Chapter 294: Research
Chapter 294: Research
The next day, Angus searched for more information about the Firecast and fire elemental mastery. Currently, he lacks information about how to progress further. Rather than going blind in an unknown direction, he prefers to increase his knowledge first.
Since the Firecast skill is the pinnacle ability in fire mastery, Angus speculated he might find some clue in the fire elemental books. Still, he didn’t neglect his heat sense training. He notices that heat sense is quite useful if he could master it.
Angus begins to train his heat sense from morning until lunchtime before researching fire mastery in the family library in the afternoon. The Victory family is famous for their fire affinity and natural talent in controlling them.
Therefore, Angus could find some books inside his manor’s library. He also requested his mother send him a fire-related book from the family’s private library in their home.
‘Hmm… The books will arrive in two weeks. Just at the end of the break. For now, I can only get to read these few books. Well, it is better than nothing.’ thought Angus while looking at the books in front of him.
After reading the books for a while, Angus finds only a little information. Most of the books in the manor consist of theoretical books with little detailed explanation.
‘Huft… It seems I need to wait for the book from home to arrive before I can research further.’ thought Angus inwardly before closing his current book.
After that, Angus decided to go towards the basement training area again. He decided to test some of his theories. Then, Angus took out a few candles from his storage device. He arranges all of them in line in front of him.
He lit every one of them with the match to make it as natural as possible. After that, he began to check his status panel.
Host: Angus Victory
Age: 16 Years Old
MP: 535/535
Chi: 348
Heritage chi: ???
Strength: 46
Dexterity: 46
Intelligence: 46
Vitality: 46
Soul Point: 547
Soul Reserve: 138
There is not much change in Angus’s attributes besides becoming completely balanced. He also managed to recover some of his chi after three whole months of cultivating. On the other hand, his mana has hardly increased since he didn’t have time to cultivate it.
His soul reserve also didn’t increase too much since he spent too much time fighting inside his manual battle system. Still, his regeneration is about 14 times more vital than an ordinary human.
The regeneration is not only for his wound and health but also applies to his mana and stamina. Because of this, Angus feels his mana will never run out as his soul reserve keeps increasing.
Unfortunately, the soul reserve could only be increased by killing at least a third-grade monster or fourth-grade combatant. Otherwise, the soul reserve could reach four digits easily.
Still, Angus contends with his current progress since this practically makes him some kind of unstoppable combatant. Angus begins to remember the loot he got from the manual battle system by looking at the soul reserve.
Before entering the Endless Battlefield dimension, he could only fight a few specific first-grade monsters. After entering the dimension, his monster selection is increased significantly, with some of the fifth-grade monsters also available.
However, he could only dare fight up to third-grade monsters with his current strength. Unless he wanted to waste his chi, he could not win against the fourth-grade monster above. These third-grade monsters also drop many kinds of the monster part.
Previously, he sold all these monster parts inside the Porros and netted him more than three thousand fourth-grade mana cores. Now, these monster parts once again accumulated inside his inventory after a few months.
‘It seems I need to visit Golden Trader before the start of the next term. I hope Ernest has enough money to buy these monster parts.’ thought Angus.
Although his current monster part is not as much as when he sold it at the Porros, it is still huge. Furthermore, all Angus’s monster parts are in pristine condition without defects because they come from the system.
Therefore, his monster part is more expensive than the usual one. After checking he has enough chi, Angus closes the status window. Then, he begins to calm his mind and takes a deep breath.
“Haa!!” as Angus begins to manipulate the candle in front of him.
Suddenly, the flickering candle in front of him burns intensely. Before it completely burned out, Angus used his [Domain]. *Weng* Under his Domain, Angus forcefully manipulates the fire and weakens it back into a normal small fire.
As the Domain envelops the fire candle, he could [Analyze] it better than before. Still, he didn’t find anything useful besides his chi, forcing the fire to weaken. Angus didn’t find anything useful and decided to release his domain as it consumed a lot of chi.
“Haa… This is only a waste of my chi.” said Angus.
Then, Angus decided to experiment with various things towards the candle. For the next few days, Angus keeps training his heat sense in the morning and experimenting with Firecast in the afternoon.
After having a few days without result, he decided to go out to the capital city to refresh his mind. Angus also decided to go towards the Golden Trader merchant guild to sell his monster part in his inventory.
After doing his heat sense training, “Pavlon, I am going out. Don’t bother to search me.” said Angus while exchanging his clothes for the casual one.
“B-But young master Angus.” replied the head butler Pavlon.
“Don’t worry. Besides, this is not the first time I am sneaking out.” said Angus.
“In that case, please be careful on your way, young master Angus.” replied Pavlon respectfully.
Then, Angus begins to disappear on his spot using the combination of his stealth skill and [Beast Walk]. A few minutes later, he arrived at the edge of the commercial district.
Before he goes towards the Golden Trader, he decides to spend some time enjoying the capital’s cuisine. Angus immediately bought many kinds of food from the food stall on the street.
His appetite increases significantly after his body is integrated with the ancient relic from the Endless Battlefield. Although he could withstand it with his special breathing technique and high endurance, he still needed to satisfy his bottomless stomach.
Unless it is food made of a second-grade monster or something similar, he needs to eat a ridiculous amount of food before feeling stuffed.
Therefore, Angus decided to buy interesting and delicious food on the street. After a while, he comes to a certain drinking tavern.
“Ahh… It’s been a while since I had Fizzy Beer.” said Angus as he entered the drinking tavern.
Approaching the bar, he immediately ordered ten glasses of fizzy beer with some snacks. The waiter is surprised at Angus’s order, but he still complies as Angus immediately throws a gold coin as payment.
After a while, his order comes out and attracts everyone in the tavern. It is for someone to order a lot of food at once, especially in this place.
Although the tavern is not located in the slum district, most people are not from wealthy families. As soon as his order was placed in front of him, Angus gobbled them like there was no tomorrow.
The moment he drank his fizzy beer, “Ahhh… I will never get tired of this feeling.” said Angus as he finished one big pint at once.
Ignoring everyone’s stares, Angus continues to eat and drink without stopping. Suddenly, two muscular people with scars on their faces approach him.
“Kid, you sure eat a lot. Why don’t you give us all of your money before something bad happens?” said the man.
Hearing this, Angus could only release a sigh and ignore them while keep eating.
Being ignored by Angus, “Y-You.. Oii… Kid, I am talking to you!!” yelled the man.
At the same time, the bartender and the waiter were scared and didn’t know what to do while some of the customers began to leave the tavern to avoid problems. However, Angus still didn’t respond and kept eating his food.
“Y-You.. don’t blame me for this kid!!” said the man while raising his arm.
“I would not do that if I were you.” heard a deep voice from the corner of the tavern.
The two men immediately looked at the corner and found an old man with a long white beard sitting leisurely, drinking, and smoking a pipe.
“Shut it, old man. This is none of your business.” said the man.
“Hmm.. are you sure about that? Well, don’t mind me since I just want to save a little thing called your life.” said the old man while his sharp eyes looked at them.
The two men immediately feel unknown pressure just looking at his eyes. Unknown fear begins to creep inside their heart.
“Tch.. Y-You are lucky, old man.” said the man with a shaking hand.
“Y-Yeah, don’t let us see you again.” said the other man while immediately leaving from the tavern.
After the two men left, “Thanks, old man.” said Angus.