Ery looked into himself and felt his spirit core. He could tell the breakthrough to rank 6 had caused changes to his dark spirit core.
Before when Killgragah had shown Ery through the dark room, he had seen his four elents hovering inside his spirit core. Now that he was a rank 6 acolyte, with the elents being in early foundation, three of the elents: earth, water and plant, had been firmly lodged in their own corners while the dark elent sat on the center.
A bridge-like colored structure stretched from the three elents all connecting to the single elent situated in the middle, the darkness elent. The interconnected bridges had the sa colors as the elent they had co from and the darkness elent served as their focal point.
Ery then once more focused his thoughts in an attempt to use a spell. Whenever he used a spell before, he could feel he was drawing from sothing like a lake, which he had deed to be the spirit energy. This ti though, when he had attempted to do so, he could feel that his overall strength had increased by two folds. Especially the pool of his spirit energy which determined how many spells he could use and how strong they were.
Opening his eyes, he smiled as he checked his status in his palm with great expectations.
[Ery Ambrose]
[16-year-old]
[Battle power: 29]
[Spirit force: 100]
[Plant Spirit - early foundation]
[Water Spirit - early foundation]
[Earth Spirit - early foundation]
[Spirit Core of Darkness - stage 1]
[Fey Bloodline - stage 2]
[Acolyte Rank 6]
This was great. The first task that they had all set for themselves, except for Klea, had been achieved. His status confird he was now a rank 6 acolyte and all three elents had reached an early foundation stage. What was interesting, however, was the change of label in his Spirit Core of Darkness. Previously, it had been labeled as foundation, but now it was stage 1. Ery hoped he really knew what this ant, he wished there was soone who could guide him with this other than Killgragah, since that dragon wasn't an option.
Ery rembered this black dragon telling that until he obtained that piece of glittering rock, he shouldn't think about going back to pick him up. Then, Ery thought of the Darkness Institute. They might have information about the spirit core of darkness. So, Ery added a ntal note that he would inquire about it after he finished all his imdiate business with the other institutes.
Now that he had finally reached rank 6 and his cultivation ti in the water origin stone room had elapsed, Ery got up and exited the room. It was now ti to get the fruits of his labor from the elental institutes and get himself ready to train and master these new spells, because what use would these spells have if he couldn't cast them. So he decided he would spend most of the remaining three days in seclusion trying to learn the new spells he was about to receive.
Ery then made his way toward the lobby of the Water Institute and approached the acolyte who had given him access to the water origin stone room. He ntioned to the acolyte that he would like to join. The bluish crystal cube then hovered in front of him and while he was being scanned, Ery stared at the wondrous view. He could see acolytes swimming alongside a multitude of multicolored fishes.
Once the scan was finished, Ery received the ssage that said:
[You are eligible to apply to the Water Institute]
[Accept?]
"Yes, accept," said Ery with a nod.
[You are now a mber of the Water Institute]
[Would you like to get your joining package?]
"Yes," Ery answered.
This ti, aside from the tier one and tier two spells, he was given an option to choose a tier three spell as well. He browsed through the list of spells available for him starting with the tier one.
Since he already had a tier one spell, the spell [Whip splash] which was for offensive, for his second tier one spell, Ery chose the utility spell called [Water Breathing], this spell allowed its receiver to be able to breathe underwater. It was the sa spell used by Magus Carla and the other acolytes and magi that wanted to get access to this place. He would naturally return here in the future and having to wait like what had happened to him earlier wasn't a good thing. Ery believed this would co in handy, since he was sure the usage of this spell wasn't only for going to this place.
As for the tier two and tier three spells, Ery gave it more thought and finally arrived at selecting the offensive spells. His first tier two spell was called [Steam Lance]. It was the most powerful single target spell that he could find under tier two, and for the tier three spell, he chose [Crashing Wave], which he believed would be a good area attack spell.
For a mont, Ery beca a bit worried he hadn't given these three spells as much thought as the others. But then again, at the end of the day, the faster you were able to eliminate your foe the better, prolonging the fight was always dangerous. So he figured that there should be nothing wrong with these offensive spells.
After the freebies from the Water Institute, he quickly made his way toward the Plant Institute and entered Elder's Respite.
Inside the great tree, Ery made his inside the twisted large roots that acted like stairs and pathways. He finally found the acolyte receptionist. And after going through the sa scan thing from a greenish crystal cube, questioning, and confirming, he received a notification once again:
[You are now a mber of the Plant Institute]
Another three free spells for him under the plant elent. Ery couldn't express how happy he was for getting these free stuff, which otherwise would cost him either the hard-earned contribution points or spirit stones.
Normally, a tier one spell would cost around 100 - 300 white spirit stones. Tier two spells were around 1,000 and tier three cost from 3,000 up to 5,000 white spirit stones. Getting all these free spells from different institutions really was a boon that helped him a lot.
Ery currently had two plant elent based spells. [Fragntation] and [Nature Blessing].
This ti he chose the spell he had always wanted ever since he first saw it in the swap area, west of here. He grabbed [Entanglent], the tier one spell that Cole and Silva had used on multiple occasions. Its usefulness wasn't only during a fight, but with a lot of other things such as getting to a location, like the wood bridge Cole had made before.
Next were the tier two and tier three spells. He looked over the list and found two more offensive spells that he really liked. But then, right before hitting the select option, he decided to select it more carefully. After about five minutes of deliberation, he finally chose a tier two spell called [Nature Sense] which was another utility type spell that would give him and his friends an edge in a battle. Lastly, for the tier three spell, he chose [Accelerated Growth]. This was a spell that would increase the growth rate of a plant. He thought it would be more beneficial for him and for apothecary related stuff in the long run.
Right now, he had six new spells. He had one more spell pending in the Earth Institute so quickly traveled all the way back there and received his tier three spell. He grabbed the self-explanatory spell called [Summon Stone Golem], the na said it all. It probably wasn't as strong as the huge golem that Darius had used against the red armored elf and the dragon, but having another body to throw in a battle was always extrely handy. And since this stone golem wasn't a living thing, the thought of it blocking so powerful spell that could seriously injure a human gave him a sense of safety.
Ery wanted to go to the Darkness Institute next. However, since it had already beco late, he decided to retire for the day and rest in his residence.
As he stared at the ceiling, only then did it occur to him that he probably had a huge advantage over so acolytes, especially those who had achieved rank six with a single elent only.
A rank 6 single affinity acolyte would have three spells for free. They would probably get sothing for an offense, defense and then utility spell. But him? He had received nine spells already for free, which ant he had more spells that he could use for different types of situations. Surely, this day was a mont of joy for him.
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