Responsibilities

Alec looked at Basari with a respectful expression on his face, somewhat curious about how the kid would react to his words.

As expected, the expression on Basari's face changed several times after listening to him, clearly not expecting such a thing as calling him here for such a job.

However, to his surprise, whether he was happy or unhappy, Basari's expression quickly regained its composure and respectfully said, "I understand and I am willing to obey your arrangement."

Seeing how much Basari trusts him, Alec is even happier, He continued to speak in a flat tone: "You have a great affinity for light elements. Although there is no meditation method within the family that focuses on light elements, you still have an extremely deep understanding of light elements. Therefore, I have decided to send you to a place that will help you absorb light elements faster. The wizard apprentice stationed in the Flame Sea of the family needs to rotate, so you can go and take over his place for five years. In five years, I will have someone else come and take over."

The Flame Sea is a naturally occurring and unique area in the nearby desert. During the day, the convergence of sunlight causes extremely high temperatures, even allowing the ground to burn out of thin air, hence it is called the Flaming Sea. This area will naturally produce many unique light and fire element materials, which are of great value and have been jointly owned by several wizard families around it.

"In addition, I hope that during this period, you can take the time to learn one of the three disciplines of rune, alchemy, or jewelry. They are all extremely important wizard skills that are in line with the fundamental logic of witchcraft operation. Those who truly master them can learn many truths from them, and even help improve their wizard level."

After finishing his arrangement, Alec took out a red dimensional bag and a Ruby ring from the sleeve of his big gown and handed them to Basari.

"These three skills are vast and profound, and any wizard can only delve into one of them. Only Jewelry, I can say, has some understanding. There are some raw minerals in the bag that you can process for practice, and there are also some experiences about gemstone processing from the old man. You need to take good deal of these things."

"As for this ring, I named it red demon curse, it was my favorite prop when I was a wizard apprentice. Let's take it as compensation for your early departure from the family."

"Now, you can leave."

Alec didn't give Basari too much time to ask questions or stay, and after speaking this series of words, he disappeared into the thick fog.

Basari was a bit disoriented upon hearing this, but instinctively responded, "So I will leave."

It wasn't until he walked out of the castle and heard the sound of the castle gate closing that he trembled all over and came back to understand what had happened.

He recalled what Alex had told him in the castle just now, and his eyes were full of confusion as he muttered to himself, "What happened to me just now? How could I have lost my soul and not even reacted? It's not like my personality."

Before his words fell, his heart suddenly jumped, and a bold guess couldn't help but emerge.

"Is it the wizard Alec who cast some magic on me?"

In the next moment, he immediately stopped his dangerous thought.

Even if the old wizard has performed some magic on him, there is no need to think too much about it. Unreasonable thoughts will only harm him.

Thinking about this, he looked at the dimensional bag and props in his hand, carefully put them away, and then left the lakeside castle without looking back.

Finally, Basari glanced back at the castle, but found nothing. Afterwards, he quickly left there.

"Basari is indeed a genius, and his state of meditation has reached a level where his own spirit and nature resonate, so he can detect my demagogic curse with him."

In the castle by the lake, the one eye on Alec's face reflected the changes in Basari's expression after leaving, with a rumbling sound that echoed like thunderous laughter in the castle.

When he became a formal wizard, the core material he used was a monster called Cyclops Bat, so his body structure became similar to that of the Cyclops Bat, and he had the same innate ability to create illusions or observe truth as it.

As for why he unleashed magic on Basari, it was mainly to test whether he had the ability to leave the family and defend the important resource area of the Sea of Fire alone. After all, although there are not many first level wizards in the nearby area, there are also dozens, and wars often break out in the desert. Some wandering wizards who have been destroyed by tribes occasionally appear nearby and seize resources.

If Basari had not noticed the magic released by Alec just now, Alec would have sent another wizard apprentice to accompany him to the Sea of Fire, which was a form of protection for Basari. But correspondingly, Basari also had to share the benefits of the Flame Sea with his companions, rather than enjoying all the resources alone.

As for whether Basari would misunderstand him due to this, Alec, as an elderly man who lived for 150 years and was proficient in illusions, is still very confident about the psychological state of a 17-year-old child.

Basari, as he had expected, did not really express any resentment towards an elderly person who had protected the family for a hundred years with his own efforts and was highly respected due to this reason. Playing a small joke on a grandson wizard apprentice won't damage his image.

After leaving Abbas Castle, he quickly returned to his villa located not far from the lake bank and organize his harvest for today.

Firstly, it is the dimensional bag that Alec handed him. This storage item made using rune craftsmanship is a must-have item for wizards. Even wandering wizards who have no channels to purchase finished products will collect materials and make one themselves.

Of course, it is also a dimensional bag, and its volume varies greatly due to the use of different processes and materials. The dimensional bags used by ordinary wizard apprentices mostly have only fifty cubic feet of space inside, barely enough to hold a small amount of debris.

And every member of the Abbas family who becomes a wizard apprentice can receive a 100 cubic foot dimensional bag for free. The dimensional bag currently used by Basari comes from his father and has a much larger capacity.

However, compared to the dimensional bag given to him by Alec, it is far inferior.

Alec's red dimensional bag clearly belongs to a first level wizard and may even be Alec's previous dimensional bag. In addition to a set of cutting tools and microscopes for carving gemstones, there are also some precious books with knowledge of gemstone carving, as well as a large number of gemstone raw materials wrapped in stone.

Basari roughly calculated that these materials were at least enough for him to practice the steps of peeling, carving, polishing, and enchanting these props hundreds of times.

Barcelona looked at the full material in the dimensional bag and felt very excited because the amount of material in it far exceeded the amount that could be distributed to him according to regulations.

He knew that a century ago, after the fall of wizard Sandro, wizard Alec began to rule the family. Since then, he has handled everything in the family with a clear distinction between public and private, even a bag of flour must be investigated.

Therefore, even if he is the most promising child to become a wizard, Alec will not provide him with additional family resources.

So, there is only one reason why he can obtain so many materials now. The extra materials are all in the private collection of Alec, an intermediate gemstone craftsman.

It seems that Alec really wants to inherit his gem carving skills. As the only intermediate gem craftsman in the family, and even the only intermediate gem craftsman in the entire region, he definitely wants to pass on his valuable knowledge to future generations.

Basari, like Alec, has a special affinity for light elements, making it easier for them to grasp the slightest changes in gemstone radiance, which is beneficial for becoming gemstone craftsmen.

Basari counted the resources, then carefully packed the dimensional bag and turned his gaze to another item given by Alec, the ring "Red Demon Curse".

The "Red Demon Curse" is a huge Ruby ring, which uses both runes and gem carving techniques. Its dark metal ring holder is densely carved with many spells, which is used to protect the violent energy in Ruby from being wrongly released. The ten carat Ruby was finely carved to encapsulate the witchcraft of "summoning small demons", and its requirements for precision made the maximum deviation of the craftsman not more than one tenth of the thickness of a hair.

He put the ring on his hand, and the ring with magical power immediately deformed and fitted his fingers. He observed carefully and found that when looking at the Ruby from a specific angle, he could see a line of small characters carved inside the ring bracket and blocked by Ruby.

Demons can also protect people. - Alec Abbas

Like wizards, witchcraft items also have levels, and the items that apprentices can use are collectively referred to as level zero items, which only require a junior jeweler or junior rune master to make. And this piece of work is undoubtedly a self-defense weapon prepared by Alec when he was a junior jeweler, for himself who was not good at direct combat.

This sorcery prop is designed with great precision. In combat, users do not need to recite spells, but only activate one of the spells with light elements. After that, the entire sorcery model will be instantly illuminated through the exquisite reflection of the gemstone mirror, summoning a small demon.

"There are many products in the Ruby desert, but such a pure and huge one is also valuable. Its exquisite design, the combination of runes and gems, and the ring holder that uses precious magic metal have multiplied the value of this ring. This is really a heavy gift!"

Inside the room, Basari caressed the cold and smooth gemstone on the ring, feeling a bit moved by Alec's dedication.

The Abbas family, as a wizard family, anyone who becomes a wizard apprentice can receive many resources provided by the family until they are over fifty years old.

But even since Basari became a wizard apprentice at the age of seven, the wealth accumulated over the past decade is far less valuable than the value of this ring.

It can be seen from this that giving him the "Red Demon Curse" as a gift to Alec, how much he values him.

"Grandpa Alec treated me like this, and I cannot let him down. Whether it's studying gemstone carving skills or fighting for resources for the family from the Sea of Fire, I must do it well."

Basari clenched the magic prop in his hand and determined to do well to repay the trust of his elders.