“You’re playing with fire. They’ll question how we got our hands on this. Without evidence to back up what we say, no matter what we say, they won’t believe us. They’ll think we’ve enough in store to overthrow them. What will you say then?” After speaking, he waited for Roy to respond.
He saw that Roy wasn’t troubled in the face of this question.
Rather, flashes of intelligence were flickering in his eyes.
And… his lips thinned into a smile, revealing a rather scheming look.
He had an answer already prepared for him.
“Elder, where do you think I got this recipe? It didn’t drop out of thin air. There are trial grounds in the snowy mountains, created by the trickster among the fairies, the Wind Fairy King. I’m sure you’ve heard of him. We’ll expose it to the masses and spread rumors that I got the elixir as a reward for completing the challenges set by him. We’ll keep the matter of me possessing the recipe of the Parasite Killer a secret from the Empire. Wouldn’t that be enough to throw away the Cloud of Doom that’ll appear over our head when I put this elixir up for auction?”
The mage elder rubbed his chin. He was in deep thoughts. “That… should be enough. If we do everything according to your plan, they won’t have a good reason to attack us. The royal family would stand up to aid us and punish them if they did.”
Arlo walked up to Roy and excitedly grabbed his shoulders. “You’re the first one to find it! By exposing this fact and verifying the location of the trial grounds with the officials, you can gain some rights over them. You’ll earn no less than 10% of the revenue generated from them until it is dried out. But… are you still to register your claim over it?”
At a loss for words, Roy’s mouth opened and closed in bewilderment. “Eh? I didn’t know you could lay your claims on a trial ground if you’re the first to find it.”
It was never mentioned in the novel.
If he knew, he would’ve already registered himself as the discoverer of those trial grounds in order to create a constant income for himself!
“Ouch!” Roy cried out in pain as Arlo kneaded his dumb head.
“Share its location with me. I’ll have a talk with the officials and get things done for you.” Arlo offered.
Roy complied, “Okay, okay, I will. So stop kneading my head, or I will become dumb for real.”
Freed from the torment Arlo was inflicting on him, Roy went into the secret room, climbed up the stairs, and sat down in the middle of the magic circle.
“Help me put the Parasite Killer up for auction.”
After speaking to Arlo, He looked at the elder mage with a powerful gaze. “Elder, you can start.”
“I’ve been waiting to hear these words.” Vizards immediately forked out blinding white crystals from his interspatial bracelet, tossing them ahead.
They were condensed forms of mana, and they landed on the circle around each flag.
Silvery white gas came out of them and drilled into the ground, vanishing into it.
The magic circle lit up, and streams of mana continuously went into Roy.
『Ding! Congratulation. You’ve induced mana into your body.』
It was painful, but Roy endured in silence.
His face, however, was contorted.
Looking at him, Amelia felt pity for him in her heart.
Her master was a very hard worker!
“Let’s leave him be. It’s going to take some time for him to open up his magic gate.” Arlo said.
“I believe you want to have a talk with me.” Vizards read him out.
Arlo scratched the spot between his eyebrows, feeling that nothing could be hidden from this friend of his. “That’s right. Let’s go somewhere with just the two of us.”
Arlo and Vizards went out to talk in private, and Amelia went to a private compartment to focus on solidifying the Acid Splash model in her sea of magic.
Seeing her master enduring all sorts of pain to become powerful ignited the will to become strong in her heart too.
If they had only stayed behind for a minute more, they would’ve Roy undergoing unbelievable changes and become surprised to the very core of their being.
『Ding! You’ve activated the Tyrant’s Body Meditation Technique.』
He had received the Tyrant’s body Meditation Technique as a reward for defeating Yiran, but at that time, he couldn’t use it as an act of generating mana in his body would’ve led to his death.
However, now that the parasite was gone, he could finally pop the protective barrier trapping mana.
Using it, he converted his Mana Fat into Pure Mana.
A great torrent of blue energy, also called mana, surged in his body, charging straight towards his Gate of Magic.
On their way, they came in contact with the mana injected into Roy’s body from the outside.
The torrent became a huge wave of devastation and smashed Roy’s sealed Gate.
Bam!
A roar so strong came from inside his body that the platform beneath and the flags around him vibrated. Following that was wind gushing out with him as the center. Roy rocked as if hit by an earthquake. He was like a bell hit by a hammer and couldn’t stop trembling.
『Ding! Congratulation. You’ve opened your Gate of Magic by 10%.』
He was born with a fully opened Magic Gate, but it was sealed by someone. Since it was once opened, how hard could it be to open it again?
Boom! Another ten percent of the Mana Fat in his body exploded, introducing torrents of Mana in his body.
They were plenty in number, but their destination was one and the same.
The magic circle amplified their volume.
Bam!
『Ding! Congratulation. You’ve opened your Gate of Magic by 30%.』
Roy felt as if dozens of horses galloped towards a barely opened gate and smashed their hooves on it.
This time, he puked out a mouthful of blood.
『-1 HP』
His health bar took a hit.
Right then, the magic circle below him released countless green dots.
Each of them circled him, slowly entering his body through his pores.
They were instantly and subconsciously used as nutrients by Roy to heal himself.
『+1』
Roy’s eyes brightened.
Thanks to absorbing the green lights, The pain he was feeling had vanished.
“Elder mage Vizards is a genius for creating this magic circle that doesn’t only have the property to constantly inject mana into one’s flesh but can heal the injuries created during the process of forcing the magic gate open. ”
Roy had nothing but praises for the old man.
The only downside about it was that it was quite costly to activate.
『Ding! Congratulation. You’ve opened your Gate of Magic by 50%.』
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『Ding! Congratulation. You’ve opened your Gate of Magic by 70%.』
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『Ding! Congratulation. You’ve opened your Gate of Magic by 90%.』
Roy had burned 80% of his mana fat as well as 70% of the Mana Crystals, acting as the source of energy for the magic circle to open his mana gate by 90%.
One last push was all he needed to open it.
『Hp: 9/10.』
His Health Bar was nearly full.
“Let’s do this!”
The moment the magic circle injected a wave of mana into him, he exploded all the mana fat in his body.
External and Internal Mana merged into a tsunami that smashed open the dam!
Boom!
『-7 Hp.』
『Hp: 3/10.』
He was rocked so badly that blood gushed out of his seven offices, but one could only see a smile on his face, his teeth tainted red by blood.
『Ding! Congratulation. You’ve opened your Gate of Magic by 100%. You’ve gained access to your sea of magic. You can interact with the natural element present in nature using certain methods. You’ll gain 100% experience value from level 1 to 10 monsters until you reach the peak of Mage Trainee.』
He has become a level 1 Apprentice, reaching the same level as his talented maid in just several hours.
“It’s all thanks to Tyrant’s body meditation technique. Without it, it wouldn’t be so easy for me to open my gate of magic.”
Roy didn’t immediately leave the magic circle.
He was badly injured, and the healing power it was constantly releasing was the best medicine for him, so he remained seated on the platform and continued absorbing the green dots filling the air.