nownovels Chapter 64 Recognition
Chapter 64 Recognition
Although it was the corpse of a formal wizard, the price of eight hundred magic stones far exceeded everyone's expectations. Even Vladimir, who had initially prepared to compete with Karian, immediately stopped himself from offering the price he was about to say.
While this corpse is not an ordinary corpse but the corpse of a formal wizard, it is not a living formal wizard. Even if it is made into an undead, it will not have much power. Is it really worth the price?
Or is there something else on this corpse that they haven't discovered yet?
Vladimir began to examine the corpse with a suspicious look, but couldn't find anything amiss... Karian, however, spoke up amidst their puzzled gazes, explaining:
"My mental strength is about to reach the point of qualitative change."
"The owner of this corpse is a death wizard like me. His corpse might help me advance to a formal wizard, so I'm willing to pay this price."
"Of course, I'm willing to give up if you can offer a higher price."
That's clearly an excuse; the real reason is definitely not that!
Even Viktor, who had only spent a few hours with him, could tell that Karian wasn't the type to explain himself to others, let alone Nina and the other teammates who had been together for almost two months.
Although they noticed something amiss, everyone, including Vladimir, merely frowned and then gave up on competing with him.
Because Karian revealed a crucial piece of information in his words—his mental strength was about to undergo a qualitative change!
This means that within a year at most, Karian will either successfully become a full-fledged wizard or fail to do so, and from then on, he will most likely only be able to stay at the advanced wizard apprentice stage for the rest of his life... But Karian actually has another identity, which is that he is a seed wizard that the academy is focusing on cultivating, so his probability of successfully becoming a wizard is at least 80%!
At this moment, he offered to help him advance to become a full-fledged wizard and was willing to spend eight hundred magic stones to buy it... Although there is no such thing as "hatred for obstructing one's path" in the wizarding world, if someone were to fight him for it at this time, it would basically mean a fight to the death.
So even Vladimir, who had recently been at odds with him, fell silent, which was considered an admission that the body of the formal wizard belonged to Karian.
The others tacitly agreed, and Victor naturally didn't say anything either. The corpse couldn't be used as equipment, so he wouldn't have any use for it. He let Karian take the corpse out of the body and put it into his spatial bag.
After that, no one rushed to leave.
Instead, they carefully explored the tomb chamber and, after confirming that there were no other discoveries, returned the way they came, all the way back to the area with the magic crystal.
Hailey hasn't come back yet.
Although the group was still somewhat annoyed by the stench, their earlier finds had given them much more patience, so they waited quietly in place for a while.
About half an hour later, Hailey finally returned with good news.
As it turned out, Hailey's estimate of the price of these magic crystals was quite accurate.
According to calculations, the total value of these magic crystals is approximately between 90,000 and 100,000 magic stones.
The Chamber of Commerce is willing to buy all the magic crystals at 40% of the market price. This is a price that is neither high nor low, but the good thing is that they can directly obtain the magic stones after selling the magic crystals.
Therefore, according to the proportion, everyone can obtain a total of 36,000 magic stones.
After deducting the 18,000 magic stones to be given to Manugs and Victor's share of 7,200 magic stones, each person can receive 1,800 magic stones, which is 300 more than the previously expected 1,500 magic stones.
Victor collected a total of nine thousand magic crystals, almost enough to cover all the expenses of an ordinary low-level wizard apprentice becoming a high-level wizard apprentice.
He remained relatively calm.
Even the day after the incident ended, he returned to work in the laboratory building, trying to get back to his previous life routine.
But perhaps due to this unexpected event, Nina and the others adjusted their attitude towards him, and they would often send him invitations... almost once a week, and Viktor never refused, participating almost every time.
The process was not much different from before. They talked about what happened in Dawnstar City, exchanged some information, mentioned anything that needed to be traded, and occasionally Victor would ask everyone for advice on the use of witchcraft.
Another month and a half passed, and Manugs, who had been missing for a few days, summoned Viktor to the third floor of the laboratory again.
......
"Mentor... what do you look like..."
Viktor was startled to see Manugs again.
Unlike the last time they met, when Manugs still displayed great power and strength, the Manugs before him had completely transformed into an aged figure.
His tall body became hunched over, his healthy skin lost its vitality and became full of wrinkles, and even his eyes seemed to have become much more cloudy. He looked like he was about to die of old age!
Manugs was not surprised by his shock and calmly explained:
"This is how I should be."
"What you saw before was a body I maintained with magic. Now I have cut off the supply of magic, so this body is aging rapidly."
"If nothing unexpected happens, this corpse will die of old age in three days at most."
Victor asked:
"So, Professor... you're ready?"
A resolute glint flashed in Manuggus's cloudy eyes:
"That's right!"
"I've waited a century, I can't wait any longer!"
"Starting tomorrow, I will begin physical alchemy until I succeed or fail!"
Viktor lowered his head and gave himself these words of advice:
"Wishing you all the best, mentor."
Manugs nodded slightly, then paused for two seconds before calling Viktor's name again:
"Victor."
"Your recent progress has indeed exceeded my expectations. If I'm not mistaken, your mental strength is about to reach the standard of a mid-level wizard apprentice, isn't it?"
Upon hearing the question, Viktor opened his panel, glanced at his Spirit attribute, which had increased to 8.9 during this time, and nodded.
"There's still a bit of distance to go, mentor."
"However, I am confident that I can reach the standard of an intermediate wizard apprentice within two months."
A faint smile appeared on Manugs's aged face:
"Very good...very good...If I remember correctly, you've only been in the academy for less than half a year, right?"
"To become a mid-level wizard apprentice in such a short time, even if I have lived for more than two hundred years, you are one of the most outstanding geniuses."
"So... you are indeed qualified to become a seed wizard of the academy."
"I have already submitted the application to the academy. You only need to successfully identify yourself as an intermediate wizard apprentice, and someone will come to test you. If you pass the test, this status will be yours."