ushernet Chapter 85 - 85: Flame Body
Chapter 85 - 85: Flame Body
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Because of the Chip, crafting Golems which seemed profound and difficult to master to others was a piece of cake for Leon. So, with the protection of his Golem army, he could totally ignore the threat brought by his enemies, while optimizing his path of magic as much as he like.
Since he had made up his mind in learning Flame Body, Leon had to pay a visit to the library of Mage Tower, and purchase some books for elementary knowledge of anatomy and variation. Fortunately, this type of knowledge were only the elementary subjects for Necromancer, so long he had enough magic crystal, he would be able to purchase them. If it involved the more profound and advance knowledge of Spiritual Mutation and Spiritual Elementium, perhaps Leon would have to pay a visit to those official Mage, and only then could he gather the relevant knowledge he needs.
Throughout this hectic process, Snorlax had been reverently holding all magic spell books its master purchased, following behind Leon like a loyal servant. Though some Apprentice Mage who passed by were greatly puzzled by the presence of this green-skinned goblin in the Mage Tower, but when they saw the glittering collar worn on Snorlax's neck, they immediately understood its status.
For the sake of offsetting their magic spell weakness, some apprentices would gather and enslave some demon beasts or demons. But most of them were creatures with powerful combat ability such as the Nightsaber Leopard, Rock Tortoise, Flaming Tiger, Socrates Condor, etc. It was rare for someone to have a green-skinned goblin as his servant.
As Snorlax had been the servant of a Second Grade Mage, clearly it had the experience in facing such situations. Thus, not only did it not look nervous, instead, it immediately put itself into the position of a loyal servant. It even went as far as helping Leon negotiate the price with the vendor, and find pleasure in it.
After having experienced a similar situation a few times, Leon was surprised to find out that not only does Snorlax have a good grasp of the market prices, it also had a very good eloquence, both abilities could absolutely make it into an outstanding profiteering merchant.
Since the discovery, Leon simply delegated his authority to Snorlax. Whenever he had anything he needs, he would just give Snorlax a list of items and his magic crystal card, asking it to be fully in charge of the purchase. After that, Leon would shut himself in his room, spending all of his time in studying the magic knowledge transferred to him by the Chip.
Also, in order to improve its enthusiasm, Leon even had an aLeonent with Snorlax, he would pay all the items he needed according to the market price, and any discount Snorlax obtained after the negotiation with the merchant would become its personal reward.
With this reward scheme, Snorlax who never owned anything personal had instantly turned crazy, transforming itself into the greatest profiteering merchant in this Mage Tower. Everyday, it would spend all of its time befriending with a group of Beginner Apprentices.
Surprisingly, Snorlax did have its own unique ideas and innate talents with regards to the price fluctuations in the market. Buying at a low price and selling at a high price, hoarding and profiteering, jacking up prices... all these complicated commercial approaches only a human could master, it had learned them within just a few days, using them to thrive in its own business.
Soon, all of the Beginner and Intermediate Apprentices in the first level of Mage Tower were aware of this goblin merchant whose name was Snorlax, and it even carried an array of unique items that can hardly be found by ordinary people. Consequently, it had further set off its mysterious and strange background.
What to do? Both underground guys killed by Leon and Bleia were Advanced Fallen Mage, thus their equipment and magic items weren't something ordinary Beginner and Intermediate Apprentices would normally see. So when Leon gave all these items to Snorlax and asked it to settle them itself, it became even more confident in running its business.
Yes, after Snorlax became well-known in the apprentice market located on the first floor, it had bought itself a full set of costume using the magic crystals it earned. An exquisite, luxurious magical robe, a full set of glittering magical equipment, though they were mostly equipment of low quality primarily used by Beginner Apprentices, but having a full set of this costume could still dazzle the eyes of the general public.
Together with a finely made magic wand and a magic cape that trailed behind its body. Whenever it appeared in the apprentice market, it would always attract waves of greetings.
The reason why so many Beginner and Intermediate Apprentices became its fans was because of the Third and Fourth Grade magical items it took out occasionally. As these were all premium wares that no ordinary apprentice could easily find.
During the course of running its business, it was naturally greeted by a few market enforcers that came aggressively and asked Snorlax to pay taxes. But when Snorlax hinted at them the name of its master, the guy named Ryan had no other choice but to go away in dejection. Obviously, through the family that supported him, that Ryan learned the glorious story of Leon in the training camp. That's why so long as Snorlax don't push things too far, Ryan wouldn't find fault with it as he didn't want to let the family behind him offend an elite apprentice who was rising fast like a rocket.
But there was no way ordinary apprentices could have known this. Instead, Ryan's unusual behavior further attracted the curiosity of the public, making them continue finding out who master behind Snorlax was. But no one seemed to know the answer.
Consequently, a rumor suddenly spread secretly between apprentices, that this Snorlax might be the servant of an official Mage. Hence, encouraged by these strange rumors, Snorlax's business became extremely prosperous!
Leon, who knew nothing about all of these, was currently shutting himself in his room, seriously working out on his future path.
Since he had decided to study Flame Body first, thus in the short run, there wouldn't be any notable improvements to his combat strength. If he wanted to maintain his advantage in the Underground Cave, he has to fully dig out the combat potential of his golems.
Serving as his ride, Demon Alligator Hunter's excellent ability to travel beneath the soil had let Leon established his competitive advantage. But the lack of offensive ability was still its weakness. It was more than enough to deal with an Intermediate Apprentice, but when it comes to an Advanced Apprentice, its ability falls short. And if were to face a Pseudo-Mage, the overly loose body structure made it unable withstand even just a single blow.
Now, the arrival of the Rock Snake had made up for the weakness of having insufficient offensive power. A Pseudo-Mage level Rock Snake alone might not be enough to fight with an agile Pseudo-Mage, but how about two Rock Snakes? Or maybe three?
With a great determination and effort, it only took Leon three days to turn two new Pseudo-Mage level Earth element cores into two brand new Rock Snakes. With the protection from both of them, if he were to face with the very same Fallen Pseudo-Mage from the previous encounter, he wouldn't be beaten into such a sorry state like last time, which nearly cost him his life in the Underground World.
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