Money !

On the way back to the institute I continued to talk to Ingredi .

"So Ingredi with the sale of the Heart of the Mountain fragment I believe you have more money than necessary to create your staff?"

Hearing an Ingredi sigh.

"I wish it were like that, but I'm not sure everything goes well usually the hardest part and getting a craftsman capable of forging the entire staff but I'm lucky that in my family there's the perfect person to be able to create my staff the only problem I have and to find the material of the Water element, it has to be of great quality and it will not be easy to find one that matches the ore that will be the base of the staff. Generally, the materials of the Water element are better suited to a staff that has a wooden base. metal like that is a little difficult to find the right material for the staff even using the influence of my family ."

"I didn't know it would be so difficult to find a compatible material, in fact I think your staff will be the first time I've seen a mage wielding a metal weapon and the wands and the only staff I've seen were wooden with almost no metal on them. "

"Where did you see an Ulric staff?"

" Office of Professor Liv avia an old and broken staff decoration serving it."

" Really ?"

"Is there something wrong with having a decorative staff?"

"In reality it is quite rare for Ulric to have a decorative staff usually the remains of a staff that has been disassembled, but to be able to reuse the pieces of a staff it takes a lot of skill and the second option is that it is a historical relic only a very old staff can reach this state most of them will break into pieces over time so this kind of souvenir is very rare."

"Nice."

"But back to your Ingredi staff what type of material you are looking for it?"

"It's probably going to be a kind of coral they melt into metal, but easily."

" Interesting I've never seen a magical choir before."

"We are a little far from the Ulric Sea, this type of material and only found in the oceans and not in lakes or swamps."

"And you Ulric what kind of material will you want your sword and long dagger made?"

"I have no idea I the only material I have now and the rich metal mana will not use much of it, but he will be the basis of them probably will seek to buy materials of magical beasts and more easy to find them than elemental ores."

"But using only ores in the weapon helps it be tougher than mixing parts of different magic beasts into the Ulric metal if you want help looking for them I can leave a request for my family's merchants it won't take long to get some ore elemental for you. "

" Thanks Ingredi, but I'll take a look at the market first if I don't find anything I'll ask for your help."

As we finished talking about our future weapons, the carriage arrived at the institute's gate .

"Well today was fun. Ingredi in the morning I tell the rest of the team the value that the fragment was sold."

"Good evening Ulric."

"Good night, I'm in."

Making my way to the dorm since tomorrow I have to meet Professor Balder.

I went to bed early mainly to rest my body well, even though I've already recovered, having a little more rest in the next few days won't harm me.

Upon waking the next morning I followed my normal routine to take the time to go find the professor Balder.

"Good morning teacher."

" Hello Ulric I believe you must have several questions for me today."

Straightforward as always.

"Well teacher I would be lying if I said I understand what happened during the test in reality I don't even understand about my delayed recovery what was the reason for forbidding nurses to use medicine or healing magic on me?"

"I needed Ulric if I used elixirs or healing magic on you it would destroy all the progress you've made with your enlightenment you may have already noticed that your control over your aura and elemental energy has changed a lot."

"This happened because during the duel you experienced a state of enlightenment not much I can say to you about it as to this day I haven't discovered or heard any theory about this phenomenon that makes sense and it rarely happens, but it still has a good number of people who experience this state I've been lucky enough to get into this state three times and they helped me a lot Ulric if it wasn't for them I wouldn't have been able to master my elements I don't know if you know more I have variety- the elements in my seed and this has always complicated my life so much if I had n't even had enlightenment I would probably be dead by now."

"Well, it's nice to know there's a name for what happened to me, but is n't it weird not to know how this state of enlightenment happens?"

" Ulric not everything in life has an explanation, you are faced with many things that will not make sense it happens because we do not have the capacity to understand them, but always trust your instincts they will hardly guide you to death."

"That does not is reassuring teacher!"

"Yeah I know, but that's how life is try to focus on the good things you've made a big break this week and generally people who experience the enlightened state tend to find it again one of the few information we have about it and that it and essential to be able to break the mortal level and thus be able to see the divine kingdom. "

I'm getting more and more confused by this conversation.

"What does this mean teacher ?"

"The part about the mortal realm?"

"Yea."

"Well it works more or less so we are mortals not imposed the color of its core, but obviously a warrior or mage who has reached the transparent core is more likely to break through the mortal level, but insists several legends about people and few animals that broke through the mortal level and began their divine journey."

"And more about understanding aura, mana and elements than power itself when a deadly and broken limit the person who broke has a huge increase in power like if a red-core warrior reached the divine level he would easily kill a warrior of transparent core the divine level and the territory of the gods and everything below it and garbage."

This is very weird.

"That looks like my forced teacher."

"That's why they are legends, but the gods are proof that this level exists ."

"Okay if that's how it works ."

It's really weird to think that there's this kind of phenomenon for a person to get divine power out of nowhere.

"Well then, summing up, professor I was lucky to have entered this state and because of him I had an advance, but there is still no explanation as to why I was without medical treatment in the ward."

"The state of enlightenment puts a great weight on the body in my second experience my body reached a state that would be considered by any priest or doctor that my life would have come to an end I was basically crippled for two whole months any attempt to heal myself resulted in a terrible pain and it damaged my body even more."

"That's the reason I didn't let anyone heal you Ulric it would only hurt your body and further delay your recovery."

"Good that I had my lighting in front of you teacher, but I believe you also don't know why this happens, right?"

"No."

"Do you have any theory about all this professor since you've been through it three times this must be some kind of record."

A huge smile appeared on Professor Balder's face and for some reason I felt an urge to punch him in the face.

"Well as far as I know there's no one alive who has gone through three enlightenments like me, but you're right that I have formulated a theory about enlightenment I believe it happens because we get a glimpse of a very small part of the divine realm. "

For some reason I feel the professor is wrong the state I felt doesn't seem like something so fast that it can be described as a glimpse of a higher realm I'm more inclined than cone evened myself with the mana and the elements in the air and the mimicking them I forced my cup to have a head start.

All this story of divine realm is very confusing for me I know the gods hesitate, but for me he is simply beings that had their cores evolved to stronger a warrior with transparent core and basically a god compared to min probably killing me must be so difficult to breathe for a legendary warrior maybe not just killing me with the presence of his aura, it should take effort for a warrior of this level .

"Well teacher thanks for the explanation I hope we both have more illuminations in front of us."

I was about to start making my way to the library when I remembered something important.

"Teacher I noticed that I'm no longer being watched by chance did you find the person who was watching me?"

The professor's cheerful face quickly changed to a frown.

"Actually about that Ulric me and two more professors surrounded the warrior who was watching you, but we couldn't capture him when we were going to immobilize him after having defeated him he tied himself using poison."

"But after investigating his body we were able to discover that he was part of the black lotus she and a very dangerous criminal organization do you know why they could be watching you Ulric ?"

What the fuck is this because I'm being targeted by someone so sinister.

"I don't know professor I'm shocked to be watched by a criminal of this level I thought I was being watched by a nobleman who wanted revenge for some stupid reason."

"Did you find a unique item or bump into someone suspicious when you were outside the institute ?"

"Not only was I in the woods near the city, I didn't find anything different there until I met a group of novice adventurers , but I didn't even talk to them, I saw them from a distance and walked away."

"Ok Ulric , but be careful when leaving the institute any person you suspect you see near you run to the institute and call a teacher the principal has already put you on the list of students who need to be watched if she finds out you made a mess with the black lotus I pity what will happen to you Ulric ."

"What do you mean by that teacher?"

" Just be careful Ulric ."

I was left behind by Professor Balder.

Will the principal kick me out of the institute?