli Pass, and now that the two sides have officially clashed, the higher authorities require us to cross the mountains as quickly as possible to reach the front of Shengli Pass without any delay."
Nolan hurried over to the table, grabbed a glass of juice and poured it into his mouth.
"Damn it, I shouldn't have let professionals live so scattered in the first place, and now it's too troublesome to find them one by one, so I didn't even eat lunch."
He complained to Sean about the inconvenience of communication, which was harder to find than the ordinary soldiers who camped outside the city.
In fact, although the Karis Kingdom and the Wagner Kingdom are relatively primitive as a whole, they also have some developed means of communication.
For example, ritual magic that can transmit sounds, images, and even stereoscopic images, as well as magical items and alchemical items with similar functions.
Alchemy props with communication functions are the most popular among the military, compared to magic items and ritual magic, there is no threshold for the use of alchemy props, as long as you learn how to control it, even if an ordinary person can communicate remotely without barriers.
In the last Battle of Ryan City, the main reason why Camillo was able to easily mobilize so many troops was because of the help of this kind of alchemy props, otherwise once there were too many people, it would be very inconvenient to dispatch and execute.
They are various in size and appearance, common bracelets, rings, etc., which are convenient and quick to use and not easy to intercept, and are much better than mobile phones in Wang Changge's world in terms of communication.
Of course, this kind of thing is not without its drawbacks, and its biggest problem is that it is very expensive to build and use, which makes it impossible to promote it on a large scale, even in the Silver Eagle Legion, only Camillo and a few officers who command ordinary soldiers have it.
In addition, although Sean has heard of advanced communication magic or derivatives with many magical effects, apprentice and apprentice communication tools are still far inferior to smartphones in terms of functionality.
The professionals of the Silver Eagle Legion naturally did not want to be crowded in the barracks with ordinary soldiers, so when they first arrived in Teresa City, they each chose a suitable place to live, and it must have been a little difficult to inform them one by one now.
In fact, it's not impossible to let ordinary soldiers run errands, but these professionals are all uncles, and they like to fool around in the corners of the city when they have nothing to do.
"This is a fight? Why is there no news at all? ”
Sean asked with some surprise, the upper echelons of the Karis Kingdom are not fools, as the attacking side, they can regulate the rhythm of this war to a certain extent, since they rashly launched a general attack before the army was mobilized, there must be some reasons for this.
"Who knows?" Nolan shrugged his shoulders and said, "The specific news hasn't come out yet, but I heard that it may be related to the internal response that we have planted on the enemy's side." ”
"Anyway, it's enough for us to carry out the order, you quickly pack your things and go to the camp outside the city to gather, I'll go find the others first."
With that, Nolan put the empty cup aside in his hand, waved to Sean, and turned to leave.
The moment he went out, the Silver Eagle Legion emblem on his chest seemed to exude a strange fluctuation that even Sean was aware of.
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"Interesting."
Sean took out the somewhat hot insignia of the same style from his pocket.
On the first day he joined the Silver Eagle Legion, he was instructed to carry this thing with him, and at that time he found some delicate runes inside, and it was not until he was promoted to the rank of apprentice that he vaguely guessed their specific effects.
"Sure enough, there is a tracking effect, it's amazing."
The spiritual power extended into it little by little, and Sean's expression gradually became solemn, and the person who made these military insignia should be Mikhaili Strickland, the official-level powerhouse behind the Silver Eagle Legion.
Although he was a warlock who was not good at alchemy, this kind of technology involving the formal realm seemed mysterious even to him.
At least the principle of making this military emblem was beyond his comprehension, it did not invoke the slightest bit of Sean's own mana, and it did not even draw any external energy to respond to the military emblem on Nolan's body.
This effect reminded him of some of the descriptions he had seen of the Mage Tower, where golems, golems, and similar creations made by official-level mages could be recharged remotely when near the Mage Tower, i.e. they could fight without the need for built-in energy or wiring connections.
He was very suspicious that this military emblem used a similar technique, because when the military emblem on Sean's side was hot, he used his spiritual power to briefly observe the military emblem on Nolan's side, and found that the runes inside the two were very different.
Compared to the one on his body, Nolan was obviously more delicate, and the runes in it had become extremely cumbersome, even making Sean a little dizzy at a glance.
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In short, now that the above notice has been delivered, although he is a little reluctant in his heart, there is no reason for him to continue to stay in the peaceful city of Teresa.
In order to prevent some people from making a fortune and running away, once someone chooses to withdraw from this war halfway, then all the military merits obtained before will also be wiped out.
This is still a treatment that only professionals can enjoy, and if it is an ordinary person, it is directly regarded as a deserter and killed on the spot.
Sean didn't want his hard work to go to waste, so he planned to meet outside the city after he had lunch and packed his things.