Shara family
I was idly walking back towards North Gate thinking about activating the system since my wealth value showed 8. this 8 should be from the 8 silver coins.
While I could not activate any magic system, it meant that after next bottle exchange I could get a new magic system and with it more mana since more particles will enter my body and add to the magic heart at each second.
Another thing, I learned from the magic book was about the presence of a life element which was extremely rare and was the reason why people stay alive for such long time.
In this world with use of meditation chambers, people bought life mana stones called Vitality stones to increase sensitivity to the life element. The vitality life stones are extremely precious. Both the nobles and church will spare no effort in coaxing the mage by any means.
While the life element brings great fortune, the dangers it brings are far more dangerous than what normal mages can afford. if life mages don't have the enough strength, they will become mana slaves for the nobles or the church and will be traded on the black market.
Still, the charm for immortality, that is what the life element promises.
There is a legend about a tortoise water beast whose magic core provides the life element. It had been hunted to its extreme so it is rare to find it near the coast now.
As I was moving ahead, reminiscing the facts that had been told by Sorcerer Olden, I heard a shout.
"Catch him, Help please!"
I looked towards the source of this sound. It was a woman who was shouting at a man running away and coming towards me.
"Guards! Guards! catch that man!" the sound of desperation melted my heart and I decided to help her.
I switched on elemental sight and focussed on the running man.
He was wind mage with mana of 1100. He was probably using some spell to lighten his body since he steps were huge leaps. He was about to come walk by me.
I got onto my knees like looking for a fallen coin and sent mana into the earth and created a small mound to trip him.
He did not realise what had happened since his attention was towards dodging the fireballs coming from behind released by the madam's guards.
The robber tripped and fell straight with his face down. Still, it did not go as smooth as I expected. When the robber was about to fall, he nervously released an air blast in all directions pushing me onto the ground with the power. I quickly put more mana into the Earth and formed cuffs on this ankles coming from the ground.
It was then the man looked at me like he wanted to kill me. The guards arrived at this point and madam reached us too. She took away the bag which didn't seem to contain much stuff and walked towards me.
I was still dusting off the dust that had come onto me due to the air blast which the robber released as a subconscious reaction.
"Are you alright, young man" She asked with a look of worry.
"I am alright madam" I replied.
The way she handled herself made me think of nobility.
"Did you make that original magic of making earth chains in that way, I have not seen it being used that way." She asked.
"Madam, that was mana casting, I don't have any spells yet. it is just result of practice of similar skills for a long time." I replied to clear her doubts.
She had an amazed expression on her face.
"Are you a resident of the city? Why don't you visit our shop in the inner area. I want to reward you properly." She said with expectation.
"No, I lived in the slums near the forest. I just came to read in the bookstore and look for a job."
"Why don't you work for me? I am Svetlana Shara and we own a magic tools store in the inner city." she said reassuring me.
I was curious about the magic store, so I nodded.
I followed the madam on the carriage but I had to sit with driver of the carriage since non-nobles can't sit with ladies inside a covered carriage or you may end up on the tabloid of Herald family and become the subject of gossip in aristocratic parties.
Slowly, the carriage moved towards inner city.
I had looked up the stats of both Miss Svetlana and the driver.
The driver was a rank 1 fire mage with mana pool of 1200.
While Madam Svetlana was rank 2 mage as far as mana was concerned and she had the psychic element.
I didn't understand how the madam could not defeat the windmage.
The horses pulling were normal horse without any mana but still there were much bigger compared to Earth.
From the non magic beast carriage, I guessed that Ms Svetlana should be a from a small merchant family since bigger merchant families had magical beasts for mounts and carriages. While I quite proud of my analysis, this time my prediction would be very wrong soon.
With these things in mind, the carriage slowly moved towards the centre of the town.